History Music / Hanson

Hanson is a {{Pop}} band from TheNineties, made up of Jordan Taylor Hanson, lead vocalist and keyboardist; Clarke Isaac Hanson, the guitarist, and Zachary Walker Hanson, the drummer. They produced their first albums, ''Boomerang'' and ''[=MMMBop=]'' (on which the title track and Hanson's most famous song would first appear), in 1995 and 1996. After playing their song "[=MMMBop=]" for a guy at Creator/MercuryRecords, they eventually released their first well-known album, ''Middle of Nowhere'', in 1997. The upbeat, catchy signature track, "[=MMMBop=]", won the hearts of many girls... [[DudeLooksLikeALady and male fans who thought they were girls]]. However, despite many compilation albums, Hanson and "[=MMMBop=]" became a distant memory among the general public in a few years.

The trio returned in the 2000s with a new style that was a little DarkerAndEdgier than the poppy image that made ''Middle of Nowhere'' successful. After a set of record company mergers that dissolved their previous label, the trio found themselves signed with Island Def Jam. Conflict and delays in recording their third major album ''Underneath'' ended with them departing from the record company and forming their own record label, 3CG. There was a documentary made about the entire thing entitled ''Strong Enough to Break''.

Hanson created Take The Walk in the late 2000s, a charity to help fight poverty and AIDS in Africa. Basically, you walked a mile in no shoes. They also created the album ''The Walk'' in 2007. In 2010, they made the album ''Shout it Out'', which is a [[LighterAndSofter little more upbeat]] than their last few albums.

* LongRunnerLineUp: Hanson is still together, 20 years later.

-->--'''Taylor Hanson'''

* {{Mondegreen}}: "Tragic Symphony" comes from Zac mishearing the line "trap you set for me." They then decided that was "pretty effing awesome."

* ParodyAssistance: Taylor played the piano on "If That Isn't Love", the Music/WeirdAlYankovic song spoofing them.

* MassiveNumberedSiblings: They're the three oldest of seven children. Taylor and his wife have six, with a seventh due in December 2020.

* ChristmasSongs: ''Snowed In''

* BandOfRelatives: All three are brothers.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Why they left Island Def Jam Records, as mentioned above.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The band wrote eighty songs in the process of making ''Underneath''. Only fourteen found their way to the album. Some have since appeared on later albums and fanclub [=EPs=], but many are still unaccounted for. Also the song "Breaktown" was considered for ''This Time Around'', ''Underneath'', AND ''The Walk'', but has yet to appear on any album.

* {{Homage}}: The video for "Thinking 'Bout Somethin'" is a near shot for shot recreation of the "Shake A Tail Feather" scene from TheBluesBrothers.
** Not the first or the last one of those either, as they're very fond of playing both "Shake a Tail Feather" and "Gimme some lovin'" in live shows.

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Hanson is a {{Pop}} band from TheNineties, made up of Jordan Taylor Hanson, lead vocalist and keyboardist; Clarke Isaac Hanson, the guitarist, and Zachary Walker Hanson, the drummer. They produced their first albums, ''Boomerang'' and ''[=MMMBop=]'' (on which the title track and Hanson's most famous song would first appear), in 1995 and 1996. After playing their song "[=MMMBop=]" for a guy at Mercury Records, they eventually released their first well-known album, ''Middle of Nowhere'', in 1997. The upbeat, catchy signature track, "[=MMMBop=]", won the hearts of many girls... [[DudeLooksLikeALady and male fans who thought they were girls]]. However, despite many compilation albums, Hanson and "[=MMMBop=]" became a distant memory among the general public in a few years.

->The first music you really fall in love with is more than just music. It’s something that clicks in you beyond the song, it’s a message or image that causes you to jump in and not let go.
-->--Taylor Hanson

* AprilFoolsDay: 2011 had [[http://www.shockhound.com/features/1743-shockhound-exclusive--hanson-making-album-of-slipknot-covers ShockHound]] [[http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1661142/april-fools-day-hanson-slipknot.jhtml claiming]] that Hanson would record a {{Slipknot}} tribute album, accompanied with video of Hanson performing the song "Wait and Bleed".

* SongOfSongTitles: Three of them. "Been There Before" contains lines referring to the OtisRedding song "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay" and JohnnyCash's version of "Swing Low Sweet Chariot". "Penny and Me" contains the lines: ''singing along to "Feelin' Alright"/ we're making it by in the [[Music/NickDrake pink moonlight]].'' "Thinking 'Bout Somethin'" contains the lines: ''you're [[Music/TheTemptations not too proud to beg]]/ I can give you some [[Music/ArethaFranklin Respect]].''

* SongOfSongTitles: Three of them. "Been There Before" contains lines referring to the OtisRedding song "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay" and JohnnyCash's version of "Swing Low Sweet Chariot". "Penny and Me" contains the lines: ''singing along to "Feelin' Alright"/ we're making it by in the [[NickDrake pink moonlight]].'' "Thinking 'Bout Somethin'" contains the lines: ''you're [[TheTemptations not too proud to beg]]/ I can give you some [[ArethaFranklin Respect]].''

* GriefSong: "With You In Your Dreams" was written after their grandmother died

* [[PrettyBoy Pretty Boys]]: Especially Taylor.

* [[HotDad Hot Dads]]

* ExecutiveMeddling: Why they left Island Def Jam Records.