The first record I ever bought
Steps’ Step One. I think I remember there being a B-side and it was made out of chocolate. I feel it was a marketing device: they gave you a chocolate CD. I think it was very weird that sort of 90s, direct-to-kid marketing, like “5, 6, 7, 8” were just the ages of the people that would listen to Steps.
The song that’s my karaoke go-to
Lou Bega. The names of the women that he calls out in Mambo No 5 are really dated, you’re just calling out Gen X ladies. But it’ll come round again. When Gen Z starts having kids then the song will be even more relevant because everyone will be like “Oh my God, Angela! Rita!’. Rita feels like a name that’s gonna come back.
