Bootie Call

For other uses, see Booty Call (disambiguation).

"Bootie Call"
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.
Single by All Saints
from the album All Saints
B-side"Get Down"
Released31 August 1998 (1998-08-31)[1]
GenreElectro-funk[2]
Length3:36
LabelLondon
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Karl Gordon
All Saints singles chronology
"Under the Bridge" / "Lady Marmalade"
(1998) 		"Bootie Call"
(1998) 		"War of Nerves"
(1998)

"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 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

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[25] Silver 258,000[24]

References

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  5. ^ Bootie Call (UK CD2 liner notes). All Saints. London Records. 1998. LOCDP 415, 570247.2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ Bootie Call (UK cassette single sleeve). All Saints. London Records. 1998. LONCS 415, 570 244-4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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  10. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 15, no. 38. 19 September 1998. p. 11. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  11. ^ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (NR. 290 Vikuna 24.9. – 1.10. 1998)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 25 September 1998. p. 10. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  12. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Bootie Call". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
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  19. ^ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 100 – Vinsælustu Lögin '98". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 2 January 1999. p. 34. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  20. ^ "Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 1998". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  21. ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1998" (in Dutch). MegaCharts. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  22. ^ "Best Sellers of 1998 – Singles Top 100". Music Week. 16 January 1999. p. 7.
  23. ^ "Najlepsze single na UK Top 40–1998 wg sprzedaży" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 4 June 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  24. ^ Myers, Justin (10 September 2015). "Number 1 today in 1998: All Saints – Bootie Call". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  25. ^ "British single certifications – All Saints – Bootie Call". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 20 November 2020.