Glenn Close didn't win an Oscar, but she deserves an award for her instantly iconic performance of 'Da Butt'

• Glenn Close lost her nomination for best supporting actress at the 2021 Oscars on Sunday.
• However, she stole the show when she spontaneously danced to E.U.'s 1988 single "Da Butt."
• Fans fawned over her performance on Twitter, gleefully posting gifs and memes.

Glenn Close stole the show at the 93rd Academy Awards on Sunday, even though she didn't make it onstage.

The "Fatal Attraction" star was nominated for best supporting actress for her role in "Hillbilly Elegy," but lost to Yuh-Jung Youn for "Minari." It was her eighth career Oscar nomination and eighth loss.

However, Close gave an award-worthy performance on the spot when she danced to E.U.'s 1988 single "Da Butt."

The hilarious moment came in-between categories during a segment with Lil Rel. The comedian went around quizzing audience members on famous songs that appeared in movies, chosen by the ceremony's DJ Questlove.

When Rel arrived at Close, she was refreshingly knowledgable about the Top 40 hit - though at first, Rel was skeptical.

"That's not fair to Glenn Close," he told Questlove before addressing her directly. "You don't know nothing about doing 'Da Butt.'"

"Wait just a second. That's 'Da Butt.' I know that," she replied. "It was a classic song by the great Washington, D.C. go-go band E.U. Shoutouts to Sugar Bear and the Backyard Band and the whole DMV."

Close was even familiar with its appearance in Spike Lee's "brilliant" film "School Daze."

"My friends at the Oscars missed it and it wasn't nominated, so it couldn't have won, which I think is just an effing tragedy," she continued. Rel, visibly shocked, asked if she also knew the dance: "Do you know how to do 'Da Butt?'"

Indeed, Close knows how to do "Da Butt," and did not hesitate to demonstrate.

The audience was thrilled - and so were viewers, who gleefully posted praise, memes, and gifs of Close shaking her rear.

Many joked that her impromptu performance deserved its own high-profile award.

"Glenn Close just won her first Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film," wrote Entertainment Weekly reporter Joey Nolfi.

Even celebrities like Elizabeth Banks and Aubrey Plaza fawned over Close, calling her "iconic" and "my hero."