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You Dropped a Bomb on Me
"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
", #2 "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" (both of which Simmons helped write), and #1 "Outstanding", the first two of which Simmons wrote. The album went platinum within a year. Later in 1982, he signed Robert "Goodie" Whitfield to the label. His debut album, "Call Me Goodie", peaked at #31 R&B.
The Gap Band's 1983 release, "" (#2 R&B, #28 Billboard 200), saw Simmons take a reduced