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{{for|the song by Juvenile|Back That Thang Up}}
{{Infobox single
{{Infobox song
| Name = Back That Thing Up
| name = Back That Thing Up
| Artist = [[Justin Moore]]
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| cover = BackThatThingUp.jpg
| from Album = [[Justin Moore (album)|Justin Moore]]
| alt =
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| Cover = BackThatThingUp.jpg
| type = single
| Released = {{Start date|2008|7|28}}<ref name="Justin Moore Last.fm">{{cite web |url=http://www.last.fm/music/Justin+Moore/Back+That+Thing+Up|title=Back That Thing Up - Justin Moore - Listen and discover music at Last.fm|accessdate=2013-03-16|work= last.fm}}</ref>
| Genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| artist = [[Justin Moore]]
| Label = [[Big Machine Records|Valory Music Group]]
| album = [[Justin Moore (album)|Justin Moore]]
| released = {{Start date|2008|7|28}}
| Length = 2:37<ref name="Justin Moore Last.fm"/>
| recorded =
| Format = [[Music download]]<br>[[CD single]]
| studio =
| Writer = [[Jeremy Stover]]<br>[[Randy Houser]]<ref name="Back That Thing Up Lyrics">{{cite web |url=http://www.lyricsfreak.com/j/justin+moore/back+that+thing+up_20845575.htm|title=Back That Thing Up Lyrics- Justin Moore|accessdate=2013-03-16|work= Lyricsfreak.com}}</ref>
| venue =
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| Producer = Jeremy Stover
| genre = [[country music|Country]]
| This single = "'''Back That Thing Up'''"<br />(2008)
| length = 2:35
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| Next single = "[[Small Town USA]]"<br />(2009)
| label = [[Big Machine Records|Valory Music Group]]
| writer = {{hlist|[[Jeremy Stover]]|[[Randy Houser]]}}
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| producer = Jeremy Stover
| prev_title = I Could Kick Your Ass
| prev_year = 2008
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| next_title = [[Small Town USA]]
| next_year = 2009
}}
}}


"'''Back That Thing Up'''" is the title of a song written by [[Jeremy Stover]] and [[Randy Houser]]<ref name="Back That Thing Up Lyrics"/> and recorded by American country music artist [[Justin Moore]], who released it in July 2008<ref name="Justin Moore Last.fm"/> as his debut single and the lead-off from his [[Justin Moore (album)|self titled debut album]], which was released in August 2009<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.justinmooremusic.com/music/albums/justin-moore-5|title=Justin Moore | Justin Moore|accessdate=2008-03-16|work=Justinmooremusic}}</ref>. This song debuted at number 55 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs]] chart for the week of August 23, 2008 and peaked at number 38 four months later. A music video was directed by [[Wes Edwards]].
"'''Back That Thing Up'''" is a song written by [[Jeremy Stover]] and [[Randy Houser]], and recorded by American [[country music]] artist [[Justin Moore]]. It was released in July 2008 as Moore's second single<ref>{{cite web |last1=Erlewine |first1=Stephen Thomas |title=Justin Moore Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/justin-moore-mn0000864411/biography |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=16 January 2020}}</ref> from his [[Justin Moore (album)|self-titled debut album]], and the only track from the album that Moore did not co-write.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.justinmooremusic.com/music/albums/justin-moore-5|title=Self titled album of Justin Moore|accessdate=March 16, 2008|work=Justinmooremusic |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317031949/https://www.justinmooremusic.com/music/albums/justin-moore-5|archivedate=March 17, 2014}}</ref> The song peaked at number 38 on the US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs]] chart.<ref name="Country Songs">{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=justin moore|chart=Country Songs}}|title=Justin Moore Album & Song Chart History - Country Songs|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=January 31, 2011}}</ref>


==Content==
==Content==
The song uses elements of [[country rap]] and [[country rock]] as well as [[sexual innuendo]] to describe a girl who is handling equipment on the farm (e.g. "Throw it in reverse, let Daddy load it up").
This song uses elements of [[country rap]] and [[country rock]] as well as [[sexual innuendo]] to describe a girl handling equipment on a farm (e.g. "Throw it in reverse, let Daddy load it up").<ref name="malec"/>


