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2007 single by The Hives
"Tick Tick Boom"
B-side "Hell No" (EU 7") "Square One Here I Come" (US 7") "Waits Too Long" (EU CD, US CD) "Fall Is Just Something Grown Ups Invented" (US CD) Released 8 October 2007 Recorded 2007
Genre Length 3 :25 (album version)3:42 (single version)
Label
Songwriter(s) Randy Fitzsimmons
Producer(s)
Jacknife Lee
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Throw It on Me " (2007)
"Tick Tick Boom " (2007)
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"Tick Tick Boom " is a
single by Swedish
rock band
The Hives , released in 2007. It is the opening track to
The Black and White Album and is the first single taken from that album. "Tick Tick Boom" was released on 8 October 2007.
The song was voted in at number 99 in the
Triple J Hottest 100 of
2007 .
[1]
Music video
Two music videos exist for this song. The video directed by Kalle Haglund stars the Hives as giant statues in
Stockholm 's
Liljevalchs konsthall who eventually destroy the museum on the song's final "Boom". In the video, the Hives fashion suits with white dress shoes.
[2] The second version is of a staged live performance of the song, part of which was displayed in the Nike / Finish Line commercial.
In popular culture
The song was once the goal song for
Vancouver Canucks defenseman
Alex Edler in the
2015–16 NHL season , as the Canucks began using player-specific goal songs.
The song received a large exposure to American audiences, appearing in several TV shows, documentaries, video games and films including
CSI: Miami ,
Friday Night Lights ,
Jumper ,
Taken ,
Friday the 13th ,
MacGruber ,
The Heat ,
30 Minutes or Less ,
The Nut Job 2 ,
American Born Chinese , Warren Miller's Playground and
Dirt 4 ,
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock ,
Madden NFL 08 and
Madden NFL 11 ,
Forza Motorsport 3 ,
MotorStorm: Arctic Edge ,
NCAA Football 10 ,
Back 4 Blood and
Lego Rock Band .
The song has also appeared in trailers and commercials for
Get Smart ,
Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control , Overstrike (later rebranded as
Fuse ),
Fox Sports 1 ,
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World ,
Marvel's Agent Carter ,
Lego Marvel Superheroes 2 and
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League .
WWE used the song to serve as the theme song for the 2007 PPV event,
Survivor Series .
In 2009,
ESPN used the song in a video package highlighting the moments of the decade in
NCAA football .
Track listing
European 7"
"Tick Tick Boom"
"Hell No"
Includes exclusive signed poster
US 7"
"Tick Tick Boom"
"Square One Here I Come"
European CD
"Tick Tick Boom"
"Waits Too Long"
US CD
"Tick Tick Boom"
"Waits Too Long"
"Fall Is Just Something Grownups Invented"
Charts
References
External links
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