Try Not to Sing - Iconic One Hit Wonders

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- (React) Name a one hit wonder, go! - (gasps) Yay! Two Princes, Spin Doctors. - What's the one? ♪ Panda Panda Panda ♪ - ♪ Panda Panda ♪ ♪ I got broads in Atlanta ♪ - ♪ Hey ♪ - ♪ (sings gibberish) ♪ - ♪ Ah ♪ - ♪ (sings gibberish) ♪ - ♪ Ah, ah, ah ♪ - Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye. - That was not a one hit wonder! How [censored] dare you, I love Gotye! - (React) No, it was, it was! (record scratches) (glass shatters) (test pattern beeps) And some artists are named one hit wonders in the U.S., but not other countries, so we're gonna be covering some of those, and guess what? - We're gonna Try Not To Sing 'em? - (React) Or dance! ♪ (tense musical sting) ♪ - Dance too? - ♪ Come on and give it to me ♪ ♪ Anyway you can ♪ - (React) What? - I do know this song though. - I've heard this. - I forgot her name. I was gonna say Hey Mickey, and I couldn't remember her name. - There was a remix of this on TikTok though. - I can definitely survive this one. - I think I can do this. - ♪ Oh Mickey, what a pity ♪ - ♪ You don't understand ♪ (buzzer) - ♪ You take me by the heart ♪ ♪ And you take me by the hand ♪ - I haven't heard this song in so long! - ♪ It's guys like you ♪ ♪ Mickey ♪ - ♪ Oh what you do, Mickey ♪ ♪ Do, Mickey ♪ - Look at that, look at them hit it. Look at them hit it. - Oh! Oh! - ♪ Oh Mickey, you're so fine ♪ ♪ You're so fine, you blow my mind ♪ ♪ Hey Mickey ♪ - ♪ Hey, hey ♪ - ♪ Hey Mickey ♪ - ♪ Oh, Mickey, you're so fine ♪ ♪ You're so fine, you blow my mind ♪ ♪ Hey Mickey ♪ - Yeah, I'm a little tempted. - ♪ Hey Mickey ♪ (laughs) Dead! - (React) You resisted! - I resisted. - That was a one hit wonder? - (React) Yeah! - Wow. - I mean, I don't know who that girl is. - I don't even know her name! - Wasn't it in Bring It On with Hayden Panettiere? - (React) This song was originally recorded by British pop group Racey, and had a different name, and it was, instead of Mickey, it was a girl's name. Do you have any guesses? - Angelica. - Hey Cindy. - Um... - (React) It is an animal. - What? - Cheetah. - (React) Kitty. - Kitty. - Oh Kitty, you're so fine? - (both) Oh! - Hey Kitty, you're so fine! - Hey Kitty! - (React) So we know who this is by? - I don't remember. - (laughs) No. - (React) Toni Basil. - Yeah! - (React) And this song was named number six on VH1's 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the '80s. - Woah, woah, woah! - Number six!? - (React) Yeah. Alright, ready for the next one? - Yeah. - Yeah. - ♪ Been there, done that ♪ ♪ Messed around ♪ - ♪ I'm having fun ♪ ♪ Don't put me down ♪ (both laugh) ♪ I'll never let you ♪ ♪ Sweep me off my feet ♪ I [censored] love La Roux. - This was the biggest moment of like 2015. - Who's this? - Bulletproof. - (React) Yes! - Isn't it La Roux? - (React) Yeah! - It had a catchy beat. - It did. - ♪ Burning bridges ♪ ♪ Shore to shore ♪ ♪ I break away ♪ ♪ From something more ♪ ♪ I'm not turned on to love ♪ ♪ Until it's dead ♪ - Oh, I love it though, I love her style. - ♪ Been there, done that ♪ ♪ Messed around ♪ (buzzer) ♪ I'm having fun ♪ ♪ Don't put me down ♪ - ♪ I'll never let you ♪ ♪ Sweep me off my feet ♪ - Why not? - Are you ready for it? - Mm-hmm. - Here