The song was written by members Cecil "DC the Brain Supreme" Glenn and Steve "Rolln" Gibson,[citation needed] and reached No.

reached multi-platinum status and broke records for the number of consecutive weeks in the Billboard top 10.

[4] Tag Team is considered a one-hit wonder, as their subsequent singles did not find the same success.

has remained a pop culture staple with multiple placements in film, television, and advertisements.

Glenn played the track at Magic City on the same day it was mixed and received a positive reaction from the audience.

"[8] The song was praised by critics for its positive and uplifting tone at a time when rap music was associated with violence, crime, and political militancy.

[2] The record held the #2 spot on the Hot 100[3] for seven consecutive weeks and reached platinum status.

[12] "Whoomp" has been called "da bomb party song" of the 1990s by Atlanta magazine and "among the country's most commercially successful singles of all time.

It eventually spent seven weeks at #2 in September through October 1993[15] on the Billboard Hot 100, but was kept out of the top slot by "Can't Help Falling in Love" and Mariah Carey's "Dreamlover".

The single is certified 4× Platinum in the US for shipments of over 4,000,000 copies and, despite never reaching number one on the pop chart, the song spent 24 non-consecutive weeks in the top ten becoming the longest running top ten song of all time until Toni Braxton’s “Un-Break My Heart” spent a week longer in 1997.

[4] A similar song, "Whoot, There It Is", was released by the Miami-based group 95 South a month prior to Tag Team's "Whoomp!

[16] Arsenio Hall hosted both groups on his television show to perform their versions of the songs and let viewers vote on their favorite by calling a 900 number to donate money to the relief effort for the 1993 Midwest floods.

"[16] Decades later, 95 South has maintained that the similarity of songs was not a coincidence, and that "Whoot, There It Is" was stolen by Tag Team.

won the 1994 Razzie Award (Worst Original Song) for its writers (Ralph Sall, Stephen Gibson and Cecil Glenn).

Some of the song's most notable placements in film include Elf, D2: The Mighty Ducks, Rio, and Addams Family Values.

[49] The song is also referenced in episode titles of Martin, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Regular Show, and The Secret Life of the American Teenager.

In June 1995, British pop/dance act Clock released a Eurodance cover of the song titled "Whoomph!

[57] Another Smash Hits editor, Mark Sutherland, gave it one out of five, writing, "Another one for when you're "'avin' it large" (whatever that may mean) on the dancefloor after one too many swigs of the disco Ribena.

It samples the Timo Maas remix of "Dooms Night" by Azzido Da Bass and reached No.