The Black Eyed Peas’ “My Humps” (2005) is a cheeky dance-pop track that took playful absurdity to the top of the charts. Fergie’s sing-song vocals about “lovely lady lumps” over a bouncy, minimalist beat created an inescapable earworm. Often light-heartedly ridiculed, it nevertheless hit No. 3 on the Hot 100 and won a Grammy for its remix, proving that sometimes a silly, ultra-catchy hook is all a song needs to become a pop culture moment.
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