"Thong Song" is a 2000 song recorded by Sisqó of Dru Hill for the Def Soul label. The song was issued as the second single from Sisqó's Unleash the Dragon LP in February 2000, and was its second biggest hit. Sisqó (IPA: /sɪs. ... Earl Simmons (born on December 18, 1970), better known by his stage name, DMX, is an American rapper and actor who rose to popularity in the late-1990s. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sisqó (IPA: /sɪs. ... Dru Hill is an American singing group, most popular during the late 1990s, whose repertoire included R&B, soul, and gospel music. ... Def Jam Recordings is an American based hip-hop record label that operates as a part of The Island Def Jam Music Group, which is owned by Universal Music Group. ... Unleash the Dragon was the first solo album by R&B singer Sisqó of Dru Hill, released in November 1999 on Def Soul Records. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The record is a novelty song celebrating, in a playful way, women who wear thong underwear and bikinis. A novelty song is a usually intentionally humorous song, usually in published or recorded form. ... Look up thong in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A pair of mens briefs Undergarments, also called underwear or sometimes intimate clothing, are clothes worn next to the skin, usually under other clothes. ... bikini briefs, from Roman London. ...

"Thong Song" was a runaway hit; it reached #3 on the US pop charts, and made Sisqó one of the biggest stars in R&B music for the year 2000. It became the de-facto anthem of 2000 Spring Break, and was omnipresent for most of the spring of 2000. The song's music video, directed by Joseph Kahn, was heavily edited to conform to broadcast standards, but was still a popular fixture on MTV and BET. The success of "Thong Song" and its #1 pop hit follow-up, "Incomplete", propelled Unleash the Dragon to a selling-status of over four million copies. Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For an article concerning the euphemism for Easter break, see Spring Holiday. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... Joseph Kahn (born October 12, 1972) is a notable Korean American music video director. ... MTV (Music Television) is an American cable television network headquartered in New York City. ... Black Entertainment Television is an American cable network based in Washington, D.C. targeted toward African-American audiences in the United States. ...

The song was written by Sisqó and co-producers Tim Kelley and Bob Robinson. 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. "Thong Song" is based around a violin melody similar to that in The Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby". A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Robi Draco Rosa Biography Born Robert Edward Rosa Suarez on June 27, 1973, Long Island, New York, Robi Rosa is a multi-talented artist from Ponce, Puerto Rico. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Livin la Vida Loca (translated as living the crazy life in English) is a hit song by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin. ... The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. ... Look up melody in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... Music sample Eleanor Rigby ( file info) Problems? See media help. ...

In a poll conducted by the Rolling Stone to identify the 10 most annoying songs, this song was ranked ninth^[1]. This article is about the magazine. ...

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. Another rap response to the hit is Trina's "Tongue Song," which explicitly details "what you're supposed to do with what's inside the thong," and is about oral sex. A remix is an alternative version of a song, different from the original version. ... This biographical article needs additional references for verification. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Edward Eddie Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961, Brooklyn, New York City[1]) is an Academy Award nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and comedian. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... Little X, (born Julien Christian Lutz in 1975), is a Trinidadian-Canadian music video director. ...

It has been parodied on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, MadTV as "Wrong Song", and Crisqo as "Bong Song". The Late Night version first started off as a supposed off-Broadway musical called The Song of Thong where Sisqo dances around a female mannequin wearing a thong and sings the Thong Song for 3 hours. Then, it appeared again as remixed Christmas version called "The Christmas Thong," where it was the same gag as before, but the female mannequin wears a Santa cap and a Christmas-themed thong. The hook appears as the closing line to a Saturday Night Live commercial parody advertising the fictitious "Huggies Thong," in which fashion-conscious mothers dress their babies in thong-style diapers. Another SNL skit features this song redone by Las Vegas lounge singer Robert Goulet performed by Will Ferrell. Late Night with Conan OBrien is an American late night talk show on NBC that is also syndicated worldwide. ... MADtv is an American sketch comedy television series based on the humor magazine, Mad. ... The Saturday Night Live commercial is usually a spoof of a real commercial found on television at that time, and is commonly shown after the hosts opening monologue. ... Huggies is a brand name disposable diaper (nappy) marketed by the Kimberly-Clark Corporation. ... This article is about the garment. ... Robert Goulet Robert Gerard Goulet (born November 26, 1933 in Lawrence, Massachusetts) is an American entertainer. ... John William Will Ferrell (born July 16, 1967[1]) is an Emmy and Golden Globe nominated Irish-American comedian, impressionist and actor who first established himself as a cast member of Saturday Night Live, and has since gone on to a successful film career. ...

David Banner references the song in his "Like A Pimp," with the line "Sisqó made you show your thong." David Banner (born Levell Crump in Jackson, Mississippi in c. ...

Also referenced by G-Unit rapper Lloyd Banks from his song "Porno Star" featuring 50 Cent with the line "Something like a princess gone wrong, Used to be a ballerina, Now she performs to The Thong Song." G-Unit is a rap group which consists of 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, Young Buck, (The) Game, R & B singer Olivia and, most recently, Spider Loc. ... Christopher Charles Lloyd (born April 30, 1982 in Baltimore, Maryland), better known as Lloyd Banks, is an American rapper and is a member of G-Unit. ... For the currency amount, see 50 cents. ...

Kyuss, an American stoner rock band who were the precursor to Queens of the Stone Age, also released a song called 'Thong Song' many years before, in 1992. It appears on the album 'Blues for the Red Sun' This article is about the band. ... Queens of the Stone Age (QOTSA or simply Queens) are a hard rock band[2][1] from Palm Desert, California, United States, formed in 1997. ... Blues for the Red Sun is a 1992 (see 1992 in music) album by stoner metal band Kyuss. ...

References

1. ^ Annoying songs

External link

• Music video for "Thong Song" at YouTube