ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "Bust a Move" by Young MC

[@MsAngrybutterfly]

For those who don't remember the 90's as well as I do: Flea was even bigger than most people can imagine. He single handedly made bass cooler than guitar. There was a period of time from about 92 to 94 where playing bass was cooler than playing guitar. The entire first floor of my dorm played bass. I consecutively dated 3 bass players, and I wasn't the only one.

[@Hazztech]

Jees, now a bass player can't even get chicks in a henhouse.

[@measuringband]

@@Hazztech i know right, life sucks i wish i was born in the 90s id be so cool then

[@mikemanson5927]

Facts. For my 15th birthday in 1994, I got a bass guitar. Never got quite as good as Flea, but I tried for a few years.

[@carterburrage8]

Never thought about that. It’s funny to imagine an entire floor going fwoom.

[@zachmiller9175]

@@measuringband if you were born in the 90s you'd be a toddler during that period though, you'd have to be born in the 70s to enjoy it fully.

[@LindsayEllisVids]

YOUNG SHELDON

[@TheUnmitigatedDawn]

Lindsay Ellis Hey what’s up Lindsay

[@schris3]

You sometimes remind of Amy from the Big Bang Theory.

[@Demiglitch]

Yung Ellis

[@Painocus]

@throw communists out of helicopters: Anyone making you dog-rape apologists go "ew" most be doing something right.

[@Painocus]

@throw communists out of helicopters: I'm not the one who didn't look into what the Pinochet government did before proclaiming that it "did nothing wrong". If you don't even know about the dog-rape then you have no idea who you are baseing your political idolization around.

[@Mr96POP]

It’s even cooler to know that Flea was the guy behind the bassline.

[@Spiderific]

And his stuffed animal pants are the most awesome pants I've ever seen.

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

I swear Flea is the world's most versatile man. He's like Forrest Gump, or Zelig. At several points between the mid-80's and late 90's I was hard-pressed to find a film/tv show/music clip he WASN'T in. Seriously, look up his IMDB entry to date. Also, he's played on heaps of stuff over the years... I remember when he showed up in Die Antwoord's clip for "Ugly Boy" to simply dance I was just like "yeah, well that was a given..." and the man is STILL going.

[@thetonytaye]

He was also the guy behind Donnie Thornberry. *The More You Know*

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

@@thetonytaye omg I love that part so much... basically just a series of wild noises lol

[@hallamhal]

@@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494 Even before I took up bass, to me he was Needles in BTTF2!

[@AgnessaMo]

When he said "1991" I subconsciously expected the Nirvana segway. I watched too many episodes of OHW...

[@MixMasterLar]

Dude same. When Todd asked why he couldn't stay in the spotlight my brain preemptively started playing Teen Spirit AND IT FEEEEEEELLLLSSS

[@kevinolmedo675]

@@MixMasterLar AAANDD IT FEEELS AAANDD IT FEELS LIKE HEAVEN IS SO FAR AWAAAY AAAAND IT STINGS ANNND IT FEEELS LIKE THE WORLD IS SO COLD NOW YOU THAT YOU'VE GONE AWAY (not actually Nirvana just a good mashup)

[@heisensaul5538]

If this was a rock song from the same time period, yeah I could see Nirvana be the reason he didnt stick around. But it just sounds like he got lost in the shuffle of other acts that looked and sounded the same.

[@TMC1982Part2]

Since this is a hip-hop centric episode, a pop rapper like Young MC seemed to be more of a victim of The Chronic than Nevermind.

[@tafua_a]

I think that for Hip Hop artists Todd should do the spin/off "Dr. Dre Killed My Career" with Deep Cover playing in the background.

[@Version0111]

I was the best man at my best friend's brother's wedding. He was a familiar presence in my house for a long time and knew me well enough. He would come whenever we had a party or get together but he was very shy and never said much usually. He met his wife playing Final Fantasy 11 online (this was 2003 or 2004 I think). She was British and no one in his family supported the wedding. They thought she was only marrying him to get into the country. So he asked me to be his best man and my wife to be his wife's maid of honor. His brother supported the wedding and showed up but wasn't the best man so the rest of his family wouldn't be mad at him. Yes, we played this song at his wedding party. Yes, they are still married. No, they are not close with me or my wife but we see his wife posting on Facebook and they look very happy.

