13 Interesting Feet & Foot Songs

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13 Interesting Feet & Foot Songs feature music courtesy of Joy Crookes, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Miley Cyrus, ScHoolboy Q, and Stevie Wonder.

Oh, FEET DON’T FAIL ME NOW!!! Cutting straight to the chase, this musical compendium is all about FEET… or maybe one FOOT! The keywords are feet and foot, PERIOD. Nuff said. 13 Interesting Feet & Foot Songs feature music courtesy of Joy Crookes, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Miley Cyrus, ScHoolboy Q, and Stevie Wonder among others. So, get your good foot, or both feet ready to dive into 13 Interesting Feet & Foot Songs! It’s a foot-tapping, good time!

1. Nicki Minaj, “Big Foot”

“Big Foot” // Republic // 2024

Nicki Minaj had to respond, right? RIGHT! For some context, Megan Thee Stallion ate on her diss track, “HISS”, which addressed several adversaries, including Minaj. With Nicki taking a hit with Thee Stallion’s pitch-perfect bars shading her and her husband, a response was necessary. However, with the shady-titled “Big Foot”, Nicki forgot to add the seasoning or fully cook the ‘beef’ coming over as an insensitive bully. We all know that Nicki can rap her ass off, but sounds pressed on “Big Foot.” Does she believe she’s eating Thee Stallion up? Perhaps, but ultimately, it doesn’t hit. She takes shots, but arguably, the bullets ricochet… “How you fuck your mother man when she die? / How you go on Gayle King and can’t cry?” she asserts, adding, “Swearin’ on your dead mother when you lie.” Ouch, Nicki… classless to be honest. Other infamous moments include, “Bad bitch, she like six foot (ooh), I call her Big Foot / The bitch feel off, I said, ‘Get up on your good foot,” referencing Megan getting shot in the foot and generally insulting her. Nicki also discredits Megan’s Grammy wins: “They got you all them Grammys, but your flow’s still a no / What a fiasco, Lupe.” One of the lowest blows is when she asserts, “Why the fuck is you humpin’ on a minor?” Sus, given Nicki’s husband is a convicted sex offender, her brother was convicted of sexual assault, and she took heat for giving a minor a lap dance… Perhaps the worst part of “Big Foot” is the outro, which is ODD AF. “Big Foot” may aim BIG but was a big ole miss by one of the best rappers in the game.

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2. ScHoolboy Q, “Pig feet” (Ft. Childish Major) 

BLUE LIPS // Interscope // 2024

“Yeah, we’re all on the same team, fuck it.” Anytime you say fuck it, there is a mad attitude involved. ScHoolboy Q, assisted by Childish Major (who utters ‘fuck it’), exhibits plenty of attitude on “Pig Feet.” The rappers aren’t talking about food on the penultimate (17th) track off BLUE LIPS, either. This is about the po-po aka, the police. In the first verse, Q spits, “Big piggy, pig feet, oinkin’ in your driveway / Big blue, piggy drew, bake it in your driveway.” Woo! In the second verse, he informs us, “Ay, bitch, I caught a pig, ay / Fuck some cop lights, ay / Fuck that yellow tape, ay.” That’s some gang shit for sure. Besides the intro, Childish Major brings the heat in the refrain: “Left, uh, left, uh… / It’s on sigh, uh.” Uh, indeed! Backtracking, before the bars, the instrumental shines. The sound is enigmatic and unsettling with eerie, detuned synths. A minor key only amplifies the darkness. At about the 40-second mark, “Pig Feet” begins to take shape into the badass rap banger it is. Ultimately, the bars are energetic, hard-nosed, and in-your-face. “Pig Feet” is a sight to hear… something like that!

3. Miley Cyrus, “Muddy Feet” (Ft. Sia)

Endless Summer Vacation // Smiley Miley, Inc. / Columbia // 2023

“I don’t know / Who the hell you think you’re messin’ with / Get the fuck out of my house with that shit.” Oh, shit – Miley Cyrus is big-mad on “Muddy Feet”! She adds in the pre-chorus of the 10th track from Endless Summer Vacation, “And you smell like perfume that I didn’t purchase.” Not good! “Muddy Feet” was written by a team of 11 (!) writers including Cyrus and featured guest, Sia, who performs in the outro. It features five producers including Mike WiLL Made-It. Returning to the lyrics of this brief cut, in the chorus, Cyrus makes it clear, aggressively, “You comin’ ‘round / With your muddy feet / I’ma ‘bout to do something ‘bout it / Yeah, I’ma have to do something ‘bout it.” Ah! Shit just got real! Cyrus is equally angry in the second verse and second pre-chorus, where he’s “watered the weeds and you killed all the roses.” A big-mad Miley is an energized, intriguing Miley.

