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10	[[folder:Toni Basil - "Mickey" (1982)]]
11	* Todd's barely-caring attempts at cheerleading ("[[SelfDeprecation I'm bad at everything...]]").
12	* He's surprised to learn that Toni Basil choreographed Music/TalkingHeads' music video for "Music/OnceInALifetime", having previously assumed that Music/DavidByrne's twitchy dance in it was the result of some form of neurological disorder.[[note]]Byrne actually does have UsefulNotes/AspergersSyndrome, and according to Basil came up with most of the moves himself.[[/note]]
13	* Todd's self-description as "a preeminent historian of shitty music."
14	* As a CallBack, the comparisons Todd makes between "Mickey" and "[[Music/TaylorSwift Shake It Off]]".
15	-->'''Todd:''' ''[during the song's intro]'' ♪ [[WaxingLyrical I stay out too late!]] ♪
16	* The entirety to Todd's reaction to Toni Basil's follow-up, "Shoppin' From A to Z". The CallBack to Music/MeghanTrainor when he asks who could have been so stupid to do a song about shopping is a plus.
17	-->'''Toni Basil:''' ♪ H - hairspray! / I - ice! / J- junk food! / K - ketchup! / L - liver! ♪
18	-->'''Todd:''' [[CordonBleughChef You're making a weird meal, lady.]]
19	** When the item meant to represent the letter X turns out to be "nothing"...
20	-->'''Todd:''' ''[scoffing]'' Oh, what's the matter? Didn't have to get any [[BizarreTasteInFood xylophones for dinner]]? C'mon, can't eat mac and cheese every night, mix it up!
21	* After noting through the video that Basil [[HeAlsoDid did a lot of things]] besides "Mickey" (and we mean ''a lot''), Todd ends up finding the "Did she deserve better?" section pointless.
22	-->'''Todd:''' I feel like if you asked her, she'd laugh pretty hard at the thought that she actually needed to do better. [...] [[WithDueRespect I mean this in the kindest way]] - [[ExactWords no, she did not deserve better.]]
23	[[/folder]]
24
25	[[folder:Barry [=McGuire=] - "Eve of Destruction" (1965)]]
26	* Meta: he released this episode... on AprilFoolsDay 2016.
27	* Introducing Barry [=McGuire=] a "this dude with the frog voice and the paige haircut."
28	* About the UnintentionalPeriodPiece-ness of it:
29	-->I mean, check out all his concerns. Human-rights abuses in Communist China, war in the Middle East, racial tension & violence in America. In other words, [[SarcasmMode it has zero relevance to the modern day.]]
30	* When describing the New Christy Minstrels, the folk band [=McGuire=] was originally a part of:
31	-->'''Todd''': Okay, have you ever seen ''Film/AMightyWind''? The Creator/ChristopherGuest {{mockumentary}}? Okay, you know the smiley-smile, squeaky clean group the other folkies hate? [[TakeThat That's supposed to be the New Christy Minstrels.]] I don't think the Minstrels were [[{{Cult}} in a cult that worshipped colors]], but... yeah, that's supposed to be them.
32	* "Okay, I don't know if you know this, [[CaptainObvious but the '60s were really intense, and a lot of shit happened.]]"
33	* Noting that Music/BobDylan "[[SuspiciouslySimilarSong might as well have sued]], if there weren't also a billion other Dylan wannabes he had to worry about."
34	* On a note about how people his age might not like UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar era protest music, he uses a clip from WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} to prove a point.
35	--> '''The Devil''': You will remain in here for eternity listening to...whiny protest songs from the 60's.
36	--> '''Whiny Protest Singer''': Oh, I hate the government
37	--> More than you and me
38	--> The government took my goldfish
39	--> And unplugged my TV
40	* The TakeThat against [[AnswerSong "response records"]] (in this case, one called "Dawn of Correction").
41	-->Sorry if he's harshing your ''buzz,'' man. But sometimes you just need a person to look at all the shit going on and yell, ''"Fuck this! Fuck everything!"''
