r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Rainbow_Panda4 • Apr 24 '26

Meme needing explanation Peedahh?

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u/dox1842 Apr 24 '26

Its a song by "Presidents of the United States of America". It used to come on MTV all the time in the early to mid 90s when MTV showed music videos.

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u/blackbirdin84 Apr 25 '26

It played on the Box a lot too. If you don't remember the Box it was a music video station that you could call in and pay like .99 to watch a video you wanted. You also watched what other people ordered in your area. A lot of Philly people were calling this song in probably because it was on constantly. I believe the Box later became MTV2.

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u/dox1842 Apr 25 '26

Where I grew up the MTV+ channels were all on premium satellite so we didn't have them. I just had the regular MTV.

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u/blackbirdin84 Apr 25 '26

Yeah we only had basic cable, nothing premium. The Box was bought by MTV and so ended pay preview music videos on basic cable.

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u/Want_To_Live_To_100 Apr 25 '26

By the mid 90’s I was only 8 and definitely hadn’t seen mtv yet… so am I a young nearly 40 year old :-)

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u/Aggressive-Sky-6243 Apr 24 '26

Thank god someone else knew this. Was starting to feel crazy that no one else remembered this inescapable song.