Lady Bump

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"Lady Bump"
Lady Bump single.jpg
Single by Penny McLean
from the album Lady Bump
B-side "The Lady Bumps On" (instrumental)
Released1975
Genre Pop, disco
Length3:42
Label Jupiter (Germany)
Atco (USA)
EMI (UK)
Columbia (Canada)
Songwriters Levay, Prager
Producer Michael Kunze
Penny McLean singles chronology
"A Letter From Miami"
(1974)		"Lady Bump"
(1975)		"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"
(1975)

"Lady Bump" is a pop disco song by Austrian singer Penny McLean, released in 1975. It was a hit for McLean, who was formerly with Silver Convention.

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About the single

The single backed with "The Lady Bumps On" was released on the Jupiter record label cat - 16 069 AT in June 1975. [1]

The single reached the three million mark. [2] For its popularity in New York discos, the track backed with "The Lady Bumps On" was rated number 14 by November 1975. [3] According to RPM the single shipped 90,000 to the New York area in the first week of release. [4]

In January 1976, the single debuted on the Cashbox pop singles charts, peaking at number 61. [5] In July 1976, "Lady Bump" rated number 7 in Australia's 2S Music Survey. [6]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Lady Bump"
Chart (1975–1976)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [7] 9
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [8] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [9] 2
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [10] 15
France (SNEP) [11] 11
Ireland (IRMA) [12] 18
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [13] 4
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [14] 2
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [15] 4
US Billboard Hot 100 [16] 48
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [17] 90
US Disco Singles ( Billboard ) [17] 1
US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) [17] 1
West Germany (GfK) [18] 1

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Lady Bump"
Chart (1976)Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [19] [20] 24
Canada ( RPM ) [21] 96

Certifications

Certifications for "Lady Bump"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [22] Gold75,000^
Germany (BVMI) [23] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ 45Cat Record Details, Artist: Penny McLean
  2. ↑ Billboard June 27, 1992 GSA-8 Germany/Switzerland/Austria, German Independents Do It Their Way With House, Instro's And "Nuevo Flamenco"
  3. ↑ Billboard November 15, 1975 Page 38 Disco Action
  4. ↑ Guettel, Alan (December 27, 1975). "Columbia's disco product top priority for action" (PDF). RPM . Vol. 24, no. 14. p. 16. Retrieved January 4, 2026.
  5. ↑ Cash box pop singles charts, 1950–1993 - Pat Downey, George Albert, Frank W. Hoffmann Page 227
  6. ↑ The Sun-Herald July 25, 1976 Page 92 2S Music Survey
  7. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 187. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  8. ↑ "Penny Mclean – Lady Bump" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Penny Mclean – Lady Bump" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Top Singles - Volume 24, No. 23 March 06, 1976". RPM . www.collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  11. ↑ "TOP Hebdo".
  12. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Lady Bump". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Penny Mclean – Lady Bump" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Penny Mclean – Lady Bump". Singles Top 100. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  15. ↑ "Penny Mclean – Lady Bump". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Penny Mclean Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  17. 1 2 3 "ALLMusic Awards>> Penny McLean". AllMusic . Archived from the original on June 5, 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). AllMusic.
  18. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Penny Mclean – Lady Bump" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved March 13, 2016. To see peak chart position, click "TITEL VON Penny Mclean"
  19. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 428. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  20. ↑ "National Top 100 Singles for 1976". Kent Music Report. December 27, 1976. Retrieved January 11, 2022– via Imgur.
  21. ↑ Lyttle, Brendan (January 8, 1977). "Top 200 singles of 76" (PDF). RPM . Vol. 26, no. 14 & 15. p. 12. Retrieved January 4, 2026.
  22. ↑ "Canadian single certifications – Penny McLean – Lady Bump". Music Canada . Retrieved May 29, 2016.
  23. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Penny McLean; 'Lady Bump')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved May 29, 2016.
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