Bom Bom

Story of Song

Lead singer Sam Ritchie told The Daily Star: “It started off as a funky, brassy instrumental. Bloem, who’s known as Lady Oo, was dancing in the band but was promoted to vocal duties and it became a fully fledged pop song.”

Release date

Released August 19, 2012

Songwriter/s

Bloem de Ligny – Aaron Horn – Samuel Ritchie – Raz Olsher

Label

2:54

Chart Rankings

In the UK, ‘Bom Bom’ sold over 372.000 copies and topped the Official Charts Company. It also topped the charts in Scotland and peaked at number 2 in Ireland. In Australia ‘Bom Bom’ reached number 4 and in Canada in peaked at number 51. In Europe, it peaked at number 19 in Austria, number 43 in Belgium, number 14 in Finland, and number 38 in Germany. The single did not make it to the US charts.

Artist’s age on release date

Sam and the Womp had been active for 3 years when this song was released.

Cover Versions

Amateur artists covered this song on Youtube.