The Fresh Party mixshow on V-103 in Atlanta dropped this one on many a Friday night back in ‘85. Big ups to Wanda Ramos & DJ Frank Ski for helping me discover this & so many other (now classic) musical gems🔥💎
You got that right @Leroy Anderson !! People like us Were bumpin SirMixAlot lonng before he went mainstream with babygotback. They know nuthin bout being Swass like us!!
When you ask a lot of people about Mix A-lot, they pop off with Baby got back, some will say Posse on Broadway. I drop Square Dance and Buttermilk and then Beepers and just walk away smiling.
My first duty station in the Army was Ft. Lewis, Wa so i was like heading in Mix a lot country because of this joint, but was there when he blew up with Baby got back.... Priceless....
I remember being at the Soutshore Community Center way back in the day. Mix was there. He had on a sweatshirt with the phrase "Anthony 'Sir Mix a Lot' Ray Your Computerized DJ" written in Gothic letters. This way before Baby Got Back and mainstream success. Seattle's biggest hip hop star by far.
@@XxxclusiveReviews I was too young for those. I did go to Yesler preschool as a kid and a went to high school at Garfield lol. I also remember hearing about Encore in Renton, but once again, I didn’t go. Scoochie’s was also just a little bit before my time. I went to the venue when it was known as DV8.
i'm only 19 but my mom use to cruise in my uncles low rider to this & every time i play it she dances the way girls danced at the car shows... i wish i could've been in her days 💕
@@aceldamia9114 you are not from those days. if you were you would not be saying that. please go away with your lies. those were the true golden days ...thanks for this great song and keep up playing the old school.
The one the only. $ir mix a lot. Put us on the map. Mix is got skilzz and beats and bars. OG I live in washington got this cassette just after Christmas 88 damn he just retired from radio d.j and is a producing machine couple pop top 40s recently. No lie our casinos even had or still do a slot machine of him. That's a whole nother level.
It's 2023 and I finally found this. Had a cassette copy some guy made at school back around 1986 that we used to bump on my mom's stereo. So glad I found it again.
Every time I hear this song and Buttermilk biscuits It takes me back to my young days, the good old days and I just start to get down with my bad self. when I would run around with my friends that most are not living any more yup the Good old days!
I met Sir mix a lot back in 86. I was visiting my grandparents in Dothan Alabama. They performed at the Civic Center. Me and my cousin were teenagers around 15 and maybe 16 years old.
Square Dance Rap is my fav n iron man girls laugh now they begging to be mic a lots wife new breed is here vigilantes are back cus I rock fire with my boys at my back
I was 7 or 8 when this came out. As I got older I definitely understood why NYC frowned upon other regions version of hip hop. This is sooo corny....but 8 yr old me was trying to break dance to this. Luckily the rest of the country finally stopped being corny with hip hop.
I can't believe it's been almost 30 years since I heard this! It was one of my favorite songs on the local R&B station back in the day. Thanks for sharing!!
Freaks go loose and go beserk. I bought it at the time of release. When I was 16. This kind of stuff don't get made anymore. It's all about the money and it all sounds the same. Well, sometimes somebody comes up with something original. Rarely. Back than it was about creativity and being different.
