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I love the song "Supersonic "by JJ Fad, but when I tell people about JJ Fad, they always say they've never heard of them.

LIES.

You know that if you were in the roller skatin' rink in the 80's, then you have heard JJ Fad.

First of all, you've heard "Supersonic."

Ok, but they have another good song, too, "The Cars that Go Boom."

Of course, I'm sure many of you are still scratching your head and lying to yourself about how pervasive JJ Fad is in your life.

Here's a couple of other allusions:

- Fergie remade "Supersonic" into that song "Fergalicious."

- Missy Elliot references JJ Fad in her song "Gossip Folks." She says, "You think I ain't know y'all broke-down Milli Vanilli JJ Fad wannabes ain't over here gossipin' bout me?"

Update: I just realized that the video doesn't contain the line I reference above. You need the album version to hear it, I guess.

- Gwen Stefani makes reference to "The Cars that Go Boom" in her song "Wind It Up" She says, "I guess that they are slow, so they should leave the room/ This beat is for the clubs, and cars that go--"