4. Kisos, “Six Feet Under”

Autophagia (EP) // Miller Place // 2023

“Won’t self-cannibalize / I’ll photosynthesize / I’m desperate to survive.” Woo! Kisos skwirts out a bop in “Six Feet Under” to conclude his intriguing, 2023 EP, Autophagia.  The intro features some of the most unique sounds that grace the entire EP. The groove alone is EVERYTHING.  The R&B influence is in terms of the instrumental as well as Kisos’ vocal runs.  Also, “Six Feet Under” excels in the dance-pop production.  You can’t mention this joint without shouting out the use of one of my favorite instruments – and Kisos’ too – the flute! Of course, the songwriting is a bright spot too – in a morbid sort of way. “Choking on things I had to prove / These lies that filled the tomb,” Kisos sings in the first verse, continuing, “Denying I was dying / Spiraling to find the truth.” There are even more dramatic, poetic lyrics to be found in “Six Feet Under.”

Bringing things all together is the chorus:

“Won’t let you bury me alive

No longer feasting on my mind

Slowly recovering my sense of wonder

In order to get back from six feet under

Cuz now I’m getting back from six feet under.”

“Six Feet Under” sounds celestial… musically speaking! 

5. Joy Crookes, “Feet Don’t Fail Me Now”

Skin // Insanity / Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited // 2021

“I’ve been posing with red skies / Retweeting picket signs / Put my name on petitions, but I won’t change my mind.” Word! Those thought-provoking, opening lyrics hail from “Feet Don’t Fail Me Now.” “Feet Don’t Fail Me Now” appears as the ninth track on Skin, the 2021 album by British singer/songwriter Joy Crookes. In addition to fierce lyrics, Crookes delivers soulful vocals on this record penned alongside Joel Pott and producer, Barney Lister. Crookes extends upon her silent protest in the second verse, asserting, “I’ve always got an answer, the sun shines out my mouth / There ain’t a rule I’d wanna break… / I’d rather kill than show my face.” It’s one thing to empathize or sympathize with, and another to act. The memorable, tuneful chorus is the section to beat:

“I was scared

Feet, don’t fail me now

I got to stand my ground (Gotta stand my ground)

And though I’m down for trying

I am better in denial

So, I hush, don’t make a sound.”

Notably, a lovely bridge section separates itself from the verses and the chorus. The production by Lister and Blue May is idiomatic of retro- and neo-soul with a palette including guitars, strings, and dusty drums. “Feet Don’t Fail Me Now” is a bop!

6. Lil Wayne, “6 Foot 7 Foot” (Ft. Cory Gunz)

Tha Carter IV // Cash Money // 2011

“Six-foot, seven-foot, eight-foot bunch / Six-foot, seven-foot, eight-foot bunch.” Who knew that sampling Harry Belafonte could be so gangsta? Bangladesh certainly helps Grammy winner Lil Wayne transform “Day-o (Banana Boat Song)” into something much less innocent – “6 Foot 7 Foot”, of course! Wayne is assisted by rapper Cory Gunz on this standout from his 2011 album, Tha Carter IV. Think of “6 Foot 7 Foot” as what “A Milli” was from Tha Carter III (2008) – a straight-up, minimalist street banger. The beat goes hard, the sample is lit, and the few synths add personality. Of course, Lil Wayne has personality for days, not to mention explicit lyrics that hit you right in the chest. “Two bitches at the same time; synchronized swimmers / Got the girl twisted ‘cause she open when you twist her,” Weezy spits, continuing, “Never met the bitch, but I fucked her like I missed her / Life is a bitch, and death is her sister.” Woo! That, of course, is only a portion of the first verse – he drops a second with no shortage of ether. Of course, Cory Gunz gets into the mix in the third verse:

“Disturb me, and you’ll be all over the flo’ like Luda

Bitch, I flow like scuba, bitch, I’m bold like Cuba

And I keep a killer ho, she gon’ blow right through ya.”

“6 Foot 7 Foot” remains a kick-ass rap banger!

