Butt! What About That Song?! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Your booty

"(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" was the group's third number one hit on the "US Billboard Hot 100" (Following "Get Down Tonight" and That's the Way I Like It"). The simple,silly, lyrics, which mentions the word "shake" almost one hundred times, has a dynamic rhythm that coerces people to get on the dance floor and... shake their booty.

Answer: Your groove thing

"Shake Your Groove Thing" also reached the number four slot on the "Billboard R and B Chart". The song still remains popular and has been heard in several movies and television shows including "That 70s Show", "Monster", and "Shrek Forever After".

Answer: Honky Tonk Badonkadonk

The song was Atkins' first crossover hit. It peaked at number two on the "Billboard US Hot Country Songs" chart and in the top forty of both the "Billboard Hot 100" and "Pop 100" charts. The song was considered sexist by some because of its focus of a lady on the dance floor moving seductively.

Answer: Bootylicious

Beyonce Knowles came up with the idea for "Bootylicious" as a response to the media criticizing her for her weight and body shape. The group's desire was to help girls, who were victims of "body-shaming", have confidence in who they were. The term "bootylicous" reportedly first appeared on TV in 1993 on an episode of the sitcom "A Different World".

After the success of this 2001 song the word was added to the dictionary in 2004.

Answer: Fat Bottomed Girls

"Fat Bottomed Girls" was written by Queen guitarist Brian May. Released in 1978, the picture on the cover of the record caused controversy because it featured a nude woman riding a bicycle. The record company re-released the song after painting bikini bottoms on the picture.

The song was moderately successful breaking the top twenty-five on both the "Billboard Hot 100" and "UK Singles Chart"

Answer: The Thong Song

Sisqo made the claim in an online article that appeared on Fox News.com in November of 1999. "The Thong Song" was controversial because of the way it objectified women and because of its unauthorized use of the the title "Livin' La Vida Loca". In 2021 the writer of "Livin' La Vida Loca" won a court case which made him the majority owner of "The Thong Song".

Answer: Lonely Swedish (The Bum Bum Song)

Tom Green began his career on Canadian community television focusing his show on performing outrageous pranks. His unlikely rise to fame culminated with him being awarded a show on MTV. A regular feature of the show was Green rubbing his "bum" on different objects. The clips grew into a full fledged music video which he produced. Green urged his fans to request that the video be played and to the dismay of MTV executives it claimed the number one spot on the network's countdown show, "Total Request Live". Parts of TRL were often pre-recorded and when the show, with "bum bum" being number one, aired, it revealed that the "Total Request Live" show was not live, upsetting producers.

Green was strongly urged to remove the song from his show's repertoire, and he did.

Answer: Hicktown

"Hicktown" reached number ten in the 2005 "Billboard Hot Country Songs Top 100" chart. "Hick" is defined as an unsophisticated, gullible person who lives in the country. A "hicktown" refers to a rural small community where its residents are seen in an unflattering light by people from an urban setting. Many country songs celebrate the lifestyle that is looked down upon by some.

Answer: Shake a Tail Feather

The original recording of "Shake a Tail Feather" was a big hit, in 1963, for The Five Du-Tones. It peaked at number twenty-eight on the Billboard "Hot R and B Singles" chart. Supposedly the phrase refers to a chicken or bird shaking their tail feathers, while moving their feet as a sign of contentment. The phrase became an American idiom meaning "to dance".

Answer: Sir Mix -a-Lot

"Baby Got Back" was considered controversial because of its portrayal of women as sex objects. However, it reached the number one position on the "Billboard Hot 100 Chart". In a November 2016 USA Today.com article Amylia Rivas, whose voice is heard in the video, said the purpose of the video was to help women who did not have a thin body feel better about themselves.

A sketch featuring the song and Sir Mix-a-lot was aired on the American comedy show "Robot Chicken", where the rapper performed the song for King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.