MMMBop

"MMMBop"
Single by Hanson
from the album Middle of Nowhere
B-side"Where's the Love"
ReleasedApril 15, 1997 (1997-04-15)
Recorded
Genre
Length
  • 4:28 (album version)
  • 3:58 (single version)
LabelMercury
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Hanson singles chronology
"MMMBop"
(1997)
"Where's the Love"
(1997)
Audio sample
Music video
"MMMBop" on YouTube

"MMMBop" is a song written and performed by American pop rock band Hanson. It was released on April 15, 1997, as the lead single from their first full-length studio album, Middle of Nowhere (1997). The song was nominated for two Grammys at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards and is the band's most successful single to date. "MMMBop" was a major success worldwide,[1] reaching number one in at least 12 countries, including Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States.

The song was voted the best single of the year in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll, while also topping critics' polls from such media as Rolling Stone, Spin, and VH1, and was ranked number 20 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the 90s", as well as number 98 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the Past 25 Years". In 2023, Hanson released a new version of "MMMBop", entitled "MMMBop 2.0" in collaboration with English pop punk band Busted.

  1. ^ Pingitore, Silvia (May 19, 2022). "From the 1997 world hit MMMBop to 30 years in music: interview with Hanson". The Shortlisted. Retrieved June 27, 2023.