"
MMMBop" is a song written and performed by the
American pop rock band
Hanson from their 1997 album
Middle of Nowhere. The song was nominated for two
Grammys at the
40th Annual Grammy Awards in February 1998, and is the band's most successful single to date. "MMMBop" was phenomenally successful, especially for a debut single, reaching number one in 27 countries including the
United States, the
United Kingdom,
Germany,
Australia and
Mexico. In the United Kingdom, the song sold 710,000 copies and stayed at number one for 3 weeks. It 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 as #20 on
VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the 90s", as well as #98 on
VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the Past 25 Years".