The boy-band cycle rears its head with this inevitable tween lady-killer, a self-esteem jolt ("You’re insecure, don't know what for") sung over pop- rock crunch by five pristinely coiffed lads. They make the JoBros look like Betty White's used toys.

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“Baby Got Back”

While watching a Budweiser commercial during the Super Bowl, Sir Mix-a-Lot thought the skinny female models in the ad didn’t represent reality. So he wrote this ode to ample bottoms, featuring its famous to-the-point lyric: “I like big butts and I cannot lie.” MTV banished the video, featuring shaking booties and sexually suggestive fruit, to 9 p.m. or later. “I thought my career was over,” he told Rolling Stone. “Then I called Rick Rubin, and I told him the video was banned, and he was like, 'Great!' We sold another 2 million records.”