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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: The subject of "I Like".
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!!This band provides examples of:

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!!This band provides examples of:
!!''We can trope if we want to, we can leave your friends behind...''
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* AlbumTitleDrop: ''Rhythm Of Youth'' is mentioned in the lyrics of "I Got The Message" from the same album.

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* AlbumTitleDrop: ''Rhythm Of Youth'' is mentioned in the lyrics of "I Got The Message" from the same album. (They also did a song by that name, but it never appeared as a TitleTrack on the album.)

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* AlbumTitleDrop: ''Rhythm Of Youth'' is mentioned in the lyrics of "I Got The Message" from the same album.



* TheMagicGoesAway: "Not For Tears"



* TheMagicGoesAway: "Not For Tears"



* NotableMusicVideos: "Safety Dance"

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* NotableMusicVideos: "Safety Dance"Dance".
* OneManSong: "Hey Men".
* OneWordTitle: "Antarctica", "Freeways", "Heaven", and "Moonbeam".


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* TitleTrack: ''Pop Goes The World''.
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* ShoutOut: "Pop Goes The World" video features a shout out to ElvisPresley.

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* ShoutOut: "Pop Goes The World" video features a shout out to ElvisPresley. Also the song "Living In China" mentions [[Music/AdamAnt Adam And The Ants]].
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* DeadpanSnarker: In "Heaven", "I Like", and "Folk of the 80s"


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* TheMagicGoesAway: "Not For Tears"
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* [[{{NoCelebritiesWereHarmed}} No Military Superpowers Were Harmed]]: [[EagleLand "Heaven"]] and [[SovietUnion "Ideas for Walls"]]. [[RedChina "Living in China"]] is an aversion.

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* [[{{NoCelebritiesWereHarmed}} [[{{NoCommunitiesWereHarmed}} No Military Superpowers Were Harmed]]: [[EagleLand "Heaven"]] and [[SovietUnion "Ideas for Walls"]]. [[RedChina "Living in China"]] is an aversion.
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* [[{{NoCelebritiesWereHarmed}} No Military Superpowers Were Harmed]] "Heaven" and "Ideas for Walls". "Living in China" is an aversion.

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* [[{{NoCelebritiesWereHarmed}} No Military Superpowers Were Harmed]] "Heaven" Harmed]]: [[EagleLand "Heaven"]] and [[SovietUnion "Ideas for Walls". Walls"]]. [[RedChina "Living in China" China"]] is an aversion.
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* [[{{NoCelebitiesWereHarmed}} No Military Superpowers Were Harmed]] "Heaven" and "Ideas for Walls". "Living in China" is an aversion.

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* [[{{NoCelebitiesWereHarmed}} [[{{NoCelebritiesWereHarmed}} No Military Superpowers Were Harmed]] "Heaven" and "Ideas for Walls". "Living in China" is an aversion.
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* [[{{NoCelebitiesWereHarmed}} No Military Superpowers Were Harmed]] "Heaven" and "Ideas for Walls". "Living in China" is an aversion.
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* CanadaEh: The band hailed from Montreal.

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* CanadaEh: The band hailed from Montreal. "The Safety Dance" and "Where do the Boys Go?" feature spoken French phrases, while "Pop Goes the World" and its music video reference Bonhomme, the mascot of the Quebec Winter Carnival.
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* OneHitWonder: Often thought of as one of the textbook cases of this, but by the definition of "one hit wonder" (only one song to hit the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100), they actually were not, as "Pop Goes The World" hit #20.

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* CoverVersion: Of Music/TheBeatles' "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D56CIVcIn5E I Am the Walrus]]".

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* CoverVersion: Of Music/TheBeatles' "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D56CIVcIn5E com/watch?v=IvxwD_G8vTE I Am the Walrus]]".
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* NewSoundAlbum: Their last album, ''Sideways'', abandoned many of their trademarks, including their reliance on the synthesizer as a key element in their sound, eschewing them for a more modern, grunge-ish feel. [[CaptainObvious It didn't work.]]

