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"Baby Got Back" is a 1992 hip hop song by Sir Mix-a-Lot about the singer's fondness for women's buttocks and in particular his reaction to large ones. more...

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The song starts with a discussion between two valley girls at a mall, with one girl remarking to the other "Oh-My-God, Becky! Look at her butt! It is so...big." At the time of its original release, the song caused something of a minor controversy with its explicit opinion on the female anatomy, although compared to many hip hop songs it is actually very mild and humorous in this respect. Presumably, the size of the buttocks described in the song may refer to buttocks sizes that are out-of-proportion to the overall body size.

Chart performance and awards

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 Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance.

Appearances in pop culture

It was subsequently featured in the movies American Pie: Band Camp, Charlie's Angels, Kung Pow! Enter the Fist, Jackass: The Movie, Scary Movie 4, Shrek, Shark Tale and Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, and continues to be a running joke. "Baby Got Back" also appears in a BuyMusic and an Apple Computer commercial, the television sitcom Friends, and the animated series Futurama, where in the year 3000 it is considered by the characters to be "classical music". It was also featured in the animated series American Dad in the episode titled "Camp Refoogee".

Alternate versions

Sir Mix-A-Lot has recorded at least two different commercial versions of the hit song, one a Target commercial aimed towards preteens that replaces "I like big butts and I cannot lie" with "I like backpacks and I cannot lie", the other a ringtone that begins "Pick up the phone! Pick up the phone! 'Cause you don't wanna miss this call and I cannot lie!".

Parodies and covers

A parody of this song was also created by members of the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. There have been several notable covers, including a light folk-rock version by Jonathan Coulton, and a lounge version by Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine. There was also a Hardcore version released by the band Throwdown. Agent Felix also created a Pop Punk version of the song.

LL Cool J had previously recorded a song lyrically similar to this one, called "Big Ole Butt".

The 90's sketch comedy show In Living Color aired a parody video called "Baby Got Snacks" with Jamie Foxx as Trail Mix-A-Lot rapping about his love for heavyset women.

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