==Critical reception==
==Reception==
It got a "thumbs up" review from The 9513's Jim Malec, who noted that the lyrics "separated (at least semantically), the inherent innuendo from the song's story itself", as in the final verse, he negates the song's innuendo by singing "ain't no time to play".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.the9513.com/justin-moore-back-that-thing-up/ |title=Justin Moore - "Back That Thing Up" |accessdate=2008-08-10 |last=Malec |first=Jim |date=2008-07-15 |work=The 9513}}</ref>
It got a "thumbs up" review from ''The 9513'''s [[Jim Malec]], who noted that the lyrics "separated (at least semantically) the inherent innuendo from the song's story itself as in the final verse, he negates the song's innuendo by singing the lyric 'Ain't no time to play'."<ref name="malec">{{cite web |url=http://www.the9513.com/justin-moore-back-that-thing-up/ |title=Justin Moore - "Back That Thing Up" |accessdate=2008-08-10 |last=Malec |first=Jim |date=July 15, 2008 |work=The 9513 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090101014345/http://www.the9513.com/justin-moore-back-that-thing-up/|archive-date=January 1, 2009}}</ref> Kevin John Coyne of ''Country Universe'' gave the song a B− grade, stating that he would be "lying if [he] said [he] wasn't disappointed that this isn't a countrified version of the Juvenile hit. Alas, it's just a hillbilly rave-up that finds a country boy trying to get a city girl used to farm life, using backing up a truck as an awkward sexual metaphor" and that Moore "throws himself fully into the lyric like he was [[Joe Diffie]] singing a mid-1990s novelty number".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.countryuniverse.net/2008/07/27/review-justin-moore-back-that-thing-up/|title=Justin Moore "Back That Thing Up"|website=Country Universe|date=July 27, 2008}}</ref> In 2017, ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' contributor [[Chuck Dauphin]] put "Back That Thing Up" at number ten on his top 10 list of Moore's best songs.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/7904981/justin-moore-songs-best-hits-list|title=Justin Moore's 10 Best Songs: Critic's Picks|last=Dauphin|first=Chuck|authorlink=Chuck Dauphin|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=August 16, 2017|accessdate=May 23, 2020}}</ref>


==Music video==
==Music video==
The music video was directed by [[Wes Edwards]] and premiered in July 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/justin-moore/262374/back-that-thing-up.jhtml|title=CMT : Videos : Justin Moore : Back That Thing Up|publisher=[[Country Music Television]]|accessdate=March 25, 2013}}</ref>
The music video was directed by [[Wes Edwards]] and premiered in June 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/justin-moore/262374/back-that-thing-up.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080810013321/http://www.cmt.com/videos/justin-moore/262374/back-that-thing-up.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 10, 2008|title=CMT : Videos : Justin Moore : Back That Thing Up|publisher=[[Country Music Television]]|accessdate=March 25, 2013}}</ref>


==Chart performance==
==Chart performance==
This song debuted at number 55<ref name="Country Songs"/> on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs]] chart for the week of August 23, 2008.<ref name="Country Songs"/>
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|US [[Hot Country Songs]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="Country Songs"/>
{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|38|artist=Justin Moore|artistid=1061633|accessdate=January 31, 2011}}
|align="center" | 38
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==References==
==References==

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Latest revision as of 19:16, 14 August 2024

For the song by Juvenile, see Back That Thang Up.
"Back That Thing Up"
Single by Justin Moore
from the album Justin Moore
ReleasedJuly 28, 2008 (2008-07-28)
GenreCountry
Length2:35
LabelValory Music Group
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jeremy Stover
Justin Moore singles chronology
"I Could Kick Your Ass"
(2008) 		"Back That Thing Up"
(2008) 		"Small Town USA"
(2009)

"Back That Thing Up" is a song written by Jeremy Stover and Randy Houser, and recorded by American country music artist Justin Moore. It was released in July 2008 as Moore's second single[1] from his self-titled debut album, and the only track from the album that Moore did not co-write.[2] The song peaked at number 38 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.[3]

Content

[edit]

This song uses elements of country rap and country rock as well as sexual innuendo to describe a girl handling equipment on a farm (e.g. "Throw it in reverse, let Daddy load it up").[4]

Critical reception

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It got a "thumbs up" review from The 9513's Jim Malec, who noted that the lyrics "separated (at least semantically) the inherent innuendo from the song's story itself as in the final verse, he negates the song's innuendo by singing the lyric 'Ain't no time to play'."[4] Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a B− grade, stating that he would be "lying if [he] said [he] wasn't disappointed that this isn't a countrified version of the Juvenile hit. Alas, it's just a hillbilly rave-up that finds a country boy trying to get a city girl used to farm life, using backing up a truck as an awkward sexual metaphor" and that Moore "throws himself fully into the lyric like he was Joe Diffie singing a mid-1990s novelty number".[5] In 2017, Billboard contributor Chuck Dauphin put "Back That Thing Up" at number ten on his top 10 list of Moore's best songs.[6]

Music video

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The music video was directed by Wes Edwards and premiered in June 2009.[7]

Chart performance

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This song debuted at number 55[3] on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of August 23, 2008.[3]

Chart (2008) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 38

References

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  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Justin Moore Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Self titled album of Justin Moore". Justinmooremusic. Archived from the original on March 17, 2014. Retrieved March 16, 2008.
  3. ^ a b c d "Justin Moore Album & Song Chart History - Country Songs". Billboard. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
  4. ^ a b Malec, Jim (July 15, 2008). "Justin Moore - "Back That Thing Up"". The 9513. Archived from the original on January 1, 2009. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  5. ^ "Justin Moore "Back That Thing Up"". Country Universe. July 27, 2008.
  6. ^ Dauphin, Chuck (August 16, 2017). "Justin Moore's 10 Best Songs: Critic's Picks". Billboard. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  7. ^ "CMT : Videos : Justin Moore : Back That Thing Up". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on August 10, 2008. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
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