Suboceana (Boom boom chi boom boom) - Tom Tom Club

The music video of Tom Tom Club's Suboceana was a very strange one, one that caught my attention the very first time I saw it. I always wanted to have the single, but it was never available. In fact, I never even saw the single until I found this one.

And so it came to pass that I had the 12" single before I found the single. Much to my delight, this single features an instrumental version of the track that is not included on the 12".

My collection: 7" single no. 3973
Found: Record Exchange, London, August 5, 2009
Cost: 4 pounds
Tracks: 'Suboceana (Boom boom chi boom boom)' / 'Suboceana (instrumental)'

Suboceana (Boom boom chi boom boom) - Tom Tom Club

Tom Tom Club had two hits in the Netherlands: 'Wordy Rappinghood' (1981) and 'Under the boardwalk' (1982). I didn't buy either of them. I did buy this track, 'Suboceana' on a 12" single. It was a couple of years after I saw the interesting video. The single, of course, never reached the Dutch record shops, since this was released in the UK only. And so it was in the UK that I found this record.

The 'Dream master remix' was made by Keith Cohen, the man who also founded and fronted K.C. and the Sunshine Band.

My collection: 12" single no. 135
Found: Record Exchange, London, 1992
Cost: 2 pounds
Tracks: 'Suboceana (Boom boom chi boom boom) (Dream master remix)' / 'Suboceana (Boom boom chi boom boom)', 'The Suckling'
Download: here