We all know the classic throwback songs that come on at the bar and that everyone knows the words to, but the issue is that they only ever play the same few throwbacks. "Don't Stop Believing" and "It Wasn't Me" are great songs, but I don't need to hear them three times at the pregame and at every single bar that I go to that night. Here is a list of throwback songs that you probably forgot about, but that should definitely make a comeback at the bars and/or your parties this summer. S/o to my iPod Nano for the help with most of these.
1. "Who Let the Dogs Out" by Baha Men
Who, who, who, who!? Sort of sad that this is a song about ugly girls being called "dogs" but, it's too catchy not to still love anyway.
2. "Stacy's Mom" by Fountain of Wayne
We all loved watching the music video while pretending to be Stacy's hot mom.
3. "1985" by Bowling For Soup
A year that we all wish we were alive for, just so we can relate.
4. "Sk8er Boi" by Avril Lavigne
Just in case you didn't know, apparently this song was about Avril Lavigne and an ex, except SHE is the "sk8er boi" and her old boyfriend missed out because now she's famous.
5. "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" by Panic! At The Disco
If you didn't play this in your room while mouthing the word "damn" so your mom didn't hear, did you even have a childhood?
6. "A Bay Bay" by Hurricane Chris
You didn't know any of the words except "a bay bay" but that's okay because you shouted them really loud to make up for the rest of the lyrics.
7. "Hey Ya!" by Outkast
You never knew how many times to say "alright, alright, alright, alright" so you just said it a million times really fast until the next set of lyrics came.
8. "Holla Back Girl" by Gwen Stefani
You're lying if you say this song didn't teach you how to spell "bananas."
9. "Umbrella" by Rihanna
Is it just me, or every time someone says the word "umbrella" you have a strong urge to respond with "ella, ella, aye aye aye?"
10. "Beverly Hills" by Weezer
First you were obsessed with "The Hills" on MTV, and then Weezer came out with this gem, and ever since you have always secretly wanted to live there while outwardly talking about how spoiled and bratty everyone from there is.
11. "You Belong With Me" by Taylor Swift
My sister and I have a music video of us dancing to this song...I'd like to say it's the most embarrassing thing I've ever done, but the song is such a classic that it almost makes it okay.
12. "Whatever You Like" by T.I.
T.I. telling a girl she can have whatever she likes is #relationshipgoals.
13. "Dirty Little Secret" by The All-American Rejects
By far the saddest music video of all time, and you always watched it considering what your little notecard would say if you were apart of the video.
14. "Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield
Referring to my previous comment about "The Hills," you cannot listen to this song without thinking about LC driving down the California highway in her convertible, and you sing it on the top of your lungs pretending to be a socialite and hating Heidi and Spencer during every single lyric till the song is over (then you re-follow them on Instagram, because their dogs are cute).
15. "Everytime We Touch" by Cascada
Pretty much the start of EDM music, this was a jam that left you jumping up and down the whole song.
16. "Hey There Delilah" by Plain White T's
Every girl wanted to be Delilah and the fact that this song was written for her makes every girl's heart melt. How could you do this to him, Delilah, he wrote a whole song for you!?!?!
17. "American Idiot" by Green Day
A song for those of you that grew up with an emo phase, like me. Nothing was better than screaming this song along side Green Day to get your anger out after a long day in the 6th grade.
18. "Too Little Too Late" by JoJo
But seriously, what happened to JoJo?
19. "Lucky" by Britney Spears
Britney Spears, the idol to every girl born in the 90's. She taught us that being a celebrity isn't that great and that while we think she's lucky, she's really not. And look what happened, she went crazy. Sorry, Brit, you did warn us.
20. "Shake Ya Tailfeather" by Nelly
When the beginning of this song came on, you always thought police sirens were in front of your house, but then you heard Nelly singing and instantly started jamming out.
21. "Beautiful Soul" by Jesse McCartney
This song made him so popular that he got to be on practically every single Disney Channel show, what a success story.
22. "Hey Soul Sister" by Train
Still not sure what a "soul sister" is, but we all know every lyric to this song.
23. "Aaron's Party" by Aaron Carter
SUCH a classic. Sure, "I Want Candy" was a great song, but "Aaron's Party" was the first song that you learned about throwing parties when your parents were gone, a lesson every child should learn. By the way, Aaron Carter follows me on Twitter, so basically we are BFFs.
24. Potential Breakup Song by Ali and AJ
When Disney Channel stars started getting edgy. You always wanted a boyfriend so that you could sing this song to him with every wrong move he made, but you were only 13 so you weren't allowed to date yet.
25. "Don't Trust Me" by 3OH!3
"Tell your boyfriend, if he says he's got beef, that I'm a vegetarian and I ain't f***ing scared of him" is still the best line to any song I've ever heard in my life.
The next time when you get the aux cord at a party, put one of these songs on and I can promise that you'll be getting DJ gigs left and right.
