I hate UB40 for the same reason I hate Aaron Neville: at some point, the affectations in their voices make it sound like they're not even singing words.
That's just pure gold right there. Yeah, 1991 was just vapid, too say the least. I was listening to Anthrax, Metallica, and various metal and punk. The stuff on the charts and MTV just annoyed me to no end and didn't speak to me. Now 40-year-olds are looking back at C&C Music Factory and getting misty-eyed? Puhleeze.
Isn't any lame song worth it so the enigma that is Weird Al, can give us literally the best reasons to hear these songs? I mean; it's Weird Al, he could make an audio book about reading the entire dictionary and it would do well. The man can do no wrong. He always asks permission before parodying any song, and anything Weird Al touches is an instant classic, at least, in my opinion, anyways.
@@RazorFoxDVI'd definitely believe that theory as the truth. Plus, Weird Al is infinitely better than Gerardo could ever be, and plus, Gerardo was and always will be, a One-Hit-Wonder.
@@justincoleman3805 Dude, this ain't the Bruno Mars who sang "Grenade" or "The Lazy Song" anymore. It's retro throwback, smooth as silk, Uptown Funk Bruno Mars.
The earliest that I think Todd in the Shadows could do a Top Ten Worst Hit Songs on is either 1950 or 1959. 1950 is the earliest Billboard Year-End Hot 100 chart on Wikipedia while 1959 was the first full year the Billboard weekly Hot 100 was used since Todd counts songs in the top 20 as automatic hits (the first Billboard Hot 100 was printed on August 4, 1958).
Of all Todd's picks across all his videos, this one I disagree with the most. I wasn't much familiar with it before, but it's a bit of a jam! Also, I'm not super into power-singing, so the snappier refrains means I enjoy WH more than usual.
I've watched this review 3 times and I still can't figure out exactly why TitS doesn't like that song. Especially that shit about her not being gangsta enough. What, for a L.A. Reid/Babyface dance-pop song? Huh?
If you're wondering why that Whitney Houston song sounds familiar, it's because it's the same tune as the X-Men cartoon theme song. You're all welcome.
Todd, just want to say thank you for your hard work and dedication. Most people would have given up with all the copyright strikes you've received. Appreciate all the effort my man.
Vanilla Ice is PROOF that just because an artist made music before the 2000s doesn't mean they're Legendary, or at least that doesn't mean they're...well... *Good*
I recall seeing a Vh1 special about one hit wonders from the 1990s. In it, they interviewed a middle-aged Gerardo and I distinctly remember him saying that he had a lot of explaining to do when his kids first saw the music video for "Rico Suave".
Todd should do a top ten worst covers list and a best covers. Some covers are better and more successful than the original, and then others nearly ruin the original.
There are a lot of great songs that I didn't know were covers, and then there are covers that are so obvious and terrible they ruin the songs forever. So yeah, I would like a list as well.
What's good and what ain't is absolutely subjective. This topic, for example - In my opinion Guns N' Rose's version of "Sympathy For The Devil" is better than the Stones' original, and the Jane's Addiction cover AB-so-LUTE-ly SUCKS.
Though you're right about it being an attempt to regain R&B cred, what made I'm Your Baby Tonight impressive was the fact that Whitney recorded the main vocal beginning to end in a single take. Considering the timing and the fast part in the middle, that took a bit of that raw power you mentioned.
Me too, but I totally agree with the choice. I felt the same way. He seems to feel rather strongly, by the length of the rant, but I can't say I disagree!
According to Wikipedia, the Indian in the Village People actually was Native American. His name is Felipe Rose, mom was Puerto Rican and his dad was Lakaota Sioux.
No lie: I was OBSESSED with that cartoon as a kid. The first time I heard this song on the radio, I fell in love with it precisely because it reminded me of my favorite show. I'm so glad to know it's not just me.
M1Garandstudios I think some of these are in San Andreas, but i may be wrong. After all, CSR (The New Jack Swing Station) was my least favorite in the game.
91 was like the 80s trying to hold very tight and not let go. but nirvana changed that, smells like teen spirit and the whole nevermind album started the real 90s.
I graduated High School in 1991 so the music of that year has a special place in my heart. Plus it is one of the most unusual years in music as it marked the end of 80s pop & rock and the rise of Alternative Rock & Gangster Rap.
I was in 7th grade that year and it was the year I started getting into music, watching MTV, listening to the radio, so all these songs are permanently lodged in my brain (unfortunately). Thank goodness I discovered good music the next year.
That Whitney Houston song sounds perfectly fine to me. Off-brand for her, sure, but it didn't deserve to be considered worse than that proto-Kidz Bop garbage and Rico friggin' Suave...
Hi, me again, a year later. I was literally about to write this exact same comment when I saw I wrote this one. I cannot for the life of me understand why he considers that Whitney Houston song worse than Gerardo and Another Bad Creation. Playing against type with some mediocrity but still having a song that sounds that good? Worse than Another Bad Creation?! I don't understand where you're coming from Todd. At all.
@@vaelethun I mean, at least you know you're not wrong or inconsistent. While I'm not sure who the audience was supposed to be for "I'm your baby tonight", definitely not as drecky as Rico Suave or Iesha.
@@croweman6515 Forgot to respond to this (until the below response reminded me). Glad to know I'm not the only one. Assuming Todd doesn't go down for good in another five or so years, I'm expecting to do it again. :P
@@vaelethun Todd and I have very different tastes in music (I happen to like Peter Cetera, at times), but my feelings were genuinely hurt when I'm Your Baby Tonight popped up on this video. Granted, I was 8 at the time, but that was one of my favorite songs ever from the 90's. I sat around for hours to record it onto cassette so I could listen to it while riding my bike. I still love that song.
I just noticed Todd’s New Jack prediction ended up kinda coming true with 24K Magic and That’s What I Like having shades of it, though the most obviously New Jack song on the album, Finesse, has yet to be a single.
