This.
I knew I’d be in the minority and I was right - I went with Kriss Kross. Way catchier and stronger musically than “Baby Got Back”, IMO.
Was he perhaps covering Jonathan Coulton’s arrangement?
I strenuously object to the bolded statement.
“Baby Got Back” finishes well ahead of the other songs in the world-famous** Ponch8 Music Rating System**, with Michael Jackson finishing second. I actually think Color Me Badd’s song is a good song, but I’d be surprised if any professional music critic agreed with me.
“How Do You Talk to an Angel” is dead-ass last. What a horrible song from the cast of a horrible TV show. IIRC, the song stayed at the top of the chart even after the show got cancelled due to poor ratings. Only six or seven episodes of that shit ever aired.
Vanessa got my vote just before George and Elton.
Wikipedia says that the show didn’t actually get cancelled until one week after the song fell out of the #1 spot. There were 12 episodes that aired, not just six or seven. Still, it’s an indisputable fact that the song and the TV show were absolute garbage.
Wow, what a bunch of crap. “Baby Got Back” just because it’s funny.
So, uh, Elton John’s '90s #1 songs were remakes of Elton John songs?
Gonna vote for Whitney, more for Dolly the songwriter than Whitney the singer. I lived in E. Tennessee for a few years and Dolly earns some respect for making it big out of that hell hole, and then building a theme park essentially celebrating the fact that she made it out.
Sir Mix a Lot. No contest. Although props to Mr. Big, like Nelson a band that got lumped in with the hair bands when they were really more of a timeless rock n’ roll band. Still are, actually.
Right Said Fred’s I’m too Sexy wins my vote because its a silly song that fully embraces its silliness.
Plus, whenever I’m in the mood, I’ll whisper “I’m…” in a slow baritone voice to my wife. Strangely, it makes her laugh which definitely wasn’t what I was trying to achieve.
It took 25 years, but finally we have a genuinely popular song that is worse than “Macarthur Park.”
It will ultimately be eclipsed by Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On,” which IMHO still reigns as the Worst Popular Song Ever, but for a few years, Whitney Houston is the champ.
I like My Heart Will Go On. I Will Always Love You, not so much.
It looks like my horrendous 18-year losing streak is finally coming to an end! The last time I voted for the poll winner was 1973, when Stevie Wonder whipped everyone else’s buttocks with “Superstition.” Now it’s Sir Mix-a-Lot who’s whipping buttocks with his song about buttocks.
Don’t forget, we live in a world where “Achy Breaky Heart” and “My Humps” exist.
George Michael I feel totally upset Elton John in that duet, much better than the studio 1974 version.
Finally! Someone I can commiserate with (RE: the first sentence, of course; I’ve found no shortage of people who share the opinion - as I do - mentioned in the second sentence)!
And, for the first year ever, I officially abstain. There is no way in hell I can vote for any song on this list.
Yup, Baby Got Back, without a doubt.
I was just about to do the same.
I decided to go ahead and vote for How Do You Talk to An Angel. At least it features an electric guitar, and with a little imagination I can pretend how an 80’s hair metal band could have done that song right. Since no one else voted for it, it seems like an equally good way to capture my disgust with this entire era.
In other news from 1992, we have Images and Words thanks to Dream Theater. “Pull me Under” indeed. (Though despite this being their “greatest hit” it’s not even the best from this particular album).