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I can see Rebecca dancing like vanilla ice while she is narrating this top 10 video lol. It’s amazing about 60%?of the songs on this list are from overseas BUT it took a few years to get to the states.
This top is awesome. But, if you really respect the musicians, research how to say their names properly. There are even TH-cam videos on how to pronounce Gerardo.
That's not unique to the 90s. It's just the last decade that popular cheesy songs being amazing is true. The way things are going, smartphone apps will replace people in cheesy music production and people will create CGI videos to post those on TH-cam with what song their app comes up with and the most viral ones get signed on by the music industry to do concerts via holograms and sound mixing. With the "band" (the guy whose phone's app made the music) interacting with the concert people from home via the internet, with the illusion the performing holograms are talking. I mean, do you think that "Baby Baby" by Justin Beiber had any more human substance than a well-programmed smartphone app can do? I'm specifying smartphones because they are the "special education" children of computer technology and are the most common computers used now. I won't comment on why.
Haha, was online gaming last week with friends and i got revived and started saying “i get knocked down, but i get up again! You’ll never gonna keep me down”, then we all started cracking up reminiscing on old songs…good times good times
@@os62I remember Mark Morrison being big when he released this song about getting out of prison. He ruined it for himself because he had someone else do his community service and was carrying an illegal tazer upon his arrest. He was crying like a baby😢
Don't forget that a lot of the credit for under pressure actually goes to David Bowie as he is the main vocalist, fixed a mediocre song by Queen and made it the iconic song it is today.
The Top 20 Most 🧀 Cheesiest One Hit Wonders of the 1990s: 20. WHOOMP! (There It Is)™ (1993) Tag Team™ 19. MMMBop™ (1997) Hanson™ 18. Sex and 🍬 Candy™ (1997) Marcy Playground™ 17. Rico Suave™ (1990) Geraldo™ 16. Jump❕™ (1992) Kris-Kross™ 15. One of Us™ (1995) Joan Osborne™ 14. Informer™ (1992) Snow™ 13. Mr. Vain™ (1993) Culture Beat™ 12. Steal My 🌞 Sunshine™ (1999) Len™ 11. Cotton Eye Joe™ (1994) Rednex™ 10. We 👍 Like to 🎉 Party! (The Vengabus)™ (1998) Vengaboys™ 9. Blue (Da Ba Dee)™ (1998) 🗼 Eiffel 65™ 8. What Is 💘 Love™ (1993) Haddaway™ 7. 😤 Tubthumping™ (1997) Chumbawamba™ 6. Barbie 👧 Girl™ (1997) Aqua™ 5. Mambo No.5 (A Little Bit of...)™ (1999) Lou Bega™ 4. 👶 Baby Got Back™ (1992) Sir Mix-a-Lot™ 3. 🍦 Ice 🍦 Ice 👶 Baby™ (1990) Vanilla 🍦 Ice™ 2. I'm Too Sexy™ (1991) Right Said Fred™ 1. Macarena (Bayside 👦 Boys Mix)™ (1995) Los del Rio™
I feel so lucky to have grown up in the 90’s! So many classic, damn good hits almost every year (never a dull party or skating night)! And many songs I’ll admit I still jam out to today.
well, Most of them were not cheesy, As we know and as is a time proven fact, MOJO DOESN'T KNOW JACK SHIT i mean they said, most of us were introduced to hip hop through ice ice baby, i mean, that stupidity right there says it all
Marcy Playground was awesome. Spectacular songwriting, very interesting lyrics, with just the right amount of weirdness. If you've never listened to anything beyond Sex and Candy, there are three or four albums with terrific music waiting for you. Joan Osborne also had some REALLY powerful stuff.
@@kissfanmac I mean, if we're going by Watch Mojo's logic here, Good Vibrations fits better than some on this list. Venga Boys and Aqua had at least 2 other songs that 90s kids could name, with Aqua having 2 top 30 songs, but their first and/or biggest hit is what everyone immediately remembers. You say Marky Mark - NO one is gonna think Wildside.
I think of Vengaboys as a 2 hit wonder because I remember "Boom, Boom, Boom" being more overplayed than "We Like To Party" in my area and still think it's the better song.
If you're really into "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65, I highly recommend listening to their other hit, "Move Your Body." And yes, it's exactly how it sounds. Like the former track, lots of repetition in the chorus. Still awesome to me tho, lol. "Blue are the streets and all the trees are too, I have a girlfriend and she is so blue."
Move Your Body is ok, but for me Too Much Of Heaven, Now Is Forever and Another Race are the top ones from Europop. Contact though is a more solid album imo, more organic and diverse sounding.
This WHOLE list took me back! To awkward parties that had the Macarena on an hourly rotation to school dances with euro dance tracks playing. ALL of these songs had a story to tell in my life... The memories.. THANK YOU!
Other cheesiest one hit wonders of the 90's did we missed: Spin Doctors - Two Princes Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home Brooklyn Bounce - Get Ready to Bounce Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight Livin' Joy - Don't Stop Moving Ini Kamozer - Here Comes the Hotstepper Dionne Farris - I Know Groove Theory - Tell Me The Verve Pipe - The Freshmen Big Mountain - Baby I Love Your Way Jennifer Paige - Crush etc.
#20: “Whoomp! (There It Is)” by Tag Team* #19: “MMMBop” by Hanson #18: “Sex and Candy” by Marcy Playground* #17: “Rico Suave” by Gerardo #16: “Jump” by Kris Kross #15: “One of Us” by Joan Osborne* #14: “Informer” by Snow #13: “Mr. Vain” by Culture Beat #12: “Steal My Sunshine” by Len* #11: “Cotton Eye Joe” by Rednex #10: “We Like to Party! (The Vengabus)” by Vengaboys #9: “Blue (Da Ba Dee)” by Eiffel 65* #8: “What Is Love” by Haddaway #7: “Tubthumping” by Chumbawamba* #6: “Barbie Girl” by Aqua* #5: “Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of…)” by Lou Bega #4: “Baby Got Back” by Sir Mix-a-Lot* #3: “Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice #2: “I’m Too Sexy” by Right Said Fred #1: “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)” by Los del Rio *My favs
I was trying to think of this awhile back and I couldn't remember the name of the song or who sang it, all I remembered was the music video. So thank you (I haven't watched this video yet).
I have a scar on my arm from when I punched through a window in 2001. When I was getting stitches, Steal my sunshine was playing in the ER. I said, " I feel sorry for anyone on their deathbed who has to listen to this crap." Unfortunately, everytime I look at my arm I get that damn song stuck in my head.. Something I just have to live with.. Dammit! 🤣🤣
OK, I have to point out that Hanson was not technically a one-hit-wonder (even in the U.S.), even if MMMBop is the only hit of theirs a lot of people remember. They've had three Top 20 US Hot 100 singles and eight UK Top 40 singles. From just their debut album, "Middle of Nowhere", other hits besides MMMBop included: "Where is the Love" was #6 on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40., "I Will Come to You" was #9 on the US Billboard Hot 100,. In other countries they had other hits from their debut along with hits from later albums.
In 1995 I was in the US Navy stationed in Japan. I missed out on almost all music between the beginning 95 to the end of 97. Never heard of the Macarena until I came back to the states. It’s something I’m greatly thankful to the Navy for to this day. Also Baby got back was hilarious because almost all the women in that video have zero ass.
As a guy who lived through the 90s I must concede, the list is actually pretty accurate. There may be one or two artists missing like KLF for instance, but then again, this is pretty much the 1990s. Respect.
@@riderfkc2835 Yes...it's when a band has just 1 hit song and disappears. As has been shown above, KLF had at least 2 hit songs, so aren't a one hit wonder
@@riderfkc2835 I have no clue why you even asked him since he already knew. But this list has artists that have had at least one more Top 40 hit. So apparently this channel needs to do more research before they mention someone as a one hit wonder.
