Who Put The Bomp?

Lyrics:

• I'd like to thank the guy

  Who wrote the song

  That made my baby

  Fall in love with me
• Who put the bomp

  In the bomp bah bomp bah bomp?

  Who put the ram

  In the rama lama ding dong?

  Who put the bop

  In the bop shoo bop shoo bop?

  Who put the dip

  In the dip da dip da dip?

  Who was that man?

  I'd like to shake his hand

  He made my baby

  Fall in love with me (yeah!!)
• When my baby heard

  "Bomp bah bah bomp "

  "Bah bomp bah bomp bah bomp bomp"

  Every word went right into her heart

  And when she heard them singin'

  "Rama lama lama lama"

  "Rama ding dong"

  She said we'd never have to part

  So
• Who put the bomp

  In the bomp bah bomp bah bomp?

  Who put the ram

  In the rama lama ding dong?

  Who put the bop

  In the bop shoo bop shoo bop?

  Who put the dip

  In the dip da dip da dip?

  Who was that man?

  I'd like to shake his hand

  He made my baby

  Fall in love with me (yeah!!)
• Each time that we're alone

  Boogity boogity boogity

  Boogity boogity boogity shoo

  Sets my baby's heart all aglow

  And every time we dance to

  Dip da dip da dip

  Dip da dip da dip

  She always says she loves me so

  So
• Who put the bomp

  In the bomp bah bomp bah bomp?

  Who put the ram

  In the rama lama ding dong?

  Who put the bop

  In the bop shoo bop shoo bop?

  Who put the dip

  In the dip da dip da dip?

  Who was that man?

  I'd like to shake his hand

  He made my baby

  Fall in love with me (yeah!!)

Songwriters: MANN, BARRY/GOFFIN, GERRY

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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.

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