"Humpin'" is a 1980 song by The Gap Band, from their fifth album The Gap Band III

The Gap Band III

The Gap Band III is an album by The Gap Band, released in 1980 on Mercury Records. Contrary to the title, the album is actually the Gap Band's fifth album.-Reception:...

released as a single in 1981. The original B-side, "No Hiding Place", was originally released on The Gap Band II

The Gap Band II

The Gap Band II is an album by The Gap Band, released in 1979 on Mercury Records. Contrary to the title, the album is actually the Gap Band's fourth album.-Reception:...

. The song had mixed chart success, only peaking at #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

Yearning for Your Love

"Yearning for Your Love" is a quiet storm ballad recorded and released by The Gap Band on Mercury Records. The single was the third release off the Tulsa, Oklahoma-based group's fifth album, The Gap Band III...

" as the A-side.

Sampling

To date, the song has been sampled four times:

• "Humpin'" by the College Boyz
  College Boyz
  The College Boyz were an American hip hop group composed of R.O.M., Squeak, Humphry and DJ Cue.They were signed to both Virgin Records and Capitol Records....
  
   from their 1992 album Radio Fusion Radio
  Radio Fusion Radio
  Radio Fusion Radio is the debut album by rap group, the College Boyz. It was released on April 7, 1992 through Virgin Records. The album found some success, making it to #118 on the Billboard 200, #25 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and #2 on the Top Heatseekers, as did three singles released from...
  
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• "Bumpin'" by Paperboy
  Paperboy (rapper)
  Paperboy is an African-American rapper best known for his single "Ditty", which was on the Hot 100....
  
   from his 1992 album The Nine Yards.
• "You Got Me Humpin'" by Adina Howard
  Adina Howard
  Adina Howard is an American R&B singer who rose to prominence during the mid 1990s with her debut album, Do You Wanna Ride? and her debut single, "Freak Like Me". Howard is known for her sexual image and provocative songs...
  
   from her 1995 album Do You Wanna Ride?
  Do You Wanna Ride?
  Do You Wanna Ride?, the debut album from singer Adina Howard, was released on February 28, 1995 through East/West Records. Upon the album’s release, Howard received criticism from some feminist groups for the album’s cover artwork, which they felt was needlessly provocative and sexist...
  
  
• "Doggfather
  Doggfather
  "Doggfather" is the last single from Snoop Doggy Dogg's Tha Doggfather album. It was released in August 26, 1997 .-Background:...
  
  " from Snoop Doggy Dogg's 1996 album Tha Doggfather
  Tha Doggfather
  Tha Doggfather is the second studio album by American rapper Snoop Dogg; released by Death Row/Interscope Records on November 12, 1996. The album was re-released July 11, 2005. Snoop spent much of 1995 preparing for the case, which finally went to trial in late 1995. In February 1996, he was...
  
  . This song featured the Gap Band's lead singer, Charlie Wilson
  Charlie Wilson (musician)
  Charles Kent "Charlie" Wilson is an American R&B singer-songwriter-producer and the former lead vocalist for the Gap Band. As a solo artist he has been nominated for four Grammy awards, received a 2009 Soul Train Icon Award, and a recipient of a BMI Icon Award in 2005...
  
  , who worked extensively with Snoop on the whole Tha Doggfather
  Tha Doggfather
  Tha Doggfather is the second studio album by American rapper Snoop Dogg; released by Death Row/Interscope Records on November 12, 1996. The album was re-released July 11, 2005. Snoop spent much of 1995 preparing for the case, which finally went to trial in late 1995. In February 1996, he was...
  
  album.