Chumbawamba had 3 top 40 hits and at least another 5 that charted. Tag Team had 2 chart entries, second one was Addams Family (Whoomp!). Hanson, one hit wonder, are you joking? 9 chart entries. Marcy Playground, you got one right! Gerado, no record of any artist by that name. Kris Kross 5 hits, only 2 in top 40. Joan Osborne, you forgot St. Teresa. Snow, 3 chart hits and another with Daddy Yankee. Culture Beat 8 chart entries and one more that just got in at number 96, so we'll forget about that one. Len, you forgot Cryptik Souls Crew at number 28. Rednex, you overlooked Old Pop In An Oak and 2 more minor hits. Vengaboys a one hit wonder, what planet are you on 9 hits, what about "Going To Ibiza" and "Boom Boom Boom"? Ridiculous. Eiffel 65, what about "Move Your Body"? Haddaway SIX chart hits. Why did you put Chumbawamba in again? I really can't believe you think Aqua was a one hit wonder, 8 hits and 3 NUMBER ONES! Lou Bega almost but what about "I Got A Girl"? Sir Mix A Lot, I'll give you that as the only other hit just scraped in at number 81. Vanilla Ice, really? 5 hits. Right Said Fred, you lost the plot here, 10 hits although one was Right Said Fred & Friends, but that should still count, right? Your number ONE Los Del Rio, yes you got that right 2/10 must try harder.
German here. when I first talked to an american whos a good friend now, my english wasnt that good in that time. On day we were on a Party and we talked. He asked: Whats up, and i said :I´m a little blue ,and he asked, oh why are you upset? So People who know English and German realize the Misunderstanding now. While beeing blue in english means, you are upset, beeing blue in german means, you are tipsy. So beeing in a club dancing to I´m Blue, da be de, makes totally sense for a german. You are a little tipsy in a club ;-)
I actually have a old recording on my PC where someone covered the song AS Elmer Fudd, LOL. At the end he accidently fires his gun and then goes, "Oh oh!" and gives his trademark laugh. It's probably uploaded somewhere on TH-cam. I remember the line, "I'm too sexy for the wabbit, to sexy for the wabbit..." 😂😂🤣
Aqua had another Top 40 hit in the US with “Lollipop (Candyman)” which peaked at number #23 in the Billboard Hot 100 in 1998. They are also massive in Europe and Asia with multiple number one songs (“My Oh My”, “Doctor Jones”, “Turn Back Time” etc).
Considering that "boom boom" was slang at the time for a woman's privates hearing you say that was exceptionally funny to me. Also, "sunshine" in my area was what they were calling umm, that stuff that they were making on Breaking Bad. So we thought that song was funny too. Lastly, Aqua is one of the best groups ever and I'll die on that hill.
@@laidback93 i remember 3 their songs: vain, got to get it, anything. And i heard it around 24/7 everywhere - car, school, friends houses, my flat, shop selling audiocassetes. Now at work I constantly listen to eurodance radio in the background and all this music plays there and it's like a time machine
This list sums it up perfectly. I think one of the reasons we grew to dislike some of these songs was because you could not escape them. Take a decade or so off, and what was once annoying becomes endearing. Nice trip down memory lane here.
This is only because even the worst and most annoying songs from back then look like masterpieces compared to the CRAP that is called "Music" today. At least the majority of it.
I'm sure I'm not the first to point out, but both Aqua and Chumbawamba intended their songs to be satires of mainstream pop that became hits in and of themselves. See also The Chicken Song in the UK-but even more so. :)
Los Del Río are actually from Spain, not Latin, and I howled with laughter when it was the song that defeated Van Helsing and won over the kraken in the movie Hotel Transylvania 3
@@duncan3998 I agree, whenever I see a notification for one of their lists I roll my eyes and join the educators of good taste below in the CS, to assist in educating Mojo and whatever young ppl it seems they surveyed?
Hey! That "I'm Too Sexy" song (the 90s, not the remake) was a fun song to dance really badly to at clubs. It was also an excuse to strip to the lyrics for sh^ts and giggles. It being cheesy was part of the fun too... silly was the point. And some of those songs were more popular with tasteless kids just getting into music who got their parents to buy albums and phone in to radio stations for requested plays... crappy songs get lots of play that way since the music industry began. "Ice Ice Baby" is a great song, Vanilla Ice's persona is d-bag personified, and we all loved it... a totally entertaining and lovable d-bag. To this day, I want to meet and hang with the guy. I'm kind of ashamed one of my favorite bands (Queen) accused him of stealing a bit from "Under Pressure". They are musicians. They should have caught how different that bit was... and it stole less from other music than other hip-hop artists in their "sampling". I mean, did Rick James go ballistic on MC Hammer for his "Can't Touch This" music for more than a bit being a clone of "Superfreak"? No. Meh... **rolls eyes**
Most of these are on my "One Hit Wonder" playlist, but that entire Aqua album is awesome, fun, and hilarious, and also resulted in some all-time classic music videos
I never got fed up with Mmmbop. It's one of my sounds of the summer. It made me feel old a few years ago, seeing them give an interview where the brothers talked about touring and singing the song with their kids. The funny thing about Chumbawumba for me is their next single was called Amnesia. And then everyone forgot about them... I only remember the chorus because of saying that quip to people. "Do you suffer from long term memory loss? I don't remember..." The sad thing about Aqua for me was only having big hits with their most cartoony stuff, because they did Turn Back Time from Sliding Doors, which showed they had the music to match the darker lyrics they had as well. It showed they could do ballads and they were just as good as the more upbeat tracks. They deserved more credit for it. As for the Macarena, I'm glad to learn this was a different version after all, I was sure the song we know sounded different as a kid. No Mandela Effect for me!
I don't know if it's on TH-cam but have a look for the interview they did with Dylan Lewis on Australian Saturday morning TV show, Recovery. It was conducted in a swimming pool and very funny
I probably hated Hanson's Mmmmbop so much at the time, as it was just about every 2nd song on the damn radio at the time. Somewhat like Achey Breaky Heart. Weird-Al did a fantastic version of that at the time, hinting at just how much it was overplayed. Billy Ray Cyrus just disappeared off the planet after that song and album, but BOY did they play the hell out of THAT song also.
I consider Mmmbop "THE !!!" Single most embarrassing song of the 90s, i consider it a huge mistake in history and something that should never have happened and is probably best forgotten and never to be spoken of again. i am literally embarrassed to admit that this song was part of us growing up. that's how fucked up Mmmbop was Even the video was shit and you could see it was just them running around and doing shit that was pointless , let's add a big flower in their for browny points and to look like a hippie, Then we point at the camera then we run around, then we play some instruments and........... Voila , instant video clip and spot on VIDEO HITS Hanson were fucked !!!!
Well here in the Netherlands Aqua itself had 4 hits, barbie girl, doctor jones, my oh my, turn back times. And Vengaboys itself had scored 9 hits here in the Netherlands in the top 40. With two numbers on 1 and three times even on number 2
The Veganbus song “We Like To Party” reminds me of the old man dancing from the Six Flags commercial And “What Is Love” by the Haddaway reminds me of the movie A Night At The Roxbury
I wouldn't consider Hanson a one-hit wonder since they had TWO top 10 hits in 1997. MmmBop hit #1 obviously, but I Will Come to You peaked at #9 and in 2000 This Time Around hit the top 20. One-hit wonders, imo, only have ONE song that charts on the Billboard Top 40. It's literally in the name.
