yet most of even those songs were inspired by music from earlier decades. 50s 60s 70s also had some "bangers". I'm a 90's baby and looking at old art (music movies) you can really see where a lot of current artists/filmmakers took their inspiration.
Dude on the strings did not come to play! He slayed the hell outta that violin 🔥🔥🔥 biggest ups to creative genius Sisqo for including him in on this masterpiece!
The funny thing is people saying they hate this was “wasted” on thongs. For those of you born after the early 90s, y’all didn’t get to experience that artists never “saved” good beats for songs. They put their all in every song, even if it was a throw away song. That’s exactly why people still love this song almost 20 years later. Even the most throw away song from the 90s-2000s sounds better than most stuff being played now
I still can't get over this beat after how many decades from the intros of the violin the beep beep in the chorus. Absolute masterpiece I just keep hearing Sisqo's voice in my head. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Fun fact: this beat was actually produced for Michael Jackson but the producer played it for Sisqo by accident. And Sisqo basically begged him to have it after he heard it. This song is a banger, but MJ on this beat?! Another platinum record for sure lmao
The violin part is actually sampled and slightly modified from the Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby." Sisqo wanted to sample the classic and use it for this song, but he didn't want to pay Michael Jackson, who owned the rights to the Beatles songs at the time, so he slightly modified the violin part.
I HATE PEOPLE WRITING SISQO WAISTED THIS BEAT ON HIS LYRICS. HIS LYRICS AND HIS LARGER THAN LIFE VOICE MADE THIS BEAT EVEN MATTER. WITHOUT SISQO WE WOULNT HAVE EVER REMEMBERED THIS BEAT.
Just saw the story on VICE about this song and I love the fact that Sisqo had a real violinist to redo the arrangement. I remember when this song first came out it was a time
I first heard this song when I was 5... back then I focused more on the beat. Just today I looked up the lyrics and was very surprised by the subject of the song. Great beat.
SAME! I was like 5 as well when I heard this almost 15 years ago now! Wondered lately what that beat was because I kept seeing black guys with white/blond hair recently then heard the lyrics and didn’t like what he was saying! But the beat fire tho!
Man, coming to this and realizing how many of y'all were on Cartoon Network playing Dragon Ball Z: Tournament (myself included) makes me happy. We had an odd childhood where Sisqo was put into anime media before a lot of people lol
I turned 41 this month and I’m not feeling old. But I have a heavy nostalgia feeling for that time when this song and so many other great ones were released. Peak era of RnB, it will never be as good as it was back then.
It's funny cause I know exactly what DBZ game yall are talking about because I remember playing that many years ago and hearing this beat. But I remember always saying to myself like, "Wow. This sounds just like the thong song. But I doubt it." and yup it is. Lmao. Memories. xD
This beat is a breath of fresh air only ppl that love sound will understand!!!!! That violin omg chills 🥶 ......fuck it I love everything the rhythm makes u want to bounce ur shoulders 💃🏽🤷🏽♀️
ill always remember this instrumental version that was played during the player introduction in the 2000 NBA dunkoff where Vince Carter stole the show and changed dunking forever
I Enjoy Instrumentals alot more with out lyrics . Music is powerful , there was an angel in heaven long ago who would play music so beautifully for the Lord ! just image the sounds and instruments . one could only image
This is the most amazing beat ive ever heard.....
Foreal
Tim and Bob
It's a sample from The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
@@McRambroit was a sample of a cover of Eleanor Rigby. Not the Beatles’ record.
That beeping on the hook is underrated
Hell yeah!!
Best part of the instrumental
@@x.0.x. The beginning is too! Just pure violin.
The beep really makes the song
Thw violin is the key to this song. I wish more violins be in more hip hop and r&b songs
This beat is actually beautiful.
music holds the flood gates open
so they can slip in their vile poison
You came for the violin but i came for the dial tone sounds. Small details.
I specifically came for this part 2:40
Me to bro lol. I like the other shit in the background
Sisqo: I need a fire beat to sing about Thongs
Producer:...
Master violinist: Hold my Case
Play that Stradivarius, Master Violinist!
