Boombastic is the third studio album released by Jamaican artist Shaggy. The album was released on July 11, 1995. The album sold over one million copies in the U.S., as well as selling 300,000+ in the UK. The album spawned five singles: "In The Summertime", a cover of a Mungo Jerry classic, "Boombastic", which peaked at #1 on the UK Singles Chart, at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at #1 on the U.S. R&B chart, "Why You Treat Me So Bad?", the double A-side "Something Different" / "The Train Is Coming", and "Day Oh", which was released as a Japanese only single. "Boombastic" was used as the theme for a 1995 Levi's ad, which was directed by Michael Mort and Deiniol Morris. It was also used in the 2006 and 2007 films, respectively, Barnyard and Mr Bean's Holiday. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album. Boombastic is the third studio album released by Jamaican artist Shaggy. The album was released on July 11, 1995. The album sold over one million copies in the U.S., as well as selling 300,000+ in the UK. The album spawned five singles: "In The Summertime", a cover of a Mungo Jerry classic, "Boombastic", which peaked at #1 on the UK Singles Chart, at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at #1 on the U.S. R&B chart, "Why You Treat Me So Bad?", the double A-side "Something Different" / "The Train Is Coming", and "Day Oh", which was released as a Japanese only single. "Boombastic" was used as the theme for a 1995 Levi's ad, which was directed by Michael Mort and Deiniol Morris. It was also used in the 2006 and 2007 films, respectively, Barnyard and Mr Bean's Holiday. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album. false 2023-01-16 10:42:08 Boombastic 1995 1995-07-11 1995-07-11 64 Dancehall 112913 2121484 594cc860-badc-4e76-ad9f-7a5f89eabc4a fc63d806-ca89-4ea3-a404-ee6de695743f ff6bb8b3-c7ed-3568-9b19-e8a357fba855 /media/data/media4/Music/Shaggy/Boombastic/folder.jpg Shaggy Shaggy featuring Budda Junky Swan Shaggy featuring Gold Mine Shaggy featuring Grand Puba Shaggy featuring Ken Boothe Shaggy featuring Rayvon Shaggy featuring Rayvon and the Ripper Shaggy featuring Wayne Wonder Shaggy 1 1 In the Summertime 03:58 1 2 Boombastic 04:06 1 3 Something Different 04:32 1 4 Forgive Them Father 03:28 1 5 Heartbreak Suzie 04:09 1 6 Finger Smith 03:30 1 7 Why You Treat Me So Bad 03:50 1 8 Woman a Pressure Me 03:33 1 9 The Train Is Coming 03:42 1 10 Island Lover 04:16 1 11 Day Oh 03:57 1 12 Jenny 04:18 1 13 How Much More 03:53 1 14 Gal Yu a Pepper 04:19 1 15 In the Summertime (remix) 04:06 1 16 Boombastic (Sting remix) 04:19 Orville Richard Burrell (born October 22, 1968), better known by his stage name Shaggy, is a Jamaican-American reggae recording artist who scored hits with the songs "It Wasn't Me", "Boombastic", "In the Summertime", "Oh Carolina", and "Angel". He has been nominated for seven Grammy Awards, winning twice for Best Reggae Album with Boombastic in 1996 and 44/876 with Sting in 2019, and has won the Brit Award for International Male Solo Artist in 2002. In 2007, he was awarded the Jamaican Order of Distinction with the rank of Commander. In 2022, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Brown University.