"I Get Around" is a song by American rapper

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from his second studio album, '' Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z...'' (1993). It was released on June 10, 1993 as the album's second single and features Shakur's mentor

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and

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, Shakur's old group. It was produced by Shock G, who produced it under the alias, The D-Flow Production Squad.

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notes that in the song Shakur "brags about his sexual conquests". Chart-wise, it was the album's most successful single reaching number eleven on the

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charts.

Composition and writing

In the 2009 book ''

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'', Shock G recalled that Shakur wrote the lyrics to the beat after hearing it for a while (rather than with no beat), and that Shakur also ghostwrote Shock G's verse.

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

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by the

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(RIAA) and sold 900,000 copies.

Track listing

*12" # "I Get Around" (LP version) – 4:19 # "I Get Around" (vocal version) – 6:07 # "Nothing but Love" – 5:04 # "I Get Around" (remix) – 6:06 # "I Get Around" (remix instrumental) – 6:04 # "I Get Around" (7" remix) – 3:36 *12" # "I Get Around" (remix) – 6:06 # "I Get Around" (7" remix) – 3:36 # "Holler If Ya Hear Me" (Broadway mix) – 4:31 # "Flex" (featuring:

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) – 4:19 *12" # "I Get Around" (LP version) – 4:19 # "Keep Ya Head Up" (radio version) – 4:25 # "Keep Ya Head Up" (LP version) – 4:25 # "I Get Around" (radio version) – 4:19 *CD # "I Get Around" (LP version) – 4:19 # "I Get Around" (7" remix) – 3:36 *CD # "I Get Around" (extra clean version) – 4:19

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

Music video
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