[@Jaspertine]

But did your best friend and his brother have rhyming names?

[@Cooldrew100]

that owns

[@Moony1568]

Ok

[@junebunchanumbers]

This is a great story but I'm disappointed you didn't write it into a rap verse.

[@SpiralSine6]

Jaspertine Asking the real questions

[@michelleforrester3636]

I distinctly recall a Cracked article years ago about washed-up one-hit wonders, and when they got to Young MC they basically just stopped making jokes halfway through because they didn't have the heart to be mean to him. They just loved Bust a Move that much.

[@ATBPRODUCTlONS]

Seeing Todd talk about music he likes makes me happy.

[@AikiraBeats]

Right he should do more often

[@eugeniatrujillo3824]

This is why I love You Get What You Give so much, he just looks and sounds so happy and it’s contagious (also I adore that song)

[@OneDude7745]

Me too.

[@katieholland4244]

Pretty hard to hate bust a move XD

[@classiclife7204]

Why do people keep saying this? This comment keeps popping up. He likes a great deal of the music he discusses, arguably too much. I'd put it at a 50/50 ratio.

[@peterbeck88]

So when he lost at the MTV Awards, did the headlines read "Young MC Hammered"? ...I'll show myself out.

[@morley364]

Something about the "your best friend Harry has a brother Larry, in 5 days from now he's gonna marry" bit gave me STRONG jumprope rhyme nostalgia for some reason

[@TheBurkissWay]

How many days until the divorce? One, two, three, four, five, six, seven,

[@zombiedodge1426]

Frankie Smith's "Double Dutch Bus," one of the *very* first rap songs to hit the top 40, should get a OHW. The record company, WMOT, turned out to be a money laundering operation for a cocaine dealer.

[@murrfeeling]

Holy crap... that's exactly how that flows.

[@AudioGAWD]

Because of the emphasis on the rhyming words, I can see it

[@ketchakik]

Young MC is the what Carlton would be like if he had a rap career

[@RenaldyCalixte]

Facts. Will Smith would be jealous just like in the show.

[@aliceborealis]

@@RenaldyCalixte But would he slap him?

[@RenaldyCalixte]

@@aliceborealis nah cause Carlton wouldn't diss Jada in a rap song 🤣

[@HatsuneLuka]

@@aliceborealisbut did make you clean his room?

[@lotus-prince]

16:28 Oh my god, he rhymed "Harry" and "Larry" again.

[@uncensored008]

Their other brother "Barry" is miffed.

[@anarchomando7707]

@@uncensored008 And gary is yiffed

[@mimmikibilly]

Well... just *float* *on* and forget about it. Nothing we can do to change that rhyme.

[@Thraim.]

Their sister Marry got to scatter the rose petals, tough, which is nice.

[@The_Mimewar]

You’re right. Young MC is in fact a robot.

[@NJGuy1973]

In case you're wondering, it was Paula Abdul's "Straight Up" which stalled "Wild Thing" at #2.

[@purplegill10]

I was in fact wondering that. Thank you.

[@SugaredViolette]

“I’m not sure how Tone Loc is remembered.” What does it say about me as a person if I remember him the most as the singing gecko from Ferngully?

[@trtx84]

Didn't he also voice a stuffed bear in a short-lived kids animated series?

[@Snake4985]

I remember him mostly from the first Ace Ventura movie

[@rushguy1]

@@trtx84 Yup. C-Bear and Jamal. Don't ask how I know that.

[@david2869]

BIG LIPPED ALLIGATOR MOMENT!

[@Earthshaker513]

Or as Tek the Alien in Titan A.E.

[@thejabberwalker]

It is always such a relief when I open KZbin and there is A One Hit Wonderland sitting there. Like finding a twenty in the pocket of the jeans you only wear when you're a few weeks behind on laundry.

[@orochimati]

I love Young MC's discography, he never claimed something that he wasn't, no gun play, no street talk, just dancing, ladies, and rolling with the punches.

[@emilywhite1429]

Re: the third verse, I always kinda assumed that some offscreen mishap caused Larry's best man to drop out, and the narrator doesn't really know Larry at all but is being asked hastily because it's five days until the wedding...

[@originalsamshu1]

Could be, could be... I always thought it was his way of identifying WHICH Harry it was, as there might be several. Harry at the barbershop, Harry from school, Harry Bag of Donuts, your best friend Harry (who has a brother Larry).

