We all sang along, despite a complete inability to understand the lyrics (for a while, we were convinced that 'jam-on it' actually rhymed with ' Zamboni' which, as every hockey fan knows, is the machine used to resurface an ice rink). When it was released in 1984, 'Jam-On It' became an immediate hit. Today's choice is one such song, and not only does it fall into categories mentioned in this feature in earlier entries (songs with unintelligible lyrics performed by artists who meet the 'one-hit wonder' definition), it's a song that was far ahead of its time in terms of its use of sound and technique. That being said, there were also a number of songs that didn't fit the mold, songs that were so different as to be exciting, songs that took us by surprise and made us stop, think, and simply admire the originality. Looking back now at the artists and songs that were popular way back when, though perhaps distinct from other genres, they all more or less fit into the same mold, a mold that groups nearly all the songs of the day under the generic title of '80s' music. Jam on Revenge (The Wikki-Wikki Song) Lyrics: Oh no, it's Cozmo / That's right, earthlings, me and the Jam-On Production crew here are taking over this world, so we want all of you ding-dangers. Living in suburbia, our music of choice tended to be new wave, with some daring to go 'punk'. In my high school, we had students who did their best to emulate the ' white-gloved one' by moonwalking, and we were all trying (and mostly failing, with few exceptions) to breakdance. Having released what is perhaps the most popular Hip-Hop tune to date, 'Jam On It', the group recorded other fabulous hits like 'Jam-On Revenge (The Wikki-Wikki Song. Growing up in the 1980s, I'd never heard the term ' hip hop', and ' rap' was a fairly new phenomenon at least it was for me. Few bands can be attributed with having such an everlasting and widespread influence over many genres of music primarily Hip-Hop and Electronic music, as Newcleus can.

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