An exuberant hit song from 1997 that is the epitome of 90s music, including high energy, jangly rock guitar, and even record scratches.
What was it about anyway? He was mostly just singing nonsense words like mmmbop and du-ba-dab-du-da, right? Turns out, no
You have so many relationships in this life
Only one or two will last
You go through all the pain and strife
Then you turn your back and they're gone so fast
In an mmmbop they're gone
That is some hard hitting lyrics from a group of teenagers (or younger!), to sit and think about in your 30s as many of your past friendships fade. The song also maturely reflects on how you don’t know which of your romantic relationships will end up lasting
Plant a seed, plant a flower, plant a rose
You can plant any one of those
Keep planting to find out which one grows
It's a secret no one knows
Can you tell me? Oh
No, you can't 'cause you don't know
Can you tell me?
You say you can but you don't know
You can find an original demo on Youtube, which is quite interesting. It’s not as slick and high energy, and sounds like it goes too slow. But on the other hand it has a cool-sounding background guitar, and doesn’t have those over-the-top 90s record scratches.
Songfacts mentions that the song is melodically similar to the Westminster Quarters, which is the tune played on the hour by most grandfather clocks, as time passes, which is almost too fitting.
And just in case you weren’t down enough already:
And when you get old and start losing your hair
Can you tell me who will still care
Can you tell me who will still care?