Conspicuously similar follow-ups to hit singles that became hits in their own right, but are now mostly forgotten because people only remember the first hit

Back when Aqua was hitting with Barbie Girl this satire comedian made a sketch where they talked about how they really wanted to prove that they were more than a 'Barbie-band'. Cut to five years later and their next hit is 'Slime, I'm a can of slime, play with me, I'm a can of slime'. And now they really want to prove they are more than just that 'slime-band'. Five years later. 'Tetherbaaaaalllll! Teeeeeetherbaaaalllll!'

In the real world it only took Aqua three years to follow up the album Aquarium and the hit Barbie Girl, with the album Aquarius and the hit Cartoon Heroes...

I don't think there was ever any risk that they would develop into The Cardigans, their sound was too thin, and the split between the artists and the eye candy was too stark. René Dif was a punchline almost immediately.

― Frederik B, Sunday, November 10, 2019 6:47 PM (nine months ago) bookmarkflaglink

Is this the same Aqua who had two further UK number one hits with two very different singles, both excellent in their own way? The Aqua who anyone but the most blinkered rockist could tell were playing with the form of pop music and having fun with it? That Aqua?

Apparently they asked Marc Kinchen to produce this one right from the start after his remix of the previous one became so popular.

― Tuomas

Back when Aqua was hitting with Barbie Girl this satire comedian made a sketch where they talked about how they really wanted to prove that they were more than a 'Barbie-band'. Cut to five years later and their next hit is 'Slime, I'm a can of slime, play with me, I'm a can of slime'. And now they really want to prove they are more than just that 'slime-band'. Five years later. 'Tetherbaaaaalllll! Teeeeeetherbaaaalllll!'

In the real world it only took Aqua three years to follow up the album Aquarium and the hit Barbie Girl, with the album Aquarius and the hit Cartoon Heroes...

I don't think there was ever any risk that they would develop into The Cardigans, their sound was too thin, and the split between the artists and the eye candy was too stark. René Dif was a punchline almost immediately.

― Frederik B, Sunday, November 10, 2019 6:47 PM (nine months ago) bookmarkflaglink

Is this the same Aqua who had two further UK number one hits with two very different singles, both excellent in their own way? The Aqua who anyone but the most blinkered rockist could tell were playing with the form of pop music and having fun with it? That Aqua?

― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), 3. syyskuuta 2020 12:46 bookmarkflaglink

I think they only had one hit in the US, with "Barbie Girl"? So maybe this sketch was from there?

Ann Peebles "I Can't Stand the Rain"..."Do I Need You"

It's not a follow up but I happened to notice the other day that "Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky (From Now On)" by Lee Dorsey is a crafty re-write of "Working in a Coal Mine".
That's probably the most obvious one, but Toussaint and Sehorn recycled licks from "Coalmine" in several other Dorsey sides ("My Old Car" among others).

― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, November 4, 2019 12:34 PM (six days ago) bookmarkflaglink

"sneaking sally thru the alley" comes to mind

― budo jeru, Sunday, November 10, 2019 11:31 AM (four years ago) bookmarkflaglink

And "Bad Luck" by Betty Harris (which I just heard for the first time last night).

...and on a related tip, I always wondered why Toussaint & Sehorn didn't try recycle "Ride Your Pony" with Lee Dorsey the same way they did "Coal Mine"... except they did, on the rarely anthologized flop "Vista, Vista" in '67.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-GPrBin0LI

"panini" by lil nas x absolutely fits this bill

Edwyn Collins, "Girl Like You" > "Keep on Burning"

Panini is forgettable but doesn't sound much like Old Town Road.

Singles that sound exactly the same as the one previous...

true, i missed the conspicuously similar part

You take out the Funkadelic reference in the chorus and Gerardo's 'We Want the Funk' is basically 'Rico Suave'.

I'm now listening to more Lee Dorsey (always a good thing), and "Go-Go Girl" is kind of a "Ride Your Pony"/"Working In The Coalmine" hybrid.

lol, only just realized that Chubby Checker hasn't been invoked once itt. He pretty much made a career out of this.

He is mentioned in the other thread

I mean I don't think song titles like "Let's Twist Again" are exactly conspicuous like people aren't going "hmmm I wonder if this is similar to his first hit, The Twist"

that's exactly what conspicuous means!

Oh, I just thought of one. Went to #23 on the R&B charts in '73, a year after "Why Can't We Live Together"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6_lCi9DQJ4
Timmy Thomas - People are changing (1973)

wouldn't conspicuous mean you're trying to get away with something?