# i have found the quintessential 90s one-hit wonder. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 20, 2002, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-the-quintessential-90s-one-hit-wonder/133041 "2002-10-20T01:45:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-the-quintessential-90s-one-hit-wonder/133041/1 "2002-10-20T01:45:01Z")
Okay, so the 80s was the decade of the one-hit wonders. and there were plenty of them in the 50s,60s and 70s as well. But it would be tough to think of THE quintessential one-hit wonder of the 90s, since there were so few of them. Except I have. It has all the requirements of: – snappy band name – uncontrollably infectious hook – no more radio play of said artist undoubtedly It is “New Age Girl” by Dead Eye Dick. (“plowed” by sponge is also a good nomination, seeing as it is my 3rd favorite song ever. However, I must admit, despite the fact that the hook is great, it doesnt partake as much of that, um, hookiness, as New Age Girls bassline-shout riposte hook.) ---
**Author:** ![WSLer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-the-quintessential-90s-one-hit-wonder/133041/2 "2002-10-20T01:53:33Z")
I’ve never heard of **either** of those groups nor have I ever heard **either** of the songs, so they must be **no** -hit wonders.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-the-quintessential-90s-one-hit-wonder/133041/3 "2002-10-20T02:21:07Z")
Don’t forget that tune _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_ by Deep Blue Something. That song was about as banal as it was ubiquitous. I don’t think I’ve ever heard anything else by those guys and I doubt if I’d recognize them if I did. It bridged the gap between the undifferentiated morass of grunge rock and the featureless sheen of teeny bop and got lost in the transition. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-the-quintessential-90s-one-hit-wonder/133041/4 "2002-10-20T02:43:37Z")
You’re all wrong. It’s the Friends theme song by, uh, you know, those guys. ---
**Author:** ![WSLer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-the-quintessential-90s-one-hit-wonder/133041/5 "2002-10-20T03:01:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cat Fight \* > \*\*You’re all wrong. It’s the Friends theme song by, uh, you know, those guys. \*\* _The Rembrandts_. What’s funny is that they had originally only written the 45 seconds heard on the opening of the show, and then they had to rush around and write a few more verses after NBC kept bitching at them to fill out the song. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-the-quintessential-90s-one-hit-wonder/133041/6 "2002-10-20T03:04:26Z")
The Rembrandts. (Or maybe they were just called Rembrandt.) Whatever happened to Toad The Wet Sprocket? And the Peaches song? ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-the-quintessential-90s-one-hit-wonder/133041/7 "2002-10-20T05:06:31Z")
Toad the Wet Sprocket broke up in 1998 after releasing four (?) albums. I believe their last release was a greatest hits type thing. And the Peaches song was Presidents of the United States of America and technically, they had two hits: Peaches and Lump (which was lampooned by Weird Al, I might add). ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-the-quintessential-90s-one-hit-wonder/133041/8 "2002-10-20T05:23:07Z")
all good mentions, but: – the rembrandts had a song a few years before friends with “thats just the way it is baby” – i swear i have heard more than 1 toad the wet sprocket song. on the radio. – there are bands that sound like they were influenced by Deep Blue Something…or at least it seems their influence goes beyond just that one song. I dont have any proof or links, just a gut feeling. Other than that they certainly seem like a 1-hit wonder ---
**Author:** ![Bedrosian\_Bixby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecae2f/32.png) [@Bedrosian\_Bixby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bedrosian_Bixby)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-the-quintessential-90s-one-hit-wonder/133041/9 "2002-10-20T05:59:34Z")
Might I suggest “Unbelievable” by EMF or maybe “The Macarena” (God help us.) or any number of early 90’s psuedo-rap/hip hop songs…maybe Bizmarkee or De La Soul (an underated group if there ever was one) or how about that annoying Ugly Kid Joe song “Hate Everything About You” and let us not forget “Blue” by that crappy Eiffel band. “I’m blue dabboo dee dabboo die, daboo dee daboo die…” ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-the-quintessential-90s-one-hit-wonder/133041/10 "2002-10-20T06:06:38Z")
