Everyone has bought embarrassing albums, and if you grew up in the ’90s, the most embarrassing CDs you owned were the “Jock Jams” series.
And just when you’ve started to bury that memory in the recesses of your brain, Billboard.com is dragging it out again, with a list of “The 100 Greatest Jock Jams of All Time.”
There were five official volumes of the “Jock Jams” series . . . with a total of 107 songs . . . but this list isn’t limited to those. There are even some recent ‘jock jams’ on the list. Here’s the Top 20:
- “We Will Rock You”, Queen, 1977
- “Welcome to the Jungle”, Guns N’ Roses, 1987
- “Hip Hop Hooray”, Naughty By Nature, 1993
- “Kernkraft 400”, Zombie Nation, 1999
- “Seven Nation Army”, The White Stripes, 2003
- “Eye of the Tiger”, Survivor, 1982
- “Rock and Roll Part 2”, A-Hole Pedophile Gary Glitter, 1972
- “Jump Around”, House of Pain, 1992
- “Crazy Train”, Ozzy Osbourne, 1981
- “Get Ready for This”, 2 Unlimited, 1991
- “Lose Yourself”, Eminem, 2002
- “Turn Down for What”, DJ Snake and Lil Jon, 2013
- “Sirius”, The Alan Parsons Project, 1982
- “Whoomp! (There It Is)”, Tag Team, 1992
- “Thunderstruck”, AC/DC, 1990
- “Shout”, The Isley Brothers, 1959
- “The Final Countdown”, Europe, 1986
- “Sandstorm”, Darude, 1999
- “Song 2”, Blur, 1997
- “Sweet Caroline”, Neil Diamond, 1969
And since you’re probably wondering, C&C Music Factory’s “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)” is at #25. (Billboard.com has the full Top 100, with brief write-ups for each.)
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