[@davestevens6283]

@@originalsamshu1 Maybe he's""serving in the mili-tary"and you're covering for him.

[@SyntheticFuture]

@@davestevens6283 woah easy with the sick rhymes 😂

[@brettfawcett9391]

That would make sense since "he's hoping you can make it there if you can" isn't the kind of thing you say about someone who agreed to be your best man months ago

[@seaoftranquility7228]

I always assumed that “brother” was not literally blood relative but more “friend” and that in fact Larry and Harry were marrying each other. Very progressive for the time.

[@newwavepop]

in the late 80s when i was neck deep in the thrash metal scene, my friends grandmother actually bought him a pair of tickets for his birthday to Milli Vanilli with Young MC and some girl group opening. no one wanted to go to that with him so i went and we had a blast LOL.

[@dusty2080]

Wholesome

[@sandy120]

"Don't hang yourself with a celibate rope" Did young MC foretell the incel movement and try and warn us 30 years in advance? We should have heeded the warnings.

[@meowtherainbowx4163]

Oh, and MGTOW. Men quitting women and spending their time complaining about them instead of dating them might be a tale as old as time.

[@RenaldyCalixte]

@@meowtherainbowx4163 A tale as old as time. A lonely man who complains online. About a woman who decides to date (someone else). This young man is filled with hate. Beauty and the Incel.

[@Yourmomgoestocolledge]

Man get over here and change my diaper

[@DanLetts97]

I always thought he said: don’t hang yourself in the cellar with rope

[@UdoShan]

"His only hit was in the SECOND Person!" Damn, NEVER even thought about that...

[@DirtiestDMusic]

I saw Young MC on the I Love the 90's tour in 2016. He was the first act and performed only TWO songs (Bust a Move and what might have been a freestyle), and by the end, he was toweling himself off onstage, he was so sweaty and exhausted. Bust a Move was great and got the arena hyped, but the man had no cardio.

[@letssee9]

Hahaha at the "no cardio". That man is working. I always laugh at the term "one hit wonder". Imagine sitting down and writing something that rhymes and gets people dancing and being able to live off of it for the rest of your life. Lol

[@DirtiestDMusic]

@@letssee9 True, and he wrote or co-wrote three big hits! Cardio or no, I have respect for Young MC.

[@allanweede2599]

Yooo!!! I was too! Out in canada. Watching that dude go HARD filled me❤️❤️ like im 24 and live on that old school shit. What a fucking honour it was to see him and some of the OG’s i never thought id get to see on tour

[@kylehegedus5498]

Was Tone Loc there too?

[@mario-nk7be]

Wasnt the man like 40 back then

[@danielbloomquist9810]

Todd will be referenced in the document when "The Celibate Rope" shows up as a Euclid class SCP.

[@spiff2268]

We don't publicly speak of the SCP Foundation. I need your location for the administration of amnestics.

[@acario100]

@@spiff2268 Class B?

[@spiff2268]

@@acario100 Let's be on the safe side. Class E.

[@DoveAlexa]

How is this not Keter? The people touched with it took over a country!

[@JosephDavies]

I was thinking Warehouse 13...

[@NelsonVelazquez]

I'm a huge Young MC fan. I own all of his records. He's the reason I became a performer. I think you did him Justice for the most part in your evaluation of Bust A Move. I may be the only one he ever influenced but he holds a place in hip-hop in my opinion.

[@killahrabbit1400]

You want it? Todd's got it

[@petehall5824]

As a fun activity listen to the song "Found A Child" by Ballin' Jack. It is impossible to predict after 1'42 that that sampled riff is going to come in, and when it does it sounds like a completely different song for 20 seconds, then it's gone, brilliantly captured by Young Marvin.

[@mcj88]

Interesting that Young MC was involved with both "Wild Thing" and "Bust A Move", because I remember both of those songs from the soundtrack of _Uncle Buck._

[@HarryBuddhaPalm]

I remember them from every event I went to in 8th grade.

[@morganrobinson8042]

Probably a deal between the label and the producers.

[@krisherdown]

When I saw this title as a One Hit Wonderland, my reaction was "but Wild Thing...oh, no, I'm mixing him up with Tone Loc". I would be certain I did know that connection at some point (though I haven't heard Wild Thing in a long time or else I'd immediately recognize Tone Loc's distinct voice).

