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2001 single by Destiny's Child

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::summary 2001 single by Destiny's Child ::

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B-sideCards Never Lie
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genreR&B
length3:28
labelColumbia
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| name = Bootylicious | cover = Bootylicious DC.png | border = yes | alt = The group seated next to one another in matching pink outfits with a grey background and the title of the song in violet script | type = single | artist = Destiny's Child | album = Survivor | B-side = Cards Never Lie | released = | recorded = | studio =

"Bootylicious" was a commercial success, becoming the group's fourth and final US Billboard Hot 100 number-one single. It also reached the top five in Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. A Rockwilder remix of the song featured Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott and appeared on the soundtrack of the 2001 musical Carmen: A Hip Hopera and the group's remix album This Is the Remix (2002).

Although the term "bootylicious" had already been used by rapper Snoop Dogg in Dr. Dre's song "Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')" (1992), the popularity of "Bootylicious" caused the slang word to become widespread, being added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2004 under the definition "(of a woman) sexually attractive".

Writing and production

"Bootylicious" was written and produced by Beyoncé Knowles, Rob Fusari and Falonte Moore, and was recorded at SugarHill Recording Studios in Houston, and Sound on Sound Studios in New York City. There are conflicting stories about the song's origins. According to Knowles, she was inspired to write the song on a flight to either London or Japan as she was listening to the guitar riff of Stevie Nicks' song "Edge of Seventeen", which reminded her of a "voluptuous woman". According to Fusari, he wanted to build a track on a sample of Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger". Unable to locate the song, he chose to sample "Edge of Seventeen" instead. He wanted to replay the guitar riff himself in the studio so as not to lose publishing royalties, but group manager Mathew Knowles (father of Beyoncé Knowles) would not let him do this.

Composition

According to the sheet music published by EMI Music Publishing at Musicnotes.com, "Bootylicious" is a R&B song that set in common time with a medium funk tempo of 104 beats per minute. It is written in the key of E minor (recorded in D minor), and Destiny's Child's vocals span from G3 to B5. Kelly Rowland sings the majority of the lead vocals on the track, with her leading both verses, Knowles leading choruses, and Michelle Williams leading the bridge.

Commercial performance

"Bootylicious" debuted at number 66 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on June 9, 2001. Nine weeks later, the song reached number one, becoming the group's fourth and final number-one single in the United States. It remained on the chart for 19 additional weeks. It was the last song by a girl group to top the chart until 2025, when the virtual band Huntrix topped the chart with "Golden". In the United Kingdom, "Bootylicious" debuted and peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, behind Atomic Kitten's "Eternal Flame". The Official Charts Company credits this result to "Bootylicious" having already been released on Survivor, whereas the re-release of Atomic Kitten's album Right Now did not occur until after "Eternal Flame" had reached number one. "Bootylicious" sold over 169,000 copies and propelled Survivor back to the top of the UK Albums Chart. The song reached the top 10 in several other countries, including Australia, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, and Sweden. It additionally entered the top 20 in Finland, France, Germany and Italy and the top 30 in Austria.

Music video

The music video for "Bootylicious", directed by Matthew Rolston and filmed from May 7–9, 2001, showed Destiny's Child performing dance steps from Michael Jackson's famous "Billie Jean" performance from the special Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever. During the video, moves from several other Michael Jackson videos can be seen such as parts of the choreography from "Thriller", "Beat It", "Bad", and "The Way You Make Me Feel". Dance moves that were used by Jackson during live performances of "They Don't Care About Us" can be seen as well.

As the group is dancing, the members appear in several different costumes. These scenes are interloped with the group dancing in front of a dance troupe made of all boys. The dance sequence ends with a diamond-shaped stage where the group appears wearing pink crop-tops, while the all-male dance troupe appears shirtless, wearing Michael Jackson's signature one glove and sagging pants that showed their underwear with "Destiny" at the back. Stevie Nicks is featured playing the sampled riff on a guitar. Solange Knowles, Beyoncé's sister, also makes a brief cameo in the video.

The video for "Bootylicious" began airing on BET, VH1, and MTV on the week ending May 27, 2001, with the video premiering on the latter channel's Making the Video series. The version of the song featured in the music video is slightly different from the album version, removing the synth strings and DJ scratching and percussion fills in favour of a drier mix, with the bass guitar cut out part-way through the final choruses and a fade-out of the instrumental leaving only the vocals near the end. This version was never commercially released.

