first hit record to mention the Internet/www?

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the first instance i can think of is Mousse T's 'Horny' - the lyrical version from '98 (i think) but surely there was something a lot earlier than that - a hip hop track from '93/'94 perhaps?

I suspect there must be one older than Poe's "Hello" (first released late '95, became a hit on U.S. genre charts in late '96). The web was enough of a thing in 1995 for The Simpsons to make jokes about the internet containing nerds and porn. But that wouldn't transfer well to serious music :)

The unusual thing is that Poe's line, "like a disconnected modem", makes total sense. Most other lyricists seem amiably clueless about the technology or the lingo, e.g.

I tried to call you
But I can't find the telephone
I sent a message through the internet
But it rejected
(sic)

Cut Mousse T some slack, it's not his first language. Could there be an equally silly line on a hit in '95 or earlier?

flyingtrain (sbahnhof), Tuesday, 28 July 2015 22:45 (eight years ago) link

(not a hit, perhaps not, uh, quality, but extant)

for sale: baby shoes, never worn your ass (katherine), Tuesday, 28 July 2015 22:54 (eight years ago) link

remember hearing this circa 1998 and finding it hilarious, if only because of the crowbarring of www., but neglecting to finish with a suffix.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhYxe8S4WWk

(no offence to people) (dog latin), Tuesday, 28 July 2015 23:17 (eight years ago) link

one month passes...

I was going to mention that Lung Leg song and christ, it's the first one mentioned in that thread whodathunkit

PaulTMA, Wednesday, 2 September 2015 21:52 (eight years ago) link

wasn't really a hit but Prince's "Emale.com" came out on Emancipation in 1996.

Hammer Smashed Bagels, Wednesday, 2 September 2015 22:00 (eight years ago) link


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