[@Seanakin]

Loved that they were in that movie.

[@littlekingtrashmouth9219]

Is this The Kingston Trio?

[@Clemonade23BX]

It's the summer of 2014 and I'm an intern on an independent movie that's written, directed, produced, and staring our boy, Marvin Young. He's actually a great guy and I'm glad I got to work with him on my first feature.

[@Jawarhalahl]

We need a concept album exploring the relationship between Larry and Harry

[@Andermander429]

I laughed too hard at his joke

[@johnathom-v3y]

Holy shit right before Todd noticed that was flea i said to myself, “hmm that guy kinda plays bass like flea.”

[@ienjoyhoagies]

How did stuffed animal pants not catch on?

[@theoriginalsache]

Flea gets around.

[@LividImp]

It's funny to see people still shocked by this 30+ years later. Truth is that a lot of the 70s/80s punk and alt rock guys were really into rap from day one. There was a lot of crossover between the two subcultures because they both were rejected by mainstream society (in the early days anyway) and they often lived in the same parts of town, so they were literal neighbors. If you really listen to it, the old school punk chant style singing and rap are similar. Go listen to Noh Mercy's "Caucasian Guilt" and realize that these were a couple of white girls in the late 70s doing this. The Beastie Boys started out as a punk band. Ice-T was into metal all the way back in the 80s, and then formed Body Count in something like 90 or 91. When I lived in LA back in the day, I had a friend who I'd take to punk shows and he'd take me what would probably be called "hip hop clubs" nowadays (the term hip hop wasn't being used yet). As a matter of fact, I took him to see Fear, who Flea once played bass for. Another friend introduced me to NWA back when _no_ mainstream folks knew who the fuck they were.

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

@@theoriginalsache Hell yeah. I've been pointing this out to people for years - look up his IMDB page and enjoy.

[@elbruces]

A label usually has a good idea of what new artists are going to be huge for almost a year before their first full project drops, which is why you sometimes see them in cameos for other projects months before anyone else has heard of them. The "insiders" know that including them is going to look good, even if the audience doesn't yet.

[@DanLetts97]

Young MC is criminally underrated as one of the old-school rappers. He played a huge role in bringing rap into the mainstream in the late 80s, and I think one of the reasons that he tends to get left off peoples top 10 lists is because he was a clean rapper. He wasn’t gangster.

[@Allencartercomix]

You should do the mid '90s version of this song that's just as catchy: "I Wish" by Skee-Lo.

[@Allencartercomix]

@Raymond Frand Damn, that one takes me back to 8th grade!

[@rkgk1517]

The story behind that one's kind of a bummer. He got totally ripped off by his representation. His story does have a great ending though, wrongs righted and emerging victorious.

[@th3giv3r]

Seconded

[@margaretmadole]

It has happened!

[@DiamondAxeStudiosMusic]

Is anyone else imaging Todd in the Shadows going out to Home Depot and buying just a single short piece of rope?

[@fredricknoe3114]

He probably found it in his closet, probably got passed to him on accident.

[@ericwincentsen587]

Clerk: "What do you need it for?" Todd: "Celibacy." Clerk hands him one of those suicide prevention cards.

[@schris3]

He has a dog, so he has tons and tons of rope.

[@viscountrainbows6452]

@@MaynardCrow hashtag JUSTICE4JUICY😹

[@lucapeyrefitte6899]

Christnappa4 he has a dog?

[@hiimemily]

That sample is incredible. It's the musical equivalent of finding a dinosaur skull entirely intact.

[@tegantalks9612]

Or like that whole ass dinosaur they found almost nearly intact recently!

[@hiimemily]

@@tegantalks9612 *_HOLY FUCK YOU'RE RIGHT_*

[@jimrustle270]

That proves how much of a joke hip hop is though. Where is the skill in taking someone else’s jam, copypasting and talking over it.

[@natmorse-noland9133]

@@jimrustle270 the skill is in recontextualizing sounds and clips in new and interesting ways, so they have different emotional or lyrical meaning than they did originally.

