Booyah (song)

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"Booyah"
Single by Showtek featuring We Are Loud and Sonny Wilson
Released
  • 19 August 2013[1]
  • 18 October 2013 (re-release)[2]
Length5:11
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Showtek
  • We Are Loud!
Showtek singles chronology
"Get Loose"
(2013) 		"Booyah"
(2013) 		"We Like to Party"
(2013)
We Are Loud singles chronology
"Under My Control Now"
(2012) 		"Booyah"
(2013) 		"Light It Up"
(2015)
Sonny Wilson singles chronology
"Got to Give"
(2013) 		"Booyah"
(2013) 		"Light It Up"
(2015)

"Booyah" is a song by the Dutch record producer duo Showtek featuring co-production by Dutch record producers We Are Loud and vocals by Dutch singer Sonny Wilson.[3] It was released on 19 August 2013, through Spinnin' Records,[1] and re-released on 18 October 2013 in collaboration with Polydor Records.[2] It entered the UK Singles Chart at number five, making it the first Showtek release to chart in the UK, on 27 October 2013. A remix EP featuring Lucky Date and Cash Cash's remixes among others was released on 8 November 2013.[4]

Music video[edit]

A music video to accompany the release of "Booyah" was first released onto YouTube on 17 September 2013 at a total length of four minutes and thirteen seconds.[5] The video was taken in Muswell Hill, Crouch End and Finsbury Park, as well as on the London Underground and a London double-decker bus on route W7.

Sonny Wilson[edit]

Sonny Wilson is a Dutch singer-songwriter who has influences of reggae and reggae fusion. As well as this song, Wilson has only had one other major collaboration, being featured on David Guetta's "Sun Goes Down". It also features Canadian reggae fusion/pop group MAGIC!, and also has co-production by Showtek, which makes it Wilson's second collaboration with them.

Track listing[edit]

Digital download – single
No.TitleLength
1."Booyah"5:11
Digital download – EP
No.TitleLength
1."Booyah" (Radio Edit)3:35
2."Booyah" (Cash Cash Remix)5:07
3."Booyah" (Brooks Remix)6:37
4."Booyah" (JP Candela & Alexander Som Remix)6:53
Digital download – remix EP[6]
No.TitleLength
1."Booyah" (Lucky Date Remix)4:15
2."Booyah" (Cash Cash Remix)5:07
3."Booyah" (Brooks Remix)6:37
4."Booyah" (JP Candela & Alexander Som Remix)6:53
CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Booyah" (radio edit)3:35
2."Booyah"5:11

Chart performance[edit]

Certifications[edit]

‹See Tfd›
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[39] Silver 200,000‡
Streaming
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[40] Gold 1,300,000†

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Release history[edit]

Region Date Format Label
Worldwide 19 August 2013 Digital download Spinnin' Records
18 October 2013 Spinnin' Records, Polydor Records

In popular culture[edit]

"Booyah" was the 2014–15 Philadelphia Flyers Goal Song. The Cleveland Browns used "Booyah" as their touchdown song for the 2016 season.

Vancouver Canucks forward Jannik Hansen used "Booyah" as his personalized goal song beginning in 2015–16.

The song had been used by the Halifax Thunderbirds during their inaugural 2019–20 NLL season.

References[edit]

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  3. ^ "Sonny Wilson (SonnyWilsonNL) on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  4. ^ "Showtek feat We Are Loud & Sonny Wilson – Booyah (Lucky Date remix) by Lucky Date on SoundCloud". SoundCloud. 7 November 2013.
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  6. ^ "Booyah (The Remixes) (Spinnin Records) :: Beatport". Beatport. 8 November 2013. Archived from the original on 8 November 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
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