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Taylor Swift's Scrawny Behind Eclipsed by 'Fat Bottomed Girls' in S. Loop

By  Ted Cox and Tanveer Ali | June 12, 2015 8:28am 

 Taylor Swift's skinny behind doesn't play on the South Side — at least, not in the South Loop, where Queen's
Taylor Swift's skinny behind doesn't play on the South Side — at least, not in the South Loop, where Queen's "Fat Bottomed Girls" reigns as the top jukebox song.
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SOUTH LOOP — "Fat Bottomed Girls" lord it over Taylor Swift's scrawny behind — at least in the South Loop anyway.

A DNAinfo survey of songs played on Chicago jukeboxes found that Queen's '70s rocker "Fat Bottomed Girls" topped a pair of Taylor Swift songs in the Top 5 of the 60605 ZIP code made up of the South Loop and parts of the Loop.

Swift posted "Shake It Off" as runner-up and "Blank Space" in fourth, sandwiching Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass" in third.

MAP: See the Top Jukebox Songs Across Chicago's Neighborhoods

DNAinfo Chicago data reporter Tanveer Ali compiled the survey from figures provided by the TouchTunes digital jukebox company for the 12-month period ending April 30.

The Top 10 songs in the 60605 ZIP code are:

No. 1: "Fat Bottomed Girls," Queen

No. 2: "Shake it Off," Taylor Swift

No. 3: "All About That Bass," Meghan Trainor

No. 4: "Blank Space," Taylor Swift

No. 5: "Friends in Low Places," Garth Brook

No. 6: "Brown Eyed Girl," Van Morrison

No. 7: "Chicken Fried," Zac Brown Band

No. 8: "Don't Stop Believin'," Journey

No. 9: "Dark Horse," Katy Perry

No. 10: "Uptown Funk," Mark Ronson

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