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{{Infobox single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs --> |
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| Name = Baby Got Back |
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| Cover = BabyGotBack.jpg |
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| Artist = [[Sir Mix-a-Lot]] |
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| from Album = [[Mack Daddy]] |
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| B-side = "Cake Boy" |
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| Released = May 7, 1992 |
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| Format = [[Single (music)|7" vinyl]], [[12-inch single|12" vinyl]], [[cassette single]], [[CD single]] |
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| Recorded = 1991 |
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| Genre = [[Comedy hip hop]], [[dirty rap]] |
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| Length = 4:22 |
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| Label = [[American Recordings (US)|Def American]] |
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| Writer = [[Sir Mix-a-Lot]] |
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| Producer = [[Sir Mix-a-Lot]] |
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| Certification = |
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| Last single = "I Got Game"<br />(1991) |
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| This single = "'''Baby Got Back'''"<br />(1992) |
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| Next single = "Ride"<br />(1992) |
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}} |
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{{listen |
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| filename = Baby Got Back sample.ogg |
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| title = Baby Got Back |
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| description = [[Sir Mix-a-Lot]]'s "Baby Got Back" from ''[[Mack Daddy]]'' |
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| filetype = [[Ogg]] |
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'''"Baby Got Back'''" is a [[1992 in music|1992]] [[List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1992 (U.S.)|Number One single]] by [[Hip hop music|hip hop artist]] [[Sir Mix-a-Lot]], from his album ''[[Mack Daddy]]''. The song samples the 1986 [[electro (music)|electro]] single "Technicolor" by [[Juan Atkins|Channel One]]. |
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At the time of its original release, the song caused [[controversy]] with its outspoken and blatantly sexual lyrics about women, as well as specific and objectionable references to the female anatomy. The video was briefly banned by [[MTV]].<ref name="Songfacts">{{cite web | url = http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=604 | title = Baby Got Back Songfacts | work = Songfacts | accessdate = 2007-04-05}}</ref> "Baby Got Back" has remained popular and even anthemic since it was originally featured on the album ''[[Mack Daddy]]'' in 1992. |
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In 2008, it was ranked number 17 on [[VH1]]'s 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.prefixmag.com/news/vh1s-100-greatest-hip-hop-songs/21901/ | title = VH1’s 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs | date = 2008-09-29 | author = Andrew Winistorfer | work = [[Prefixmag]] | publisher = | accessdate = 2011-10-16 }}</ref> |
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==Synopsis== |
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{{Anchor|Lyrics}} |
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The first verse begins, "I like big butts and I cannot lie", and most of the song is about being attracted to large [[buttocks]]. The second and third verse challenge mainstream norms of beauty: "I ain't talkin' bout ''Playboy''. Cuz silicone parts are made for toys" and "So ''Cosmo'' says you're fat / Well I ain't down with that!". Sir Mix-a-Lot commented in a 1992 interview: "The song doesn't just say I like large butts, you know? The song is talking about women who damn near kill themselves to try to look like these beanpole models that you see in ''Vogue'' magazine." He explains that most women respond positively to the song's message, especially black women: "They all say, 'About time.'"<ref>{{Citation |first=Brian |last=Keizer |date=September 1992 |title = Big Buts | work = [[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |volume = 8 |issue = 6 |pages = 87–88 }}</ref> |
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Also brought to the forefront of pop culture by this song is a generally accepted white standard of beauty — a skinny body lacking in voluptuous curves. In the prelude that opens the song there is a conversation between two (presumably) thin, white [[valley girl]]s, where one girl remarks to her friend, "''Oh, my God, Becky, look at her butt! It is so big [...] She's just so ... black!''", to which Sir Mix-a-Lot, representing the African-American subculture's view, says: "You other brothers can't deny" and "Take the average black man and ask him...".<ref>{{Citation |first=Sara L. |last=Crawley |first2=Lara J. |last2=Foley |first3=Constance L. |last3=Shehan |year = 2008 |title = Gendering Bodies |publisher = [[Rowman & Littlefield]] |isbn=0-7425-5956-1 {{Please check ISBN|reason=Check digit (1) does not correspond to calculated figure.}} |pages=17–18}}</ref> However, Sir Mix-a-Lot follows this in a later verse with "Even white boys got to shout," indicating that it is not only African-American men who are attracted to curvy women. |
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==Chart performance and awards== |
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Sir Mix-a-Lot's best known song, "Baby Got Back" reached number 1 on the United States ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart for five weeks in the summer of 1992, and won a [[1993 in music|1993]] [[Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance]]. For almost two decades following the song's release on the album ''[[Mack Daddy]]'', it has continued to appear in many movies, shows, music videos, and even commercials, see Covers and Parodies for more information. It was number 6 on [[VH1]]'s Greatest Songs of the '90s. It was number 1 on [[VH1]]'s Greatest One Hit Wonders of the '90s. |
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===Weekly charts=== |
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{| class="wikitable sortable" |
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!align="left"|Chart (1992–93) |
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! style="text-align:center;"|Position |
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|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/sir-mix-a-lot/chart-history/1073]</ref> |
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| style="text-align:center;"|1 |
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|US R&B/Hip-Hop Songs<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/sir-mix-a-lot/chart-history/1073?f=367&g=Singles]</ref> |
