Backside. Derrière. Gluteus maximus. All of these relate to the one thing humans have in common and to what you just might be using right now sitting in a chair or on the couch.
I am talking about the ever so gracious butt. And as art would allow, this fine subject has been represented in many ways in our pop culture when you factor in movies like Big Momma's House and Norbit.
Of course, we find that most booty-worshiping is done through music. As long as there has been music it seems as if posterior songs have been created, some of them silly little numbers, while others can be downright sexist and dirty.
From times of old to times of is-this-even-considered-music, from early rock to R&B, allow me to list for you the top 10 songs about butts.
Who doesn't like a good jam to shake it to?
Warning: Many featured songs on this list are NSFW. Viewer discretion is advised.
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[new page= 10. Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back"]
10. Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back"
An anthem - if you'd call it that - of the 1990s, Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back" is most likely the song that comes to mind when you think of butts and songs about butts. The song was released in 1992 and was a grandfather to the stereotypical rap song about butts.
According to Songfacts, the inspiration behind the hit appeared when while watching the Super Bowl, a Budweiser commercial came on with too skinny of a girl for Sir Mix-A-Lot's taste. The song has been featured in such films as Charlie's Angels and Happy Feet, and can mostly be recited by heart by any child from the '90s.
[new page=9. Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda"]
9. Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda"
Taking samples of Sir Mix-A-Lot's ode to booty, Nicki Minaj released a tribute song if you will, as the song centers around one line in the original song, "My anaconda don't want none unless you got buns hun," as well as other clips such as the valley girl talk in the beginning and the ending verses.
The song was originally recorded by Missy Elliot in 2012, but was shelved, allowing Minaj to then record her own version, according to Songfacts. Not only was Sir Mix-A-Lot impressed with Minaj's work ethic throughout the compilation of the song, but went to Twitter to express his thoughts on the song.
[new page=8. Jennifer Lopez's "Booty"]
8. Jennifer Lopez's "Booty"
Another booty song released in 2014 was Jennifer Lopez's "Booty" featuring Iggy Azalea in the video and Pitbull on the album. From the lady who insured her own for a reported $27 million, according to Business Insider, the song features such colorful lyrics as "I mean you're fine, you're sexy/ But most of all you are just absolutely booty-full" and "She got a booty, that'll swallow a thong."
While appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Lopez admitted that she was hesitant in recording the song because of her children, but upon listening to it, 6-year-old twins Max and Emme enjoyed it, prompting Lopez to record the song. Because what are morals for, right?
[new page=7. Bubba Sparxxx's "Ms. New Booty"]
7. Bubba Sparxxx's "Ms. New Booty"
Speaking of booty and going back to men rapping about it, Bubba Sparxxx's "Ms. New Booty" featuring the Ying Yang Twins, encompasses all the ideas of butt songs: butts, girls and sex. In the song, Sparxxx so cleverly admits that he once was a breast man, but is a born-again booty man, as shown in the song's lyrics "A** be delivering, all type of flashes, cashes/ Got these hoes shaking that molasses."
Because when I want to be complimented, I like my backside to be related to Mrs. Butterworth.
[new page=6. Destiny's Child's "Bootylicious"]
6. Destiny's Child's "Bootylicious"
Released in 2001, Destiny's Child's hit "Bootylicious" was more than a song about being sexy, but being comfortable in your own skin. Songfacts notes that Beyoncé helped the production of this song after the criticism she received about her figure in the media inspired her to write a song about curvy women.
The line "I don't think you're ready for this jelly" was improvised by Knowles while the group was on an airplane, and they liked the line and decided to incorporate it into the song. Becoming the powerhouse that she is, Knowles knows that even to this day, we cannot handle that jelly (for it is too awesome).
[new page=5. Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass"]
5. Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass"
2014 must have been the year of booty, a third to appear on our list. Much like "Bootylicious" did in 2001, Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass" promotes body positivism, saying that everyone "is perfect from the bottom to the top," with a little more emphasis on the bottom part.
In an interview with Billboard, Trainor said the title relates to how the bass is generally the bottom sound and the buttocks.
"From there, it turned into, let's do a song about loving your body … and your booty," Trainor said.
[new page=4. KC & The Sunshine Band's "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty"]
4. KC & The Sunshine Band's "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty"
Now we go back in time to the 1970s, when disco was king and flared pants were fashionable. With disco's many anthems to dancing on the dance floor, none got you moving more than KC & The Sunshine Band's "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty." Released in 1973, the song was written by the band's bass player Rick Finch as a response to the type of dancing he saw people performing.
"The Bump was big back then, and then every once in a while you'd see someone break loose and shake their booty like Jell-O," Finch told Songfacts. Needless to say after the 1970s, disco died, but the booty hit still lives to this day, featured in movies and television shows such as Austin Powers: Goldmember and That '70s Show.
[new page=3. Queen's "Fat Bottomed Girls"]
3. Queen's "Fat Bottomed Girls"
Also released in the 1970s was Queen's "Fat Bottomed Girls," a boy's ode to his voluptuous lady. Brian May, the guitarist for Queen, told Mojo magazine that he wrote the song with Freddie Mercury, the band's lead singer, in mind, Songfacts reported.
"[A]s you do especially if you've got a great singer who likes fat bottomed girls … or boys," May added, hinting at Mercury's bisexuality.
[new page=2. Black Eyed Peas' "My Humps"]
2. Black Eyed Peas' "My Humps"
As equal to talking about the top as is the bottom, "My Humps" by The Black Eyed Peas is about the teasing nature of a woman with a great body. Of course with such lyrics as "Whatchu gonna do with all that junk/ All that junk inside that trunk," the lyrics of the song were voted the worst in dance music, according to a poll done by the UK Global Gathering dance music festival, according to Songfacts.
Of course, the music features beats that allow you to shake all of what is inside your trunk, but you'll have to bear witness to daunting lyrics such as "Mix your milk with my Cocoa Puffs."
[new page=1. Eminem's "A** Like That"]
1. Eminem's "A** Like That"
When he's not rapping about wanting to kill his ex-wife, Eminem has provided us with silly raps such as "Just Lose It" and "My Band" with D-12. In 2005, we saw "A** Like That," a song in which Eminem raps in a similar manner of Triumph the Comic Insult Dog, a sexually exploitative puppet dog that first appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
While highly sexist against the famous female celebrities of the time, Eminem raps silly lyrics such as "Mary-Kate and Ashley used to be so wholesome/ Now they're getting older, they're starting to grow bum bums" and "Hilary Duff is not quite old enough so/ I ain't never seen a butt like that/ Maybe next year I'll say ass and she'll make my pee pee go/ Doing, doing, doing."
It just goes to show that even through a comedic performance, a man can still proclaim his love for butts.