THE YEAR IS 2011!
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LMFAO is a family act: Redfoo is SkyBlu’s uncle. Redfoo (Stefan Kendal Gordy) is son of Motown label founder Berry Gordy and Nancy Leiviska, a music video director and writer. SkyBlu (Skyler Gordy) is Berry Gordy’s grandson, through his son Berry Gordy IV and his wife Valerie Robeson. The band signed to Motown sister record label Interscope in November 2008.
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The duo originally went with the name Sexy Dudes (or Sexe Dudes). They told Shave magazine that their grandmother’s reaction to the name was the reply, “lmfao,” inspiring their new name.
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This was LMFAO’s second consecutive #1 single on the Hot 100 following “Party Rock Anthem.” In doing so, Redfoo and SkyBlu became the first duo to achieve back-to-back chart-toppers since OutKast ruled with “Hey Ya!” and “The Way You Move,” in late 2003 and early 2004.
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The song is Redfoo’s take on people who believe they are attractive when really they aren’t. “That was my main inspiration for ‘Sexy and I Know It’; people who obviously think they are but by normal standards are not, like the hairy old men in a Speedo on the beach with huge bellies, sunglasses and a cigar,” he told The Big Issue. “France really inspired ‘Sexy and I Know It,”‘ Redfoo added laughing.
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