Zoom (Fat Larry's Band song)

"Zoom"
Single by Fat Larry's Band
from the album Breakin' Out
Released October 1982
Format 7", CD single
Recorded 1982
Genre Pop, R&B
Length 5:18
Label Virgin
Writer(s) Len Barry, Bobby Eli
Producer(s) Larry James
Fat Larry's Band singles chronology
"Traffic Stopper"
(1982)
"Zoom"
(1982)
"Stuborn Kind of Fellow"
(1983)

"Zoom" is an R&B song by American band Fat Larry's Band released as the fourth single from their fifth studio album, Breakin' Out (1982).

The song was a commercial hit in the United Kingdom, peaking at #2 on the UK Singles Chart. It remains one of the group's best-known songs.

The song was featured in the popular British sitcom Only Fools And Horses 1982 Christmas Special episode "Diamonds Are For Heather". It was played during a montage where Del Boy courts Heather and takes her around famous London landmarks.

Covers

Filipino singer Regine Velasquez covered the song for her 1996 Asian-released album Retro.

Charts

Chart (1982) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart 2
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 89

Footnotes

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