"All About That Bass" | ||||
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Single by Meghan Trainor | ||||
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Released | June 30, 2014 | |||
Recorded | September 2013 | |||
Studio | The Carriage House (Nolensville, Tennessee) | |||
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Length | 3:08 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
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Producer(s) | Kevin Kadish | |||
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"All About That Bass" on YouTube |
"All About That Bass" is the debut single by American singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor, released on June 30, 2014, through Epic Records. The song was included on Trainor's first EP, Title (2014), and first major-label studio album, also named Title (2015). It was written by Trainor and Kevin Kadish, and was produced by Kadish. "All About That Bass" combines bubblegum pop, doo-wop and retro-R&B genres, and incorporates elements from 1960s music. Lyrically, Trainor intended the song to promote positive body image and self-acceptance. The song was noted for discussing "booty" as part of physical attractiveness.
Critical reaction to "All About That Bass" was mixed: some publications named it one of the best songs of 2014, while others called it a novelty song and opined that it failed to promote positive body image as it intended to. The song was nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards. In the US, "All About That Bass" spent eight weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It also topped the charts in various countries including Australia, Canada, and the UK, and was the fourth best-selling song of 2014 with sales of 11 million copies worldwide.
Fatima Robinson directed the accompanying music video for "All About That Bass", which was released on June 10, 2014. Featuring 1950s-inspired aesthetics, particularly a pink pastel backdrop, the video played an important role in the song's rise to prominence. The song inspired various parodies and cover versions, including covers from Canadian singer Justin Bieber and former Pentatonix member Avi Kaplan. Contemporary publications such as Vogue felt that "All About That Bass" was influential to the "Era of the Big Booty", when women deemed prominent buttocks attractive. Trainor performed the song on various shows including The X Factor UK and the Jingle Ball Tour 2014 and included it on the That Bass, MTrain and The Untouchable Tour set lists.
Writing and production
Meghan Trainor co-wrote "All About That Bass" with American songwriter Kevin Kadish in 40 minutes.[1] At the time, Trainor had yet to obtain a recording contract and was writing tracks for other artists.[2][3] Kadish recalled that his writing session with Trainor was "a blind date" with a strong chemistry, thanks to their mutual love for music from the 1950s and 1960s.[4] Intending to give it to another artist, Trainor would later release it as her debut single.[5] Kadish initially proposed the song's title to be "All Bass, No Treble".[1] Trainor was in a phase of saying "I'm all about that Mexican food", and responded to Kadish with the track's hook, "I'm all about that bass, no treble".[6][7] Trainor said to him, "Let's do booty! And thickness! Like, it's about the bass, not the treble".[6]
Trainor and Kadish wanted to incorporate influences of 1950s doo-wop, a genre that Trainor found catchy.[3][8] Kadish then developed a modern beat for the song and Trainor freestyled the first verse.[3] Lyrically, Trainor wanted the song to promote girl power and self-acceptance of body type,[9] the latter being inspired by her own struggles in self-image as a teenager,[3] to which Kadish also related.[1] Further inspired by Bruno Mars's "Just the Way You Are" (2010), a song about self-empowerment, Trainor wrote the lyrics criticizing the use of photoshopped images on beauty magazines.[6][10]
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Although Trainor and Kadish were satisfied with their work on the song, they doubted its commercial prospects.[3] They pitched the song to a few record labels, who felt that the song would not be successful because of its retro-styled composition and wanted it reproduced with synthesizers.[11][12] Trainor recorded a demo of the song for Paul Pontius, who was the A&R for Epic Records chairman L.A. Reid. She later performed the song, accompanying herself on an ukulele, in front of Reid; she was signed with Epic Records by Reid 20 minutes later.[1] Reid decided that the demo should remain the track's final cut, with additional mastering.[1][13] Trainor's vocals were recorded by Kadish, at The Carriage House in Nolensville, Tennessee, who was also responsible for the track's mixing, programming, sound design, and engineering. The song's instrumentation includes electric guitar, bass, and drums played by Kadish, as well as piano, baritone, saxophone, and Hammond organ played by David Baron. Trainor provided the track's clapping and additional percussion. The song was mastered by David Kutch at The Mastering Palace, New York City.[14]
