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"Pumps and a Bump"
"Pumps and a Bump"
	Single cover
Single by Hammer
from the album The Funky Headhunter
Released	February 28, 1994
Recorded	1993
Genre	West Coast hip hop
Length	5:05
Label	Giant
Songwriter(s)	Stanley Burrell; Gerald Baillergeau; Deuce Deuce; George Clinton; Garry Shider; David Spradley;
Producer(s)	Hammer, Gerald Baillergeau
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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.

Release and reception

"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.

Impact

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]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[9]	41
UK Club Chart (Music Week)^[10]	53
US Billboard Hot 100	26
US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard)	34
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)	21
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)	3

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)	Position
US Hot Rap songs^[11]	50

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[12]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "MC Hammer: Work with Notable Producers". 10 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b ""Pumps and a Bump"". Discogs. 1994.
^ "The Funky Headhunter - MC Hammer". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-05-30.
^ ^a ^b Staff (August 15, 2013). "A DECADE IN RAP CENSORSHIP (1990-1999)". Spin. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
^ Sanchez, Karissa (June 27, 2013). "25. Hammer's animal skin Speedo - The Worst Hip-Hop Fashion Fails of All Time". Complex. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
^ Holmes, Dave (June 12, 2014). "Dave Holmes Hits the Summer Songs of 1994". Vulture. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
^ Billboard (April 16, 1994), p. 48.
^ Slezak, Michael (January 14, 2010). "'American Idol' recap: Devil Went Down to Georgia". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on January 31, 2010.
^ "Hammer – Pumps & A Bump". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
^ "The RM Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). April 30, 1994. p. 8. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
^ "The Year in Music: Hot 100 Single Sales". Billboard. December 24, 1994. p. YE-30. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
^ "American single certifications – Hammer – Bumps and a Bump". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved April 26, 2022.

[1] "MC Hammer: Work with Notable Producers". 10 December 2018.

[discogs-2] ""Pumps and a Bump"". Discogs. 1994.

[3] "The Funky Headhunter - MC Hammer". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-05-30.

[spin-4] Staff (August 15, 2013). "A DECADE IN RAP CENSORSHIP (1990-1999)". Spin. Retrieved May 21, 2018.

[5] Sanchez, Karissa (June 27, 2013). "25. Hammer's animal skin Speedo - The Worst Hip-Hop Fashion Fails of All Time". Complex. Retrieved May 21, 2018.

[6] Holmes, Dave (June 12, 2014). "Dave Holmes Hits the Summer Songs of 1994". Vulture. Retrieved May 21, 2018.

[7] Billboard (April 16, 1994), p. 48.

[8] Slezak, Michael (January 14, 2010). "'American Idol' recap: Devil Went Down to Georgia". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on January 31, 2010.

[sc_New_Zealand_Hammer-9] "Hammer – Pumps & A Bump". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved September 25, 2023.

[10] "The RM Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). April 30, 1994. p. 8. Retrieved May 15, 2023.

[11] "The Year in Music: Hot 100 Single Sales". Billboard. December 24, 1994. p. YE-30. Retrieved March 28, 2022.

[United_StatesHammerBumps_and_a_BumpsingleCertRef-12] "American single certifications – Hammer – Bumps and a Bump". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved April 26, 2022.

