Rump Shaker (song)

"Rump Shaker"
Single by Wreckx-n-Effect
from the album Hard or Smooth
Released	August 25, 1992
Recorded	April–May 1992
Genre	Hip hop new jack swing
Length	5:13
Label	MCA
Songwriter(s)	Aqil Davidson Teddy Riley Pharrell Williams David Wynn Anton Hollins Darren Callis
Producer(s)	David Wynn Teddy Riley Ty Fyffe Aqil Davidson Markell Riley
Wreckx-n-Effect singles chronology
"New Jack Swing" (1989) "Rump Shaker" (1992) "Knock-N-Boots" (1993)
Music video
"Rump Shaker" on YouTube

"Rump Shaker" is a song by American hip-hop group Wreckx-N-Effect. It was released in August 1992 by MCA Records as the lead single from their second album, Hard or Smooth (1992). It features production and guest vocals from Teddy Riley, brother of former Wreckx member Markell Riley. Due to the massive success of Whitney Houston's version of "I Will Always Love You," the song did not advance further than No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks charts. Nevertheless, it peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Rap Singles, and No. 9 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts.

The chorus of the 2008 single, "Paper Planes" by British musician M.I.A. was widely speculated to be based on the chorus,^[1][2][3] although the song's writers are not credited.

In 2024, the song appeared on co-songwriter Pharrell Williams' soundtrack album Piece by Piece (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).