I guess as a 10-year-old I wouldn't realize how utterly ridiculous this song and its video are. Seriously, there is an actual "sign" floating around the video that is a little too similar to that symbol Prince started going by that one time. What does this sign mean? Is it a character in some alphabet? Some sort of glyph meaning "break up with your significant other, now"? Either way, this song was a very important part of pop culture in my fourth grade class.
While we're at it, why don't we just remember Ace of Base's entire career, which must have lasted all of six months. There were other big ones, like "Don't Turn Around" (which was so powerful to me) and "All That She Wants" (which I thought was talking about a literal baby, like she just wants to have another baby and then she'll be out). I remember listening to my Ace of Base tape on a car trip once (which was apparently titled Happy Nation??), and my older brother told me that it wasn't even music, it was just a bunch of repetitive synthesized beats. Well, that may be true, but it sure is catchy. I played at least two Ace of Base songs at a recent dance party that were very well received. Speaking of partying, that concert video of "All That She Wants" makes me wish I could see them live, because par-ty!