“My beats are icky…” Words cannot describe the high school flyer party scene in the San Fernando Valley (LA) back in 1988. Both of the DJs rocking those parties became big names later. Today, E-Swift from tha Alkaholiks DJs the hip hop club upstairs at the Bellagio LV. Jeremy (JJ), RIP my brotha, went on to DJ for ALL the locals like Cyprus Hill, Everlast, etc. Back in those days we got into the sort of trouble you had to go out and look for. By the late 90s, half of us were either dead or in jail for a long time. “The Posse” didn’t see race nor color, and comprised of many clicks from different HSs from Kennedy, Monroe, Granada, Chatsworth, Cleveland & El Camino. Tupper Street, Monkey Boyz, Shy Boyz… all of them knock out artists… and god forbid you had something any of them wanted, bcuz they’d just take it, in front of anybody! Cuz back then, whatcha gonna do bout it? Nothin or it’ll get way worse. I was there. Each & every weekend, and survived to tell it. I was one of only two people (both of us white boys) to EVER roll out with the most feared, most notorious, big ass buff AF soul brotha, THE 1-shot knock-out king himself, James Coley. On one mad summer Friday night, James knocked out five dudes in five different altercations starting at a 7-11 around 8:30pm, two more at two parties, another at Bob’s Big Boy parking lot, and the fifth at In&Out Burger Granada Hills, across the street from the same 7-11 around 2:30am. Those who know, KNOW what these songs meant & reminded us of, to this very day. Bumpin’ this song, 2-Live Crew, Beasties, Too Short, NWA, Nucleuz, Salt-N-Peppa, Egyptian Lover, Rob Bass, Rodney-O out the back of my teal green Suzuki Samurai dumped on Enki saw-blade wheels, thru four 10” Rockford Fosgate subs. If you remember those days too, PLEASE BUMP THIS COMMENT WITH A LIKE. Because never before, or since, was the house party scene ever that wild!! Damn, the Van Nuys LAPD bought five more ghetto birds (total 7) just to take back the SFV from our nonstop nonsense. None of this is worth bragging about! But to tell the truth, we always did it just for the kicks. Thank you for reading. AND REMINISCING! And much Much LOVE. ✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼
When I first heard this, I was watching a video on someone else’s channel where it was like old home videos, I was on the 80’s part, and there was a dude with a boombox and this came on.
before this record was "released" he was releasing songs on kfoxx..the radio station he and Nasty Ness had a show on together... at the time I remember it seemed like he had a different version every week. However.. I was blessed by the fact that he did the dances at my middle school at the same time..and this is the version he did.
@@logicalblackman8228 no...I was over at Denny middle school..then went to RB when Mix was still living close by. Goof times. Was friends with Kid Sensations brother.
@@prasise72 Yeah, Mix was in the Village, I think they called it, right across the street on Henderson. Later, it was the Lake Shore Apts. My cousin went to Denny. I played on a coed soccer team that was there lol. Garfield High for me. Was there when Ish Butterfly Butler from Digable Planets was there. He was more popular for hoops than rapping😀 If you’re talking about Kid’s brother; I think you’re referring to Bruce. We never got along lol.
@@logicalblackman8228 Yup...Bruce was always cool to me..kinda looked out for me and encouraged me cuz there weren't any other whiteboys rapping at RB back then lol
@@prasise72 That’s cool that he looked out for you. I never knew any white rappers. There were some white b-boys like Joe (who later started his own shoe shine business) and Zigghe (sp). Dude was crazy ill.
Is 2 live Crew 2 short is back in the seventies and eighties and 90s the 2 live Crew nasty as they wanna be was outlawed in the and so wasn't too short
The original came out as a 12" inch. Single in 1985. I was living in So Cal when this came out. I moved to Seattle that same year and found out that's where Mix A Lot was from. Tripped me out because I loved Square Dance Rap
This is the original. Listen to the end when he says "what happened to the beat...." On the original remix at the end he says " caught you that time." All other remixes came after. Ahhh the memories
I remember a friend having the vinyl of this song at 33rpm. Play it at 16rpm (half-speed) on a very old record player, and you can hear Mix-A-Lot's real original voice.
A buddy and me used to cruise in his '73 Camaro and later an AMC Sprint with the hatch open so everybody could hear the stereo. We used to blast this every weekend all over our small town. He died young of a heart attack 6 or 7 years ago. Good memories of him,me and the girls we used to chase.
Thank you for posting this! In all my years of listening to Swass and loving this song I never knew there was an earlier version - and now, 25 years later, on a random Wednesday night in 2013, I finally understand why she goes "Ah HA HA! Caught you that time, Cotton Picker!" at the end of the album version - its a direct reference to this version's ending!! Amazing, TH-cam, thanks again.
This song is just one... of my favorite Sir-Mix-Alot hits....but this version has more of the opera like theme to it ...which is still cool overall!!!!
