Episode 15: More Unlikely Hit Son...

Episode 15: More Unlikely Hit Songs - from President Bush rapping about peeing himself, to that baby rapping in French

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This week on WNUT Talk, Brandon brings you five more songs of the least likely, most unexpected songs to ever become hits! We've got the stories behind songs like Jordy's "It's Tough to Be a Baby," Rodney Dangerfield's "Rappin' Rodney," the Crash Test Dummies' "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm," Fresh Bush and the Invisible Man's "Hard Times," and that time Cher duetted with... Beavis and Butt-Head?

How did these songs happen? Why did we go crazy for them? And how the hell did they wind up on the charts? Brandon's telling you about the odds they defied and the heights they reached — and if you missed the first installment, just check out Episode 3 of WNUT Talk!

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