{"id":3879,"date":"2015-04-09T10:41:36","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T10:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=3879"},"modified":"2021-09-17T14:30:23","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T13:30:23","slug":"00s-one-hit-wonders-where-are-they-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/04\/09\/00s-one-hit-wonders-where-are-they-now\/","title":{"rendered":"00s one-hit wonders: where are they now?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2000s gave us many great things: social media, smartphones, <i>Breaking Bad<\/i>, Kanye West and relatively few dodgy haircuts.<\/p>\n<p>The greatest legacy of the decade known as the noughties, however, was the novelty one-hit wonder single. Forget the 80s; the 00s gave us a ridiculous number of terrible songs that somehow captured the public\u2019s imagination and, in some cases, forced them to perform embarrassing choreographed dances at parties.<\/p>\n<p>But what has become of the 2000s one-hit wonders? Where are they now, and what are they doing? We decided to investigate.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><b>The Baha Men<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><b>Who?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;Who, who who who?<\/p>\n<p>Sorry, they&#8217;re the band that \u201d\u02dcgifted\u2019 the world <i>Who Let The Dogs Out.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qkuu0Lwb5EM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For those of you too young to remember, <i>Who Let The Dogs Out <\/i>was a smash hit in 2000. As the title suggests, it was a song about dogs escaping from somewhere and featured three grown men barking like dogs &#8211; it won a Grammy too. The 2000s were a strange time.<\/p>\n<p><b>Where are they now? <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Time hasn\u2019t been kind to <i>Who Let The Dogs Out<\/i>. In 2007, it came 3rd in Rolling Stone\u2019s <i>Most Annoying Songs<\/i> list. AOL Radio went one further, naming it the 2nd worst song<i> ever<\/i>. It\u2019s fair to say it won\u2019t be remembered in the same way as <i>Smells Like Teen Spirit<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Yet The Baha Men were around long before <i>Who Let The Dogs Out<\/i> (they formed in 1980) and they\u2019ll likely be around long after. They\u2019re still together and were due to release a new album in February, although we can\u2019t find any trace of it.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><b>Las Ketchup <\/b><\/h4>\n<p><b>Who? <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Las Ketchup consisted of 3 Spanish sisters with an unnerving love for everyone\u2019s favourite red condiment.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AMT698ArSfQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Their love of ketchup was such that they wrote a song about it. Remarkably, that song &#8211; <i>The Ketchup Song<\/i> &#8211; sold over 7 million copies <em>and<\/em> spawned a novelty dance that made anyone over the age of 14 look stupid.<\/p>\n<p>Amazingly, their debut album performed even better than <i>The Ketchup Song<\/i>, shifting over 12 million copies.<\/p>\n<p><b>Where are they now?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In 2006, Las Ketchup released their 2nd album, <i>Un Blodymary,<\/i>\u00a0named after a drink which consists mainly of tomato <i>juice<\/i>. The general public, thirsty for more songs about ketchup, wasn\u2019t having it; the band entered Eurovision in 2006 with the lead single from the album and came 18th. They disbanded shortly afterwards and presumably spend their days enjoying all the ketchup they bought with their royalties.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><b>DJ Casper<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><b>Who? <\/b><\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t know the name, you\u2019ll <i>definitely<\/i> know the song. DJ Casper is the chap responsible for the <i>Cha Cha Slide<\/i>, a towering monstrosity of a song that dominated dancefloors in 2004 and is <i>still<\/i> a fixture at naff discos everywhere.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wZv62ShoStY\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Where is he now?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t actually know. Shortly after his megahit, DJ Casper apparently disappeared off the face of the planet. The internet can\u2019t even agree on his real name. A few more DJ Casper\u2019s have cropped up over the years, but none of them are our dancing hero.<\/p>\n<p>We like to imagine he retired off the profits from <i>Cha Cha Slide<\/i> and now spends his days chilling on a far-flung one-hit wonder island with Las Ketchup and the Baha Men.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><b>J-Kwon<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><b>Who? <\/b><\/p>\n<p>The man behind the legendary UK #4 hit <i>Tipsy<\/i>, a song about having a few too many down the local club.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VwXeN2FsE7w\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Where is he now? <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the success of <i>Tipsy<\/i>, J-Kwon was invited to perform a track for <i>XXX: State of the Union<\/i>. Unfortunately, it was about as successful as the film it appeared in and J-Kwon gradually disappeared from the public eye.<\/p>\n<p>Then, in 2010, J-Kwon briefly reappeared in the public eye for &#8211; ironically &#8211; disappearing from the face of the planet, with even his record label unable to find him. He reappeared shortly afterwards and released an album, which also flopped.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not all bad news, though. In an interview, none other than Kanye West named <i>Tipsy<\/i> as one of his favourite songs and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtv.com\/news\/1633206\/rapper-j-kwon-is-alive-and-well\/\">claimed it was a major inspiration for his album <i>Yeezus<\/i><\/a>. So, technically, J-Kwon was responsible for one of the biggest albums of 2013.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><b>Frankee and Eamon<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><b>Who? <\/b><\/p>\n<p>The warring couple who released the charmingly titled <i>F**k It <\/i>and <i>F**k You Right Back <\/i>in 2004. Both were megahits, and possibly the only major hit singles to reference sexually transmitted diseases. Lovely.<\/p>\n<p><b>Where are they now? <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after Frankee released her foul-mouthed comeback to her supposed ex-boyfriend, it emerged that the two were never actually together. Eamon claimed that he picked out Frankee at an audition, before changing his story to claim she did it off her own back. Whatever the story, it was clear that we were fed a big fat lie.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, karma kicked in. Frankee disappeared soon after. Eamon, meanwhile, went on a ridiculous streak of bad luck. He was invited to open a tour for Britney Spears, only for her to break her leg and cancel the tour. His second album flopped soon after.<\/p>\n<p>Things appeared to be turning around when he signed a $1 million record deal&#8230;only for the company to fail to pay him for his work (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eamon_%28singer%29\">according to his Wikipedia page, at least<\/a>). After a prolonged legal battle, Eamon was released from his contract but wasn\u2019t allowed to release the album he\u2019d spent years working on. As he said himself: <i>f*** it<\/i>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/entertainment\/sell-cds\/\">sell any CDs<\/a> you\u2019re embarrassed to own for cash, click the button below. We promise we won\u2019t tell your mates what you\u2019ve sold\u201d\u00a6<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/start-selling\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2966 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/start-selling-button.png\" alt=\"Start Selling button\" width=\"304\" height=\"51\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/start-selling-button.png 304w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/start-selling-button-300x50.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2000s gave us many great things: social media, smartphones, Breaking Bad, Kanye West and relatively few dodgy haircuts. The greatest legacy of the decade known as the noughties, however, was the novelty one-hit wonder single. 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