Humpin'
| "Humpin'" | ||||
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| Single by The Gap Band | ||||
| from the album The Gap Band III | ||||
| A-side | "Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)" | |||
| B-side | "No Hiding Place" | |||
| Released | 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1980 | |||
| Genre |
Funk P-Funk | |||
| Length | 5:16 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Writer(s) | Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor | |||
| The Gap Band singles chronology | ||||
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"Humpin'" is a 1980 song by The Gap Band, from their fifth album The Gap Band III released as a single in 1981. The original B-side, "No Hiding Place", was originally released on The Gap Band II.[1] The song had mixed chart success, only peaking at #60 R&B, but busting into the top-20 on the dance charts. "Humpin'" is a fan-favorite, featured on almost all of the band's compilation albums[2] Like their previous release, "Burn Rubber on Me", "Humpin'" was later packaged and placed as part of a single with "Yearning for Your Love" as the A-side.
Sampling
To date, the song has been sampled four times:[3]
- "Humpin'" by the College Boyz from their 1992 album Radio Fusion Radio.
- "Bumpin'" by Paperboy from his 1992 album The Nine Yards.
- "You Got Me Humpin'" by Adina Howard from her 1995 album Do You Wanna Ride?
- "Doggfather" from Snoop Doggy Dogg's 1996 album Tha Doggfather. This song featured the Gap Band's lead singer, Charlie Wilson, who worked extensively with Snoop on the whole Tha Doggfather album.
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 Book:The Gap Band | |
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