Watch the video for ‘My Boo’ plus King Louie and a member of Rae Sremmurd dancing to it below. Interest in ‘My Boo’ was reinvigorated in 2013 when Ciara released ‘Body Party’, which interpolated the track – but nothing compares this. It should be noted that Tidal streams do not count toward the Billboard chart, so there could ostensibly more. It’s been streamed 12.3 million times in the US, which is 147% more than its usual play – songs of the summer never get old, even when they’re from the ’90s – with 1.5 million reported from Spotify and 80% from YouTube. As of May 5, it has sold 35,000 digital units, landing it at #8 on the R&B Digital Songs chart.

Ghost Town DJs essentially existed in the vacuous, anonymous realm their name seems to suggest until they stumbled upon a way to make the world take notice. Their specialty, however, remains catering t read more. It will re-debut on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at #14 when it had only previously reached #18. Ghost Town DJs was an African-American hip-hop music group who recorded the 1996 hit, 'My Boo'. It worked, and 'My Boo' (1996) became a single that was as catchy as the common cold. We use cookies to let us know when you visit SoundCloud, to understand how you interact with us, to enrich.

SoundCloud may request cookies to be set on your device. After you sign in, your upload will start. It has also gotten ‘My Boo’ higher on the Hot 100 than ever before.īillboard reports that it will re-enter the Hot 100 at #29, having peaked at #31 in October 1996. Ghost Town DJs - My Boo (Instrumental Remake) by dwhiteva D. (And unlike ‘Harlem Shake’, this actually utilizes the real dance it’s named after.)Īccording to Billboard, athletes were the first to mimic Vincent and Hall’s clips – basketball team the Atlanta Hawks even held a contest at a recent playoff game – but it has since gone on to be so popular that originators were featured on Ellen ( as any meme-creator does). Two teens in New Jersey named Kevin Vincent and Jeremiah Hall started a viral sensation called the Running Man Challenge. The track is experiencing a similar fate to the second wind Baauer’s ‘Harlem Shake’ caught back in 2013 – because of a viral video and the new streaming rules with the Billboard charts, it’s become a hit well after its release. Ghost Town DJs’ massive ‘My Boo’ is more successful now than when it debuted in 1996.

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