42	** Speaking ''of'' "Dawn of Correction", here is Todd's summarization:
43	--->'''Todd''': [I]t argued that, you know, things are actually getting better and no one's actually crazy enough to start a nuclear war, and seriously, quit whining. [[BreadEggsMilkSquick And also, there's some stuff in there about how we need to gear up and fight the Commies.]]
44	* Comparing and contrasting UsefulNotes/TheSixties:
45	-->'''Todd''': Yeah, segregation is over, and the Jordan Water War isn't happening anymore, but... (increasing exasperated) the Middle East still sucks, racism is still ugly, people are still blowing up, Franchise/{{Superman}} ''[[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice kills people now]]''... Boy, [[SarcasmMode that was a fun movie to watch when I was writing this episode]]. That felt really appropriate, not gonna lie.
46	* The Failed Follow-Up is... "California Dreamin'" (or rather it was ''going'' to be before Music/TheMamasAndThePapas decided to keep it for themselves).
47	* Todd's immediate reaction to the ''real'' Failed Follow-Up, "Child of Our Times":
48	-->'''Todd''': [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Oh God]], this is gonna be even {{wangst}}ier than the last one, isn't it?
49	* [[CallBack Calling back]] to his "Butterfly" review by noting that he did "drugs. A looot of drugs."
50	* After becoming a born-again Christian in 1971, Barry went off in some of the most interesting and eclectic decisions of his career -- including, to Todd's delight, a never-released album called ''Narnia'' in collaboration with fellow Christian artist 2nd Chapter of Acts.[[note]]If 2nd Chapter's later album ''[[https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_2nd_chapter_of_acts/the_roar_of_love_f1/ Roar of Love]]'' is any indication, it was indeed exactly what you'd expect: a concept album about ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia''.[[/note]] Todd seems genuinely disappointed that he can't listen to or play it.
51	* Cracking up upon hearing his 2012 version of "Eve of Destruction," dismissing it as the "Music/KidzBop version."
52	* "Did he deserve better?"
53	-->'''Todd:''' ''scoffs'' Ehh, he's fine. Yeah, his other songs, you can skip 'em.
54	[[/folder]]
55
56	[[folder:Chamillionaire - "Ridin'" (2005)]]
57	* Todd noting that, with "Ridin'" being released as a single in 2006 (its parent album, ''The Sound of Revenge'', released in 2005), it makes it possibly the most recent song featured in OHW.
58	-->"In fact, I am risking the real possibility that the artist in question could have another hit any day now. I mean, I didn't think I'd be covering a Mike Posner song in 2016, but here we are."
59	* The numerous jokes about Music/{{Chamillionaire}}'s name, including:
60	-->'''Todd''': Chamillionaire also started his own label at that point, Chamillitary Entertainment. Yes, he had a Chamillitary. I kinda wish he had just continued with that; he could marry [[Creator/MilaKunis Chamilla Kunis]], his children would be Chamillennials...
61	** "I need a name that conveys wealth and success, and also that I am a small lizard." Bonus points for offering [[Film/WallStreet Gordon Gekko]] as an alternative.
62	* Upon learning that Chamillionaire has performed under the stage name "King Koopa", Todd suggests that he hunt down [[CallBack Mario of "Break Up" fame]].
63	* "I mean, there was probably a ton of provocative hip-hop that I'm not remembering, but the way it felt, the sum total of hip-hop making a statement in the 2000s was..."
64	-->'''Music/KanyeWest''': [[NeverLiveItDown George Bush doesn't care about black people.]]
65	-->'''Todd''': ...which, you know, was not gonna go down as one of the great speeches in history.
66	* His reaction to "Good Morning," which samples "Free Fallin'":
67	-->'''Todd''': Oh, God, poor Tom Petty. This is the worst thing to happen to "Free Fallin'" since...John Mayer.
68	* The reveal that Chamillionaire is actually a stupefyingly successful entrepreneur, and invested his money in Maker Studios, meaning that money from viewing Todd's videos goes straight into Chamillionaire's pocket.
69	-->'''Todd:''' Well I hope I made you a lot of goddamn money, Chamillionaire!
