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Humpin'

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B-side
  
"No Hiding Place"

Recorded
  
1980

Length
  
5:16

Released
  
1981

Genre
  
Funk P-Funk

A-side
  
"Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)"

"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. 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 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:

  • "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.
  • References

    Humpin' Wikipedia