5 Facts About Erykah Badu’s “Bag Lady”
- “Bag Lady” was the lead single from Badu’s second album, Mama’s Gun, released on August 8, 2000.
- It became Badu’s first top-10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
- The song’s title and lyrics use “baggage” as a metaphor for emotional burdens, not literal bags.
- The track samples the 1972 song “Kissing My Love” by Bill Withers.
- Badu directed the music video herself, which features her walking through a surreal, dreamlike landscape.