One of these days, humanity will hear the phrase "what is love" without feeling the urge to reply "baby don't hurt me." And on that day, humanity will say "baby don't hurt me" no more.

"Haddaway didn't even try to answer the question, he just wailed in existential confusion" same

Todd's always haddaway of making me interested in one hit wonders.

The mashup of the Phantom of the Opera song with What Is Love is one of the best scenes in all of this channel.

This is one of those songs that’s become so ingrained that everyone just “knows it" regardless of music taste.

Up until this video. I was convinced that the real music video was 3 men bopping their head in a car.

The pretentious grandiosity of a lot of house/eurodance music is so goddamned fantastic.

I'm glad Todd was able to articulate that "gothic" bigness of 90s dance music. That's exactly why I love it so much, but I was never able to put it into words until now. In fact, I think that video is kinda sexy!

*breaks neck while violently shaking head

I unironically love how catchy this song is.

"Life" was huge in Europe. I remember hearing it in clubs a lot. Not nearly as close as "What is love", though.

The love quadrilogy: 1. What is love 2. Is this love? 3. Love will tear us apart 4. Whats love go to do with it

*Plays a Phantom of the Opera clip*.... Que frantic sound of Lindsey scratching at the door

Holy cow that phantom mashup made laugh out loud. Like way louder than is socially acceptable in public.

Love is all you need to open the door to the battlefield all around us.

Love is sitting alone at an IMAX screening of Blade Runner: The Final Cut and having a big bucket of hot buttered popcorn and not having to share with anybody.

I seriously would pay top dollar for a dance party in a opera house or cathedral. Damn, why did Limelight have to shut down lol. Also please give baltimora's tarzan boy a look over sometime lol, it's a massive guilty pleasure song.

My neck hurts... I regret nothing.

The idea of Portugal. The Man being on this show is scary. Let's face it, if someone bursts into everyone's knowledge out of nowhere, they're doomed.

That Phantom mix is actually perfect

Morpheus:"at last" I want to know what love is...SHOW ME TODD!

I never thought I wanted to hear phantom of the opera sing over "What is Love"

I really like your Seal analysis as a twist on the typical “anonymous eurobeat” singer, that’s a super good point

What is love? Todd please upload Please upload. Some more.

This song is a straight up classic! I seriously never heard someone say that they don't like it.

Oh my god that music video is glorious! Vogue vampires with 90's music. Just what my gay little heart always wanted out of a music video.

Props to the female vocalist. I could care less about the lyrics, I'm waiting for that belt to kick in. Then again, that's the case with most of these songs. I don't remember anything in C+C Music Factory except for when Martha Wash belts something out like "EVERYBODY DANCE NOW!!!" or "GOOD Vi-BRAY-shuu-UU-UUNS!".

I would have laughed if the failed follow up "Life" was just "What is life? Baby don't hurt me."

Phantom of the Opera and Baby Don't Hurt Me together I didn't realize I need in my life

I saw this music video as a kid on the projector in a hotel and spent weeks fascinated with it and trying to figure out what it was

This series should be called "one hit wonderland (in USA)" most of the artists featured here had more than one song in Europe and Japan

I've had horrible horrible week, but Todd came to save me

Ah The One Hit Wonder of the One Hit Wonders This might be one of the most iconic songs of all time

*head pounding intensifies*

Being from Europe, The Netherlands to be precise, and in my teens in the 90s, I grew up with this music. And I have to say, I actually like Life a bit more than What Is Love. And since I mentioned The Netherlands, yup, 2 Unlimited had a shitload of hits over here. But one of my favourite 90s dance acts has to be Twenty 4 Seven.

I own like 5 of his albums. His catalogue is pretty eclectic and enjoyable. It always alienates me when people love a song and just...Listen to the one song forever. Check out his albums!

Looks like love has something to do with Vampires. According to the video.

Oh man, this is the fastest click I've _ever_ given to a video. So glad you're covering this.

“What Is Love 2K9” hurts me on a deep psychological facet of existence.

Hahahaha! Awesome! Though I remember an interview Will Ferrell did for an SNL retrospective where he said the head bop is more about dipping your shoulder than moving your neck. As your shoulder moves, you left your head follow, and you avoid injuring your neck!

The song also mashes up _ridiculously_ well with John Newman's _Love Me Again_ (aka The _Edge of Tomorrow_ End Credits Song). Seriously. Gives me chills every time.

Damn Haddaway is kind of hot

I'm just glad that Todd got to this one before David Guetta did.

This song mashes up to John Newman's "Love Me Again" SO well, it almost answers the question of what love is.

Jean Valjean as the Phantom of the Opera? That's good enough for my fanfiction.

I was wondering how many years would pass until you'd get to this. Looking forward to 2030 when you get to O-zone - Dragostea din tei, aka The Numanuma song. Also, not even mentioning Dr. Alban by name in that 90's team-up? Come on, the man's a legend. It's like talking about a duet with Bon Jovi, and not mentioning Bon Jovi.

“Radio waves can bounce around space for-“ “Aw, this is my JAM!”

As an avid 90s clubber, the song felt simultaneously legendary and represented how constricted the market for that polished pop sound was at the time for a song as slight as this to be legendary.