Release
"All About That Bass" served as Trainor's debut single, and appeared on her debut extended play, Title (2014), and 2015 major-label studio album of the same name.[15][16] The single was first digitally released in several countries on June 30, 2014.[17] Epic Records serviced the song to contemporary hit radio and urban contemporary radio in the United States on July 1, 2014.[18] Streaming and digital release dates were held back on different dates for the song to increase download sales in the United Kingdom.[19] The song was made available for streaming on Spotify in the United Kingdom on August 14, 2014, as well as for digital download on September 28, 2014.[19][20] An "All About That Bass" EP was released in German-speaking Europe on October 3, 2014.[21][22] The EP featured the tracks "Title", "Dear Future Husband", and "Close Your Eyes" as its b-sides.[23] On the same day, a CD single for the song was issued in Germany, with only "Title" as its b-side.[24]
An alternate version of "All About That Bass" was recorded by Trainor, with more family-friendly lyrics for its impact on Radio Disney in the United States.[25] Trainor and Kadish agreed to this on the condition that it be relegated to Radio Disney and not be made available for purchase.[4] Radio Disney vice-president of programming, Phil Guerini, felt the alternate version ensured support from their targeted kids and family audience. This version was later used on adult contemporary radio in the United States.[25]
Composition and lyrical interpretation
"All About That Bass" is a bubblegum pop, doo-wop and retro-R&B song.[26][27][28] The song invokes a throwback musical style of the 1950s and 1960s.[29][30] Music critics noted influences from a variety of genres, including hip hop, country and rock and roll.[29][30] It was also noted to have an earworm hook, early 1960s soul-pop and groove influences, a scatting tempo and shimmying melody.[31][32][33] Trainor delivers a hint of Caribbean reggae in addition to a variety of background vocal and rapping techniques.[34][35] Wordless vocal ad-libs in the song's outro feature Trainor pitching down an echoing "bass, bass, bass" at the end of the chorus mark.[34] The vocals of "All About That Bass" have been compared to the harmonies of 1960s girl groups and vintage 1950s singers Betty Everett, Doris Day, Eydie Gormé and Rosemary Clooney.[33] "All About That Bass" has also been described as melodically similar to the 2006 song "Happy Mode" by South Korean group Koyote, and both songs have been noted for their similarity to the 1989 song "Contact" by American rock band Phish.[36][37][38]
According to some, including the singer, the lyrics of "All About That Bass" provide a callout to embrace inner beauty, and to promote a positive body image and self-acceptance.[39][40][41] The line "I'm bringing booty back" references Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack" (2006),[34] and the line "All the right junk in all the right places" OneRepublic's "All the Right Moves" (2009). In the song, Trainor criticizes the fashion industry for creating unreachable standards of beauty.[42] Its lyrical message has been compared to Kesha's "We R Who We R" (2010), Pink's "Fuckin' Perfect" (2010) and, Sara Bareilles' "Brave" (2013), among others.[43] The song was further compared to Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back" (1992), and other 2014 songs "Anaconda" by Nicki Minaj and "Booty" by Jennifer Lopez for its references to the female derriere.[44] "All About That Bass" has also been regarded as a modern version of American singer Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful" (2002).[10]
Critical reception
