# Whoomp! I'm officially out of touch **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** commercials-ads\ **Created:** [February 3, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoomp-im-officially-out-of-touch/932155 "2021-02-03T18:25:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoomp-im-officially-out-of-touch/932155/1 "2021-02-03T18:25:23Z")
I enjoy the Geico ? commercial with the rap group Tag Team singing “Scoop - there it is”. A quick search shows it is a take off on their song, “Whoomp - there it is”. How cool is this, a rap duo of middle aged guys. They look like they are having fun. I like these guys! Then I noticed they came out with that song in 1993. Nineteen ninety fu\*\*ing three. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoomp-im-officially-out-of-touch/932155/2 "2021-02-03T18:48:50Z")
Yeah, it was crazy popular at the time and even had a dance to go with it, as I recall. The ad makes me laugh, no matter how many times I see it. SPRINKLES! ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoomp-im-officially-out-of-touch/932155/3 "2021-02-03T18:54:01Z")
I’ve noticed that a lot of ads are targeted to 30 to 50 year olds. A lot of 40 year old people look back fondly on a song from their youth. Teens are baffled, but they aren’t the target audience. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoomp-im-officially-out-of-touch/932155/4 "2021-02-03T18:57:45Z")
That popular culture reference was so old even a caveman would get it. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoomp-im-officially-out-of-touch/932155/5 "2021-02-03T19:10:46Z")
Elton John’s “Rocketman”, is being used to promote “Rakuten”, some points scheme/scam thing, really heavily in these parts. Ugh! Did he really need the money so badly? You have to wonder! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoomp-im-officially-out-of-touch/932155/6 "2021-02-03T19:23:41Z")
_Everybody Wants to Rule the World_ is being used for some stupid ad. One of my favorite songs to play on guitar and it annoys me. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoomp-im-officially-out-of-touch/932155/7 "2021-02-03T19:54:01Z")
> [@mcgato](#): > > Teens are baffled I love the daughter in the commercial. Her spin turn when her dad starts dancing is perfect. > [@Chefguy](#): > > _Everybody Wants to Rule the World_ is being used for some stupid ad. It’s not the only good song being ruined by commercials (oh oh Ozempic, anyone). I hope the songwriter is enjoying the boat that selling his song rights got him. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoomp-im-officially-out-of-touch/932155/8 "2021-02-03T20:08:05Z")
> [@mcgato](#): > > I’ve noticed that a lot of ads are targeted to 30 to 50 year olds. A lot of 40 year old people > look back fondly on a song from their youth. Teens are baffled, but they aren’t the target audience. - [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjBokLSd2Kk) ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoomp-im-officially-out-of-touch/932155/9 "2021-02-03T20:19:59Z")
I remember that song - I was in my late 20s then, but still occasionally heard _about_ the stuff the cool folks were doing (I read the article about the popularity of the song in _Newsweek_ as the most with-it folks do). ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoomp-im-officially-out-of-touch/932155/10 "2021-02-03T20:59:34Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Her spin turn when her dad starts dancing is perfect. I like the dad’s reaction when he’s staring in shock and we’re not sure what he’s going to do before he joyfully joins the party. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoomp-im-officially-out-of-touch/932155/11 "2021-02-07T09:15:33Z")
Know the original song. The strange thing for me, as a person who generally avoids ads, is searching for an ad so I have a clue what you’re talking about. 🙂 Fun ad. Oh, and today’s Superbowl Sunday. So there’s more ads to see later today, if they’re not already out. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoomp-im-officially-out-of-touch/932155/12 "2021-02-07T09:33:02Z")
You might be interested in this review of the original as a one-hit wonder: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CQfLFuEb4E4/maxresdefault.jpg "ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "Whoomp! There It Is" by Tag Team") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQfLFuEb4E4) Seems like both I and Geico never noticed there was an M in that word. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoomp-im-officially-out-of-touch/932155/13 "2021-02-07T11:31:00Z")
I still think it’s terrifying that Gen-Xers, like me, now have teenage kids, like I do. I mean, come on! Have you _seen_ us!? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoomp-im-officially-out-of-touch/932155/14 "2021-02-07T11:48:14Z")
I noticed this back when a car company used He Man and Strawberry Shortcake in an ad series. When I realized that these were the equivalent of those Fifties record collection commercials I saw as a kid… THAT was when I really felt old! ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoomp-im-officially-out-of-touch/932155/15 "2021-02-07T12:40:07Z")
I remember there was a car commercial that played Ozzy’s “Crazy Train”. That song was considered too “edgy” to be played on the radio back in my day. Now they’re playing it on a wholesome family type commercial. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoomp-im-officially-out-of-touch/932155/16 "2021-02-07T14:32:17Z")
Little known fact but their song was a total rip off from 95 South’s lesser known [Whoot there it is](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBwvFBxf_Eg&ab_channel=trinideryck) which came out a little earlier that same year. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoomp-im-officially-out-of-touch/932155/17 "2021-02-07T14:55:45Z")
Tag Team recorded the song in August of 1992, according to Wikipedia. I can’t find a definitive source about when 95 South recorded it, but Wikipedia says 1993. Yes, the latter came out a month before the former. I remember the two versions from 1993 and being confused by them. Now, I did find a [cached page from 1997](https://web.archive.org/web/19991103011704/http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_07.31.97/music/weisblott.html) that has both orders reversed, in an interview with the producer of Quad City DJs and 95 South, among others. He says: > _Did you think there was an oversaturation on “Whoot, There It Is”?_ > Yeah, but there were eight versions of that going around. The idea came from the streets, and even though the 95 South one might have been recorded first, it was Tag Team who released it earlier. I sold 3-and-a-half million of mine, though. So that leaves me even more confused as to the chronology. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoomp-im-officially-out-of-touch/932155/18 "2021-02-07T14:58:06Z")
[Ok, I found this:](https://www.songfacts.com/facts/95-south/whoot-there-it-is) > 95 South was a rap group from South Florida named after the highway that runs through the area. This song was a regional hit and gained some popularity in the Black community, but it was the version by Tag Team called “[Whoomp! There It Is](https://www.songfacts.com/facts/tag-team/whoomp-there-it-is)” that became a breakout hit. Tag Team’s version was released about a month later, although a check at the US Copyright Office reveals that “Whoomp” was registered in 1992 and “Whoot” in 1993. According to Tag Team’s record label, Cecil Glenn from the group got the phrase from strippers in an Atlanta club where he worked. So Tag Team at least copyrighted it before 95 South. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoomp-im-officially-out-of-touch/932155/19 "2021-02-07T15:06:52Z")
Well that is a lot more research than I put into it, thanks. Being from Florida I remember the 95 South version being popular a lot earlier than the Tag Team version. Weird that neither ever accused the other of ripping them off when the actual beat of the songs are so similar. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoomp-im-officially-out-of-touch/932155/20 "2021-02-07T15:52:37Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > _Everybody Wants to Rule the World_ is being used for some stupid ad. One of my favorite songs to play on guitar and it annoys me. Still surprised that their song “Shout” was never used for a certain laundry stain remover… _Shout, Shout, get them all out_ _These are the stains that I can do without…_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoomp-im-officially-out-of-touch/932155.md?page=2)