Thong Song

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"Thong Song"
Single by Sisqó featuring Foxy Brown
from the album Unleash the Dragon and Nutty Professor II: The Klumps soundtrack
Released	January 11, 2000
Format	CD single, music download, vinyl record
Recorded	Fall 1999
Genre	Pop R&B
Length	4:12
Label	Def Soul
Writer(s)	Mark Andrews, Tim Kelley, Bob Robinson, Desmond Child, Robi Rosa
Producer	Tim & Bob
Sisqó featuring Foxy Brown singles chronology
"Got to Get It" (1999) "Thong Song" (2000) "What These Bitches Want" (2000)

"Thong Song" is a 1999 song recorded by Sisqó of Dru Hill for the Def Soul. The song was issued as the second single from Sisqó's Unleash the Dragon LP in February 2000, and was its second biggest hit.

The song's remix was made exclusively for the 2000 film Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

The record celebrates, in a playful way, women who wear thong underwear and bikinis.

The song was also covered by the cast of Glee, for the TV series Glee.

[edit] Production

The song was written by Sisqó, and Tim Kelley and Bob Robinson and also produced by Tim & Bob as well. Songwriters Desmond Child and Robi Draco Rosa receive songwriting credit because of the interpolation of part of their composition, Ricky Martin's "Livin' la Vida Loca", in the song's lyrics.

A remix, "Thong Song Uncensored", features a guest rap from Foxy Brown, and is included on the soundtrack LP for the 2000 Eddie Murphy film Nutty Professor II: The Klumps. A second, more urban-themed, video was shot for the remix by Little X.

[edit] Music video

[edit] MTV version

Set in Miami, Sisqó goes to the beach from his home to participate in a Spring Break party with a large number of young women who are, contrary to what the song's title might suggest, all wearing bikinis and not thongs. Sisqó proceeds to perform acrobatic feats atop the crowd that condradict the laws of physics, culminating in a stage performance lit with blacklights and an orchestra in the background. The whole video, being cuts between Sisqó and barely clad women, drew criticism for exploiting women as sex objects, and was credited for starting a new wave of "booty" videos. The director of video, Joseph Kahn, was quoted as saying, "I listen to 'Thong Song', and I say, 'Well, this song is about asses.' So you can either accept it and do something like I did, or you can go and try and turn the 'Thong Song' into some kind of Chemical Brothers video and make it all pretentious; about some f**king communist upheaval or something. Let's just relax and make a booty video, and let's make a really good one, and make it fun." ^[1]

[edit] Remix with Foxy Brown

After giving a radio interview in his home town of Baltimore, Sisqó escapes from a group of fans with the help of Foxy Brown to a fashion show, where models strut in sexy costumes. The video also features a cameo by professional wrestler Big Show and Mark Konwinski. The song was done for the soundtrack of Nutty Professor II: The Klumps.

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Music video for "Thong Song" at YouTube (requires Adobe Flash)