Bom Diggy is a song by

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Zack Knight Zack Knight (born 22 November 1991) is a British Pakistanis, British-Pakistani singer-songwriter. Formerly known by the stage name, Zeekay (before 2011), Knight is well-known for hit songs including Bom Diggy, Galtiyan, Nakhre and Enemy, the fo ...

and

Jasmin Walia Jasmin Walia is a British singer and television personality of Indian descent; she has released songs in English, Punjabi and Hindi. In 2017, her single "Bom Diggy" with Zack Knight peaked at number one on the BBC Asian Network's Official Asian M ...

. It was released on 24 August 2017 through the Artist Originals subsidiary of Saavn Music and

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. The main verses are sung in Punjabi and

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, while the sampled chorus is in

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. The single was serviced to iTunes,

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at the same day. A remix version by

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was released on 31 January 2018. Later, Zack Knight made a remake of this song as "Bom Diggy Diggy" for the Indian film ''

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'', which was released on 8 February 2018 through T-Series, and produced by Knight and

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. As of April 2021, both versions of the song have over 820 million combined views on

Background

On 15 August 2017, Zack Knight released a trailer for the single. Described as "The US police team was searching Zack Knight and Jasmin Walia for stolen money from the bank. Later, seem they was counting the money." The video background was at party club. Background music was composed by Zack Knight. The music tune was made with unique bits, with some English

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. A remake version of this song had changed some lyrics with Knight's vocals and made more Punjabi bits with heavy

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. The chorus of the song samples vocals from a Bengali folk song, found in a ''Voice of India'' sample pack.

Critical reception

Kat Bein of Billboard wrote: "This track is a super-catchy tune that already featured some great electro elements over its Indian influence." Dillon Francis said, "It's great to see that the original 'Bom Diggy' single was one of the biggest tracks of last year. The remix is a great way to be involved in something with cross-cultural appeal and it's exciting to be involved with a platform that supports independent artists."ISTEN>

Music video

The Bom Diggy official music video was released on 24 August 2017 on

. The video was directed by Luke Biggins, Roger Russell and Knight himself. The music video starred Knight and Jasmine Walia. The video is about dancing, where Knight and Walia had performed to this song. The official music video has over 100 million views on YouTube as of April 2021. The version of the song in ''

'' has a quite different music video, used in the film. Both music videos, along with the lyric video, have received over 960 million views on YouTube as of April 2021.

Track listing

Charts

References

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