it comes! - ♪ This time, baby ♪ (buzzer) ♪ I'll be bulletproof ♪ - The best song! - ♪ This time baby ♪ ♪ I'll be ♪ - Pew pew! - ♪ Bulletproof ♪ (buzzer) - It's getting harder! - Take mine! (laughs) - (React) Uh-oh! - Thank you. - Can't go really low and then just... - Go really high! - Woo! - That's a great song though. - My little redhead icon. - I actually like that song. (laughs) - That was a one hit wonder. Huh. - (React) It was! - She might've had one other song, but I have no idea. - (React) Alright, ready for the next one? Let's do it! - Yes. - Eh! ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ - Classic. (buzzer) - ♪ Talking away ♪ (buzzer) ♪ I don't know what ♪ ♪ I'm to say ♪ ♪ I'll say it anyway ♪ - You almost did it. I saw that lip quiver! - ♪ Shyin' away ♪ - ♪ I'll be comin' ♪ ♪ For your love, okay ♪ - ♪ Take on me ♪ (buzzer) - Get 'em! - ♪ Take on me ♪ - ♪ Take me on ♪ - ♪ Take on me ♪ - ♪ I'll be gone ♪ - Hey! Where it's at! - ♪ In a day or two ♪ - There's the note, there's the note! - Wait, why is it like kinda good? (both laugh) It's like Ariana Grande who? - (Izzy) Yeah! - That is Take On Me by... - A-ha? - (React) It is A-ha! - Yeah. - Wow! - (React) Yes! - Cultured man! - (React) Beautiful! - Yeah! - Awesome, amazing song! - (React) Alright! - Not a one hit wonder! - (React) They're not a one hit wonder, exactly! - No, they're not. - (React) Yeah, so many argue this one, but A-ha is, in fact, a one hit wonder in the U.S., literally nowhere else. - Yeah. - (React) Because they have since had 18 Top 40 hits in the U.K. - That's crazy. - That's right, that's right. - Yeah. - Damn, and that's okay. - Yep. - ♪ And so I wake in the morning ♪ ♪ And I step outside ♪ ♪ And I take a deep breath ♪ ♪ And I get real high and I ♪ - ♪ Scream from the top of my lungs ♪ (buzzer) ♪ What's going on ♪ - I hear this at every karaoke. - Oh. (laughs) - (React) Uh-huh. - ♪ And I say ♪ - ♪ Hey, ey, ey ♪ (buzzer) - ♪ Hey, ey, ey ♪ - ♪ I say hey ♪ - ♪ What's going on ♪ (buzzer) - ♪ And I say hey, ey, ey ♪ ♪ Hey, ey, ey ♪ - ♪ I say hey ♪ ♪ What's going on ♪ - I don't know who they are. - ♪ Ooh ♪ - This is 4 Non Blondes. - (React) Sure is. - ♪ Ooh ♪ - ♪ Do do do do ♪ - (React) And guess what? According to Vocal Media, this was the first Top 40 hit by an openly lesbian group. - (gasps) Wow! - Oh, cool! - (React) Isn't that crazy? - Hey! - Give it up for the lesbians! - (React) You couldn't resist. - ♪ Hey, ey, ey ♪ - No. I'm singing that song every time it comes on. - ♪ And so I wake in the morning ♪ ♪ And I step outside ♪ ♪ And I take a deep breath ♪ ♪ And I get real high ♪ - ♪ One, two, three, four, five ♪ - Really, Mambo No. 5? - ♪ So come on, let's ride. - Oh my God. (buzzer) - Oh, I'm good. - I'm good. - ♪ The boys say they want ♪ ♪ Some gin and juice ♪ ♪ But I really don't wanna ♪ - I didn't know he said a liquor store around the corner! - ♪ I must stay deep ♪ ♪ 'Cause talk is cheap ♪ (both laugh) ♪ I like Angela ♪ - I love when he says the names. (buzzer) - ♪ And as I continue ♪ ♪ You know they gettin' sweeter ♪ - But I want the chorus! - (React) It's coming, it's coming! - Oh my God, she's making it worse. Hey! (buzzer) - Hey! (laughs) - I don't know which one's Rita. - I don't know which one's Rita. - ♪ A little bit of Monica ♪ ♪ In my life ♪ - ♪ A little bit of ♪ ♪ Erica by my side ♪ - ♪ A little bit of G ♪ Oh, I thought it was Gina! - I'm like what are their names, I don't know! - ♪ A little bit of Gina's ♪ ♪ All I see ♪ - A little bit of Gina! - Gina? - (React) Yeah! - No, he says Tina! - ♪ A little bit of ♪ - ♪ Izzy ♪ (both laugh) - ♪ A little bit of Jackie ♪ - Hey! - ♪ A little bit of you ♪ ♪ Makes me your man ♪ - What are the names? Did anyone ever know the names? - I only know Monica. - ♪ Bah dah, bah, bah, bah ♪ - I love the wah. - ♪ Wah ♪ - When I first heard this song, I thought it was so much older. - (React) So who is this? - Mambo No. 5, man. - (React) So a famous cartoon character did a cover of this. - Oh no. - (React) A little bit of timber and a saw. A little bit of fixing, that's for sure. A little bit of digging up the roads, a little bit of moving heaving loads. - Can he fix it? Yes he can! Bob the Builder!? - (React) Yeah! (Erin laughs) - Canceled. - Goodbye! - We're canceling Bob the Builder. - Sorry, Mr. Bob. - Oh dude, this is a bop! - This is a big bop. What's her name, oh my God! - Mr. Saxobeat! That's right! - Mr. Saxo-what? - Mr. Saxobeat? - Oh, Saxobeat, oh. - Oh, I'm good. - (React) (gasps) What!? - ♪ You make me dance ♪ (buzzer) ♪ Bring me up ♪ ♪ Bring me down ♪ ♪ Play it sweet ♪ ♪ Make me move ♪ ♪ Like a freak ♪ ♪ Mr. Saxobeat ♪ ♪ Makes me dance ♪ ♪ Brings me up ♪ ♪ Brings me down ♪ - ♪ Plays it sweet ♪ - ♪ Makes me move ♪ ♪ Like a freak ♪ - You know what? This has been fun because of the music videos. - There's nothing wrong with it, like, it's catchy. - ♪ Make me move ♪ ♪ Like a freak ♪ ♪ Mr. Saxobeat ♪ ♪ Ooh yeah ♪ - ♪ Mmm yeah ♪ - Oh yeah, yeah ooh! - (React) Exactly! - It's a Eurobeat classic. - Yeah, it was definitely a Eurobeat. - (React) Oh! - They're a one hit wonder. - (React) What!? - They probably weren't making bangers at all after that. - (React) Who is this? Do you have any idea? - No clue. - What is the name? - (React) So this is Mr. Saxobeat, by Alexandra Stan. - Yeah! - Oh, Alexandra Stan! Oh, of course, yes! - (React) And it reached number one on the Romanian Top 100, and stayed there for eight consecutive weeks. - Makes sense. - I thought you were gonna say eight years for a second. - That would be so funny. - I would believe it, too. - ♪ I don't wanna live that way ♪ - No, I love this song. Turn it up, turn it up, Jada. - Really? (React laughs) Really!? - I can hold off on this one. - Yeah, I never liked this one. - Really? - Yeah. - I did. - ♪ And I wouldn't catch you ♪ ♪ Hung up ♪ ♪ On somebody ♪ ♪ That you used to know ♪ - ♪ But you didn't have to ♪ - ♪ Cut me off ♪ - (Erin) Oh my God. - ♪ Make out like it never happened ♪ ♪ And that we were nothing ♪ - I've never seen this. (laughs) - ♪ I don't even ♪ - ♪ Need your love, but ♪ - ♪ You treat me like a stranger ♪ ♪ And that feels so wrong ♪ - ♪ No you didn't have to ♪ ♪ Stoop so low ♪ - ♪ Have you friends ♪ ♪ Collect your records ♪ - ♪ And then change your number ♪ - I wanna sing it though. But I'm not. - ♪ Now you're just somebody ♪ ♪ That I used to know ♪ ♪ Somebody ♪ ♪ I used to know ♪ - (React) Oh! - ♪ Somebody ♪ (buzzer) ♪ Now you're just somebody ♪ - ♪ That I used to know ♪ ♪ Somebody ♪ - This was a