You dropped a bomb on Me - wikipedia 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 1982 Genre Electrofunk, synth - funk Length 4 : 05 ( Single Version ) 5 : 13 ( 12 '' Single Edit ) 13 : 07 ( Special Disco Mix ) Label Total Experience Songwriter ( 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 ) `` 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. In addition to the single release, the song was featured on the band 's 1982 album Gap Band IV. A notable feature of the song is its use of a synthesizer to imitate the whistling sound of a bomb being dropped. This is first heard immediately before the first verse, and throughout the song from the fourth chorus onward. The song also features timpani drum rolls. 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. The song is featured in a Walmart Christmas holiday television commercial which started airing in October 2017. The song is frequently played at sporting events. For example, it is played at both San Francisco Giants and Houston Astros home games when a player from the home team hits a home run. References Jump up ^ http://www.treblezine.com/25081-10-essential-synth-funk-tracks/ Jump up ^ `` The Gap Band > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles ''. Allmusic. Retrieved 2012 - 03 - 16. Jump up ^ 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. Jump up ^ `` Walmart TV Commercial, ' Standing Ovation ' Song by The Gap Band ''. iSpot.tv. Retrieved November 25, 2017. 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Question: who sang the song who dropped the bomb on me
Answer: The Gap Band