OMC - How Bizarre
Lead singer Pauly Fuemana was a gang member in Auckland, New Zealand before achieving pop immortality with this song. He received his musical training in a New Zealand juvenile prison. Pauly Fuemana died after suffering from an illness for several months on January 31, 2010, aged 40.
OMC stands for Otara Millionaires Club, after the neighborhood in Auckland where Fuemana grew up. It's a somewhat fanciful name, as the Auckland suburb of Otara is a ghetto/slum.
This reached #1 in 8 different countries. The first of which was New Zealand in early 1996. Others include Australia, Canada, and the US.
The album How Bizarre didn't get released until 1997, over a year after the single was first released, because they had not completed the remaining tracks.
Despite being a big radio hit, topping the Airplay/Radio Songs, the song did not enter the Billboard Hot 100. The reason being it was released as a radio-only promo single, and was thus ineligible to chart on the Hot 100 according to rules in place at the time.
The other influential musical presence on this album is producer Alan Jansson whose only major credit is this song, which he co-wrote.
The song won the award for "Single of the Year" at the 1996 New Zealand Music Awards.
The lyrics:
Brother Pele's in the back
Sweet Seena's in the front
Cruising down the freeway
In the hot, hot sun
Suddenly red blue lights
Flash us from behind
Loud voice
"all will please step out onto the line"
Pele breathes words of comfort
Seena just hides her eyes
Policeman taps his shades
Is that a Chevy 69?
How bizarre
How bizarre
How bizarre
Destination unknown
As we pull in for some gas
A freshly pasted poster
Reveals a smile from the pack
Elephants and acrobats,
Lions next monkey
Pele speaks righteous
Sister Seena says funky
How bizarre
How bizarre
How bizarre
Ooh baby, (ooh baby)
It's making me crazy, (it's making me crazy)
Everytime I look around (I look around)
Everytime I look around
Everytime I look around
Everytime I look around
It's in my face
Ringmaster steps up
Says the elephants left town
People jump and jive
And the clowns inch back around
T.V. news and cameras
There's choppers in the sky
Marines, police, reporters
Ask the where, for and why
Pele yells "we're outta here"
Seena says "right on"
Make your moves and starting grooves
Before they knew we're gone
Jump into the Chevy
Headed for big lights,
Want to know the rest
Hey, buy the rights,
How bizarre
How bizarre
How bizarre
Ooh baby, (ooh baby)
It's making me crazy, (it's making me crazy)
Everytime I look around (I look around)
Everytime I look around
Everytime I look around
Everytime I look around
It's in my face
It's in my face
Ooh baby, (ooh baby)
It's making me crazy, (it's making me crazy)
Everytime I look around (I look around)
Everytime I look around
Everytime I look around
Everytime I look around
It's in my face
Ooh baby, (ooh baby)
It's making me crazy, (it's making me crazy)
Everytime I look around (I look around)
Everytime I look around (I look around)
Everytime I look around
It's in my face
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