92

MMMBop
Hanson
1997

Oh boy. Ohhhhhhhh boy. Now listen….wait…no, listen….hey!! Calm down! No, the whole list is not a disgrace now. Just calm down already.

Guys, here’s what I know: this song SLAPS. The ultimate feel-good, riding with your top down (I said down, not off) summer song. Yes it was written by children (allegedly) but those lyrics are actually pretty deep, y’all! Now look, I wasn’t around in 1997 when this song came out; the only American song we got in the jungles of Mexico was Aqua’s “Barbie Girl” (spoiler alert: that song is most definitely not on this list). So I wasn’t here for what was probably a healthy amount of being overplayed to death. But this song is still being played on the radio and here we are, 25 years later! It’s just a super fun, super simple song and I’m not going to think about the fact that it was written and sung by three prepubescent boys from Tulsa, ok??

Other Songs Considered:
Don’t Be Ridiculous, I’m Not That Crazy