70	* "Did he deserve better?"
71	-->'''Todd:''' ''{{beat}}'' ...DID I MENTION THE MILLIONS? WHO CARES!? I don't give one shit about whether his music career should've been bigger.
72	** He continues by saying Chamillionaire may yet have more hits, invoking Bone Thugs N Harmony (whom Chamillionaire himself signed). But considering his successes outside music, he doesn't really care.
73	--->'''Todd:''' So yeah, he could very well make a comeback and sell a ton more records. Won't be selling them to me, though. [I've] done enough work for him.
74	[[/folder]]
75
76	[[folder:The Darkness - "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" (2003)]]
77	* Todd's ''pure enthusiasm'' introducing the band and his love for them circa 2003.
78	-->"Welcome back to One Hit Wonderland, yeah yeah yeah, Music/{{THE DARKNESS}}!!"
79	* Todd's attempt at mimicking Justin Hawkins' falsetto has him understandably have a vocal fault and say "I'm not doing that again...".
80	* "In fact, this was a good time in general for bands who wanted to make hard rock that was so over the top, it went past ironic and back into, like, sincere again. I mean, we had Music/AndrewWK, we had Music/ElectricSix, and it's worth noting that I actually didn't hear those acts much on the rock stations, which did still exist back then. I heard about The Darkness entirely through word of mouth. The only retro rock band from overseas they had time for was Jet, 'cause why play a band that actually has their own sound when you could listen to those talentless hacks shit up the place? Jet flat sucked, everyone! Good riddance!"
81	* When talking about "The average age of one of my fans," he shows a picture of a baby at a computer keyboard.
82	* On understanding the critical hate for them:
83	-->'''Todd:''' Comparing [[Music/LedZeppelin the original metal gods]] to them is like comparing ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' to ''Film/{{Sharknado}}''.
84	* WaxingLyrical on them losing the UK Christmas #1 spot to Gary Jules' "overrated" [[CoveredUp version of]] "Mad World":
85	-->'''Todd:''' which I think is kind of funny, but mostly kinda sad.
86	** And again when describing their breakup:
87	-->'''Todd:''' The official statement from the band was that they were in a spin, but everything would be A-OK. ...Literally, that's in the press release."
88	[[/folder]]
89
90	[[folder:Living in a Box - "Living in a Box" (1987)]]
91	* Joking about their SelfTitledAlbum ''and'' song.
92	* Trying to remember this band or how the song goes:
93	--> '''Todd: '''You remember this one, it goes... [[Music/{{Aerosmith}} ♪ I'm livin' in a box! ♪]] No? Uh, maybe it was [[Music/BonJovi ♪ Ooooohhh, livin' in a box! ♪]] ''[shrugs shoulders]]''
94	* [[{{Handwave}} Handwaving]] the name of the gutarist/lead singer's early band, Zu Zu Sharks, "because it was TheEighties."
95	* Todd describing the ridiculous look of NewWaveMusic to contrast it with "SophistiPop" (a name he's not a fan of either).
96	* Comparing and contrasting the song's inspiration--something a friend of theirs said about living in Sheffield, England--to the relatively-nonsensical lyrics.
97	** "I mean, I know all about living in a box, but that's because I live in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity. I'm actually filming this in a shipping container. It's only $2200 a month, y'know, so it's not bad."
98	* In talking about its unoriginal sound and how other bands did it better, [[JustForFun/{{Rickroll}} "Never Gonna Give You Up"]] keeps trying to creep in.
99	** He also mashes it up with Animotion and one of their follow-ups with ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'''s "Chemical Plant Zone"
100	* Todd having almost nothing to say about their Failed Follow-Up, citing the huge amount of mediocre music he's discovered doing One-Hit Wonderland.
101	** Describing their next-biggest single with one word--"Boring!"--before immediately moving on to the Did They Do Anything Else segment.
102	* A band named Living In A Box just asks for a RunningGag. For instance, follow-up single "Blowing the House Down" earns "it's easy to do that if you're living in a cardboard box!"
