The Chaotic World of 2010s One Hit Wonders

I agree with the Rude by Magic separate category. Man I HATED that song

12:02 Portugal, the man vs Portugal, the idea

I feel personally offended by "Riptide" in the stomp clap hey category

Like the video but the self hate is dweeby.

Would never have expected to see Come With Me Now on a Mic the Snare video, much less a shout-out to Holy Motors.

I can agree with a lot of this like I feel like I do with a lot of your reviews but gotta big disagree on Broken. While I can understand how one would get to the conclusion of the song's theme being "we're both broken and we can be together and fix each other", that's not how I ever interpreted the song. I was still reeling from a huge personal tragedy a few years before that completely tore up my life, the love of my life had just married someone else they weren't in love with because of an unexpected pregnancy, and I was hopelessly in love with another of my best friends who would fit under a very extended umbrella of indiepunkemo, and it seemed like that friend was also pretty depressed and that they felt like maybe they were broken or at least very unhappy as I felt I was at the time. I felt a kinship with them, but I never expected them to fix me. I was sure that we both got each other in a special way and that if we got together we would be a bright spot for each other while we worked through the rest that life had dumped on us in our young lives. And Broken made me feel like I wasn't alone in hoping to find a bright spot from someone special while we fought for better days. It paints a very vivid picture for me in my head when I hear it, and I still think it manages to be pretty catchy despite being distantly hopeful rather than upbeat and positive. I'd have to work out the whole list to be sure, but it wouldn't surprise me if Broken made it into my top ten for the songs you listed in this video, though I admit to having a strong emotional bias and that ranking may not be on objective merit alone.

The thing that sucks is that Gotye genuinely made some extremely good music, but once everyone found out about STIUTK, he just decided to drop it. We won't get anymore fun art pop music anymore 🙁

My mom's favorite song, constantly plays it, is Best Day of my Life. It hurts but it's her favorite.

18:08 EXCUSE ME IS THAT CORY WONG????

10:20 I hate this song Mostly cuz of this.

I was very confused why Karmin was on here since "Brokenhearted" and "Acapella" were both huge hits… turns out Acapella totally flopped in USA but was massive everywhere else in the world 😂 In fact, in Australia it charted HIGHER than Brokenhearted.

"I got 5 words for you: iTunes Single of the Week."
The most shocking one of those has got to be Fireflies by Owl City. Months before it took off.

omg Karmin. i actually do like her in 2026 – qveen herby – it isn't for everyone, but her flow and style are to be respected. seeing her this summer on tour!