Editing Bootylicious (section)

== Writing and production ==
"Bootylicious" was written and produced by [[Beyoncé|Beyoncé Knowles]], [[Rob Fusari]] and [[Falonte Moore]], and was recorded at [[SugarHill Recording Studios]] in [[Houston]], and [[Sound on Sound Studios]] in New York City.<ref name="Nones"/> There are conflicting stories about the song's origins. According to Knowles, she was inspired to write the song on a flight to either London<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/archive/d/destiny01_2/index.jhtml#have |title=MTV Music - DESTIny's CHILD |website=[[MTV]] |access-date=April 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723115535/http://www.mtv.com/bands/archive/d/destiny01_2/index.jhtml#have |archive-date=July 23, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> or Japan as she was listening to the [[guitar riff]] of [[Stevie Nicks]]' song "[[Edge of Seventeen]]", which reminded her of a "voluptuous woman".<ref>{{cite video |people=[[Beyoncé Knowles]] |date=August 2, 2009 |title=[[I Am... Yours: An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas]]|medium=DVD |publisher=[[Sony Music]]  |time=1:03:50 |id=[http://www.isan.org/portal/page?_pageid=168,40032&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&searchType=0&searchValue=0000-0002-37DF-0000-A-0000-0000-7&search.x=34&search.y=12 ISAN ISAN 0000-0002-37DF-0000-A0000-0000-7] }}</ref> According to Fusari, he wanted to build a track on a [[Sample (music)|sample]] of [[Survivor (band)|Survivor]]'s "[[Eye of the Tiger]]". Unable to locate the song, he chose to sample "Edge of Seventeen" instead. He wanted to replay the guitar riff himself in the studio so as not to lose publishing royalties, but group manager [[Mathew Knowles]] (father of Beyoncé Knowles) would not let him do this.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/959293/producer-rob-fusari-dishes-on-lady-gaga-beyonce|title=Producer Rob Fusari Dishes on Lady Gaga, Beyoncé|last=Marks|first=Craig|date=February 24, 2010|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=February 26, 2012}}</ref>