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+| released   = February 28, 1994
-| format     = {{flat list|
-*[[Compact disc|CD single]]
-*[[12-inch single|12"]]}}
 | recorded   = 1993
 | studio     =
 | venue      =
+| genre      = [[West Coast hip hop]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hiphopnewsjournal.com/mc-hammer-work-with-notable-producers/ | title=MC Hammer: Work with Notable Producers | date=10 December 2018 }}</ref>
-| genre      =
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 *Gerald Baillergeau
 *Deuce Deuce
-*[[George Clinton (musician)|George Clinton]]
+*[[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]]
 *[[Garry Shider]]
 *David Spradley}}
-| producer   = Hammer, Gerald Baillergeau<ref name="discogs">{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Hammer-Pumps-And-A-Bump/release/4637042|title="Pumps and a Bump"|work=Discogs}}</ref>
+| producer   = Hammer, Gerald Baillergeau<ref name="discogs">{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Hammer-Pumps-And-A-Bump/release/4637042|title="Pumps and a Bump"|work=Discogs|date=1994 }}</ref>
-| prev_title = [[This Is The Way We Roll]]
+| prev_title = [[This Is the Way We Roll]]
 | prev_year  = 1992
 | next_title = [[The Funky Headhunter#Release and reception|It's All Good]]
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-"'''Pumps and a Bump'''" is a song by [[MC Hammer|Hammer]] from his 1994 album ''[[The Funky Headhunter]]''.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-funky-headhunter-mw0000109187 |title=The Funky Headhunter - MC Hammer|work=[[AllMusic]] |date= |accessdate=2015-05-30}}</ref> The single peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard [[Hot Rap Songs]] chart and No. 26 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]], making it the final [[Top 40]] hit of Hammer's career.
+"'''Pumps and a Bump'''" is a song by American rapper [[MC Hammer]] from his fifth album, ''[[The Funky Headhunter]]'' (1994).<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-funky-headhunter-mw0000109187 |title=The Funky Headhunter - MC Hammer|work=[[AllMusic]] |date= |accessdate=2015-05-30}}</ref> The single peaked at No. 3 on the ''Billboard'' [[Hot Rap Songs]] chart and No. 26 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], making it the final [[Top 40]] hit of Hammer's career.
 ==Release and reception==
-"Pumps and a Bump" was the first single off ''The Funky Headhunter'', which represented a departure from Hammer's previous pop image.<ref name="spin">{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2013/08/the-worst-moments-of-the-90s-worst-band-names-worst-lyrics-worst-video/130809-worst-of-the-90s-c-delores/|title=A DECADE IN RAP CENSORSHIP (1990-1999)|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|author=Staff|date=August 15, 2013|accessdate=May 21, 2018}}</ref> The track contains a sample of [[George Clinton (musician)|George Clinton]]'s 1982 single "[[Atomic Dog]]".<ref name="discogs"/>
+"Pumps and a Bump" was the first single off ''The Funky Headhunter'', which represented a departure from Hammer's previous pop image.<ref name="spin">{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2013/08/the-worst-moments-of-the-90s-worst-band-names-worst-lyrics-worst-video/130809-worst-of-the-90s-c-delores/|title=A DECADE IN RAP CENSORSHIP (1990-1999)|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|author=Staff|date=August 15, 2013|accessdate=May 21, 2018}}</ref> The track contains a sample of [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]]'s 1982 single "[[Atomic Dog]]".<ref name="discogs"/>
-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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/style/2013/06/the-worst-hip-hop-fashion-fails-of-all-time/hammer-humps-in-a-speedo|title=25. Hammer's animal skin Speedo - The Worst Hip-Hop Fashion Fails of All Time|work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|first=Karissa|last=Sanchez|date=June 27, 2013|accessdate=May 21, 2018}}</ref> An alternative video was filmed with Hammer fully clothed<Ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vulture.com/2014/06/summer-1994-songs-somewhere-in-time-column.html|title=Dave Holmes Hits the Summer Songs of 1994|work=[[New York (magazine)|Vulture]]|first=Dave|last=Holmes|date=June 12, 2014|accessdate=May 21, 2018}}</ref> and featuring an appearance by [[Deion Sanders]], while promoted as representing a remix of the song.<ref>''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' (April 16, 1994), p. 48.</ref>
+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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/style/2013/06/the-worst-hip-hop-fashion-fails-of-all-time/hammer-humps-in-a-speedo|title=25. Hammer's animal skin Speedo - The Worst Hip-Hop Fashion Fails of All Time|work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|first=Karissa|last=Sanchez|date=June 27, 2013|accessdate=May 21, 2018}}</ref> An alternative video was filmed with Hammer fully clothed<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vulture.com/2014/06/summer-1994-songs-somewhere-in-time-column.html|title=Dave Holmes Hits the Summer Songs of 1994|work=[[New York (magazine)|Vulture]]|first=Dave|last=Holmes|date=June 12, 2014|accessdate=May 21, 2018}}</ref> and featuring an appearance by [[Deion Sanders]], while promoted as representing a remix of the song.<ref>''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' (April 16, 1994), p. 48.</ref>