A variety of critics predicted it as a strong candidate to be 2014's "Song of the Summer".[29][30] It was later awarded the title in a poll held by NBC's Today in September 2014.[45] Yahoo! writer Paul Grein deemed it "one of the biggest and best 'message' songs of recent times".[46] The Guardian journalist Caroline Sullivan stated that the song was significant on combating "the media-propagated notion" that only small buttocks are sexy and said the track had the "aura of a hard-won victory against self doubt".[10] Evan Sawdey of PopMatters commended the track's lyrics for showcasing Trainor's personality and wrote that it was "one of the funnest songs" of 2014.[35] Erik Ernst of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel called it "universally catchy" and "shamelessly dance-ready".[47] Gary Trust of Billboard felt that the song sounded completely different from every other pop song on radio at the time.[48] Forbes journalist Hugh McIntyre described it as "insanely catchy," "easy-to-love" and "heartwarming," adding that it would be an interesting song for young children to listen to, while praising Trainor's lyrics choice.[49]
Beejoli Shah of The Guardian stated the song has "instantly-memorable" lyrics and an "addictive" bass line, but saw it as a novelty song.[50] Jon Caramanica of The New York Times echoed Shah's view and called "All About That Bass" a "cheeky novelty hit," and quipped, "'I'm bringing booty back,' she sings, though there's probably already a line forming to assure her it never went anywhere".[51] In a mixed review, Slate journalist Chris Molanphy commended the lyric "Every inch of you is perfect / From the bottom to the top," which he felt was "effortlessly memorable".[33] He went on to compliment Kadish's production on the song and felt that he created a "wispy tune in vintage white-girl, Italo-Latin soul, expertly aping the sound of peak Rosemary Clooney and Eydie Gormé".[33] However, Molanphy was critical of the track's use of the word "treble" as a metaphor and concluded, "Let's just hope Trainor's gross misuse of 'treble' as a metaphor doesn't wreck the word's definition for a generation".[33] MTV News named "All About That Bass" as the sixth best song of 2014,[52] while Time named it the sixth worst song of 2014.[53]
Recognition and controversy
"All About That Bass" garnered praise from a variety of Trainor's contemporaries, including Beyoncé, Becky G, Colbie Caillat, Maejor Ali, Miranda Lambert, and T-Pain.[6][9][54][55][56][57] In the annual Pazz and Jop mass critics poll of the year's best songs in 2014, "All About That Bass" was ranked at number 23.[58] The song was nominated in the category Best Song with a Social Message at the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards, but lost to Beyoncé's "Pretty Hurts".[59] It was nominated in the category for Favorite Song at the 41st People's Choice Awards.[60] At the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, the song was nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year, losing both to Sam Smith's "Stay with Me" (Darkchild version).[61][62]
The song's lyrics became a subject of controversy among music critics who felt that the song did not promote a positive body image as Trainor intended.[43][63] Trainor was accused of anti-feminism and shaming thin women in the song.[63][64] Kris Ex of Complex said that the track "jacked both the stereotyped body priorities of black beauty and the codes of black slang".[65] Naomi Schaefer Riley of the New York Post dubbed the song as "faux empowerment" and wrote, "feminists want her to know she's not going to get away with it".[66] Kelsey McKinney of Vox felt that some verses in "All About That Bass" uplifted ideas of body positivity and self-worth while destroying those ideals in others by putting down other women.[63] The Independent writer Yomi Adegoke said that the song's replacement of one ideal with another was a poor representation of body positivity, and felt that its enforcement that "real men love curves" was insulting.[67]
Trainor responded, "I didn't work this hard to hate on skinny people, I wrote the song to help my body confidence—and to help others."[3][8] PopMatters writer Evan Sawdey defended the song, writing, "This song is so positive, so energetic, and so universal—it's something people of all shapes and sizes can get behind".[35] Sullivan wrote that the fact critics took offense manifested the delicacy of the issue of body image.[10]
Chart performance
North America
