Fat Bottomed Girls
Queen · 1978
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Fat bottomed girls
- You make the rocking world go 'round
- Hey!
- I was just a skinny lad
Sing it again — final chorus
- Fat bottomed girls
- You make the rocking world go 'round
- Hey, listen here
- Now I got mortgages on homes
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
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Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Are you gonna take me home tonight?
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
You make the rocking world go 'round
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
She was such a naughty nanny
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Oh, won't you take me home tonight?
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Now I got mortgages on homes
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Are you ? take me home tonight?
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
Never ? no good from bad
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Across the ? across the land
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Oh, down beside your red ? light
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Still got my ? treasure
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
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Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "bottomed" in the whole song?
"bottomed"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "girls" in the whole song?
"girls"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Are you gonna take me home tonight?
- Now get this
- Take me to them dirty ladies every time
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- Aah, down beside that red fire light
- Oh, down beside that red fire light
- You make the rocking world go 'round
Exercise 26
"Fat Bottomed Girls" was released in 1978. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.
Exercise 27
Imagine you are making a short film with "Fat Bottomed Girls" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?
Exercise 28
The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
gonna→i've→won't→
Exercise 30
If you could ask Queen one question about "Fat Bottomed Girls", what would it be and why?