3 One-Hit Wonder Lyrics From 1991 That Every 90s Kid Remembers

The article recalls three songs from 1991 whose lyrics remain associated with 1990s popular music. It links the tracks to different stories: a songwriter’s search for inspiration, an aspiring rapper’s chart success and a song drawing on the life of an earlier film star.

Marc Cohn wrote “Walking in Memphis” after visiting Tennessee while doubting his songwriting ability. Marky Mark’s “Good Vibrations”, released on his first album, reached No. 1 in the US, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland; Mark Wahlberg later said he could still remember its lyrics. Siouxsie and the Banshees’ “Kiss Them for Me” refers to Jayne Mansfield, including the car crash that killed her, and became the band’s most successful US single and its last to chart on the Billboard Hot 100.