The idea of the melody for the violin was actually Sisqo’s 👍🔥
@@XI_Ronin nope it was a sample
@@bennyubub1582 yeah but I was saying like, the idea of including that in the song was Sisqo’s, that’s what I meant
@@XI_Ronin oh my bad. You’re right lol. I didn’t know he actually had the melody re-done
80’s, 90’s and early 2000’s were the best decades in history musically speaking. We’ll never get to experience that level of art in music ever again.
Facts
I was born late 1999. Didn’t get to experience what you lot did
@@angeltenn363 don't worry. They're only saying this because theyre nosralgic. In few years, people will be nostalgic for the 2010s and 2020s.
yet most of even those songs were inspired by music from earlier decades. 50s 60s 70s also had some "bangers". I'm a 90's baby and looking at old art (music movies) you can really see where a lot of current artists/filmmakers took their inspiration.
for me its the 70s it didnt matter everybody in the world made really great music at that time
Years later and this beat is STILL fire.
one of the best yet :D
Even in 2019 it's 🔥 🔥 🔥 👌
Even in 2020 bro!
@@jaysensei65 2021 ! 💯 🔥 💥😌
This was written for Michael Jackson
Dude on the strings did not come to play! He slayed the hell outta that violin 🔥🔥🔥 biggest ups to creative genius Sisqo for including him in on this masterpiece!
ikr! I watched the documentary on this
@@earthtomani can you please offer , the link to the documentary . Thank you
@@kathrynhall1136 Just youtube it.
@@homiedclown1885 thank you Sir/Ma'am
Happy New Years 🥳🎉🥳🎉🥳
So did it originate as a sample from a record and had him reply it or was it original from the beginning?
The funny thing is people saying they hate this was “wasted” on thongs. For those of you born after the early 90s, y’all didn’t get to experience that artists never “saved” good beats for songs. They put their all in every song, even if it was a throw away song. That’s exactly why people still love this song almost 20 years later. Even the most throw away song from the 90s-2000s sounds better than most stuff being played now
I don’t think it was wasted at all. And Dru Hill was no joke before Sisqo went solo either. But good observations for sure.
It was actually for Michael Jackson
Facts
Thank you!
Lol, I love this song & it was wasted. 🤣🤣💀
I still can't get over this beat after how many decades from the intros of the violin the beep beep in the chorus. Absolute masterpiece I just keep hearing Sisqo's voice in my head. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Just watched the Vice documentary on this. It's dope. I mean...
Same 😂
Fr the violin is JUSTT SO AMAZING
Yeah same
Same here. I just love the violin; so satisfying
Shittttt if Michael Jackson got on this
2022 almost 2023.. and still a dope beat. Thanks for putting this out
Fun fact: this beat was actually produced for Michael Jackson but the producer played it for Sisqo by accident. And Sisqo basically begged him to have it after he heard it. This song is a banger, but MJ on this beat?! Another platinum record for sure lmao
Y'all just be saying anything on here...
@@danterobinson6611this is literally what happened… there’s a video on it
The nostalgia i get from remembering this song from when i was little and playing that DBZ game is overwhelming
underrated instrumental due to the subject matter of the song. seriously though this beat is dope as fuck
I agree! Definitely underrated because of the subject matter lol. One of my favorite instrumentals of all times.
This song and beat is massive in my country? lol
That's why I'm here! 🤣 like "damn, beat is NICE!"
The violin part sounds like something from Kingdom Hearts and its truly amazing!! The violin is the highlight part of the track 😍
Yes you're rigth... I feel like flying in the heaven with the violin.... I will love hearing the complete song only with violin
fuck outta here weeb
The violin part is actually sampled and slightly modified from the Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby." Sisqo wanted to sample the classic and use it for this song, but he didn't want to pay Michael Jackson, who owned the rights to the Beatles songs at the time, so he slightly modified the violin part.
Ahhh, man of culture! Kingdom Hearts for life
ye first game on hollow bastion
I feel like you could put just the instrumental into a movie and nobody will know.
+MaroonThief I would hear the instrumental and instantly think of the thong song
+Zach B they should put it in a period piece movie.
No the beginning EVERYONE knows
One of the most famous instrumentals of the late 90s, not sure what you felt saying that 4 years ago 🤪
Slowed down would be great for a film...
Amazing beat. Hits just as hard as it did when it first came out. Timeless.
Beautiful instrumental.
