"Are you Sting Ray?" "Yes." *swims away, song abruptly ends*
@amphioxusanniversary4 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a decent YTP
@superlive984 жыл бұрын
Steve Irwin abruptly ended
@Nightfall8154 жыл бұрын
Sting Ray and the Police
@WitchyWhale4 жыл бұрын
Chevy Corvette Stingray pulls up.
@Musicradio77Network4 жыл бұрын
There was a TV show called “Stingray” from 1964, from the same people that brought you “Thunderbirds” and “Captain Scarlett”, it was Gerry Anderson.
@Kirkeyressa4 жыл бұрын
They always ask "Are you Jimmy Ray?" but never *"How* are you Jimmy Ray?"
@NA-kz5po4 жыл бұрын
Woah
@ianbyrne4654 жыл бұрын
But how can they ask that, if they don't confirm that you are Jimmy Ray first? That would just be impolite
@AquaLantern4 жыл бұрын
I'll do you one better, *WHY* is Jimmy Ray?
@gabe_s_videos4 жыл бұрын
He keeps asking who wants to know, but never WHY anyone wants to know. Did he ever think about that? No, he only thinks about himself. :P
@ANT96-x8d4 жыл бұрын
I got a good idea for a next one hit wonder:Hot Hot Hot by Arrow
@perciusmandate4 жыл бұрын
Jimmy Ray looks like somebody gave Brendon Urie an Elvis costume and then put him through a taffy puller.
@georgegrenvillethe7thpm1764 жыл бұрын
Then how does he look more Costello than Presley?
@BekkiUndSo4 жыл бұрын
Exactly what I thought
@MisterH373 жыл бұрын
@@georgegrenvillethe7thpm176 Nextralife never specified which Elvis..........
@alexanderchippel3 жыл бұрын
Taffy Puller!
@shmood30003 жыл бұрын
that’s exactly it, you hit the nail on the head
@OSCARMlLDE4 жыл бұрын
"There was just no market for a teen idol British hip-hop Elvis" and _that's_ how I know we're in the wrong timeline
@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick3 жыл бұрын
As if we don’t have...ANY amount of other proof.
@OSCARMlLDE3 жыл бұрын
@@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick actually yeah this is it. Everything else is totally on track
@TotoDG3 жыл бұрын
@@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick. Are you Michael McCormick?
@hiimemily Жыл бұрын
@@TotoDG Who wants to know?
@KatarnCrusader4 жыл бұрын
It sounds like the intro-theme to a shitcanned Nickelodeon Show that never made it past its pilot
@RenaldyCalixte2 жыл бұрын
Wow that's a great analogy. I wonder if the producer tried to sell this song to Nickelodeon.
@basedkhajiit8 ай бұрын
The intro to "Gibby: The Show"
@xXxzAAa0aAAzxXx5 ай бұрын
@@basedkhajiitdon't you DARE knock down GIBBY!
@CCC-ml8xhАй бұрын
Hilarious considering Nickelodeon did use it in an ad: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoLKgIZ_gJ15bKssi=2Nv-Q1dvJfLMS3E6&t=962
@taylorgabbey23714 жыл бұрын
The weird 50s-homage-except-not-at-all aesthetic reminds me of another bygone Jimmy: Jimmy Neutron
@kawaiilotus4 жыл бұрын
This is based as fuck
@Theevil6ify4 жыл бұрын
Gotta blast
@nwahnerevar93984 жыл бұрын
Skeet did nothing wrong
@wobber.4 жыл бұрын
Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Neutron.
@dsnodgrass48434 жыл бұрын
Or another: Charlie Sexton.
@jessmorgan67324 жыл бұрын
I want this song to just keep going and going and going with the rhymes. "Are you Marvin Gaye?" "Are you Michael Bay?" "Are you Tony Jay?" "Are you Mary Kay?"
@lizd.86554 жыл бұрын
I think you win for best comment!
@andysorensen17374 жыл бұрын
“You use Ben Gay?”
@cicifuentes56854 жыл бұрын
"Are you Mary J?" "Are you Charlie Day?"
@gargwinvinesnake69614 жыл бұрын
Are you Billy Ray?
@SaltpeterTaffy4 жыл бұрын
"Are you Doris Day?" "Are you Gerard Way?"
@haydenchan39344 жыл бұрын
Jimmy ray walked so brenden urie could run
@SuperJNG184 жыл бұрын
First thing I thought of when I looked at him. Hell, Brendan Urie is also all about old-time rock and roll and Vegas.
@MadDannyWest4 жыл бұрын
Yeah they're very similar looking and sounding.
@TiggerIsMyCat4 жыл бұрын
I was gonna say! Especially with that Vegas song. Got the look and the sound/personality
@InkAndPoet4 жыл бұрын
@@SuperJNG18 Brendon Urie, old time ROCK N' ROLL?!?!?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 THAT couldn't be ANY further from the truth.
@SuperJNG184 жыл бұрын
@@InkAndPoet What do you mean? He loves classic rock. He covers Billy Joel and Kansas.
@thefaulkness4 жыл бұрын
This is a man who doesn't have a pencil moustache but really should
@JeremyForTheWin3 жыл бұрын
how can you tell, he is always in the shadows
@2-Way_Intersection9 ай бұрын
@@JeremyForTheWini think he meant jimmy ray. Maybe.
@JoshuaFagan4 жыл бұрын
"The guy behind the Spice Girls tries to make a new Elvis" sounds like something out of a fever dream.
@OrgaNik_Music3 ай бұрын
It doesn't make any sense, yet it makes perfect sense at the same time
@morley3644 жыл бұрын
Todd: so he wanted to be Elvis Jimmy Ray: I wanted to be Jane Goodall Todd: you wanted to be ELVIS dammit Jimmy Ray: but the chimps- Todd: NO
@mcgrawnelson47224 жыл бұрын
he really wanted to be the 4th most famous jane that worked with chimps.
@connorcorn73094 жыл бұрын
He looks like he'd be an enemy racer in a Speed Racer sequel
@pygmalion04514 жыл бұрын
Except he gets a redemption arc. He could play Snake Oiler.
