I’ve listened to the song 1,000 times but hadn’t noticed this until now.
A generation of horny, millennial trash truly wouldn’t be who they are today with it.
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And while you’ve probably seen the “Thong Song” and our lil’ silver-headed icon, Sisqó, in 1,000 BuzzFeed lists, I haven’t really looked *deep* into the song until now.
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One of my favorite series on Vice is “The Story Of.” It’s essentially a Behind The Music for early 2000s songs.
One particular part from the video went *mega viral* over the weekend.
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Yes, you can thank that guy for it:
If you watch the episode, you find out that the string section is actually a riff on “Elenor Rigby” by the Beatles. Def Jam hired a violinist named Bruce Dukov create the riff and the rest is history.
In the episode, you also find out that Sisqo got sued for saying “livin’ la vida loca” because of the Ricky Martin song.
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And that “that thong tha thong thong thong” was from Sisqo’s friend telling him, exactly that, I got that “thong tha thong thong thong.”
And watch the Vice video here.
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