"Bump n' Grind"
#1 weeks: 4
weeks: 1994-04-09, 1994-04-16, 1994-04-23, 1994-04-30
genre: r&b, slow jam
artist: R. Kelly
album: 12 Play & The R. in
R&B Collection, Vol. 1
writers: R. Kelly
producers: R. Kelly
label:
formats: CD single, Cassette single, 7" vinyl
lengths: 4:16
"Bump n' Grind" is a song written, produced and performed by
R&B musician R. Kelly. It was the second single released
from his first solo album
12 Playin 1994. The track became Kelly's only number one
single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (temporarily interrupting
the six-week run of Ace of Base's "The Sign") as a solo artist,
and it also spent twelve weeks at number one on the U.S. Hot
R&B Songs chart, becoming the longest-running number-one
U.S. R&B single at that time. The song also reached number
eight in the UK charts, following the massive success of his
previous single, "She's Got That Vibe" (which was actually a
re-release).
The song is featured in the movies
Without A Paddleand
The Wackness.
In 2008, it was featured in "Grand Theft Auto IV's"
fictional Soul/R&B radio station The Vibe 98.8.