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->''"The band that wrote 'Safety Dance' has the most unthinkably offensive name we've ever heard."''
-->-- '''[[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The TF2 Team]]''', the world's foremost [[MemeticMutation lover of hats]].

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->''"The band that wrote 'Safety Dance' has the most unthinkably offensive name we've ever heard."''
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* BlatantLies: From "Pop Goes the World": "1, 2, 3, and 4 is 5" and "6, 7, 8, and 9 is 10."
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* CallBack: The 10-note synthesizer riff from the album version of "The Safety Dance" is heard after the line "End up in some disco, dancing all night" in "Pop Goes the World."
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* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7movKfyTBII Safety Dance]]"

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* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7movKfyTBII com/watch?v=T7hHx7gdN68 The Safety Dance]]"

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* DancingIsSeriousBusiness: "The Safety Dance".

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* DancingIsSeriousBusiness: "The Safety Dance".Dance", considering it was written as a sarcastic response to club bouncers freaking out about pogoing.

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* DancingIsSeriousBusiness: "The Safety Dance".



* TakeThat: Ivan wrote the lyrics of "The Safety Dance" to mock bouncers who had thrown him out of a club for pogoing to New Wave music.

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* TakeThat: Ivan wrote the lyrics of "The Safety Dance" to mock bouncers who had thrown him out of a club for pogoing to New Wave music. (Thus explaining sarcastic lines like "And you can act real rude and totally removed/And I can act like an imbecile".)
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* TakeThat: Ivan wrote the lyrics of "The Safety Dance" to mock bouncers who had thrown him out of a club for pogoing to New Wave music.
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* SignatureSong: "Safety Dance."
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* CoverVersion: Of TheBeatles' "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D56CIVcIn5E I Am the Walrus]]".

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* CoverVersion: Of TheBeatles' Music/TheBeatles' "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D56CIVcIn5E I Am the Walrus]]".

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* {{Irony}}: Despite the name (inspired by them not wearing hats on the cold Canadian winter)... well, check the infobox [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_Without_Hats here]].



* ShoutOut: "Pop Goes The World" video features a shout out ElvisPresley.

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* ShoutOut: "Pop Goes The World" video features a shout out to ElvisPresley.
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* CoverVersion: Of TheBeatles' "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D56CIVcIn5E I Am the Walrus]]".
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-->-- '''[[TeamFortress2 The TF2 Team]]''', the world's foremost [[MemeticMutation lover of hats]].

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-->-- '''[[TeamFortress2 '''[[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The TF2 Team]]''', the world's foremost [[MemeticMutation lover of hats]].
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-->-- '''[[TeamFortress2 The TF2 Team]]''', the world's foremost lover of hats.

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-->-- '''[[TeamFortress2 The TF2 Team]]''', the world's foremost [[MemeticMutation lover of hats.
hats]].
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->''"The band that wrote 'Safety Dance' has the most unthinkably offensive name we've ever heard."''
-->-- '''[[TeamFortress2 The TF2 Team]]''', the world's foremost lover of hats.
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* CanadaEh: The band hailed from Montreal.
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* ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7movKfyTBII Safety Dance]]''
* ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zUUtf7gOe8 Pop Goes The World]]''

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* ''[[http://www."[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7movKfyTBII Safety Dance]]''
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* ''[[http://www."[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zUUtf7gOe8 Pop Goes The World]]''World]]"



* NotableMusicVideos: ''Safety Dance''.

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* NotableMusicVideos: ''Safety Dance''."Safety Dance"



* ShoutOut: ''Pop Goes The World'' video features a shout out ElvisPresley.
* SignatureSong: ''Safety Dance''.

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* ShoutOut: ''Pop "Pop Goes The World'' World" video features a shout out ElvisPresley.
* SignatureSong: ''Safety Dance''."Safety Dance."

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