Great Moments in Singing the Same Thing Over and Over Again Vol. 1: “Thong Song”
Hello and welcome to Great Moments in Singing the Same Thing Over and Over Again, where we take a minute to examine and appreciate some of history’s finest and most lyrically efficient songs. Like the Fonz preparing to run a comb through his magnificent head of hair, a true artist recognizes when they’ve already reached perfection, and instead of doing something different, simply decides to do the same thing all over again.
Our journey begins with arguably the most popular title in the Sisqo library, none other than “Thong Song.”
The second single off of his solo debut Unleash the Dragon, “Thong Song” was released as a single February 15, 2000, right as the world was trying to find its way down from the emotional high of the previous year. 1999 was a truly revolutionary time — Napster became a thing, and any song we could think of was just a click of the mouse and a 10 minute wait away. Big Mouth Billy Bass brought musical home decor to heights previously unseen. You could sit on your couch and enjoy a cool tube of go-gurt while watching that The Sopranos episode you’d saved to your new Tivo, and nothing in that sentence, aside from sitting on one’s couch, would’ve made an ounce of sense if you’d said it prior to that year. In 1999, the future had arrived, and we partied like Prince…
