However, her success has been marginal since that smash hit, especially in America, where she only managed to slightly dent the charts with 2002’s “Wrong Impression.” (Anybody remember it?) All this was undoubtedly even more frustrating for the original writers of the song, grungy contemporaries Ednaswap.
than anywhere else in the world after the breakout success of “Torn,” an infectious pop song that even haters of pop music found themselves begrudgingly admitting to tolerating. The beautiful Australian actress-turned-singer had more luck in her homeland and the U.K. Oh, and needless to say I was disappointed at having to exclude one-hit wonder classics like “Blue (Da Ba Dee)” and “Who Let the Dogs Out?”, which were both hits in 2000. These are merely our personal favorites, with some consideration given to the overall impact the songs had on the decade at large. Second: This list is not ordered by how successful the songs were-otherwise “Macarena” and “Ice Ice Baby” might have had to come first. First: Some of these bands have had other hits of moderate stature or may have charted more successfully abroad, but the common thread that runs through them all is that one song has ultimately wound up wholly defining them in the United States. Below is our ode to some of the best ’90s-era artists who never managed to find mainstream staying power in the United States.Ī couple of quick notes before we begin, though. The 1990s were the Golden Age of One-Hit Wonders: Amidst the grunge stalwarts from the early part of the decade and the rise of teen pop toward the end, other random bands would strike gold with one song, become overnight sensations and just as quickly fade away into obscurity.
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