Sex Bomb (song)

"Sex Bomb"
Single by Tom Jones and Mousse T.
from the album Reload
B-side Remix
Released May 2000
Format CD single, CD maxi
Recorded 1998
Genre Pop, dance, funk
Length 3:34
Label V2, Sony Music
Writer(s) Mousse T., Errol Rennalls
Producer(s) Mousse T.
Tom Jones UK chronology
"Mama Told Me Not to Come"
(2000)		 "Sex Bomb"
(2000)		 "You Need Love Like I Do"
(2000)
Mousse T. chronology
"Ooh Song"
(1999)		 "Sex Bomb"
(2000)		 "Fire"
(with Emma Lanford)
(2002)

"Sex Bomb" is a 1999 song recorded by Welsh pop singer Tom Jones. Performed in collaboration with producer Mousse T., it was released in May 2000[1] and became the biggest single from the album Reload. It reached #3 in the UK Singles Chart. The "Peppermint Disco Mix", a club version with house music beats, contains a sample from "All American Girls" by Sister Sledge and has been used as the opening theme song of the WB Network television series Grosse Pointe. A jazzier "swing version" appears in Mousse T.'s solo album Gourmet De Funk.

Track listings

CD single 1 – UK
  1. "Sex Bomb" (Peppermint Disco radio mix) – 3:55
  2. "Sex Bomb" (Sounds of Life half vocal mix) – 6:40
  3. "Sex Bomb" (Strike Boys mix) – 5:33
  4. "Sex Bomb" (album version) – 3:30
CD single 2 – UK
  1. "Sex Bomb" (Peppermint Disco radio mix) – 3:55
  2. "Sex Bomb" (Agent Sumo's freestyle mix)
  3. "Sex Bomb" (Peppermint Disco dub mix)
  4. "Sex Bomb" (video)
CD maxi – Europe
  1. "Sex Bomb" (album version) – 3:34
  2. "Sex Bomb" (Peppermint Disco radio mix) – 3:57
  3. "Sex Bomb" (Peppermint Disco mix) – 6:28
  4. "Sex Bomb" (Strike Boys mix) – 5:35
  5. "Sex Bomb" (Sounds of Life half vocal mix) – 6:39
CD maxi – Australia
  1. "Sex Bomb" (album version) – 3:32
  2. "Sex Bomb" (Peppermint Disco radio mix) – 3:55
  3. "Sex Bomb" (Peppermint Disco mix) – 6:26
  4. "Sex Bomb" (Sounds of Life half vocal mix) – 6:39
  5. "Sex Bomb" (Sounds of Life bub mix) – 5:53
  6. "Sex Bomb" (Mousse T's big beat) – 4:07
  7. "Sex Bomb" (Strike Boys mix) – 5:32

Credits

Charts and sales

Peak positions

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 35
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[4] 3
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[5] 11
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[6] 2
Denmark (IFPI) 9
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) 1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[7] 5
France (SNEP)[8] 1
Germany (Media Control Charts)[9] 3
Ireland (IRMA)[10] 7
Italy (FIMI)[11] 2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[12] 10
Norway (VG-lista)[13] 18
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[14] 2
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 9
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 1
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[17] 3
Chart (2004) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[18] 11

Year-end charts

Chart (2000) Position
Austrian Singles Chart[19] 33
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[20] 78
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[21] 16
Dutch Top 40[22] 36
French Singles Chart[23] 10
Swiss Singles Chart[24] 10

Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified
Austria[25] Gold 4 April 2000 15,000
France[26] Gold 15 March 2000 250,000
Germany[27] Gold 2000 250,000
Sweden[28] Gold 24 February 2000 10,000
Switzerland[29] Gold 2000 25,000

Chart successions

Preceded by
"If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time" by R. Kelly		 Swiss number-one single
13 February 2000 – 5 March 2000 (4 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"American Pie" by Madonna
Preceded by
"Il y a trop de gens qui t'aiment" by Hélène Ségara		 French SNEP number-one single
26 February 2000 – 8 April 2000 (7 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Ces Soirées-là" by Yannick

References

  1. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/tom-jones/pages/discography.shtml
  2. ↑ "Errol Rennalls Discography". Discogs. Zinc Media Inc. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
  3. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Tom Jones and Mousse T. – Sex Bomb". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  4. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Tom Jones and Mousse T. – Sex Bomb" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  5. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Tom Jones and Mousse T. – Sex Bomb" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  6. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Tom Jones and Mousse T. – Sex Bomb" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  7. ↑ "Tom Jones and Mousse T.: Sex Bomb" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
  8. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Tom Jones and Mousse T. – Sex Bomb" (in French). Les classement single.
  9. ↑ "Chartverfulgong > Tom Jones and Mousse T. > Sex Bomb – musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  10. ↑ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved 20 September 2008)
  11. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Tom Jones and Mousse T. – Sex Bomb". Top Digital Download.
  12. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Tom Jones and Mousse T. search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
  13. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Tom Jones and Mousse T. – Sex Bomb". VG-lista.
  14. ↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Tom Jones and Mousse T. – Sex Bomb" Canciones Top 50.
  15. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Tom Jones and Mousse T. – Sex Bomb". Singles Top 60.
  16. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Tom Jones and Mousse T. – Sex Bomb". Swiss Singles Chart.
  17. ↑ "Sex Bomb", UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved 20 September 2008)
  18. ↑ Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved 20 September 2008)
  19. ↑ 2000 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved 20 September 2008)
  20. ↑ 2000 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved 20 September 2008)
  21. ↑ 2000 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved 20 September 2008)
  22. ↑ "Single top 100 over 2000" (PDF) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
  23. ↑ 2000 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved 20 September 2008)
  24. ↑ 2000 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved 20 September 2008)
  25. ↑ Austrian certifications ifpi.at (Retrieved 20 September 2008)
  26. ↑ French certifications Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved 20 September 2008)
  27. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('Sex Bomb')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
  28. ↑ Swedish certifications Ifpi.se (Retrieved 20 September 2008)
  29. ↑ Swiss certifications Swisscharts.com (Retrieved 20 September 2008)

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