Humpin' Around

"Humpin' Around"
Single by Bobby Brown
from the album Bobby
ReleasedJuly 28, 1992 (1992-07-28)
Studio
GenreNew jack swing[1]
Length
  • 6:18 (album version)
  • 4:20 (7-inch edit)
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Bobby Brown singles chronology
"Word to the Mutha!"
(1991)
"Humpin' Around"
(1992)
"Good Enough"
(1992)

"Two Can Play That Game (remix)"
(1995)

"Humpin' Around (remix)"
(1995)

"My Prerogative (remix)"
(1995)
Music video
"Humpin' Around" on YouTube

"Humpin' Around" is a song by American singer Bobby Brown. It is rumored that the song was originally titled "Fuckin' Around", with the name later changed to make it more radio friendly, and to avoid potential censorship.[citation needed] The song contains an interpolation of "Dancing Days" by Led Zeppelin.[2]

Released in July 1992 by MCA, "Humpin' Around" spent two weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart and reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100. Worldwide, the single reached number one in Australia, number two in New Zealand, number five in Spain and Sweden, and the top 10 in at least seven other countries.

In 1995, British electronic music group K-Klass remixed the song and released it following the success of their remix of Brown's "Two Can Play That Game". This new version saw the song reach the UK top 10 for the first time, peaking at number eight on the UK Singles Chart, and it was also included on Brown's 1995 remix album, Two Can Play That Game.

  1. ^ Bream, Jon (January 22, 1997). "Reunited". Star-News. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  2. ^ "Humpin' Around by Bobby Brown". WhoSampled. Retrieved April 6, 2022.