I was thinking of that one song by Fastball. I don’t remember hearing anything else from them and I can’t even remember the one song that was played on the radio all the freaking time. ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-the-quintessential-90s-one-hit-wonder/133041/11 "2002-10-20T06:08:07Z")
Or that group that did “Sex and Candy”? ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-the-quintessential-90s-one-hit-wonder/133041/12 "2002-10-20T06:36:49Z")
The Fastball song was “The Way”, and it earned a very nice spot in my own Personal Hell after the radio played it 24/7 for an entire summer. Another song of theirs got a little airplay, as well… can’t remember the name, it was incredibly bland and forgettable. I don’t think anyone actually liked it, it was just something for the stations to play in between popular songs. Marcy Playground was the group that did “Sex and Candy”, which I liked. When I was 13. What about… what’s her face. That did that one song. “I love you always forever. Near or far, closer together. Everywhere, I will be with you. Everything, I will do for you.” God. Then there’s Lisa Loeb with “Stay.” Although, say what you will, the video for “I Do” is still awesome. You heard me. Or what about… god dammit it’s late, but that one song by “Crash Test Dummies.” Lord. Even as a kid I couldn’t stand that song. Was All 4 One a one hit wonder? Because if not, they really should have been. Okay, just thinking about popular music circa 1995/96 is making me really sick. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-the-quintessential-90s-one-hit-wonder/133041/13 "2002-10-20T06:39:44Z")
“The Way”, by Fastball. They followed it up with at least 2 other songs, including “Out Of My Head”. “Sex and Candy”, by Marcy Playground. They had another song out about a year ago called “Saint Joe and the School Bus”. “Macarena” was performed by Los Del Rio. All-4-One had a couple more songs out, including a Disney theme or two. My nomination is Skee-Lo, for his song “I Wish”. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-the-quintessential-90s-one-hit-wonder/133041/14 "2002-10-20T06:54:28Z")
Sponge had another pretty popular song, “Molly.” You know… ‘sixteen candles down the drain.’ My vote is for The Cardigans with “Lovefool.” ---
**Author:** ![Bedrosian\_Bixby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecae2f/32.png) [@Bedrosian\_Bixby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bedrosian_Bixby)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-the-quintessential-90s-one-hit-wonder/133041/15 "2002-10-20T07:03:35Z")
The Crash Test Dummies song was “mmm mmm mmm”…but they did have a minor hit a few years before with “Super Man’s Song”. Don’t quot me on this but I think the follow up song by Fastball was “Singing In My Sleep” How about Poe’s “Angry Johnny”, House of Pain’s “Jump Around” or the ever loveable Geggy Tah and his one infectious song “All I Want To Do” ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-the-quintessential-90s-one-hit-wonder/133041/16 "2002-10-20T07:25:41Z")
House of pain had a few more hits but it was only in rap circles since most of their music couldnt be played on radio The main “singer” of the group everlast had am inor hit wiht "what its like also " But if your looking for "what ever happened to " stuff look them up on cdnows site they usually have a good biography section along with the cd listing ---
**Author:** ![King\_Friday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/43a26b/32.png) [@King\_Friday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Friday)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-the-quintessential-90s-one-hit-wonder/133041/17 "2002-10-20T07:26:19Z")
Macarena? ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-the-quintessential-90s-one-hit-wonder/133041/18 "2002-10-20T07:51:03Z")
‘Singing in My Sleep’ was by Semisonic, of ‘Closing Time’ and ‘FNT’ fame. Their last single, largely overlooked by commercial radio, was called ‘Chemistry’ or something, and sucked. I think Fastball’s second single was ‘Fire Escape,’ which sucked. ‘Out of My Head’ was just about my favorite cut from their extremely spotty record _All the Pain Money Can Buy_ (not their debut, btw), but it wasn’t a single-friendly song at all. The Crash Test Dummies’ _God Shuffled His Feet_ is incredibly underrated. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-the-quintessential-90s-one-hit-wonder/133041/19 "2002-10-20T08:09:18Z")
Poe (hot!) also had another hit, “Hey, Pretty”. ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-the-quintessential-90s-one-hit-wonder/133041/20 "2002-10-20T13:43:48Z")
Ice Ice Baby. The ultimate 90s one hit wonder. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-the-quintessential-90s-one-hit-wonder/133041.md?page=2)