Lol loved sir mix alot, who's here in 2024? Seattle's best rapper from 80 90s
Me here 2024 showing my co workers this song. Grew up in LA with this old skool rap
Meeeeee😊😊😊😊😊
Meeeeee
90s rap is my favorite
Tacoma🙂
@@arthurbaldwin9625 yooooooooo Tacomaaaaaaa
The Fresh Party mixshow on V-103 in Atlanta dropped this one on many a Friday night back in ‘85. Big ups to Wanda Ramos & DJ Frank Ski for helping me discover this & so many other (now classic) musical gems🔥💎
I even bought this CASSETTE when it came out. This was cruising music back in the 1980's. Rap with amazing bass was turned up!! Memories.
damn right..with house speakers in the back. LOL
Hell yeah!
and still is people, fuck future when it becomes a thing of the past very quick😂
You got that right @Leroy Anderson !! People like us Were bumpin SirMixAlot lonng before he went mainstream with babygotback. They know nuthin bout being Swass like us!!
My Grand Cherokee was knockin
Ohhhhh mannnn I’m 54 and this ole lady just got down 🎉 so many memories ❤
When you ask a lot of people about Mix A-lot, they pop off with Baby got back, some will say Posse on Broadway. I drop Square Dance and Buttermilk and then Beepers and just walk away smiling.
Nick Fabila bremelo bro
My first duty station in the Army was Ft. Lewis, Wa so i was like heading in Mix a lot country because of this joint, but was there when he blew up with Baby got back.... Priceless....
And i checks my bank
I was at Ft Lewis, also in the mid 80s. was there when Posee on broadway came out
My hooptie
I use to play this my dad loved it..I miss him so much..
First heard this almost 35 years ago . It's just as great now as then.
Awesome trip down memory lane!!
Still kicking and relevant in 2025, happy new year peeps
I remember being at the Soutshore Community Center way back in the day. Mix was there. He had on a sweatshirt with the phrase "Anthony 'Sir Mix a Lot' Ray Your Computerized DJ" written in Gothic letters.
This way before Baby Got Back and mainstream success. Seattle's biggest hip hop star by far.
Garfield freshman party's and yesler. community center... they just don't know... Encore renton.
@@XxxclusiveReviews I was too young for those. I did go to Yesler preschool as a kid and a went to high school at Garfield lol. I also remember hearing about Encore in Renton, but once again, I didn’t go.
Scoochie’s was also just a little bit before my time. I went to the venue when it was known as DV8.
i'm only 19 but my mom use to cruise in my uncles low rider to this & every time i play it she dances the way girls danced at the car shows... i wish i could've been in her days 💕
Deirdra Trevino hell yeah I was blessed I can say to live those firme days
She can teach you about being a pimp. I don’t encourage that got you..,it’s a BS way to live that usually ends in incredible pain.
You really don't. I was there. It sucked.
@@aceldamia9114 you are not from those days. if you were you would not be saying that. please go away with your lies. those were the true golden days ...thanks for this great song and keep up playing the old school.
But then you wouldn't be 19 right now
The one the only. $ir mix a lot. Put us on the map. Mix is got skilzz and beats and bars. OG I live in washington got this cassette just after Christmas 88 damn he just retired from radio d.j and is a producing machine couple pop top 40s recently. No lie our casinos even had or still do a slot machine of him. That's a whole nother level.
This shit is still fire in 2021 🔥 💯
It's 2023 and I finally found this. Had a cassette copy some guy made at school back around 1986 that we used to bump on my mom's stereo. So glad I found it again.
Dam i was the right age when this dropped!!!
If you couldn't roller skate with the best then you had to get off the floor when this song came on.
Long before "Old town road" 💪🏾🔥
Garbage town road
Oh damm oldschool that's the jam 80s and 90s I still listen to
I was just thinking about that the other day lol!
…and far, far superior in every way.
And waaaaay before Texas Hold-em
LA rocks to the square dance rap, Seattle rocks to the square dance rap. Carolina rocks to the square dance rap is the version i remember.
this takes me back to elementary school lol
Every time I hear this song and Buttermilk biscuits It takes me back to my young days, the good old days and I just start to get down with my bad self. when I would run around with my friends that most are not living any more yup the Good old days!
Nostalgic Great Music!
Dont feel like a loner
Don't forget about Lockjaw.
Yes!!
@Lyle Grandersom No did it get yours?
Takes me back to my freshman year in high school in Oklahoma City. The parties, the girls, and no one was shooting each other. ✌🏾
Bullets didn't work in OKC back then - too much Jeri Curl juice!
