{{other uses|Booty Call (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox song | name = Booti Call | cover = BlackstreetBootiCallSingle.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Blackstreet]] | album = [[Blackstreet (album)|Blackstreet]] | B-side = I Like the Way You Work | released = July 28, 1994 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = [[New jack swing]]<ref>{{cite web|first= J. Victoria |last= Sanders |title= Blackstreet: No Diggity: The Very Best of Blackstreet |date= December 2, 2003 |work= [[PopMatters]] |url= http://www.popmatters.com/review/blackstreet-nodiggity/ |accessdate= August 4, 2016}}</ref> | length = 4:26 | label = [[Interscope Records|Interscope]] | writer = * [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]] * Antwone Dickey * [[Leon Sylvers III|Leon F. Sylvers III]] * [[Wreckx-n-Effect|Markell Riley]] * [[Teddy Riley]] * [[Erick Sermon]] * [[Garry Shider]] * David Spradley * [[Larry Troutman]] * [[Roger Troutman]] | producer = * Markell Riley * Teddy Riley * Erick Sermon | prev_title = [[Baby Be Mine (Blackstreet song)|Baby Be Mine]] | prev_year = 1993 | next_title = [[Before I Let You Go]] | next_year = 1994 }}
"'''Booti Call'''" is a song by American [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] group [[Blackstreet]], recorded for the group's [[Blackstreet (album)|self-titled debut album]] (1994). The song was co-written and produced by [[Wreckx-n-Effect|Markell Riley]], [[Teddy Riley]] and [[Erick Sermon]], and released as the second [[Single (music)|single]] from the album in July 1994 by [[Interscope Records]].
==Background== According to group member Teddy Riley, the song was written about his friend [[Mike Tyson]], whose rape trial resulted in a conviction.<ref>{{cite news|title=Radio Scope|url=https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=INR19940827-01.1.10|accessdate=2015-12-22|work=Newspaper|agency=The Indianapolis Recorder|issue=Page B4|publisher=Hoosier State Chronicles|date=August 27, 1994}}</ref>
==Critical reception== Pan-European magazine ''[[Music & Media]]'' wrote, "Mark the point where [[Swingbeat|Swingbeat Boulevard]] and [[Hip hop music|Hip Hop Drive]] cross as [[Blackstreet]]. Still streetwise, but with more class—no [[Rolex]] imitations and [[baseball]] caps—the music is likewise."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-08-27.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=11|issue=35|date=August 27, 1994|page=10|access-date=May 17, 2025}}</ref> Ralph Tee from the ''[[Record Mirror]]'' Dance Update gave the song a score of four out of five, noting that "[[Teddy Riley]]s new group are proving to be enormous." He also complimented its "infectiously cheeky ''Why must I chose the cat'' chorus hook.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Ralph|last=Tee|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-09-10.pdf#page=31|title=Hot Vinyl|magazine=[[Music Week]], in [[Record Mirror]] (Dance Update Supplemental Insert)|date=September 10, 1994|page=9|access-date=June 15, 2025}}</ref>
==Track listing== * '''12", vinyl''' #"Booti Call" (K.C. Miami Mix) - 4:42 <small>(feat. T-Pirate)</small> #"Booti Call" (T.R. Pop Mix) - 4:21 <small>(feat. T-Pirate)</small> #"Booti Call" (T.R. Doggie Mix) - 7:01 <small>(feat. T-Pirate)</small> #"Booti Call" (Doggie Dub Mix) - 4:30 #"Booti Call" (No Rap Radio Mix) - 4:21 #"Booti Call" (Gotta Get U Home With Me Mix) - 4:06 <small>(feat. T-Pirate)</small> #"I Like the Way You Work" (T.R. Blackstreet Mix) - 5:18 #"I Like the Way You Work" (Papa Lee Mix) - 4:53 <small>(feat. Menton Smith)</small> #"I Like the Way You Work" (T.R. Uptown Mix) - 4:04 (<small>feat. Menton Smith)</small> #"I Like the Way You Work" (Ballad Mix) - 4:10
* '''12", vinyl (Promo)''' #"Booti Call" (LP Version) - 4:17 <small>(feat. T-Pirate)</small> #"I Like the Way You Work" (LP Version) - 4:25 <small>(feat. Nutta Butta)</small> #"I Like the Way You Work" (LP Version) - 4:25 <small>(feat. Nutta Butta)</small> #"Booti Call" (LP Version) - 4:17 (<small>feat. T-Pirate)</small>
==Personnel== Information taken from [[Discogs]].<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|url=http://www.discogs.com/Blackstreet-Booti-Call-I-LIke-The-Way-You-Work/release/630188|title=Blackstreet - Booti Call / I Like The Way You Work (Vinyl) at Discogs|format=|publisher=[[Discogs]]|accessdate=2010-08-12}}</ref> *production – Markell Riley, Teddy Riley, Erick Sermon *rapping – Nutta Butta, T-Pirate *writing – A. Dickey, M. Graham, C. Hannibal, L. Little, M. Riley, T. Riley, E. Sermon, M. Smith, L. Sylvers *engineering assistant - Sprague Williams, Kimberly Smith
==Charts== {|class="wikitable sortable" !align="left"|Chart (1994)<ref name="BllbrdSingles">{{cite web|last=|first=|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r203148|pure_url=yes}}|title=allmusic ((( Blackstreet > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))|format=|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=2010-08-12}}</ref> !align="center"|Peak<br />position |- |align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart|UK Singles]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{cite web|title=officialcharts.com|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/30335/blackstreet/|website=officialcharts.com|accessdate=December 7, 2022}}</ref> |align="center"|56 |- |align="left"|[[UK Dance Chart|UK Dance]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]]) |align="center"|19 |- |align="left"|UK Dance (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-08-20.pdf |title= Dance Singles |magazine= [[Music Week]] |date= 1994-08-20 |page= 28 |accessdate= 2021-04-26}}</ref> |align="center"|19 |- |align="left"|[[Record Mirror Club Chart|UK Club Chart]] (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-08-27.pdf|title=The ''RM'' Club Chart|magazine=[[Music Week]], in [[Record Mirror]] (Dance Update Supplemental Insert)|date=1994-08-27|page=8|accessdate=2023-05-19}}</ref> |align="center"|60 |- |align="left"|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] |align="center"|34 |- |align="left"|US [[Hot Dance Singles Sales|Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'') |align="center"|3 |- |align="left"|US [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales|Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'') |align="center"|14 |- |align="left"|US [[Rhythmic Airplay Chart|Rhythmic Top 40]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'') |align="center"|19 |- |align="left"|US [[Cash Box Top 100 Pop Singles|''Cash Box'' Top 100]]<ref>[https://www.popmusichistory.co.uk/_files/ugd/b4848d_4f9128176360450ba51be67a0468e9fa.pdf Cash Box Chart Entries 1990-1996]</ref> |align="center"|35 |}
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==External links== {{YouTube|id=UtoSXF-nAFA|title="I Like the Way You Work" Music video}}
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