Yeah, as soon as I heard the news, I freaked out, then freaked out even more when I saw that gorgeous In Living Colour 60 FPS tribute MV. It will be a dream come true if it actually tops the charts!
It's ok to acknowledge Whitney didn't always live up to her potential. I think we can same the thing about any troubled artist, and that previous adjective seems to travel with most interesting artists. That said, her song is probably the least bad on the list; just a bad fit for her talent. But the UB40 call-out has been long coming. The original was smooth, but the cover is jagged and painful.
An argument could be made that a good artist wasting their talent on an unsuitable song is more irritating than a bad artist just being bad, but I agree with you. You can sit through I'm Your Baby Tonight even if you don't care for it. I had to fast forward through most of the UB40 review: the song was so terrible I couldn't even sit through it while Todd was talking over it.
@RectPropagation thats exactly my issue with some of these worst of lists; well problem is maybe a bit strong. But say, the 2011 list, is mostly tolerable songs. Not great, but not hard to sit through. The 2023 list? Cant stand them! I think its just that for more recent lists todd actually has a whole year to listen to the music and therefore can pick out some truly awful music that in 15 years no one will remember at all. Or maybe 2011 Todd was just meaner? Idk
Believe it or not, in the early days - pre Red, Red Wine - UB40 was actually a really good band, composing their own songs such as Food for Thought and reflecting the social fabric of Britain in the Thatcher years. Anything they did after about 1984 though was genuinely awful and true pastiche...the comments are spot on. And yet it was a winning formula because they had no 1 singles.
@@karnubawaxReally? That is a sort of a shame; but it's just UB40, they only ever really had 2-3 songs probably worth anyone's time by that point anyways. Even if they had no.1 singles, it didn't mean they were still a good band by that point in time. They had basically sold out, and decided to just do horrendous cover versions of classic songs from Al Green, Dusty Springfield, Elvis Presley, and even The Temptations, and yet; like Todd said, he legitimately thought he could make better versions out of some of the best, and most classic songs of all time? He was very wrong there. UB40 were basically the 90s equivalent to Maroon 5 before Maroon 5 were Maroon 5. They were good at one point in time, but over time, they sold out, HARD, and began to suck... HARD. I mean, I did personally like UB40's cover of "Red, Red Wine"(didn't love it, but they could do waaay worse, like, for instance, their cover of "The Way You Do The Things You Do", comes to mind), but you could tell me that was an original song of theirs, and I'd honestly believe you, and not just a bad karaoke cover of the original, and I'd believe you.
He's probably going to hate me for saying this but I would love to see him do one of 99 I mean the whole year was full of nothing but one hit wonders from mambo 5 to the thong song.
@@Karmy. I kind of don't want that one included because its a guilt pleasure song for me like you're diving in the car, windows rolled up and you just start blasting it kind guilty pleasure.
Todd, I think your opinion on I'm Your Baby Tonight is just one of those unpopular opinions that everybody has about something. It sounds really good to me.
@@Eltrio2 ...Alright, not how I would've put it, but yeah, pretty funny reaction either way; have you considered becoming a standup comedian? But, the person's comment above mine is right. Grown adults wrote a song for little kids to perform, about seeing cute girls at the playground, honestly makes me want to vomit as well. Very, very, very, creepy and wrong, in pretty much every way. Also, that song (not ABC by the Jackson 5, but this one, about little kids singing about eating cereal on the monkey bars, obviously),is just annoying, and may as well be a Kidz Bop cover of "Poison", by Bell Biv Devoe, who were sadly, a One Hit Wonder, as a trio, despite having made one of the best songs ever. But seriously, kids shouldn't be covering the song "Poison".
The event that caused every musical trend of the century to come to a screeching halt in 1991? A baby got in a swimming pool and swam after a dollar bill. The rest is window dressing.
I owned the cassette single of Another Bad Creation's "Iesha". I was probably around the same age as them so at the time it seemed kinda cool that a bunch of kids my age had made a song. I was too young to know that there was probably a team of writers and producers behind it. Looking at it now, it's so obvious and fake, but at the time I thought it was a neat idea to put the kids in the studio and see what happened.
You know what's really funny is that New Jack Swing has made a small resurgence, just not where you'd expect it. Kpop, I'm not even joking....Kpop (some of it, the rest is mostly really heavily inspired by western pop and rap music)
Can I just take a moment to comment on the fact that this is one of those rare times when Todd actually made an accurate prediction? He predicted that New Jack Swing would eventually make a comeback, and as of this comment, Finesse by Bruno Mars is topping the charts. And it probably would have topped the charts more and sooner if not for the fact that everything else on 24K Magic was so amazing that Finesse got lost in the crowd. I'm honestly surprised that Todd hasn't really mentioned it all that much.
Dear Todd. Your Top Ten lists are some of my favorite content that you make. Thank you so much for all the hard work you do! I know these lists are a ton of work, but I love seeing these lists from you. Thank you so much for this surprise on my otherwise panic inducing Monday.
As interesting a Dog Police video would be, I don't think there's enough content on it to warrant a video. I read a comment on the music video on RUclips that it was just an amateur submission for an MTV video contest
That is a rather common sentiment for people who don’t like the current trends in music, that being to gravitate towards what was popular 20-30 years earlier, given that it takes about 20 years for a style of music that is no longer popular to gain the shield of nostalgia. I felt the same about late 2000s-early 2010s pop and gravitated towards 90s alternative rock and alternative hip hop when I was growing up, however many of my opinions surrounding various songs and artists have shifted considerably…
real talk i appreciate all the hard work and effort u put into these bc i love watching these when in a bad mood, ur funny as hell and it makes the day a little better
I'm in my mid-forties. There were really only two bad eras of music in my lifetime. One was the early oughts. The other the late 80s. This was basically the last gasps of it.
