Tick Tick Boom (song)

"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.

"Tick Tick Boom"
Single by The Hives
from the album The Black and White Album
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	Punk rock garage punk
Length	3:25 (album version) 3:42 (single version)
Label	A&M Octone Polydor
Songwriter(s)	Randy Fitzsimmons
Producer(s)	Jacknife Lee
The Hives singles chronology
"Throw It on Me" (2007) "Tick Tick Boom" (2007) "T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S." (2008)

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.[1] 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

• In 2017, the song was featured in Codemasters game, Dirt 4.
• 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 Baby Driver, CSI: Miami, Friday Night Lights, Jumper, Taken, Friday the 13th, MacGruber, The Heat, 30 Minutes or Less, The Nut Job 2, 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 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 and Spy Kids: All the Time in the World.
• WWE used the song to serve as the theme song for the 2007 PPV event, Survivor Series.

Track listing

European 7"

1. "Tick Tick Boom"
2. "Hell No"
   • Includes exclusive signed poster

US 7"

1. "Tick Tick Boom"
2. "Square One Here I Come"

European CD

1. "Tick Tick Boom"
2. "Waits Too Long"

US CD

1. "Tick Tick Boom"
2. "Waits Too Long"
3. "Fall is Just Something Grownups Invented"

Chart performance

"Tick Tick Boom" was voted in at number 99 in the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2007.[2]

Chart (2007)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	41
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	36

References

1. "The Hives - Tick Tick Boom (Official Video)". 18 October 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2015 – via YouTube.
2. "Hottest 100 Countdown". Triple J. 26 October 2008. Archived from the original on 24 October 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2008.

External links

• "Tick Tick Boom" at Discogs (list of releases)
• "Tick Tick Boom" Official music video on YouTube