Luke Elliot - Boom Boom Mancini (Official Lyric Video)

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About the Song

Produced by Freddy Holm
Co-Produced by Luke Elliot
Mixed by Lasse Mårtén
Mastered by Alex Wharton at Abbey Road

Luke Elliot's cover version of the Warren Zevon classic, "Boom Boom Mancini” will be released worldwide on May 14, while a remix version of the song, “Boom Boom Mancini (Dream Version)” will be released worldwide on May 28 on all digital outlets.

The New Jersey born Elliot, who now lives in Oslo, Norway recalls, “when I was living in New Haven, Connecticut, I would listen to the album SENTIMENTAL HYGIENE on repeat in my car, and I always played ‘Boom Boom Mancini' twice. There’s a violence to it that made me curious, a ferocity in Warren’s voice that made me want to find out more about the story, more about the people involved.”

The song, originally released by Zevon in 1987, tells the story of the infamous 1982 boxing match between World Champion Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini and Duk-koo Kim. The referee failed to stop the fight as Mancini pummeled Kim late in the match. He collapsed into a coma minutes later and died the next day. Both Kim’s mother and the referee committed suicide in the following years.

Luke recorded the song in Norway and co-produced it with multi-instrumentalist Freddy Holm. Israeli-born singer/songwriter Keren Ann contributed backing vocals from Paris. The song was mixed in Sweden by Lasse Mårtén who has worked with artists like Primal Scream, Franz Ferdinand, Lykke Li and Neko Case.

“I’ve been performing this song live for a few years,” says Elliot, “and I have always been asked to record it. I was recently writing some new material, and I was looking for collaborators when I was introduced to Keren Ann. I’d known her work for some time, but when we started putting down some ideas together, it occurred to me that she would bring a new universe to this track. There´s this juxtaposition in the angelic way she sings Zevon´s words that really speaks to me. The harmonies really sear through in a way I think befits the tragic story of ‘Boom Boom’ Mancini and Duk-koo Kim.”

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BOOM BOOM MANCINI (3:19)
Written by Warren Zevon Songs of Universal Inc. / Zevon Music (BMI) All rights administered by Songs of Universal, Inc.

From Youngstown, Ohio, Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini
A lightweight contender, like father like son
He fought for the title with Frias in Vegas
And he put him away in round number one

Hurry home early hurry on home
Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon

When Alexis Arguello gave Boom Boom a beating
Seven weeks later he was back in the ring
Some have the speed and the right combinations
If you can't take the punches, it don't mean a thing

Hurry home early hurry on home
Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon

When they asked him who was responsible
For the death of Duk-koo Kim, he said
"Someone should have stopped the fight and told me it was him"
They made hypocrite judgments after the fact
But the name of the game is be hit and hit back

Hurry home early hurry on home
Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon
Hurry home early hurry on home
Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon

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