VH1's 40 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the 90's
A list of VH1's countdown of the 40 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the 1990s
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- DirectorAdam BernsteinStarsAmylia DorseyDavid FordViva SexMusic video for Sir Mix-A-Lot's song, Baby Got Back.
- DirectorJames LebonStarsDave SimonFred FairbrassRichard FairbrassVideo promo for Right Said Fred: I'm Too Sexy.
- StarsTera HendricksonGerardo MejíaGerardo performs in the music video "Rico Suave" from the album "Mo' Ritmo" recorded for Interscope Records. The video begins with Gerardo dancing shirtless and in a leather jacket with blue jeans. He dances in front of a skyscraper, on the beach, and in front of a gazebo. The video also features footage of beautiful women in swimsuits and a Mariachi band.
- DirectorVincent CalvetStarsLos del RíoMia FryeAntonio Romeromusic video for "Macarena" by Los Del Rio Featuring the Bayside Boys.
- DirectorBen UnwinStarsChumbawambaLouise WattsChumbawamba performs in the music video "Tubthumping" from the album "Tubthumper" recorded for Universal Records and EMI Records. The music video starts in a pub and focuses on the television where Chumbawamba performs as the stand in front of a red curtain. The video continues with the band appear in the pub.
- DirectorChris ApplebaumStarsDenise FrancoJohn MunsonSemisonicMusic video for Semisonic's song, 'Closing Time'.
- DirectorGreg SynodisStarsEdward L. HollandDope ShayVanilla IceA music video for Vanilla Ice's song 'Ice Ice Baby'.
- DirectorThom OliphantStarsDuncan SheikDuncan Sheik performs in the music video "Barely Breathing" from the album "Duncan Sheik" recorded for Atlantic Records. The music video opens with Duncan Sheik getting into a control booth. He sings and plays guitar while clips of a man and woman in a relationship feature throughout.
- DirectorDavid Perez ShadiStarsHouse of PainDanny Boy O'ConnorErik SchrodyHouse of Pain performs in the music video "Jump Around" from the album "House of Pain" recorded for Tommy Boy Records. The music video starts outside a church as a coffin is brought in for a funeral. House of Pain performs after the enter an Irish pup. The crowd drinks and jumps with the song.
- DirectorMark SeligerFred WoodwardStarsJoan OsborneThe video was mainly shot on Coney Island, with various attractions like rollercoasters, ferris wheels and the New York Aquarium shown, interchanged with the vintage-looking shots in sepia and Joan singing in front of the camera.
- DirectorEvan BernardDale PetersonStarsGregg AlexanderDanielle BriseboisNew RadicalsNew Radicals perform "You Get What You Give" in a shopping mall.
- DirectorMichael LuceroStarsChopmaster-JDigital UndergroundDJ FuzeDigital Underground performs in the music video "The Humpty Dance" from the album "Sex Packets" recorded for Tommy Boy Records. The video opens with Digital Underground arriving at a club for a performance. Humpty Hump raps on stages with his arms around several women.
- DirectorStefan BergStarsAnders ArstrandAnnika LjungbergJonas NilssonRednex's "Cotton Eye Joe" is a song with a catchy melody and lyrics that tell the story of a charming but ultimately disruptive figure named Cotton-Eyed Joe.
- DirectorLionel C. MartinStarsWreckx-N-EffectAqil DavidsonMarkell RileyWreckx-N-Effect perform in the music video "Rump Shaker" from the album "Hard or Smooth" recorded for MCA Records. The music video begins with a woman in a bikini playing the saxophone on the beach. Wreckx-N-Effect rap as they stand on the beach in front of a crowd. Clips of them on a motorboat play throughout.