103	** And he ends by saying the song, and the band, deserves to be put in a cardboard box, duct taped shut, and left in a garage with everything else from TheEighties you didn't throw out.
104	[[/folder]]
105
106	[[folder:Donna Lewis - "I Love You Always Forever" (1996)]]
107	* "If not for the cultural juggernaut that was the ''goddamn "Macarena"'', this would be a #1 single."
108	* Todd states that Donna Lewis is [[UsefulNotes/{{Wales}} Welsh]], and assumes her name is actually spelt "Donnllwwya Llwegys".
109	* Todd notes that Donna Lewis's followup song "Without Love" didn't even make it onto Creator/VH1's Top 50 list for that year, which included two songs from the second Music/HootieAndTheBlowfish album. To fully rub it in, he remarks that that album "was the first record to be released directly to the Used CD rack."
110	* The breakdown hypnotizing Todd.
111	* "The [[PoorMansSubstitute poor man's]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}} Disney]] got the poor man's Music/MichaelBolton! (Shows pictures of Bolton and Richard Marx, then switches them around) Wait, think I got them wrong..."
112	* At the end of a lackluster episode that he described the research for as boring, Todd then checks his phone for his next Patreon request:
113	-->'''Todd''': (''sigh'') [[TemptingFate Please tell me there's something more interesting for the next one...]] (checks phone) ({{Beat}}) [[{{Foreshadowing}} Oh.]] That ''will'' be interesting. (puts phone away) I don't, uh... [[SpiritualAntithesis That's like the exact opposite of this...]] I don't know if I've ever covered anything that dirty on "One Hit Wonderland"...
114	[[/folder]]
115
116	[[folder:The Divinyls - "I Touch Myself" (1990)]]
117	* The subject matter just calls for jokes.
118	-->This means I finally get to bust out ''my Australian accent. Say some of my favorite Aussie phrases like "good day, mate," and [[Film/CrocodileDundee "that's not a knife,"]] and "I masturbate frequently." Oy!''
119	* "There's more to this band than some Aussie chick [[UnusualEuphemism tossing shrimp on her barbie]]."
120	-->"...I hate myself"
121	* After pointing out that Music/{{Divinyls}}' singer Chrissy Amphlett once made a theater production alongside none other than a young Creator/RussellCrowe:
122	-->"Never forget: Every Australian knows each other. Next time you meet one, just ask them what Creator/MargotRobbie is like and they'll tell you."
123	** This gets a CallBack when, later in the review, it is revealed that ''Creator/HughJackman'' was the one in charge of inducting the band into the Australian Music Hall of Fame.
124	--->See? I told you, everyone in Australia knows each other.
125	* On bragging about the song's subject matter:
126	-->'''Todd:''' That is ''exclusively'' a female privilege. You cannot be a guy and just go "Hey girl, I jerked off thinking about you in the shower this morning." "Well, ''go on, big boy!''"
127	* "(Chrissie Amphlett) looks great. I mean, she's not a model or anything, but the camera still loves her, and for that you can thank the video director, a young up-and-comer named Creator/MichaelBay, which, you can kind of tell, right? There's a lot of his trademarks in there." ''(cut to clips from the music video mixed with a fight scene from one of the Transformers movies)''
128	* "Did they deserve better?"
129	-->'''Todd:''' Yeeeeeah.
130	** Todd explains that, considering how big they were in Australia, they deserved more hits stateside.
131	--->'''Todd:''' The Divinyls. They touched themselves. They also touched all of us.
132	[[/folder]]
133
134	[[folder:Wall of Voodoo - "Mexican Radio" (1982)]]
135	* "You never saw Music/{{Devo}} do any cowboy stuff." ''[clip from the "Whip It" video plays]'' "...That doesn't count."
136	* Todd's flat bewilderment at Music/WallOfVoodoo's CoverVersion of "Ring of Fire".
137	* "Back in the day, Creator/{{MTV}} would throw anything on, the weirder the better. [[QuirkyWork Wall of Voodoo benefited greatly from this]]."