I was 11 when this dropped. Can still recite it from memory to this day lol
I met Sir mix a lot back in 86. I was visiting my grandparents in Dothan Alabama. They performed at the Civic Center. Me and my cousin were teenagers around 15 and maybe 16 years old.
One of Mix A Lot's most underrated tracks.
Square Dance Rap is my fav n iron man girls laugh now they begging to be mic a lots wife new breed is here vigilantes are back cus I rock fire with my boys at my back
Was massive when it came out in the UK. Remembering hearing first on the Dave Pearce show and was like wow.
This and "Buttermilk Biscuits"..... brings back tons of memories!!!
I was 7 or 8 when this came out. As I got older I definitely understood why NYC frowned upon other regions version of hip hop. This is sooo corny....but 8 yr old me was trying to break dance to this. Luckily the rest of the country finally stopped being corny with hip hop.
My little brother was about three months out from being born when I first heard this song! On 1340 AM! WBMS is Wilmington's BEST Music Station!
I predict a viral tictok from this. I forgot about this one.
WOW I can understand all the words love 80's rap music
I’ve been tryna find this song for years. I was 5 back then my older cousin used to baby sit us she play this all the time.
I can't believe it's been almost 30 years since I heard this! It was one of my favorite songs on the local R&B station back in the day. Thanks for sharing!!
right.
man i just home from work and started singing this...... Then i said wait, it's on youtube.
Wait....I was 9 when this came out? Woow
Kfox?
I Still Bump From Time To Time! It's Classic Jam In My Opinion!
Yea im with you
Y'all listening to this on a cell phone, but this cut used to bang on a system. Maaan, the 80's were somethin'.
Freaks go loose and go beserk. I bought it at the time of release. When I was 16. This kind of stuff don't get made anymore. It's all about the money and it all sounds the same. Well, sometimes somebody comes up with something original. Rarely. Back than it was about creativity and being different.
“My beats are icky…”
Words cannot describe the high school flyer party scene in the San Fernando Valley (LA) back in 1988. Both of the DJs rocking those parties became big names later. Today, E-Swift from tha Alkaholiks DJs the hip hop club upstairs at the Bellagio LV. Jeremy (JJ), RIP my brotha, went on to DJ for ALL the locals like Cyprus Hill, Everlast, etc.
Back in those days we got into the sort of trouble you had to go out and look for. By the late 90s, half of us were either dead or in jail for a long time.
“The Posse” didn’t see race nor color, and comprised of many clicks from different HSs from Kennedy, Monroe, Granada, Chatsworth, Cleveland & El Camino. Tupper Street, Monkey Boyz, Shy Boyz… all of them knock out artists… and god forbid you had something any of them wanted, bcuz they’d just take it, in front of anybody! Cuz back then, whatcha gonna do bout it? Nothin or it’ll get way worse.
I was there. Each & every weekend, and survived to tell it. I was one of only two people (both of us white boys) to EVER roll out with the most feared, most notorious, big ass buff AF soul brotha, THE 1-shot knock-out king himself, James Coley. On one mad summer Friday night, James knocked out five dudes in five different altercations starting at a 7-11 around 8:30pm, two more at two parties, another at Bob’s Big Boy parking lot, and the fifth at In&Out Burger Granada Hills, across the street from the same 7-11 around 2:30am.
Those who know, KNOW what these songs meant & reminded us of, to this very day. Bumpin’ this song, 2-Live Crew, Beasties, Too Short, NWA, Nucleuz, Salt-N-Peppa, Egyptian Lover, Rob Bass, Rodney-O out the back of my teal green Suzuki Samurai dumped on Enki saw-blade wheels, thru four 10” Rockford Fosgate subs.
If you remember those days too, PLEASE BUMP THIS COMMENT WITH A LIKE. Because never before, or since, was the house party scene ever that wild!! Damn, the Van Nuys LAPD bought five more ghetto birds (total 7) just to take back the SFV from our nonstop nonsense.
None of this is worth bragging about! But to tell the truth, we always did it just for the kicks.
Thank you for reading.
AND REMINISCING!
And much Much LOVE.
✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼
One of the best old school rap songs of all time. Most underrated on the list. We could not have a junior high school dance without this track
When I first heard this, I was watching a video on someone else’s channel where it was like old home videos, I was on the 80’s part, and there was a dude with a boombox and this came on.
This was the song we dance to on skates!!! Old school!!!
Yes mam, skating rink in Phoenix in the 80's...takes me back!
This is a classic right here. This song make me wanna dance.
Mannnnnn yall remember da skool dance and dey play thjs and whole skool start giggn
i got a diff 12"version of this, anyway, in the 80s gold era, man it was gold! never to be matched....best times ever
This fucking suck back then like it does now
What a coincidence so does your daddy.
@@tobbywolves"If your stuck up, turn up your nose"
now this is real music not that bullshit on the radio now days
BACK WHEN PEOPLE WHERE HOOKING UP JETTAS AND NISSAN MAXIMAS AND LETS NOT FORGET THE CHEVY BLAZERS
Rabbits and Mini Trucks
Word! And the K5!
Boy I love this songs, Swass,Buttermilk biscuits, and Posse on Broadway, I wore this tape out back in the day. YEE HAW!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Shit, I was 14 Then. Still Love This now
At 51YearsYoug💯
this song my favorite song almost 2024 now 12-16-23.fire song 💥💯
Thank you for posting. I haven't heard this in years! We had so much fun growing up....
ADOREREDD did you grow up in Seattle
One Day At A Time ...the dirty south. Alabama lol
ADOREREDD same here lol. Born and raised in Mississippi but moved to Seattle when I was 18.
One Day At A Time we have good taste in music...lol
before this record was "released" he was releasing songs on kfoxx..the radio station he and Nasty Ness had a show on together... at the time I remember it seemed like he had a different version every week. However.. I was blessed by the fact that he did the dances at my middle school at the same time..and this is the version he did.
Dope. Was it Southshore? That's the middle school in RB. I know you already know what that stands for lol.
@@logicalblackman8228 no...I was over at Denny middle school..then went to RB when Mix was still living close by. Goof times. Was friends with Kid Sensations brother.
@@prasise72 Yeah, Mix was in the Village, I think they called it, right across the street on Henderson. Later, it was the Lake Shore Apts.
My cousin went to Denny. I played on a coed soccer team that was there lol.
Garfield High for me. Was there when Ish Butterfly Butler from Digable Planets was there. He was more popular for hoops than rapping😀
If you’re talking about Kid’s brother; I think you’re referring to Bruce. We never got along lol.
@@logicalblackman8228 Yup...Bruce was always cool to me..kinda looked out for me and encouraged me cuz there weren't any other whiteboys rapping at RB back then lol
@@prasise72 That’s cool that he looked out for you. I never knew any white rappers. There were some white b-boys like Joe (who later started his own shoe shine business) and Zigghe (sp). Dude was crazy ill.
I love this song!!
mr sir mix a lot sir
you where WAY ahead of your time
old school is the best..
4 Shoo,,,, Miss Tina P....
anything before '98!
so Stylish
Have you ever heard of 2 live Crew nasty as they wanna be or too Short if you like Sir Mix-A-Lot you like them songs 2
Is 2 live Crew 2 short is back in the seventies and eighties and 90s the 2 live Crew nasty as they wanna be was outlawed in the and so wasn't too short
Damn! Takes me way back! Break dancing competitions. My brother and I won all the time.
I remember this back in 86
My favorite song by Mix-a-Lot! I say the song is underappreciated!
Freaks on the left, freaks on the right...June 2023! Jam it..
this is amazing
"If you think your girlfriends fine grab her where the sun don't shine!" Yes sir!!!
johnny odom I see you've taken some ideas from Donald trump
the commentator you my friend are stupid as fuck....
ok trump
Donald Trump was listening to this back in the day..
johnny odom Donald trump favorite song back in the day
The original came out as a 12" inch. Single in 1985. I was living in So Cal when this came out. I moved to Seattle that same year and found out that's where Mix A Lot was from. Tripped me out because I loved Square Dance Rap
Californians jumped up on this. There's this old school station in Stockton that was playing this recently. I was so sprung reppin' that Seattle.
