September 18, 1982. I can peg my fascination with music charts to that date. After listening to a local radio station’s countdown of the hits of the summer, I decided to make my own list of favorites (see original list here). I ended up revising it every few days, eventually developing my own charts which I maintained into the ‘90s.
I’ve also projected before and after those lists to create speculative lists of #1 songs for eras not covered by those original charts. You can check out those links here, but this page is focused on the #1 songs that might have been for me in the 2010s.
Click here to see other Dave’s Faves song lists.
2010:
- Jan. 9: Toy Matinee “Blank Page” (3 wks)
- Jan. 30: Eddie Vedder “My City of Ruins” (3 wks)
- Feb. 20: Playing for Change “Biko” (2 wks)
- Mar. 6: Helping Haiti “Everybody Hurts” (2 wks)
- Mar. 20: Sheryl Crow with Kid Rock & Keith Urban “Lean on Me (live)” (4 wks)
- Apr. 17: Band of Horses “Laredo” (3 wks)
- May 8: The National “Bloodbuzz Ohio” (3 wks)
- May 29: Justin Currie “The Fight to Be Human” (3 wks)
- June 19: Michael Franti & Spearhead “The Sound of Sunshine” (4 wks)
- July 17: Eminem with Rihanna “Love the Way You Lie” (3 wks)
- Aug. 7: Mike Massé with Jeff Hall “Africa” (3 wks)
- Aug. 28: John Mellencamp “Easter Eve” (3 wks)
- Sept. 18: John Mellencamp “Save Some Time to Dream” (2 wks)
- Oct. 8: Cee-Lo Green “Fuck You (aka “Forget You”)” (8 wks)
- Nov. 27: Foster the People “Pumped Up Kicks” (3 wks)
- Dec. 18: Chris Difford “Goldfish” (2 wks)
2011:
- Jan. 1: Chris Difford “Like I Did” (3 wks)
- Jan. 22: Chris DIfford “1975” (2 wks)
- Feb 5: Adele “Rolling in the Deep” (7 wks)
- Mar. 26: Sandi Thom “The House of the Rising Sun” (3 wks)
- Apr. 16: Adele “Love Song” (3 wks)
- May 7: The Rainmakers “Like Dogs” (4 wks)
- June 11: The Rainmakers “Last Song of the Evening” (3 wks)
- July 2: Maroon 5 with Christina Aguilera “Moves Like Jagger” (4 wks)
- July 30: Gotye with Kimbra “Somebody That I Used to Know” (8 wks)
- Sept. 24: Keb’ Mo’ “One of These Nights” (2 wks)
- Oct. 8: Grouplove “Tongue Tied” (3 wks)
- Oct. 29: Fun. with Janelle Monáe “We Are Young” (6 wks)
- Dec. 10: Pearl Jam “Mother (live)” (2 wks)
- Dec. 24: Glen Tilbrook with Nine Below “Chat Line Larry” (2 wks)
2012:
- Jan. 7: Of Monsters and Men “Little Talks” (3 wks)
- Jan. 28: Bruce Springsteen “We Take Care of Our Own” (4 wks)
- Feb. 25: Chris Cornell “I Will Always Love You (live)” (4 wks)
- Mar. 24: Jimmy Fallon (as Neil Young) with Bruce Springsteen “Sexy and I Know It (live)” (4 wks)
- Apr. 21: Alabama Shakes “Hold On” (5 wks)
- May 26: Bruce Springsteen “Wrecking Ball” (2 wks)
- June 9: Bruce Springsteen “Rocky Ground” (3 wks)
- June 30: Willie Nelson with Lukas Nelson “Just Breathe” (8 wks)
- Aug. 25: The Lumineers “Ho Hey” (4 wks)
- Sept. 22: Jimmy Fallon (as Neil Young) with Bruce Springsteen “Whip My Hair (live)” (3 wks)
