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Boum !


"Boum !" (French pronunciation: ​[bum], onomatopoeia similar to "boom" in English) is a popular song by the French singer/songwriter Charles Trenet which won him the Grand Prix du Disque. Its light, irreverent lyrics express a joie de vivre typical in French popular music produced during the late 1930s. According to historian Charles Rearick, Trenet's songs of the period represented escapism at a time dominated by political unrest and economic uncertainty.

It includes depictions of the sounds made by various animals and also various onomatopoeia. The lyric to the refrain is:

"Boum !" has been recorded by other artists and in English translation. In 1994 the song was covered by Belgian singer Maurane.

The song has featured in a variety of films and documentaries, including The World at War, Something's Gotta Give, Toto the Hero, Skyfall, and A Good Year. It has also been used in commercial advertising.

In Hergé's The Adventures of Tintin comic Land of Black Gold, Trenet's "Boum!" is transformed into a radio advertising jingle for a fictional roadside assistance company, "Simoun" ("Autocart" in the English editions). In the computer animated film Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Implausible, Jimmy el Cachondo sings it with an alternative lyric in Spanish.


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