"The Bomb!" is a house music

House music

House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...

 track by The Bucketheads, released in 1995. "The Bomb!" was later dubbed into the project's sole album All in the Mind

All in the Mind (album)

All in the Mind is the sole album of dance music act The Bucketheads.Released in 1995, it featured the act's two most successful singles, "The Bomb! " and "Got Myself Together".-Track listing:...

. It was a commercial hit in the UK in winter/spring 1995, reaching #5 in the singles chart.

The track was produced by Masters At Work

Masters At Work

Masters at Work is the house/garage production and remix team of "Little" Louie Vega and Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez. They first worked together using the name, which had been given to them by mutual friend Todd Terry , in 1990...

 member Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez, and features samples from Chicago

Chicago (band)

Chicago is an American rock band formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. The self-described "rock and roll band with horns" began as a politically charged, sometimes experimental, rock band and later moved to a predominantly softer sound, becoming famous for producing a number of hit ballads. They had...

's "Street Player". One sample was later used by Nicola Fasano VS. Pat Rich for "75, Brazil Street", which was later used by Pitbull

Pitbull (rapper)

Armando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records...

 with "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)

I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)

"I Know You Want Me " is a song by rapper Pitbull released as the second single from the album, Rebelution. The song samples "75, Brazil Street" by Nicola Fasano versus Pat Rich, which itself samples "Street Player" by Chicago. The core is from a song by Dominican rappers El Cata and Omega. The...

". The subtitle of the song is a mondegreen

Mondegreen

A mondegreen is the mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase as a result of near homophony, in a way that gives it a new meaning. It most commonly is applied to a line in a poem or a lyric in a song...

; the actual lyrics taken from the Chicago sample are "Street sounds swirling through my mind...".

The video to this song was featured on Beavis and Butt-head

Beavis and Butt-Head

Beavis and Butt-head is an American animated television series created by Mike Judge. The series originated from Frog Baseball, a 1992 short film by Judge. After seeing the short, MTV signed Judge to develop the concept. Beavis and Butt-head originally aired from March 8, 1993 to November 28, 1997...

episode "Prank Call," on January 28, 1996. The song is featured on the soundtrack for the 2010 film The Switch. The song was also used for a time as entrance music by former World Bantamweight

Bantamweight

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 and Featherweight

Featherweight

Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. There are similarly named divisions under several Mixed Martial Arts organizations and in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Professional boxing:...

 boxing champion Prince Naseem Hamed.

Slant Magazine

Slant Magazine

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ranked the song 65th in its 100 Greatest Dance Songs list.

Track listings

CD single

1. "The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)" (radio edit) — 3:22
2. "The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)" — 14:51

CD maxi - UK

1. "The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)" (radio edit) — 3:22
2. "The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)" — 14:51
3. "The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)" (Armand Van Helden
   Armand Van Helden
   Armand Van Helden is a record producer, DJ and remixer whose biggest commercial successes came from his remixes of the 1996 Tori Amos song "Professional Widow" , which reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in January 1997, and his own track "U Don't Know Me ", which went to number 1...
   
    re-edit) — 8:03

CD maxi - U.S.

1. "The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)" (radio edit) — 3:24
2. "The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)" (Kenny Dope remix) — 4:32
3. "The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)" (jinxx remix) — 5:02
4. "The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)" (bonus beats) — 5:06

7" single

1. "The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)" (radio edit) — 3:22
2. "The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)" (Armand Van Helden re-edit) — 8:03

12" maxi 1 - UK

1. "The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)" — 13:58
2. "I Wanna Know" — 7:15
3. "The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)" (radio edit) — 3:22

12" maxi 2 - UK

1. "The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)" — 14:51
2. "The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)" (Armand Van Helden re-edit) — 8:03
3. "I Wanna Know" — 7:15

12" maxi - US

1. "The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)" (original mix)
2. "The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)" (Johnick Radio Edit)
3. "The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)" (bonus beats)

Peak positions

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Australia ARIA Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	11
Austrian Singles Chart	16
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop 50 Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995...	17
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop 40 Ultratop 40 singles, often just Ultratop 40, is the weekly chart of best-selling singles in Wallonia and Brussels Capital Region, the french-speaking parts of Belgium. Its equivalent covering the Flanders region is Ultratop 50. Both charts are produced and published by the Ultratop organization...	3
Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...	12
French SNEP Singles Chart	4
German Singles Chart	19
Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	10
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	21
Swedish Singles Chart	5
Swiss Singles Chart	7
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	5
U.S. 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...	49
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...	1
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	23

End of year charts

End of year chart (1995)	Position
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart	94
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart	25
Dutch Top 40	99
French Singles Chart	17
Swiss Singles Chart	15

Certifications

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified
France	Silver	August 29, 1995	125,000