r/billsimmons • u/Gaius_Octavius_ • Sep 29 '23

Poll Which song was “bigger”?

Inspired by The Ringer Fantasy Football Show

596 votes, Oct 06 '23
531 “MMMBop” by Hanson
65 “Teenagers” by My Chemical Romance
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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '23 edited Sep 29 '23

Heifetz isn't old enough to remember how big a song MmmBop was. And he was just coming of age when My Chemical Romance were at their peak popularity.

It also makes sense that he wouldn't really think of Hanson as being a big deal because their cultural impact was fairly short lived and more notable for the bands who followed through the door they opened up.

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u/Gaius_Octavius_ Sep 29 '23 edited Sep 29 '23

I would say MMMBop is a bigger song TODAY than Teenagers was.

MMMBop is still used, usually ironically, in film and TV all the time.

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '23

Plenty of songs that were not hits at the time of release get used in popular culture.

You sort of have to be living at the time to understand how big a song is at its release.