Top 10 One Hit Wonders from the 90’s
November 28th, 2007 Posted in Pop CultureIf you’re like us, you probably know most of the songs from the 90’s. Great artists like Calloway, Faith No More, Candy Man and Deee-Lite. What you don’t remember them? Well, we don’t either. Check out these other top one hit wonders from the 90’s.
See any we missed? Let us know in the comments below.
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Hi, I’m Nikki Key and you’re watching the Daily Idea. Today’s topic – the ten biggest one hit wonders of the 90s, Daily Idea’s look at the blind squirrels of pop music that only found one nut.
I Touch Myself – The Divinyls
Self-love was first popularized on the radio by Cyndi Lauper during the 80s. If you’re just now finding out that’s what “She Bop” is all about you should really get out more. The Divinyls repopularized the theme of handling your own business in the early 90s with “I Touch Myself.” This was the Australian band’s only hit stateside.
Walking in Memphis – Marc Cohn
It’s a shame to include Marc Cohn’s “Walking in Memphis” on this list. There’s something gimmicky about most one-hit wonders and their one big hit, but “Walking in Memphis” is a bluesy, soulful masterpiece and I think I sound awesome when I sing it at the top of my lungs in the car. Oh well, I guess one hit’s better than no hit at all.
I’m Too Sexy – Right Said Fred
“I’m Too Sexy” was a huge hit in the 90s and someone smarter than me will have to explain why. This is maybe the worst song ever written. And maybe the gayest too. This song is so gay it makes “YMCA” sound like the theme to “Rocky” and Right Said Fred makes the Village People seem like four straight guys on their way to a southern Baptist costume party.
I Love You Always Forever – Donna Lewis
“I Love You Always Forever, I have no talent, I’m just a wannabe…
“This will be my only big hit, someone should punch me in the head…
The Freshmen – The Verve Pipe
Aaaah, we all remember “The Freshmen” by The Verve Pipe. Best line from this song: “For the life of me I cannot remember what us think that we were wise and we’d never compromise.” That’s pretty much every freshman ever, isn’t it? Sometimes when you write the perfect song there’s nowhere to go but down, which is what happened to The Verve Pipe.
The Macarena – Los del Rio
If you’re a band and your first big hit comes with its own dance, I wouldn’t recommend giving up your apartment to buy a big house because your fifteen minutes is almost up. The Macarena was so much more than a terrible song and even more terrible dance, it was a cultural phenomenon. The bad kind. Young America was done with the Macarena after about ten minutes, but somehow when middle aged people caught on six month later and the frenzy started all over again. Suddenly, everywhere you looked fat people in stadiums were dancing on command. If herpes were a song, it would be the Macarena.
Closing Time – Semisonic
We can all agree “Closing Time” is a great song, right? Ok, good. There are twelve songs on Semisonic’s album “Feeling Strangely Fine” and “Closing Time” is the first track. That’s a fine start. But, instead of simply filling up the entire album with this track twelve times, Semisonic got a little ambitious and recorded eleven more songs…that all completely suck. This, people, is how you get to be a one-hit wonder.
Tubthumping – Chumbawamba
“I get knocked down, but I get up again, you’re never gonna keep me down.” Not true, actually. Otherwise you wouldn’t be on this list.
No Rain – Blind Melon
Ok, in fairness, it’s tough to keep releasing good music when your lead singer O.D.s. But for Blind Melon, that all happened after the release of their second album. An album that lacked the one critical element for success that the first album had: a fat little girl in a bee costume. “No Rain” was and still is a great song and it was and still is the band’s only hit. And that fat little girl went on to become…Tyra Banks.
Bitch – Meredith Brooks
If you never want to be taken seriously as a female singer songwriter, write a song called “Bitch” and then put these lyrics in your song: “I’m a bitch, I’m a tease.” No word yet as to how Ms. Brooks is doing in the world of gangster rap, but we do know she only had one hit on the pop charts.
And that’s our list of the nineties biggest one hit wonders. We hope you enjoyed it. And that’s another Daily Idea.
One Response to “Top 10 One Hit Wonders from the 90’s”
By Anu on Dec 5, 2007
Ohhhh, if only the DJ for our high school reunion had watched this… =)