"All About That Bass" topped the national charts of 58 countries internationally and sold over 11 million;[68][69][70] it was deemed as a sleeper hit.[71] In the United States, "All About That Bass" debuted at number 84 on the Billboard Hot 100 issued for July 26, 2014.[72] It climbed to number one on September 10, 2014, replacing Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" at the top of the chart. The achievement made Trainor the 21st female artist in Billboard history to top the chart with their debut hit.[73] Additionally, "All About That Bass" spent 25 consecutive weeks in the Billboard Hot 100's top 10, becoming the tenth song to achieve this milestone.[74] On September 20, 2014, it became the fourth song in Billboard history to simultaneously attain top gainer awards on Digital Songs, Radio Songs and Streaming Songs.[75] It was the Hot 100's top airplay gainer for five consecutive weeks, becoming the first Hot 100 debut entry by a woman to do so since Ashanti's "Foolish" (2002).[76][77] "All About That Bass" became the longest-running Billboard Hot 100 number one by an Epic Records artist after it spent eight consecutive weeks atop the chart. After its eighth week atop the chart, it was finally succeeded by Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off", which had spent eight weeks at number two. As "All About That Bass" and "Shake It Off" occupied the top two of the Hot 100 chart for eleven consecutive weeks, it marked the longest span for the top two positions being held by female artists consecutively since Alicia Keys' "Fallin'" and Jennifer Lopez's "I'm Real (Murder Remix)" locked the top two for 10 weeks in 2001. "All About That Bass" marked the longest-running Billboard Hot 100 number one by a female artist in 2014, and the longest since Lorde's "Royals" (2013).[49]
"All About That Bass" led an all-female top five on the Hot 100 for six consecutive weeks.[78] It is one of six singles, and the sole debut single to spend 15 weeks in the top two in the history of the Billboard Hot 100.[75] "All About That Bass", together with Swift's "Shake It Off" and "Blank Space", occupied the Hot 100's top two for 14 consecutive weeks, marking the longest top two reign by any two acts in the chart's history.[76] "All About That Bass" was ranked at number eight on Billboard's Hot 100 year-end chart for 2014, and was certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on January 23, 2018.[79][80] The song sold 1.8 million copies during its reign at number one, and became the fourth best-selling song of 2014 in the United States with 4.38 million copies sold within the year.[81] As of February 2015, the song had accumulated a total of 4.6 million units sold in the United States.[82] In Canada, "All About That Bass" debuted at number 82 on the Canadian Hot 100 for the issue dated July 26, 2014.[83] The song peaked at number one on the issue dated September 20, 2014, before being replaced by Swift's "Shake It Off" the following week.[84] However, the track replaced "Shake It Off" the week after and went on to spend a total of eight non-consecutive weeks at number one.[85] It was certified octuple platinum by Music Canada for sales of 640,000 copies, was the seventh most-successful single on the Canadian Hot 100 for 2014, and had sold 408,000 copies as of January 2015.[86][87][88] In Mexico, the song peaked at number one for three consecutive weeks.[89]
Oceania and Europe
"All About That Bass" debuted at number 36 on the Australian Singles Chart on August 3, 2014, and reached number one two weeks later, spending a total of four non-consecutive weeks atop the chart.[90] It was certified nonuple platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), indicating sales of 630,000 copies.[91] The song was the second best-selling single of 2014 in Australia.[92] "All About That Bass" entered the New Zealand Singles Chart at number 14 on August 4, 2014. It climbed to number one two weeks later and went on to accumulate six non-consecutive weeks at the chart's summit.[93] The single received a triple platinum certification from Recorded Music NZ (RMNZ), denoting sales of 45,000 units.[94] It became the second best-selling single of 2014 in New Zealand.[95] "All About That Bass" debuted at number 75 on the UK Singles Chart.[96] Spotify substantially contributed to the song's success in the country; during its first six weeks of availability on streaming services in the United Kingdom, "All About That Bass" generated 1.18 million streams. 90% of these streams were through Spotify, which helped the song rise to number 33 on the UK Singles Chart.[19] It made history by becoming the first single to enter the chart's top 40 based on streaming alone.[97]
