The bump was a primarily 1970s fad dance introduced by Johnny Spruce in which the main move is to lightly "bump" hips on every other beat of the music. As the dance (and the evening) progressed, the bumping could become more intimate, bumping hip to backside, low bending, etc. The idea was to bump gently, but some people got carried away and bumped a little too hard, sending their partners across the dance floor.
There were several songs that were inspired by the bump, such as "The Bump" by Kenny and "Lady Bump" by Penny McLean, but the song that is most remembered is "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)" by George Clinton and Parliament, which was released in 1976.
Because the bumping became more and more intense as the dance became more popular, many viewed this dance as sexual and even obscene.
To our generation, it's just the predecessor of many other dances that we might tag as indecent. Such as grinding, or twerking (dances I will talk about in later blog entries).
Information from: Askville.Amazon.com, HowCast.com, Mix96Buffalo.com
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