- DirectorSamuel BayerStarsBlind MelonHeather DeLoachShannon HoonThe music video, directed by Samuel Bayer, stars Heather DeLoach as the "Bee Girl", a young tap dancer wearing a homemade bee costume and large glasses, modeled after the Blind Melon album's cover: a family picture of Georgia Graham, younger sister of drummer Glen Graham. The Bee Girl's story is inter-cut with footage of Blind Melon performing in a field against a clear blue sky. It opens on the girl's tap routine; the audience responds with laughter, and the girl runs off stage in tears. As the song plays, she wanders through a city, stopping to perform her dance for whoever will watch. Ultimately at the point in the song where the word "escape" is repeated - she peeks through a gate, astonished, then runs through it to join a group of "bee people" of all shapes and sizes dancing joyfully in a green field.
- DirectorRich MurrayStarsKris KrossChris KellyChris SmithKris Kross performs in the music video "Jump" from the album "Totally Krossed Out" recorded for Ruffhouse Records and Columbia Records. Kris Kross wears athletic gear and raps in a number of locations including in front of a low-rider car, a white sound stage, and a snow covered soccer field. Video clips of people jumping play throughout the video.
- DirectorGeorge SeminaraStarsMona Scott-YoungM.C. ShanSnowOfficial music video for "Informer" from the album "12 inches of snow" by Canadian reggae singer Snow.
- DirectorJosh TaftStarsEMFJames AtkinDerran BrownsonEMF performs in the music video "Unbelievable" from the album "Schubert Dip" recorded for Parlophone and EMI Records. The band performs on a club stage and dance in a laser light show as James Atkin sings. Video clips of club dancers play throughout.
- DirectorMarc CostanzoBradley WalshStarsLenMarc CostanzoSharon CostanzoLen performs in the music video "Steal My Sunshine" from the album "You Can't Stop the Bum Rush" recorded for Work Records. The music video begins with people on a plane and later at an airport terminal. Marc Costanzo sings as he sits on a motorcycle. Sharon Costanzo sings as she stands on the shore with the ocean behind her.
- DirectorScott KalvertStarsMarky Mark and the Funky BunchLoleatta HollowayMark WahlbergMarky Mark and the Funky Bunch performs in the music video "Good Vibrations" from the album "Music for the People" recorded for Interscope Records and Atlantic Records. Marky Mark raps as he dances and works out shirtless in an old industrial building. Video clips feature Loleatta Holloway singing the chorus and dancers.
- DirectorMarty CallnerStarsImani CoppolaImani Coppola performs in the music video "Legend of a Cowgirl" from the album "Chupacabra" recorded for Columbia Records. The music video begins behind the counter of a diner. Imani Coppola daydreams that she is on a three-wheeler driving through the desert. She is accompanied by several dancing bikers.
- DirectorMarkus BlunderStarsMarc CohnOfficial music video for "Walking in Memphis" by Marc Cohn.
- DirectorVolker HannwackerStarsHaddawayHaddaway performs the song "What is Love" inside an old, dark castle with women dancers and vampire women around him.
- StarsBellyFred AbongTanya DonellyBelly performs in the music video "Feed the Tree" from the album "Star" recorded for Sire Record and Reprise Records. The video open with shots of trees in the woods. Tanya Donelly sings and the band plays their instruments in a small clearing in the woods. Video clips focus on letter posted on trees.
- DirectorChris ApplebaumStarsThe Mighty Mighty BosstonesDicky BarrettJoe GittlemanThe Mighty Mighty Bosstones perform in the music video "The Impression That I Get" from the album "Let's Face It" recorded for Mercury Records. The music video begins with members of the band appearing against an all white background. They perform the song as they are wearing suits.
- DirectorJoern HeitmannStarsLou BegaThe music video, directed by Jorn Heitmann, features Lou Bega singing and dancing with flappers, possibly a homage to the music of the 1920s and 1930s. The video includes clips of old-style movies and newsreels showing trumpets, big bands and the like. The Disney version of the music video features Lou Bega performing against a white background with a live band, and the women's names are replaced with names of classic Disney characters. Footage of Mickey Mouse Works cartoons and clips of Lou Bega performing against a checkered background is intercut throughout the video.
