| "Bump n' Grind" | ||||
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| Single by R. Kelly | ||||
| from the album 12 Play | ||||
| B-side | "Definition of a Hotti" | |||
| Released | January 28, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | 1993 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 4:14 | |||
| Label | Jive | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Robert Kelly | |||
| Producer(s) | R. Kelly | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Bump n' Grind" on YouTube | ||||
"Bump n' Grind" is a song written, produced, and performed by American singer-songwriter R. Kelly. It was released on January 28, 1994 by Jive Records, as the second single from his debut solo studio album, 12 Play (1993). The track became a number one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 (temporarily interrupting the six-week run of Ace of Base's "The Sign"), and it also spent twelve weeks at number one on the US Hot R&B Songs chart as Kelly's third number-one R&B hit, becoming the longest-running number-one of 1994 in the US, and the longest-running R&B single at that time. The song also reached number eight on the UK Singles Chart, following the massive success of his previous single, "She's Got That Vibe" (which was actually a re-release).
Kelly released three versions of "Bump n' Grind": the original album version and two remixes. The original LP version was made available for airplay on urban and Top 40 pop radio stations alike at first, but eventually the "Old School" remix was issued shortly and gained massive airplay on urban, adult R&B/soul and rhythmic radio stations. Kelly also released the "Bump n' Grind (How I Feel It Extended Mix)", which was used in the original video for the song. This version received major play on urban radio as well. Some stations still played the original version until Kelly's music largely vanished from playlists leading up to and following his conviction.