[@tegantalks9612]

@@jimrustle270 you’re right, there is no skill in just copy and pasting a song into another song. The skill is in recontextualizing the original song into a new song. A great example of this is Eminem’s song Stan featuring Dido. He took Dido’s song thank you which is a love song about appreciating your partner and turned the first verse of that into the chorus of a song about a crazy stalked named Stan who ends up committing murder suicide. Not all samples can be done as well as that and 2022 was a year of bad and lazy sampling that was just copy paste but when done well it can be amazing. People wouldn’t really remember the song Thank You by Dido without that sample in Stan and Stan is also considered and all time classic and is one of Eminem’s best songs.

[@theantithesis1]

I've been told that Flea's recounting of the story is that when he got to the studio, they had absolutely nothing. So, he started riffing and the entire song was built upon that.

[@rev68]

"Start blinking" doesn't mean he's holding back tears. It means he's blinking like he's puzzled or befuddled.

[@skyden24195]

I saw Young MC perform live in St. Louis, MO in 1990. He was the opening act, and was followed by Seduction. The concert headliner.....not so live....Milli Vanilli. Yeah, how's that for a bizarre lineup.

[@OsKarMike1306]

That is the most 90s line up I've ever seen

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

@@OsKarMike1306 No, hon. No, it really isn't. When do you think these groups were at their peak? How can anything from the start/end of a decade represent the decade to come? Try something grunge-era, or even Britpop. THAT'S 90's.

[@rosebyanyname]

Wait, Seduction? Like the group that RuPaul’s best friend Michelle Visage was in?

[@skyden24195]

@@rosebyanyname I guess. I don't know much about RuPaul

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

"Now, I don't know how Tone Loc is remembered..." Well, I can't speak for anyone else, but I will always remember Tone Loc as the rapping food label, Füd Wrapper.

[@jasonblalock4429]

Or as Ace Ventura's best friend.

[@Spiderific]

Or the baby from Bebe's Kids. They don't die, they multiply.

[@JosephDavies]

What about that guy from Titan AE?

[@Reepicheepchan]

OK so it's not completely weird that whenever Wild Thing plays on the radio my first thought is "dang this sounds like that vore song from Ferngully."

[@jeyzeus]

@@jasonblalock4429 I have his "Wild thing" single (vinyl) but until today I never realize he is the dude from Ace Ventura.

[@dubdaze68]

Interesting side note about the production: when the Beastie Boys first went to the West Coast, they met the Dust Brothers when they went to a club, and this bassline was the first thing they heard when they go there, long before Young MC recorded this.

[@davenash1547]

dubdaze68 was hoping to hear more about the Dust Brothers in this.

[@TheActualCathal]

"Hey Neil, it's your cousin Marvin! Marvin Young!"

[@aclockworkreview]

You know what that new song you're looking for

[@MrEmpoleon2010]

Well listen to this!

[@coovgroove715]

Todd: “At least the Fresh Prince kidnapped a 12-year-old and got arrested” Me: spit take followed by laughter through choking

[@roguishpaladin]

"Surprise Red Hot Chili Pepper Guest Star" seems to be a running theme. It really should get played up more as a segment. On the plus side, it really does speak to their quality as musicians.

[@EpicB]

So is that what they meant by "give it away"?

[@mistersoupmannovember2263]

So it's kinda another Micheal Jackson kind of thing?

[@IsaacMayerCreativeWorks]

9:30 I’m a NICE ROPE, I deserve to hang, why do feeemales like knotted strings

[@Jaspertine]

No sir, I'm a frayed knot.

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

@@Jaspertine this gift just keeps giving

[@likecrazyhorse]

They may be weird lyrics, but as soon as that riff starts anyone alive at that time can recite this word for word

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

pretty much

[@nikitawyllie-cinemastitch3267]

"Steady as a metronome..." This is my favourite jogging song 🤷‍♀️

[@oliverdalin2157]

Ahhh yes Young Sheldon, an artiste for the big brained

[@EpicB]

Personally I prefer Young Justice.

[@russianboss0378]

The first one hit wonderland of the 2020s

[@jonharv4033]

😊

[@wadespencer3623]

That rant about Harry and Larry is one of your best bits ever.

[@XxMeatShakexX]

Funny you mention the Terminator. I remember way back when "hasta la vista" was the go-to line to reference him. Nowadays all you hear is "I'll be back".

[@Crow7878]

Speaking of Terminator, anyone remember T2-3D: Battle Across Time? "Let's bust a move!"

