I Get Around (Tupac Shakur song)

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  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
"I Get Around"
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Single by 2Pac featuring Digital Underground
from the album Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z...
A-side "Nothin' but Love"
ReleasedJune 10, 1993
Recorded1992 [1]
Genre Hip hop
Length4:19
Label Interscope
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) The D-Flow Production Squad
2Pac singles chronology
"Gotta Get Mine"
(1993)
"I Get Around"
(1993)
"Keep Ya Head Up"
(1993)
Digital Underground singles chronology
"No Nose Job"
(1992)
"I Get Around"
(1993)
"The Return of the Crazy One"
(1993)

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [20] Platinum1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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