"Bootylicious" is a R&B song performed by girl group Destiny's Child. It appears on their third album Survivor (2001) and was released as the third single from the album; it became their fourth U.S. number-one single and reached the top-five in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom.

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". It features 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, in which Kelly Rowland wears a belt that has the word "Bootylicious" misspelled as "Bootyliciuos", as pointed out by Carson Daly on an episode of TRL.

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.

The music video for "Bootylicious" showed Destiny's Child perform dance steps from Michael Jackson's famous "Billie Jean" stage performance. The group later performed the song in front of Michael Jackson for his thirtieth Anniversary concert, complete with their rendition of Jackson's famous dance moves.

Stevie Nicks also makes a cameo appearance in the beginning of the song's video.

Etymology of the term

Destiny's Child member Beyoncé Knowles, while often credited with the word, did not coin "bootylicious." While the album, "Survivor," was released May 1, 2001 including the song, "Bootylicious," by Beyoncé, the first recorded use is by Snoop Doggy Dogg in the song, "Fuck Wit Dre Day," on Dr. Dre's debut album, "The Chronic," released December 15, 1992:"Your bark was loud, but your bite wasn't vicious, And them rhymes you were kickin' were quite bootylicious."In this context, "bootylicious" meant "bad" or "weak," but that sense is now rare.There is also a use of the term in a Season 6 "lost episode" of "A Different World." Season 6 ran from September 24, 1992 to July 9, 1993 and was the final season of the program. This episode was titled "Homie, Don't Ya Know Me?" and is filed as Episode 142, or Episode 22 of Season 6. In this episode, guest character Champ (Shaun Baker) refers to Gina (Ajai Sanders) and Charmaine (Karen Malina White) as "bootylicious." In this context, the word has the popular definition as defined by the Oxford English Dictionary Online:"esp. of a woman, often with reference to the buttocks; sexually attractive, sexy; shapely."The word was added to the OED Online in 2004. It is a portmanteau of "booty" (buttocks) and "delicious." Beyoncé has said that her definition of the word is "beautiful, bountiful and bounce-able."

Track listing

*CD single (Australian version)# "Bootylicious" (Nicks, Stevie/Fusari, Rob/Knowles, Beyoncé/Moore, Falonte) — 3:29# "Survivor" (Jameson Full Vocal Remix) (Knowles, Beyoncé/Knowles, Matthew/Dent, Anthony) — 6:18# "Survivor" (Digital Black-N-Groove) (Knowles, Beyoncé/Knowles, Matthew/Dent, Anthony) — 3:58# "Survivor" (CB200 Club Anthem Mix) (Knowles, Beyoncé/Knowles, Matthew/Dent, Anthony) — 8:52# "Independent Women Part 1" (Live at the Brits 2001) (Comstock, F./Stewart, R./Donaldson, D./Knowles, Beyoncé/Seats, E.) — 8:06
*CD single (European version)# "Bootylicious" (Nicks, Stevie/Fusari, Rob/Knowles, Beyoncé/Moore, Falonte) — 3:27# "Bootylicious" (Ed Case Refix)(Nicks, Stevie/Fusari, Rob/Knowles, Beyoncé/Moore, Falonte) — 3:29
*CD maxi-single (European version)# "Bootylicious" (Nicks, Stevie/Fusari, Rob/Knowles, Beyoncé/Moore, Falonte) — 3:27# "Bootylicious" (Ed Case Refix)(Nicks, Stevie/Fusari, Rob/Knowles, Beyoncé/Moore, Falonte) — 4:45# "Bootylicious" (M&J's Jelly Remix)(Nicks, Stevie/Fusari, Rob/Knowles, Beyoncé/Moore, Falonte) — 3:40:*Extras:::"Bootylicious" (Video) — 3:27

Chart performance

Chart (2002)	Peak
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1 (2)
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales	2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay	5
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	13
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales	2
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	2
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	10
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	6
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks	8
Argentina Top 40 Singles	23
Australia ARIA Top 50 Singles	4
Austria Top 75 Singles	23
Belgium Top 50 Singles	9
Canadian Top (50/100) Singles	4
Canadian BDS Top 100 Airplay	6
Finland Top 20 Singles	11
France Top 100 Singles	14
Germany Top 100 Singles	16

Chart (2002)	Peak
Germany Top 20 Black Singles	1 (3)
Germany Jam! FM Top (25/50) Songs	3
Greece IFPI Top 20 Singles	18
Ireland Top 50 Singles	5
Italy Top 50 Singles	16
Netherlands Top 40 Singles	5
New Zealand RIANZ Top 40 Singles	4
Norway Top 20 Singles	5
Sweden Top 40 Singles	8
Switzerland Top 100 Singles	11
'Tokio Hot 100'	4
U.K. Top (40/75) Singles	2
U.K. Top (20/40) R&B Songs	1 (2)
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles	5
United World Chart	1 (1)
World Chart Show (Worldwide Airplay)	2
MuchMusic Top 30 Videos	1 (1)
U.S. MTV Daily Top 10 Videos	3

Chart Trajectories

U.S. Billboard Hot 100
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Position	60	44	21	20	12	8	8	7	1	1	5

Canadian Top (50/100) Singles
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16!17
Position	10	12	8	8	5	'''4	5	5	6	11	8	12	13	14	13	24	20

Canadian MuchMusic's MuchOnDemand Weekly Top 30 Videos
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22!23
Position	12	11	10	8	7	6	4	3	2	2	'''1	4	7	15	19	16	11	8	5	5	10	22	28

U.S. MTV's TRL Daily Top 10 Videos
Day	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Position	4	3	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Day	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40
Position	4	4	5	4	5	5	7	7	8	7	7	8	10	9	8	8	9*	9*	7*	10*

* * "Bootylicious (Remix)" (featuring Missy Elliott)

External links

* Destiny's Child Official Web Site

Bootylicious: Encyclopedia BETA

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