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You Dropped a Bomb on Me
1982 single by the Gap Band
You Dropped a Bomb on Me
"You Dropped a Bomb on Me" is a funk song performed by American R&B and funk band the Gap Band, released in August 1982 on producer Lonnie Simmons's label, Total Experience Records. In addition to the single release, it was included on the band's sixth album, Gap Band IV (1982). It reached No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot Black Singles chart, No. 39 on the Billboard Dance/Disco Top 80, and No. 31 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2022, Rolling Stone ranked "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" No. 96 in their list of the "200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time". The song prominently features a synthesizer performed by studio musician John Barnes that imitates the whistling sound of an aerial bomb being dropped. This is first heard once immediately before the first verse, and repeats throughout the song from the fourth chorus onward. The song also features timpani drum rolls. A long-standing rumor claimed that "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" was inspired by the Tulsa race massacre, during which bombs were dropped...
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