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| Single by Wreckx-n-Effect | ||||
| from the album Hard or Smooth | ||||
| Released | August 25, 1992 | |||
| Recorded | April–May 1992 | |||
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| Length | 5:13 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
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| "Rump Shaker" on YouTube | ||||
"Rump Shaker" is a song by American hip-hop group Wreckx-N-Effect. It was released in August 1992 as the lead single from their second album, Hard or Smooth (1992). It features production and guest vocals from Teddy Riley, brother of former Wreckx member Markell Riley.
Due to the massive success of Whitney Houston's version of "I Will Always Love You," the song did not advance further than No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks charts. Nevertheless, it peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Rap Singles, and No. 9 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts.
The chorus of the 2008 single, "Paper Planes" by British musician M.I.A. was widely speculated to be based on the chorus,[1][2][3] although the song's writers are not credited.
- ^ Grandy, Eric (2007-11-14). "M.I.A.'s radical rump shaking". The Stranger. Index Newspapers. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
- ^ Kellman, Andy. "Kala review". Allmusic.
- ^ Keefe, Jonathan (August 20, 2007). "Kala review". Slant Magazine.