[@thunderphoenix440]

I remember thinking even at the time when it came out that it was a lame attempt to recreate the "I'll be back" scene from T1.

[@ZP1993]

I still have a T-shirt with a picture of the Terminator saying "hasta la vista",bought it around 10 years ago when I was in high school. As for which line is more iconic,both definitely are,but Arnold did use "I'll be back" or some variaton of it in way more movies,and I think it was even referenced as being his catch phrase in the Last Action Hero.

[@jmckenzie962]

Now would be a very good time for him to cover "Break My Stride" by Matthew Wilder. Kinda shocked he hasn't done that one already.

[@birchouse]

Ah man todd. You made my day i am hellishly sick and nothing brightens my day like a new in the shadows, especially one hit wonderland. Thanks a million and keep up the great work

[@kayhaven4710]

Joshua Czich same dude. Still getting over a cold.

[@birchouse]

@@kayhaven4710 cold and ear infection here. Get well!

[@andreasfrost-blade4689]

Yeah dude I’ve got the flu

[@dvt1393]

I just got over the stomach flu. I hope that you all feel better soon. 🙂

[@andreasfrost-blade4689]

Daniel Terrazas thanks

[@rendowgird]

I was today years old when I realized what a banger the piano version of "Bust A Move"'s chorus was.

[@thedogskneecaps3292]

Every day I pray for a new One Hit Wonderland. Looks like my prayers have been answered

[@artemiswolf4508]

It’s also weird that Larry is like *I really hope you can be there, you know if you can, if you have the time* Dude he’s your best man HE BETTER BE THERE

[@thechief00]

i'm here when it says "no views" and i just wanna say you're the best todd

[@TheUnmitigatedDawn]

zzyzx00 Todd should do Layla by Derek and the Dominos

[@LeshaAnn]

He really IS 'the best Todd' he can be!

[@masterof4elements826]

I didn't realize how much my life was incomplete without an old Taco Bell commercial in my life

[@glyph1869]

"First inclination is to become a monk and leave the situation" is honestly such a hilarious line, really great stuff.

[@pymandres]

if pinkerton had been a rap album

[@JonathanLedbetter]

4:24 Point of order: "Hasta la vista, baby" originated with Jody Watley "Looking for a New Love", which was released back in January 1987. Tone lifted the line for his hit 21 months later, *then* Arnold learned it in T2.

[@vinnym5607]

Good. Someone else noticed.

[@howardparks6478]

"Bust A Move" also sampled Dennis Coffey's "Scorpio" in the middle section of the song.

[@AikiraBeats]

That's were that's from

[@rubberlover666]

Jermaine Stewart’s “We don’t have to take our clothes off “ is peak 80’s celibate jam.

[@TeddyStrongBear]

And, Janet Jackson’s “Let’s Wait Awhile”

[@richiemitchie5346]

wikipedia says he died from aids.

[@no_peace]

To have a good time no no

[@jeevithrai7994]

@@richiemitchie5346 eh, probably did it with his clothes on.

[@cartmann94]

I've always wondered why this song and "Wild Thing" sounded so similar. Now, everytime I hear "Bust a Move", i think of the puzzle videogames instead.

[@TheUnmitigatedDawn]

cartmann94 Wild thing, you make my heart sing.

[@retrozaid1600]

Or The Rhythm Game Bust a Groove

[@RileyHarrisVFX]

Busta move reminds me of Max Keebles Big Move

[@albertmartinez8721]

You mean Bust A Groove?

[@thirteenfury]

So glad I'm not the only one who thought of the bubble-popping video games.

[@kyliepollert8341]

This was rewritten in Old Navy commercials in 2005 as "Bust a Tunic", as well as its use in movies like "17 Again" and "The Blind Side" (both in 2009). It peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100

[@Cinderspider]

I arrive! Every video of yours is my absolute jam, and if we ever run into each other in NYC, I’ll... respectfully leave you alone, but also think, “if that’s Todd, which I think by the face shape, I’d like to buy him a drink to thank him for all the laughs and temporarily cancelled depression he has given me!”

[@riahlexington]

How would you even recognize him lmao

[@riahlexington]

My aunt saw Yoko Ono walking in NYC

[@Cinderspider]

Riah Reviews I wouldn’t but if I could somehow recognize him by silhouette I’d like to show my appreciation somehow!

