John Popper is a beast. In high school he played the harmonica in the marching band because some of the horn players couldn't play the solos.

Fun fact: This song, like so many other pop songs, is based on the chord progression of Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D from the baroque period.

It's always amused me that this is their most popular song when it's basically making fun of the audience - which exactly proves the point of the song...😂

That was Paul Schaefer from the David letterman show on the fast part. He's actually a very valuable musician that has many accolades under his belt. His resume is very impressive.

This song entirely skewers the music industry and also everything about singular messages.

There's a live video of Blues Traveler playing this song and John Popper focuses all of his attention on a group of kids with physical and mental challenges and it is really heartwarming. They got quite a show.

Funny thing about this song about a hook, it doesn't have a hook.

My 88 year old sister and I love your reactions, especially to Dimash. Is there a reason you have not done his new music video, When I've Got You. You'll get a kick out of it.

Lol...Give us Tom Petty Please!! Peace, Love!!

To me 90's alternative rock is, in my opinion, is perfect road trip music. You don't have to particularly pay attention to them to just groove along. What I like about BT is that they really lean into this medium, but if you so choose to dive deeper, the lyrics are really deep and meaningful. This song, for instance is just a big pun. It's meant highlight the meaningless music that gets by with just a catchy hook. It's an absolutely genius song.

I think "No matter how much Peter loved her. What made the Pan refuse to grow. Is that the Hook brings you back."

So glad you are finally discovering the greatness that is Blues Traveler. This song was written in response to their record company telling them they needed to write a hit. It's written with the same four chords that many pop songs use.

The funny thing about this song is that it's a very catchy song, that's all about how easy it is to make a catchy song. It's very meta. :)

"What made the Pan refuse to grow was that the Hook brings you back" ..... freaking brilliant.

Nothing could be more 90s, than random bands with harmonicas and such. It was the ultimate anything goes music decade. Alternative music was king.

The guy on the couch is Kurt Loder, former MTV V.J.. Paul Schaefer is also in the video(he used to be the musical leader on “The Tonight Show with David Letterman.”

Blues Traveler is criminally underrated. Check out some deeper cuts like Love and Greed, Canadian Rose, or Dropping Some NYC.

This explains this song very well - "Put simply, the song is a sort of satire. A hook is the part of the song that people like; the part that makes you remember the song. Normally it's the chorus, but not always. Lead singer John Popper, who wrote this song, is saying that no matter what you put in a song, if it has a hook people like, you can say whatever you want and people will like the song and buy into it - "It doesn't matter what I say as long as I sing with in-FLEC-tion." He knows that a hit song needs to have a catchy hook, whether or not it takes any talent or emotion. "The hook brings you back" is the hook of the song, so he can say whatever he wants in this part and get away with it."

"Run Around" is also a great hit for John and the band.

One of my favorite songs of all time hands down.