I just realized Bruno Mars made Iesha twice on his new album. Finesse is a new-jack swing song. "I got Alicia waiting, Iesha waiting, all the -eshas waitin' on me" - Calling All My Lovelies
It might as well be, given how hard CN is trying to push Teen Titans Blow. And while, yes, you COULD argue that can make people curious about what the original was like, the new show has not done the franchise any favors.
Hey Todd, just wanted to say that you make great fucking content. I am not particularly interested in pop music, but you somehow make it extremely funny and interesting. Keep up the good work!
I just googled Gerardo, He must have him mixed with a different guy because Gerardo was definitely latino, Unless he stumbled on to something Google didn't know.
I know it takes a lot of working and editing and stuff Todd. But I love these videos! I'm sure everyone else does if they keep asking you for them. I appreciate that you're giving us a couple more videos like this. Thank you for all your hard work.
Ironic that you'd pick 1991 of all years to do a worst of list on, considering it's often regarded as one of the best years in music history, it's the year that gave us songs like: Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nothing Else Matters, Under the Bridge, Enter Sandman, Jeremy, Losing My Religion, Come As You Are, The Show Must Go On, November Rain, Black or White, Even Flow among others
It's like doing a worst NBA players drafted in 1996 list for a basketball review channel. That year featured more than a dozen superstar players including Kobe Bryant and Allen Iverson.
Todd you should do more Best of lists. It's much more fun, for me at least, to hear your opinions on good songs. I love hearing you praise your favorites.
You're right about this period of UB40 but their early 'Signing Off' era demonstrated that they had potential. They're just one example of UK acts that emerged at the end of the seventies with a lot of creativity only to sell it down the river a few years later for chart appeal (see also: Level 42 / Simple Minds)
At least “Rico Suave” helped get us “Taco Grande” by Weird Al. Wouldn’t the UB40 song actually be Rock Steady?...even if it rocks in no way whatsoever.
You're so right about UB40. Believe it or not, their 1st 2 albums were actually pretty good, and mostly consisted of their own songs instead of covers. They were to reggae what Hanson or Busted were to Heavy Metal
I heard some story about Vanilla Ice saying “no I didn’t rip off Under Pressure, mine goes da-da-DA-da-da-da-da totally different” because Queen and David Bowie didn’t get credit or royalties for the sample. Play that Funky music was the one he got sued for though.
There was a recent change in the algorithm that determines copyright stuff on RUclips. A *LOT* of producers had a lot of their old videos suddenly get flagged or removed. Some to the point that their channels were deleted.
Holy Christ...I am SO glad I was oblivious to the very existence of Another Bad Creation. But now those halcyon days are over...thanks a fucking bunch, Todd.
Hearing Whitney Houston trying to sell herself as a sexy playgirl is like Richard Wright (from Pink Floyd) try to pass himself off as Rick Wakeman. The talent might be there, but the image isn't. That I'm Your Baby Tonight video still looks to me like Debbie Boone trying to pass herself off as Rizzo from Grease. OH WAIT
Sometime in the late 80s, a coked out Hollywood producer came up with the idea for a movie that was "Like if the Karate Kid was about hip hop instead of Karate", but came down from his high and realized what a dumb idea that was before it could be made. And yet somehow, whether through force of belief or some form of dark magic, the antagonist of that movie, that rapping Johnny Lawrence, bled out into the real world and became Vanilla Ice...
I'll agree with you with everything else, but #8. I really like that song and I'm probably bias. I'll even admit that it doesn't fit her image or style however I still like the song. It's not my favorite but I'll jam to it. In any case, I'll be looking forward to part 2. :D
As a Hispanic American who grew up in the 90s, Rico Suave single handledly destroyed any chance I had of trying out the 'Latin lover' schtick on any girl at school.
UNFORTUNATE INDEED. TODD. I freakin' LOVE "I'm Your Baby Tonight" and STILL get it stuck in my head frequently. There was SO much worse around in '91. I was around then. Trust me. There was MUCH worse.
Probably one of my All-Time favorite lines Todd has ever said (regardless of context)..."Why am I watching a group of Dancing Fetuses?"
Like Silento
Ken, it’s “should have.” Idiot. And Color Me Badd does not belong.
@@kenterminateddq5311 huhuhuh, huhuhuh, "Dancing Beavises"
I’m so happy
I laughed harder than I should 😅😂😂😂🤣
PLAY THAT NOT EVEN REMOTELY FUNKY MUSIC WHITE BOYYYY
Lol.😂
"UB40 is stuff to fall asleep on a pool chair after eating too much lunch to" is my favorite piece of musical criticism ever
J
I hate UB40 for the same reason I hate Aaron Neville: at some point, the affectations in their voices make it sound like they're not even singing words.
That's just pure gold right there. Yeah, 1991 was just vapid, too say the least. I was listening to Anthrax, Metallica, and various metal and punk. The stuff on the charts and MTV just annoyed me to no end and didn't speak to me. Now 40-year-olds are looking back at C&C Music Factory and getting misty-eyed? Puhleeze.
@@whoami7721 They Be Forty.
I can highly recommend UB40's collection of their early singles 1980-83. it's quite good, with no covers!
“Rico Suave” was worth it just so Weird Al could give us “Taco Grande.”
Isn't any lame song worth it so the enigma that is Weird Al, can give us literally the best reasons to hear these songs? I mean; it's Weird Al, he could make an audio book about reading the entire dictionary and it would do well. The man can do no wrong. He always asks permission before parodying any song, and anything Weird Al touches is an instant classic, at least, in my opinion, anyways.
Personally I feel the same way about "Blurred Lines" as without it we wouldn't get "Word Crimes."
What if Weird Al actually wrote "Taco Grande" first and convinced Gerardo to record "Rico Suave" to justify its existence?
Also ganondarf
@@RazorFoxDVI'd definitely believe that theory as the truth. Plus, Weird Al is infinitely better than Gerardo could ever be, and plus, Gerardo was and always will be, a One-Hit-Wonder.
