"Pumps and a Bump" | ||||
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Single by Hammer | ||||
from the album The Funky Headhunter | ||||
Released | February 28, 1994 | |||
Recorded | 1993 | |||
Genre | West Coast hip hop [1] | |||
Length | 5:05 | |||
Label | Giant | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Hammer, Gerald Baillergeau [2] | |||
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"Pumps and a Bump" is a song by American rapper MC Hammer from his fifth album, The Funky Headhunter (1994). [3] The single peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart and No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the final Top 40 hit of Hammer's career.
"Pumps and a Bump" was the first single off The Funky Headhunter, which represented a departure from Hammer's previous pop image. [4] The track contains a sample of George Clinton's 1982 single " Atomic Dog". [2]
The original music video featured Hammer wearing nothing but a Speedo and dancing suggestively alongside numerous swimsuit-clad women, which resulted in it being banned from MTV as it was considered too graphic. [5] An alternative video was filmed with Hammer fully clothed [6] and featuring an appearance by Deion Sanders, while promoted as representing a remix of the song. [7]
The video was nominated for Best Choreography at the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards.
In 2010, American Idol contestant Larry Platt performed his own song titled " Pants on the Ground", which Entertainment Weekly claimed sounded similar to "Pumps and a Bump". [8] Spin magazine described the banned music video as "' Elvis on the Ed Sullivan Show' cranked to 11". [4]
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States ( RIAA) [12] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |