Humpin'
{{Infobox song
| name = Humpin{{'-}}
| cover = Humpin' (Gap Band album - cover art).jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = The Gap Band
| album = The Gap Band III
| A-side = Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)
| B-side = No Hiding Place
| released = 1981
| format =
| recorded = 1980
| studio =
| venue =
| length = 5:16
| label = Mercury
| writer = Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor
| producer =
| prev_title = Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)
| prev_year = 1980
| next_title = Yearning for Your Love
| next_year = 1981
}}
"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.Single at [http://www.discogs.com/Gap-Band-Humpin/release/341560 Discogs] The song had mixed chart success, only peaking at {{abbr|No.|Number}}{{nbsp}}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[{{Allmusic|class=song|id=t1022838|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic] 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:[http://www.whosampled.com/sampled/The%20Gap%20Band/ WhoSampled.com]
- "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
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Category:Songs written by Charlie Wilson (singer)
Category:Songs written by Lonnie Simmons