4:24 I don't care if they're kids, anyone who can eat cereal on the monkey bars deserves at least some respect.
Best comment here
Maybe they have prehensile tails.
Maybe it's, like, one of those no-spill sippy cups with a space for food in them?
i aspire to reach that level of badassery
@@justincoleman3805 Pre, hensile taiiiiiiils.
Bruno Mars listened to Todd and brought back new jack swing on his last album. Nice prediction.
Even wore a similar striped jacket
Yea, but it’s Bruno Mars so who cares?
@@justincoleman3805 he steal your girlfriend?
@@justincoleman3805 Dude, this ain't the Bruno Mars who sang "Grenade" or "The Lazy Song" anymore.
It's retro throwback, smooth as silk, Uptown Funk Bruno Mars.
Hold up, Toddstradamus made a prediction and it actually came true? WHAT IS THIS SORCERY!?
Top 10 Worst Songs of 1856
Polka Pomnenka has to be on that list
The earliest that I think Todd in the Shadows could do a Top Ten Worst Hit Songs on is either 1950 or 1959. 1950 is the earliest Billboard Year-End Hot 100 chart on Wikipedia while 1959 was the first full year the Billboard weekly Hot 100 was used since Todd counts songs in the top 20 as automatic hits (the first Billboard Hot 100 was printed on August 4, 1958).
@@andysee6996 whoooosh
@@andysee6996 Wow
Andy See take a joke my man
Andy See, WOW THAT’S FUCKING INTERESTING.
"I'm your baby tonight" couldn't have been sung better by anyone else tho. Even with a rigid form and beat, her power came through.
It’s the only Whitney song I can stand
Whenever I hear it, I feel like Luther would have sang it better
Old video I know but I couldn't disagree more on that pick
Of all Todd's picks across all his videos, this one I disagree with the most. I wasn't much familiar with it before, but it's a bit of a jam! Also, I'm not super into power-singing, so the snappier refrains means I enjoy WH more than usual.
I've watched this review 3 times and I still can't figure out exactly why TitS doesn't like that song. Especially that shit about her not being gangsta enough. What, for a L.A. Reid/Babyface dance-pop song? Huh?
you know, you really should do another top ten list
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus agreed preferably a year he hasn't already done
Agreed, either 1980 or 2001 since he already mentioned those as the worst years for Pop.
Yeah. He should do '66, since that year was really good Ir would fun to see him trash the really overlooked bad stuff.
Top 10 best & worst hit songs of 1957.
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Shut up before you get poisoned again.
If you're wondering why that Whitney Houston song sounds familiar, it's because it's the same tune as the X-Men cartoon theme song. You're all welcome.
Soymaid oh my...
Bwinldlewindleweeendle woo
THANK YOU.
god damn you
I got stoned a few years ago and messaged all of my friends that one day. No one believed me. Thank you for providing that validation.
"Celine Dion covering Anaconda"
jesus, I want this to exist so bad.
Em In some way, we got it through a well timed Ellen sketch.
I heard her cover Highway To Hell - that was enough for me.
Well, we have Alanis Morissette covering "Humps." That's close.
She also covered "You Shook Me All Night Long", which... I mean it's great that she's an AC/DC fan, but goddamn she butchered that one
Em I would pay good money not to hear that
"why am I watching a bunch of dancing fetuses?"
I had to pause the video and stop because I was laughing so hard.
Was this the inspiration for Family Guy's 'Prom Night Baby' song?
Barbara, no. That song is actually listenable.
😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 I had to do the same!
Todd, just want to say thank you for your hard work and dedication. Most people would have given up with all the copyright strikes you've received. Appreciate all the effort my man.
'Auto-tune can't come soon enough.' Roasting marshmallows off that burn.
Vanilla Ice is PROOF that just because an artist made music before the 2000s doesn't mean they're Legendary, or at least that doesn't mean they're...well... *Good*
Lmao he makes (luckily) much less cringe music as a weird uncle with Kodak
@@rabidhog4912 Hey, at least THAT GUY didn't make a whole movie with the plot of a Wattpad fanfic.
@@giantpinkcat lmao that fucking thing
I like him
@@giantpinkcat Dude, even *ROD STEWART* clowned on Vanilla Ice 😂 I like him and all, but yeeeeeaaaaahhhh
I recall seeing a Vh1 special about one hit wonders from the 1990s. In it, they interviewed a middle-aged Gerardo and I distinctly remember him saying that he had a lot of explaining to do when his kids first saw the music video for "Rico Suave".
Todd should do a top ten worst covers list and a best covers. Some covers are better and more successful than the original, and then others nearly ruin the original.
There are a lot of great songs that I didn't know were covers, and then there are covers that are so obvious and terrible they ruin the songs forever. So yeah, I would like a list as well.
Thats a good idea.
What's good and what ain't is absolutely subjective. This topic, for example - In my opinion Guns N' Rose's version of "Sympathy For The Devil" is better than the Stones' original, and the Jane's Addiction cover AB-so-LUTE-ly SUCKS.
@@randytyson7262 I personally think Lean On Me by Club Nouveau is worse and ruins the original spirit of the song.
Or there's Madonna, whose covers are neither better and more successful nor nearly ruin the original, they are just, how should I put this, pointless.
Though you're right about it being an attempt to regain R&B cred, what made I'm Your Baby Tonight impressive was the fact that Whitney recorded the main vocal beginning to end in a single take. Considering the timing and the fast part in the middle, that took a bit of that raw power you mentioned.
Exactly. It’s an amazing song. Don’t care what anyone says
Yes
Now since I know this! Damn that's impressive... Just imagine if she did this in takes??
@@nicole9volt I will buy it now since I know she did it in one take.. I buy the effort cause I know now that she did this in one take.. Amazing!!
A handful of duds but otherwise, it's a pretty fantastic album
i was freaking out because i thought you were going to put BBD Poison on the list
Same. Lol
Lol me too.
