
‘Ice Ice Baby’ by Vanilla Ice
The year 1990 saw Ice Ice Baby hit the charts. No one seemed to care how annoying or horrendous the song was, or that it was a rip-off of Under Pressure by Queen. Freddie Mercury heard the song, and in an interview with his assistant Peter Freestone, he said, “He carried on eating his breakfast and suddenly stopped, frowning. I thought there was a problem with his food but he said ‘no.’ He started listening intently and couldn’t believe his ears. He was smiling when he said that he couldn’t believe what he was hearing … a blatant ripoff.”
Nothing will ever come close to Under Pressure, so Ice Ice Baby needs to stop trying, though Vanilla Ice claims the song wasn’t a ripoff (via Ultimate Classic Rock). Either way, it was a huge hit that launched Ice to superstardom in the early ’90s, but today it’s just annoying.