Who Put The Bomp - Barry Mann

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, and another version by Showaddywaddy charted at # 37 in August, 1982.

"Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" is a Doo-wop style hit song from 1961 co-written (with Gerry Goffin) and recorded by Barry Mann. He was backed up by The Halos, who had previously backed up Curtis Lee on the song "Pretty Little Angel Eyes". The song 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 of 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") and the Edsels' "Rama-Lama-Ding-Dong", both of which charted earlier the same year.

The song inspired the title of a music magazine, called "Who Put the Bomp".

The song fits into the category of "self-referential" songs. Rock songs are often about rock (We're gonna rock around the clock), reggae songs about reggae, rap songs about rap, etc. In this particular song that aspect is accentuated by the fact that Mann is a songwriter singing about songwriters.

It is also an ironic, lightly self-mocking song. This is a frequent phenomenon in popular music, M's "Pop Muzik" being an example (Wikipedia).

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[Amy Phetamine]

"when i say, dip! da dip! da dip! da dip! you know i mean it from the bottom of my boogity boogity boogity shoo."

[titchylemon]

ohmygosh can you imagine how much fun that would be?? dancing to music from the 60s and dressing up like that!! ughhhh wanttttt

[RandomPickle97]

I refuse to go to high-school dances for 2 reasons:

1- They jam you into this small area of the school, WTF!?! and

2- THEY PLAY SHITTY 21st century MUSIC >:(

I would totally go there every week! :D

[Dave Cote]

Gotta love this song. Thanks for posting it.

[negarmosayebi]

I have heard a slower version of this song and it's booooring. So this fast and happy version is awesome!

[Freddie Barrett]

WOW,LOVE IT.

[pjf654]

love it

[TheGamerzOfTheUSA]

"Boo Ba Doo Ba Dop A Boppity Bop" Is what I typed in to get to this song.

[ninjast4r]

Kind of like Jack Rabbit Slim's from Pulp Fiction.

[BeefySyndrome]

I would like to shake Barry Mann's hand for making this song :)

[Rasmus Ørndrup]

THIS VERSION

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[michael perez]

k recuerdos con esta musica antigua...................cuan­do escuchaba una radio local de peru stere 100 k ponia musica del recuerdo y luego lo escuche en radio carolina en el año 1998 y esta musica es de 1960 azu cuantos años y sigue gustando a la nueva generacion ¡¡