My thoughts exactly 💯
The beat and the violin is why I'm here. Yessssss
I HATE PEOPLE WRITING SISQO WAISTED THIS BEAT ON HIS LYRICS. HIS LYRICS AND HIS LARGER THAN LIFE VOICE MADE THIS BEAT EVEN MATTER. WITHOUT SISQO WE WOULNT HAVE EVER REMEMBERED THIS BEAT.
kinda want this played at my wedding with a full string quartet lol
There is a quartet video on youtube that plays this!! check it out
Don't you mean a g string quartet?
DO IT!
Grandkids watching your wedding video: Grandma, what's that song they're playing?
Most whores do as well.
Just saw the story on VICE about this song and I love the fact that Sisqo had a real violinist to redo the arrangement. I remember when this song first came out it was a time
I appreciate this violin so much more now that the lyrics are out.
Omg the violins after the breakdown 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾😮😮😮🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
the beeping in the back is the best part ngl
Agree, something so simple yet makes a big difference
I first heard this song when I was 5... back then I focused more on the beat. Just today I looked up the lyrics and was very surprised by the subject of the song. Great beat.
You know it Nicholas
SAME! I was like 5 as well when I heard this almost 15 years ago now! Wondered lately what that beat was because I kept seeing black guys with white/blond hair recently then heard the lyrics and didn’t like what he was saying! But the beat fire tho!
Man, coming to this and realizing how many of y'all were on Cartoon Network playing Dragon Ball Z: Tournament (myself included) makes me happy.
We had an odd childhood where Sisqo was put into anime media before a lot of people lol
Legendary sample loop 😎😎 Great way too close out the 90s #WhatATimeToBeAlive
This song is perfecting on every level.
A masterpiece!
one of the best instrumentals ever!!!!!
sisqo this damn lucker
This beat is actually fire asf
If ya'll ever player the old internet flash game (dragon ball z tournament)
This was the background music.
So good Cartoon network used it on their DBZ fighting game back in the day XD
Yes you remember that? I was gonna say based on how old u are, you can remember this as the thong song or the fighting game
Even after 23 years, this track is still powerful!!
What a beautiful gem to have discovered , yet a year ago . . . Happy summer season everyone.
Saw how this song was developed on this vice documentary .... Itwas dope .... Respect to the music producers behind the scenes these guys are lit
2021, and I'm singing my lungs out to this jam. Man these producers went ham with this one
Love the instrumental version! Love the sound of the violin in the background
Damn at least you guys can shout the violinist name out. Bruce Dukov did his thing!🎻🔥🔥
You can't lie this song is dope but the instrumental is out of this world
2:48 this part right here is just so beautiful to me, definitely my favorite bit in all of this amazing song 👌😩🔥🙏
Beat i cant get out of my head its that catchy
This Beat and Thing song was all over the Airways in Nigeria... and the year was 2G (2000) We partied with it "all night long" on repeat!!!!
Not necessarily the song but the sound.❤
One of the best beats ever!
Here we go again. One those songs you'll never forget or get tired of hearing ❤
So Dope it’s Crazy 🤦🏽♂️
I turned 41 this month and I’m not feeling old. But I have a heavy nostalgia feeling for that time when this song and so many other great ones were released. Peak era of RnB, it will never be as good as it was back then.
It's funny cause I know exactly what DBZ game yall are talking about because I remember playing that many years ago and hearing this beat. But I remember always saying to myself like, "Wow. This sounds just like the thong song. But I doubt it." and yup it is. Lmao. Memories. xD
MrQuispe holy shit dog i remember now, i used to play DBZ with my little brother back then
That game was good, especially for a flash game.
Someone tell the name of the game pls
@@gersonpaulo8900 Search dragon ball z tournament flash game on google
@@nadatechchase4907 thx
Sisqo getting them DBZ royalties lol
Love this beat now in 2023 and always
Vice Brought me Here! 🔥
i never knew how much i needed this !
2:40-3:00 🔊🔊🔥. that violin is insane.
So intense!
Can someone make a looped version of that part? For like 1 hour PLEASE?
Could be cello
I keep pulling it back to that section!!!
Fun fact: This was originally wrote for Michael Jackson
😳 really???
@@peteradams504 yes really.
wow the beat would sound great on his voice
Now that's rather interesting
I’m glad he didn’t get it 😝
This beat is a breath of fresh air only ppl that love sound will understand!!!!! That violin omg chills 🥶 ......fuck it I love everything the rhythm makes u want to bounce ur shoulders 💃🏽🤷🏽♀️
Those strings tho...
