What’s Up? was a huge hit in 1993 but the band disbanded soon after when lead singer Linda Perry went solo. ‘I’m a b***h, I’m a lover, I’m a child, I’m a mother, I’m a sinner, I’m a saint, I do not feel ashamed,’ she sung. Macarena by Spanish pop duo Los del Rio was such a hit that it even inspired its own naff dance movement as party goers clamoured to recreate the steps on the dance floor.īrooks’ sweary power rock tune became an anthem for empowered ladies around the world. Since they split, the Los Angeles hip-hop trio have forged successful careers Danny Boy founded an art company, DJ Lethal joined Limp Bizkit and Everlast became a multi-platinum solo star.Ī contender for most annoying song ever, Swedish pop group Rednex struck chart gold by giving this traditional American folk song a Eurodance spin because, obviously, what any track needs is some extra cheesy dance beats. Jump Around became one of the definitive party anthems of the decade when it was released in 1992. Hotstepper appeared on the soundtrack for the black comedy Prêt-à-Porter and remains his only US number one hit to date. Only Ini Kamoze could pull off a string vest, bandana and CAT boots but then again he was the ‘lyrical gangster’. It stayed at number one for an astonishing 20 weeks in France and has since been covered by the likes of Bob the Builder.

It’s actually a song about fatherhood written by frontman Dan Wilson disguised as a song about being kicked out of a bar so his bandmates wouldn’t get sick of playing tracks about his kids.īega gave Mambo No 5, an instrumental song composed back in 1949, a new lease of life by adding lyrics and a string of girls’ names. Thought this was a song about being kicked out of a bar? Wrong! Singer Jas Mann went on to become a film producer via a disastrous appearance on Brass Eye. Spaceman appeared on a Levi’s jeans TV advert and became the fastest-selling single in the UK since The Beatles’ Can’t Buy Me Love.īut the band’s sudden fame wasn’t sustainable mainly because the rest of their music was crap. It ended up on the soundtrack and made Loeb, who now writes children’s books, the first person to ever get to number 1 in the US without having a record deal. The singer/songwriter got her big break when neighbour and friend Ethan Hawke passed on a tape (yes, they had tapes back then) of the track to Reality Bites director Ben Stiller.

Tubthumping peaked at number 2 and is still bothering the nation’s dodgiest indie discos even today.Ģ.

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