[@ajpbrunet]

The remix of this song with Kylie's "Can't Get You Out of My Head" on Girl Talk's "All Day" album is so good it always feels like the instrumental is missing when I listen to the original.

[@bat4280]

"Hasta la vista baby" is from Jody Watley's "Looking For a New Love".

[@Musicradio77Network]

And so does “Terminator 2: Judgement Day”.

[@josephvitug]

@@Musicradio77Network But Jody Watley said that line first.... early 1987 in fact.

[@TyrBarghest]

I always love these. They always end up giving me a new band or musician to listen to. Ballin' Jack sounds like it's going to be a fun ride.

[@dimefan1178]

Same here, gonna search that soon as this is over

[@viveelreytoday3878]

I used to think that Young MC and MC Hammer were the same person growing up. It’s still jarring to know that’s not the case 😂

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

I actually used to get Young MC and Tone Loc mixed up (obviously wasn't real smart about voices) because their three combined hit tracks sounded so similar and were out about the same time... turns out there was at least a legit musical reason for this. Btw, I was 15 in '89. SO much winning.

[@lollerkeet]

MC was the Lil of the late 80s

[@schris3]

@@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494 I thought I was the only one who thought that as a child, probably that was the case back then

[@Kamodomon]

I'm literally eating Taco Bell while watching this. I'm such a mark.

[@wendynerd1199]

Enjoy the diarrhea.

[@ikillomega]

This was a fun track from back in the day for sure. I hadn't heard it in YEARS and as soon as I saw this title the whole song immediately came back to me. That's when you know you had a winner.

[@atrainradio929]

“non stop” off his debut is fucking killer. by far his best tune

[@hellosajini]

That Taco bell ad was the only thing missing in my life.

[@rb5078]

I love hip hop from this era because it tells a story, even if the story is silly.

[@Gender_Ascender]

Welcome, all of you who are here, early or late. Let's all enjoy our great entertainer Todd together.

[@Rorek0fNol]

Sup! I will, even if my fellow entertainie is a filthy Furry.

[@Gender_Ascender]

@@Rorek0fNol Hey, music brings everyone together. Especially the trash of the internet like us!

[@daniellemhall1358]

Please do "I Wish" by Steelo... I love that song!!! "I wish I had my way, 'cause everyday would be a Friday and you could even speed on the highway. "

[@nickgreg78]

Skee-Lo. And yes please!

[@victorchapa6307]

Now I know about William Shatner covering "Bust A Move" in that Priceline commercial and I'm happier because of it. Thanks, Todd! =D

[@bengercak8391]

I'm kinda surprised no one has suggested "A Thousand Miles" by Venesa Carlton yet EDIT: 1. Was not expecting this comment to get attention lol 2. Yes, I know she had other hits and singles around the early 2000s. However, she is basically remembered as a one hit wonder

[@tnt5454]

As a fan of Vanessa Carlton's more recent work, it would actually be pretty interesting to see what Todd thinks.

[@blackcatdreams2011]

YES

[@noelleelizabeth9991]

It's less remembered, but she had another hit around that time, Ordinary Day.

[@PKSandman]

I don't know if she really is. While her other songs didn't chart quite as well, she has another top 40 and several songs people still know of today (the cover of Big Yellow Taxi with the Counting Crows being the big one).

[@tnt5454]

@@noelleelizabeth9991 Todd has covered artists with less well-remembered second hits on this show before, so I wouldn't say that takes her completely out of the running.

[@msia7201]

In before Todd's video is taken down and reuploaded 🤗

[@LividImp]

I was a teen in the late 80s, so naturally I'd have the radio on a lot (radio didn't completely suck back then). My father is a boomer cowboy that only listened to country music and hated rap, but when Tone Loc would come on, he completely got into it. It was like someone flipped a switch on a personality circuit or something.

[@sonickhable]

this is one of my favorite youtube series

[@yaboyblacklist2431]

I got a one hit wonder for ya: Keep Your Hands To Yourself by The Georgia Satellites

[@zombiedodge1426]

And then their lead singer Dan Baird became a one hit wonder as a solo act, with the execrable "I Love You Period."

[@kyliepollert8341]

I love that one!

[@CobaltT9]

The song is memorable to me because of his performance at The Arsenio Hall Show, where he performed a freestyle during the breakdown segment.

