"Loungin" is the third and final single from LL Cool J

LL Cool J

James Todd Smith , better known as LL Cool J , is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and actor...

's sixth album, Mr. Smith

Mr. Smith (album)

-Track Notes:* No Airplay - edited on both the Edited and Explicit Versions of the Album, However the Explicit only backmasks on the song, the Edited version even edits the intro....

and from the soundtrack

Soundtrack

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 to Nickelodeon Movies

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' 1997 film, Good Burger

Good Burger

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. It was released on June 25, 1996 for Def Jam Recordings

Def Jam Recordings

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 and Columbia Records

Columbia Records

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 and was produced by Rashad "Ringo" Smith and LL Cool J. A popular remix featuring vocals by Total

Total (band)

Total was an American R&B girl group and one of the signature acts of Sean Combs' Bad Boy Records imprint during the 1990s.-Emergence & Total:...

 and production from the Trackmasters

Trackmasters

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 was also released. Loungin was a huge success, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100

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, #1 on the Hot Rap Singles and #4 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

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. The song sampled Al B. Sure!

Al B. Sure!

Albert Jason Brown III is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He grew up in Leonia, New Jersey and Mount Vernon, New York. During the late 1980s under the stage name Al B...

's "Nite and Day" and on the B-Side was "Summer Luv".

The remix version of the song samples "Who Do You Love?" by Bernard Wright

Bernard Wright

Bernard Wright is an American funk and jazz keyboardist who began his career as a session musician and later released several solo albums in the 1980s....

.

The song also appeared in an episode of LL's sitcom, In The House

In the House (TV series)

In the House is an American sitcom that premiered on April 10, 1995 on NBC. The series moved to UPN after its second season where it remained for an additional three seasons until it was canceled on August 11, 1999. In the House starred LL Cool J and Maia Campbell.-Synopsis:Marion Hill is a former...

Charts

End of year chart (1996)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	21