Really? I first heard it in 1988
I heard it in 87 -88 too waaaay down south in Louisiana
This is the original. Listen to the end when he says "what happened to the beat...."
On the original remix at the end he says " caught you that time." All other remixes came after. Ahhh the memories
This was the tape or Cd to have bumping in the car cruising down the El Camino in the early 90s.
11/2023 still the shit
Yes, I remember this song when I was in middle school.....I can’t believe there was never a video for this song.....
these were the days....love it! i just watched my hooptie just for old time sake.
I did the same...love the ol school.
When this song came out I was in Phoenix, AZ. Damn, didn't know that Sir Mix A Lot rap this one. Cool song.
I used to have this album. Loved it. Until my "friend" stole it. This song, Buttermilk Biscuits, Posse on Broadway, and Iron Man are the best songs.
Chris Fox don't forget about bremelo
My first cassette that I can ever remember….
I remember a friend having the vinyl of this song at 33rpm. Play it at 16rpm (half-speed) on a very old record player, and you can hear Mix-A-Lot's real original voice.
Ha ha; that's dope!
I heard it by doing the pitch shift on Sega Saturn's CD player mode, but on the album version.
I took this tape from cocoa beach to kaufman texas i was the only one that had it😂😂 hicks😂 it was so fitting in 1988 😂
This reminds me of the DJ club mixes I listened to in LA in the late 70's, early 80's.
dam takes me back
Kathy Young Jr. high DJs spun this. Everybody in the school and the neighborhood got along when this song played.
Still jammin in 2019!!
Good ole days when hip hop was fresh and new
A buddy and me used to cruise in his '73 Camaro and later an AMC Sprint with the hatch open so everybody could hear the stereo. We used to blast this every weekend all over our small town. He died young of a heart attack 6 or 7 years ago. Good memories of him,me and the girls we used to chase.
I have been listening to Mix-a-lot since LONG BEFORE Baby Got Back. This old school type in my favorite
one of the historical best ever.
Thank you for posting this! In all my years of listening to Swass and loving this song I never knew there was an earlier version - and now, 25 years later, on a random Wednesday night in 2013, I finally understand why she goes "Ah HA HA! Caught you that time, Cotton Picker!" at the end of the album version - its a direct reference to this version's ending!! Amazing, TH-cam, thanks again.
I am just loving this one again!!!
Great song
brings back memories
ol school I love it.
No mumble Rap (today's so called rap) in the 80s.
Back when hip hop was worth listening to.
Still Sounds Good Like I'm Hearing It For The First Time!!🎶💃🏿
Back in the day when music was great..shit I miss them days
The real question should be, how does a song this cool only have 315,000 views?
CLOSING IN ON 1,000,000!!!!!!!!!
Nearly 1.4mill now 🙆🙆🙆
My parents showed me this song and im 14 and I actually liked this song and still like it, gosh how I wish I was born in this generation.
#2019 STILL RIDING
I actually wish this version was on iTunes
I love this song. I remember walking around with my Boom Box on my shoulder...damn i'm old...
DAMN, For a second there I thought I was 12 years old again...The memories!!
That was the golden age. makes me want to go and get my parachute pants out...I just might.
thousand zippers on mine you don't want to battle? 👋✊👊✊✋👉😎
mark taylor
*believe it, or not; those are still in style..... no shame in wering them* ...........
😆
did u do it
Bump that. Let's go skating!
This was my jam damn take me back...
Before we went on vacation I told my mams n paps I need to buy this record, it was on electro 13. Taped it and my vacation OOOOOOOONNNNNN
reminds me of funner days with old friend this one a shout to those who rolled corning ca nor cal
I love sir mix a lot
so many in hip hop owe who they are because of mix.
love all the old ones
yea haw. That is the sickest opening line in a long time no one would of thought it would come from Sir-mix-alot.
Yup I had this on cassette too. I did wish I could be SWASS like him.
Around the same time I was also listening to Heavy D. and the Boys first album.
I remember going to the swapmeet back in the day, buying mixtapes good times
Lol omg I remember bumping this in 3rd grade. Thinking I was cool.
awesome
This song is just one... of my favorite Sir-Mix-Alot hits....but this version has more of the opera like theme to it ...which is still cool overall!!!!
I love this song