Me too, but I totally agree with the choice. I felt the same way. He seems to feel rather strongly, by the length of the rant, but I can't say I disagree!
Saaame, I literally just typed out _you did not put poison on this list!_ just to find out he really didn't XD
Yup lol
According to Wikipedia, the Indian in the Village People actually was Native American. His name is Felipe Rose, mom was Puerto Rican and his dad was Lakaota Sioux.
Logan Renfrow That was the joke.
Ah. That makes more sense.
Logan Renfrow it's Lakota
I should know, I am Lakota
Monsterslayer131 Háu, kȟolá!
Why is Whitney Houston singing over the X-Men theme?
THAT'S why it sounds familiar! Thank you. That was bugging me.
No lie: I was OBSESSED with that cartoon as a kid. The first time I heard this song on the radio, I fell in love with it precisely because it reminded me of my favorite show. I'm so glad to know it's not just me.
Original I was more confused as to why she was parodying the Audrey Hepburn dance scene from the movie Funny Face.
Top ten rejected GTA San Andreas radio soundtrack songs.
M1Garandstudios I think some of these are in San Andreas, but i may be wrong. After all, CSR (The New Jack Swing Station) was my least favorite in the game.
God that game's soundtrack I will always treasure Bounce FM for introducing me to old school funk
91 was like the 80s trying to hold very tight and not let go.
but nirvana changed that, smells like teen spirit and the whole nevermind album started the real 90s.
Pelger common with a lot of decades. Always takes a couple years for the “real” decade to begin.
Joseph Mostarda like how the 2000s were just diet 90s until like 2001-2003
MobileDino I’d say culturally speaking the change was a gradual change from 9/11 till basically the second election cycle of Bush started in 2003
Yea literally 91 is synonymous with Nevermind in my mind
1991 was the 80s breaking free from the boomers' grip.
I graduated High School in 1991 so the music of that year has a special place in my heart. Plus it is one of the most unusual years in music as it marked the end of 80s pop & rock and the rise of Alternative Rock & Gangster Rap.
Born that year myself.
I was in 7th grade that year and it was the year I started getting into music, watching MTV, listening to the radio, so all these songs are permanently lodged in my brain (unfortunately). Thank goodness I discovered good music the next year.
I was a year behind you, so it does, for me, as well. i was dying, laughing, at #10!
I was -12 (negative 12) that year 😔
@@la73sh19 I was 2 years old in 1991. Though my older brothers (one was 12 and the other 15) say this was a good year for music.
Vanilla Ice is way better at flipping houses than rapping.
ThePsychoRenegade He's a better dancer than a rapper too.
He's alright with an acoustic guitar too
You brought back forbidden memories.
Great actor, too. Wait, are we being ironic? I don’t know anymore.
That Whitney Houston song sounds perfectly fine to me. Off-brand for her, sure, but it didn't deserve to be considered worse than that proto-Kidz Bop garbage and Rico friggin' Suave...
Hi, me again, a year later. I was literally about to write this exact same comment when I saw I wrote this one. I cannot for the life of me understand why he considers that Whitney Houston song worse than Gerardo and Another Bad Creation. Playing against type with some mediocrity but still having a song that sounds that good? Worse than Another Bad Creation?! I don't understand where you're coming from Todd. At all.
@@vaelethun I've done this before, go to make a Comment, and realize I already did like 5 or 6 months earlier.
Lol
@@vaelethun I mean, at least you know you're not wrong or inconsistent. While I'm not sure who the audience was supposed to be for "I'm your baby tonight", definitely not as drecky as Rico Suave or Iesha.
@@croweman6515 Forgot to respond to this (until the below response reminded me). Glad to know I'm not the only one. Assuming Todd doesn't go down for good in another five or so years, I'm expecting to do it again. :P
@@vaelethun Todd and I have very different tastes in music (I happen to like Peter Cetera, at times), but my feelings were genuinely hurt when I'm Your Baby Tonight popped up on this video. Granted, I was 8 at the time, but that was one of my favorite songs ever from the 90's. I sat around for hours to record it onto cassette so I could listen to it while riding my bike. I still love that song.
I just noticed Todd’s New Jack prediction ended up kinda coming true with 24K Magic and That’s What I Like having shades of it, though the most obviously New Jack song on the album, Finesse, has yet to be a single.
Toddstradamus strickes again.
...and now it's actually a single!
Yeah, as soon as I heard the news, I freaked out, then freaked out even more when I saw that gorgeous In Living Colour 60 FPS tribute MV. It will be a dream come true if it actually tops the charts!
Bruno Mars: *ALL THE 80'S MUSIC*
Speak of the devil. Now we just need a fifth single.
It's ok to acknowledge Whitney didn't always live up to her potential. I think we can same the thing about any troubled artist, and that previous adjective seems to travel with most interesting artists. That said, her song is probably the least bad on the list; just a bad fit for her talent.
But the UB40 call-out has been long coming. The original was smooth, but the cover is jagged and painful.
An argument could be made that a good artist wasting their talent on an unsuitable song is more irritating than a bad artist just being bad, but I agree with you. You can sit through I'm Your Baby Tonight even if you don't care for it. I had to fast forward through most of the UB40 review: the song was so terrible I couldn't even sit through it while Todd was talking over it.
Really? Many of Ub40s songs including Red red wine are considered classics here In Micronesia, and other pacific islands.
WH don't write the music or the song. Seems Barry Manilow writes all the songs. The song given to WH to sing was a poor choice.
@RectPropagation thats exactly my issue with some of these worst of lists; well problem is maybe a bit strong. But say, the 2011 list, is mostly tolerable songs. Not great, but not hard to sit through. The 2023 list? Cant stand them!
I think its just that for more recent lists todd actually has a whole year to listen to the music and therefore can pick out some truly awful music that in 15 years no one will remember at all. Or maybe 2011 Todd was just meaner? Idk
"Vanilla Ice is worse than the Nazis"
-Todd in the Shadows 2017
"Steppin' so hard like a German Nazi."