Following the digital release of "All About That Bass" the week after, it climbed to number one on the UK Singles Chart, with sales in excess of 144,000 units.[98] It became the second-fastest selling single of the year in the country.[99] "All About That Bass" returned six-figure sales in the UK for three consecutive weeks.[100] The song was the longest-running number one of 2014 in the United Kingdom, alongside "Happy" and "Rather Be".[101] The song was certified double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).[102] As of December 31, 2014, "All About That Bass" had sold a total of 651,000 units in the United Kingdom, and ended the year as the ninth best-selling single in the country for 2014.[103] In Ireland, "All About That Bass" debuted at number 76 on the Irish Singles Chart issued for August 14, 2014.[104] On October 2, 2014, the song climbed to the top of the chart, and went on to spend a total of four consecutive weeks at number one.[105][106] Elsewhere in Europe, "All About That Bass" remained number one in Austria and Germany for six weeks,[107][108] Denmark and Switzerland for five,[109][110] Scotland for four,[111] Spain for three,[112] Poland for two,[113] and Hungary, Slovakia and Luxembourg for one.[114][115][116]
Music video
Background and concept
"All About That Bass" was accompanied by a music video directed by Fatima Robinson and choreographed by Charm La'Donna. The clip was shot over a two-day period which began on May 8, 2014.[117][118] It was premiered online by music website Idolator on June 10, 2014.[30] Robinson conceptualized the clip's look "with pastel colors", trying to show Trainor as "a little innocent-looking girl doing, like, booty-bumping dance moves", to which Trainor agreed.[2] Robinson and Trainor wanted to make the visual as fun as possible to co-relate with the song's lyrical themes.[2] When Trainor first received the video, she cried, and said, "I don't want to do this anymore".[1] As a result, Trainor was involved in performing several edits to the clip because she disapproved on some of its shots and felt her face looked "weird" in some segments.[1] She later approved of the video's final edit and felt that it depicted her as a "pop star".[1] Trainor said she envisioned it as "a[n] [adorable] cartoon" she would play, but then the video became "bigger than anyone expected, it's like, crap, I have to kind of look like that now".[119]
Social media played a key role in how the video was made and marketed.[120] Robinson discovered one of the video's dancers, Sione Maraschino, online through the now-defunct social media service Vine, where Maraschino rose to popularity. Maraschino later shared the "All About That Bass" music video with his followers on Twitter and YouTube, which became a contributing factor to the clip going viral.[120] Trainor stated she could not dance and that Robinson "made [her] a rock star in two days".[118] She added, "Charm made up most of those dance moves, and taught me how to perform and [told me to] 'make sure you smile!'"[55]
Synopsis
Predominantly, the music video comprises candy colors and choreography, as well as a pastel 1950s-theme.[9][51] It features Trainor in an uncharacteristic wardrobe of sweaters and white ankle socks.[119] It opens with Trainor dancing in front of a pink pastel backdrop. She sports a light blue collared sweater beneath a sundress of the same color, and a material bow headpiece. The clip then switches to a scene with Trainor wearing a headpiece made of roses and a light pink collared sweater beneath a sundress of the same color. The video returns to the original scene where Trainor engages in a dance scene with four other female dancers who sport similar outfits to hers. The scene later sees the five women dancing while sitting on chairs. The routine is intercepted with Maraschino donning a white collared shirt and light blue shorts performing a dance sequence on his own, which includes him doing split acrobatics. Three women, wearing platinum blonde wigs that cover their forehead and eyes, are also pictured in their own dance routine.
In another scene, Trainor, with her hair now loose, sports a yellow sweater and sings in front of a variety of colorful balloons and on top of a wide range of colored material. The singer is also pictured at a dining table topped with candy, offering a young man a cupcake and forcing him to smile with her hands. Two children, in a separate scene, are shown playing with dolls in a dollhouse, dancing in a bedroom and riding bicycles. Trainor is later seen posing next to the dollhouse, and while singing, "I won't be no stick-figure, silicone Barbie doll," she tosses the doll across the room. In another segment, other girls are pictured smiling while holding magazines with their faces on the front covers.
