"Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" | |
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Single by Barry Mann | |
from the album Who Put the Bomp | |
B-side | "Love, True Love" |
Released | 1961 |
Recorded | June 21, 1961 [1] |
Studio | Brill Building |
Genre |
Doo-wop Novelty song |
Length | 2:46 |
Label | ABC-Paramount |
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) |
"Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" is a doo-wop style novelty song from 1961 by the American songwriter Barry Mann, who wrote it with Gerry Goffin. It was originally released as a single on the ABC-Paramount label (10237).
In this song, Mann sings about the frequent use of nonsense lyrics in doo-wop music, and how his girl fell in love with him after listening to several such songs.
Examples of the type of song referred to include The Marcels' version of " Blue Moon" (in which they sing "Bomp bomp ba bomp, ba bomp ba bomp bomp" and "dip-de-dip-de-dip") [2] and The Edsels' "Rama-Lama-Ding-Dong", both of which charted earlier the same year. [3] The spoken section is a reference to the song " Little Darlin'" by the Diamonds.[ citation needed] "Boogidy shoo" can be found in the lyrics to " Pony Time" by Chubby Checker, released earlier that year.[ citation needed] Mann was backed up by the Halos, [4] a doo-wop group of its own renown that had a single top-40 hit with "Nag" and also sang on Curtis Lee's hit " Pretty Little Angel Eyes."
The song inspired the title of an eponymous music magazine.
It fits into the category of "self-referential" songs, in that it is a song about the genre it belongs to, in this case doo-wop. This is accentuated by the fact that Mann is a songwriter singing about songwriters.
The single debuted on Billboard's Hot 100 on August 7, 1961, and remained for twelve weeks, peaking at #7. [3] Mann's version did not chart in the UK, though a cover version by the Viscounts reached #21 there in September 1961. The Viscounts' record was in turn covered by comedians Morecambe and Wise, with the same melody and modified lyrics ("We put the Bomp in the..."); the record was titled "We're the Guys (Who Drive Your Baby Wild)".
A newer version, by Showaddywaddy, charted at #37 in August 1982. [5]
The song has been recorded or referenced by:
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"Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" | |
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Single by Barry Mann | |
from the album Who Put the Bomp | |
B-side | "Love, True Love" |
Released | 1961 |
Recorded | June 21, 1961 [1] |
Studio | Brill Building |
Genre |
Doo-wop Novelty song |
Length | 2:46 |
Label | ABC-Paramount |
Songwriter(s) |
|
Producer(s) |
"Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" is a doo-wop style novelty song from 1961 by the American songwriter Barry Mann, who wrote it with Gerry Goffin. It was originally released as a single on the ABC-Paramount label (10237).
In this song, Mann sings about the frequent use of nonsense lyrics in doo-wop music, and how his girl fell in love with him after listening to several such songs.
Examples of the type of song referred to include The Marcels' version of " Blue Moon" (in which they sing "Bomp bomp ba bomp, ba bomp ba bomp bomp" and "dip-de-dip-de-dip") [2] and The Edsels' "Rama-Lama-Ding-Dong", both of which charted earlier the same year. [3] The spoken section is a reference to the song " Little Darlin'" by the Diamonds.[ citation needed] "Boogidy shoo" can be found in the lyrics to " Pony Time" by Chubby Checker, released earlier that year.[ citation needed] Mann was backed up by the Halos, [4] a doo-wop group of its own renown that had a single top-40 hit with "Nag" and also sang on Curtis Lee's hit " Pretty Little Angel Eyes."
The song inspired the title of an eponymous music magazine.
It fits into the category of "self-referential" songs, in that it is a song about the genre it belongs to, in this case doo-wop. This is accentuated by the fact that Mann is a songwriter singing about songwriters.
The single debuted on Billboard's Hot 100 on August 7, 1961, and remained for twelve weeks, peaking at #7. [3] Mann's version did not chart in the UK, though a cover version by the Viscounts reached #21 there in September 1961. The Viscounts' record was in turn covered by comedians Morecambe and Wise, with the same melody and modified lyrics ("We put the Bomp in the..."); the record was titled "We're the Guys (Who Drive Your Baby Wild)".
A newer version, by Showaddywaddy, charted at #37 in August 1982. [5]
The song has been recorded or referenced by:
{{
cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
link)