good song though, I liked it. - You liked it? - Yeah. - Oh, I've cried over this song. - Really!? - Oh yeah. - (React) What!? - Really!? - (React) Thank you! - (Erin) Yeah, I have. - (React) Thank you. - Clock the lyrics, babe. He's a villain! - (React) Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over? But had me believing it was always something that I'd done! - He's the villain, babe! - (Brandel) Oh! - And I don't wanna live that way, reading into every word you say, you said I should let it go, and I shouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know! He's the villain! Period. (React laughs) - (React) This is the first song to rack up one million tags in one week on Shazam. - God damn! - I didn't know that was a thing. - ♪ Sometimes I feel like ♪ - Oh, I'm good. - Really, this is a one hit wonder? (buzzer) - ♪ Run away ♪ ♪ I've got to ♪ (table thumps) - Oh my God, handsome! - I almost did. - Ooh, fun! - I almost did just do that. - That was... Is this the window they used for the DIC company? (laughs) - Who dis? - (React) Soft Cell. - You know this song? - No, I do, I do. - Oh. - But I was like who is it? Okay, that's crazy. - Oh. - Yeah. - Oh, this is kinda cool. I've never seen this. - ♪ Once I ran to you ♪ - ♪ I ran ♪ - ♪ Now I run from you ♪ - ♪ This tainted love ♪ ♪ You've given ♪ - What does it even look like? - Just a modified burpee on top of this man. (React laughs) And down, and up, and down, and up. - ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Tainted love ♪ - ♪ Oh ♪ - ♪ Tainted love ♪ - (React) You kinda sound like him, Jack! - Ew! (both laugh) Oh! ♪ Sweet love ♪ - Okay, where's the Oscar? - Yeah, truly. - (React) Truly. - Who sings that? - Tainted Love, Soft Cell. - Soft Cell! - (React) Yes, Soft! It was ranked number five on VH1's Greatest, 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the '80s. - Understandable, understandable. - Ah. - (React) And I didn't know this, but it was heavily sampled on Rihanna's SOS? - Oh yeah, oh yeah, yeah, yeah. - Yeah, yeah. - (React) Alright, ready for the next one? - Mm-hmm. - (React) Here we go! - ♪ Tag Team back again ♪ - No! (Erin laughs) (Izzy laughs) - Not even worth singing for me. - Come on! - Nah, that's not gonna get me. - Come on! - (React) What!? - That ain't gonna get me. That's not gonna get me. - Come on! - That's not gonna get me. - So good! - ♪ Whoomp, there it is ♪ (buzzer) ♪ Whoomp, there it is ♪ - ♪ Whoomp, there it is ♪ (buzzer) (buzzer) - Hey! - ♪ Whoomp, there it is ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ ♪ Whoomp, there it is ♪ - ♪ Whoomp, there it is ♪ (buzzer) - (React) Oh, we gotta. - ♪ Whoomp, there it is ♪ ♪ Whoomp, there it is ♪ - Took me! - This is so good! - ♪ I'm about to show all you folks ♪ ♪ What it's all about ♪ ♪ Now it's time for a ♪ ♪ To get on the mic ♪ ♪ And make this mother ♪ ♪ Party hype ♪ - Come on, Steve! - (React) Steve! - Bring it on, Steve! - ♪ I'm an old fool ♪ ♪ Who's so cool ♪ ♪ If you wanna get down ♪ ♪ I'mma show you the way ♪ ♪ Whoomp, there it is ♪ ♪ Let me hear you say ♪ - Ah! - ♪ Whoomp, there it is ♪ - ♪ Come on y'all ♪ - ♪ Whoomp ♪ - (Brandel) I'm gonna hold on. - ♪ There it is ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ - ♪ Whoomp, there it is ♪ - ♪ Come on y'all ♪ - ♪ Whoomp, there it is ♪ - A classic, though. - ♪ Whoomp, there it is ♪ ♪ Ugh ♪ (buzzer) - ♪ Whoomp, there it is ♪ (Erin laughs) - (React) We got it! - I think I lost, I did groove a little bit. (both laugh) - I was like who is that? - Who dat? - (React) Who dat? - I don't know how to sing it. (both laugh) - (React) Well, this was Tag Team. So this song was rejected by multiple record labels, because they didn't think it would sell around the country. - Oh my God, they're fools. - (React) Uh-huh! And then Glenn, of Tag Team borrowed $2500 from his parents to press 800 records, and this song, or the single sold out in Atlanta by word of mouth only. - That's crazy! - Woah! - Wow! - Good for you. - (React) And now it is where it is. - Entrepreneur. - ♪ I was gonna clean my room ♪ - ♪ Until I got high ♪ (buzzer) - Afroman, baby! - ♪ I was gonna get up ♪ (buzzer) ♪ And find the broom ♪ ♪ But then I got high ♪ (both laugh) - Oh, I'm good. - I'm good, I hate this song. - (React) What!? - I hate this song! - ♪ And I know why ♪ - ♪ Why man ♪ (buzzer) - ♪ Hey hey ♪ - ♪ Because I got high ♪ ♪ Because I got high ♪ - This is such a hit! - ♪ Because I got high ♪ - ♪ Uh uh, la la, da da ♪ - What are those two, they're like everywhere. - They were the kings of being stoned right now. - ♪ Come on y'all ♪ ♪ Check it out ♪ - ♪ Mmm ♪ - ♪ I could've cheated ♪ - ♪ And I could've passed ♪ ♪ But I got high ♪ - Relatable. - Interesting. (laughs) - ♪ I'm taking it next semester ♪ ♪ And I know why ♪ - Why, tell us why! - ♪ Hey hey ♪ ♪ 'Cause I got high ♪ - ♪ Because I got high ♪ - Oh my God. - ♪ Because I got high ♪ - ♪ Go to the next ♪ ♪ Go to the next, go to the next ♪ - Oh my God, that's so funny. - Yeah. - (React) Budsicles. (laughs) - Not the nun. - Yeah, I'm good. - The man that's a nun, crazy. - (React) Have you heard this song before? - Of course! (Jack laughs) Every stoner knows this song! - (React) And it was a hit! - It was a hit. - (React) But only one. Who also did Colt 45, that song? - And 2 Zig Zags. - (React) But apparently that wasn't a hit. - Hmm. - Huh. - (React) Enough to like, make him not a one hit wonder, 'cause this was the biggest one. - Mmm. - Interesting. - ♪ You stand in the line ♪ - 2005, Daniel some [censored]. - Dang. - I love this song so much! - Wow, wow! - ♪ You're faking a smile ♪ (buzzer) ♪ With the coffee to go ♪ - I love this white people [censored]. - I... - ♪ You tell me your life's ♪ ♪ Been way off line ♪ - ♪ You're falling to pieces ♪ ♪ Every time ♪ - ♪ And I don't need no carrying on ♪ - ♪ 'Cause you had a bad day ♪ (buzzer) ♪ You're taking one down ♪ ♪ You sing a sad song ♪ ♪ Just to turn it around ♪ - ♪ You say you don't know ♪ - ♪ You tell me, don't lie ♪ - ♪ You work at a smile ♪ ♪ And you go for a ride ♪ - ♪ You had a bad day ♪ - ♪ The camera don't lie ♪ ♪ You're coming back down ♪ ♪ And you really don't mind ♪ ♪ You had a bad day ♪ - The camera does lie, by the way. All the time, consistently. - All the time. - ♪ Sometimes the system ♪ ♪ Goes on the blink ♪ ♪ And the whole thing ♪ ♪ It turns out wrong ♪ - That's why I like it so much! (laughs) - Yeah. - That's kinda [censored]. - Wow, it really is. (laughs) - (React) This was the goodbye song on American Idol when they