(Dis)Honorebel Mention
Big Mountain, “Baby I Love Your Way”
A proper roll call of reggae/dancehall one-hit wonders is too lengthy to ponder, but we thought this one deserved a special mention. We’re still not quite sure what it was about this version of Peter Frampton’s ’70s schmaltz ballad “Baby, I Love Your Way” that the American (and British!) masses connected with (as opposed to the numerous other schmaltzy reggae covers that have been hoisted on its collective earspace) in 1994. But in an era that was defined by artists with inexplicably popular one-off hits (Remember this one?), this is one of the most inexplicable, if only for its overwhelming mundaneness.