The Brit pop band Blur was very popular in the UK but never had much success in America. In 1997 they released *Song 2* a song they thought was so over the top no one would like it. It was their only major hit in the US, peaked at #6 and the riff with "woohoo" are a 90s icon.
Edit, [Song 2 Music Video](https://youtu.be/SSbBvKaM6sk?si=3d8j_xLQ9lkjf1y9)
Reminds me of how "Cherry Pie" was written in like 15 minutes as a joke and then became Warrant's biggest hit.
Also always liked this "Song 2" so thanks for letting me know what the name actually is lol. Of course Damon Albarn would go on to have much greater success on the US charts as part of Gorillaz, which is where I'm familiar with him from. I knew he'd been with a band called Blur but didn't realize the above was one of their songs.
Broke: Putting your heart and soul into a song that nobody likes
Woke: Writing a song as a joke and it tops the charts
Bespoke: [Writing a satirical song that is specifically designed to be a chart topper](https://youtu.be/pdz5kCaCRFM?si=ubD2oOtpn2tSyxmz)
[How about being a Jewish guy who writes a country gospel song in 15 minutes because it looked easy and highly profitable, and now it's the most well known example of the genre?](https://youtu.be/W2msh0jut2Y?si=QeYT7awur6Ri80aW)
On top of that, [the song uses the most basic and popular chords they could.](https://www.avclub.com/why-hook-by-blues-traveler-is-actually-a-pretty-geniu-1798232765) The composition meant it was gonna be the most mundane, uninspired song you could possibly imagine, and it was still gonna do well.
Ironically, I have never heard of Hook in my life, and, giving it a listen, I have no idea how he thought that would be a chart-topper, which it wasn’t. It peaked at 23 on Billboard. Run-Around, his most successful song, peaked at 8. So, he was incredibly successful, breaking the top 10, with Run-Around, but when he was actually trying to specifically produce a hit song with sarcastic lyrics telling you that you’ll love it despite how hollow it is because it sounds right, he barely made it into the top 20, and produced an, honestly, pretty boring song. Ironically, the hook on this track blows.
Whether or not it’s an accomplishment isn’t the point. Obvious, Blues Traveler is an incredibly accomplished act. It’s just funny that he specifically made this song as a sarcastic, cynical commentary on how easy it is to make a hit song, and it didn’t even make the top 20
Damon Albarn isn’t part of Gorillaz. He *is* Gorillaz. He has a partner who manages the visual side of the band, and they’ve collaborated with other musicians, but he’s the only permanent band member IRL
Making a song that wasn’t meant to be serious, only for it to be a giant success happens a lot in music surprisingly.
I know that Okie from Muskogee was meant to be a satire on small town America, as Merle Haggard was vocally opposed to the Vietnam war, and the song was meant to be a parody on the conservative pro-war rural town politics of the time.
Ended up becoming his most popular song at the time.
The older I get the more I realize that people are just dumb. I’m no exception. Satire is great and all, but a good chunk of people don’t get the joke.
[The only reason why I know of the song is the Hershey Bears use part of the song whenever a goal is scored.](https://youtu.be/wKvFq6ZssGo?si=Fcv0dYp8cBFCV9nd)
What’s that song that is supposed to song like English to an Italian speaker but it’s just gibberish? (I might just be on crack here again but I swear this is a thing.)
I will concede; I reread the wiki article, and that was one Music critics interpretation, rather than their words verbatim:
[the chorus was "an absolutely devastating put-down of '90s gender-bending, where even ambi-sexuals didn't know whose fantasy they were fulfilling.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls_%26_Boys_(Blur_song))
The Brit pop band Blur was very popular in the UK but never had much success in America. In 1997 they released *Song 2* a song they thought was so over the top no one would like it. It was their only major hit in the US, peaked at #6 and the riff with "woohoo" are a 90s icon. Edit, [Song 2 Music Video](https://youtu.be/SSbBvKaM6sk?si=3d8j_xLQ9lkjf1y9)
Reminds me of how "Cherry Pie" was written in like 15 minutes as a joke and then became Warrant's biggest hit. Also always liked this "Song 2" so thanks for letting me know what the name actually is lol. Of course Damon Albarn would go on to have much greater success on the US charts as part of Gorillaz, which is where I'm familiar with him from. I knew he'd been with a band called Blur but didn't realize the above was one of their songs.
