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So What's Wrong With Takin' The Backstreets is a lyric from All Star by Smash Mouth. In mid-July of 2017, an image from the All Star music video with the lyric beneath it became a reaction image popular on Reddit, and variations blocked out letters of the lyric so that they read something else, similar to the evolution of I See You're a Man Of Culture and Now This Looks Like a Job For Me memes.

Origin

"All Star" was released on May 4th, 1999. In the song, one of the lyrics in the first verse is "So much to do, so much to see, so what's wrong with takin' the backstreets?" (shown below.)

On July 4th, 2017, Instagram user @fvckyoumeme[4] uploaded a screenshot of the lyric to make an anal sex joke in a post that gained over 2,300 likes (shown below).

"Why do you keep pressuring me to do a--- ?" Me: IG: @fvckyoumeme So much to do, so much to see, so what's wrong with taking the backstreets?

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The meme in which people edited the lyrics began spreading on /r/dankmemes on July 11th, 2017. The subreddit had been editing Now This Looks Like a Job For Me in similar ways in the days prior. On the 11th, TheOriginalEsox[1] uploaded the first edit of the "All Star" video, editing @fvckyoumeme's post and gaining 32 points (shown below, left). Shortly after, JStoner3[2] uploaded a version that gained over 3,000 points, likely inspiring the creation of other examples (shown below, right).

gf starts crying while doing a--- Me: what's wrongy
When u go to the chiropractor and ask why your back has been hurting So much wrong with ne back

The latter post was uploaded to /r/MemeEconomy[3] four hours later, where it gained 224 points. Meanwhile, the format continued trending on /r/dankmemes. Popular posts include a post by tacomaster05[5] that gained 466 points (shown below, left) and a post by tbsgrave[6] that referenced the prior Eminem meme and gained over 1,600 points (shown below, right).

When they ask you how much you respect women So much
When you thought Eminem was the last meme of this format wrong

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When somebody asks you what is your favorite movie
When she uses teeth IG: fvckyoumeme SO wrong
When you're on the path to a serious music career but it's ruined by a green orge and his talking donkey IG: efvckyoumeme it
When you see a repost ree
When You're Finally Doing A--- But She Had Spices for Dinner Last Night So much it in the backstreet
Mom: "You're the youngest one in the car! You'll sit at the back!" Me: So much wrong with taking the backs eets

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So What's Wrong With Takin' The Backstreets?

So What's Wrong With Takin' The Backstreets?

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About

So What's Wrong With Takin' The Backstreets is a lyric from All Star by Smash Mouth. In mid-July of 2017, an image from the All Star music video with the lyric beneath it became a reaction image popular on Reddit, and variations blocked out letters of the lyric so that they read something else, similar to the evolution of I See You're a Man Of Culture and Now This Looks Like a Job For Me memes.

Origin

"All Star" was released on May 4th, 1999. In the song, one of the lyrics in the first verse is "So much to do, so much to see, so what's wrong with takin' the backstreets?" (shown below.)



On July 4th, 2017, Instagram user @fvckyoumeme[4] uploaded a screenshot of the lyric to make an anal sex joke in a post that gained over 2,300 likes (shown below).


"Why do you keep pressuring me to do a--- ?" Me: IG: @fvckyoumeme So much to do, so much to see, so what's wrong with taking the backstreets?

Spread

The meme in which people edited the lyrics began spreading on /r/dankmemes on July 11th, 2017. The subreddit had been editing Now This Looks Like a Job For Me in similar ways in the days prior. On the 11th, TheOriginalEsox[1] uploaded the first edit of the "All Star" video, editing @fvckyoumeme's post and gaining 32 points (shown below, left). Shortly after, JStoner3[2] uploaded a version that gained over 3,000 points, likely inspiring the creation of other examples (shown below, right).


gf starts crying while doing a--- Me: what's wrongy When u go to the chiropractor and ask why your back has been hurting So much wrong with ne back

The latter post was uploaded to /r/MemeEconomy[3] four hours later, where it gained 224 points. Meanwhile, the format continued trending on /r/dankmemes. Popular posts include a post by tacomaster05[5] that gained 466 points (shown below, left) and a post by tbsgrave[6] that referenced the prior Eminem meme and gained over 1,600 points (shown below, right).


When they ask you how much you respect women So much When you thought Eminem was the last meme of this format wrong

Various Examples


When somebody asks you what is your favorite movie When she uses teeth IG: fvckyoumeme SO wrong When you're on the path to a serious music career but it's ruined by a green orge and his talking donkey IG: efvckyoumeme it When you see a repost ree When You're Finally Doing A--- But She Had Spices for Dinner Last Night So much it in the backstreet Mom: "You're the youngest one in the car! You'll sit at the back!" Me: So much wrong with taking the backs eets

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