Nookie (Limp Bizkit song)

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"Nookie"
Single by Limp Bizkit
from the album Significant Other
ReleasedJune 15, 1999
Recorded1998
Genre
Length
  • 4:50 (album version)
  • 4:26 (single version)
Label
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)Fred Durst
Producer(s)
Limp Bizkit singles chronology
"Faith"
(1998) 		"Nookie"
(1999) 		"Re-Arranged"
(1999)

"Nookie" is a song by the American rap rock band Limp Bizkit, released on June 15, 1999 as the lead single from their second album Significant Other.[5]

Lyrics and background

In a 2008 interview with British rock magazine

porn magazine that had the word 'nookie' on the cover, so I was like, 'This song's called Nookie!', I never thought someone would actually run with it. I suppose it's all my fault."[6]

Fred Durst said about the song, "It's about my ex-girlfriend, how she treated me like shit, and I couldn't leave her, wouldn't get over it," he said. "She screwed my friends and used me for my money. I tried to figure out why I did it, and I figured I did it all for the nookie."[7]

Music video

In the music video, filmed in

disturbing the peace.[9]

Track listing

  1. "Nookie" – 4:28
  2. "Counterfeit" (Lethal Dose Remix) – 3:21
  3. "Counterfeit" (Phat Ass Remix) – 3:05
  4. "Nookie" (video)
  5. "Faith" (video)

Commercial performance

"Nookie" made Limp Bizkit extremely popular,

Alternative Songs chart.[12] The song's music video went to number one on MTV's Total Request Live six times during late July and August of 1999.[13]
"Nookie" was also the band's first single to chart internationally, reaching #13 in Australia, #33 in New Zealand, and #36 in the Netherlands.

The song gained Limp Bizkit its first Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance, which it lost to

Whiskey In The Jar
".

Reception

Pharrell Williams, while recording N.E.R.D.'s 2008 album Seeing Sounds, cited this song as part of the band's incentive and drive to record more energetic music, noting it as the last energetic hit single before the album's release.[14] According to Stereogum, "aside from the infantile lyrics, the awful rapping, and the yelling, it’s really not that bad of a song".[15] Author Dave Holmes wrote that "Nookie" is "terrible, yet the kids ate it up".[16] In 2022, Louder Sound and Kerrang ranked the song number two and number three, respectively, on their lists of Limp Bizkit's greatest songs.[17][18]

Charts

Charts (1999) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[19] 13
El Salvador (Notimex)[20] 5
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[21] 36
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[22] 33
US Billboard Hot 100[23] 80
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[24] 3
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[25] 7

Citations

  1. Orange County Register
    . Retrieved November 19, 2014. Released the summer before Y2K, that band's sophomore album Significant Other dominated modern-rock airwaves with instant nu-metal anthems like "Nookie" and "Break Stuff".
  2. About.com
    . Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  3. ^ Rosenblatt, Josh (August 22, 2008). "The Longshots". The Austin Chronicle.
  4. ^ "Nookie". AllMusic. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  5. ^ "Nookie - Limp Bizkit". AllMusic. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  6. ^ a b "A Deep Dive Into The Music Video For Limp Bizkit's Nookie". Kerrang!. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
  7. ^ Teri vanHorn (June 22, 1999). "Limp Bizkit Score With 'Nookie' From Significant Other". MTV. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
  8. ^ Carlson, Jen (2015-08-19). "The Worst Times NYC Was Featured In A Music Video, Ranked". Gothamist. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
  9. ^ Devenish 2000.
  10. ^ Bush, John. "Limp Bizkit | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  11. ^ "American album certifications – Limp Bizkit – Significant Other". Recording Industry Association of America.
  12. ^ a b c d "Limp Bizkit". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
  13. ^ "Inside Total Request Live | Merchants Of Cool | FRONTLINE | PBS". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
  14. Remix Magazine. Primedia Business Magazines & Media. Archived from the original
    on 2008-09-21. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
  15. ^ "Video Hangover: Limp Bizkit – "Nookie"". Stereogum. 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
  16. ^ Holmes 2016, p. 182.
  17. ^ Hobson, Rich (February 7, 2022). "The 25 best Limp Bizkit songs ever". Louder Sound. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  18. ^ "The 20 greatest Limp Bizkit songs – ranked". Kerrang. August 5, 2022. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  19. ^ "Limp Bizkit – Nookie". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  20. ^ "Britney Spears se coloca entre las más escuchadas". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). October 17, 1999. p. 88. Archived from the original on December 1, 2022. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  21. ^ "Limp Bizkit – Nookie" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  22. ^ "Limp Bizkit – Nookie". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  23. ^ "Limp Bizkit Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  24. ^ "Limp Bizkit Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  25. ^ "Limp Bizkit Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved May 20, 2021.

Bibliography

External links
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