Humpin' Around
"Humpin' Around" is a song by American singer Bobby Brown. It is produced by L.A. Reid and Babyface, and contains an interpolation of "Dancing Days" by Led Zeppelin. Released in July 1992 by MCA Records, "Humpin' Around" spent two weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart and reached number three on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100. Worldwide, the single reached number one in Australia and Canada, number two in New Zealand, and the top 10 in at least nine 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.
Critical reception
In 1995, James Hamilton from British magazine Music Week's RM Dance Update described the K-Klass remix as a "three years old hit totally revamped as a superb melodically whined Michael Jackson-ish strider". Gina Morris from Smash Hits gave it three out of five, writing, "No worries, you can't go wrong with luminous feel-good pop and thumping breakbeats. Plus there's loads of funky remixes on the CD too, wheeling the whole thing in at over 30 minutes long. Bargain!"Music videos
The music video for "Humpin' Around" features Brown dancing outside with women in cages, with cut scenes of a girl trying to break in to his phone and personal belongings to find his mistress in NYC. A second video was shot primarily outside for the dance remix, along with random shots and outtakes from the original video.Personnel
- Bobby Brown: lead vocals, songwriter, rap
- Jan C. "Stylz" Styles: songwriter, rap
- Thomas Keyes: songwriter
- Babyface: songwriter, producer, arranger, keyboards, synthesized bass, drum programming, background vocals
- L.A. Reid: songwriter, producer, arranger, drum programming
- Daryl Simmons: songwriter, producer, arranger, background vocals
- Donald Parks: drum programming, MIDI and Synclavier programming
- Emanuel Officer: background vocals
Charts
Weekly charts
Original version| Chart | Peak position |
| Canada Retail Singles | 1 |
| Europe | 13 |
| Europe | 1 |
| Finland | 11 |
| Portugal | 8 |
| Spain | 5 |
| UK Airplay | 12 |
| UK Dance | 7 |
| UK Club Chart | 58 |
| US Cash Box Top 100 | 3 |
1995 K-Klass remix
| Chart | Peak position |
| Europe | 32 |
| Europe | 14 |
| Europe | 23 |
| UK Airplay | 8 |
Year-end charts
Original version| Chart | Position |
| Australia | 25 |
| Belgium | 73 |
| Canada Top Singles | 70 |
| Canada Dance/Urban | 18 |
| Europe | 82 |
| Europe | 3 |
| Europe | 23 |
| Germany | 72 |
| Netherlands | 74 |
| Netherlands | 73 |
| New Zealand | 22 |
| Sweden | 36 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 33 |
| US Hot R&B Singles | 38 |
| US Maxi-Singles Sales | 24 |
| US Cash Box Top 100 | 19 |