- DirectorMarc BallStarsBilly Ray CyrusBilly Ray Cyrus performs in the music video "Achy Breaky Heart" from the album "Some Gave All" recorded for PolyGram and Mercury Records. The music video begins with Billy Ray Cyrus's entrance to a concert venue. He performs on stage for a cheering audience while his band plays around him.
- DirectorCraig HenryStarsCraig MackCraig Mack performs in the music video "Flava in Ya Ear" from the album "Project Funk da World" recorded for Bad Boy Records. Craig Mack raps as he stands in front of a graffiti covered wall and as he stands in front of a metal open framed globe, and as he stands in laser light in front of a blue lit background.
- DirectorRoger PistoleStarsShawn MullinsDominique SwainShawn Mullins performs in the music video "Lullaby" from the album "Soul's Core" recorded for Sony Records. The music video begins with Shawn Mullins playing guitar and singing as he stands on the sidewalk. A young woman drives and goes to a bar where the band is playing.
- DirectorWalter A. SternStarsThe VerveRichard AshcroftSimon JonesA resolute young man makes his way down a busy London street.
- DirectorDale HeslipStarsCrash Test DummiesBenjamin DarvillMitch DorgePromotional music video of the Crash Test Dummies' album "God Shuffled His Feet". The band plays the song while a group of parents go to the school theater for watching to their children making a performance in the school theater. In the performance there are some comical situations that make laugh the parents but one, which little son fails in the performance fearing the disapproval of his father.
- DirectorRandy MarshallStarsB. Rock and the BizzLeevirt AgeeB-RockB-Rock and the Bizz performs in the music video "My Baby Daddy" from the album "Porkin' Beans and Wienes" recorded for LaFace and Arista Records. The music video opens with a man at home walking a talk show. B-Rock raps into a phone with a woman as he stands outside.
- DirectorDoug KlutheJeff PanzerStarsThe ProclaimersCharlie ReidCraig ReidThe Proclaimers perform in the music video "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" from the the original motion picture soundtrack for the film Benny & Joon (1993) recorded for RCA Records. Charlie and Craig Reid perform in front of their band and a projected screen featuring city shots. Clips from the film play throughout.
- DirectorJamie CaliriStarsMarcy PlaygroundDylan KeefeDan RieserMarcy Playground performs in the music video "Sex and Candy" from the album "Marcy Playground" recorded for Capitol Records. The music video begins with a shot of a checkerboard landscape. John Wozniak sings as he pops his head out from the checkerboard landscape and watches a spider.
- DirectorGeorge SeminaraStarsInner CircleIan LewisVideo promo for "Bad Boys" by the Jamaican reggae band Inner Circle.
- DirectorPaul AndresenStarsMeredith BrooksMeredith Brooks performs in the music video "Bitch" from the album "Blurring the Edges" recorded for Capitol Records. The video opens with a guitar floating into a room with floral print wallpaper. Wearing a black dress, Meredith Brooks sits in the room and sings and plays guitar. Clips of people floating in the room play throughout.
- DirectorJim HershlederStarsThe HeightsJamie WaltersThe Heights performs in the music video "How Do You Talk to an Angel" from the album "The Heights (Music from the Television Show)" recorded for Capitol Records. Jamie Walters sings into a microphone in a studio while clips from the television series The Heights (1992) play throughout the video.
- DirectorMichael BayStarsDivinylsChristina AmphlettMark McEnteeDivinyls perform in the music video "I Touch Myself" from the album "Divinyls" recorded for Virgin Records. Christina Amphlett sings the song and moves erotically why laying in bed, looking in the mirror, and sitting in a lounge chair. The bad plays surrounded by window frames while video clips show several seductive women posing.
- DirectorV.J. BeedlesStarsStephen GibsonCecil GlennEd Lover