Vampires you say? VLADISLAV!!! (Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more)

I doubt anyone will give a crap but the picture at 6:41 is the Grand Opera House in Belfast. Pleasantly surprising to see something local show up on one of Todd's videos.

9:28 Wait. This sounds familiar. I feel like I'm supposed to scream something out super loud... ... ... *MORTAL KOMBAT!*

"Life" has made a big impact in the Tony Robbins empire. He often plays it during his UPW events.

Dude, you should do Jerk It Out by the Caesars.

I'm surprised that you haven't already covered this omg

I concur, Robin S's "You Got to Show me Love" is as good a track as this song, if not better. The hook on it is permenantly ingraved into my head

Man that song is so good. That synth riff is iconic to say the least.

*BABY DON'T HURT ME NO MORE!*

FINALLY TODD DOES THIS SONG.

Remember: If someday a White Guy with acoustic guitar try to cover What is Love was Todd's idea.

Also in 2010 Eminem sampled (or more like ripped both the chorus and instrumental and rapped/sung over it) What Is Love? on a collab with Lil Wayne called, wait for it.... No Love

Still hoping you do a look back on The Cartoons with their cover of Witch Doctor. Goddamn there were a lot of europop one hit wonders in the 90s.

For some reason I thought you already covered this song. Must have been in a dream I had once

Lived through 2Unlimited without ever hearing Yall Ready For This... Tribal Dance and No Limits on the other hand, were everywhere...

Kudos my good sir for the Douglas Adams reference.

A pox upon your house, for making me aware of Doctor Reanimator, Todd.

Can someone please upload an acoustic folk cover of What is Love for Todd?

9:36 SEAL HAD HAIR?!?Mind.Blown.

Thanks for reminding me of that record, "I've Been Thinking About You" by Londonbeat; always really liked it. One of the oddest one hit wonders was "Living in Oblivion" by Anything Box. The lyrics in the hook are so melodramatic as to be unintentionally campy and yet the record was quite catchy. "What is Love" was a big dance club hit in the clubs here. That was when Arista Records was really putting out a lot of great pop and dance tunes (Taylor Dane, Expose, Haddaway, Ace of Base). The production on this record is a big part of its hook. I never even heard any of Haddaway's follow-up singles once here in L.A.

As a European I can confirm that Haddaway was HUGE here. Life, I miss You and Rock My Heart were massive hits. Rock My Heart is my favourite song of his. Btw, 2 Unlimited was my favourite band when I was a kid, I bought all their albums on iTunes recently.

Oh god no. It's in my head. It won't leave. .... REANIMATE YOUR FEET! Move your dead bones, bones bones...

There was a guy on my base when I was in the army, and no joke, his name was Waddiluv. I'm sure you can guess what everyone who knew would yell when he'd get spotted around camp.

Didn't know that about Seal, but God! I would have loved to see Haddaway as the next Seal! I can totally see him pull it off!

Ah, one of my favorite one hit wonder songs, Thank you Todd!

ONE HIT ONE DER LAND BABY DER LAND BABY FOR LOVE

Say what u want it is an absolute classic

I love how Todd always makes it obvious when he really loves a song on the show

And the episode everyone was waiting for has finally arrived.

Damn, this man was pretty successful... music career aside. Like, political science (citation needed), a published essay, two record labels, and a football career. PLUS A ONE HIT WONDER!

Let's place our bets on what song Todd's covered here that David Guetta's going to ruin next. My money's on She Blinded Me With Science.

I’m praying for One Hit Wonderland episode on Genius of Love

Oh you have no idea how long I wanted you to review this. It's one of my favorite ohws of all time. Do I need to say why?

Have you done Breakfast at Tiffany's by Deep Blue Something yet?

Such an epic tune!

One of my favorite songs of all time. Thx Todd!

so now we only need Flobots - Handlebars

*WHAT IS LOVE?* (Come on. Y'all know what to say.)

I don't know about Seal being a nobody in 1990. Around the same time that Adamski's 'Killer' came out, he had his solo debut in the R&B jam 'Crazy.' Both this and a remake of 'Killer' were on his first album in 1991. He HAS gone on to greater things, but he did have recognition at the beginning - not enough to have upfront credit on 'Killer' at first, but eventually.

Yes! I've been waiting for this episode since you started this show!

This song already warrants many headbobs, but can you imagine if they made a metal cover of it?

Can somebody please make a remix of this and Phantom of the Opera?!

I love Haddaway and I love your videos. Thank you so, so much.

I was waiting for this!

First of all how dare you I love Mr Vain. Secondly early nineties dance music is my childhood.

I do agree that "What Is Love" conveys the atmosphere that you are in a cathedral or opera house while listening to it, but it wasn't just dance music that was doing that in the '90s, "The One" by Elton John conveys that atmosphere as well.

Bro I love this song!

Just when I managed to get this out of my head. Thank you very much for that.

2:15 Gets the people going!

I had an immediate and visceral reaction to that 5-second clip of "What is Love 2k9," god damn. That was.... something.

I really liked this song, it was so popular and held up well against Culture Beat, Urban Cookie Collective and other eurodance acts. This music was super popular in the UK charts, it was everywhere. This has brought back so many memories to me of the happier side of the 90s

thanks for this birthday present Todd