25 One-Hit Wonders You Probably Haven't Thought About Since Your Childhood, But They Look Good As HECK Today

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Here's what Lou Bega of "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...)" fame looked like back in 1999:

Bega in the "Mambo No. 5" music video
Ariola Records

Here's what Lou Bega looks like today:

Bega during a TV filming in Germany in 2019
Tristar Media / Getty Images

Listen to "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...)" here:

Here's what Natalie Imbruglia of "Torn" fame looked like back in 1997:

Imbruglia in her "Torn" music video
RCA

Here's what Natalie Imbruglia looks like today:

Imbruglia at an entertainment event in London
David M. Benett / Dave Benett / Getty Images

Listen to "Torn" here:

Here's what Sisqó of "Thong Song" fame looked like back in 2000:

Sisqó in his "Thong Song" music video
Def Soul

Here's what Sisqó looks like today:

Sisqó at a gallery exhibition in Los Angeles
Phillip Faraone / Getty Images

Listen to "Thong Song" here:

Here's what Cassie of "Me & U" fame looked like back in 2006:

Cassie in her "Me & U" music video
Next Selection / Bad Boy / Atlantic

Here's what Cassie looks like today:

Listen to "Me & U" here:

Here's what James Blunt of "You're Beautiful" fame looked like back in 2005:

Blunt in his "You're Beautiful" music video
Atlantic Records / Custard

Here's what James Blunt looks like today:

Blunt at a vegan sneaker event in 2021 in London
David M. Benett / Dave Benett / Getty Images for Loci

Listen to "You're Beautiful" here:

Here's what Sean Kingston of "Beautiful Girls" fame looked like back in 2007:

Kingston in the "Beautiful Girls" music video
Epic Records

Here's what Sean Kingston looks like today:

Listen to "Beautiful Girls" here:

Here's what Macy Gray of "I Try" fame looked like back in 1999:

Gray in her "I Try" music video
Epic / Clean Slate

Here's what Macy Gray looks like today:

Gray at the 2022 NBA All-Star Game
Arturo Holmes / Getty Images

Listen to "I Try" here:

Here's what Gavin DeGraw of "I Don't Want to Be" fame looked like back in 2004:

  J Records
J Records

Here's what Gavin DeGraw looks like today:

DeGraw at MusiCares Person of the Year in 2020
Steve Granitz / WireImage / Getty Images

Listen to "I Don't Want to Be" here:

Here's what Estelle of "American Boy" fame looked like back in 2008:

Estelle in her "American Boy" music video
Atlantic / HomeSchool

Here's what Estelle looks like today:

Estelle performing in New York City
Jack Vartoogian / Getty Images

Listen to "American Boy" here:

Here's what Willa Ford of "I Wanna Be Bad" fame looked like back in 2001:

Ford in her "I Wanna Be Bad" music video
Lava / Atlantic

Here's what Willa Ford looks like today:

Ford at a ping pong celebrity tournament in Los Angeles
Michael Tullberg / Getty Images

Listen to "I Wanna Be Bad" here:

Here's what Amerie of "1 Thing" fame looked like back in 2005:

Amerie in her "1 Thing" music video
Columbia

Here's what Amerie looks like today:

Listen to "1 Thing" here:

Here's what Trace Cyrus (Metro Station) of "Shake It" fame looked like back in 2008:

Cyrus in Metro Station's "Shake It" music video
Columbia

Here's what Trace Cyrus from Metro Station looks like today:

Listen to "Shake It" here:

Here's what Linda Perry (4 Non Blondes) of "What's Up?" fame looked like back in 1993:

Perry in 4 Non Blondes' "What's Up?" music video
Interscope

Here's what Linda Perry from 4 Non Blondes looks like today:

Perry at a Hollywood event in 2020
Kurt Krieger - Corbis / Corbis via Getty Images

Listen to "What's Up?" here:

Here's what Sir Mix-a-Lot of "Baby Got Back" fame looked like back in 1992:

Sir Mix-a-Lot in his "Baby Got Back" music video
Def American / Reprise

Here's what Sir Mix-a-Lot looks like today:

Sir Mix-a-Lot performing on stage in California
Scott Dudelson / Getty Images

Listen to "Baby Got Back" here:

Here's what Vanessa Carlton of "A Thousand Miles" fame looked like back in 2002:

Carlton playing piano in her "A Thousand Miles" music video
A&M

Here's what Vanessa Carlton looks like today:

Carlton during a photo shoot for "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical"
Bruce Glikas / Bruce Glikas / WireImage / Getty Images

Listen to "A Thousand Miles" here:

Here's what Tweet of "Oops (Oh My)" fame looked like back in 2002:

Tweet in her "Oops (Oh My)" music video
The Goldmind / Elektra

Here's what Tweet looks like today:

Tweet singing onstage in Tennessee
Jason Kempin / Getty Images

Listen to "Oops (Oh My)" here:

Here's what Eamon of "Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back)" fame looked like back in 2003:

Eamon in his "I Don't Want You Back" music video
Jive

Here's what Eamon looks like today:

Listen to "Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back)" here:

Here's what Afroman of "Because I Got High" fame looked like back in 2001:

Afroman in his "Because I Got High" music video
T-Bones / Universal / Uptown

Here's what Afroman looks like today:

Afroman at an awards show in Los Angeles
Paul Archuleta / FilmMagic / Getty Images

Listen to "Because I Got High" here:

Here's what Nina Sky of "Move Ya Body" fame looked like back in 2004:

Nina Sky in their "Move Ya Body" music video
Universal / Next Plateau

Here's what Nina Sky looks like today:

Nina Sky DJing at the MoMa in New York City
Andrew Toth / Getty Images for MoMA

Listen to "Move Ya Body" here:

Here's what Kevin Lyttle of "Turn Me On" fame looked like back in 2003:

Lyttle in his "Turn Me On" music video
Atlantic

Here's what Kevin Lyttle looks like today:

Lyttle at a Super Bowl After Party in Florida
Johnny Nunez / WireImage / Getty Images

Listen to "Turn Me On" here:

Here's what Lene Nystrøm and René Dif (Aqua) of "Barbie Girl" fame looked like back in 1997:

Nystrøm and Dig in Aqua's "Barbie Girl" music video
Universal / MCA

Here's what Lene Nystrøm and René Dif from Aqua look like today:

Nystrøm and Dif in Melbourne
Sam Tabone / WireImage / Getty Images

Listen to "Barbie Girl" here:

Here's what J-Kwon of "Tipsy" fame looked like back in 2004:

J-Kwon in his "Tipsy" music video
So So Def / Arista

Here's what J-Kwon looks like today:

Listen to "Tipsy" here:

Here's what Ryan Cabrera of "On the Way Down" fame looked like back in 2004:

Cabrera in his "On the Way Down" music video
Atlantic

Here's what Ryan Cabrera looks like today:

Cabrera at a Beverly Hills event
Michael Tran / Getty Images

Listen to "On the Way Down" here:

Here's what the Baha Men of "Who Let the Dogs Out" fame looked like back in 2000:

Baha Men in their "Who Let the Dogs Out" music video
S-Curve

Here's what the Baha Men look like today:

Listen to "Who Let the Dogs Out" here:

And here's what Vitamin C of "Graduation (Friends Forever)" fame looked like back in 2000:

Vitamin C in her "Graduation (Friends Forever)" music video
Elektra

Here's what Vitamin C looks like today:

Vitamin C at the "Hairspray" anniversary screening in California
Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images

Listen to "Graduation (Friends Forever)" here: