1 | * CoveredUp: When "Don't Turn Around" was climbing the charts, very few people were aware it was a cover. The song was originally performed by Music/TinaTurner, and recorded by several other artists before Ace of Base, including Music/BonnieTyler and Music/NeilDiamond. |
2 | * CriticalDissonance: ''Golden Ratio'' had a divisive response from fans, mainly because of Malin and Jenny being replaced by Clara and Julia, but was well-received by critics. |
3 | * GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The group were quite popular in Denmark before their native Sweden finally took them seriously, becoming something of honorary Danes over there. |
4 | ** "Everytime It Rains" and "Beautiful Morning" did well in Romania. |
5 | ** The group was also very successful in Chile. |
6 | ** The group's ''Flowers'' album was No.1 seller in Greece and Switzerland, while it was able to be a Top 10 Hit in Denmark, Finland, Mexico, Hungary and Germany. |
7 | * HarsherInHindsight: |
8 | ** The video for "All That She Wants" had a woman at a bar seeking a man to do who knows what, which was done in 1992. This seems disturbing after 1994 when Jenny was involved in a home invasion, where her sister, Malin, was a target of a stalker. |
9 | ** The song "Living in Danger" seems harsher when one looks at [[CreatorBreakdown what happened to Malin]]. |
10 | * OvershadowedByControversy: Although they are still a respected name among Europop fans and many of their songs are among the 90s' most iconic, they received a great deal of unwanted attention when it was learned that band member Ulf Ekberg had dabbled in neo-Nazism in his youth. While Ekberg [[CreatorBacklash expressed regret for this phase of his career]] and renounced these views, it was still enough to get the entire band labeled as neo-Nazis and blacklisted from many radio stations. |
11 | * ReplacementScrappy: Clara and Julia. |
12 | * SignatureSong: Probably "The Sign" and "Beautiful Life", but some might argue for "All That She Wants". |
13 | * SpecialEffectsFailure: Unfortunately seen in a few of their mid-90s videos that features heavy use of [[ChromaKey green screen]] which leads to...rather unrealistic scenes. Abused the most in "Never Gonna Say I'm Sorry" and "Beautiful Life". |
14 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "Alejandro" by Music/LadyGaga lifts its chorus from the bridge of "Don't Turn Around". |
15 | * WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Some of the songs by the band does contain some adult context. |
16 | ** "All That She Wants": It has been long debated on rather or not it was about prostitution, unlike "Love For Sale" which is clearly talking about the matter. Actually it's about a woman seeking casual sex. |
17 | ** The song "Happy Nation" has been viewed as either a protest song against totalitarianism, or having pro-Nazi subtext. It certainly didn't help that Ulf dabbled in such views prior to forming the band and [[OldShame expressed regret in doing so]]. |
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