- Oct. 13: Bruce Springsteen “Jack of All Trades” (2 wks)
- Oct. 27: Psy “Gangnam Style” (3 wks)
- Nov. 17: Prince “Rock and Roll Love Affair” (2 wks)
- Dec. 1: Neil Finn “Song of the Lonely Mountain” (4 wks)
- Dec. 29: Heart “Stairway to Heaven (live)” (8 wks)
2013:
- Feb. 23: Pink “Just Give Me a Reason” (4 wks)
- Mar. 23: Bastille “Pompeii” (3 wks)
- Apr. 13: Robin Thicke with T.I. & Pharrell Williams “Blurred Lines” (6 wks)
- May 25: Jacob Moon “Kayleigh” / “Lavender” (live) (2 wks)
- June 8: Lorde “Royals” (4 wks)
- July 6: Grouplove “Ways to Go” (4 wks)
- Aug. 3: Justin Currie “Every Song’s the Same” (3 wks)
- Aug. 24: Sting “Practical Arrangement” (2 wks)
- Sept. 7: Michael Franti & Spearhead “Life Is Better with You” (4 wks)
- Oct. 5: Tears for Fears “Ready to Start” (3 wks)
- Oct. 26: Fiona Apple “Pure Imagination” (3 wks)
- Nov. 16: Hozier “Take Me to Church” (3 wks)
- Dec. 7: Pearl Jam “Sirens” (4 wks)
2014:
- Jan. 4: Kacey Musgraves “Follow Your Arrow” (3 wks)
- Jan. 25: Florida State University AcaBelles “Royals (live)” (2 wks)
- Feb. 8: Lorde “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” (1 wk)
- Feb. 15: Pharrell Williams “Happy” (5 wks)
- Mar. 22: U2 “Ordinary Love” (2 wks)
- Apr. 5: Bruce Springsteen “Don’t Change (live)” (1 wk)
- Apr. 12: Bruce Springsteen “Stayin’ Alive (live)” (1 wk)
- Apr. 19: Bruce Springsteen “Royals (live)” (1 wk)
- Apr. 26: Tegan & Sara with the Lonely Island “Everything Is Awesome!!!” (2 wks)
- May 10: Glenn Tilbrook “Ice Cream” (2 wks)
- May 24: Bruce Springsteen “Jump (live)” (1 wk)
- May 31: Keb’ Mo’ “Old Me Better” (2 wks)
- June 14: Sturgill Simpson “The Promise” (7 wks)
- Aug. 2: The War on Drugs “Under the Pressure” (8 wks)
- Sept. 27: Spoon “Do You” (3 wks)
- Oct. 18: Melissa Etheridge “What Are You Waiting For?” (3 wks)
- Nov. 8: New Pornographers “Dancehall Domine” (3 wks)
- Nov. 29: Pink Floyd “Louder Than Words” (4 wks)
- Dec. 27: Marc Ronson & Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!” (5 wks)
2015:
- Jan. 31: Simple Minds “Let the Day Begin” (2 wks)
- Feb. 14: Alabama Shakes “Don’t Wanna Fight” (3 wks)
- Mar. 7: X Ambassadors “Renegades” (4 wks)
- Apr. 4: Wiz Khalifa & Charlie Puth “See You Again” (5 wks)
- May 9: Faith No More “Superhero” (2 wks)
- May 23: Courtney Barnett “Dead Fox” (4 wks)
- June 20: The Rainmakers “America” (2 wks)
- July 4: Michael Franti & Spearhead with Sonna Rele “Once a Day” (7 wks)
- Aug. 22: Kacey Musgraves “Family Is Family” (2 wks)
- Sept. 5: Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats “Son of a Bitch” (8 wks)
- Oct. 31: Lukas Graham “7 Years” (4 wks)
- Nov. 28: David Bowie “Blackstar” (2 wks)
- Dec. 12: Disturbed “The Sounds of Silence” (8 wks)
2016:
- Feb. 6: Charles Bradley “Changes” (4 wks)
- Mar. 5: David Bowie “Lazarus” (3 wks)
- Mar. 26: Bruce Springsteen “Rebel Rebel (live)” (1 wk)
