Song · Sir Mix A Lot
“Baby Got Back” by Sir Mix A Lot
From the album Mack Daddy (1992)
“Baby Got Back” by Sir Mix A Lot appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2004 and 2022. It was first released in 1992 on the album Mack Daddy. Its best result is #53 on the Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004).
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"Baby Got Back" was the second single from Mack Daddy, Sir Mix-a-Lot's third album, released in May 1992 on Def American and Reprise, and he wrote, recorded and co-produced it himself. The beat rides a sample of "Technicolor", the 1986 Detroit techno single by Channel One, with Amy Dorsey as the guest voice, and the whole thing is a loud, grinning ode to curves.
At the time some listeners found its frank sexual lyrics objectionable, and MTV briefly banned Adam Bernstein's video; Mix-a-Lot countered that the song stood up for curvy women being sold skinny models as the only kind of beautiful. It went on to top the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks, and VH1 later placed it 17th among the greatest hip-hop songs.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 53 | Q101 | Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) | 300 |
| 2022 | 736 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
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