Rump Shaker

Rump Shaker

Wreckx-N-Effect

“Rump Shaker” is a multi-platinum ‘90s beach bumper about women shaking their rumps that hit #2 in the US in late 1992. It also reached the top 30 in the UK, Australia & New Zealand. It’s their only US top 40, earning them the title of one-hit wonder there.

A young Pharrell Williams wrote Teddy Riley’s verse. The writing credit Pharrell received marked the first time he was credited on a body of work. The song samples the saxophone from “Darkest Light”, a 1974 track by the Lafayette Afro-Rock Band.

W-N-E performed “Rump Shaker” on In Living Color season 4 episode 7.