This week’s compilation is dedicated to the artists that never made it past the breakthrough single.
1″”Macarena”” by Los Del RioTalk about trends. If you don’t know the dance then you didn’t live in the 90s.
2″”Blue (Da Ba Dee)”” by Eiffel 65I heard if you listen to this song three times in a row it will be in your head for the rest of your life. “”I’m Blue Da Ba Dee Da Ba Die blah blah blah.””
3″”Escape”” by Rupert HolmesIt might come on at a party and you’ll wonder what the song is, but once it getsto the chorus you’ll be singing along, “”If you like pina coladas…””
4″”Whatever Happened to Fun”” by CandyThe band released only one album in 1985, which takes its name from this song. This is a great power pop song that, amazingly, continues to survive online. You can find the band’s appropriately irreverent music video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rnGbYOJn_I.
5″”Tubthumping”” by ChumbawambaAhh, the great grade school anthem. I remember riding the bus home with this song coming on the radio and all the kids boisterously shouting along even though most of us had no idea the song was about getting drunk and “”pissing the night away.””
5 More Sensations that Didn’t Quite Make ItMedicine Man by the Buchanan BrothersTurning Japanese by The VaporsWho let the dogs out? by Baha MenBreakfast at Tiffany’s by Deep BlueSomethingBittersweet Symphony by The Verve