@EpicB4 жыл бұрын
He looks like Brendon Urie.
@samoria75304 жыл бұрын
He looks like Josuke from Jojo
@Zezlemet4 жыл бұрын
In car 13 is Jimmy Ray in the Sting Ray Special
@claystripe65144 жыл бұрын
Brendon Urie stole this man's look so hard
@vita1ogy.4 жыл бұрын
Facts.
@dsnodgrass48434 жыл бұрын
Jimmy Ray stole a guy named Charlie Sexton's look. Look up "Beat's So Lonely", by Sexton in 1989(?)
@CarlosHernandez-jv6wk4 жыл бұрын
Honestly, he kinda SOUNDS like Jimmy Ray too. In fact... TODD! I KNOW WHERE JIMMY RAY IS!
@aprofondir6 ай бұрын
Brendon Urie was more Morrissey, with his jackets and glasses
@pedrotejada45564 жыл бұрын
He absolutely looks like he'd be a minor character in Showgirls
@actualizedanimal4 жыл бұрын
Man, I'm glad you mentioned "Who Wants to Know", because that's honestly a pretty good song. The thing that's interesting about it is that even though the lyrics are mostly the same as "Are You Jimmy Ray", the tone of the song feels very different. It feels way less braggadocios and more like he's leaning into the irony of singing "who wants to know about me?" when he's kind of a nobody now. There's a part near the end where he goes "Stingray, Link Wray, it's all the same to me / Fay Wray, Johnnie Ray, be who you wanna be" which I really like, because in the original song those names are basically just nonsense rhymes, but here it's more like he doesn't even care if you get his name wrong as long as you're acknowledging that he exists. It's basically a song about him being a one-hit wonder, while also being *a cover of the song that made him a one-hit wonder*. There's something very fun about that.
@Tesseract_King2 жыл бұрын
That's a really good analysis. As far as meta-songs about one's big hit goes it's a lot less morose than I Took A Pill In Ibiza and a lot less bitter than My Iron Lung
@DestinyKiller Жыл бұрын
I feel bad for him, it looks like he really wanted to be rockabilly but got squished into a certain mold by the company
@meowtherainbowx41636 ай бұрын
The whole 2017 record is definitely worth checking out. It's very quirky and catchy.
@meowtherainbowx41635 ай бұрын
@DestinyKiller Given that he was in a techno duo before he made his solo debut, I think he's always had diverse tastes. He does say in his LinkedIn article from 2016 that he felt like too much of his stylistic direction was determined for him, but he probably allowed it to happen because he was up for anything. Like Todd said, he didn't realize that "Are You Jimmy Ray" would be the single. He only regretted it when he realized that it would be.
@outlawrip-offartist41614 жыл бұрын
I love how Todd is consistent during a world virus and riots. Like this is the only time Todd consistent ever.
@BrightBlueInk4 жыл бұрын
I mean, when you're stuck at home all the time...
@Mia-W24 жыл бұрын
He must be behind it all.
@MichaelBerthelsen4 жыл бұрын
@@Mia-W2 All for us!😅😜
@djpegao4 жыл бұрын
For us it's a lockdown, for him it's was Tuesday.
@ugh14284 жыл бұрын
you truly know the world is over when Todd is consistent
@ZanraiKid4 жыл бұрын
"I'm going for rockabilly revival." Jimmy Ray ends up sounding like Fatboy Slim, Junkie XL, and Savage Garden on his first three singles. How... do you miss the mark so spectacularly and yet manage to crank out three decent singles?
@patricklauer44524 жыл бұрын
ZanraiKid ikr
@evandemers37534 жыл бұрын
How ? By being a pop artist in the late 90's. That's how.
@antibishonen4 жыл бұрын
He got the wrong label where they only seem to care about S Club.
@unmutedtones60864 жыл бұрын
He had range, I'll give him that
@evandemers37534 жыл бұрын
@@unmutedtones6086 It's not so much that he had range. His management and record label took what he wanted to do and turned it into something completely different, just to make him fit into what was cool at the time.
@stevencoffin3284 жыл бұрын
Anybody else think this sounds like the backstory of a character who would die in a David Lynch movie?
@Aster_Risk4 жыл бұрын
Ohmigod. Yes!
@AI-mg3hy4 жыл бұрын
There's a dream sequence where he's the caretaker of a troop of miniature stop-motion chimps who reenact random moments from his childhood. And they're all wearing smoking jackets.
@evapalma98994 жыл бұрын
I'd watch that
@migangelmart4 жыл бұрын
This guy is literally Dean Stockwell in Blue Velvet. "Suave! You are so fucking suave!"
@BenCol4 жыл бұрын
Funny you say that, I’m getting James from Twin Peaks vibes from this guy. Except, sadly, James from Twin Peaks did not die.
@jrsindone4 жыл бұрын
Missed opportunity for “Are you Sugar Ray”. Fly was a #1 hit the year prior in 1997.
@Iananan4 жыл бұрын
Also the boxer, who the band was named after
@kyparalegal4 жыл бұрын
@@MaynardCrow more punkish? They were more Nu Metal or Funk Metal then Punk
@NEEDbacon4 жыл бұрын
@@MaynardCrow Sugar Ray was actually pretty Pop Punk before Fly made them big. Going through their Discography you'll notice they switch their sound very quickly after the Album fly was on.
@thetexanladd Жыл бұрын
Well, the thing is, the song is from 1997, and likely written before Sugar Ray rose to fame, so I'm not that surprised that there isn't a reference to them.
@Axedannerchannel4 жыл бұрын
“Are you IRA RAY? Who wants to know? This yahoo was sent in by...”
@gregorysteffensen32794 жыл бұрын
literally the only reference I've ever seen to this song
@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick4 жыл бұрын
Glad I’m not the only one.
@jamesrichie78444 жыл бұрын
I had no idea that recurring joke was a reference to a song.
@MichaelStephenFreitag4 жыл бұрын
This video provided that much needed context. Thank you, Todd, for clarifying that goof.
@tayw64174 жыл бұрын
NOW I understand....
