There are songs you’ll proudly play in your car with the windows down as you roll through the neighborhood. Songs you know everyone loves and respects. But then there are those guilty-pleasure songs you don’t like to let anyone know you’re a fan of. Tunes that are best kept in your earbuds on the train and not blasted out in public.
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Here below, we wanted to explore three such offerings. A trio of one-hit wonder tunes that are best as guilty pleasures. Indeed, these are three guilty pleasure one-hit wonder that you don’t want to admit you love so much.
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“Whoomp! (There It Is)” by Tag Team from Whoomp! (There It Is) (1993)
The song you don’t want anyone to know you love. It’s the ultimate hype track and as a result it’s almost become a caricature of itself. Nevertheless, it’s still amazing. From the verses to the iconic and well-known chorus. You can start chanting like a rabid sports fan as soon as it comes on. The track, which hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, is maybe one you want to have playing in your headphones at the gym as you hype yourself up on the treadmill and less out loud in front of the neighbors. On the tune, the lyricists offer,
Party-people!
Yeah
Tag Team music, in full effect!
That′s me, DC The Brain Supreme, and my man Steve Roll’n!
We′re kickin the flow!
We’re kickin’ the flow!
And it goes a little something like this!
Tag Team, back again
Check it to wreck it, let′s begin
Party on, party people, let me hear some noise
DC′s in the house, jump, jump, rejoice
Says there’s a party over here, a party over there
Wave your hands in the air, shake your derriere
These three words mean you′re gettin’ busy
Whoomp, there it is! Hit me!
“It’s Raining Men” by The Weather Girls from Success (1979)
Why is this song so fun? It’s silly and it’s bold. And people of all types find themselves singing it no matter who they are. There is something about the vocal performance that is just enrapturing. It’s enveloping and the only way out is to sing, sing, sing. Is it raining men? Sounds great! Rain on! It’s just that possessing of a tune. And on the classic hit, which is the only song by the group to hit the Hot 100 charts, The Weather Girls sing,
It’s raining men! Hallelujah!
It’s raining men! Amen!
I’m gonna go out to run and let myself get
Absolutely soaking wet!
It’s raining men! Hallelujah!
It’s raining men! Every specimen!
Tall, blonde, dark and lean
Rough and tough and strong and mean
“I Touch Myself” by Divinyls from Divinyls (1990)
This erotic, lovesick song is definitely not one you want to play at maximum volume rolling around your neighborhood. It’s practically NSFW territory. An empowering song about self-love and self-loving, this track is catchy as all heck and something that’s easy to sing along to. But you might not want to singing it too loud in public. After all, that kind of thing is frowned upon in mixed company! But in case you do, the lyrics to the track, which hit No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, begin,
I love myself, I want you to love me
When I feel down I want you above me
I search myself, I want you to find me
I forget myself, I want you to remind me
I don’t want anybody else
When I think about you I touch myself
Ah-ah-oh, I don’t want anybody else
Oh-no, oh-no, oh-no
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