I never really liked Macarena very much but it was catchy enough. Still, I have to tip my hat to the geniuses who remixed the original, because they turned an unbelievably dull Spanish melody into an international smash.
this is not at the top on the list okay As a kid I'd hear or watch many of these songs on TV and radio. They were another part of my childhood that I hope I never forget. The 90s were (to some including myself) a golden age. Baywatch Batman TAS X-Men and so on. Warm memories that will be remembered for many years to come. Wow, these are giving me flashbacks! Or maybe it was all the ecstasy I did in the 90s…Thanks for the memories, WM! Wow, this took me back. High school dances and parties and definitely some bar hopping lol Love it. It's a great list with awesome flashbacks I'm getting used to showing these videos to people and telling them "I was there when that came out, and it slapped." The joys of getting old. I forgot how good Culture Beat’s “Mr. Vain” was. The great thing about the music of the '80s and '90s was it could be so unapologetically cheesy and be so great I don't see anything cheesy about these songs. This is my entire childhood in one 3 Chips on video is not good in that 3 movies are too much in the episode okay in New York is bo Crad is not good live-action for today just comes out now playing. This just makes me feel old. lol Other cheesiest one-hit wonders of the 90s did we miss: Spin Doctors - Two Princes Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home Brooklyn Bounce - Get Ready to Bounce Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight Livin' Joy - Don't Stop Moving Ini Kamozer - Here Comes the Hotstepper Dionne Farris - I Know Groove Theory - Tell Me The Verve Pipe - The Freshmen Big Mountain - Baby I Love Your Way Jennifer Paige - Crush etc. The thing about Chumbawumba's Tubthumper is that when I came home from work, I heard my brother's stereo that had on an alternative rock station with some guy talking about Tubthumper and how it is the same song when played in reverse. And he actually played part of the song backward. First off, how in the world could he play the song backward when you have no turntable and a vinyl record? After he played the song he says something like, See, same damn song. Those were his words. You know, I thought I read something about the Macarena making its debut in Mexico in 1993. In 1994, I went to Mexico with my sister, my mom, and my sister. I could have sworn I heard a song on the radio in one of the little stores in Mexico. I kept hearing some guy with a double-tracked vocal singing and every time he would stop, some weird sound would go AAAHYI!!! Boy, you know you're witnessing pop culture history when you're hearing someone on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve talking about the history of dance crazes like The Twist and other stuff and the latest dance craze is the Macarena. I remember when Eiffel 65's album "Europop" first came out, my original copy accidentally shattered in my backpack and I had to get it replaced. I still have that CD and listen to it every so often. I was in middle school when the Macarena came out. They pulled us out of classes TWICE to go to the gym to dance the Macarena. It was brutal. They are also massive in Europe and Asia with multiple number-one songs (“My Oh My”, “Doctor Jones”, “Turn Back Time” etc). How One Failed Season Almost Canceled Saturday Night Live Nerdstalgic Things You Didn't Know About MajorPayne Minty Comedic Arts How Pat Sajak Escaped Wheel Of Fortune (They Lied to You) DoYouRemember? Unscripted Animated Moments That Were Left in the Movie Now playing [Remastered 4K] Paula Abdul and James Corden -"Opposites Attract" (The Late Late Show) Paula Abdul Forever MsMojo live-action take a look just now is non-stop dancing in that moment okay.
Obviously your gym teacher had a fetish for the song..lol...hey it could've been worse! I had to do aerobics in junior high in p.e. to "I've had the time of my life' from dirty dancing..lol🤣👍
I liked MMMBop. That's just good music and those kids were amazingly talented songwriters and performers. The one that cracked me up, because I was SURE it was a novelty song was Right Said Fred, I'm Too Sexy.
1:44 I remember that in my country, and I remember in the 90's when an ice cream went out of production, it was called kung fu ice cream, when our radio heard this they put 'Kung Fu Fighting' by Carl Douglas on almost repeat, I think a few days passed with it, when the company behind the ice cream called in and said if they would stop playing the song because they were quite tired of the song and the mentioned had to enough to put the ice in production again. and they did, we got our ice cream back again
@@duncan3998 Exactly, Mojo thinks we were introduced to hip hop via Vanilla Ice LMFAO... HAHAHAHAHA Grandmaster flash , Anyone ??? New York, New York The Message White Lines LOL............ and from that they derived fucking.. Ice ice baby Youv'e got to be kidding me
As a kid I'd hear or watch many of these songs on TV and radio. They were another part of my childhood that I hope I never forget. The 90s were (to some including myself) a golden age. Baywatch Batman TAS X-Men and so on. Warm memories that will be remembered for many years to come.
I remember when Eiffel 65's album "Europop" first came out, my original copy accidently shattered in my backpack and I had to get it replaced. I still have that CD and listen to it every so often.
I remember Rico Suave appearing on Vh1’s 50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs Ever, and one guy from the show put it best saying: “it’s just so ridiculous & so absurd & so slimy & greasy, it really makes you wanna just wash your hands after you hear that song.”
“Ice Ice Baby” came out while I was in Desert Storm…I Hated the song then….Cant Stand it Now……even “Third Base” with “Pop Goes the Weasel” mocked him. Also very sad that the tempo was stolen from “Queen…Pressure”.
I believe it was author, Stephen King, who stated that he almost got divorced due to Mombo #5! Horror novelist Stephen King revealed Tuesday that his love for Lou Bega’s 1999 hit “Mambo No. 5” nearly caused his wife, Tabitha, to divorce him. “Oh, yeah. Big time,” said King, 75, to Rolling Stone magazine. “My wife threatened to divorce me. I played that a lot.” Lol 😁
@@kershabeaver3312 Same here. I also love listening to old school music, although there is the odd song from the 2000s and the 2010s that I actually like to listen to also.
My teen years was the 80s so I was able to go to clubs when Vanilla Ice showed up with this. It was not a favorite song of mine but it sure was a blast. He got such a bad deal with the hiphop scene. So I love this song now and not afraid to say it. It was fun then and fun now. So much better than some of the crap coming out now from that quarter.
The thing about Chumbawumba's Tubthumper is that when I came home from work, I heard my brother's stereo that had on an alternative rock station with some guy talking about Tubthumper and how it is the same song when played in reverse. And he actually played part of the song backwards. First off, how in the world could he play the song backwards when you have no turntable and a vinyl record? After he played the song he says something like, See, same damn song. Those were his words. You know, I thought I read something about the Macarena making its debut in Mexico in 1993. In 1994, I went to Mexico with my sister, my mom, and my sister. I could have sworn I heard a song on the radio in one of the little stores in Mexico. Cause I kept hearing some guy with a double tracked vocal singing and every time he would stop, some weird sound would go AAAHYI!!! Boy, you know you're witnessing pop culture history when you're hearing someone on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve talking about the history of dance crazes like The Twist and other stuff and the latest dance craze is the Macarena.
Missed one though. From what my uncle said MC Hammer's, "Hammer Time," was sometimes playing 12 or 13 times a day on the local radio. He told me, "it was like listening to the Frozen theme song for 8 days straight, eventually you want to pack your ears with super glue sometimes to get it to stop."🤣
There are so many lmao. I would argue that "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!" by Vengaboys is almost as cheesy as, if not more than, "We Like To Party". More to add would be "Sex on the Beach" by T-Spoon, "Thong Song" by Sisqó and "Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Ray Cyrus (which is a cover of another '90s one hit wonder, but I find his version to be worse than the original) 😂😊
@@kissfanmac fair enough. I know that "We Like To Party" was Vengaboys' only American Top 40 hit, and I don't disagree with it being on the list at all. I only commented on its cheesiness because I knew it was more popular than "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" but now that I've thought about it, that song could also be on the list, even just as an honourable mention. As for Billy Ray, I hadn't thought about "Old Town Road," so you've got me there. Different generations will associate him with different songs; older people would mostly know him from the song that made him big in the first place, and younger people would know him from the song that made him more mainstream again.
@@cindy_nicole “Boom Boom Boom Boom” hit #84 on the US Hot 100. They were more popular in the UK and Netherlands. “We’re Going To Ibiza” was the followup and was Top 10 in many countries but unfortunately went nowhere in the US. I forgot Billy Ray Cyrus did a song with his daughter Miley in 2007 called “Ready, Set, Don’t Go” which hit #37. Obviously much bigger on the country charts with the album “Some Gave All” selling over 20 million copies.
