Bootie Call

For other uses, see Booty Call (disambiguation).

"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^[a]) 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.

"Bootie Call"
Single by All Saints
from the album All Saints
B-side	"Get Down"
Released	31 August 1998 (1998-08-31)[1]
Genre	Electro-funk[2]
Length	3:36
Label	London
Songwriter(s)	Shaznay Lewis Karl Gordon[3]
Producer(s)	Karl Gordon
All Saints singles chronology
"Under the Bridge" / "Lady Marmalade" (1998) "Bootie Call" (1998) "War of Nerves" (1998)
Music video
"Bootie Call" on YouTube

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^[5]

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

UK CD2^[6]

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^[7]

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

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1998–1999) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[8] 59 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[9] 34 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[10] 25 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[11] 10 Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[12] 8 Ireland (IRMA)[13] 9 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[14] 5 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[15] 8 Scotland (OCC)[16] 2 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 31 UK Singles (OCC)[18] 1 UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)[19] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1998) Position Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[20] 76 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[21] 81 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[22] 83 UK Singles (OCC)[23][24] 70

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[25]	Silver	258,000[26]

Notes

1. "Let's Get Started" was released as the second single in Japan only in November 1997.^[4]