Can't help but comment that the song Honey Bee by Tom Petty is an absolute banger as well.

This might be the first time I've heard Tom Petty and banger in the same sentence. People tending to use banger this way tend to not be Tom Petty fans. Nothing wrong with crossing over, but it was a shock to the system.

My first thought wasn't so classy, it was this banger from Billie Piper:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtT4MWzohRY

She was just barely 16 in 1998 when that was released, if you can believe that. Turns out we were born the same week!

She was one of those you totally expected to disappear after a month. Glad she managed to pull through and have a decent career.

Never heard it before, but just listened to it and we both enjoyed: so thanks! (Also, what a killjoy whoever downvoted my above comment is!)

Isn't it funny how pet names evolve like that? My household has numerous that require multiple steps to get to their origin if you want to explain them to someone unfamiliar.