You're The One For Me Fatty: Ten Songs For Loving Your Big Old Self
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"Happy Being Fat"âA Brill Building classic by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, performed by Big Dee Irwin & The Diamonds. Key line: "If I lost weight, I'd have to buy new clothes/ Cause my old ones would not fit/ So woman don't scream, just put some more ice cream/ On my banana split."
Morrissey has written not one, but two fantastic odes to large ladies: "You're The One For Me, Fatty" and "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others." Key line: "From the ice age to the Dole age/ there is but one concern/ I have just discovered/ some girls are bigger than others."
A 1944 song from Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, "I Like 'Em Fat Like That." Key line: You have all those lean chicks/ Tender and tall/ But when it comes to mean kicks/ My big fat mama is the best of all."
Anthony Hamilton's "Sister Big Bones" is a more recent ode that focuses on his ladyfriends' commanding presence. Key line: "Frankly, I admire your style, how you go into work everyday/ confidence in your walk in your stride."
The hit single by Queen, about a certain rather large asset which makes the rockin' world go round. Bonus track: Spinal Tap's similarly-themed classic "Big Bottoms."
Fats Domino seems like quite a jolly fellow, and quite happy with his body. Key line: "They call me the fat man/ Cause I weigh two hundred pounds/ All the girls they love me/ Cause I know my way around."
Howlin' Wolf's psych-tinged "300 Pounds of Joy." Key line: "Take me, baby, for your little boy/ Three hundred pounds of heavenly joy"
Bull Moose Jackson and his Buffalo Bearcats performing "Big Fat Mama's Are Back In Style Again"...indeed. Wear a smile, jump for joy just like a child!
English alternative group Beautiful South bring a slightly different perspective in "Perfect 10." Key line: "If he's XXL well what the hell/ Every penny don't fit the slot."
How could we leave out "Baby's Got Back?" Sir Mix A Lot's classic is the king of kings when it comes to celebrating large assets.