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Bootie Call

{{Short description|1998 single by All Saints}}

{{Other uses|Booty Call (disambiguation)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Bootie Call

| cover = BootieCallCover.jpg

| alt = A portrait in the background colour of turquoise featuring four young women sitting side by side knees up. All women are wearing jeans and sleeveless tops. Centred above them in broken capital letter font is the name 'All Saints' in white with the title 'Bootie Call' in turquoise directly below it.

| border = yes

| type = single

| artist = All Saints

| album = All Saints

| B-side = Get Down

| released = {{start date|1998|8|31|df=y}}{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1998/Music-Week-1998-08-29.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=35|date=29 August 1998|access-date=12 July 2021}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = Electro-funk{{cite book|first= Billy |last= Manes |editor1-first= Gary |editor1-last= Graff |editor2-first= Daniel |editor2-last= Durchholz |year= 1998 |title= MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |chapter= All Saints |publisher= Visible Ink Press |location= Detroit |page= 19}}

| length = 3:36

| label = London

| writer =

| producer = Karl Gordon

| prev_title = Under the Bridge

| prev_title2 = Lady Marmalade

| prev_year = 1998

| next_title = War of Nerves

| next_year = 1998

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|A4LcwjNH7m0|"Bootie Call"}}|header=Music video}}

}}

"Bootie Call" is a song by English girl group All Saints from their debut album, All Saints (1998). The song was written by group member Shaznay Lewis and its producer Karl Gordon. "Bootie Call" was released on 31 August 1998 by London Records as the fourth single (and fifth overall{{efn|"Let's Get Started" was released as the second single in Japan only in November 1997.{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/50908/products/single/|title=オール・セインツ {{!}} シングル|trans-title=All Saints: Single|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=21 February 2025}}}}) from the album. "Bootie Call" achieved chart success, topping the UK Singles Chart on 6 September 1998 and becoming the group's third consecutive number-one single. Internationally, it charted in the top 10 in Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, and on the Eurochart Hot 100.

Music video

A music video was produced to promote the single. It featured All Saints sitting and lying down in an open top car while singing the song. There was also clips of a group of people walking down the street wearing matching outfits, various people being silly with the phone, break dancing in the street and a woman playing golf on top of the phone box.

Track listing

UK CD1{{cite AV media notes |title=Bootie Call |others=All Saints |year=1998 |type=UK CD1 liner notes |publisher=London Records |id=LONCD 415, 570 245.2}}

  1. "Bootie Call" (single version)
  2. "Bootie Call 98" (The Director's Kutt)
  3. "Get Down"

UK CD2{{cite AV media notes |title=Bootie Call |others=All Saints |year=1998 |type=UK CD2 liner notes |publisher=London Records |id=LOCDP 415, 570247.2}}

  1. "Bootie Call" (single version)
  2. "Never Ever" (Booker T's vocal mix)
  3. "I Know Where It's At"
  4. "Bootie Call" (promo video)

UK cassette single{{cite AV media notes |title=Bootie Call |others=All Saints |year=1998 |type=UK cassette single sleeve |publisher=London Records |id=LONCS 415, 570 244-4}}

  1. "Bootie Call" (single version)
  2. "Bootie Call" (Club Asylum Skank vocal mix)

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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!Chart (1998–1999)

!Peak
position

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/epje8YB.jpg|title=ariaNET The Chart! Top 100 Singles – Week Commencing 5th April 1999|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur|access-date=13 September 2016}}

|59

{{single chart|Flanders|34|artist=All Saints|song=Bootie Call|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Wallonia|25|artist=All Saints|song=Bootie Call|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-09-19.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=15|issue=38|page=11|date=19 September 1998|access-date=26 January 2020}}

|10

scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40){{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2974587#page/n9/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (NR. 290 Vikuna 24.9. – 1.10. 1998)|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir|language=is|page=10|date=25 September 1998|access-date=10 July 2018}}

|8

{{single chart|Ireland2|9|song=Bootie Call|rowheader=true|access-date=30 April 2019}}
{{single chart|Dutch40|5|year=1998|week=41|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|8|artist=All Saints|song=Bootie Call|rowheader=true|access-date=30 April 2019}}
{{single chart|Scotland|2|date=19980912|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Sweden|31|artist=All Saints|song=Bootie Call|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|UK|1|date=19980912|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|UKrandb|1|date=19980912|rowheader=true}}

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=Year-end charts=

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!Chart (1998)

!Position

scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40){{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2978871?iabr=on#page/n29/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 100 – Vinsælustu Lögin '98|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir|language=is|page=34|date=2 January 1999|access-date=8 February 2020}}

|76

scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1998|title=Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 1998|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=7 March 2020}}

|81

scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1998&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1998|publisher=MegaCharts|language=nl|access-date=30 April 2019}}

|83

scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC){{cite magazine|title=Best Sellers of 1998 – Singles Top 100|magazine=Music Week|page=7|date=16 January 1999}}{{cite web|url=http://hosting1642755.az.pl/sp%20uk%20best%201998.html|title=Najlepsze single na UK Top 40–1998 wg sprzedaży|language=pl|access-date=30 April 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150604184020/http://hosting1642755.az.pl/sp%20uk%20best%201998.html|archive-date=4 June 2015}}

|70

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=All Saints|title=Bootie Call|award=Silver|relyear=1998|certyear=2013|id=12075-981-1|salesamount=258,000|salesref={{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/number-1-today-in-1998-all-saints-bootie-call__10617/|title=Number 1 today in 1998: All Saints – Bootie Call|last=Myers|first=Justin|date=10 September 2015|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=10 September 2015}}|access-date=20 November 2020}}

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Notes

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References

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{{All Saints}}

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Category:1997 songs

Category:1998 singles

Category:All Saints (group) songs

Category:London Records singles

Category:Songs about casual sex

Category:Songs written by K-Gee

Category:Songs written by Shaznay Lewis

Category:UK singles chart number-one singles