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"Boogaloo" was Ringo's nickname for Paul McCartney. The song was Ringo urging Paul to stop his snide remarks in the press about the other Beatles, and just make good music ("Give me something tasty"). (thanks, Ken - Louisville, KY)
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Love the drums on this one.
- Harold, San Bernadino, CA
Ringo said that the idea for this song came from hanging out with Marc Bolan of T. Rex in the early 1970's (Ringo directed the T. Rex movie "Born to Boogie"). Apparently "Boogaloo" was a favorite word of Marc's and Ringo based the song around it. This song was redone on his "Stop and Smell the Roses" album complete with Beatles references sprinkled throughout the song.
- Patrick, Raleigh, NC
I really like this song, but I don't really like the name "Boogaloo" and the video is kind of creepy!
- Stacey, Tuscon, AZ
Paul........ Stop calling Ringo Boogaloo it's emberrasing!
- Bianca Sanchez, Alburquerque, NM
Was this written by Ringo or did someone else wrtie it? Wikipedia says Marc Bolan inspired it.
- Johnny, Los Angeles, CA
To be fair, Paul was only suing the other Beatles because that was the only legal way to dissolve the group.
- Eric, Byron, NY
Great song! One of his best.
- Ian, Lethbridge, Canada
This is definitely about Paul. During the time when he [Paul] was suing the other three Beatles.
- Tiffany, San Diego, CA
Ringo has never confirmed that this was about Paul. In fact, he has denied it. I always thought, though, that it was about Paul. Great song and still sounds great when Ringo does it with any version of the All Starr Band.
- louis, youngstown, OH