

This song uses a sample of a version of Ike Turner's " I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song)" from The Sweet Inspirations, and the line "the voodoo that you do so well" was quoted from Cole Porter's 1929 song " You Do Something to Me". The success of both this single and the follow-up single " Whatta Man" propelled Very Necessary to sell over 5 million copies in the US, becoming the group's best-selling album. Two months after its release, "Shoop" was certified gold by the RIAA it went on to sell 1.2 million copies. Released late in 1993, it became one of the group's more successful singles, reaching number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and topping the Hot Rap Singles chart at number one (their second single to do so). The song features an uncredited verse by rapper Big Twan.

It was produced by Mark Sparks and group member Salt. " Shoop" is the lead single released from Salt-N-Pepa's fourth studio album, Very Necessary.
