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"Humpin'"
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
Songwriter(s)	Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor
The Gap Band singles chronology
"Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)" (1980) "Humpin'" (1981) "Yearning for Your Love" (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. The song had mixed chart success, only peaking at No. 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

1. Single at Discogs
2. Allmusic
3. WhoSampled.com

• 1980 songs
• 1981 singles
• The Gap Band songs
• Songs written by Charlie Wilson (singer)
• Songs written by Lonnie Simmons
• Songs written by Rudy Taylor
• Mercury Records singles