"Boom Shack-A-Lak" is a song by Apache Indian, released as a single in 1993. The song was included on Apache Indian's 'Nuff Vibes' EP

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. which is his biggest hit in the UK

United Kingdom

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, reaching number 5 in the charts in 1993.

The song has been featured on over 70 TV commercials

Television advertisement

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 worldwide including a LYNX

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 advertisement with Jennifer Aniston

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The song has also been featured in various Hollywood films: Dumb & Dumber

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, Threesome

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, Bio-Dome

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, Clueless and more recently Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

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. The song is also featured in the Bollywood

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 film Anjaam

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In Brazil, the music was part of the "international" soundtracks of TV Globo's telenovela, Olho no olho - "Eye to Eye" in 1993.

Pakistani actress singer Bushra Ansari

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 has covered the song in her album Yeh Meri Zindagi Hai, under the title "Ghoom Ja Chala Ko Sweety".