Whoomp! (There It Is)

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“Whoomp! There It Is”

Single by Tag Team from the album Whoomp! There It Is
Released	1993
Format	12-inch single
Genre	Miami bass
Label	Life Records
Producer	Tag Team

"Whoomp! (There It Is)" is a number one hit single by the Miami bass group Tag Team.

It sampled the 1980 disco hit, "I'm Ready" by Kano. Parts of the vocals are near identical to 95 South's "Whoot, There It Is", which had been released a month earlier.

The hit song spent one week at #1 on the US R&B chart in 1993. It spent seven weeks at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, but was kept out of the top slot by UB40's "Can't Help Falling in Love" and Mariah Carey's "Dreamlover". The single is certifed 4X Platinum in the US for sales of over 4,000,000 copies.

"Whoomp! (There It Is)" is commonly used at sporting events, particularly basketball. It was the theme song for the 1993 Philadelphia Phillies baseball team and was featured prominently during the 1993 World Series. Between innings at one game, Tag Team performed the song on the field, with special lyrics related to the Phillies. When Steve Yzerman of the Detroit Red Wings goal beat the St. Louis Blues in the 1996 Eastern Conference Semifinals, the song was played with fans yelling out the "WOOMPH!" part.The song would later be included on 1995's Jock Jams volume 1.

"Whoomp! (There It Is)" was rated #97 in VH1's 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders.

[edit] Alternate Versions

Within a year of the release of "Whoomp!(There It Is)" Tag Team re-mixed the backing music with a version of the theme song from the original Addams Family television series to create the highly derivative song "Addams Family (Whoomp!)" for the film Addams Family Values; for all intents and purposes, it was roughly the same song with an Addams-themed flavor. Actors Christina Ricci and Jimmy Workman reprised their film roles as Wednesday Addams and Pugsley Addams (respectively) for the song's music video.

In 1994, when the Houston Rockets won their first NBA Championship, Tag Team re-mixed their song yet again. This was titled "Hoop! (There It Is)." It was released on a CD honoring the team by Houston radio station 97.9 The Box and Mobile One.

In 1995, Tag Team made an alternate version of the song called Whoomp! (There It Went) together with several Disney characters. It is basically the same song, but with several lyrics altered to depict Donald Duck's party in this version rather than a generic one in the original.

In 1998, German House-artists "Triple S", "Klubbheads" and "Dj Disco" released their own mixes of the song on a maxi-single. Triple S's version got its own music video the same year.

British dance band Clock did a cover of Whoomp! (There It Is).

The song was again covered in 2005 by Crazy Frog for the album Crazy Frog Presents Crazy Hits.

Nickelodeon had a promo for new Fairly OddParents episodes involving Baby Poof from Fairly OddBaby. They used the song for the promo. It's was called "Poof! There he is!" instead of "Whoomp! There it is!"

Beavis and Butt-Head once watched the video for this song, which features the word "Whoomp" on screen several times. Beavis thus described it as a good video for learning how to read. The duo also sang along with the chorus, altering the lyric to "Whoomp! There's my butt!"