The music clip is featured on the DualDisc edition of the 2005 compilation album #1's and as an enhanced video on the UK and French editions of the single. The video for the Rockwilder remix featuring Missy Elliott is available on the "Urban Remixes" version of the UK CD single for "Emotion".

The music video uses a slightly altered version of the song; the difference being the song's instrumental. A notable difference in the music video is that the song's instrumental fades out at the end of the song, resulting in the final chorus being sung, acapella. Whereas, on the album version, the song's instrumental is heard throughout the song and during the final chorus and ends just before Knowles sings her final line.

Live performances

Destiny's Child opened the inaugural BET Awards (2001) with a performance of "Bootylicious". They also performed it on both Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration concerts, complete with their rendition of his dance moves. Before the video's premiere, the group had dedicated the video to Michael Jackson. According to Kelly Rowland, Jackson liked the song so much that when he saw them for the first time, he started to sing it and they were very surprised. On February 3, 2013, Beyoncé performed the song along with Rowland and Williams during the Super Bowl XLVII halftime show. They also performed Beyoncé's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)".

Remixes

A hip hop-styled remix (the Rockwilder remix) was produced by Rockwilder, Knowles, and Missy Elliott. This version was issued to urban markets, and had a hip-hop culture-based music video to accompany it. Beyoncé wears a belt that has the word "Bootylicious" misspelled as "Bootyliciuos", as pointed out by Carson Daly on an episode of Total Request Live.

A combination of the R&B vocals from this song and the grunge rock music of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is one of the best-known examples of the "bastard pop" or "mashup" genre, where elements from seemingly incompatible songs are mixed together. A later mashup used the music of Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with the "Bootylicious" vocals.

Legacy

"Bootylicious" created moderate controversy due to pushing the boundaries of female sexuality. Destiny's Child was claiming "G-rated fun" and confidence in body image through the lyrics, yet the song's music video suggested much more with the group wearing heavy make-up, form-fitting clothes, performing sexually suggestive dancing, and the video featuring close-ups on several dancers' buttocks. The song popularized the portmanteau term "bootylicious", a combination of the words "booty" and "delicious", although the term had already been used by Snoop Dogg in the song "Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')" (aka "Dre Day" from Dr. Dre's 1992 album The Chronic) as a pejorative. "Bootylicious" is also mentioned by a character named Champ (Shaun Baker) in the 1993 "Homey, Don't Ya Know Me?" episode of A Different World. The term was also used previously in the 1999 video game Duke Nukem: Time to Kill as the name of a strip club.

The success of the song came after the rise in media visibility of voluptuous personalities such as Jennifer Lopez. There was a media perception that the appearance of these women corresponded to an appreciation of the supposedly neglected larger hips and thighs common in the figures of black and Latina women. The approving neologism "bootylicious" has entered the mainstream English language as part of the crossover of African-American popular culture, fashion, and sexual politics. In September 2011, VH1 ranked "Bootylicious" at number 19 on its list "The 100 Greatest Songs of the 2000s". Rowland has mentioned that "Bootylicious" is the most irritating Destiny's Child song to her since she has heard it too many times.

Track listings

US CD single

  1. "Bootylicious" (album version) – 3:27
  2. "Bootylicious" (Richard Vission's V-Quest) – 6:06

US and Canadian maxi-CD single

  1. "Bootylicious" (album version) – 3:27
  2. "Bootylicious" (Richard Vission's V-Quest) – 6:06
  3. "Bootylicious" (Richard Vission's D.J. dub) – 5:27
  4. "Bootylicious" (Big Boyz remix) – 3:28
  5. "Bootylicious" (Case remix) – 4:45

US 12-inch single :A1. "Bootylicious" (Richard Vission's V-Quest) – 6:06 :A2. "Bootylicious" (Richard Vission's D.J. dub) – 5:27 :B1. "Bootylicious" (Big Boyz remix) – 3:28 :B2. "Bootylicious" (Big Boyz remix instrumental) – 3:24 :B3. "Bootylicious" (album version) – 3:27 :B4. "Bootylicious" (album instrumental) – 3:27

