Burning The Ground Exclusive 1987
NEW 2023 Transfer
NEW Meticulous Audio Restoration
Originally posted July 13, 2015
A pretty face won’t get you everywhere… but it got you pretty damn far in the ’80s.
And it certainly helped gay musician Paul Lekakis, who went from upstate New York waiter, to model and professional party boy in Milan, to international pop star in 1987 with a little bop called “Boom Boom (Let’s Go Back to My Room.)”
The song will certainly resonate with those who survived its ’80s dance-floor domination… and anyone who’s attended a Pride party in the past five years.
Lekakis, who is HIV-positive, appeared on the cover of Poz magazine. In the article, he recalls major record labels wanting to market him as a teen idol in the 1980s, which did not interest the already out young singer.
“Boom Boom (Let’s Go Back to My Room)” is the debut single by American singer and model Paul Lekakis.
Originally released in 1987 on ZYX Records, then picked up by Polydor Records for a wider release, the song peaked at #43 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S. and at #60 on the UK Singles Chart in England. It fared better in other parts of the world, where the song spent five weeks at #1 on the ARIA Charts in Australia, from April 13 through May 11 of 1987. It also topped music charts in Japan and South Africa and peaked at #2 in Canada. The song is noteworthy because it is a well-known 1980s dance club track that nonetheless failed to appear on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart upon its initial release. Subsequent remixes have appeared on that chart, however, as well as some of Lekakis’ other dance recordings. The song was popular in the LGBT community and helped to establish his career, both as a singer and as an actor.
Several remixes were commissioned for the track including the rare UK-only Champion Remix by mixmaster Phil Harding of PWL released on Champion Records a London-based major long-running soul, dance, and house music label.
SIDE A:
Boom Boom (Let’s Go Back To My Room) (A Phil Harding Remix) 6:40
SIDE B:
Boom Boom (Let’s Go Back To My Room) (A Phil Harding Dub Remix) 5:44
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Boom Boom (Let’s Go Back To My Room) | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #43 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Champion – CHAMPX 12-43
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic
Style: Hi-NRG
CREDITS:
- Producer – M. Chieregato*, R. Turatti*
- Remix – Mixmaster Phil Harding*
- Written-By – M. Chieregato*, R. Ballerini*, R. Turatti*, S. Montini*, T. Hooker*
NOTES:
Tracks are listed incorrectly on the back cover.
VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
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SOFTWARE:
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RESTORATION NOTES:
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I lived in NJ, near NYC. this was all over the radio. People thought it was a single by group Dead or Alive. but there was a slight backlash to the song, because of the battling AIDS crisis. There was a radio and television campaign call “AIDS- Don’t Get it” One of the tv ads featured the “boom boom boom” song-to imply this is the “unsafe sex AIDS theme” song. then they show a man in a hospice very ill, Saying ‘ this is a person with AIDS. Don’t get it’ the whole campaign was super phobic. I remember being… Read more »
Who was behind the image of this character and who did the voice belong to? It’s one of the summer hits that followed us, thanks Paul.
Thanks for this, had the original but not the remix. Cheers! Boom Boom.
This was #6 on the US BB dance chart. This was such an iconic anthem in all the L.A./Long Beach/Orange County bars as well as every establishment in Dallas and Atlanta back in the day. You couldn’t escape it anywhere! In fact, Paul returned to one of the Atlanta clubs for a special appearance during the 1996 Olympics where he had briefly been a “d!ck dancer” some years earlier.
Soooooooooo much better than my recording of my worn-out copy. Thank you so much, Paul.
I Love this tune.
I missed this first time around, but it is a new favourite of mine now. Phil Harding did some great mixes around this time for the PWL label.
Thanks Paul 🙂
You’re welcome, Marco 🙂
What I remember the most about this song, is that so many people loved it. No discussion about his sexuality at all. All crowds responded equally about the song’s meaning.
Thanks, Paul, for this great song!!
Jeff
It is interesting how in the 80s we did not care who was what music was just music.
Of *course* Phil Harding did a mix of this. The original already sounded like a Stock/Aitken/Waterman production.