+The video was nominated for [[Best Choreography]] at the [[1994 MTV Video Music Awards]].
-==Pop culture impact==
-Hammer appeared on ''[[The Arsenio Hall Show]]'' in response to the controversial music video in the mid-1990s.{{cn|date=September 2018}}
+==Impact==
-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".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20312226_20336738,00.html|title='American Idol' recap: Devil Went Down to Georgia|first=Michael|last=Slezak|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=January 14, 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131125107/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20312226_20336738,00.html|archivedate=January 31, 2010}}</ref> ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' magazine described the banned music video as "'[[The Ed Sullivan Show#Elvis Presley|Elvis on the ''Ed Sullivan Show'']]' cranked to 11".<ref name="spin"/>
+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".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20312226_20336738,00.html|title='American Idol' recap: Devil Went Down to Georgia|first=Michael|last=Slezak|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=January 14, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131125107/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20312226_20336738,00.html|archivedate=January 31, 2010}}</ref> ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' magazine described the banned music video as "'[[The Ed Sullivan Show#Elvis Presley|Elvis on the ''Ed Sullivan Show'']]' cranked to 11".<ref name="spin"/>
+==Charts==
-The 2017,  [[Fifth Harmony]] song "[[He Like That]]" contains a portion of the song in its chorus.
+{{col-begin}}
+{{col-2}}
-==Chart positions==
+===Weekly charts===
 {| class="wikitable sortable"
 |-
+!Chart (1994)
-!align="left"|Charts
-!align="left"|Peak<br>position
+!Peak<br>position
 |-
+{{singlechart|New Zealand|41|artist=Hammer|song=Pumps & A Bump|accessdate=September 25, 2023}}
-|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]
+|-
+|align="left"|[[Record Mirror Club Chart|UK Club Chart]] (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-04-30.pdf|title=The ''RM'' Club Chart|magazine=[[Music Week]], in [[Record Mirror]] (Dance Update Supplemental Insert)|date=April 30, 1994|page=8|accessdate=May 15, 2023}}</ref>
+| style="text-align:center;"|53
+|-
+|align="left"|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
 | style="text-align:center;"|26
+|-
+|align="left"|US [[Hot Dance Club Songs]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')
+| style="text-align:center;"|34
+|-
+|align="left"|US [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')
+| style="text-align:center;"|21
+|-
+|align="left"|US [[Hot Rap Songs]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')
+| style="text-align:center;"|3
 |}
+{{col-2}}
+===Year-end charts===
-'''Additional chart positions''': [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US R&B]] No. 21 / [[Hot Rap Songs|US Rap]] No. 3 / [[Hot Dance Club Songs|US Dance]] No. 34
+{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
+|-
+!scope="col"|Chart (1994)
+!scope="col"|Position
+|-
+!scope="row"| US Hot Rap songs<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZAgEAAAAMBAJ|title=The Year in Music: Hot 100 Single Sales|magazine=Billboard|date=December 24, 1994|page=YE-30|accessdate=March 28, 2022}}</ref>
+| style="text-align:center;"|50
+|}
+{{col-end}}
+==Certifications==
+{{Certification Table Top}}
+{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Hammer|title=Bumps and a Bump|award=Gold|relyear=1994|certyear=1994|access-date=April 26, 2022}}
+{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}
 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
-==External links==
-*{{MetroLyrics song|mc-hammer|pumps-and-a-bump}}
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 [[Category:Songs written by Garry Shider]]
-[[Category:Songs written by George Clinton (musician)]]
+[[Category:Songs written by George Clinton (funk musician)]]
 [[Category:Giant Records (Warner) singles]]
 [[Category:Music video controversies]]

v t e MC Hammer
Studio albums	Feel My Power (1987) Let's Get It Started (1988) Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em (1990) Too Legit to Quit (1991) The Funky Headhunter (1994) Inside Out (1995) Active Duty (2001) Full Blast (2004) Look Look Look (2006) DanceJamtheMusic (2009)
Compilations	Greatest Hits (1996) Back 2 Back Hits (1997) The Hits (2000) Platinum MC Hammer (2008)
Singles	"Let's Get It Started" (1988) "U Can't Touch This" (1990) "Have You Seen Her" (1990) "Pray" (1990) "Here Comes the Hammer" (1990) "For the Love of You (1990) "2 Legit 2 Quit" (1991) "Addams Groove" (1991) "Do Not Pass Me By" (1991) "This Is the Way We Roll" (1992) "Straight to My Feet" (1994) "Pumps and a Bump" (1994) "Unconditional Love" (1998) "Full Blast" (2004)
Television	Hammerman Hammertime The Surreal Life
Related articles	Discography