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Post by Dielawn on Jan 9, 2015 3:31:04 GMT -5
Interesting to see how radio didn't fully embrace this song, much like Gangnam Style more recently. Why did this barely scrape the top 10?
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Post by LBTrocks on Jan 9, 2015 18:59:52 GMT -5
Not gonna lie, it's a jam.
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Post by surfy on Jan 10, 2015 23:16:37 GMT -5
I suprisingly never got sick of this!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2015 1:10:41 GMT -5
I suprisingly never got sick of this! Same here.
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Post by Dielawn on Jan 14, 2015 2:49:42 GMT -5
Thanks for answering my question
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Post by Glove Slap on Aug 7, 2016 22:33:04 GMT -5
This song is dumb as hell, but that's part of the charm. The Gangnam Style comparison isn't too far off, the combination of the sheer ridiculousness and interactivity is what made this what it was. For better or worse, regardless of what any chart or list may say, this was most likely the biggest hit of the 90s and one of the biggest ever, and a true phenomenon in every sense of the word. I still remember my school making the dance part of the warmup in gym class in second grade.
As far as my opinion on the song goes, I've always liked the parts without the vocals the best. This undoubtedly feels every bit of the 20 years that it is now, but not in a really bad way.
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Post by Dielawn on Aug 11, 2016 13:36:21 GMT -5
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Jan 19, 2019 2:37:51 GMT -5
OMG! Don't get me started on this song!!! I even caught myself dancing to this at 8 years old!! The Macarena in the 90s was what Gangnam Style was in 2012.
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Jan 25, 2019 5:02:28 GMT -5
It's the same issues that "Gangnam Style" faced. Most of it is in another language and it's a novelty song. Perhaps programmers didn't want to risk losing their audience with a song like this.
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Jan 25, 2019 5:23:53 GMT -5
There were two different versions of the music video. I used to see the 1st version on The Box a lot back in the day and that was the one I knew. When I went to India in 1995, Channel V showed the 2nd version. Once I returned to the U.S., The Box was showing the 2nd version.
1st version
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Post by Leo ✔ on Jan 25, 2019 8:40:41 GMT -5
Iconic to date.
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Post by disman00911 on Aug 19, 2020 12:53:47 GMT -5
Overplayed to death during the mid-1990s. I still remember the music video on MTV and VH1 (and the "Animaniacs" parody version as that was one of my favorite cartoons growing up). On the radio, B96 played this song alot in my market. I couldn't stand the Bayside Boys version with the obnoxious female lead vocals. Ironically, I do like the River Re-Mix, which only has the male vocals and none of the female vocals. River Re-Mix www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRUfiKn_0-UAnimaniacs spoof www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZKzq_fKops
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Post by disman00911 on Jan 26, 2021 12:47:56 GMT -5
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Post by Joe1240 on Aug 5, 2022 2:45:50 GMT -5
Great Video from Todd In The Shadows on this song
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Post by thirddegree50123 on Aug 12, 2022 8:58:52 GMT -5
Great Video from Todd In The Shadows on this song One of the best channels on Youtube. And definitely Todd's best series
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Oct 21, 2023 13:13:13 GMT -5
#500 on Billboard's 500 Greatest Pop Songs
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