I Get Around (Tupac Shakur song)

"I Get Around" is the second single from 2Pac's second album Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z., and features Shock G and Money-B of Digital Underground. It was produced by Shock G.[2] AllMusic notes that in the song 2Pac "brags about his sexual conquests".[2]

"I Get Around"
Single by 2Pac featuring Shock-G and Money-B
from the album Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.
A-side"Nothing but Love"
ReleasedJune 10, 1993
Recorded1992[1]
GenreDirty rap
Length4:19
LabelInterscope
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Shock G, Howard Johnson
2Pac singles chronology
"Gotta Get Mine"
(1993)		 "I Get Around"
(1993)		 "Keep Ya Head Up"
(1993)
Music video
"I Get Around" on YouTube

Composition and writing

In the 2009 book How to Rap, Shock G recalled that 2Pac wrote the lyrics to the beat after hearing it for a while (rather than with no beat),[3] and that 2Pac also ghostwrote Shock G's verse.[4]

Commercial success

"I Get Around" peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It spent 25 weeks on the charts and peaked number 5 on the US R&B charts. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and sold 700,000 copies.[5][6]

Publication Country Accolade Year Rank
The Source United States The 100 Best Rap Singles of All Time 1998 *
Ego Trip Hip Hop's 40 Greatest Singles by Year 1980-98 1999 6
Blender Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s 2005 307
Bruce Pollock The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 2005 *
Pitchfork The Pitchfork 500 2008 *
Pitchfork Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s 2010 107

Track listing
  • 12"
  1. «I Get Around» (LP version) – 4:19
  2. «I Get Around» (vocal version) – 6:07
  3. «Nothing but Love» – 5:04
  4. «I Get Around» (remix) – 6:06
  5. «I Get Around» (remix instrumental) – 6:04
  6. «I Get Around» (7" remix) – 3:36

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (1993) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 11
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[8] 5
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[9] 8

Year-end charts
End of year chart (1993) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[10] 56

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[11] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. Sal Manna. "Official Biography". Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  2. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r168663
  3. Edwards, Paul, 2009, How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC, Chicago Review Press, p. 169.
  4. Edwards, Paul, 2009, How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC, Chicago Review Press, p. 230-231.
  5. "American certifications – 2 Pac – I Get Around". Recording Industry Association of America.
  6. "Best-Selling Records of 1993". Billboard. BPI Communications. 106 (3): 73. January 15, 1994. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  7. "2Pac Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  8. "2Pac Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
  9. "2Pac Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard.
  10. "Billboard Top 100 – 1993". Archived from the original on 2006-11-10. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
  11. "American single certifications – 2 Pac – I Get Around". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 28, 2020. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH. 
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