"Stomp!" is a song released by The Brothers Johnson in 1979. It reached number one on the Dance singles chart.. It reached number one on the R&B singles chart and peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 in early 1980. It was a bigger success in the UK, where it peaked at number 6 on the singles chart

UK Singles Chart

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. The song also reached number one on the New Zealand Singles Chart

Recording Industry Association of New Zealand

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, staying in this position for six weeks in 1980.

It is the best known and most commercially successful song from The Brothers Johnson, who released this anthem at the end of a decade.

Cultural references

The song was also used in one episode British television series Red Dwarf, in which the main characters win a basketball game against prison guards.

"Stomp!" can also be heard playing in the background during a scene in the 2008 film Yes Man

Yes Man (film)

Yes Man is a 2008 comedy film directed by Peyton Reed, written by Nicholas Stoller, Jarrad Paul and Andrew Mogel and starring Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Bradley Cooper, John Michael Higgins, Rhys Darby, Maile Flanagan, Danny Masterson, and Terence Stamp...

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