Biography
"Tick Tick Boom" is a single by Swedish rock band The Hives, released in 2007. It is the opening track to The Black and White Album and is the first single taken from that album. "Tick Tick Boom" was released on 8 October 2007.
The song was once the goal song for Vancouver Canucks defenseman Alex Edler in the 2015–16 NHL season, as the Canucks began using player-specific goal songs.
The song received a large exposure to American audiences, appearing in several TV shows, documentaries, video games and films including CSI: Miami, Friday Night Lights, Jumper, Taken, Friday the 13th, MacGruber, The Heat, 30 Minutes or Less, The Nut Job 2, American Born Chinese, Warren Miller's Playground and Dirt 4, Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, Madden NFL 08 and Madden NFL 11, Forza Motorsport 3, MotorStorm: Arctic Edge, NCAA Football 10, Back 4 Blood and Lego Rock Band.
The song has also appeared in trailers and commercials for Get Smart, Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control, Overstrike (later rebranded as Fuse), Fox Sports 1, Spy Kids: All the Time in the World, Marvel's Agent Carter, Lego Marvel Superheroes 2 and Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.
WWE used the song to serve as the theme song for the 2007 PPV event, Survivor Series.
In 2009, ESPN used the song in a video package highlighting the moments of the decade in NCAA football.