[@RocketRoketto]

First of all,that TACO Bell trap is giving me life. Bless you Todd

[@hudsontarlow]

The next OHW Episode should be on Just the Girl by The Click Five

[@kirby-rh5js]

They’re The Click Five but I have to say I do like the name The Clive Five. Todd briefly mentioned Just the Girl and She’s So High as worse versions of Absolutely (Story of a Girl), so unfortunately I don’t think he’d hold an especially favorable opinion of it. Personally, Just the Girl >>> Absolutely

[@hudsontarlow]

@@kirby-rh5js Damn my phone autocorrected to "Clive Five", just fixed that haha

[@littlemissxsunshinex]

Just reading that song title is taking me right back to middle school

[@phillipfenderk.o.f.a1876]

I love your ability to absolutely verbally decimate some of my favorite musicians/bands. And I'm laughing the whole time. Keep up the good work man.

[@9124Nove]

I was born about a year after this song was released and I really wish I could have been there when this type of "corny, yet fun" hip-hop was popular.

[@BaroquerChick]

Todd's "celibate rope" fascination is very much like my own Shakira one

[@CinnamonCari]

Please, tell. This must be about old singer-songwriter Shakira, she had the weirdest lyrics

[@BaroquerChick]

@@CinnamonCari "luckily my breasts are small and humble so you don't confuse them with mountains" Absolutely mystifying

[@chimblemasterofchimney4771]

@@BaroquerChick That is amazing.

[@AFPgamer]

Dam, this song is great.

[@DerekBrooksEdits]

I would really like to see an episode on "Supersonic" by JJ Fad. Produced by Dr. Dre and one of the first female rap groups. Plus its got an undeniable groove and a fast rap verse that ends in total gibberish.

[@Claypidgeon162]

That "kids' gameshow" set reminded me of an opening to "In Living Color".

[@AikiraBeats]

It does

[@maisumcriticonainternet4351]

I don't think I ever heard this here in Brazil, in weddings or anywhere else. I know of it but... Hey Todd, I'm on a quest to watch every single one of your videos. Watching a few every day and commenting on the last one I watched.

[@lesnash6953]

I was 14 when this came out. Long hair, Iron Maiden tshirt, jamming BUST A MOVE!

[@thevirtualjim]

I graduated High School in 1990, and I still think mid and late 80's rap is the best rap. And this song is one of my favorites of the 'humor' rap..

[@MUMSUniverse]

This was pretty amazing. Every time I hear this song I smile.

[@chrislondo2683]

I love watching these One Hit Wonderland videos.

[@jinx0192]

I always wondered who the girl was in the yellow bow. She was in a few videos back in the day. Anyway bust a move is a classic.

[@twostepcub]

Nice job, thanks for covering him. And yes, "Know How" is an AMAZING jam. Back in the day THAT was the track I'd rewind on the cassette.

[@magik4353]

I like Bust a Move but never thought much of it until now. Great video, Todd. Here's to hoping a Trainwreckords of Smiley Smile is in the cards some day.

[@dylan9025]

Magikrazy Smiley Smile is my number one most hopeful for Trainwreckords, I would LOVE to hear Todd get into all the history there.

[@8bitdiedie]

Magikrazy But Smiley Smile didn’t really wreck their careers. They still released good stuff after that. And smiley smile itself has gained quite a lot of appreciation over the years, especially with lo-fi fans.

[@dylan9025]

8bitdiedie I mean, I agree, but it definitely wrecked their career. It plummeted and never really recovered, despite the fact that a lot of it is actually GOOD.

[@DSMTheEditor]

I'm so happy Todd brought up the Up in the Air cameo because what a PERFECT touch that was in that scene, for anyone who's ever been to a conference like that

[@zmanjace1364]

I'm still holding out for Black Betty.

[@mariaquiet6211]

Holding WHAT out?

[@kevincoleman2092]

The whole delicious vinyl catalog was really popping in 89. Beastie boys' Paul's boutique Expanded sampling. Mellow man ace was pioneering Latino hip hop. The often forgotten Def jef was laying down some of the best bars on the west coast. And both young Mc and tone loc had some really stellar album cuts (non stop and on fire are effing classics)

[@melodyrichardson5051]

Ha!! I remember that Priceline commercial!

[@stanleyguarnelo1101]

I love that you added the William Shatner version from the Priceline commercial.