Aqua - “Barbie Girl”

[kellydicted]

lol This song was fun. I remember thinking this was a commercial for barbie the first time I heard it

[britrocks16]

Classic.

[ClassicCase]

A song that flatly reminds you of playing with dolls...oh, wait a minute.....ACTION FIGURE!

[ƒony (Les taches faibles™)]

This was the 3rd Aqua single in Norway.
And it was released at the time I was graduating from high school. And was kinda our schools 'graduation song'

It's fun. And I still love it

[johnnywest]

This was played as a Rewind on AT40 last year.

[britrocks16]

This has got to be one of the biggest international hits ever!! It hit #1 in like every single country!

[eric]

ishontheradio said:

The definitive guilty pleasure song. 'nuff said

[johnnywest]

Splendid!

[babyboylrtm]

Fake and plastic is fantastic! SMASH! I like it.

[iMoan]

My guilty pleasure ;)

[Krypton46]

It's not that it was a bad song or anything for what it was but I had to be in the right mood in order to enjoy it. I can't stand hearing it every so often though or else I'll suffer a migrane.

[Deleted]

A classic song about the best toys ever!

[johnnywest]

They don't make songs like this anymore!

[surfy]

Such a guilty pleasure!!! <3

[Verisimilitude]

Incredible song. I love it for so many reasons. Perfect combo of song and video.

[🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾]

I was a big fan of this when it first came out and I still love it. The video is so hilarious and over-the-top. The "controversy" and "lawsuit" over the song were absolutely ridiculous.

It's hard to believe that it's almost 19 years old now.

There have been a few remakes of this since the initial release, most notably by Velva Blu and Rob Mayth but neither came close to matching the perfection of the original.

[🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲]

This song makes me wanna go down memory lane. I loved this song. It felt like a major anthem to Barbie lovers everywhere!

[disman00911]

I hated this song so much from the nasal-voiced female vocals, repetitive chorus, and the overplay it got on the radio.  B96 played this song alot despite moving away from dance-based hits in favor of a more broader, R&B-leaning rhythmic top 40 format that year. Their morning show at the time even did a parody called "Ken Doll".  Couldn't get away from that song back then and I consider it one of the worst songs of the 1990s.

[Fire]

the definition of so bad it's good

[areyoureadytojump]

RIAA.com:

AQUA
Title: BARBIE GIRL
Certification Date: July 6, 2023
Label: MCA
Format: SINGLE
Gold
Platinum
2x Platinum
​​​​​​​3x Platinum

[jdanton2]

i was wondering why this song was not used more as a tie in for the movie . good article that mentions the lawsuit to the group at the time of it's release from the toy company.

slate.com/culture/2023/07/barbie-girl-song-movie-aqua-nicki-minaj-ice-spice.html

[johnm1120]

Meanwhile, 6 top 40 stations are listed on AA as playing this.

[bjordan]

This song was the most annoying song ever made.

[🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲]

#220 on Billboard's 500 Greatest Pop Songs

You Know What It Is: The earworm that launched Aqua to the forefront of late-’90s pop by way of a dance-pop ode to Mattel’s iconic Barbie, leading to a controversial lawsuit that was ultimately dismissed on the basis of parody protected by the First Amendment.

Coming Around Again: Any bad blood between Aqua and Mattel was presumably put to rest when the track was licensed for the 2023 blockbuster Barbie film, and sampled by Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice for the soundtrack’s “Barbie World” — also a No. 7 hit, perfectly enough.

This Magic Moment: Put on your best Ken voice — René Dif, not Ryan Gosling — for every “Come on Barbie, let’s go party!” shout-along.