got voted off. - Yeah! - Was it, for a while wasn't it? - Forgot about that. - And then it ended up being... - (React) That's so mean. - Home, by Daughtry. - (React) Yes. - ♪ I'm going home ♪ - ♪ To the place where I belong ♪ ♪ (singing gibberish) ♪ - He was, Powter was the first Canadian to top the U.S. charts since Nickelback did with How You Remind Me in 2002. - ♪ This is how ♪ - I used to cry to that song all the time. It was so good! - ♪ I'm too sexy for my shirt ♪ (Jaxon laughs) - Is this what you thought this man looked like? (laughs) - Look, damn, that was a clean rip. - ♪ Too sexy for Milan ♪ ♪ New York, and Japan ♪ - Oh my God. - Ooh. - I feel like I shouldn't know this song, but I do, unfortunately. - I feel like it really gained traction on YouTube. - This man is not playing this song right now. - I can only think of Shrek, what, 2? - I'm just like, shook. - ♪ Too sexy for your body ♪ - (Brandel) Want it back? - I like that beat in the background though. - I've never seen this video either. - ♪ Bom, bom, bom, bom, bom ♪ (both laugh) - ♪ You know what I mean ♪ ♪ And I do my little turn ♪ - Ooh! - (laughs) My little turn, yes. - This song is hilarious! Nonetheless, this song is funny. - This was very early '90s. - It feels early, but also, it feels like... - (React) '92. - '92. - That is an iconic song. - Yeah, very iconic. I was more intrigued to just see what that looked like. - Yeah, I've never seen that video before. - No. - (React) Wow, I can't believe that one didn't get you guys! - No. - No, see, now if you had... - You got the wrong audience for that one. - (React) Right Said Fred. (laughs) - I like that beat in the background though. - I've never seen this video either. - ♪ Bom bom bom bom bom ♪ ♪ Bom bom bom ♪ - (Erin) Yeah. - (React) This is I'm Too Sexy by Right Said Fred, which is a group that started off as a serious rock act. - Mm-hmm. (Jack laughs) - (React) And then this song came out, and they decided to just take on the personas of their characters in the song, and become more like a comedy act. - Oh, worked out! - Got it. - Smart, smart. - Yeah. - (React) The winner of today's challenge resisted is Erin! - Woo! - (React) How do you feel? - I'm feeling good! - (React) You, Brandel. It's me! - (React) You resisted singing or dancing to more songs! - (React) Jack, you're our winner today! - Yeah. - Yeah. - Yeah. - Yeah! - (React) And that's it guys. - Just two main characters. - (React) How was this? - Great. - (React) Did we remind you of any of these one hit wonders you forgot about? - Mmm. - I think Tainted Love was hard for me. - (React) Bulletproof? - I think that one did, yeah. - I miss Bulletproof. - I thought, I didn't, I wouldn't have guessed that was a one hit wonder. - Mine was... ♪ You make me dance ♪ ♪ Bring me up ♪ - ♪ Bring me down ♪ ♪ Play it sweet ♪ ♪ Make me move ♪ ♪ Like a freak ♪ ♪ Mr. Saxobeat ♪ (laughs) - That man, and like Rob Thomas, oh, he hit. - You cried to this song? - I cried! (laughs) - You cried? - I cried, I, yeah. (both laugh) - Bye! - (React) Bye! - Leave! - Bye! - Get out of here! - Yeah!
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Length: 17min 32sec (1052 seconds)
Published: Thu Nov 09 2023
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