Reception
The music video resulted in "All About That Bass" rising to prominence as a viral hit.[9] Jim Farber of the New York Daily News observed "the 'debate' over [Trainor's] size—is she too big? Too small?—has taken on a life of its own" in the comment section of the video on YouTube.[8] It was YouTube's most-streamed music video for most of September and October 2014, and was the ninth most-viewed music video on the website for 2014.[33][121] It was Vevo's second most-streamed music video of the year, behind Iggy Azalea's "Fancy".[122]
The music video garnered generally favorable reviews from music critics. Yahoo! writer Paul Grein opined that the clip was the leading candidate to win Best Song with a Social Message at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards.[46] Cosmopolitan editor Joanna Coles stated that her readers and staff saw Trainor as an ambassador for embracing creativity and individuality.[120] Evan Sawdey of PopMatters deemed the video "fun and buoyant".[35] Caramanica opined that the video "bolstered" the song and called it "vivid".[51] Idolator's Robbie Daw praised the clip's "memorable" dance routine and vintage aesthetic.[55] Out journalist Stacy Lambe described it as "a retro pop world that makes you want to dance in your seat",[29] and according to Erin Kean from Salon, the clip "offer[ed] a hard sell for" the song.[123]
Lauren Valenti of Marie Claire felt that the video put an end to the unattainable standards of the beauty industry.[124] USA Today writer Brian Mansfield described the clip as "'Baby Got Back'-meets-'Beauty School Dropout'",[32] while Stereogum's Chris DeVille commented, "the video, for all its foibles, is both cute and effective".[34] Billboard writer Andrew Hampp described the clip as "slyly satirical";[125] Julie Zeilinger of the same publication gave the clip a negative review, and wrote that Trainor was "mimicking music videos by the 'silicone Barbie dolls' her song references".[126] Zeilinger opined that the clip's body imagery should have imparted a different message and stated that Trainor "points out the focus on women's appearance... by focusing on women's appearance".[126] Emma Garland of Vice opined that it was fun, safe and easily palatable. However, she felt that the clip did not require much thought and dismissed its choreography as the kind "year 2 schoolgirls would invent".[127] Diana Cook of Cracked considered the video for the song an example of skinny-bashing and noted a double standard: "imagine if Taylor Swift started singing about how boys prefer her awesome pert ass, while dancing around a chubby chick ... the Internet would explode".[128] The Fader placed the music video third in their list of "Music's 8 Most Cringe-Worthy Acts Of Cultural Appropriation In 2014".[129]
Live performances
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Trainor performed an acoustic rendition of "All About That Bass" live in Nashville at an Emily West concert on July 16, 2014, after the latter saw her in the audience and insisted she perform. Trainor performed the song on Live! with Kelly and Michael on August 7, 2014.[130] She performed an acoustic rendition of it for Entertainment Tonight on the ukulele, which was posted to their website on September 2, 2014.[131] Two days later, Trainor performed "All About That Bass" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, with Jimmy Fallon and The Roots, who made use of classroom instruments. Rolling Stone writer Ryan Reed commented that the unlikely arrangement maintained the quality of the original version, with its "sparse percussion and intimate doo-wop harmonies" supporting her impassioned delivery.[71] On September 11, 2014, Trainor performed the song on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.[132] On September 15, 2014, she performed it on The X Factor Australia.[133] Trainor performed a mashup of "All About That Bass" and "Shake It Off" for Australian radio station 2Day FM, which Billboard published later that week on September 18, 2014. A journalist from the magazine, Erin Strecker, wrote that it was unsurprising that a mashup of "two super-catchy tracks" was catchy as well.[134]
Trainor performed "All About That Bass" as a duet with Lambert at the Country Music Association Awards on November 5, 2014; the two wore little dresses and Trainor donned a Nasty Gal jacket atop hers.[57][135][136] On November 26, 2014, Trainor performed a medley of "All About That Bass" and "Lips Are Movin" (2014) on the finale of the nineteenth season of American series Dancing with the Stars.[137] She included the former song in her set list for the Jingle Ball Tour 2014.[138] Trainor performed it on the finale of the eleventh series of The X Factor UK, with finalists Andrea Faustini, Fleur East and Ben Haenow, on December 13, 2014.[139] She included "All About That Bass" on the setlist for her 2015 concert tours That Bass Tour and the MTrain Tour, as well as The Untouchable Tour (2016).[140][141][142] Trainor performed the song in "a glittery No. 22 jersey and sparkly blue pants" at a Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins game on November 22, 2018, which launched The Salvation Army's 128th annual Red Kettle Campaign.[143] She performed it while headlining the Philadelphia Welcome America Festival as part of the 2019 Fourth of July celebrations.[144]
