The 1997 song topped the charts in over 17 countries, but few registered the existential crisis in its lyrics.

If you were around in 1997, you simply could not miss it: "MMMBop" was everywhere. The song, off Hanson's debut "Middle of Nowhere," helped sell more than 10 million albums, and knocked the Notorious ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Isaac, Taylor and Zac Hanson reflected on making the chart-topping single in PEOPLE's new video series, 'My Side' In the inaugural ...

The Beach Boys inspired Hanson’s “MMMBop” after Hanson members stumbled upon Beach Boys songs. Hanson’s Zac Hanson explained the meaning of the track. Hanson’s “MMMBop” became a massive hit in the ...

The Tulsa band Hanson has teamed up with the English pop-punk band Busted for a new version of ‘MMMBop.’ The song comes ahead of Busted’s upcoming UK and Ireland tour which Hanson will be joining ...

‘I’m surprised more people weren’t worried about us when you look at the things we were writing at that age’: (from left) Taylor, Zac and Isaac Hanson in 1997 (Roger Sargent/Shutterstock) When “MMMBop ...

If you were a tween or teen in the late-90s, we’ve got news for you: You’ve been singing the Hanson classic “MMMBop” wrong for 20 years. Yes, all of you have been singing it wrong. At least, that was ...

Taylor Hanson: "MMMBop" started as a background part. We made an [indie] album called Boomerang and we were working on another song and looking for a background part, and that background part later ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Was it stupid or ...

If you were anything like I was circa 1998, you’ll have had an embarrassing number of Hanson friendship bracelets, a copy of Hanson: Tulsa, Tokyo And The Middle Of Nowhere on VHS, and the Snowed In ...

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 12:(L-R) Zac Hanson, Taylor Hanson and Isaac Hanson of the band Hanson visit "U&A" at Music Choice on April 12, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images) ...