You Dropped a Bomb on Me

You Dropped a Bomb on Me

Infobox Single
Name = You Dropped a Bomb on Me


Artist = The Gap Band
from Album = Gap Band IV
A-side =
B-side =
Released = 1982
Format = 12"
Recorded = 1981
Genre = R&B
Length = 4:04 (single version) 5:13 (12" single edit) 11:53 (12" single)
Label = Total Experience
Writer = Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor, Charlie Wilson
Producer =
Certification =
Last single = "Early in the Morning" (1982)
This single = "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" (1982)
Next single = "Outstanding" (1983)
Misc =

"You Dropped a Bomb on Me" is a song performed by The Gap Band. It reached #2 on the Billboard R&B charts and #31 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Use in media

* "" - featured on a fictional radio station in the video game
* Animal Planet commercial - (song intro) background music "danced" to by various breeds of monkey
* It is occasionally played at Shea Stadium after the New York Mets hit a home run.
* The song is played at Reynolds Stadium in Stillwater, OK every time an Oklahoma State player hits a home run.
* The song is frequently Played in the Oklahoma Bethany Bronchos Football Stadium.
* The song is played by The Dale and Holley Show on 850 WEEI when they "blow up" callers.
* A cover of the song is performed by the heavy metal band Mindcandy.
* The song is played in the Liquid Force's "The Truth" wakeboarding free-ride movie. It was used in Ben Greenwood's section.
* The song is played at HSBC arena in Buffalo, NY when Buffalo Bandits player Cory Bomberry scores a goal.
* The song is referenced in Mr. Show episode "Operation: Hell on Earth"


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