Cultural impact
Josh Duboff of Vanity Fair stated that "All About That Bass" achieved "pop-cultural touchstone-status", while The New York Times's Joe Coscarelli called it "a cultural phenomenon".[4][145] Vogue cited the song's impact and declared: "We're Officially in the Era of the Big Booty" in a 2014 article.[65][146] Steven J. Horowitz of Billboard wrote that "All About That Bass", along with Jennifer Lopez's "Booty" (2014), helped "booty records" make a commercial return to the mainstream.[44] The song's stay at number one in the United Kingdom coincided with the number-three debut of Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda", which The Guardian and The Independent dubbed "the battle of the booty songs".[147][148] Rolling Stone's Steve Knopper wrote that "if we assume the latest sing-about-your-butt trend in pop music has finally reached its, uh, conclusion, the unquestionable winner is Meghan Trainor's 'All About That Bass'".[149] Sullivan opined that the three songs were reflective of a change in pop culture, where female artists frequently endured "scrutiny" from society for their weight,[10] while Adegoke wrote that they helped "curves" reach culture's forefront.[67] In November 2014, American company Booty Pop reported a 47% increase in demand; a New York doctor, Matthew Schulman, told Billboard that Brazilian buttock augmentation plastic surgery had risen by 25% at his practice in 2014, and Boston entrepreneur and gym instructor Kelly Brabants stated that she experienced a waiting list for her Booty by Brabants class because "it's not about being stick-thin anymore, every girl now wants a booty". Billboard attributed this to the three songs.[150]
According to Sullivan, "All About That Bass" resulted in Trainor being viewed as "the poster girl for the larger woman" and "pop's emblem of self-acceptance".[5] Billboard wrote that the song's success made Trainor a "breakthrough star virtually overnight" and one of the "biggest breakout stars" of 2014.[125][151] In a press release, Trainor recalled meeting female fans who told her: "I've hated myself. I hated life. I didn't want to go to school. I get bullied. And then I heard your song and I cried".[12] Its success led Sony/ATV Music Publishing to sign Kadish in October 2014, with the publishing company's CEO, Martin Bandier, stating that it is "clearly one of the biggest songs of the year and we know there is a lot more to come from him".[152]
Parodies
The success of "All About That Bass" spawned a lot of viral parody music videos.[56] In November 2014, a Thanksgiving-themed parody of the song, called "All About That Baste", accumulated over four million views in its first month of release.[153][154] It substituted the lyric "no treble" with "more butter", which Fox News interpreted as a reference to the original song's message about body positivity.[155] On December 1, 2014, the cast of Canadian comedy series This Hour Has 22 Minutes made a parody version titled "Just a Pretty Face", which was released as a Conservative political ad smearing the Federal Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau.[156] On December 7, 2014, Nerdist Industries released one, titled "All About That Base: No Rebels", performed by Team Unicorn. Their video comprised a Star Wars theme and its premise sees men, depicted as stormtroopers, engaging in choreography alongside cheerleaders dressed in attire inspired by the fictional character Darth Vader. Mitchell Peters of Billboard opined it was "catchy" and "hilarious".[157] On December 12, 2014, a parody music video by NASA entitled "All About That Space" went viral. The video featured NASA interns performing choreography and shots of the Johnson Space Center in Houston. It attained over one million views within four days, and was dubbed "wonderfully a-dork-able" by Lee Moran of the New York Daily News.[158] The high amount of parodies created eventually led to Time publishing an article titled "No More 'All About That Bass' Parodies, Please" on December 15, 2014. In it, Daniel D'Addario attributed the song's popularity among parodists to its hook's emphasis on the words "bass" and "treble", which are easy to rhyme, and Trainor's ardent delivery on it.[153]
Cover versions