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7. Erykah Badu, “20 Feet Tall”

New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh // UMG Recordings, Inc. // 2010

“My love, what did I do / To make you fall, so far from me?” Erykah Badu asks in the first verse of “20 Feet Tall.” Later, in the opening track from her 2010 LP, New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh, she sings, “Then you, you built a wall / A 20 feet wall, so I couldn’t see / But if I get off my knees / I might recall, I’m 20 feet tall.” Erykah, you’re a giant! Of course, Badu’s ‘giant’ stature isn’t literal but metaphorical which is part of the genius of the record. Being 20 feet tall is a mindset and despite the adversity, the Grammy-winning musician meets it head-on and rises above it. She sounds marvelous on this self-produced gem she penned alongside 9th Wonder and Doug Wimbish. Besides Badu’s pipes, the keyboards contribute greatly to the song’s success.

8. Queens of the Stone Age, “Feet Don’t Fail Me Now”

Villains // Matador // 2017

“Feel like a fool, yeah, like a dancing fool, yeah / Footloose and fancy-free.” WORD! Queens of the Stone Age commences their 2017 album, Villains, mysteriously thanks to “Feet Don’t Fail Me.” For nearly two minutes, “Feet Don’t Fail Me Now” has an unsettled quality, percolating little by little. Once it reaches a boil, this song is scalding hot. The riffs are jagged, and the drums pummeling. Additionally, frontman Josh Homme sings with the utmost conviction. “Me and my gang come to bust you loose / We move with an urgency,” he sings in the bridge, adding, “Between pleasure and agony, on a one-way line / That’s the sound that’s calling me / It’s calling me.” Woo! Of course, the section to beat is the chorus, where Homme asserts, “Feet don’t fail me now / I just gotta move on.” Noted! From start to finish, “Feet” is intriguing, and ultimately, sets the tone for the LP.

9. Luke Combs, “Six Feet Apart”

“Six Feet Apart” // Sony Music Entertainment // 2020

“I miss my mom, I miss my dad / I miss the road, I miss my band / Giving hugs and shaking hands…” Rewind back to 2020… or NOT! Social distancing is something many of us would like to forget. Grammy-nominated, Country superstar Luke Combs explored social distancing on his 2020, pandemic single, “Six Feet Apart.” Combs was perturbed, much like the world is, about the effects that the coronavirus pandemic has had on everything: “…It’s a mystery, I suppose / Just how long this thing goes / But there’ll be crowds and there’ll be shows / And there’ll be light after the dark / Someday when we aren’t six feet apart.” He looks toward the hope that the new normal will eventually return to the ‘normal’ that we are used to. Backtracking, in the first verse, he reflects on spring, and how this wonderful time was diminished because of COVID-19. ‘Springing forward,’ in the second verse, he thinks about plans once things open back up – “First thing that I’m gonna do / Slide on in some corner booth / And take the whole damn family out / Buy my buddies all around / Pay some extra on the tab.” His thinking wasn’t far-fetched. Combs penned “Six Feet Apart” alongside Brent Cobb and Rob Snyder. He sounds commanding and expressive, singing from the heart. The sound is country through and through. Along with Chip Matthews, they assemble a fitting backdrop that’s heavy on guitar. The result is a perfect pandemic song that speaks to the uncomfortable times, despite being at home, and looks towards recovery.

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10. Terrace Martin & Denzel Curry, “Pig Feet” (Ft. Kamasi Washington, G Perico & Daylyt)

“Pig Feet” // Sounds of Crenshaw / EMPIRE // 2020  

“They shot him / They shot him, they shot him / Oh my god, he didn’t even have a gun…” And so, it begins, sigh.  Terrace Martin and Denzel Curry expressed their frustrations with racial injustice, particularly police brutality on the protest record “Pig Feet”. “Pig Feet” is a perfect musical means to build a movement of awareness and fuel systematic change.  Martin and Curry are assisted by gifted saxophonist Kamasi Washington and rappers G Perico and Daylight.  