Hanson has been a group for almost 30 years and are still going strong touring and releasing new music. And now they are all married with kids of their own. Isaac has 3 kids, Taylor has 7 kids, and Zac has 5 kids.
here's a few you could have added to the list: Return of the Mack (1996), Here Comes the Hotstepper (1994), 69 Boyz - Tootsie Roll (1994) Oasis - Wonderwall (1995) 🙂👍🏻
Oasis was huge... I live in Brasil and a friend of mine that lived in the US told me about them, about Wonderwall and Don't Look Back in Anger, said is was this British band that was playing all the time there, and it took a little while to be successful here, but when they did, man... I myself went to four of their concerts in over 10 years... My favorite band back then.
What’s your favorite cheesy ‘90s hit? Let us know in the comments!
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I can see Rebecca dancing like vanilla ice while she is narrating this top 10 video lol. It’s amazing about 60%?of the songs on this list are from overseas BUT it took a few years to get to the states.
Achy Breaky Heart - Billy Ray Cyrus
This top is awesome. But, if you really respect the musicians, research how to say their names properly. There are even TH-cam videos on how to pronounce Gerardo.
Sex & Candy
Rebecca's taste for music is cheesy as well Mojo. 90's only knows sacredness!❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥
This is what was so great about the '90s, even the "cheesy" songs are amazing
Agreed
that's very true
That's not unique to the 90s. It's just the last decade that popular cheesy songs being amazing is true. The way things are going, smartphone apps will replace people in cheesy music production and people will create CGI videos to post those on TH-cam with what song their app comes up with and the most viral ones get signed on by the music industry to do concerts via holograms and sound mixing. With the "band" (the guy whose phone's app made the music) interacting with the concert people from home via the internet, with the illusion the performing holograms are talking.
I mean, do you think that "Baby Baby" by Justin Beiber had any more human substance than a well-programmed smartphone app can do? I'm specifying smartphones because they are the "special education" children of computer technology and are the most common computers used now. I won't comment on why.
@@That80sGuy1972 seriously 😐
Facts
Haha, was online gaming last week with friends and i got revived and started saying “i get knocked down, but i get up again! You’ll never gonna keep me down”, then we all started cracking up reminiscing on old songs…good times good times
As someone who grew up in the 90s, I still love a number of these songs.
Same!!!!❤❤❤❤❤
I liked informer. Snow was good.
My favorite is Mambo No. 5
by Lou Bega. Beat, Rhythm, Lyrics, fun rattling off all those girls names in Karaoke.
I literally was walking my dog last night when this song got in my head and I started singing all the names. Then thought, wtf? Why am I singing this?
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂@@rachelkoiks
How is Return of the Mack not on here? The epicness of that song transcends time and is still a hit today.
I guess because it isn’t considered cheesy? Personally, I don’t think of it as cheesy. Love that song though & somehow it never gets old to me.
@@os62I remember Mark Morrison being big when he released this song about getting out of prison. He ruined it for himself because he had someone else do his community service and was carrying an illegal tazer upon his arrest. He was crying like a baby😢
"Ice Ice Baby" is how many were introduced to Queen's "Under Pressure," too, which is very sad.
Best part of that is the little toad refused to fess up and give Queen and Brian May credit. So they wrecked him in court
Don't forget that a lot of the credit for under pressure actually goes to David Bowie as he is the main vocalist, fixed a mediocre song by Queen and made it the iconic song it is today.
The Top 20 Most 🧀 Cheesiest One Hit Wonders of the 1990s:
20. WHOOMP! (There It Is)™ (1993) Tag Team™
19. MMMBop™ (1997) Hanson™
18. Sex and 🍬 Candy™ (1997)
Marcy Playground™
17. Rico Suave™ (1990) Geraldo™
16. Jump❕™ (1992) Kris-Kross™
15. One of Us™ (1995) Joan Osborne™
14. Informer™ (1992) Snow™
13. Mr. Vain™ (1993) Culture Beat™
12. Steal My 🌞 Sunshine™ (1999) Len™
11. Cotton Eye Joe™ (1994) Rednex™
10. We 👍 Like to 🎉 Party! (The Vengabus)™ (1998) Vengaboys™
9. Blue (Da Ba Dee)™ (1998) 🗼 Eiffel 65™
8. What Is 💘 Love™ (1993) Haddaway™
7. 😤 Tubthumping™ (1997) Chumbawamba™
6. Barbie 👧 Girl™ (1997) Aqua™
5. Mambo No.5 (A Little Bit of...)™ (1999)
Lou Bega™
4. 👶 Baby Got Back™ (1992) Sir Mix-a-Lot™
3. 🍦 Ice 🍦 Ice 👶 Baby™ (1990) Vanilla 🍦 Ice™
2. I'm Too Sexy™ (1991) Right Said Fred™
1. Macarena (Bayside 👦 Boys Mix)™ (1995)
Los del Rio™
I feel so lucky to have grown up in the 90’s! So many classic, damn good hits almost every year (never a dull party or skating night)! And many songs I’ll admit I still jam out to today.
Imagine living in a world where the cheesiest songs of two decades back are still better than the hits of the day.
well, Most of them were not cheesy, As we know and as is a time proven fact,
MOJO DOESN'T KNOW JACK SHIT
i mean they said, most of us were introduced to hip hop through ice ice baby, i mean, that stupidity right there says it all
I am totally LOVING the "Imagine" on the front of very wise statements! 🥰
Oh so right!
My Taco Bell restaurant remodeled and put in a sound system that plays modern music. I hate it. It makes me eat fast and get out of there.
3 decades back since we are in the 2020's. I love spinning some of these up every once in awhile
Oh how I miss the 90s. Those were the best times ever. Can't we go back to then. Please!
I'll gladly go with you.
Ikr? We need a real life Doc Brown.
Lead the way...😅😅
I'm with you,I have a couple of personal things that need to be fixed while there.
I believe there is even a song about missing the 90s 😞😞😞
Marcy Playground was awesome. Spectacular songwriting, very interesting lyrics, with just the right amount of weirdness.
If you've never listened to anything beyond Sex and Candy, there are three or four albums with terrific music waiting for you.
Joan Osborne also had some REALLY powerful stuff.
I thought that “Good Vibrations” by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch would be on here. For sure!
No. You forgot the followup which was also Top 10: “Wildside”.
Now Marky Mark Wahlberg is an a list Hollywood star.
@@duncancurtis1758 if someone told me that back in 1991, I’d say they were full of it! He was such a wannabe thug!
@@kissfanmac I mean, if we're going by Watch Mojo's logic here, Good Vibrations fits better than some on this list. Venga Boys and Aqua had at least 2 other songs that 90s kids could name, with Aqua having 2 top 30 songs, but their first and/or biggest hit is what everyone immediately remembers. You say Marky Mark - NO one is gonna think Wildside.
@@Mystress1980 To be fair Good Vibrations and Wildside are the songs I think of when I hear Marky Mark
I don't see anythimg cheesy about these songs.
I was expecting the _NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 1_ tracklist.
Some of these tracks were on the NOW Album.
That came out in 83?
You stayed up way too late in the '90s
I was in target the other week and saw Now 80 on the shelf. I felt ancient 😬😔🥴😵
@@mamaraya8818 omg, I used to get those and the last one I have is now 21. I feel so old
I think of Vengaboys as a 2 hit wonder because I remember "Boom, Boom, Boom" being more overplayed than "We Like To Party" in my area and still think it's the better song.
And also, Up & Down, We're Going To Ibiza, Kiss (When The Sun Don't Shine), Shala Lala.... They had lots of hits
If you're really into "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65, I highly recommend listening to their other hit, "Move Your Body." And yes, it's exactly how it sounds. Like the former track, lots of repetition in the chorus. Still awesome to me tho, lol.
