1-hit Wonders

I just watched VH1's 40 Greatest 1-hit wonders of the 90s

40- Whoop There It Is [Tag Team]
39- I Touch Myself [Divinyls]
38- How Do You Talk To An Angel [Heights]
37- Mouth [Merril Bainbridge]
36- Bad Boys [Inner Circle]
35- Sex & Candy [Marcy Playground]
34- You Gotta Be [Des'ree]
33- I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) [Proclaimers]
32- MyBabyDaddy [B-Rock & The Bizz]
31- Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm [Crash Test Dummies]
30- Bitter Sweet Symphony [The Verve]
29- Lullaby [Shawn Mullins]
28- Flava In Ya Ear [Craig Mack]
27- Achy Breaky Heart [Billy Ray Cyrus]
26- Mambo #5 (A Little Bit Of....) [Lou Bega]
25- The Impression That I Get [Mighty Mighty Bosstones]
24- Feed The Tree [Belly]
23- What Is Love [Haddaway]
22- Walking In Memphis [Marc Cohn]
21- Legend Of A Cowgirl [Imani Coppola]
20- Good Vibrations [Marky Mark & Funky Bunch]
19- Steal My Sunshine [Len]
18- Unbelievable [EMF]
17- Informer [Snow]
16- Jump [Kris Kross]
15- No Rain [Blind Melon]
14- Rump Shaker [Wreckx-N-Effect]
13- Cotton Eye Joe [Red-Nex]
12- The Humpty Dance [Digital Underground]
11- You Get What You Give [New Radicals]
10- One Of Us [Joan Osborne]
9- Jump Around [House Of Pain]
8- Barely Breathing [Duncan Sheik]
7- Ice Ice Baby [Vanilla Ice]
6- Closing Time [Semisonic]
5- Tubthumping [Chumbawamba]
4- Macarena [Los Del Rio]
3- Rico Suave [Gerardo]
2- I'm Too Sexy [Right Said Fred]
1- Baby Got Back [Sir Mix-A-Lot]

So the funny thing about the list is that when I recall the songs it seems the only way to truly remember how you heard them... is on repeat. Chances are you find yourself singing along before you can stop it. For example, "Tubthumping" was the background song for my Nintendo 64 soccer video game. "Cotton Eye Joe" plays at almost every baseball/softball game. Even if you don't like the song it's imbedded in your brain so much that you can sing all the lyrics without trying.The other thing I noticed about the top 40 is that several of them are about the female dairy aire. I'm not even going to go down that road, just making a point.



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