@wolphintv4 жыл бұрын
That eerie feeling when you were just humming *this exact song* this morning while cleaning and wondering, “Say, what was Jimmy Ray’s deal anyway? This song would probably be an interesting One Hit Wonderland!” Well! I’m both delighted and kind of freaked out. O_o
@Lexivor4 жыл бұрын
That is a wacky coincidence. Although Todd does have 353k followers, so it was bound to happen to one of them. You got to be the lucky one today.
@andyquin53864 жыл бұрын
I was literally just thinking about a weirdo dude who used to wear a "are you Jimmy Ray" badge at my school and then this pops up. FREAKY
@Shadowonwater4 жыл бұрын
Sometimes life just hits you that way
@smojoe924 жыл бұрын
Well, he is Todd IN the Shadows. >.> Lol
@SabrinaRina4 жыл бұрын
You manifested this episode into reality. WIIITCH! 👉
@jaredj6314 жыл бұрын
“An odd collective half memory we are not sure actually happened” the perfect synopsis
@lizd.86554 жыл бұрын
So the Mandela Effect?
@sleepyowl764 жыл бұрын
this description could be applied to the summer of 2018
@expendableindigo96394 жыл бұрын
The majority of Bee Movie & Jimmy Neutron.
@danosaur554 жыл бұрын
"And whenever Poochie's not on screen, all the other characters should be asking, 'Where's Poochie?'"
@WheresPoochie4 жыл бұрын
Where is Poochie?
@thebowlfosho49744 жыл бұрын
"Everybody's talking about Jimmy Ray!" "They are?" "Yes, they are. Take our word for it." That's more hilarious than it should be to me.
@CharlesJohnson-tp7qq Жыл бұрын
Surprised no WWE wrestler ever went by Jimmy Ray and licensed this for their theme
@DisgruntledWatcher8 ай бұрын
Until now. Thanks to this beautiful insight, I’m creating that guy in WWE 2k24 today.
@freakfoxvevo79157 ай бұрын
@@DisgruntledWatcherplease find a way to film their entrance
@colerieger73002 ай бұрын
I mean, there was "Gigolo" Jimmy Del Ray.
@Jessica-vl7dr4 жыл бұрын
This song gets stuck in my head, unprovoked, several times a year. I know who you are, Jimmy Ray, please leave me alone
@vaelethun2 жыл бұрын
I know right?! Ever since I watched this episode it gets in my head a couple times a month!
@brandonjames412 Жыл бұрын
No way! I loved this shit. When I was a kid, I actually won this single (on CD) from a puck shooting contest at a roller skating rink. 13 year old me just loved the totally unjustified machismo of it.
@ciara9474 жыл бұрын
"I always wanted to work with chimps" A MAN OF THE PEOPLE
@ladydontekno4 жыл бұрын
It’s funny how half the comments are people saying that they never heard of this guy. Meanwhile I remember this guy being EVERYWHERE for, like, three weeks in 1997. Definitely the 90s version of an industry plant.
@GigsTaggart4 жыл бұрын
I think this must have been the 3 weeks that I discovered mp3 file sharing. I remember I first got mp3 in 1996 or so, but 97 was when I started listening to the radio a lot less.
@redvelvetunderground4 жыл бұрын
lol i remember absolutely hating this song and changing the channel every time it came on MTV
@msdisco854 жыл бұрын
I had no idea what this song was until I watched the video and then was like 'oh.... this actually does ring a bell' This song is the 'it's me bitch' song for a guy breaking out from a boy band, but I guess there weren't any boy bands to split up/go solo in 1997.
@JuniperJadePR4 жыл бұрын
I was 5 when this came out so it felt more like a fever dream rather than something that actually existed.
@djpegao4 жыл бұрын
I remember the hook and part of the beat, but until this video I wasn't even sure this song existed... since nobody remembered!!!
@dateddelvings16954 жыл бұрын
I think Taco's "Putting on the Ritz" would make a great One Hit Wonderland.
@lillyhill60934 жыл бұрын
You're so right
@gabe_s_videos4 жыл бұрын
I've been dying for that one for ages! Especially since Irving Berlin was still alive when it charted, meaning he was the oldest person to ever get a charting hit during his lifetime.
@zombiedodge14264 жыл бұрын
Taco would also be the first one hit wonderland artist to give a loving tribute to another one hit wonderland artist, Falco.
@dededesgustingtkemylife48254 жыл бұрын
I love the song, I need this in my life
@MicroChirp4 жыл бұрын
Still waiting for Little Green Bag
@ianbrill4 жыл бұрын
To paraphrase another One Hit Wonderland subject: “Poor old Jimmy Ray”
@emirvmendoza4 жыл бұрын
CONFIRMED: Todd in the Shadows is Jimmy Ray.
@andrewgwilliam48314 жыл бұрын
Jimmy who?
@barringtonwomble47134 жыл бұрын
@@andrewgwilliam4831 Saville.
@chickenlil1804 жыл бұрын
As far as you know he could be. Although if was I feel his channel would at least be Jimmy in tha Shadows.
@@paulludwigewaldvonkleist4039 It's a comedy advice podcast where listeners can submit Yahoo answers questions. They referenced this song every time a person named Ira Wray sent in a question. It's a hilarious podcast, you should really check it out sometime
@odolowa14 жыл бұрын
Me: This is weird, I have no memory of this. Me after hearing backup singers for one second: This is weird, I have vivid memories of this.
@boheyo4 жыл бұрын
I was listening to Todd playing it on the piano like 'ah this was my jam back in the day' then when the song started I realized I'd never heard it before in my life.
@TheImperiusv4 жыл бұрын
lol at 8:11 "Are you Fay Wray?" The singer so cool, he can be easily confused with a 90 year-old actress!
@pja364 жыл бұрын
Maybe he was thinking of the Weimaraner?
@breezy48524 жыл бұрын
Jimmy lost his background dancers in the third single. That’s probably why it flopped
@Demiglitch4 жыл бұрын
That’s what happens when you’re so paranoid that you don’t tell them your name or where you’re playing.
@IsiahTomas4 жыл бұрын
If that was true, that would be depressing.
