Sam And The Womp - Bom Bom

This was a #1 hit in the UK, but they gave it the right treatment of not letting it overstay its welcome, remaining in the top 50 for only 13 weeks. I say this because thanks to some curious promotion, Australia didn't get the same luck, and I'm certain that I'm not the only one who had more than enough of it months before it finally left the charts for good.

That said, I'm certainly not against anything that really goes on its own gut, not trying to insert itself into any obvious zeitgeist. The story I heard is that BBC R1 randomly picked up the track and it subsequently exploded out of that, and considering the rather eclectic variety of music they playlist (even if our national broadcaster did it too, it's so weird to me that a station which plays The Vamps & One Direction a whole heap, actually playlisted Pulled Apart By Horses in 2014), so this well and truly feels like one of the biggest fluke hits in recent times.

And understandably so as it definitely has its charms and it's not something that would just glide past you. Björk is a common reference point, and what makes that fascinating is that it's really hard to imagine her doing something like this, which makes it extraordinarily funny to me. Potential problem though: it's anchoring this with too much backing on the same tune. If you compare it to "We No Speak Americano", that track actually has way more variation in its beat, so a missed opportunity there. 3.4
Laatst gewijzigd: 16/10/2014 07:51