The best jangle-pop song about alcoholism.
Biggie’s most playful, irresistible single. 100 best 90s songs
Because “Wannabe” is not just a song. It’s a manifesto. It’s the sound of Gen X and Millennials colliding. It’s “Girl Power” as a global philosophy. It’s a song that refuses to be serious but demands to be taken seriously. The chaotic structure (no chorus for 40 seconds, a rap breakdown, a key change) shouldn’t work. But it does, explosively. It was the most successful debut single by a British girl group in history. It made the world zig-a-zig-ah. And 30 years later, it still gets every single person in the room on the dance floor. The best jangle-pop song about alcoholism
Linda Perry’s scream of “HEYEYEYEYEY” is pure 90s catharsis. It’s a manifesto
Europop’s happiest, most inescapable earworm.