@gargwinvinesnake69614 жыл бұрын
"James your sister forget the turkey platter." *James whips off giant belt buckle* "I've got it covered mum!"
@brendamartin84584 жыл бұрын
Let’s hope James here doesn’t use the urinal much. XP
@DrZaius31414 жыл бұрын
Out of all the questions asked by songs - "What is love?", "Do you really want to hurt me?", "What's love got to do with it?", "How deep is your love?", "Should I stay or should I go?", "Wouldn't it be nice?", "Wouldn't it be good?", "Can you feel the love tonight?", "Who are you?", "Who let the dogs out?" and "How much is that doggy in the window?" this one is certainly the most philosophical and the least interesting.
@zombiedodge14264 жыл бұрын
Rhiannon, will you ever win?
@thirteenfury4 жыл бұрын
"Am I a man or am I a Muppet?" (The Muppets, feat. Jim Parsons) "Who wrote the book of love?"
@DaBoweh4 жыл бұрын
Do you believe in life after love?
@thebowlfosho49744 жыл бұрын
When will we fall down? Why don't you get a job? Do you have to let it linger? How do we sleep while the beds are burning?
@jwanbesande27344 жыл бұрын
Oh say, can you see by the dawn's early light, what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
@SuperDevolution4 жыл бұрын
I'm kinda surprised he didn't mention Billy Ray. Although I suppose no one wanted to be associated with Billy Ray by 1998.
@CT_Phipps4 жыл бұрын
@Quix Billy ended up having the last laugh. His inclusion on Old Town Road's preferred version means he can legitimately say he's one of the all time most successful country stars. Well played Billy, well played. That's some Palpatine-level machinations there. You hooked your star well.
@bananajoe4044 жыл бұрын
Quix except david lynch
@monwren4 жыл бұрын
@@bananajoe404 oh god that was a surprise while watching that movie
@CylindricalWhistle3 жыл бұрын
@@CT_Phipps Billy Ray has had such an odd career track. Big country hit, then descending into one hit wonder-dom, then doing some bit acting roles, then starring in a Disney show with his pop star daughter, then having a chart bustingly huge success late in his life with an unexpected hip hop collab.
@gabe_s_videos4 жыл бұрын
This is the exact kind of novelty pop song I'd hear on Radio Disney when I was a kid. I can see a direct line from this to "That's How I Beat Shaq."
@zorantaylor31904 жыл бұрын
As someone who has never heard this song a single time in their life, I can say without a doubt that to my ears, the songwriter and producer were CLEARLY going for "Unbelievable" by EMF. And it's like....70% there. Who wants to knOOHHH! OW! OW!
@ryandowney87434 жыл бұрын
He looks like the lovechild of David Bowie and Egon Spengler.
@leonardogomez88124 жыл бұрын
Ryan Downey Real Ghostbusters Egon Spengler?
@ryandowney87434 жыл бұрын
@@leonardogomez8812 Harold Ramis' Egon in the movies. It's the hair.
@rattyeely4 жыл бұрын
@@ryandowney8743 I wonder if Egon was a rockabilly...
@thehorriblebright4 жыл бұрын
@@rattyeely I've always thought that he was either into 50s easy listening or some extreme experimental atonal whacky stuff.
@freeecountryy4 жыл бұрын
Here, here!
@kaitlin92884 жыл бұрын
This song and video feel like they were written for a movie about a washed-up former pop star and this was his "big hit" back in his heyday Like, it reminds me of "Pop Goes My Heart" from Music + Lyrics, only it's not as good
@drewroberts1394 жыл бұрын
Walk Hard!!
@jaredlow43624 жыл бұрын
It's like the Buckaroo Banzai of pop songs: as if it was taken from an alternate universe where Jimmy Ray indeed became a bonafide pop star
@brandondias56224 жыл бұрын
I love Pop! Goes My Heart! And most of the songs from that movie. It's amazing how well it recaptures the 80's.
@ramenai4 жыл бұрын
It does, but rather than being an eighties new wave band, it's a Disney teen star from the late 90s
@TonyGoldmark4 жыл бұрын
"Yes, I'm Jimmy Ray." "Jimmy Ray Who?" "Jimmy Rey Skywalker."
@cjnf114 жыл бұрын
Jimmy Rayd Shadow Legends.
@LazerDude4 жыл бұрын
Jimmy everybody loves Raymond
@antibishonen4 жыл бұрын
Hitting below the belt again? We took your 'Cats'' challenge! Let us be!
@Shadamyfan-rs8xc4 жыл бұрын
Jimmy Ray Cyrus
@FunkBastid4 жыл бұрын
Get out.
@TheColeTruth3 жыл бұрын
I love how colorful and eclectic 90s pop was. Quality of music may vary but at least people were having fun.
@leestacy64 жыл бұрын
the ska mention is making me want a one hit wonderland for the mighty mighty bosstones' "the impression that i get" (a 10/10 banger of a song)
@haolekoa7374 жыл бұрын
I agree... Though I have to admit, as one of their fiercely dedicated pre-MTV fans (not even sure how many times I saw them in those days), that album & everything that followed was a tremendous let-down (except 1-2-8, the last true Bosstones song). Of course, I'm also an old-school Chumbawamba fan, and Todd's video on them was excellent. So yes, please. Show everyone who they REALLY were. Mighty! Mighty! Boss-tones!
@brifox4 жыл бұрын
Another ska banger to go over would be Superman by Goldfinger. I mean, that one managed to take the happiest chord progression in the world, mix it with one of the most slapping genres there is, and then made a super sad song about depression and excessive emotional labor.
@nsaspynetwork31963 жыл бұрын
@@brifox except Goldfinger are far from one hit wonders
@YouCanCallMeXoe9 ай бұрын
Our House would be another great One Hit Wonder for that. If you know, you know~
@sirearlgrey20366 ай бұрын
Does "Superman" even count as a hit song for the purposes of this channel? It was never a single so it never had a chart position. It was certainly very popular due to the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater franchise, but I don't think it's quantifiable as a hit.
