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Top 10 Cheesiest One-Hit Wonders of the 1990s


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my shirt so sexy
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
cheesiest one-hit wonders of the 1990s
for this list we’ve chosen acts that
were strongly identified with one
extremely cheesy and successful song
during the 1990s we’re not limiting
things to acts that literally only had
one hit single throughout their careers
but we’re picking acts that are most
known today for a chosen song we’re
taking mother pig number 10 Mmmbop by
Hansen while this trio of brothers did
have more than one top 20 hit in their
career few people remember Hansen for
anything other than the mega success of
their grammy-nominated debut single
with production help from the Dust
Brothers the self-penned pop rock ditty
topped over 15 charts and became a
mainstay of pop radio ensuring that
would be in bopping with Isaac Taylor
and Zach for months
number nine cotton eye Joe by rednecks
where did you come from where did you go
where did you come from cotton-eye Joe
if you’re looking for a hit song
apparently mixing eurodance techno folk
bluegrass and country is the way to go
at least that’s what this Swedish band
did with their cover of the American
country tune in 1994 if it hadn’t been
for cotton-eye Joe these rednecks would
never have spent multiple weeks at
number one on several European charts
and reached number 25 in the US number
eight mr. rain by Culture beat
whether you call him mr. Raider mr.
wrong or mr. vain the subject of this
eurodance hit knows what he wants and he
wants it now thanks to the song’s
thumping beat melodic vocals and rap
verses culture beat top 12 charts in
Europe and earned a top 20 spot on
Billboard’s Hot 100 though they are
still together the act experienced its
most successful period with this gold
certified single
number seven what is love by Hattaway
this Trinidadian German singer wanted to
know the meaning of love so badly he
asked the question at least 10 times
throughout this girl dance and how strap
popping several European charts what is
love peaked just shy of the Billboard
top ten in the early 90s
however it regained and maybe even
surpassed its former popularity when it
was used by the Roxbury guys on Saturday
Night Live and in the movie based on
those sketches our necks still hurt I
broke the window again dad’s gonna be
pissed
number six steal my sunshine by Len by
fusing hip hop pop and disco the alt
rock group earned a sleeper hit before
decades and I know
kill my sunshine summary fun-loving
vibes and alternating male female vocals
struck such a chord with radio listeners
that at la ter reached the Billboard Hot
100 top-ten not too shabby for a
Canadian outfit with no previous
charting singles to its name though it
was also their last
number five woof there it is by tag team
1993 DC the brain supreme and Steve
Rowland teamed up for the Miami base hit
that’s been played at every sporting
event since well it’s hard not to exceed
every year for this party Jam tag team
we’re never able to get down and
recapture their top to success they
pretty much faded into obscurity
number four ice ice baby by Vanilla Ice
Robert Van Winkle did score a top five
hit with his play that funky music cover
but is that records b-side that became
his enduring hit like a bandeau lot up a
stage and watch I can handle dance
thanks to its catchy sampled bassline
Ice Ice Baby became the first hip hop
single to top Billboard Hot 100
token MCS like a pound puppy with a
style like a chemical spill and feasible
rhymes that you can vision and feel
Vanilla Ice also helped bring hip hop
and the running man to the masses got
the hook while my DJ football
number three I’m too sexy by Right Said
Fred
they were so sexy it hurts okay
maybe not but that’s what Right Said
Fred wanted you to think with this
catchy dance pop number wall how they
were able to take themselves seriously
while doing their little turn on the
catwalk is beyond us but somehow this
simple and repetitive tune hit number
one for three weeks
and proved why dudes shouldn’t wear mesh
shirts ever number two baby got back bye
sir mix-a-lot we would have thought that
a song about big butts would win over
the National Academy of Recording Arts
and Sciences but Sir mix-a-lot humorous
hip hop tribute to fixed soul sisters
with back did just that and who a
novelized the Billboard Hot 100 top spot
for five weeks while the emcee and
producer continued making music he and
his anaconda will forever be tied to
this raft class
number one Macarena by los del rio those
several versions of this song exist
it was the Bayside Boys 1996 English
Spanish remix that became an
international sensation bus with help
from some super easy arm movements you
had one of the 90s most popular dance
crazes – whether or not you actually
thought los Del Rio’s Latin dance Bop
was any good there is no denying it’s a
hell of a catchy track that continues to
have a cult following today do you agree
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