-Vanilla Ice 1991.
The video's from 2015.
Man Vanilla Ice's "dance" "moves" in that clip...if you told me that was actually a Jim Carrey parody, I'd believe you. Yeesh.
Believe it or not, in the early days - pre Red, Red Wine - UB40 was actually a really good band, composing their own songs such as Food for Thought and reflecting the social fabric of Britain in the Thatcher years. Anything they did after about 1984 though was genuinely awful and true pastiche...the comments are spot on. And yet it was a winning formula because they had no 1 singles.
I agree. Signing Off is probably the greatest rainy day album ever. But it's just as true that they started to suck HARD in the 90's.
@@karnubawaxReally? That is a sort of a shame; but it's just UB40, they only ever really had 2-3 songs probably worth anyone's time by that point anyways. Even if they had no.1 singles, it didn't mean they were still a good band by that point in time. They had basically sold out, and decided to just do horrendous cover versions of classic songs from Al Green, Dusty Springfield, Elvis Presley, and even The Temptations, and yet; like Todd said, he legitimately thought he could make better versions out of some of the best, and most classic songs of all time? He was very wrong there. UB40 were basically the 90s equivalent to Maroon 5 before Maroon 5 were Maroon 5. They were good at one point in time, but over time, they sold out, HARD, and began to suck... HARD. I mean, I did personally like UB40's cover of "Red, Red Wine"(didn't love it, but they could do waaay worse, like, for instance, their cover of "The Way You Do The Things You Do", comes to mind), but you could tell me that was an original song of theirs, and I'd honestly believe you, and not just a bad karaoke cover of the original, and I'd believe you.
@@karnubawax this explains why the only UB40 album we had in the house when I was a kid was Signing Off. One In Ten is still pretty haunting
Labour of Love and its popularity in the US kinda ruined UB40.
He's probably going to hate me for saying this but I would love to see him do one of 99 I mean the whole year was full of nothing but one hit wonders from mambo 5 to the thong song.
Also Cisco was a spin off act from Dru Hill, so it wasn't about the one hit
@Matthew Loewen I never heard of that one only one I know him from is the Thong Song
Steal My Sunshine was 1999 too
@@Karmy. I kind of don't want that one included because its a guilt pleasure song for me like you're diving in the car, windows rolled up and you just start blasting it kind guilty pleasure.
@@dannytheman1313 agreed
Todd, I think your opinion on I'm Your Baby Tonight is just one of those unpopular opinions that everybody has about something. It sounds really good to me.
1991 was a great year for music besides pop. Great year for REM, Metallica, Megadeth, Notorious BIG, Smashing Pumpkins, and all of Grunge.
BIG definitely wasn't out in 91 but Geto Boys, Ice Cube and Public Enemy had huge years on the hip hop front in 91.
QUEENSRYCHE
Slayer, Pantera, and Judas Priest too.
Yea, but this list is a “worst of.” You are talking about “best of” shit.
Communism Works Because I Say It Does we need a 1991 best of!!
The only good thing that came from Rico Suave is Nacho Grande.
Also, I like I'm Your Baby Tonight.
"Taco Grande" ... I eat uno, dos, tres, quarto burritos/ Pretty soon I can't fit in my Speedos...
noizyme Weird Al is the best ^^
Nacos BELL Grande
"UB40 is stuff to fall asleep on a pool chair after eating too much lunch to."
That was beautiful.
the worst part about ABC is that grown adults wrote a song about seeing a cute kid at the playground
Yep, definitely the worst part of that entire song, not even the song itself, but the creepy writers of the song itself.
... By Thor's non-existent left nipple, you're right. 🤢
@@Eltrio2 ...Alright, not how I would've put it, but yeah, pretty funny reaction either way; have you considered becoming a standup comedian? But, the person's comment above mine is right. Grown adults wrote a song for little kids to perform, about seeing cute girls at the playground, honestly makes me want to vomit as well. Very, very, very, creepy and wrong, in pretty much every way. Also, that song (not ABC by the Jackson 5, but this one, about little kids singing about eating cereal on the monkey bars, obviously),is just annoying, and may as well be a Kidz Bop cover of "Poison", by Bell Biv Devoe, who were sadly, a One Hit Wonder, as a trio, despite having made one of the best songs ever. But seriously, kids shouldn't be covering the song "Poison".
I just commented "vanilla ice is better" on an Eminem video. Pray for my soul.
drksideofthewal but Eminem is better
U need help
Lately I would argue that too because Eminem has not been good lately.
People aren't getting the joke. Well played.
Inaccurate Prophecy That would imply that Vanilla Ice was ever good
For five seconds I thought you we're going to died "Poison" ...but the song chosen is well deserved.
The event that caused every musical trend of the century to come to a screeching halt in 1991?
A baby got in a swimming pool and swam after a dollar bill.
The rest is window dressing.
*Star-wipe to "Smells Like Nirvana"*
@@ECL28E
Cut to opening of “Smells Like Teen Spirit”...
*smash cut*
WITH THE LIGHTS OUT-
@@lotofmalarkey434
Todd: “And now for another installment of ‘Nirvana Killed My Career’”.
@@lotofmalarkey434 IT'S LESS DANGEROUS
I would argue that the Ninja Rap is Vanilla Ice's BEST song
Caitlin Brewer Everyone would.
Caitlin Brewer Yet 'best' would imply he had other... 'good' songs...
He really didn't...
go ninja...
Kilgore Trout "Go, ninja, go! Go away, shoo! Shoo ninja!" A quote from the Rifftrax of Cooler Than Ice, the godawful vanilla ice movie.
Obviously. I mean, he freestyled it _on the spot_
I forgot about "dead, dead, whine". That might be my favorite line you've ever written.
Hey "I'm Your Baby Tonight" is a certified banger.
COVID-19 I agree
Yes! That whole album was so good
That Audrey Hepburn homage in the video is pretty cool too.