138	** His pure bewilderment at a similar video that was ''actually'' a hit: "Dog Police" by... [[SelfTitledAlbum Dog Police]], and practically begging people to request it for a future OHW.
139	* Todd gets political:
140	-->"I think at some point there was a plan to stop these airwaves from getting across the border by...building a giant wall, or something. I don't know if [[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump anyone]]'s still promoting that."
141	* Todd [[WordSaladLyrics trying and failing to figure out what the hell the song is about]].
142	-->"Okay, he's listening to a Mexican radio because it helps him sleep...which is not really my experience listening to Spanish broadcasters." ''[clip of a soccer game [[LargeHamRadio narrated]] by a [[NoIndoorVoice very loud Hispanic commentator]]]''
143	-->"No, wait...he's the DJ on the Mexican radio station. Or actually, you know what? [[LiteralMinded I think he's trapped in a Mexican radio.]] [[TrappedInTVLand He's literally been sucked into the airwaves and he can't escape."]]
144	-->"He's listening to Mexican talk radio? [[TakeThat I don't know why you'd want to listen to that in English!]]"
145	* [[AluminumChristmasTrees Todd being stunned to that learn barbecued iguana is a real thing.]]
146	--> “Eh-heh. Mexicans don't eat iguana, you racist! [[GilliganCut (Cut to a picture of a dish of barbecued iguana)]] [[AluminumChristmasTrees No, wait, I'm told that's a thing. That's a...that's a real thing... Okay, jumped the gun on that one. I apologize.]]”
147	[[/folder]]
148
149	[[folder:Coven - "One Tin Soldier" (1971)]]
150	* While it is an obvious and mandatory joke, Todd utterly sells the buildup and letdown of covering a satanic band and then learning that their one hit is a hippie anti-war anthem.
151	-->'''Todd''': Uh... Happy Halloween? ''Why can't I have this one thing?!'' That's all I ask for, one... (buries head in hands)
152	** However, he did manage to make the song sound haunting and spooky at first by playing it in a minor key.
153	* When explaining about why Coven dropped the Satanism angle, he mentions that Satanic cults soon became "a bit of a hot-button issue":
154	-->'''Todd''': ...look, there was this guy...UsefulNotes/CharlesManson, and he- you probably know this story.
155	* The loads of FridgeLogic about the plot, including how the valley people have no redeeming qualities, the mountain people are unable to handle obvious problems, and how this story actually ends with peace because the conflict has been resolved.
156	[[/folder]]
157
158	[[folder:Jars of Clay - "Flood" (1995)]]
159	* After stating his distaste for ChristianRock in several earlier videos, "Flood" finally gives Todd an excuse to directly tear the genre a new one... [[OhCrap until he sees the requester is a reverend.]]
160	-->"Wasn't I just reviewing a band of Satan worshippers last week?"
161	** Some commenters noted that, ironically, between the Christian rockers and the Satan worshippers, the former had the edgier-sounding song as their hit.
162	* Pretending to look up Literature/TheBible verse from where the band gets its name... Only to reveal that it's just "a ''Series/GameOfThrones'' [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire book]]."
163	* "Alt Rock in the [[TheNineties mid-nineties]] had absolutely ''no'' interest in matters of God!" [[[ImmediateSelfContradiction cue]] "Counting Blue Cars" and "One Of Us"[[note]]--both from [[OneHitWonder One Hit Wonders![[/note]]]]]
164	* Todd's immediate RapidFireNo and {{Squick}}-y reaction to their Christian follow-up, "Love Song for a Savior", comparing it to [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Faith + 1's]] [[Recap/SouthParkS7E9ChristianRockHard love songs for Jesus]].
165	* Todd repeatedly getting their mainstream-rock sound mixed up with other songs/bands of the era.
166	** And On Jars of Clay's audible adjustment to changing musical trends in the late 90s:
167	--->[[Music/SmashMouth "Hey now, you're a God star, get your Lord on, go... pray"]]
168	* "Did they ever do anything else?"
169	-->'''Todd:''' They were a Christian band good enough to cross over. Ye-yeah, what do you think? ''Of course'' they did.
