Zoom (Fat Larry's Band song)

"Zoom"
1982 CD Single
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
Songwriter(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)

"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

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