Bootylicious: Encyclopedia II - Bootylicious - The song and its success

Bootylicious - The song and its success

The song "Bootylicious" features lyrics of a confident woman taunting a man, suggesting that he is not ready because her body is too bootylicious.

"Bootylicious" reached #1 on the United States charts #2 in the United Kingdom and reached #4 i n Australia. The song is credited to Beyoncé Knowles, Rob Fusari, Falonte Moore and Stevie Nicks. It includes a sample from the Stevie Nicks song "Edge of Seventeen".

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.

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" 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.

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