The Roots covered "All About That Bass" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on August 20, 2014. Their rendition was deemed "angelic" by Chris Payne of Billboard.[159] Canadian singer Justin Bieber posted a cover version of the song on his SoundCloud on October 15, 2014.[160] In September 2014, Kate Davis released a 1940s jazz-style version of it, playing double bass under the leadership of pianist Scott Bradlee; within three months, it had received 8 million views on Bradlee's YouTube channel.[161][162][163] On October 24, 2014, American group Pentatonix's Avi Kaplan released his cover version of "All About That Bass", which was positively reviewed by James Grebey of Spin, who wrote that the song "sounds very different a few octaves lower" and Kaplan's rendition "might just be an improvement".[164] Jamaican-American singer Anita Antoinette covered the song during the seventh season of the American series The Voice, receiving praise by the show's judges Pharrell Williams and Adam Levine. Ashley Lee of Billboard wrote that Antoinette provided it "a reggae twist".[165] In the beginning of 2016, Trainor and James Corden performed a parody of "All About That Bass" about failed New Year's resolutions on The Late Late Show with James Corden.[166] Cover versions of the song, by Power Music Workout and Meghan Tonjes, reached number 13 and number 70 on the UK Singles Chart, respectively.[167]
Formats and track listings
- Digital download[168]
- "All About That Bass" – 3:11
- CD single[24]
- "All About That Bass" – 3:11
- "Title" – 2:54
- Digital EP[21]
- "All About That Bass" – 3:11
- "Title" – 2:54
- "Dear Future Husband" – 3:04
- "Close Your Eyes" – 3:40
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Title.[169]
Recording
- Recorded and engineered at The Carriage House, Nolensville, Tennessee
- Mastered at The Mastering Palace, New York City, New York
- Published by Year Of The Dog Music (ASCAP), a division of Big Yellow Dog, LLC / Over-Thought Under-Appreciated Songs (ASCAP)
Personnel
- Meghan Trainor – songwriter, vocals, clapping, percussion
- Kevin Kadish – songwriter, producer, drum programming, electric guitar, bass, sound design, mixing, recording, engineering
- David Baron – piano, baritone saxophone, hammond organ
- Dave Kutch – mastering
Charts
Weekly charts
|
Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
All-time charts
|
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
---|---|---|
Australia (ARIA)[91] | 9× Platinum | 630,000‡ |
Austria (IFPI Austria)[243] | Platinum | 30,000* |
Belgium (BEA)[244] | Platinum | 20,000‡ |
Canada (Music Canada)[245] | 8× Platinum | 640,000‡ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[246] | 2× Platinum | 120,000^ |
Germany (BVMI)[247] | Platinum | 400,000‡ |
Italy (FIMI)[248] | 2× Platinum | 60,000‡ |
Mexico (AMPROFON)[249] | 4× Platinum | 240,000‡ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[94] | 3× Platinum | 45,000* |
Norway (IFPI Norway)[250] | 3× Platinum | 120,000‡ |
South Africa (RISA)[251] | Gold | 10,000* |
Sweden (GLF)[252] | 3× Platinum | 120,000‡ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[253] | 2× Platinum | 80,000‡ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[254] | Platinum | 30,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[102] | 2× Platinum | 919,643[255] |
United States (RIAA)[80] | Diamond | 5,752,000[256] |
Streaming | ||
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[257] | Platinum | 2,600,000† |
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[258] | Platinum | 8,000,000† |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Radio and release history
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Austria | June 30, 2014 | Digital download | Epic | [17] |
Germany | [259] | |||
Switzerland | [260] | |||
United States |
|
[19] | ||
July 1, 2014 | Contemporary hit radio | [18] | ||
United Kingdom | August 14, 2014 | Streaming | [19] | |
September 28, 2014 | Digital download | [20] | ||
Austria | October 3, 2014 | Digital extended play (EP) | [21] | |
Germany | [22] | |||
Switzerland | [23] | |||
Germany | CD single | [24] |
See also
- List of best-selling singles
- List of Canadian Hot 100 number-one singles of 2014
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 2014
- List of Billboard Mainstream Top 40 number-one songs of 2014
- List of number-one hits of 2014 (Austria)
- List of number-one hits of 2014 (Denmark)
- List of number-one hits of 2014 (Germany)
- List of number-one hits of 2014 (Scotland)
- List of number-one hits of 2014 (Switzerland)
- List of number-one singles from the 2010s (New Zealand)
- List of number-one singles of 2014 (Australia)
- List of number-one singles of 2014 (Ireland)
- List of number-one singles of 2014 (Poland)
- List of number-one singles of 2014 (Spain)
- List of number-one songs of 2014 (Mexico)
- List of top 10 singles in 2014 (France)
- List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2010s
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