The 25 Strangest One-Hit Wonders of the ’90s

“Mambo No. 5” by Lou Bega

“Mambo No. 5” is that song that just gets on everyone’s nerves for some reason. Sung by German artist Lou Bega, the song reached #3 in the Billboard Hot 100 in 1999. Apparently it used sampling from a jazz song called “Mambo No. 5” by Prado in 1949, Bega and his label actually went to court for it and the court ruled that the new song was co-written by both of them, still doesn’t make it a good song though.

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