- Apr. 2: Bruce Springsteen” Take It Easy (live)” (2 wks)
- Apr. 16: Sturgill Simpson “In Bloom” (8 wks)
- June 11: Bruce Springsteen “Purple Rain (live)” (2 wks)
- June 25: Paul Simon “Wristband” (3 wks)
- July 16: Justin Timberlake “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” (3 wks)
- Aug. 6: Chris Cornell “Nothing Compares 2 U (live)” (4 wks)
- Sept. 3: Peter Gabriel “I’m Amazing” (2 wks)
- Sept. 17: k.d. lang, Neko Case, & Laura Veirs “Atomic Number” (4 wks)
- Oct. 15: Shovels & Rope “I Know” (5 wks)
- Dec. 3: Artists of Then, Now & Forever “Forever Country” (4 wks)
- Dec. 31: LP “Lost on You” (5 wks)
2017:
- Feb. 4: John Mellencamp “Easy Target” (3 wks)
- Feb. 25: Arcade Fire with Mavis Staples “I Give You Power” (3 wks)
- Mar. 18: Bruce Springsteen “I’ll Stand by You” (5 wks)
- Apr. 22: Joe Grushecky & the Houserockers with Bruce Springsteen “That’s What Makes Us Great” (5 wks)
- May 27: Roger Waters “Smell the Roses” (3 wks)
- June 17: The XX “I Dare You” (5 wks)
- July 22: Roger Waters “Déjà Vu” (4 wks)
- Aug. 19: Justin Currie “Hey Polly” (4 wks)
- Sept. 16: Cage the Elephant “Whole Wide World” (2 wks)
- Sept. 30: Beck “Up All Night” (4 wks)
- Oct. 28: Kurt Vile & Courtney Barnett “Over Everything” (3 wks)
- Nov. 18: Keale Settle & the Greatest Showman Ensemble “This Is Me” (7 wks)
2018:
- Jan. 6: Brandi Carlile “The Joke” (4 wks)
- Feb. 3: Phoebe Bridgers “Motion Sickness” (3 wks)
- Feb. 24: Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit “If We Were Vampires” (5 wks)
- Mar. 31: Janelle Monáe “Make Me Feel” (7 wks)
- May 19: Brandi Carlile “The Mother” (2 wks)
- June 2: Weezer “Africa” (4 wks)
- June 30: Maroon 5 with Cardi B “Girls Like You” (6 wks)
- Aug. 11: Neko Case “Last Lion of Albion” (3 wks)
- Sept. 1: Kacey Musgraves “Kansas City Star” (5 wks)
- Oct. 6: Hozier with Mavis Staples “Nina Cried Power” (3 wks)
- Oct. 27: Lady Gaga with Bradley Cooper “Shallow” (6 wks)
- Dec. 8: Una Walkenhorst & Bob Walkenhorst “For Tomorrow” (3 wks)
- Dec. 29: Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road” (7 wks)
2019:
- Feb. 16: Michael Franti & Spearhead “This World Is So Fucked Up But I Ain't Ever Givin' Up on It” (4 wks)
- Mar. 16: Michael Franti & Spearhead “You’re Number One” (3 wks)
- Apr. 6: AJR “Birthday Party” (4 wks)
- May 4: Sheryl Crow & Johnny Cash “Redemption Day” (7 wks)
- June 22: Bruce Springsteen “Hello Sunshine” (3 wks)
- July 13: Alan Parsons “As Lights Fall” (3 wks)
- Aug. 3: Bruce Springsteen “Sundown” (4 wks)
- Aug. 31: Keb’ Mo’ “This Is My Home” (7 wks)
- Oct. 19: Brittany Howard “Stay High” (3 wks)
- Nov. 9: The Who “All This Music Must Fade” (4 wks)
- Dec. 7: The Weeknd “Blinding Lights” (8 wks)
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First posted 5/1/2020; last updated 2/22/2024. |
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