@EmmaLiza4 жыл бұрын
"There just wasn't room for a British teen idol hip-hop Elvis." *Robbie Williams has entered the chat.*
@NotQuiteFirst4 жыл бұрын
RW wasn't really reminiscent of Elvis at all, he started out as more of a pop version of Oasis
@Fickji4 жыл бұрын
@N K The song Millennium. Had to look it up but I knew there was at least one that hit the US. It was pretty forgettable and only hit 72 on the Billboards hot 100. But I remember it because the video was him parodying James Bond and it came out here in 1999. Which means overplayed on the radio requested by no one. At least in my area. And now to forget it again until someone brings up Robbie Williams name.
@arianrhodhyde74824 жыл бұрын
I think Robbie Williams was kind of pretending to be Morrissey, and Morrissey was pretending to be a 50s teen idol. So....kinda?
@zombiedodge14264 жыл бұрын
@N K The record company tried really, *really* hard to break Robbie Williams in the US, but it just never happened. Strangely, people in the US seemed to know who he was. He was famous for being famous in Britain.
@Aster_Risk4 жыл бұрын
@@zombiedodge1426 Yeah. He's definitely just one of those dudes a lot of people in the U.S. know about, despite maybe only having heard Millenium.
@dannymcgraw64284 жыл бұрын
He looks like Phil of the Future.
@rachelyoung14604 жыл бұрын
Phil of the Past
@PrincessAshley9724 жыл бұрын
Raviv Ulman is the actor's name. Which shocked me, i always knew him as Ricky Ulman! guess that was just so he'd sound more American on the Disney Channel
@jaredlow43624 жыл бұрын
Funny that the next "I'm Here Bitch" single that comes to mind (after Kid Rock and Eminem) is another OHW: MIMS' "This Is Why I'm Hot"
@MisterH374 жыл бұрын
Mine was a different OHW: Mark Morrison's "Return of the Mack."
@jaredlow43624 жыл бұрын
@@MisterH37 He's definitely a OHW (in the US at least - in the UK he actually had 4 other Top 10 Hits!) but "Return of the Mack" wasn't his debut (he had at least two other singles before this) so I'm not sure if he fits with the three others. I could see an argument to be made that "S Club Party" is an "I'm Here Bitch" single tho!
@daneray95944 жыл бұрын
Jared Low Someone get a request put in for that one!! I need Todd to talk about how crappy mid-2000s hip hop was again!!
@Shadowonwater4 жыл бұрын
The thing that came to mind to me is Tally Hall's "Welcome to Tally Hall". Not super well known band but they do have a cult following.
@tylerhackner97314 жыл бұрын
I would love for Todd to do this one
@BrightBlueInk4 жыл бұрын
Man, I love the idea of "popabilly" and wish it was a thing now. I kinda feel like Panic at the Disco has a hint of this at least in asthetic though, if not in his actual music.
@Tama-Hero4 жыл бұрын
YES I AM SO HAPPY YOU'RE DOING THIS ONE A while back I went through the 90s year end hot 100 lists and came across this song. I was actively listening to pop music during this time period and had no recollection of this guy or this song. I really really hoped you'd cover it because I wanted to know who the hell IS Jimmy Ray and why don't I remember him?? Why is his only song echoing this sentiment??
@Shadamyfan-rs8xc4 жыл бұрын
I didn't expect to find you here. What a pleasant surprise. 😊
@Valentinexyz__3 жыл бұрын
Christ, this is like seeing your teacher outside of school.
@lastofthe4horsemen2792 жыл бұрын
I dontremember
@redram51504 жыл бұрын
His hip size to belt buckle ratio is... odd. He looks like someone glued a flattened penny on an emaciated Ken doll
@majinsole85544 жыл бұрын
Are you Jimmy Ray? ~_~
@GolemAvalanche4 жыл бұрын
There's something about his appearance that just accentuates what a beanpole he is, and I'm not sure they went the best direction with it.
@robinchesterfield424 жыл бұрын
I KNOW RIGHT? That is just so...not proportional. That's not really a good look to begin with, and it really doesn't work on someone who looks like they're about 6' tall and 110 pounds.
@gabingston34304 жыл бұрын
Now that the 2020s are here, Todd should do some 2010s One Hit Wonders like Orianthi, Alex Clare and Capital Cities.
@TheRealAuxide4 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid, Capital Cities were the shit.
@Dolphinhi24 жыл бұрын
@@TheRealAuxide dang how old are you? their hit was like 2012
@Mchannnel4 жыл бұрын
Gotye!!!!
@MrMike8554 жыл бұрын
I think he has a 10 year waiting period, meaning that Orianthi, in theory, could be coming out soon. We're still a few years away from Alex Clare and Capital Cities, though.
@rattyeely4 жыл бұрын
Yes, Capital Cities were great and they deserved another hit
@tylerhackner97314 жыл бұрын
This is the first One Hit Wonderland I’ve never heard. Learned something new everyday.
@daneray95944 жыл бұрын
Tyler Hackner I literally only know about this song from an old video countdown of the top British pop songs in 1998.
@baxterbrown80884 жыл бұрын
have you heard Living In A Box
@orenbernstein32774 жыл бұрын
You heard Tic Tac Toe?!
@einootspork4 жыл бұрын
I very much doubt you ever heard the 70's Float On before Todd's episode on it
@ospero76814 жыл бұрын
@@einootspork Maybe if they're British and old enough, considering it was a #1 hit there. I was honestly thinking the same as Oren Bernstein above - "Tic Tac Toe" is probably the most obscure OHW Todd has ever done.
@nicpennsylvania4 жыл бұрын
Sadly, Jimmy Ray was overshadowed by the similarly named Sting Ray who would become infamous after killing Steve Irwin. I imagine that must have made public appearances awkward.
@Musicradio77Network4 жыл бұрын
“Stingray” was a 60’s TV show if you are not familiar with.
@nicpennsylvania4 жыл бұрын
@@Musicradio77Network Yes. Stingray is also a type of fish, like a shark, but a bit flatter.
@marrrtin4 жыл бұрын
@@nicpennsylvania but unlike a shark, it stings.
@kimifw584 жыл бұрын
Too soon, man.