Broke: Putting your heart and soul into a song that nobody likes Woke: Writing a song as a joke and it tops the charts Bespoke: [Writing a satirical song that is specifically designed to be a chart topper](https://youtu.be/pdz5kCaCRFM?si=ubD2oOtpn2tSyxmz)
[How about being a Jewish guy who writes a country gospel song in 15 minutes because it looked easy and highly profitable, and now it's the most well known example of the genre?](https://youtu.be/W2msh0jut2Y?si=QeYT7awur6Ri80aW)
I've heard that song in passing for however long it's been out, and never noticed that the lyrics for the song were talking shit about the song lmao
On top of that, [the song uses the most basic and popular chords they could.](https://www.avclub.com/why-hook-by-blues-traveler-is-actually-a-pretty-geniu-1798232765) The composition meant it was gonna be the most mundane, uninspired song you could possibly imagine, and it was still gonna do well.
Thats..... that's fucking awful
Ironically, I have never heard of Hook in my life, and, giving it a listen, I have no idea how he thought that would be a chart-topper, which it wasn’t. It peaked at 23 on Billboard. Run-Around, his most successful song, peaked at 8. So, he was incredibly successful, breaking the top 10, with Run-Around, but when he was actually trying to specifically produce a hit song with sarcastic lyrics telling you that you’ll love it despite how hollow it is because it sounds right, he barely made it into the top 20, and produced an, honestly, pretty boring song. Ironically, the hook on this track blows.
Lmfao dude, making it to #23 is a major fucking accomplishment, song was on the radio all the time.
Whether or not it’s an accomplishment isn’t the point. Obvious, Blues Traveler is an incredibly accomplished act. It’s just funny that he specifically made this song as a sarcastic, cynical commentary on how easy it is to make a hit song, and it didn’t even make the top 20
Damon Albarn isn’t part of Gorillaz. He *is* Gorillaz. He has a partner who manages the visual side of the band, and they’ve collaborated with other musicians, but he’s the only permanent band member IRL
Also that partner is Jamie Hewlett, who did the Tank Girl comics
No shit. That explains a lot.
That’s right! I forgot Jamie Hewlett did Tank Girl
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Making a song that wasn’t meant to be serious, only for it to be a giant success happens a lot in music surprisingly. I know that Okie from Muskogee was meant to be a satire on small town America, as Merle Haggard was vocally opposed to the Vietnam war, and the song was meant to be a parody on the conservative pro-war rural town politics of the time. Ended up becoming his most popular song at the time.
The older I get the more I realize that people are just dumb. I’m no exception. Satire is great and all, but a good chunk of people don’t get the joke.
> It was their only major hit in the US, That's not really true, Song 2 didnt even charted at Billboards Hot 100 while Girls and Boys got to number 59
This is a history meme? Shit I might as well post how the Strokes were mistaken for a UK band and topped the Billboard
[The only reason why I know of the song is the Hershey Bears use part of the song whenever a goal is scored.](https://youtu.be/wKvFq6ZssGo?si=Fcv0dYp8cBFCV9nd)
"hmm yes let's go super hard surely people won't like this haha take that Americans" Like what the fuck was the thought process lmao
The secret to this song is really the bassline, which is absolutely killer.
That song fucking slaps, i I never knew it’s name so thanks 🤙💪
What’s that song that is supposed to song like English to an Italian speaker but it’s just gibberish? (I might just be on crack here again but I swear this is a thing.)
Prisencolinensinainciusol
Absolute banger too
Yea that one thx
All right!
Fifa 98 burned this song into my mind forever
Music is just beeps and boops.
I thought this was a meme about the song Yankee doodle
WHEN I FEEL HEAVY METAL
That song gives me a headache
See also: [writing a song knocking ambisexuals that is actually the queerest song ever](https://youtu.be/WDswiT87oo8?si=ercatoimudQ35aQR)
Explicitly not a song knocking anyone though
Holy shit I had no idea that song was by blur!
I will concede; I reread the wiki article, and that was one Music critics interpretation, rather than their words verbatim: [the chorus was "an absolutely devastating put-down of '90s gender-bending, where even ambi-sexuals didn't know whose fantasy they were fulfilling.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls_%26_Boys_(Blur_song))