"Baby Got Back" - 1992 жылғы хит ән

1992 single by Sir Mix A Lot

"Baby Got Back" is a song written, co produced and recorded by American rapper and songwriter Sir Mix a Lot. Released in May 1992 by Def American and Reprise as the second single from his third album, Mack Daddy, the song samples the 1986 Detroit techno single "Technicolor" by Channel One. At the time of its original release, the song caused controversy because of its outspoken and blatantly sexual lyrics objectifying women, as well as specific references to the buttocks, which some people found objectionable. The song's accompanying music video was briefly banned by MTV. Mix a Lot defended the song as being empowering to curvaceous women who were being shown skinny models as an ideal for beauty. "Baby Got Back" topped the US Billboard Hot 100, and spent five weeks atop the chart. It was the second best selling song in the US in 1992. The song was ranked number 17 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop" in 2008. In October 2023, Billboard ranked it among the "500 Best Pop Songs of All Time".

In the song's prelude there is a conversation between two (presumably) thin, white Valley girls, similar to girl talk in Frank Zappa's "Valley Girl". Inspired by Sir Mix a Lot's chance encounter with a 19 year old college student at Mercer University in Macon Ga, Stephanie Kucinski, the song took on a cult like sensation when it hit the air waves. One girl (dubbed Linda by Amylia Dorsey) remarks to her friend, "Oh, my, God Becky, look at her butt! It is so big She's just so black! ", at which point Sir Mix a Lot begins rapping. The first verse begins with "I like big butts and I cannot lie" and most of the song is about the rapper's attraction to women with large buttocks. The second and third verse challenge mainstream norms of beauty: "I ain't talkin' 'bout Playboy. Cause silicone parts are made for toys." and "So Cosmo says you're fat. Well I ain't down with that!" The song came from a meeting between Sir Mix a Lot and Amylia Dorsey, who saw little representation of full figured women in media. The idea came from a 1980s era Budweiser commercial featuring very thin, Valley girl esque models with different skin colors. They decided to dedicate a song to the opposite, featuring curvy women of color. Mix and Dorsey sought to "broaden the definition of beauty." Sir Mix a Lot commented in a 1992 interview: "The song doesn't just say I like large butts, you know? The song is talking about women who damn near kill themselves to try to look like these beanpole models that you see in Vogue magazine." He explains that most women respond positively to the song's message, especially black women: "They all say, 'About time.'" The dialogue of actress Papillon Soo Soo saying "Me so horny" is sampled from the 1987 film Full Metal Jacket to complete Sir Mix a Lot's lyric, "That butt you got makes "

In 2014, according to TMZ, Sir Mix a Lot says it was Jennifer Lopez's moves as a Fly Girl on the 90s show In Living Color that first inspired him to write "Baby Got Back".