@brifox4 жыл бұрын
@Unknown# It didn't fly over their head; it swam.
@moonkeele Жыл бұрын
He's leaner, he's meaner, now he works as a cleaner
@littlekingtrashmouth92193 ай бұрын
Good God, he’s a warehouse receiver!
@jeremyfischer78564 жыл бұрын
"An odd, collected half-memory that we're not sure had happened." The fact that I looked up this song, heard the "I'm meaner and leaner" part, and immediately snapped my mind-fingers in an "OH, I KNOW THIS" moment, well, I can't say I disagree with you.
@zeldazonk49144 жыл бұрын
PLEASE DO Bittersweet Symphony By The Verve PLEASE DO IT, A Great Band and a Great Song
@KayleeCee4 жыл бұрын
That would be a great episode. So much drama surrounding the sample, and it took FOREVER for the band to be able to make any money off of their biggest hit.
@JoaoPessoa864 жыл бұрын
I could have sworn he already had
@AwkwardSquirtles4 жыл бұрын
The Verve are a one-hit wonder in America?
@faeriegraver4 жыл бұрын
"The Drugs Don't Work" was at least as massive over here (UK), I don't know about America off the top of my head.
@roguishpaladin4 жыл бұрын
@@faeriegraver Nope, we missed that one. You know, as big a name as The Verge are, I would've assumed they were bigger, but no - only the one hit, and it only went to 12. I'm shocked.
@rainer52124 жыл бұрын
Why am I now imagining Brendon Urie fronting The Stray Cats?
@Sammie10534 жыл бұрын
Christ that's an image that hurts my brain
@saschalevi64864 жыл бұрын
So, this song is the Sharkboy and Lavagirl of songs. Something that you just...randomly remember, and can't figure out if it actually happened or was just a collective fever dream, so you Google it to confirm it's existence.
@phastinemoon Жыл бұрын
Oh my lord, that’s the PERFECT description
@bigfatrockstar49914 жыл бұрын
Rule #1: Don’t name your first song after yourself. Same problem plagued Vanilla Ice, Living in a Box, Big Country, Cupid, Soulja Boy and dozens of other artists
@Trolling4Jesus3 жыл бұрын
Black Sabbath and Bad Company did it and they're both classic songs and classic bands
@heather2503 Жыл бұрын
@@Trolling4Jesus exceptions not the rule
@davincent984 жыл бұрын
"Are you Sugar Ray?" No, no he's not. Also, I've never heard this song until today.
@TheUnmitigatedDawn4 жыл бұрын
He looks more like Brendon Urie trying to be Rockabilly
@skiprockjr.68814 жыл бұрын
Here's a few songs I think you should listen to. I'm like a Rain Man for music. Grand Funk Railroad's "I'm You Captain", "96 Tears" by Question Mark and the Mysterians, and "Get On Up" by The Esquires.
@majinsole85544 жыл бұрын
‘Sup. Are you Jimmy Ray? ~_~
@wcoleman994 жыл бұрын
@@skiprockjr.6881 Oh please there's still Imani Coppolas Legend of a Cowgirl and Whiyetownas Your woman to go from the late 90s before we hit any more of the 60s One hit wonders
@skiprockjr.68814 жыл бұрын
@Cole TV I was simply recommending songs for that guy to listen to. However, 96 Tears should be next.
@jbwarner86264 жыл бұрын
This is why I love Todd's videos, because I learn so much from them, and he's been digging deep lately. I'm a sucker for '90s pop culture, but I had no idea who sang "Rhythm of the Night", I had no idea Arrested Development had a second album beyond 1992, and I had no idea this song even existed, despite listening to a ton of pop radio in 1998. Todd, please never stop teaching us 🙂
@EpicB4 жыл бұрын
Are we sure this wasn't some Panic! At the Disco side project?
@Annafyz4 жыл бұрын
It's a shame Urie was, like, 10 years old at the time
@celinak50624 жыл бұрын
@@Annafyz no, now they can do a time travel music video
@HarleyBB4 жыл бұрын
i was gonna say something like that
@Maker2774 жыл бұрын
Working in a Target electronics department in the 90's. I got to hear this song from the TV's demo every 20 minutes for months. Certainly a new level of hell.
@evilspoons4 жыл бұрын
This friggin thing was #2 in Canada in 1998. I was 13 at the time and didn't have many CDs so I listened to whatever radio station wasn't playing commercials or opera. So I heard this. The entire time I was wondering "am I missing something? what the hell is this?". Turns out the answer is, 22 years later, "nope, it's just stupid".
@everetth-top47604 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of The Simpsons episode about Poochie. To quote Roger Myers Jr., “One, Jimmy Ray needs to be louder, angrier, and have access to a time machine. Two, whenever Jimmy Ray’s not onscreen, all the other characters should be asking 'Where's Jimmy Ray?' ”
@TimmyTickle4 жыл бұрын
Actually, it was Homer who said that, not Roger Meyers Jr
@a.wilson64394 жыл бұрын
tfw almost every one hit wonderland introduces you to a song instead of helps you relive it
@Solanuma4 жыл бұрын
but did that belt buckle go on to have a career of its own tho?
@wstine794 жыл бұрын
It went on to be the AEW championship.
@thehorriblebright4 жыл бұрын
I heard it took over a small island nation in the south Pacific.
@NotQuiteFirst4 жыл бұрын
It went on to cameo in Game of Thrones as a dinner table at Joffrey's wedding
@shebvixen4 жыл бұрын
It was a stunt double for Captain America's Shield.
@IsiahTomas4 жыл бұрын
My money's on a Pootie Tang taking care of that sadatay.
@13DollarMic4 жыл бұрын
I was twelve when this dropped, and in the 20 some years since I'd convinced myself that it was a figment of my imagination. Thanks Todd for awakening this unholy earworm.
@morphman864 жыл бұрын
When I heard "popabilly hip-hop", I got excited. Then I realized they took out both the "billy" and the "hip" and it's just run-of-the-mill late-90s pop-hop...
