You Dropped a Bomb on Me

"You Dropped a Bomb on Me"

A-side label of U.S. 12-inch vinyl release
Single by The Gap Band
from the album Gap Band IV
B-side "Humpin'" (from The Gap Band III)
"Early in the Morning" (Germany)
Released August 1982
Format 7", 12"
Recorded 1981
Genre Electrofunk
Length 4:05 (Single Version)
5:13 (12" Single Edit)
13:07 (Special Disco Mix)
Label Total Experience
Writer(s) Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor, Charlie Wilson
Producer(s) Lonnie Simmons
The Gap Band singles chronology
"Early in the Morning"
(1982)		 "You Dropped a Bomb on Me"
(1982)		 "Outstanding"
(1983)

"You Dropped a Bomb on Me" is an electrofunk song performed by The Gap Band, released in 1982 on producer Lonnie Simmons' label, Total Experience Records. It reached #2 on the Billboard R&B charts, #39 on the dance charts and #31 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] In addition to the single release, the song was featured on the band's 1982 album IV.

A notable feature of the song is its use of a synthesizer to imitate the whistling sound of a dropping bomb. This is first heard immediately before the first verse, and throughout the song from the fourth chorus onward.

In the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, the song was one of those named on the 2001 Clear Channel memorandum of 'lyrically questionable' songs.[2]

Influence

The song has been heavily used in media and hip-hop sampling[3]

Sampling

Use in media

Use at sporting events

References

  1. ↑ "The Gap Band > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  2. ↑ Foege, Alec (14 April 2009). Right of the Dial: The Rise of Clear Channel and the Fall of Commercial Radio. Faber & Faber. p. 164. ISBN 978-1-4299-2367-5.
  3. ↑ "The Gap Band Music Sampled by Others". WhoSampled. 2010-08-17. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
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