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Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)

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"Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)"
Single by Barry Mann
from the album Who Put the Bomp
B-side"Love, True Love"
Released1961
RecordedJune 21, 1961[1]
StudioBrill Building
GenreDoo-wop
Novelty song
Length2:46
LabelABC-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).

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Transcription

Lyrics

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.

Chart performance

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]

In popular culture

The song has been recorded or referenced by:

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". members.home.nl. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Marsh, Dave, The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made, 1999, Da Capo Press; ISBN 0-306-80901-X
  3. ^ a b Top Pop Singles 1955-1996, © 1997, Record Research Inc.; ISBN 0-89820-122-5
  4. ^ "Marv Goldberg's R&B Notebooks - The Arthur Crier Story". Home.att.net.
  5. ^ "everyHit.com - UK Top 40 Chart Archive, British Singles & Album Charts". Everyhit.com.
  6. ^ Strauss, William (Bill) and Newport, Elaina, Sixteen Scandals: 20 Years of Sex, Lies and Other Habits of Our Great Leaders, 2002, Sourcebooks MediaFusion; ISBN 1-57071-890-3.
  7. ^ "Who Put The Mush". Mysongbook.de. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
  8. ^ "Who Put the Mush - The McCalmans | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
  9. ^ 'Rump' Song Got Us Suspended, Central Florida DJs Say, Orlando News. The lyrics are available on Rivers' website
  10. ^ "You Did (Bomp Shooby Dooby Bomp) (LYRICS)". Chuck Prophet. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
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