@gigifilmscontent4 жыл бұрын
why does jimmy ray look like the result of brendon urie and dallon weekes doing the fusion dance with a british filter
@187Streak4 жыл бұрын
Who would win in a fight between Jimmy Ray and Rico Suave?
@Demiglitch4 жыл бұрын
Rico has some muscle on him at least.
@exquisitecorpse__4 жыл бұрын
Who has the most swag?
@jojonoa35904 жыл бұрын
Jimmy Ray will win the fight but Rico Suave will win the lawsuit
@daishoryujin954 жыл бұрын
Jimmy, because he's meaner, leaner, and ain't no inbetweener.
@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick3 жыл бұрын
Jimmy Ray. You don’t mess around with him unless you’re feeling dangerous.
@outtagoodnamesdangit4 жыл бұрын
Jesus Christ, I all but forgot about this song... "For anyone who was there, 'Are You Jimmy Ray' has lingered on in the back of their minds like an odd, collective memory that we're not sure actually happened." YES, that is the perfect way to describe that feeling. That is it *exactly*, thank you, Todd!
@ja8ames2 жыл бұрын
I had no idea that he was British. As gloriously weird and unique as this song is, I could imagine an artist spinning this into a career by going a little more Beck with it, leaning into the assembly of oddball elements and playing up the modernity just as much as the rockabilly. But respect to him for really wanting to go Elvis, if that was his deal.
@AnvilPro1004 жыл бұрын
Yeah this is going up there with "Living in a Box" and "The Night Chicago Died" for best name of a song you've covered
@kylehegedus54984 жыл бұрын
AnvilPro100 What about Lukas Graham???? 😂😂😂😂😂
@TimmyTickle4 жыл бұрын
@@kylehegedus5498 I think he means OHW reviews, not PSRs
@mtdeeley4 жыл бұрын
Anyone else see Freddy Krueger trying to come through Todd’s wall?
@menicman70444 жыл бұрын
what?
@phlog_dog73364 жыл бұрын
Goddammit, I was just starting to not notice the wall bulge.
@shanior28374 жыл бұрын
@@menicman7044 on the first nigthmare on Alem street freddy came through the wall above a girls bed. When fred started pushing thro the plaster It kind of looked like the bulge on Todd's wall
@luckjes1124 жыл бұрын
@@phlog_dog7336 owo
@littlekingtrashmouth92193 ай бұрын
Them edibles finally kick in or what?
@lol881334 жыл бұрын
I've decided that the only reason Todd did this episode was so he could bring up the song "I Got Rolled" and Rickroll us.
@kichigan13 жыл бұрын
I loved Jimmy Ray's album. The fact that almost three hundred thousand people have viewed this video, tells you that he was somehow captivating.
@paullaing59214 жыл бұрын
As a British person who listened to music in the 90's, I can honestly say I do not remember this song at all. Shampoo on the other hand, that song was awesome. Hey Todd, if you read your comments. What about a Drinking in LA by Bran Van 3000 as a One Hit Wonderland?
@daigneauray70874 жыл бұрын
I’d go for that.
@youreshouldoflearntgrammer82773 жыл бұрын
They played the video quite often on German music television. XD And yeah, "Drinking in L.A.', awesome, awesome song!
@johnnyappleseed30934 жыл бұрын
Awake at 4am? Questioning all the craziness of the world? Finally getting round to that pile of dishes? Thank goodness for Todd's odd upload schedule!
@Lazerbear19854 жыл бұрын
I have literally never heard this song before.
@cremetangerine824 жыл бұрын
Great, another song from the 1990s I try to talk to others about to their utter confusion (see “The Mummer’s Dance”)!
@Sammie10534 жыл бұрын
Weirdly enough when he shows this song on the Billboard charts at 4:46 you can see The Mummers' Dance three slots below it. Meaning these happened at the same time.
@cremetangerine824 жыл бұрын
Sammie1053 Great catch!
@TheAmazingBlackStar2 жыл бұрын
Okay if you are watching in 2022 there is a PERFECT cut between the moment of Jimmy Ray singing "well" at the start of his song and Elvis singing "well" in the trailer for that Elvis movie. Like I legit thought it was part of the video for a second it was so well timed. Not to give to much credit to ads but if that wasn't intentional it was a hell of a serendipitous moment.
@KittyMeow19844 жыл бұрын
One Hit Wonder? More like Zero Hit Wonder... at least in my country, I'm gonna assume. I'm 40, so I got a pretty good recollection of what was played on the radio/music TV channels and what wasn't back in the late 90s, and seriously... this is the very first time I hear about this dude. And I'm sure as heck that I'd remember that hubcap-sized belt buckle & pompadour-wearing mannequin if I had seen it before.
@anonymousidea91194 жыл бұрын
Better then a Negative One Hit Wonder
@pintpot4 жыл бұрын
4:00 Shampoo "Trouble" - Do it, Todd! I don't care if it wasn't a hit in the USA. It's a classic! (I bought their album)
@JosephGualtieri4 жыл бұрын
I’d love it if for no reason other than to hear Todd mention the Manics... which is something I desperately want.
@archimmes4 жыл бұрын
I always thought it was the same group that had that "Jellyhead" song around the same time. Over and over I feel it Boyfriend you're alone You must be out of your mind Jellyhead You really blown it! :)
@neil9934 жыл бұрын
It's actually a hell of a story, and I'm not sure anyone else has gone from riot grrl to Spice Girl!! (From Bouffont Headbutt to Girl Power!!) And 'Trouble' absolutely still kicks ass to this day!!!
@jakerboss35344 жыл бұрын
I actually recognized it because M.I.A. sampled it in her song Double Bubble Trouble
@merchantfan4 жыл бұрын
I'm definitely more familiar with "Trouble" than "Are You Jimmy Ray"- I think it was also in other movies/TV besides power rangers
@JC420234 жыл бұрын
Ah the return of One Hit Wonderland featuring a song and artist most Todd viewers are unfamiliar with
@mikkicarr57174 жыл бұрын
I think I'm too zoomer to know this song, lol. But a Todd episode is the best introduction to anything music.
@leahmickens39284 жыл бұрын
I’m an older millennial and I definitely remember this song. I had occasionally wondered what happened to Jimmy Ray so this video was really interesting to me.
