These guys are a Danish-Norwegian band, so give it up for Denmark and Norway! They've been active on and off since 1989 and are made up of Lene Nystrøm, René Dif, and Søren Rasted (and Claus Norreen previously). They formed as Joyspeed, signed with a label and promptly left after their first single failed. After that they stated over, changing their name to Aqua, and started their signature bubblegum pop sound. It worked out for them and they were signed again in 1996. Their first two singles became huge, and their debut album was released in 1997. Next they released Barbie Girl (their most known song). I think my favorite fact about this band is the lawsuit that happened over that song where the judge's official ruling was to tell both sides to chill out. This song, was the follow up to that one (at least here). The group went on a hiatus when the lawsuit came around, but then reunited in 2008 doing a bunch of touring and a greatest hits album. They made new music in 2011, and added some people to the band for a bit until taking another hiatus. They came back again in 2016, but Claus didn't because he was kind of over that music type by then. As of this year they have a new single and are touring with Whigfield and Prozzak, so we'll see what happens next.
Now we need a song that reminds us of work. This one if for me because a girl I worked with used to play Aqua from my ipod for the whole shift, and I haven't been able to listen to it since. Sammy went with Locomotion by Little Eva (because any train song makes her laugh now). Will and Anna chose Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye featuring Kimbra, and my grandma picked Heigh Ho from Snow White. My mom decided on Working For The Weekend by Loverboy, which is a pretty generic work song along with my grandma's choice.
Peace.
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