I owned the cassette single of Another Bad Creation's "Iesha". I was probably around the same age as them so at the time it seemed kinda cool that a bunch of kids my age had made a song. I was too young to know that there was probably a team of writers and producers behind it. Looking at it now, it's so obvious and fake, but at the time I thought it was a neat idea to put the kids in the studio and see what happened.
You know what's really funny is that New Jack Swing has made a small resurgence, just not where you'd expect it. Kpop, I'm not even joking....Kpop (some of it, the rest is mostly really heavily inspired by western pop and rap music)
@ohmygodohmygodohmygod shinee 1 of 1, verivery's debut, triple h show me
off the top of my head
Can I just take a moment to comment on the fact that this is one of those rare times when Todd actually made an accurate prediction? He predicted that New Jack Swing would eventually make a comeback, and as of this comment, Finesse by Bruno Mars is topping the charts. And it probably would have topped the charts more and sooner if not for the fact that everything else on 24K Magic was so amazing that Finesse got lost in the crowd. I'm honestly surprised that Todd hasn't really mentioned it all that much.
Dear Todd. Your Top Ten lists are some of my favorite content that you make. Thank you so much for all the hard work you do! I know these lists are a ton of work, but I love seeing these lists from you. Thank you so much for this surprise on my otherwise panic inducing Monday.
Celine Dion's cover of Anaconda would be the best song of the decade, stop hatin.
I'm sorry black people are what!!😤😤👺👺😡
Billboardguy1 fuck you racist headass bitch
@Billboardguy1
It was a fucking joke man, a r/whoooosh to you, and a middle finger for that unnecessary racism.
@@RV-fo8xj I guess, but it wasnt funny. If literally no one laughes, its hard to be considered a joke
Hilariously enough, the X-Men: The Animated Series theme (specifically the guitar) sounds like the chorus of I'm Your Baby Tonight.
Who wants Todd to do:
Dog Police
Centerfold
And/or a video of you talking about your favorite/least favorite records
I think he mentioned Dog Police in one video. Don't recall which one.
+Anthony LoGatto I believe it was the Mexican Radio OHWL.
sparky4223 18 yeah, but a full video. It doesn't have to be a real review even.
As interesting a Dog Police video would be, I don't think there's enough content on it to warrant a video. I read a comment on the music video on RUclips that it was just an amateur submission for an MTV video contest
Sam Feldstein but, Dog police
In High School in the early '90s, I was driven to the music of the 60's and 70's because I couldn't find anything likeable on the radio.
That is a rather common sentiment for people who don’t like the current trends in music, that being to gravitate towards what was popular 20-30 years earlier, given that it takes about 20 years for a style of music that is no longer popular to gain the shield of nostalgia. I felt the same about late 2000s-early 2010s pop and gravitated towards 90s alternative rock and alternative hip hop when I was growing up, however many of my opinions surrounding various songs and artists have shifted considerably…
at this point, I'm convinced the music industry has Todd on some kind of list.
I actually loved I'm Your Baby Tonight
Same. For most of the songs before it I considered them ok or tolerable. Then I saw that and was like “But I like this song.”.
Yeah, I had never heard it before, but it seemed all right to me.
Bob Jones same
It's one of my favorite Whitney songs. 🤷🏻♀️
I still love it. Hardest I've ever disagreed with Todd.
real talk i appreciate all the hard work and effort u put into these bc i love watching these when in a bad mood, ur funny as hell and it makes the day a little better
I'm in my mid-forties. There were really only two bad eras of music in my lifetime. One was the early oughts. The other the late 80s. This was basically the last gasps of it.
I just realized Bruno Mars made Iesha twice on his new album.
Finesse is a new-jack swing song.
"I got Alicia waiting, Iesha waiting, all the -eshas waitin' on me" - Calling All My Lovelies
I'm unironically a big fan of I'm Your Baby Tonight, so I can't agree.
Me too, and she was so hot in that video! Loved all her outfits.
It's a great song. This is a dry hole.
Exactly. Todd clearly doesn't have taste.
I understand the argument against it, but this is one of the few of her songs I can tolerate
I genuinely love that Whitney Houston song. Mostly for the music but the power in her voice and the passion. Oh, well though.
Did you watch devon Fleming cover of it on the voice ??
Micah Williams same
to me I'm your baby tonight sounds like the X-Men cartoon theme with Michael Jackson sprinkled on top.
I almost got mad when “Rico Suave” came up because I’m just so used to hearing “Taco Grande” by Weird Al and it’s one of my favorites of his.
This isn't worth it Todd. Its just going to go down again haha
Sarge Ward Thank God I have a Vimeo account now.
Mad Mod? I've seen some obscure references on youtube, but this might be my favorite.
Is Teen Titans really that obscure? Huh I had no idea.
It might as well be, given how hard CN is trying to push Teen Titans Blow. And while, yes, you COULD argue that can make people curious about what the original was like, the new show has not done the franchise any favors.
Well, a year on, and it's still up.
Hey Todd, just wanted to say that you make great fucking content. I am not particularly interested in pop music, but you somehow make it extremely funny and interesting. Keep up the good work!
I just googled Gerardo, He must have him mixed with a different guy because Gerardo was definitely latino, Unless he stumbled on to something Google didn't know.
Asap Syphilis I did the same. I was searching the comments to see if anyone else looked into it.
I think the mention of "Gregory Michaels" was a joke.
Pretty sure he was joking.
I believed it
He was being ironic. He was displaying disbelief someone could perpetuate comically racial sterotypes for a music career.
I know it takes a lot of working and editing and stuff Todd. But I love these videos! I'm sure everyone else does if they keep asking you for them. I appreciate that you're giving us a couple more videos like this. Thank you for all your hard work.
