Gerardo - "Rico Suave"

Early -90s rap took on an entirely different tone than that of today.  Let's see: there was a white guy named Robert Van Winkle who we all knew as Vanilla Ice.  "Yo Vanilla, kick it one time, boooooyeee!"  Then, there was the Ecuadorian rapper who went by the name Gerardo.  His "Rico Suave" described the struggles of dating all while teaching us a little Spanish.  It's probably the only rap song I know whose lyrics are in both English and Spanish.

Ace of Base - "Cruel Summer"

Ace of Base is responsible for so many of the songs you hear on the radio today because today's artists grew up hearing to the Swedish Pop group on the radio.  Lady Gaga and Katy Perry are two such artists who credit Ace of Base as an influence on their sound.  As huge as Ace of Base was in the 1990's, the group simply could not sustain the international success they found--let's be real, no one could sustain that sort of worldwide success.  The group's second album after their breakthrough The Sign was Flowers.  Flowers yielded a hit in the form of a remake of Bananarama's pop hit "Cruel Summer".