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00:006 Of The Worst And Most Cringeworthy One-Hit Wonders Of The 90s
00:05Number 6 This Is How We Do It by Montel Jordan
00:09The soundtrack to every house party where someone's older brother brought the boombox.
00:14Jordan's 1995 hit sampled Slick Rick, becoming more infectious than terrible dance moves.
00:20Hearing it today instantly transports you back to cargo shorts and butterfly clips.
00:25Number 5 Love Fool by The Cardigans
00:29The sonic equivalent of glitter, pretty, sparkly and absolutely impossible to get rid of
00:33once it attached itself to your consciousness.
00:36Retail workers during this era suffered person's voice crooning about desperate love, questioning
00:41life choices.
00:43Years later, Love Fool still pops up like a time machine back to relationships that crashed
00:47harder than Windows 95, according to music retrospectives that continue celebrating its
00:52sticky charm.
00:54Number 4 Tom Green's The Bum Bum Song
00:58performance art disguised as musical terrorism.
01:00The Bum Bum Song proved that democracy dies in pop music voting.
01:05Green's prank fans propelled this track to number 1 in 1999.
01:09Green retired it immediately after triumph.
01:13Number 3 C'est La Vie by Bewitched
01:16Irish girl group meets questionable fashion in this denim heavy fest.
01:20C'est La Vie knocked the verve off the charts, becoming iconic despite choreography best forgotten.
01:27Rolling Stone noted it as the first of four consecutive UK number 1s for Bewitched.
01:32Number 2 Kiss Me by Sixpence None the Richer
01:36This Christian band dominated rom-com soundtracks and awkward school dances.
01:41Kiss Me quickly became a twee international phenomenon, peaking at number 2 as it captured teenage dreams
01:46with its sweet acoustic guitars and vocals.
01:48Number 1 Possum Kingdom by The Toadies
01:52Grunge's most unsettling contribution to alternative radio came wrapped in duct tape and dark intentions.
01:59Stalker-esque lyrics and minor key menace made others sound like lullabies.
02:04The Toadies stayed down in the trenches making music that sounded like Texas Chainsaw Massacre
02:09with better production values and actual hooks, earning praise from alternative music documentaries
02:14for its uncompromising vision.
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02:19Is a production of the Outlaw
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