😍😍 🎻
What an amazing beat.
Twisted Metal brought me here! What memories I had of this song!
ill always remember this instrumental version that was played during the player introduction in the 2000 NBA dunkoff where Vince Carter stole the show and changed dunking forever
Sampled flight of the bumblebee as well, pays to appreciate the classics!
cant believe i never heard this song before my gf showed it to me the other day, this shit is amazing
LMAO 🤣😆 where on Earth have you been living??
@@sizla8837 lmaoo I wasn’t really into hip hop til about 2014
@@deleted_user00 Damn man, you been missing out for real.
@@sizla8837 I know 🥲 been trying to catch up tho, 2000’s hip hop is the shit
@Cash21 I wasn’t really paying attention to music as a kid lol
Its Fridaaaay❤ Got to play one of the All Time Greatest. Banger Bliss😊
Bro I always said the 90s-2000s rnb tracks always had beats that were excessively hard for no reason lmao
You have a point but imo for good reasons LOL!! Most of these songs & its instrumentals aged really well.
2024 and this instrumental arguably still in ranks for a top 20 all time instrumental.
9-3-2023 and still one of my favorite violin songs 🎉🎉🎉
People actually makes beautiful things pls protect ur life at all cost. Thanks
2:49 wow beautiful ❤️
This feels like one of those dance rehearsals that mix contemporary and hip hop.
Brilliant Instrumental 🎼
Throw that modulation (key change) at the end in a movie and no one would know. Epic af 20 years later
This got me walking on air all over again.
I just love the instrumental version so much c:
One of the greatest songs 🎵 ever
i cant believe i never recognized this, but this is the greatest instrumental
U can Own a Runway with this arrangement, even if you have weak strut😊❤
Nice style thinking,maybe get you to be the first 😏👌🏾💜
Tim & Bob 🙏🏽
Never liked the lyrics but the instrumental is great!
Seaasser
Tulani Aytch Sorry but you're not black then
Yes didn’t like the lyrics but beat was hittin! His flow with this beat was fire too!
Tulani Aytch Same here, like I’m listening to the instrumental more than the actual song
I agree!!!
This sounds amazing.
Always liked the viollens in the background.
I Enjoy Instrumentals alot more with out lyrics . Music is powerful , there was an angel in heaven long ago who would play music so beautifully for the Lord ! just image the sounds and instruments . one could only image
Tim & Bob make crazy beat, this beat and the beat of Tell Me from Bobby V is his best work in my opinion.
Sound of the violin just perfect! Nostalgic.
Timeless beat!!! Still slaps after all these years... you youngns just recycle the greats
This needs to be in Bridgerton soundtrack
You always realize how meanless a song is when you hear the unstrumental of it. This si amazing.
I can imagine fighting games and fight scenes working with this really well.... but im fine with thongs too ;)
You mean "fighting" in the sheets?
I wouldn't mind listening to this while high, the hook has so much happening
eleanor rigby wes montgomery sample . both song are genius !
Its crazy how ass inspired something so instrumentally incredible.
this song is so fucking awesome!!!
The dragon ball z game on cartoon network brought me here.
I honestly thought I'd be the only one here because of that game XD
zerounit87 I remember that game
You're not alone.
+〉EnigmaticSilhouette〈 Nope! Lmao I used to play ot alot back in 2001 always losing to Frieza lol
zerounit87 holy shit same here lol
Legends vs Encores
The build up to that key change is absolutely genius
Thumbs up if this beat was part of your childhood back in 99 😂 💯🤐
👍🏻
As a child and not a teen just yet this was fantastic. Like why am I 11 going on 12 bumping to this. ☠🤐😂
My Teen years beat similar to this that was a hit was not until 2005 with the song Slow Down by Bobby V.
Sounds like the Dragonball Z flash game with only 4 directions
You droped this👑
❤❤❤❤❤❤
Tim & Bob kill this fucking beat ,crazy from 1999 and still 2017 .......... fireeeeeeeeee
Wonder what song would M.J would make from this instrumental
This was my first song 🎧 I ever listen to
Creo que a pesar de los años jamas dejare de escuchar esta pista, es muy buena, Aguante Cisqo!