@culwin4 жыл бұрын
I'm Gen X and I remember this song very well, unfortunately.
@Hiccuple4 жыл бұрын
Kind of/sort of remember this song. I think I remember liking it, but then it just passing through my consciousness and forgetting it. Certainly a blast from the past.
@otaking35824 жыл бұрын
Isn't Johnny Ray the guy they sang about in "Come on Eileen"?
@waterandafter4 жыл бұрын
Yes. He was big.
@Reagankarr14 жыл бұрын
He’s also mentioned in we didn’t start the fire
@robinchesterfield424 жыл бұрын
"Poor old Johnnie Ray...sounded sad upon the radio, and he broke a million hearts in mono!" They're not wrong about that--his biggest hit was literally named "Cry". He was basically the proto-emo and the young ladies of the time ATE. IT. UP. Still sang more decently despite being deaf in one ear than a lot of full-hearing singers do, though.
@FM-cp6kc4 жыл бұрын
I've never heard this song before so the first thing that popped into my head when I read the title was "POOR OLD JOHNNY RAAAYYY"
@arianrhodhyde74824 жыл бұрын
And when he shows "Are You Jimmy Ray"'s chart position, "Mummer's Dance" is a few places above it. This is like a one hit wonderland crossover episode!
@elizabethhumphries68354 жыл бұрын
I was in college when this came out, and I really liked the song. I think it was a blip of rockabilly aesthetic connected to Edwyn Collins' "A Girl Like You". Those songs always seemed paired in my mind.
@evangelistamono2200 Жыл бұрын
One hit wonderland for Edwin Collins? (A clip from the “A Girl Like You” video is used for the “we brought back lounge” bit) His career is extensive and he basically invented indie pop with his band Orange Juice Edit: I’d love a one hit wonderland on Edwin Collins
@ponygon7774 жыл бұрын
I feel bad for Jimmy Ray because if his record label didn't try to push him to be a pop idol and he had more creative control, he could have been a cult figure like Marshall Crenshaw. However, instead of becoming his generation's Gene Vincent, Jimmy Ray became his generation's Olly Murs.
@captainayaaya284 жыл бұрын
Same
@nitrobw110 ай бұрын
And the weird thing is I can totally hear that snotty 50s rockabilly yelp in his singing and a few of the references he makes like Link Wray are great 50s deep cuts. If you took out the weird 90s dancehall production and put Scotty Moore guitar stings in there it would be a derivative but convincing homage to music of the era.
@danderson84314 жыл бұрын
I love his backup dancers. That’s the one dance crew I could slip into, and no one will notice.
@LotteYanson4 жыл бұрын
I actually did hear this song once on Mix 94.1’s “Hot 90s Weekend” way back when. I forgot about it until this video.
@thomsirveaux994 жыл бұрын
I swear it's "Johnny Ray" instead of Jimmy, but apparently I warped into the Berenstain universe at some point so this is the new normal.
@NA-kz5po4 жыл бұрын
Well Johnny Ray is real and was mentioned in "come on Eileen" so that's what could be ringing you bell.
@roguishpaladin4 жыл бұрын
Johnny Ray is mentioned in this very song, too.
@GOLVEL4 жыл бұрын
AVGN-ish... :-)
@Musicradio77Network4 жыл бұрын
roguishpaladin He was a singer from the 1950’s where he did “Cry”, “Just Walkin’ In the Rain”, and “The Little White Cloud That Cried”.
@EpicB4 жыл бұрын
My parents remember an alternate timeline where Dean Stockwell died but he's still alive.
@alexg73524 жыл бұрын
The way Todd describes people remembering this hit, as a "half-memory" that we vaguely remember due to it's eccentric, catchy sound is EXACTLY how I remembered it until I looked it up a few years ago. Must have heard it a handful of times at the most, but the catchy nature of the chorus and the combination of a wonderful late 90s childhood and the draining fatigue of life since those times have made sure the Nostalgia kept some parts of it alive in my mind for nearly 2 decades.
@kimberleestiens3 жыл бұрын
So glad to see this. I LOVED this song. I actually owned the physical CD SINGLE of this song, which had it, and like 3 remixes of it, iirc, and cost $3.99. It was one of my favorite songs of that year I'm sure
@seamusburke6394 жыл бұрын
Billy Ray looks like if Space Dandy tried to launch a music career.
@commiting_every_evil4 жыл бұрын
Jimmy ray
@littlekingtrashmouth92194 жыл бұрын
I’d say Alvin Stardust, but no one needs to remember him.
@MyssBlewm4 жыл бұрын
This came out when I was watching MTV religiously. I never outright loved the song but I liked it enough to want to see more but then like 2 weeks later he disappeared off the face of the earth. Thanks for answering my "what happened to that Jimmy Ray guy?" question that pops up in my head once a year Todd!
@UndeadHavoc14 жыл бұрын
Okay, I'mma gon' hate myself for saying this, but Jimmy Ray looks like he could've inspired Jojo characters.
@aneraser22854 жыл бұрын
Josuke Higashikata irl
@lilith-punkpollock6094 жыл бұрын
IS THAT A JOJOS REFERENCE?
@dieSchreckschraube4 жыл бұрын
The sheer mention of Reverend Horton Heat in this video makes me incredibly happy. They are so good, they should be more widely known.
@zilatrah0124 жыл бұрын
So glad you mentioned VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s. I loved watching that doc back when I used to watch VH1. I'm trying really hard to find it online and found some videos of it here but always with some listings missing. I wish VH1 streamed it somewhere I wouldn't mind paying. In fact, I got introduced to a lot of hit songs through that program.
@yepperdeedooda4 жыл бұрын
Jimmy Ray, you are the man. You're invited to my house for a pizza party next weekend.
@majinsole85544 жыл бұрын
Hi! Are you Jimmy Ray? ~_~
@celinak50624 жыл бұрын
@@duffman18 and he looks like he wants to fight the man, not be the man
@Nightfall8154 жыл бұрын
How can you be certain it really IS Jimmy Ray coming by for pizza, and not, say... Stingray?