Song · OMC
“How Bizarre” by OMC
Released 1996
“How Bizarre” by OMC appears on 12 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 1996 and 2025. It was first released in 1996. Its best result is #23 on the Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #94 alternative song of 1997 and #6,912 alternative song of all time.
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New Zealand's OMC slipped "How Bizarre" out in December 1995 through Huh! and Polydor, the first single from what would be their only album, also called How Bizarre, and it ended up at number one in five countries: New Zealand, Australia, Austria, Canada and Ireland. Frontman Pauly Fuemana wrote and produced it with Alan Jansson, and it's a pop-rap shrug of a song, loose and grinning, the kind of tune that sounds cooked up on a lazy afternoon and never meant to leave the neighbourhood.
It left anyway. Lee Baker's video parked the group in a Chevrolet Impala, the song reached number four on Billboard's Hot 100 Airplay chart in the States, and it was named Single of the Year at the 1996 New Zealand Music Awards. Abroad, OMC stayed a one-hit wonder; at home, "On the Run" and "Land of Plenty" kept them going.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 78 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1996 | 100 |
| 1997 | 106.7 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1997 | 107 |
| 1997 | 93 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997 | 105 |
| 1997 | 23 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997 | 101 |
| 1997 | 69 | X103.9 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA | X103.9 Top 103.9 Songs of 1997 | 104 |
| 1997 | 39 | KNRK Portland, OR | KNRK Top 94 Songs of 1997 | 94 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 885 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 2022 | 637 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
| 2023 | 366 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
| 2024 | 793 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
| 2025 | 343 | WFPK | WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s | 500 |
| 2025 | 514 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs | 800 |
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