"Blue are the streets and all the trees are too, I have a girlfriend and she is so blue."
Move Your Body is ok, but for me Too Much Of Heaven, Now Is Forever and Another Race are the top ones from Europop. Contact though is a more solid album imo, more organic and diverse sounding.
The first time I heard Macarena (circa 1998), I knew the song would never go away. The YMCA of its time.
This WHOLE list took me back! To awkward parties that had the Macarena on an hourly rotation to school dances with euro dance tracks playing. ALL of these songs had a story to tell in my life... The memories.. THANK YOU!
What a great era to be alive !
Every single song brings back one memory and it’s amazing!!!
Love it !!
❤️
Other cheesiest one hit wonders of the 90's did we missed:
Spin Doctors - Two Princes
Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home
Brooklyn Bounce - Get Ready to Bounce
Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis
Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
Livin' Joy - Don't Stop Moving
Ini Kamozer - Here Comes the Hotstepper
Dionne Farris - I Know
Groove Theory - Tell Me
The Verve Pipe - The Freshmen
Big Mountain - Baby I Love Your Way
Jennifer Paige - Crush
etc.
Spin Doctors were not cheezy
Spin Doctors had 2 big hits iirc
Spin Doctors had “Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong” and “Two Princes”.
Everything But The Girl "Missing"
Let’s also not forget “Lucas With The Lid Off” Lucas, “Your Woman” Whitetown, How Bizarre” OMC.
#20: “Whoomp! (There It Is)” by Tag Team*
#19: “MMMBop” by Hanson
#18: “Sex and Candy” by Marcy Playground*
#17: “Rico Suave” by Gerardo
#16: “Jump” by Kris Kross
#15: “One of Us” by Joan Osborne*
#14: “Informer” by Snow
#13: “Mr. Vain” by Culture Beat
#12: “Steal My Sunshine” by Len*
#11: “Cotton Eye Joe” by Rednex
#10: “We Like to Party! (The Vengabus)” by Vengaboys
#9: “Blue (Da Ba Dee)” by Eiffel 65*
#8: “What Is Love” by Haddaway
#7: “Tubthumping” by Chumbawamba*
#6: “Barbie Girl” by Aqua*
#5: “Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of…)” by Lou Bega
#4: “Baby Got Back” by Sir Mix-a-Lot*
#3: “Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice
#2: “I’m Too Sexy” by Right Said Fred
#1: “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)” by Los del Rio
*My favs
Being a 90's baby, I am glad to had grown up while these were being made.
I never heard Mr. Vain before though, but man, now I need to.
You can find it on TH-cam
MmmBop, made this black man believe in Sunny attitude. Love this song. ❤️❤️❤️
7:50 - LEN was incredible, Steal my Sunshine still just one of the best beats out there!
I was trying to think of this awhile back and I couldn't remember the name of the song or who sang it, all I remembered was the music video. So thank you (I haven't watched this video yet).
I have a scar on my arm from when I punched through a window in 2001. When I was getting stitches, Steal my sunshine was playing in the ER. I said, " I feel sorry for anyone on their deathbed who has to listen to this crap." Unfortunately, everytime I look at my arm I get that damn song stuck in my head.. Something I just have to live with.. Dammit! 🤣🤣
Stayed in my head for years that one.
It literally makes me feel so happy
OK, I have to point out that Hanson was not technically a one-hit-wonder (even in the U.S.), even if MMMBop is the only hit of theirs a lot of people remember. They've had three Top 20 US Hot 100 singles and eight UK Top 40 singles. From just their debut album, "Middle of Nowhere", other hits besides MMMBop included: "Where is the Love" was #6 on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40., "I Will Come to You" was #9 on the US Billboard Hot 100,. In other countries they had other hits from their debut along with hits from later albums.
In 1995 I was in the US Navy stationed in Japan. I missed out on almost all music between the beginning 95 to the end of 97. Never heard of the Macarena until I came back to the states. It’s something I’m greatly thankful to the Navy for to this day. Also Baby got back was hilarious because almost all the women in that video have zero ass.
Be glad you were spared by the Macarena. It was EVERYWHERE....
Sir Mix-A-Lot was by no stretch of the imagination a “one hit wonder.”
I absolutely HATE Nicki Minaj’s redo of this, Anaconda!!! COME ON!! And Drake’s version of I’m Too Sexy is TERRIBLE!!!
@@David_TheisenI don't even LISTEN to their music! Or rather, what THEY call music!!
Your fanboy-ing doesn't actually change the chart positions of his songs.
Neither were Aqua, Vengaboys, or Haddaway
Buttermilk Biscuits!
As a guy who lived through the 90s I must concede, the list is actually pretty accurate. There may be one or two artists missing like KLF for instance, but then again, this is pretty much the 1990s. Respect.
Didn't KLF have more than one hit, so wouldn't be on a list of one hit wonders of the 90s?
KLF had “3 A.M. Eternal” and “Justified & Ancient” with Tammy Wynette.
do you know the meaning of one hit wonder? 😂😂😂
@@riderfkc2835 Yes...it's when a band has just 1 hit song and disappears. As has been shown above, KLF had at least 2 hit songs, so aren't a one hit wonder
@@riderfkc2835 I have no clue why you even asked him since he already knew. But this list has artists that have had at least one more Top 40 hit. So apparently this channel needs to do more research before they mention someone as a one hit wonder.
Chumbawamba had 3 top 40 hits and at least another 5 that charted. Tag Team had 2 chart entries, second one was Addams Family (Whoomp!). Hanson, one hit wonder, are you joking? 9 chart entries. Marcy Playground, you got one right! Gerado, no record of any artist by that name. Kris Kross 5 hits, only 2 in top 40. Joan Osborne, you forgot St. Teresa. Snow, 3 chart hits and another with Daddy Yankee. Culture Beat 8 chart entries and one more that just got in at number 96, so we'll forget about that one. Len, you forgot Cryptik Souls Crew at number 28. Rednex, you overlooked Old Pop In An Oak and 2 more minor hits. Vengaboys a one hit wonder, what planet are you on 9 hits, what about "Going To Ibiza" and "Boom Boom Boom"? Ridiculous. Eiffel 65, what about "Move Your Body"? Haddaway SIX chart hits. Why did you put Chumbawamba in again? I really can't believe you think Aqua was a one hit wonder, 8 hits and 3 NUMBER ONES! Lou Bega almost but what about "I Got A Girl"? Sir Mix A Lot, I'll give you that as the only other hit just scraped in at number 81. Vanilla Ice, really? 5 hits. Right Said Fred, you lost the plot here, 10 hits although one was Right Said Fred & Friends, but that should still count, right? Your number ONE Los Del Rio, yes you got that right 2/10 must try harder.
The best thing about the Macarena was the Animaniacs spoof of it.
Macadamia Nut
I love mmmbop! I think I was 1-2 years old but my mom loved it and she played it non stop in her car.
I'm getting use to showing these videos to people and telling them "I was there when that came out, and it slapped." The joys of getting old.
German here. when I first talked to an american whos a good friend now, my english wasnt that good in that time. On day we were on a Party and we talked. He asked: Whats up, and i said :I´m a little blue ,and he asked, oh why are you upset? So People who know English and German realize the Misunderstanding now. While beeing blue in english means, you are upset, beeing blue in german means, you are tipsy. So beeing in a club dancing to I´m Blue, da be de, makes totally sense for a german. You are a little tipsy in a club ;-)
😂😂😂😂
The fact that someone compared Right Said Fred singing “I’m too Sexy” to Elmer Fudd on Steroids! That had me BAWLING in Laughter! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
I'll never unhear it now
I actually have a old recording on my PC where someone covered the song AS Elmer Fudd, LOL. At the end he accidently fires his gun and then goes, "Oh oh!" and gives his trademark laugh. It's probably uploaded somewhere on TH-cam. I remember the line, "I'm too sexy for the wabbit, to sexy for the wabbit..." 😂😂🤣
If someone actually makes a video of that I would definitely see it!
