| Cars with the Boom | |
| Cover: | L'Trimm - Cars with the Boom.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | L'Trimm |
| Album: | Grab It! |
| B-Side: | Don't Come to My House |
| Released: | 1988 |
| Genre: | Miami bass |
| Length: | 3:54 |
| Producer: | David Stone Klein |
| Prev Title: | Cutie Pie |
| Prev Year: | 1988 |
| Next Title: | Drop That Bottom |
| Next Year: | 1989 |
"Cars with the Boom" (also titled "Cars That Go Boom") is a song by American hip hop duo L'Trimm and the third single from their debut studio album Grab It! (1988). It is their most successful song.
"Cars with the Boom" is a Miami bass song that finds L'Trimm rapping about their love for men who have cars with subwoofers.[1] [2] [3]
Chris Willman of Los Angeles Times described "Cars with the Boom" to be "One of the dumber rap songs to come down the pike lately, this ode to noise pollution is also the most irresistible."[4] The Chicago Sun-Times regarded it as the duo's "finest" song.[5] Abel Folgar of Miami New Times praised the song, writing that "the fact stands, there's something almost benign and cute about this affair ... [L'Trimm's] delivery, and it's all based on their delivery, is fun and childish."[6] Travis M. Andrews of The Washington Post declared that "the song stands out in the landscape of hip-hop for being so unapologetically light."
"Cars with the Boom" was ranked number 95 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop" in 2008[7] and number 100 on Rolling Stone
American rapper Brianna Perry released a remake of "Cars That Go Boom", simply titled as "Cars".[9]
The song renewed popularity in mid-2020 due to widespread use in dancing and lip-syncing trends on the video-sharing app TikTok.[10]
| Chart (1988) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100[11] | 54 | |
| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[12] | 39 |