“They Picked That Title So Fall Out Boy Couldn’t Get To It First” is my favorite Panic at the Disco song

Absolutely true story: when 'Love Fool' was at the top of the charts, an interviewer was talking to Nina and asked about the origin of the band. Her response was something like, 'the record company found us all at a modeling agency and taught us how to play instruments.' Twenty years later, I realize that Nina had a wicked sense of humor!

The Cardigans were definitely not one-hit wonders in the UK: "Carnival", "Love Fool", "Erase/Rewind" and "My Favourite Game" all had quite a lot of radio play. Great band.

As a swede, it's weird to hear someone refer to Cardigans as one hit wonders. I realise this is their home country and all, but here they stayed relevant for a decade and had multiple songs in frequent rotation on mainstream radio. Their three last albums charted number one in Sweden. Hell, I've even seen Nina on tv twice this week. Very much loved and not at all forgotten.

One hit wonder is kinda weird to watch as a european, spesifically a scandinavian. All of these british, german and swedish groups are stuff i literally couldn't get away from

now I'm imagining how it would be if black sabbath covered lovefool

HOLY SHIT. That Sunday Bloody Sunday cover made me realize how much they sound like Japanese indie music. makes total sense that they would be big in japan.don't know if its a coincidence or how many japanese bands theyve influenced.

I've heard Todd joke about how Swedish music is either bubblegum pop or death metal in two different videos and I still laugh. Abba or Amon Amarth. Nothing in between.

"A shiny, happy presentation of something that is actually kinda dark." That describes a fairly good chunk of Scandinavian pop music in-general to be honest (including ABBA).

"human tuba, tom jones" - first proper belly laugh in I don't remember how long

"Erase and Rewind" is the kind of hidden gem from them.

Their song "Erase/Rewind" was also featured in the prom scene from Never Been Kissed in 1999, also really melancholy but I dug it!

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"If Billy Ray Cyrus is a one-hit wonder, then so are The Cardigans." Well this sure is hilarious in hindsight.

"Long Gone Before Daylight" is a fantastic album This band is underrated as hell.

Of all things, this song will forever remind me of Daria. Yes, Daria. It was one of the many songs of the time used for scene changes, and of them all, it's the one that most quickly transports me back to that era and my mindspace then.

I love the Cardigans. All of their albums are just underrated pop classics. Their Black Sabbath covers are top notch, they truly owned those songs in their special way.

"I need some fine wine and you, you need to be nicer" has legitimately become one of my favorite songs of all time since first seeing this episode for the first time.

I unironically and unapologetically love that Talking Heads cover they did with Tom Jones. It slaps. Fight me.

"But, love is inherently humiliating, isn't it...?" Indeed, sir. Indeed.

"Certainly compared to our current hellscape dystopia, the 90's seems like living 24/7 in candy land" hahahaha not if you're from the Balkans.

Don’t underestimate what catnip the Romeo + Juliet soundtrack was to teen girls in that era. Even I a devout punk couldn’t resist and this swapped with The Crow soundtrack for when I needed to lighten up.

“I Need Some Fine Wine (etc)” is awesome. “You’re foul in clear conditions, but you’re handsome in the fog” is a great line. “For What It’s Worth” is also beautiful, even if the video is darrrrrk.

The Cardigans were indie pop before "indie pop" became a genre in the late 00's/2010's.

"My favorite game" begins my favorite Playstation 2 game - Gran Turismo 2. And I still get chills watching that opening.

I love how Todd just doesn't give a shit and straight up says he doesn't want to do these Requests.

Lovefool is THE pop song of the 90's. That sunny, indie sound they had with their first 3 albums - no other act has sounded like that up until today.

can't believe you never once mentioned erase/rewind. such an awesome song and was definitely a lot both on tv and radio, at least in Europe. to me, it's what late 90s sound like

Todd, I honestly think you could adapt to the more than a one hit wonder case. I love getting the band growth history and cultural significance because those are things that affect the listening of the song, and not being around for the release takes that away! You really fill in a blank that is really nice!

In Denmark, their song "erase and rewind" was also really popular. I remember listening to it on the radio pretty often before school when I was younger. :)

As an instrument nerd, they had absolutely amazing taste in instruments, a rickenbacker 360 and thunderbird are both amazing instruments

Undoubtedly this song reached it's fullest potential when used in Hot Fuzz.

Erase rewind. That was released after my favourite game. It’s brill. How can you forget that one??

I hear "Lovefool" and think of those plastic 'lunchbox' purses, tiny backpacks, metallic lipsticks, dudes in bowling team shirts, gals in shiny clothing, and roll-on perfume that smelled like a flower barfed up a bunch of sweettarts. These are not fond memories for me, but I was wearing lime green jeans with patent leather boots at the time, so who the fuck am I to be judging anyone. Good tune, though.

