The 90's US One-Hit Wonders Rate: WINNER REVEALED - Goodbye, farewell and amen

chanex · Dec 28, 2018

I can’t believe I gave a 9 to Freshmen and Whoomp...I may have had a few drinks before embarking on my nostalgia-fueled scoring journey. Can’t wait to see how I surprise myself next.

@WowWowWowWow your mother is iconic! I need one of those buttons immediately!

Seventeen Days · Dec 28, 2018

Ironheade said:

oh my god, MY COUSIN HAD THIS ALBUM. the memories... the horrible, horrible memories.

anyway, good riddance to this crap. I really only gave it a mid-ranger because of the good times had when it was playing.

2014 · Dec 28, 2018

Whoomp is an 11 compared to 500 Miles - get it out!!!!!

Mike · Dec 28, 2018

Awful. Good riddance.

I'm hoping the Digable Planets track has some legs though - favourite discovery here, no question.

Remorque · Dec 28, 2018

Tag Team should have been one of the first songs out in my opinion.

And while we're talking about the 90s... Clock did a better version, sistren.

Ironheade · Dec 28, 2018

Seventeen Days said:
oh my god, MY COUSIN HAD THIS ALBUM. the memories... the horrible, horrible memories.

anyway, good riddance to this crap. I really only gave it a mid-ranger because of the good times had when it was playing.

Please tell me that "Ducks in the Hood" was a Donald-themed parody of Eazy-E's "Boyz-n-the-Hood"?

(Also, no writeup tonight, I'm going out. Next elimination will be tomorrow.)

DJHazey · Dec 28, 2018

I'm just happy I'm avoiding any of my ultimate favorite this early and we're getting the questionable hip hop jams out before we really dive into all the amazing alternative tracks.

I thought just Kenan was in the Might Ducks movies, not both Kenan and Kel.

This constant scream for 500 Miles to go is still weird to me. I gave it a 7.5, so by no means will I be crying if it goes but hearing the cries for it to go over and over again makes me wonder if I missed something and there's something deeper causing the hatred rather just disliking a song.

Empty Shoebox · Dec 28, 2018

DJHazey said:
I missed something and there's something deeper causing the hatred rather just disliking a song.

It's very, very overplayed.

GimmeWork · Dec 28, 2018

Ironheade said:
Someday, I will find a physical copy of this album and construct a shrine to it.

OMG there's plenty of them on EBAY. The sheer curiosity might lead to an impulse buy. Whoomp.

londonrain · Dec 28, 2018

GimmeWork said:
OMG there's plenty of them on EBAY. The sheer curiosity might lead to an impulse buy. Whoomp.

This is making me feel a lot better about the fact that I used to own Kermit Unpigged as a kid.

GimmeWork · Dec 28, 2018

londonrain said:
This is making me feel a lot better about the fact that I used to own Kermit Unpigged as a kid.

kii.. Oh you are not alone here. I owned Kermit Unpigged and so did quite a few of my friends.

Aester · Dec 28, 2018

For me, it's "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" that I can't believe is still in. Everything that's gone so far is better than that.

unnameable · Dec 28, 2018

Not being American, I have no idea what "ESPN jock jams" are. Are they pyjamas for people to watch sports in? (I know ESPN show sports and like showing reruns of classic matches, but have never tuned into their channel once).

Seventeen Days · Dec 28, 2018

unnameable said:
Not being American, I have no idea what "ESPN jock jams" are. Are they pyjamas for people to watch sports in? (I know ESPN show sports and like showing reruns of classic matches, but have never tuned into their channel once).

"Jock Jams" was a series of compilation CDs in the 90s, composed mostly of dance songs meant to get people pumped up for sports stuff. It was... mostly a straight people kind of thing.

Ironheade said:
Please tell me that "Ducks in the Hood" was a Donald-themed parody of Eazy-E's "Boyz-n-the-Hood"?

God, I wish. It was far more cheesier... found it on YouTube, if you wanna torture your ears with it.

WowWowWowWow · Dec 28, 2018

Seventeen Days said:
"Jock Jams" was a series of compilation CDs in the 90s, composed mostly of dance songs meant to get people pumped up for sports stuff. It was... mostly a straight people kind of thing.

Indeed, and also they would intersperse the “catchphrases” of the ESPN commentators as interludes. Somebody had the ~~distressing~~ amazing idea to Frankenstein’s-monster a bunch of them together into one song that actually charted:

WowWowWowWow · Dec 28, 2018

Oh and we shan’t forget “Son Of Jock Jam”

But Jock Jams also gave us a 2 Unlimited megamix so I can’t hate too much

soratami · Dec 28, 2018

Seventeen Days said:
God, I wish. It was far more cheesier... found it on YouTube, if you wanna torture your ears with it.

D U C K, everybody in the hood say hey!

pop3blow2 · Dec 28, 2018

There’s 300% more Donald Duck references than I expected in this rate.

Very good.

Carry on.

chanex · Dec 28, 2018

DJHazey said:
This constant scream for 500 Miles to go is still weird to me. I gave it a 7.5, so by no means will I be crying if it goes but hearing the cries for it to go over and over again makes me wonder if I missed something and there's something deeper causing the hatred rather just disliking a song.

For me what puts it over the top into pure hatred is the jaunty, swaggering delivery, especially on the chorus. Delighted to share the loathe with so many.

CorgiCorgiCorgi · Dec 28, 2018

If this thread veers dangerously off-course, I am prepared to post the Imagine Dragons cover of 500 Miles.