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“Fat Bottomed Girls” by Queen

From the album Jazz (1978)

“Fat Bottomed Girls” by Queen appears on 94 radio countdowns from 30 stations between 1978 and 2026. It was first released in 1978 on the album Jazz. Its best result is #3 on the KISW Top 25 Rock Songs from 1978. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,870 indie & aaa song of all time.

94countdowns
30stations
#3best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1978–2026years charted

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Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls (Official Video)

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Brian May wrote "Fat Bottomed Girls" for Jazz, Queen's seventh album, in 1978, and he built it on a bluesy open guitar tuning dropped down to D, a rare move for this band that gives the riff a heavy, rolling sway. It doesn't bother with a warm-up, either: the song opens on its chorus, with May, Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor stacking their voices right out of the gate.

John Deacon holds down the bass, Mercury adds piano, and Roy Thomas Baker co-produced with the band, keeping the sound thick and swaggering. It went out as a double-sided single with "Bicycle Race", reaching number 11 in the UK and 24 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the video was shot at the Dallas Convention Center in October 1978. It remains one of their best-known songs.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Indie & Adult Alternative

Classic Rock

Hard Rock & Metal

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1978 3 KISW Seattle-Tacoma, WA KISW Top 25 Rock Songs from 1978 25

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 277 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 171 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 176 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1997 461 104.5 KZEP KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) 500
1997 369 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
1997 312 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
1998 151 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 217 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2002 740 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2004 806 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2007 230 WTMD WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time 897
2010 208 97.9 The Loop The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) 500
2011 126 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2011 52 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 52 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2012 197 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2012 334 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) 885
2013 381 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013) 500
2013 147 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR CT 500 (2013) 500
2013 272 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2013 242 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 70 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2014 144 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 432 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 807 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) 885
2014 170 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 400 (2014) 400
2015 81 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015) 499
2015 368 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2015) 500
2015 272 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2015 74 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2016 15 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2016 71 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2016 129 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2016 73 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) 500
2017 74 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2017 42 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2017 202 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2017) 500
2018 76 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018) 500
2018 289 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2018) 500
2018 509 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs 892
2019 275 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2019) 500
2019 42 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2019) 500
2019 196 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2019) 499
2019 307 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) 500
2019 171 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2019) 500
2020 1491 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2020 176 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2020) 500
2020 139 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2020) 500
2020 90 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2020 35 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2021 292 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2021 289 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2021) 500
2021 122 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) 500
2021 328 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2021) 500
2021 123 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2021 89 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2021 436 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2021) 499
2022 528 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s 908
2022 86 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 283 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2022) 500
2022 392 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 307 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 122 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 240 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 69 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 80 97.1 The River River 500 (2022) 500
2022 476 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2022) 500
2023 120 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2023) 500
2023 39 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 318 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 397 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 289 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 90 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 194 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 147 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 86 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2024 99 KQRS KQRS KQ 500 (2024) 499
2024 337 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2024) 500
2024 91 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 418 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2024) 500
2024 396 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2024) 498
2024 329 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2024 84 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 81 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 499
2025 180 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2025) 500
2025 300 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2025) 500
2025 390 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2025) 498
2025 308 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2025 102 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 96 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2026 179 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2026) 500
2026 98 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500
2026 211 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: Fat Bottom Girls; Fat-Bottomed Girls.

Charting alongside it in 1978

Best songs of 1978 →
  1. 1Runnin' With The DevilVan Halen
  2. 2Who Are YouThe Who
  3. 4Don't Fear the ReaperBlue Oyster Cult
  4. 5LightsJourney
  5. 6Miss YouThe Rolling Stones
  6. 7RenegadeStyx

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