Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) (Talking Section Removed) by lazarus57

lazarus57 - Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) (Talking Section Removed)

lazarus57

May 11, 2025 08:48pm

The Hogwarts OWL Exams - Exam 1<img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/0QAX/8473891966_3BBM_media.jpg"><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/IGSL/278ef0e667_SJPV_media.gif"><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/replies08bfa4c3c3.png">"Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doo-wop" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">doo-wop</a> style <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novelty_song" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">novelty song</a> from 1961 by the American songwriter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Mann" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Barry Mann</a>, who wrote it with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Goffin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Gerry Goffin</a>. It was originally released as a single on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">ABC-Paramount</a> label (10237).Lyrics[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Who_Put_the_Bomp_(in_the_Bomp,_Bomp,_Bomp)&action=edit&section=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">edit</a>]In this song, Mann sings about the frequent use of nonsense lyrics in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doo-wop" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">doo-wop</a> 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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marcels" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">The Marcels'</a> version of "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Moon_(1934_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Blue Moon</a>" (in which they sing "Bomp bomp ba bomp, ba bomp ba bomp bomp" and "dip-de-dip-de-dip")<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Put_the_Bomp_(in_the_Bomp,_Bomp,_Bomp)#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">[2]</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Edsels" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">The Edsels</a>' "Rama-Lama-Ding-Dong", both of which charted earlier the same year.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Put_the_Bomp_(in_the_Bomp,_Bomp,_Bomp)#cite_note-chart-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">[3]</a> The spoken section is a reference to the song "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Darlin%27" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Little Darlin'</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diamonds" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">the Diamonds</a>.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">citation needed</a>] "Boogidy shoo" can be found in the lyrics to "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Time" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Pony Time</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chubby_Checker" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Chubby Checker</a>, released earlier that year.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">citation needed</a>] Mann was backed up by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Halos" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">the Halos</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Put_the_Bomp_(in_the_Bomp,_Bomp,_Bomp)#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">[4]</a> a doo-wop group of its own renown that had a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-hit_wonder" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">single top-40 hit</a> with "Nag" and also sang on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Lee" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Curtis Lee</a>'s hit "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Little_Angel_Eyes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Pretty Little Angel Eyes</a>.""Who Put the Bomp" is an example of 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[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Who_Put_the_Bomp_(in_the_Bomp,_Bomp,_Bomp)&action=edit&section=2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">edit</a>]The single debuted on Billboard's Hot 100 on August 7, 1961, and remained for twelve weeks, peaking at #7.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Put_the_Bomp_(in_the_Bomp,_Bomp,_Bomp)#cite_note-chart-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">[3]</a> Mann's version did not chart in the UK, though a cover version by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Viscounts_(British_band)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">the Viscounts</a> reached #21 there in September 1961. The Viscounts' record was in turn covered by comedians <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morecambe_and_Wise" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Morecambe and Wise</a>, 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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Showaddywaddy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Showaddywaddy</a>, charted at #37 in August 1982.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Put_the_Bomp_(in_the_Bomp,_Bomp,_Bomp)#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">[5]</a> <img src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.wmEtf7Z9XsbRe3yauTwVuAHaEK?rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain" alt="(Slowed) Who Put the Bomp - Barry Mann (1961) - YouTube">