Who Put the Bomp (song)

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Who Put The Bomp is a Doo-Wop style hit song by Barry Mann from 1961.

In this song, Barry Mann sings about the frequent use of nonsense lyrics in Doo-Wop music of using, and how his girl fell in love with him after listening to several of such songs, illustrated by these (partial) 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-a-bomp-a-bomp
Who put the ram in the ram-a-lam-a-ding-dong
Who put the bop in the bop-she-bop-she-bop
Who put the dip in the dib-de-dip-de-dip
Who is that man, I'd like to shake his hand
He made my baby fall in love with me (yeah!)
When my baby heard bomb-a-bo-bomp-a-bomp-a-bomp-bomp
Every word went right into her heart
And when she heard them singing ram-a-lama-lama-lama-lama-ding-dong
She said we'd never have to part

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

[edit] Covers

The song has been covered by:

[edit] Trivia

  • The part of the lyrics where Barry Mann sings ram-a-lam-a-ding-dong seem to be inspired by the 1959 song called Rama-Lama-Ding-Dong by The Edsels.
  • The phrase "boogity boogity boogity", found elsewhere in the lyrics, has become the signature phrase of NASCAR broadcaster (and former driving great) Darrell Waltrip, who says it as the cars approach the green flag to start the race.
  • The song was parodied by Bob Rivers as Who Put the Stump?, involving, from the perspective of an angel on top of a Christmas tree, the tree being inserted up the angel's rectum.
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