UK CD single

  1. "Bootylicious" (album version) – 3:27
  2. "Bootylicious" (Ed Case refix) – 4:45
  3. "Cards Never Lie" – 2:42
  4. "Bootylicious" (video)

UK cassette single

  1. "Bootylicious" (album version) – 3:27
  2. "Bootylicious" (M and J's Jelly remix) – 3:40 UK 12-inch single :A1. "Bootylicious" (album version) – 3:27 :A2. "Bootylicious" (Rockwilder remix featuring Missy Elliott) – 4:13 :B1. "Bootylicious" (Ed Case refix) – 4:45

European CD1

  1. "Bootylicious" (album version) – 3:27
  2. "Bootylicious" (Ed Case refix) – 4:45

European CD2

  1. "Bootylicious" (album version) – 3:27
  2. "Bootylicious" (Ed Case refix) – 4:45
  3. "Bootylicious" (M&J's Jelly remix) – 3:40
  4. "Bootylicious" (video version)

Australian CD single

  1. "Bootylicious" – 3:27
  2. "Survivor" (Jameson full vocal remix) – 6:19
  3. "Survivor" (Digital Black-N-Groove) – 4:00
  4. "Survivor" (CB200 Club Anthem mix) – 6:20
  5. "Independent Women Part I" (live at the Brit Awards 2001)

Japanese CD single

  1. "Bootylicious" (raido edit) – 3:01
  2. "Bootylicious" (Rockwilder remix) – 3:53
  3. "Bootylicious" (Richard Vission's V-Quest) – 6:07
  4. "Bootylicious" (M&J's Jelly remix) – 3:40
  5. "Bootylicious" (Big Boyz remix) – 3:30

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the liner notes of #1's.

Charts

Weekly charts

::data[format=table title="Weekly chart performance for "Bootylicious""] | Chart (2001) | Peak position | Canada (Nielsen SoundScan) | Canada CHR (Nielsen BDS) | Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) | UK Airplay (Music Week) | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | 4 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | 5 | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | ::

Year-end charts

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Chart (2001)PositionAustralia (ARIA)Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)Canada Radio (Nielsen BDS)Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)France (SNEP)Ireland (IRMA)Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)Netherlands (Single Top 100)Sweden (Hitlistan)Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)UK Singles (OCC)UK Airplay (Music Week)UK Urban (Music Week)US Billboard Hot 100US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks (Billboard)US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)US Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard)US Rhythmic Top 40 (Billboard)
50
75
56
40
61
73
90
39
48
75
67
77
67
27
28
42
57
41
12
54
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Chart (2002)PositionCanada (Nielsen SoundScan)
195
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Certifications

Release history

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RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.United StatesFranceGermanyUnited StatesAustraliaUnited KingdomJapanFrance
May 22, 2001Rhythmic contemporary radioColumbia
May 29, 2001
July 9, 2001Maxi CDSony Music
July 16, 2001
July 17, 2001Columbia
July 23, 2001Maxi CDSony Music
Columbia
July 25, 2001Maxi CDSony
August 27, 2001CDSony Music
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In popular culture

Cover versions

English rock band Keane performed a medley consisting of "Bootylicious" and Christina Aguilera and Redman's "Dirrty" on Jo Whiley's Live Lounge. An audio recording is available on the 2007 compilation Radio 1's Live Lounge – Volume 2. The cast of the Fox television show Glee performed a cover version in the 2009 first season episode "Hairography". The Green Bay Packers covered the song in the 2015 film Pitch Perfect 2.

Use in commercials

"Bootylicious" was used in a commercial for the video game Candy Crush Jelly Saga in 2016.

In other media

It appeared in "Grand Finale", the 2019 season 11 finale of drag queen reality competition RuPaul's Drag Race, where contestants Brooke Lynn Hytes and Silky Nutmeg Ganache had to lipsync to it in order to advance to the final round. American singer Normani used the song in her performance on the reality competition show Lip Sync Battle, which aired on February 1, 2018. Her set was reminiscent of the song's music video, and at some point, one of the back-up dancers "trips" in front of Normani, a callback to Michelle William's infamous fall during a performance of "Soldier" by the group on 106 & Park in 2004.

The song appeared in Disney and Pixar's 2022 animated film Turning Red.

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