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| "Boom, Like That" | ||||
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| Single by Mark Knopfler | ||||
| from the album Shangri-La | ||||
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| Released | 20 September 2004 | |||
| Genre | Roots rock | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Songwriter | Mark Knopfler | |||
| Producers | Mark Knopfler, Chuck Ainlay | |||
| Mark Knopfler singles chronology | ||||
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"Boom, Like That" is a 2004 single by Mark Knopfler, from his album Shangri-La. It is – with "Darling Pretty" – one of only two Mark Knopfler solo singles to reach the UK Top 40, reaching no. 34.
The subject of the song is Ray Kroc, who is credited with the growth of McDonald's after buying out the McDonalds brothers. Knopfler indicated that he was inspired by Kroc's autobiography.[citation needed]