I Get Around (2Pac song)

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“I Get Around”
“I Get Around” cover
Single by 2Pac featuring Digital Underground
from the album Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.
Released June 10, 1993
Format 12" single
Genre Hip hop
Length 4:19
Label Interscope
Writer(s) 2Pac
Shock-G
Larry Troutman
Shirley Murdock
Rico Brooks
Producer D-Flow Production Squad
2Pac singles chronology
"Trapped"
(1992)
"I Get Around"
(1993)
"Keep Ya Head Up"
(1993)

"I Get Around" is the second single from Tupac Shakur's second album Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z., and features the group that introduced him, Digital Underground. The song was originally supposed to appear on Digital Underground's album, The Body-Hat Syndrome[citation needed]. Shock G allowed 2Pac to put on his album instead[citation needed].

[edit] Commercial success

The song sold well and became 2Pac's first Top 20 single. It peaked at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and acquired certified gold status. The song was re-released on 2Pac's Greatest Hits album in 1998. The music video reached #16 on XXL's and MTV2's "25 Greatest West Coast Videos".