170	* Todd enjoys one of the songs featured so much that he throws up the devil horns before realising it's an inappropriate gesture for a Christian rock band.
171	* Todd finds that, in 2014, the frontman of Jars of Clay caught a lot of flack from his own fans for saying that opposing gay marriage no longer made sense. He prays to God, begging forgiveness for any insults he sent to the band.
172	-->'''"God":''' Child, I forgive you. I don't really listen to Jars of Clay anymore anyway. I'm more about Christian hip-hop now. You ever check out Lecrae?\
173	'''Todd:''' Umm... no, but, umm... I'll be sure to check him out!\
174	'''"God":''' I KNOW WHEN YOU'RE LYING, TODD!\
175	'''Todd:''' (''cowers'') Sorry, sorry, it's not my genre, okay?
176	* "Did they deserve better?"
177	-->'''Todd:''' Well, all will receive their just reward when the Lord calls them home. But they seem like they've done well enough.
178	** Todd gives Jars of Clay the best review he can give a Christian group: [[DamnedByFaintPraise that he could almost mistake them for a real band]].
179	[[/folder]]
180
181	[[folder:Midnight Oil - "Beds Are Burning" (1987)]]
182	* It figures that the last OHW of 2016 ends up dealing with heavy subject matter. As "Beds are Burning" is a commentary about Australia's history abusing its aboriginal population.
183	-->'''Todd:''' I didn't pick it. Don't blame me. Blame the Australian government.
184	* Todd's subtle astonishment at the fact that [[Music/MidnightOil Midnight Oil]] were actually pretty big in Australia for over a ''decade'' before this song crossed over in America.
185	-->'''Todd:''' And they released ''eleven'' albums. No joke, this band has the most extensive and substantial discography I've ever covered on this show since Chumbawamba.
186	* Todd's comments about Midnight Oil frontman Peter Garrett, first remarking that he looks like a "[[HulkingOut Hulked-out]] Creator/JohnMalkovich", and then saying that he looks like [[Music/{{REM}} Michael Stipe]] on steroids. Upon seeing a clip of him in concert, Todd remarks that he also ''dances'' like Michael Stipe on steroids, directly comparing it to the [[Music/OutOfTime "Losing My Religion"]] video (the fact that both R.E.M. and Midnight Oil achieved their first real hits in the United States in 1987 compounds the humor of the similarities).
187	* Todd brings up the fact that the book "The 100 Best Australian Albums" ranked Midnight Oil's "Diesel and Dust" at number one:
188	-->'''Todd:''' Seriously. [[Music/{{ACDC}} "Back in Black"]] is number 2. "Kick" by Music/{{INXS}} is at number 11. Music/AirSupply [[TakeThat doesn't even show up at all!]]
189	* Since the song deals with some [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_Generations heavy (and distinctly Australian) subject matter]], Todd digs ''deep'' into the BlackComedy well to bring his viewers up to speed:
190	-->'''Todd:''' Okay, you know how in America, we have this thing where we tend to screw over black people and screw over the natives? Well, in Australia, [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs the black people]] ''[[BreadEggsBreadedEggs are]]'' [[UsefulNotes/FirstAustralians the natives]], [[CrossesTheLineTwice so they were able to screw them over much more efficiently than we did]].[[invoked]]
191	* Todd says the band is so political that even Music/RageAgainstTheMachine [[EveryoneHasStandards would tell them to talk about something else]].
192	* Todd questions his OHW episode structure, as Midnight Oil didn't really ''fail'', so much as they simply never had another big song in America. He also notes part of the reason is, yet again, because Music/{{Nirvana}} [[GenreKiller pretty much destroyed anything in Alternative rock that happened before them]].
193	* "Name one Australian Prime Minister! I don't know, [[Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome MasterBlaster]]?"[[note]]Todd actually mentioned Sir Robert Menzies earlier in the episode[[/note]] And related, noting how Midnight Oil taught Todd a lot about Australian tragedies, he starts thinking if ''Film/MadMax1'' is an improvement.

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