My favorite line from Ice Ice Baby? "I'm cooking MC's like a pound of bacon"
“Latin Till I Die” 😆
Sir you are trippin! I’m Your Baby Tonight was fabulousssss
I could only imagine the fun we would have if Todd did one of these for 1999. Come on, Todd...you know you wanna...
do all the worst songs of all the years "The Top Ten Worst Hit Songs of 4000 BC"
"We Built This City (Between Two Massive Rivers)"
I'm still can't believe that my tweet made it into Todd's video! :)
Ironic that you'd pick 1991 of all years to do a worst of list on, considering it's often regarded as one of the best years in music history, it's the year that gave us songs like: Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nothing Else Matters, Under the Bridge, Enter Sandman, Jeremy, Losing My Religion, Come As You Are, The Show Must Go On, November Rain, Black or White, Even Flow among others
It's like doing a worst NBA players drafted in 1996 list for a basketball review channel. That year featured more than a dozen superstar players including Kobe Bryant and Allen Iverson.
Dude only likes pop so I guess it was a bad year for pop
1991: Steppin' so hard like a German Nazi
2019: WE FORGIVE YOU GERMANY
The more things change, huh?
I honestly thought Poison was Number 10 and I was ready to tear into you, but then I saw the kids dancing and I calmly deleted my comment
*[screaming at the video from the RUclips bleachers]*
I believe in you little buddy! Stay up this time! You can do it!
I will sit through UB40's cover of "Can't Help Falling in Love with You" just to hear the staccato horn riffs at the end, which are legit fire.
Todd you should do more Best of lists. It's much more fun, for me at least, to hear your opinions on good songs. I love hearing you praise your favorites.
You're right about this period of UB40 but their early 'Signing Off' era demonstrated that they had potential. They're just one example of UK acts that emerged at the end of the seventies with a lot of creativity only to sell it down the river a few years later for chart appeal (see also: Level 42 / Simple Minds)
At least “Rico Suave” helped get us “Taco Grande” by Weird Al.
Wouldn’t the UB40 song actually be Rock Steady?...even if it rocks in no way whatsoever.
Nope.
I'm Your Baby Tonight is one of my favorite Whitney songs! I LOVE IT. Perfection. I mean, I REALLY fucking love this song.
Hey Todd, others may not say it, but we really appreciate the hard work you put into these videos!
I love these top 10’s from a past year. Please keep doing them. It warms my old mind
TODD You should do anoht-- you should put tags on your videos.
first reply lol
@@suffermore1576 You done wasted comment space with that stupid comment.
Just discovered this. I need many more in my life. Please do more!
I like "I'm your baby tonight" because I like the lyrics, the beat and her voice so I just listen to it to BOP
You're so right about UB40. Believe it or not, their 1st 2 albums were actually pretty good, and mostly consisted of their own songs instead of covers. They were to reggae what Hanson or Busted were to Heavy Metal
Speaking as a stoner who is a huge reggae fan, I can honestly get down to ub40
Same
I heard some story about Vanilla Ice saying “no I didn’t rip off Under Pressure, mine goes da-da-DA-da-da-da-da totally different” because Queen and David Bowie didn’t get credit or royalties for the sample. Play that Funky music was the one he got sued for though.
He actually did that on camera.
I remember this. I think it was for either VH1 or MTV
Top Ten Worst hit songs of 1906?
I think 680 would be way better.
Nirvana's Nevermind album in '91 really changed the game, huh.
Kane Southard Didnt that come out in 91?
No it didn't. It just made everything worse.
Enlighten on why?
Alex Shannon But it was great. How can it ruin everything?
***** Some post grunge is good. Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, and Linkin Park to name a few.
HURRY! BEFORE IT IS BLOCKED OR TAKEN DOWN!
Professor Janus this video has been available for over a year
There was a recent change in the algorithm that determines copyright stuff on RUclips. A *LOT* of producers had a lot of their old videos suddenly get flagged or removed. Some to the point that their channels were deleted.
Todd always finds the best artist comparisons, and "Celine Dion covering Anaconda" has to be the best one he ever did.
New jack swing is the BEST, it made the GTA San Andreas soundtrack so lit
Holy Christ...I am SO glad I was oblivious to the very existence of Another Bad Creation. But now those halcyon days are over...thanks a fucking bunch, Todd.
Hearing Whitney Houston trying to sell herself as a sexy playgirl is like Richard Wright (from Pink Floyd) try to pass himself off as Rick Wakeman. The talent might be there, but the image isn't. That I'm Your Baby Tonight video still looks to me like Debbie Boone trying to pass herself off as Rizzo from Grease.
OH WAIT
Sometime in the late 80s, a coked out Hollywood producer came up with the idea for a movie that was "Like if the Karate Kid was about hip hop instead of Karate", but came down from his high and realized what a dumb idea that was before it could be made. And yet somehow, whether through force of belief or some form of dark magic, the antagonist of that movie, that rapping Johnny Lawrence, bled out into the real world and became Vanilla Ice...
I'll agree with you with everything else, but #8. I really like that song and I'm probably bias. I'll even admit that it doesn't fit her image or style however I still like the song. It's not my favorite but I'll jam to it.
In any case, I'll be looking forward to part 2. :D
As a Hispanic American who grew up in the 90s, Rico Suave single handledly destroyed any chance I had of trying out the 'Latin lover' schtick on any girl at school.
I haven't heard Rico Suave in at least 15 years. Thanks for reminding me of that particular joy.
Jim Henson's New Jack Swing Babies!
That unfortunate feeling when a "worst of" video's keyboard intro begins with one of my actual favorite songs. >.>
UNFORTUNATE INDEED. TODD. I freakin' LOVE "I'm Your Baby Tonight" and STILL get it stuck in my head frequently. There was SO much worse around in '91. I was around then. Trust me. There was MUCH worse.
What is the keyboard song?
Cream147player Lenny Kravitz, "It Ain't Over Til It's Over."
Thanks
For a second there I thought you had had the audacity to put "Poison" in your top 10 worst hits of the year and was gonna riot