Editing MMMBop (section)

==Background and composition==
The song "MMMBop" originally appeared on Hanson's 1996 independent album ''[[MMMBop (album)|MMMBop]]'' with a slower tempo, but was reworked as an upbeat [[Pop music|pop]] track by producers [[the Dust Brothers]]. This became the hit version. In an August 2004 interview with [[Songfacts]], Zac Hanson explained the song's origins:

{{blockquote|That song started out really as the background part for another song. We were making our first independent album and we were trying to come up with a background part. We started singing a slightly different incarnation of what is now the chorus of "MMMbop". That sort of stuck in our heads and never really worked as a background part, and over a couple of years, that piece really has stuck in our heads and we really crafted the rest of the song – the verses and bridge and so on.

What that song talks about is, you've got to hold on to the things that really matter. "MMMbop" represents a frame of time or the futility of life. Things are going to be gone, whether it's your age and your youth, or maybe the money you have, or whatever it is, and all that's going to be left are the people you've nurtured and have really built to be your backbone and your support system.

They [the lyrics] weren't inspired by one artist in particular. The first music that we got into was '50s and '60s music. If anything, "MMMbop" was inspired by [[The Beach Boys]] and vocal groups of that era – using your voice as almost a [[doo-wop]] kind of thing. It was something we almost stumbled upon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/zac_hanson/|title=Zac Hanson: Songwriter Interviews|website=Songfacts|access-date=January 30, 2018}}</ref>}}

"MMMBop" is written and composed in the [[Key (music)|key]] of [[A major]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0206241|title=MMMBop|last1=Taylor|first1=Hanson|last2=Isaac|first2=Hanson|last3=Zachary|first3=Hanson|website=Musicnotes.com|date=January 13, 2020|access-date=May 26, 2021}}</ref>