My big memory of their second hit is the opening to Gran Turismo 2. That song came out of the speakers and I was stunned to hear the Cardigans jamming at that level.

"It's like if Lou Begas second song was about his heroin addiction" best Todd line ever

The Tom Jones collaboration was part of a covers album that Tom Jones did. So every track was with somebody who was a big name in the British charts at the time. It’s delightfully strange. Tom and the Stereophonics cover Eric Burdon, Tom and the Divine Comedy cover Portishead, Tom and the Pretenders cover Iggy Pop, TOM AND PORTISHEAD COVER A NEGRO SPIRITUAL. This album went quadruple platinum in the UK and got a 4 1/2 star rating from allmusic. You cannot tell me, Mr In The Shadows, that this doesn’t intrigue you just a little.

Am i the only one who thinks that "Iron man" es f*cking brilliant?

The Cardigans is from my hometown and my mom's friend saw them live at a university thing when they where just starting and apparently pretty much everyone in the room thought that Nina had a bad singing voice. So she was very surprised when they found success(This is all according to her).

Lovefool is the sheer pop-song perfection. Disco beat, love, love and more desperate unrequited love, hooks, sounds like it was sung over the phone response, the snare before launching into the chorus, and so much more. It is the greatest pop-song EVAH!

Hey, this is the episode that got me into The Cardigans. Love you Todd, God level content

Also of note: "My Favourite Game" was used in the intro to PS1 mega-seller Gran Turismo 2, and the name of the album was...Gran Turismo.

I literally never thought of this as a happy song. The very indie vocal delivery combined with the minor seventh chord stabs always made the irony of the song apparent. I can imagine the Magnetic Fields putting it on 69 Love Songs.

The Cardigans have been one of my favorite bands since high school when I came across the First Band on the Moon CD in my dad's collection. They really mean a lot to me. I doubt you're reading comments on a video from 18 months ago by now, but I just want to say thank you for this video.

You are remiss to have not mentioned "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough", the duet that Nina did with the Manic Street Preachers. It peaked at number 2 in the UK, number 1 in Scotland , and was in the top 10 in Ireland and Norway.

For some reason, they were big in Mexico. I hated Lovefool, but adored almost everything that came after it.

Cardigans were huge in the UK/Ireland back in the mid/late 90's, such nostalgia when I hear them!

The Cardigans is soooo greattt, I just love all of the songs!!

"My Favorite Game" is one of the greatest opening tracks for a video game.

Thanks for doing the band justice-they're such an autonomous, unique, and talented band who really did deserve better. Even the sugary goodness that is "Lovefool" has some subversive lyrics for its sound, and they have entire albums' worth of good content.

The Cardigans was one of the best bands out there. I was surprised how deep there discography goes.

I looked through as many comments here as I could to see if anyone appreciated your Katamari Damacy reference and didn’t see any. One of the best games ever.

Ok, so no one else gonna say it? That woman has the prettiest blue eyes...

You don't think that there is a better representation of the Bubblegum 90's than THIS song? Have we completely forgotten about Aqua and Barbie Girl?

The Cardigans will always and forever be the band that deserved better. The fact that such an incredible band got lost on so many people is heartbreaking to me, it'd be like if everyone knew about naps but didn't know you could sleep for 8 hours at night! Long Gone Before Daylight will forever be in my Top 10, if you haven't heard it, go lay down in a dark room and put it on.

Thank you so much for this one Todd, after this video The Cardigans have become one of my favorite bands of all time. They have such a unique vibe and sound that hits me just right.

You deserve way more followers. The internet is sleepin.

Nina Pearson looks vaguely like "Veronica Mars"-era Kristen Bell. Maybe I believe that because I've been recently watching that show and it's the only thing I can think about currently.

Whoever donated in patreon for this episode: thank you. The Cardigans are have been my favorite band for the last year and a half bc of this video specifically. Also thanks to Todd in ye shadows of course!

I love this episode. I loved the R&J soundtrack, and the rock hit from the band. It is always fun remembering and learning more about these musicians. I have a road trip planned in February and will be listening to all your one hit wonderland episodes on the trip.

Early cardigans albums are really good. And I always felt Gran Turismo was killer. I remember a bunch of bands doing that sound in the 90s

Todd in the Shadows: Resurrection

thank you for helping me discover this band!! they're so good and you can absolutely tell they love what they do

I think I've found my new favorite KZfaq channel. I just love everything about this.

