Whoomp! (There It Is)

Infobox Single
Name = Whoomp! (There It Is)


Artist = Tag Team
from Album =
B-side =
Released = 1993
Format = 12-inch single
Recorded = 1993
Genre = Miami bass
Length =
Label = Life Records
Writer =
Producer = Tag Team
Certification =
Last single =
This single = "Whoomp! (There It Is)" (1993)
Next single = "U Go Girl" (1993)

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

It sampled a beginning synthesizer line from the 1980 Italo-Disco hit, "I'm Ready" by Kano. The chorus is almost the same as the song "Whoot! There It Is" released by 95 South a month earlier, however the verse lyrics are much different.

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 "WHOOMP!" 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.

The song listed at #58 on "Billboard's Greatest Songs of all time." [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/specials/hot100/charts/top100-titles-60.shtml]

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 song "Addams Family (Whoomp!)" for the film "Addams Family Values". 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!"

*The song was used in an advertisement for the chocolate snack Swoops, with the changed lyric, "Swoop! There it is!".