😂😂😂😂😂@@tempest2fuu
@@tempest2fuu Weird Al Yankovich did it
Being a 90’s girl in europe i almost now al these song and ❤ them…90’s rock!
Aqua had another Top 40 hit in the US with “Lollipop (Candyman)” which peaked at number #23 in the Billboard Hot 100 in 1998.
They are also massive in Europe and Asia with multiple number one songs (“My Oh My”, “Doctor Jones”, “Turn Back Time” etc).
i like "back to the 80's" aswell
Turn Back Time is actually a great song. Not the sort you would expect from the band that wrote "Barbie Girl"
They're my "guilty pleasure" band, and the Lollipop (Candyman) video is legendary
"Turn Back Time" was featured in the movie " Sliding Doors" starring Gwyneth Paltrow and John Hannah
Btw I came here to point out that Aqua isn't a one hit wonder.
Thank you Kim Allen for beating me to it❤️
Considering that "boom boom" was slang at the time for a woman's privates hearing you say that was exceptionally funny to me.
Also, "sunshine" in my area was what they were calling umm, that stuff that they were making on Breaking Bad. So we thought that song was funny too.
Lastly, Aqua is one of the best groups ever and I'll die on that hill.
I forgot how good Culture Beat’s “Mr. Vain” was.
@Mr. Decency Keepin' It Real It is a fantastic song. I occasionally listen to it myself, since I have it in my 90s Spotify playlist.
I was in Germany when it came out. We heard it at least three times everyday. 🙄😄
They're follow up "Got To Get It" was/is one of my favorite Euro Dance tracks.
@@laidback93 i remember 3 their songs: vain, got to get it, anything. And i heard it around 24/7 everywhere - car, school, friends houses, my flat, shop selling audiocassetes. Now at work I constantly listen to eurodance radio in the background and all this music plays there and it's like a time machine
This list sums it up perfectly. I think one of the reasons we grew to dislike some of these songs was because you could not escape them. Take a decade or so off, and what was once annoying becomes endearing. Nice trip down memory lane here.
This is only because even the worst and most annoying songs from back then look like masterpieces compared to the CRAP that is called "Music" today. At least the majority of it.
@@KRAFTWERK2K6 sadly I completely agree 1000% but I do admit, some stuff I actually DO enjoy! Not everyone will enjoy a variety of music like I do!
I'm sure I'm not the first to point out, but both Aqua and Chumbawamba intended their songs to be satires of mainstream pop that became hits in and of themselves. See also The Chicken Song in the UK-but even more so. :)
Happy Easter everyone. Have to say that I liked them all. Always fun to watch. Great video
Los Del Río are actually from Spain, not Latin, and I howled with laughter when it was the song that defeated Van Helsing and won over the kraken in the movie Hotel Transylvania 3
“Don’t Worry, Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin had the Kraken looking like he had hit the world’s biggest blunt and was high as a mf
$2000 dollar speaker system destroyed by playing Macarena too loud on my jukebox
Italy, Portugal, Spain, are all Latin.
The great thing about the music of the '80s and '90s was it could be so unapologetically cheesy and be so great
We also had more VARIETY!!!! Too bad nowadays you can’t find too much variety.
My teenager loves songs from the 80's and 90's
Oh man! I seriously knew the words to everyone of these songs 😂
I don’t consider Sex and Candy cheesy. I never heard that genre name before you used it and love it. Post-Grunge. Otherwise, excellent list.
If you know Creed and Nickelback, you know Post-Grunge.
Honestly still can't stand the song myself, but that's just, like, my opinion man. Still upvoted you, because why not?
@@professorworm3426 thanks so much Professor - I appreciate it🙏
@@lanegunnell1218 or is that Post-Cringe?
@@professorworm3426 The Dude.
I can't believe you missed Saturday night by Whigfield...
These songs weren’t so cheesy in their day and that’s why you know of them now. Keep it 💯 Mojo
Eh, plenty of them were. We just didn't care. They were fun and feel-good, and we didn't take it all so seriously
Most of them were cheesy. A few of them were really good and hold up. But the rest were cheesy and only get pulled out for stuff like this.
Mojo is cheesy themeselves. These are sacred gems
barbie girl was always cheesy
@@duncan3998 I agree, whenever I see a notification for one of their lists I roll my eyes and join the educators of good taste below in the CS, to assist in educating Mojo and whatever young ppl it seems they surveyed?
Hey! That "I'm Too Sexy" song (the 90s, not the remake) was a fun song to dance really badly to at clubs. It was also an excuse to strip to the lyrics for sh^ts and giggles. It being cheesy was part of the fun too... silly was the point. And some of those songs were more popular with tasteless kids just getting into music who got their parents to buy albums and phone in to radio stations for requested plays... crappy songs get lots of play that way since the music industry began. "Ice Ice Baby" is a great song, Vanilla Ice's persona is d-bag personified, and we all loved it... a totally entertaining and lovable d-bag. To this day, I want to meet and hang with the guy. I'm kind of ashamed one of my favorite bands (Queen) accused him of stealing a bit from "Under Pressure". They are musicians. They should have caught how different that bit was... and it stole less from other music than other hip-hop artists in their "sampling". I mean, did Rick James go ballistic on MC Hammer for his "Can't Touch This" music for more than a bit being a clone of "Superfreak"? No. Meh... **rolls eyes**
Most of these are on my "One Hit Wonder" playlist, but that entire Aqua album is awesome, fun, and hilarious, and also resulted in some all-time classic music videos
Cartoon Heroes is a damn masterpiece and i will not have slander on it.
Tubthumping one of my 90s favourite
I never got fed up with Mmmbop. It's one of my sounds of the summer. It made me feel old a few years ago, seeing them give an interview where the brothers talked about touring and singing the song with their kids.
The funny thing about Chumbawumba for me is their next single was called Amnesia. And then everyone forgot about them... I only remember the chorus because of saying that quip to people. "Do you suffer from long term memory loss? I don't remember..."
The sad thing about Aqua for me was only having big hits with their most cartoony stuff, because they did Turn Back Time from Sliding Doors, which showed they had the music to match the darker lyrics they had as well. It showed they could do ballads and they were just as good as the more upbeat tracks. They deserved more credit for it.
As for the Macarena, I'm glad to learn this was a different version after all, I was sure the song we know sounded different as a kid. No Mandela Effect for me!
There was such a Hanson backlash at my school that scratched CD's were left all over the place. Teens can be SUCH drama queens.
I don't know if it's on TH-cam but have a look for the interview they did with Dylan Lewis on Australian Saturday morning TV show, Recovery. It was conducted in a swimming pool and very funny
I probably hated Hanson's Mmmmbop so much at the time, as it was just about every 2nd song on the damn radio at the time. Somewhat like Achey Breaky Heart. Weird-Al did a fantastic version of that at the time, hinting at just how much it was overplayed. Billy Ray Cyrus just disappeared off the planet after that song and album, but BOY did they play the hell out of THAT song also.
I consider Mmmbop "THE !!!" Single most embarrassing song of the 90s,
i consider it a huge mistake in history and something that should never have happened and is probably best forgotten and never to be spoken of again.
i am literally embarrassed to admit that this song was part of us growing up.
that's how fucked up Mmmbop was
Even the video was shit and you could see it was just them running around and doing shit that was pointless , let's add a big flower in their for browny points and to look like a hippie, Then we point at the camera
then we run around, then we play some instruments and........... Voila , instant video clip and spot on VIDEO HITS
Hanson were fucked !!!!
Well here in the Netherlands Aqua itself had 4 hits, barbie girl, doctor jones, my oh my, turn back times. And Vengaboys itself had scored 9 hits here in the Netherlands in the top 40. With two numbers on 1 and three times even on number 2
Aqua had THREE No1s in the UK, Vengaboys had two. Americans as ever think only America matters.
