Boom! (song)
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| "Boom!" | ||
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| Single by System of a Down | ||
| from the album Steal This Album! | ||
| Released | 2003 | |
| Format | CD, Cassette, Vinyl |
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| Recorded | 2002 | |
| Genre | Alternative Metal | |
| Length | 2:15 | |
| Label | American Recordings | |
| Producer(s) | Rick Rubin | |
| System of a Down singles chronology | ||
| "Innervision" (2002) |
"Boom!" (2003) |
"I-E-A-I-A-I-O" (2003) |
"Boom!" is a single protest song and video from System of a Down's CD Steal This Album!. The song describes uselessness of bombs and warfare. In the music video, the band cooperated with Michael Moore, writer and director of Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11, to create a music video containing interviews with pacifists and a satirical video of George W. Bush, Saddam Hussein, Tony Blair and Osama bin Laden riding rockets over a city.[1] The video incorporated most of its footage from the February 15, 2003 anti-war protest. This video was banned from MTV Europe after a while. VH1 named the song as the 18th greatest protest song ever.[2]
"The video for the song was meant as a protest against the war in Iraq," lead singer Serj Tankian states. "We meant to release it before the war began, but ended up releasing it on the day it did, so it was basically kind of pointless."
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ System of a Down and Michael Moore Join Forces for "BOOM!" Video. System of a Down Online (fansite). Retrieved June 13, 2006.
- ^ Banned from MTV. Gawker. Retrieved June 13, 2006.
| System of a Down |
| Serj Tankian | Daron Malakian | Shavo Odadjian | John Dolmayan |
| Andy Khachaturian |
| Discography |
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| Albums/EPs: Sugar EP | System of a Down | Toxicity | Steal This Album! | Mezmerize | Hypnotize | Lonely Day EP |
| Demos: Untitled 1995 Demo Tape | Demo Tape 1 | Demo Tape 2 | Demo Tape 3 | Demo Tape 4 |
| Singles: "Sugar" | "Spiders" | "War?" | "Prison Song" | "Chop Suey!" | "Toxicity" | "Aerials" | "Innervision" | "Boom!" | "I-E-A-I-A-I-O" | "B.Y.O.B." | "Cigaro" | "Question!" | "Radio/Video" | "Hypnotize" | "Lonely Day" | "Kill Rock 'N Roll" |
| Related articles |
| Axis of Justice | Cool Gardens | Vartan Malakian | Screamers | Category:System of a Down songs
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