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"How Bizarre" is the debut single of New Zealand musical group OMC from their debut album of the same name. It was released as a single in New Zealand in 1995 and internationally in 1996.
In the United States, the song was only released to radio and not as a retail single, and was not allowed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. However, it peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart.
Music video
A music video was released to help promote the single. As mentioned in the song, it has the lead singer Pauly Fuemana driving around in a Chevy '69. It also pictures him dancing, singing and throwing around money.
Critical reception
The song won the award for "Single of the Year" at the 1996 New Zealand Music Awards. It was also featured on Nature's Best 2, as the 34th greatest New Zealand song of all time as voted by members of the Australasian Performing Rights Association in 2001.
In 2002, "How Bizarre" was named as the 71st greatest one-hit wonder of all time on a VH1 countdown hosted by William Shatner.
Chart performance
The single was a chart hit in many countries and spent multiple weeks at number one in several countries, reaching the top for two weeks in Austria, three weeks in Ireland, three weeks in New Zealand and five weeks in Australia.
| Charts (1996) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 1 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders) | 14 |
| Canadian RPM Singles | 1 |
| Dutch Top 40 | 11 |
| French Singles Chart | 16 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 1 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 1 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 4 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 4 |
| UK Singles Chart | 4 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 2 |
Certifications and sales
| Country | Certification |
|---|---|
| Australia | Platinum |
| New Zealand | Triple Platinum |
Cover & parodies
A parody of the song, Stole My Car was created by then-Rock 99FM Rotorua announcer Dene Young in 1996. The radio station went off-air later that year. The song was later released to other radio stations around New Zealand and was included on Stables Label Volume 3 (an album released by ZM) in 2003.[1] There was also "I Bit His Ear" a parody song about the Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield ear biting incident.
A cover of this song was performed by a Montreal band called The Diskettes.
References
- http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=OMC&titel=How+Bizarre&cat=s Retrieved March 3, 2009
- http://www.last.fm/music/OMC/+wiki Retrieved March 4, 2009
- http://www.ffwdweekly.com/Issues/1997/0717/mus1.html Retrieved March 23, 2009
- http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/omc/articles/story/5927119/how_bizarre_omcs_a_hit Retrieved April 5, 2009
- http://www.lanet.lv/news/kiegelis/int94.html Retrieved April 5, 2009
- http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/1886166 Retrieved April 5, 2009
- http://rizzomusic.blogspot.com/2008/01/song-98-how-bizarre-by-omc.html Retrieved April 9, 2009
- http://www.saidthegramophone.com/archives/crush_and_foam_dalek.php Retrieved April 9, 2009
- http://www.listology.com/content_show.cfm/content_id.17314 Retrieved April 9, 2009
- http://rateyourmusic.com/list/hoshie/vh1s_100_greatest_one_hit_wonders/ Retrieved April 9, 2009
