HitClips is a small, palm-sized digital audio player created by Tiger Electronics in 1999. It wasn’t known for its advanced quality. HitClips played low-fi, one minute clips of popular 90s songs. It was promoted by McDonalds, Disney Radio, and Lunchables. Because of its access to songs by artists like *N SYNC and Britney Spears, HitClips was a massive economic success, making Tiger Electronics approximately $80 million in 1999.
Despite its economic success, HitClips was met with mixed and poor reviews. Many saw it as a waste of money given that you could only listen to a minute of music that was exceptionally difficult to hear. Still, many kids owned HitClip, and there was a time when you couldn’t step into someone’s room without stepping on a misplaced clip.
Below are some clips you could buy from 1999-2002:
A*Teens – Dancing Queen
Backstreet Boys – Shape of My Heart
Backstreet Boys – Larger Than Life
Baha Men – Who Let the Dogs Out (2)
Michelle Branch – Everywhere
Aaron Carter – Aaron’s Party
Aaron Carter – I Want Candy
Otis Day and the Knights – Shout
Destiny’s Child – Survivor
Destiny’s Child – Independent Women
Dream – He Loves U Not
Dream – This is Me
Dreamstreet – It Happens Every Time
Dreamstreet – Gotta Get the Girl
Hanson – If Only
Faith Hill – Breathe
Faith Hill – This Kiss
Faith Hill – The way You Love Me
Hoku – Another Dumb Blonde
Hoku – How Do I Feel
The Kingsmen – Louie Louie
M2M – Mirror Mirror
Manfred Mann – Do Wah Diddy Diddy
‘N Sync – Bringin’ da Noise
‘N Sync – Bye Bye Bye
O-Town – All or Nothing
O-Town – Baby I Would
O-Town – We Fit Together
Pink – There You Go
Pink – Most Girls
S Club 7 – Natural
Sammie – I Like It
Smashmouth – All Star
Soul Decision – Ooh It’s Kinda Crazy
Britney Spears – Baby One More Time
Britney Spears – Oops! …I Did it Again
Britney Spears – You Drive Me Crazy
Sugar Ray – Answer the Phone
Sugar Ray – Someday (2)
Sugar Ray – When It’s Over
Technotronic – Pump Up the Jam
Tik N Tak – Upside Down
The Troggs – Wild Thing
Krystal Harris – Supergirl
via 90sbabiesonly.com
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