Vengabus’ “We Like To Pary.”
Haddaway’s “What Is Love.”
😃👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
The Veganbus song “We Like To Party” reminds me of the old man dancing from the Six Flags commercial
And “What Is Love” by the Haddaway reminds me of the movie A Night At The Roxbury
I wouldn't consider Hanson a one-hit wonder since they had TWO top 10 hits in 1997. MmmBop hit #1 obviously, but I Will Come to You peaked at #9 and in 2000 This Time Around hit the top 20. One-hit wonders, imo, only have ONE song that charts on the Billboard Top 40. It's literally in the name.
Wow this took me back. Highschool dances and parties and definitely some bar hopping lol
I never really liked Macarena very much but it was catchy enough. Still, I have to tip my hat to the geniuses who remixed the original, because they turned an unbelievably dull Spanish melody into an international smash.
This just makes me feel old. lol
this is not at the top on the list okay As a kid I'd hear or watch many of these songs on TV and radio. They were another part of my childhood that I hope I never forget. The 90s were (to some including myself) a golden age. Baywatch Batman TAS X-Men and so on. Warm memories that will be remembered for many years to come. Wow, these are giving me flashbacks! Or maybe it was all the ecstasy I did in the 90s…Thanks for the memories, WM! Wow, this took me back. High school dances and parties and definitely some bar hopping lol Love it. It's a great list with awesome flashbacks I'm getting used to showing these videos to people and telling them "I was there when that came out, and it slapped." The joys of getting old. I forgot how good Culture Beat’s “Mr. Vain” was. The great thing about the music of the '80s and '90s was it could be so unapologetically cheesy and be so great I don't see anything cheesy about these songs. This is my entire childhood in one 3 Chips on video is not good in that 3 movies are too much in the episode okay in New York is bo Crad is not good live-action for today just comes out now playing. This just makes me feel old. lol Other cheesiest one-hit wonders of the 90s did we miss:
Spin Doctors - Two Princes
Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home
Brooklyn Bounce - Get Ready to Bounce
Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis
Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
Livin' Joy - Don't Stop Moving
Ini Kamozer - Here Comes the Hotstepper
Dionne Farris - I Know
Groove Theory - Tell Me
The Verve Pipe - The Freshmen
Big Mountain - Baby I Love Your Way
Jennifer Paige - Crush
etc.
The thing about Chumbawumba's Tubthumper is that when I came home from work, I heard my brother's stereo that had on an alternative rock station with some guy talking about Tubthumper and how it is the same song when played in reverse. And he actually played part of the song backward. First off, how in the world could he play the song backward when you have no turntable and a vinyl record? After he played the song he says something like, See, same damn song. Those were his words. You know, I thought I read something about the Macarena making its debut in Mexico in 1993. In 1994, I went to Mexico with my sister, my mom, and my sister. I could have sworn I heard a song on the radio in one of the little stores in Mexico. I kept hearing some guy with a double-tracked vocal singing and every time he would stop, some weird sound would go AAAHYI!!! Boy, you know you're witnessing pop culture history when you're hearing someone on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve talking about the history of dance crazes like The Twist and other stuff and the latest dance craze is the Macarena. I remember when Eiffel 65's album "Europop" first came out, my original copy accidentally shattered in my backpack and I had to get it replaced. I still have that CD and listen to it every so often. I was in middle school when the Macarena came out. They pulled us out of classes TWICE to go to the gym to dance the Macarena. It was brutal. They are also massive in Europe and Asia with multiple number-one songs (“My Oh My”, “Doctor Jones”, “Turn Back Time” etc). How One Failed Season Almost Canceled Saturday Night Live Nerdstalgic Things You Didn't Know About MajorPayne Minty Comedic Arts How Pat Sajak Escaped Wheel Of Fortune (They Lied to You) DoYouRemember? Unscripted Animated Moments That Were Left in the Movie Now playing [Remastered 4K] Paula Abdul and James Corden -"Opposites Attract" (The Late Late Show) Paula Abdul Forever MsMojo live-action take a look just now is non-stop dancing in that moment okay.
90's eurodance is overfilled with cheese, but I love it. DJ BoBo and Scooter forever remain my ultimate guilty pleasure
SCOOTER, YES!!
How much is the fish?
Culture Beat, 2 Unlimited, Snap, Army of Lovers, Dr. Alban… man, those were the times.
2 Unlimited, Ace of Base, La Bouche...Eurodance will always remind me of that kid decade I grew up in 🎶
Exactly, one of my all-time favorite genres, cheesy and quirky but freaky 😅
3:47 I'm more familiar with the weird al cover, taco grande
I was in middle school when the Macarena came out. They pulled us out of classes TWICE to go to the gym to dance the Macarena. It was brutal.
Wow cruel and unusual punishment. Haha
Ha ha 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Uuh Same. Worst part is my school, at least, made it mandatory that everyone do it.
Obviously your gym teacher had a fetish for the song..lol...hey it could've been worse! I had to do aerobics in junior high in p.e. to "I've had the time of my life' from dirty dancing..lol🤣👍
@@carlosfalcon2099 the worst part is that it was my English teacher who commandeered the gym, so it was like an ultra fetish 🤣
I liked MMMBop. That's just good music and those kids were amazingly talented songwriters and performers. The one that cracked me up, because I was SURE it was a novelty song was Right Said Fred, I'm Too Sexy.
The Vengaboys were no one hot wonder. From ‘97 til now they’ve released a lot of hits and toured the world.
One hit wonder and yes they released a lot of songs but only this one hit the Top 40.
@@kissfanmac Possibly because of that Six Flags ad with the dancing bald guy.
I agree, Vengaboys were ICONIC
@@JamesDavy2009 Actually that commercial happened 7 years later in 2004.
they have a YT page to this day
1:44 I remember that in my country, and I remember in the 90's when an ice cream went out of production, it was called kung fu ice cream, when our radio heard this they put 'Kung Fu Fighting' by Carl Douglas on almost repeat, I think a few days passed with it, when the company behind the ice cream called in and said if they would stop playing the song because they were quite tired of the song and the mentioned had to enough to put the ice in production again. and they did, we got our ice cream back again
I have issues with the term "One Hit Wonder" when the artist or group have more than one hit wonders in their repertoire.
Shows you how Mojo can't tell the difference...
@@duncan3998
Exactly, Mojo thinks we were introduced to hip hop via Vanilla Ice
LMFAO... HAHAHAHAHA
Grandmaster flash , Anyone ???
New York, New York
The Message
White Lines
LOL............ and from that they derived fucking.. Ice ice baby
Youv'e got to be kidding me
@@martinkuliza They might be sayin that that's how Mojo was introduced to hip-hop, which sounds about right.
@@briankirkwood4454
perhaps
i loved the jim carrey spoof of informer!
As a kid I'd hear or watch many of these songs on TV and radio. They were another part of my childhood that I hope I never forget. The 90s were (to some including myself) a golden age. Baywatch Batman TAS X-Men and so on. Warm memories that will be remembered for many years to come.
What is TAS?
I remember when Eiffel 65's album "Europop" first came out, my original copy accidently shattered in my backpack and I had to get it replaced. I still have that CD and listen to it every so often.
And there would be no Eiffel '65 if there hadn't been Kraftwerk. They are so underrated.
Wow, these are giving me flashbacks! Or maybe it was all the ecstasy I did in the 90s…🤔
Thanks for the memories, WM!
Thanks for the memories is also a song!!!!! Fall Out Boy I believe. Either them or another boy group…the joy of just looking up the song on TH-cam!!!!
Becky in the Sir Mix A lot song is my cousin.. damn girl had no clue what was going on and thought she was on her way to stardom😂😂
I remember Rico Suave appearing on Vh1’s 50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs Ever, and one guy from the show put it best saying: “it’s just so ridiculous & so absurd & so slimy & greasy, it really makes you wanna just wash your hands after you hear that song.”
