GRRR! It's Betty Boo

Writing for The Guardian in October 1992, Adam Sweeting thought that the album contained "more than its fair share of garish artificial charm", surmising that although Boo's songs "hang on a thread of absurdity", presenting critics with an easy target, "her kittenish raps – usually about boys and boy-trouble – bristle with winningly daft rhymes". AllMusic's William Ruhlmann noted that "Boo raps through the verses and sings the choruses (...) in an engaging enough manner, but she never threatens to be more than a cartoon". Madonna praised the album in a 1994 interview with Q Magazine, describing it as "horribly ignored".{{Cite magazine |title=Madonna Interview 1994 |url=https://www.pauldunoyer.com/madonna-interview-1994/ |magazine=Q |first=Paul |last=Du Noyer |date=December 1994}}

{{Track listing

|headline = Standard edition

|all_writing = Alison Clarkson and John Coxon, except as noted

|title1 = I'm on My Way

|writer1 = {{hlist|Clarkson|Coxon|John Lennon|Paul McCartney}}

|length1 = 3:22

|title2 = Thing Goin' On

|writer2 = {{hlist|Clarkson|Coxon|McCauley|Larry Young|L. Logan|P. Saunders}}

|length2 = 3:41

|title3 = Hangover

|length3 = 3:49

|title4 = Curly & Girly

|length4 = 4:22

|title5 = Wish You Were Here

|length5 = 4:17

|title6 = Let Me Take You There

|writer6 = {{hlist|Clarkson|Coxon|Dawes|Sigman}}

|length6 = 3:58

|title7 = Gave You the Boo

|length7 = 4:00

|title8 = Skin Tight

|writer8 = {{hlist|Clarkson|Paul Myers|Dean Ross}}

|length8 = 3:38

|title9 = Catch Me

|writer9 = {{hlist|Clarkson|Myers|Ross}}

|length9 = 3:47

|title10 = Close the Door

|length10 = 3:38

}}

{{Track listing

|headline = 2016 reissue – Disc 1 bonus tracks{{Cite web |title=Grrr! It's Betty Boo: Deluxe Edition |publisher=Cherry Red Records |url=https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/grrr-its-betty-boo-deluxe-edition/}}

|title11 = Jet Sex

|note11 = 7" version

|title12 = Platform Shoe Shuffle

|note12 = 7" edit{{efn|name=cd|Previously unreleased on CD.}}

|title13 = I'm on My Way

|note13 = Tumpin' Dub

|title14 = Let Me Take You There

|note14 = Ubiquity Mix

|title15 = Hangover

|note15 = Sunday Morning Remix{{efn|name=uk|Previously unreleased in the UK.}}

|title16 = Thing Goin' On

|note16 = MK radio remix{{efn|name=uk}}

|title17 = Catch Me

|note17 = 12" version{{efn|name=uk}}

}}

{{Track listing

|headline = 2016 reissue – Disc 2

|title1 = Let Me Take You There

|note1 = 12" version{{efn|name=cd}}

|title2 = I'm on My Way

|note2 = The Batman and Robin Mix

|title3 = Hangover

|note3 = 12" mix{{efn|name=cd}}

|title4 = Thing Goin' On

|note4 = MK club mix{{efn|name=uk}}

|title5 = Catch Me

|note5 = original version{{efn|name=uk}}

|title6 = Jet Sex

|note6 = 12" version

|title7 = Platform Shoe Shuffle

|note7 = extended version

|title8 = Let Me Take You There

|note8 = Away Mix

|title9 = I'm on My Way

|note9 = Boo Choons

|title10 = Hangover

|note10 = Saturday Night Remix

|title11 = Catch Me

|note11 = London Underground Mix{{efn|name=cd}}{{efn|name=uk}}

|title12 = Thing Goin' On

|note12 = MK Underground Mix{{efn|name=uk}}

|title13 = Let Me Take You There

|note13 = Take U There Mix{{efn|name=cd}}

}}

{{notelist}}

• "I'm on My Way" contains an interpolation of "Lady Madonna", written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. The saxophone line is not taken directly from The Beatles' original version, but is a re-creation featuring the same session players: Ronnie Scott, Harry Klein, Bill Povey and Bill Jackman.
• "Thing Goin' On" contains a sample of "Turn Off the Lights", written by Young, Logan & Saunders and performed by Larry Young's Fuel.
• "Let Me Take You There" contains a sample of "It's All in the Game", written by Charles Dawes and Carl Sigman, as performed by The Four Tops. The instrumental break contains a sample of "Pet Sounds", written by Brian Wilson and performed by The Beach Boys.
• "Close the Door" begins with a bass arrangement bearing strong similarities to Barry White's "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby".{{cn|date=November 2022}}

• Betty Boo – producer, pre-production, vocals

• Ronnie Scott – saxophone on track 1
• Harry Klein – saxophone on track 1
• Bill Povey – saxophone on track 1
• Bill Jackman – saxophone on track 1
• Gary Plumbley – saxophone on track 8
• Guy Barker – flumpet on track 2
• Richard Niles – string arrangement on track 3
• Roger Rettig – pedal steel on track 3
• Frank Ton Ton – drums on track 6
• Michael Rosenberg – guitar on track 8
• Sweet Paulino – percussion on track 8
• Fenella Barton – strings on track 9
• Sian Bell – strings on track 9
• Sonia Shany – strings on track 9
• Jocelyn Pook – strings on track 9

• John Coxon – producer, pre-production "Done Upstairs"
• Mads Bjerke – recording, engineer on tracks 1–7 & 10 at The Strongroom
• Streets Ahead – producer on track 2
• Dean Ross – producer on tracks 8–9
• Sweet Paulino – producer on tracks 8–9
• Jim Abyss – recording on track 8 at Metropolis Studios, mix engineer on track 1 at Olympic Studios
• Ren Swan – recording on track 9 at Sarm East Studios
• Gregg Jackman – mix engineer on tracks 2–10 at Sarm West Studios

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