Following the tone-setting intro by Britney Thomas (featuring gunshots, police sirens, and Washington’s sax playing), Curry dives into the meat of the song in the first verse. There is no shortage of emotional, ‘heavy’ lines, starting at the top, honestly:    

“Helicopters over my balcony 

If the police can’t harass, they wanna smoke every ounce of me 

Breath is alchemy, see how the life converted 

You tell me life’s a female dog, well, I’m perverted…”  

That doesn’t even account for the “Tragedy all over the screen like William Shakespeare plays,” or the fact that Curry believes, “They want us crucified with stones and hard rocks.” An interlude, featuring G Perico and Thomas follows, playing off the intro regarding police brutality.  From there, Daylyt takes the second verse which is wild.  Gifted lyrically, Daylyt delivers sick wordplay that requires multiple listens to fully process.  What is self-explanatory are lines like, “They gon pay for takin’ my brother,” as well as the powerful closing statement, “I’m here to remind niggas we kings.” Martin does a fantastic job with the production. The backdrop has an old-school, jazz-rap vibe. “Pig Feet” is powerful.

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11. Macabre, “Fatal Foot Fetish”

Murder Metal // Decomposed // 2003

Jerry Brudos (1939 – 2006), was a truly disturbed soul – an understatement. Perhaps the first thing that stands out about this serial killer is his fetish – a shoe fetish to be exact. In addition to being a fetishist and murderer of at least three women (possibly four), Brudos was also a “rapist, torturer, and necrophiliac” – charming.  Charles Montaldo of Thought Co. provides some details about his modus operandi:  

“Brudos later confessed to forcing [Karen Sprinkler] into his car at gunpoint, then bringing her to his workshop where he raped her and forced her to put on various women’s underwear and pose for pictures.  He then killed her by hanging her from the hook in his ceiling.  As with his other victims, he violated her corpse, then removed both breasts and disposed of her body.” 

Disgusting. Satirical, doom metal band, Macabre succinctly summarizes the perverseness of Brudos on “Fatal Foot Fetish,” from their 2003 album, Murder Metal.  Among the highlights:    

“Jerry Brudos had a fascination 
With women’s undergarments and shoes… 

Jerry Brudos was the foot fetish killer 
Kept a lady’s foot inside his freezer 
Dressed it up in heels 
And then he’d beat off… 
His new wife didn’t have a clue 
That Jerry Brudos would kill five women 
And keep one’s foot to jerk off to.”  

Enough said.

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12. MrSunChips, “Feet Pic”

“Feet Pic” // MrSunChips // 2021

“She wanna see my feet pic, my feet pic / But she cannot see the D pic, the D pic,” MrSunChips sings in his 2021 single, “Feet Pic.” He continues singing in the ridiculous chorus, “But she gotta pay for premium.” So, he’s willing to show off his feet – “Ok, yeah, she wanna see my piggies in a row / But then she went and asked me ‘put them piggies on the floor’” – but not the peen! Noted. “But you can’t see the meat,” he raps in the first verse, adding, “And I better not find my feeties all over the street / You know I’m packing heat, baby no I’m taking off the socks.” No foot porn, I’m guessing??? The sexual innuendo is through the roof, as MrSunChips focuses on her sucking… his toes, of course. In the second verse, he brags, “When I show you my toes, got you wet like Aquafina / I’m what a girl wants, yeah, you heard it from Christian.” Oh, brother! “Feet Pic” is something else. More recently, in 2024, he unveiled “Soapy Titties”.

13. Stevie Wonder, “Knocks Me Off My Feet”

Songs in the Key of Life // Motown // 1976

Songs in the Key of Life is one of the best albums of all time. It is the crown jewel of the Stevie Wonder discography. Two number-one hits graced the 1976 LP: “I Wish” and “Sir Duke”. Even with those giant singles being tough to beat, the non-singles are epic too. Among the best songs that’s not a single is “Knocks Me Off My Feet” which appears as the seventh track on the first disc of the Songs. Matters of the heart – L-O-V-E, love – drive the smooth, soulful ballad.

“But there’s somethin’ ‘bout your love / That makes me weak and / knocks me off my feet,” Wonder sings at the end of the verses. In the chorus, he asserts, “I don’t want to bore you with it / Oh, but I love you, I love you, I love you.” His dedication is lit to the nth degree. The visions of love are gorgeous, whether it’s “I see us in the park / Strolling the summer days of imaginings in my head,” or, “We lay beneath the stars / Under a lovers’ tree seen through the eyes of my mind.” Ultimately, “Knocks Me Off My Feet” is a sweet, magnificently written, produced, and performed by one of music’s legends. Approaching 50 years later, “Knocks Me Off My Feet” reminds us that love is a remarkable, beautiful thing. Many artists have covered “Knocks Me Off My Feet” including Donnell Jones, Luther Vandross, and Teddy Swims.

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