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| style="text-align:center;"|27 |
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|US Dance/Club Play Songs<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/sir-mix-a-lot/chart-history/1073?f=359&g=Singles]</ref> |
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| style="text-align:center;"|5 |
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===Year-end charts=== |
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{| class="wikitable sortable" |
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!scope="col"|Chart (1992) |
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!scope="col"|Position |
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| US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1992|title=Billboard Hot 100 - 1992|accessdate=2009-09-15}}</ref> |
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|style="text-align:center;"|2 |
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==Related songs and allusions== |
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In a 2000 interview, Sir Mix-a-Lot reflected: "There's always butt songs. Hell, I got the idea sitting up here listing to old [[Parliament (band)|Parliament]] records: ''[[Motor Booty Affair]]''. Black men like butts. That's the bottom line."<ref>{{Citation |author=Sir Mix-a-Lot |first2=Jon |last2Caramanica |title=Still Bumpin' |date=October 2000 |work=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]] |volume=8 |issue=8 |page=82}}</ref> The song is part of a tradition of 1970s-90s African-American music celebrating the female posterior, including "[[Da Butt]]," "[[Rump Shaker (song)|Rump Shaker]]," and "[[Shake Your Groove Thing]]."<ref>{{Citation |first=Erin J. |last=Aubry |chapter=The butt: its politics, its profanity, its power |editor-first=Ophira |editor-last=Edut |year=2003 |title=Body outlaws: rewriting the rules of beauty and body image |edition=2nd |publisher=[[Seal Press]] |isbn=1-58005-108-1 |page=30}}</ref> |
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{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} [[Spoken word]] duo [[Athens Boys Choir]] has a parody of the song on their album ''Rhapsody in T'' called "Tranny Got Pack."{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} An alternate version was performed at a 2006 [[Washington Mutual]] retreat in Hawaii.<ref>{{cite web|author=By EAMON JAVERS | 4/13/10 9:23 PM EDT |url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/35779.html |title=WaMu lenders sang 'I like big bucks' - Eamon Javers |publisher=[[Politico.com]] |date= |accessdate=2011-11-07}}</ref> The song was also covered by [[Jonathan Coulton]] in his [[Thing a Week]] project. It was spoofed in an episode of ''[[In Living Color]]'', "Baby Got Snacks," featuring [[Jamie Foxx]] as the lead singer.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} In 2008, the movie ''[[Another Cinderella Story]]'' used a parody of the song, entitled "Baby Got Bacne," in the scene in which "Cinderella's" mother is in an advertising campaign. There was also a 2009 [[Burger King]] commercial promoting [[SpongeBob SquarePants]] Kid's Meal toys, which used a parody called "I Like Square Butts".<ref>{{Citation |first=Claudia |last=Feldman |date=16 April 2009 |title=Burger King’s whopper of an ad |work=[[Houston Chronicle]] |url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/6377572.html}}</ref><ref>{{Youtube|7gMZ62PsvRM}}</ref> Another parody includes "Baby Likes Fat" which is used in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Treehouse of Horror XVII]]". It was also parodied on the "Buoyancy" episode of ''[[Bill Nye the Science Guy]]'' with "Bill's Got Boat". |
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In the TV show ''[[Friends]]'', [[Rachel Green]] and [[Ross Geller]] sing the song to their baby in the Season 9 episode "The One with Ross's Inappropriate Song", and the encounter with Rachel's sister Amy in "The One With Rachel's Other Sister." |
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The song has also inspired, or served as a [[framing device]], for a logic puzzle.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sinhababu |first=Neil |url=http://ethicalwerewolf.blogspot.com/2011/02/puzzle-about-your-butt.html |title=The Ethical Werewolf: A puzzle about your butt |publisher=Ethicalwerewolf.blogspot.com |date=2011-02-05 |accessdate=2012-06-11}}</ref> |
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The song is played during the credit sequence of the video game [[Fat Princess]] while the player is attacking the staff with a scythe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fa24RnPhX4 |title=Fat Princess Credits |publisher=Youtube.com |date=2009-08-07 |accessdate=2012-06-11}}</ref> |
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A portion of the song was referenced in the end of the 2001 movie [[Shrek]], during the Karaoke dance party. |
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The beginning of the song words,"Oh my god Becky, look at her butt" was used in [[The Motto]] by [[Drake (entertainer)]] and [[Lil Wayne]].{{citation needed|date=August 2012}} |
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==See also== |
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* [[1992 in music]] |
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* [[Hot 100 number-one hits of 1992 (USA)]] |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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{{S-start}} |
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{{Succession box |
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|before = "[[I'll Be There (The Jackson 5 song)|I'll Be There]]" by [[Mariah Carey]] |
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|title = [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] [[List of number-one hits (United States)|number-one single]] |
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|years = July 4, 1992 – August 1, 1992 |
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|after = "[[This Used to Be My Playground]]" by [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] |
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}} |
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{{S-end}} |
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{{Sir Mix-a-Lot}} |
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[[Category:1992 singles]] |
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[[Category:Sir Mix-A-Lot songs]] |
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[[Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles]] |
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[[Category:Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance]] |
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[[Category:Singles certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America]] |
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[[Category:Songs produced by Rick Rubin]] |
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