Man, I didnt realize copyright would be so harsh on a bunch of sweaters

Funny how Sweden's musical exports are either saccharine throwaway pop or some variant of extreme metal... And for some crossover, the Cardigans did record a cover of "Sabbath Bloddy Sabbath."

This is one of my favorite songs of all time and favorite groups!

I'm a fan of the Cardigans (well, I've got two of their albums, at least), and one thing you need to know about them is that founding members Peter Svensson and Magnus Sveningsson were very much into heavy metal. In other words, their Black Sabbath covers aren't meant to be a joke, although they obviously appreciate a spot of irony as "Lovefool" clearly demonstrated. One song from their album "Life" that I really dig (more than the others, anyway) is "Daddy's Car," and I'd recommend that everyone who hasn't heard it take the time to check it out immediately. I would gladly listen to anything that comes out of Nina Persson's mouth. She could probably make projectile vomiting sound winsome and sweet!

Carnival was a bit of a hit. Not a smash hit like Lovefool, but thanks in-part to being on the Austin Powers soundtrack it garnered some attention.

I remember the tv commercial for "Grand Turismo" it showed footage of "Lovefool" and asked if you remembered the Cardigans then played footage of "My Favourite Game".

I really enjoy these vids, just wanted to let you know. They're like, perfect to enjoy during a lunch break, engaging and interesting. I had no idea about the Cardigans but from your video, I learned they're LEGIT!!!

Just discovered your channel thanks the office reminding me of this song. Fantastic editing. Top notch.

MY old indie/punk band covered this back in the early 2010's. It somehow fit our music and style perfectly played almost entirely straight. It's a legitimately great little chameleon of a song.

You have a fanbase that is your age...you're going to get a lot of requests from the 90s. :)

This video introduced me to one of my favorite bands, thanks todd!

This really makes me want to check them out. They sound like great songwriters

when it's a reupload of one of the best episodes so you watch it anyways

I never really knew much about The Cardigans except for My Favourite Game (fitting because that's how I describe Gran Turismo 2, which is where I heard it). I'll have to check out some more of their discography.

Her voice is hypnotic and thanks for showing me rise and shine I love it.

Thank you for your transparency...its refreshing

Once again THANK YOU for presenting me this awesome band and especially their song Rise and Shine (which became one of my all Time favourites)

I'll gladly watch this again. Video that introduced me to this great band and made me a fan.

Dang, this episode really made me want to check out this band (more so than most). Funny that you made the Katamari connection because I was also kind of making that in my head as some of the earlier clips played.

As a tween or so at the time of release, I had completed what used to be a rite of passage: signing up for mail order music purchase service with the promise of many albums for just a dollar (perhaps less, don't recall). I had selected the best of what rock or metal I could muster from the selections available and still had one left to go, so I let my little brother pick one. He picked this album. He listened to Lovefool twice and never touched it again. I grew curious at the Iron Man cover and gave the rest of it go. It is one of my favorites, and so is the band itself. Thank you Columbia House for having such an easily exploitable service back in the day!

Emmerdale, First Band on the Moon, and Gran Turismo are 3 of the greatest albums of the 90s, and nobody can convince me otherwise

How did he forget Erase / Rewind?

Still one of my favorite bands, such unquie and creative choices in all of their songs.

this video was my introduction to lovefool, actually (i was VERY sheltered) a song which soon became My Entire Personality, and now rewatching the vid has convinced me to get into the rest of the cardigans’ discography! it all rules! so thank you for that

As someone who fell in love with this group and went on to explore as much of their music as possible, Super Extra Gravity (the album "I Need Some Fine Wine" is on) is easily my favorite of their albums. It's kind of incredible.

I remember this song was "played" in Hot Fuzz... after the in-movie Romeo and Juliet play

I totally added a bunch of their stuff to my likes on Spotify. I gotta thank you so much for helping me discover a love for this band ^_^

I need some fine wine, loved that song. Thanks for reminding me!

A Lot of Nordic bands get real big in Japan, No idea why

I remember listening to 'Life' on repeat in the mid 90's. I'm in the UK so that probably explains it.

The video is so charming. Perfectly captures the tone.

The pool scene song of Lovefool is in The movie : Cruel intentions 😉

Am I only one who also recognizes The Cardigans' "Erase / Rewind" ? Must have been from some european ad

I grew up listening to Kiss as a child. As I got older Faith No More/Mr. Bungle became my guiding light along with other creative, heavier bands. But before Lovefool came out they had a single called Carnival that I really liked. Enough to buy the LP it was on.

This video actually got me into The Cardigans a bit thanks Todd

OH. GOOD. LORD!!!! Liked for the Sabbath covers - I had NO FREAKING IDEA about that part of The Cardigans. A thousand thank-yous, sir.