Or listen to Weird Al's parody _Taco Grande._
“Ice Ice Baby” came out while I was in Desert Storm…I Hated the song then….Cant Stand it Now……even “Third Base” with “Pop Goes the Weasel” mocked him. Also very sad that the tempo was stolen from “Queen…Pressure”.
I was in LA during the 90s and had the best time ever! The Viper room, the recording studio, the carefree fun (not the riots!), but we had a blast!
I don't know why they put these under one hit wonders, most of these people had other hits.
this list brings back so many memories....
I believe it was author, Stephen King, who stated that he almost got divorced due to Mombo #5!
Horror novelist Stephen King revealed Tuesday that his love for Lou Bega’s 1999 hit “Mambo No. 5” nearly caused his wife, Tabitha, to divorce him.
“Oh, yeah. Big time,” said King, 75, to Rolling Stone magazine. “My wife threatened to divorce me. I played that a lot.”
Lol 😁
Just because the songs are cheesy doesn't make them less popular😁
@HiredKiller08 I absolutely agree with your view.
right said Fred a "one hit wonder"??
DON'T TALK JUST KISS!!
and "deeply dippy" are also nice songs of this group...
90s "Cheesy" One hit wonders>>>>>>>>>Most current "hits".
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@G-Man 80 You got that absolutely right.
Amen brother Amen
Mumble rap/auto tune mumble singing crap will always be music for the low IQ
Thats the problem when you are always on the same playlist
Whatch Mojo, I know the answer to the age old question of "What is love?" and it's right there.
"Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more!"
Informer by snow has been one of my favs ever since I heard it wayy back in 2nd grade! Such a bop😁
Jim Carrey made a parody of it called ''Imposter''
Love it ❤ great list with awesome flashbacks 👏
"I'm blue / got a big appetite / I will eat a whole pie..."
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How many completely misheard the lyrics as something else?
I thought Vanilla Ice was cheesy AF when it came out.
But when I hear it today it doesn't seem nearly as bad.
Shit 99% of pop is cringe shit anyhow
True new music off all genres so iffy. I listen to mostly old school 70s 80s 90s 2000. I stop around 2008
@@kershabeaver3312 Same here. I also love listening to old school music, although there is the odd song from the 2000s and the 2010s that I actually like to listen to also.
@@Andrew_trollino344 same
Vanilla Ice had another Top 10 hit with “Play That Funky Music.”
My teen years was the 80s so I was able to go to clubs when Vanilla Ice showed up with this. It was not a favorite song of mine but it sure was a blast. He got such a bad deal with the hiphop scene. So I love this song now and not afraid to say it. It was fun then and fun now. So much better than some of the crap coming out now from that quarter.
The thing about Chumbawumba's Tubthumper is that when I came home from work, I heard my brother's stereo that had on an alternative rock station with some guy talking about Tubthumper and how it is the same song when played in reverse. And he actually played part of the song backwards. First off, how in the world could he play the song backwards when you have no turntable and a vinyl record? After he played the song he says something like, See, same damn song. Those were his words. You know, I thought I read something about the Macarena making its debut in Mexico in 1993. In 1994, I went to Mexico with my sister, my mom, and my sister. I could have sworn I heard a song on the radio in one of the little stores in Mexico. Cause I kept hearing some guy with a double tracked vocal singing and every time he would stop, some weird sound would go AAAHYI!!! Boy, you know you're witnessing pop culture history when you're hearing someone on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve talking about the history of dance crazes like The Twist and other stuff and the latest dance craze is the Macarena.
It's called Tubthumping
All this nostalgia is making me cry. Thanks a lot mojo 😭
Sir Mix-A-Lot wasn't a 1 hit wonder!! He had a few albums before "She's got Back"
Missed one though. From what my uncle said MC Hammer's, "Hammer Time," was sometimes playing 12 or 13 times a day on the local radio. He told me, "it was like listening to the Frozen theme song for 8 days straight, eventually you want to pack your ears with super glue sometimes to get it to stop."🤣
He was not a one hit wonder. U Can’t Touch This (not Hammer Time) was not the only MC Hammer song on the radio all day every day.
Not only is U Can't Touch This NOT a one-hit wonder, it's not even from the 1990's.
@@tylerlarsen1842 Ummm...yes it is.
@@jimmymelendez1836 I legitimately thought it came out in 1989, my bad
MC Hammer was more then a one hit wonder. He was; To Legit to Quit. Hey, hey!😏
We Like to Party was also a big hit for Six Flags. Most people these days remember the song from the commercials.
There are so many lmao. I would argue that "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!" by Vengaboys is almost as cheesy as, if not more than, "We Like To Party". More to add would be "Sex on the Beach" by T-Spoon, "Thong Song" by Sisqó and "Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Ray Cyrus (which is a cover of another '90s one hit wonder, but I find his version to be worse than the original) 😂😊
We Like To Party was the only Top 40 song. I wouldn’t count Billy Ray Cyrus as he also collaborated on “Old Town Road.”
@@kissfanmac fair enough. I know that "We Like To Party" was Vengaboys' only American Top 40 hit, and I don't disagree with it being on the list at all. I only commented on its cheesiness because I knew it was more popular than "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" but now that I've thought about it, that song could also be on the list, even just as an honourable mention.
As for Billy Ray, I hadn't thought about "Old Town Road," so you've got me there. Different generations will associate him with different songs; older people would mostly know him from the song that made him big in the first place, and younger people would know him from the song that made him more mainstream again.
@@cindy_nicole “Boom Boom Boom Boom” hit #84 on the US Hot 100. They were more popular in the UK and Netherlands. “We’re Going To Ibiza” was the followup and was Top 10 in many countries but unfortunately went nowhere in the US. I forgot Billy Ray Cyrus did a song with his daughter Miley in 2007 called “Ready, Set, Don’t Go” which hit #37. Obviously much bigger on the country charts with the album “Some Gave All” selling over 20 million copies.
The Thong Song came out in the '2000s.
Is there a copyright issue ? Can we listen to the song for more than 3 seconds? Does she ever shuts up?
Hanson has been a group for almost 30 years and are still going strong touring and releasing new music. And now they are all married with kids of their own. Isaac has 3 kids, Taylor has 7 kids, and Zac has 5 kids.
Yeah no they still suck.
Holy shit 15 grandkids?! Christmas must be popping
@@Luka-DanteGodofMischief LOL. And that's not even counting their 4 siblings who all have kids too.
@@crystalsnow1138 holy hell 19 grandkids?!!! Holy crap just imagine when they all go visit their grandparents, it's like a mini rave 😂
@@Luka-DanteGodofMischief There are 7 kids in the Hanson family, and around 23 grandkids (so far).
9:50 it's funny but the guy dancer with the blond hair is now my co-worker. We both work for the same airline. I run into him from time to time.
here's a few you could have added to the list: Return of the Mack (1996), Here Comes the Hotstepper (1994), 69 Boyz - Tootsie Roll (1994) Oasis - Wonderwall (1995) 🙂👍🏻
Oasis are actually pretty in the UK with dozens of hits.
@@lostsleepyfox True, but here in the states, that was really the only hit most people knew.
Oasis was huge... I live in Brasil and a friend of mine that lived in the US told me about them, about Wonderwall and Don't Look Back in Anger, said is was this British band that was playing all the time there, and it took a little while to be successful here, but when they did, man... I myself went to four of their concerts in over 10 years... My favorite band back then.
My favorites are Mambo No.5, Mr. Vain, Baby Got Back, and Macarena.
God that brings back some memories - I was in high school in the 90s! Damn!
I was born in 91 so these songs bring back so many memories lol
Haddaway's 'What is Love' should thank Saturday Night Live's sketch as well.