Nookie (Limp Bizkit song)

"Nookie" is a song by the American rap rock band Limp Bizkit, released on June 15, 1999 as the lead single from their second album Significant Other.

"[6] However, in an interview with SongFacts, he would claim the initial beat was sampled by DJ Lethal from "an Italian porn movie from the '70s or something", which then inspired the name "Nookie".

[10] "Nookie" made Limp Bizkit extremely popular,[11] helping its parent album Significant Other become certified 7× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

[13] The song's music video went to number one on MTV's Total Request Live six times during late July and August of 1999.

The song gained Limp Bizkit its first Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance, which it lost to Metallica's "Whiskey In The Jar".