Showing posts with label Call Me Maybe. Show all posts
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Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Music VF: Songs of the Year, 1900-2025

Music VF:

Songs of the Year, 1900-2025

Music VF is an online database of more than 120,000 U.S. and UK chart hits. One can search for top songs and artists by year and by decade. Here are the top songs of each year according to Music VF:

Check out other “songs of the year” lists here.

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First posted 4/8/2019; last updated 12/31/2025.

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Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Australia: Songs of the Year, 1950-2024

Australia:

Sogs of the Year, 1950-2024

The top songs from 1988 on are based on the Australian (ARIA) charts’ actual year-end lists (link at bottom of page). Year-end #1 songs prior to 1988 are based on which song had the most weeks at #1 that year.

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First posted 4/24/2020; last updated 2/5/2025.

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Sunday, October 16, 2022

Earworms: Top 100 Songs

Earworms:

Top 100 Songs

The term “earworm” refers to a song which gets stuck in one’s head. It may be a song that has been overplayed to the point of being an annoying nuisance. It may be a song that is just so catchy that one can’t stop humming it. Sometimes a song manages to be both at once.

More than 80 lists were aggregated to create this list. The majority were focused on songs which were considered annoying (51) while the others were lists specifically where songs were identified as earworms or catchy.

Click here to see other genre-specific song lists.

1. The Baha Men “Who Let the Dogs Out?” (2000)
2. Aqua “Barbie Girl” (1997)
3. Los Del Rio “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)” (1995)
4. Hanson “Mmmbop” (1997)
5. Carly Rae Jepsen “Call Me Maybe” (2011)
6. Spice Girls “Wannabe” (1996)
7. Black Eyed Peas “My Humps” (2005)
8. Lou Bega “Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of…)” (1999)
9. Psy “Gangnam Style” (2012)
10. Justin Bieber with Ludacris “Baby” (2010)

11. Billy Ray Cyrus “Achy Breaky Heart” (1992)
12. Eiffel 65 “Blue (Da Ba Dee)” (1999)
13. Rebecca Black “Friday” (2011)
14. Rednex “Cotton Eye Joe” (1994)
15. Pharrell Williams “Happy” (2013)
16. Chumbawamba “Tubthumping” (1997)
17. Crazy Frog “Axel F” (2005)
18. James Blunt “You’re Beautiful” (2005)
19. Starship “We Built This City” (1985)
20. Europe “The Final Countdown” (1986)

21. Idina Menzel “Let It Go” (2013)
22. Village People “Y.M.C.A.” (1978)
23. Toni Basil “Mickey” (1981)
24. Journey “Don’t Stop Believin’” (1981)
25. Nickelback “Photograph” (2005)
26. Rick Astley “Never Gonna Give You Up” (1987)
27. Marc Ronson & Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!” (2014)
28. Ylvis “The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)” (2013)
29. Meghan Trainor “All About That Bass” (2014)
30. Lady Gaga “Poker Face” (2008)

31. Bobby McFerrin “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” (1988)
32. Celine Dion “My Heart Will Go On” (1997)
33. Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody” (1975)
34. The Proclaimers “I’m Gonna Be 500 Miles” (1988)
35. Beyoncé “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” (2008)
36. Taylor Swift “Shake It Off” (2014)
37. The Disneyland Boys Choir “It’s a Small World After All” (1964)
38. Culture Club “Karma Chameleon” (1983)
39. Pinkfong! “Baby Shark” (2016)
40. Wham! “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” (1984)

41. Vanilla Ice “Ice Ice Baby” (1990)
42. Sisqó “Thong Song” (2000)
43. Right Said Fred “I’m Too Sexy” (1991)
44. Bon Jovi “Livin’ on a Prayer” (1986)
45. Gwen Stefani “Hollaback Girl” (2004)
46. Cher “Believe” (1998)
47. OutKast “Hey Ya!” (2003)
48. Miley Cyrus “Party in the U.S.A.” (2009)
49. Willow Smith “Whip My Hair” (2010)
50. Britney Spears “Baby One More Time” (1998)

51. Ricky Martin “Livin’ La Vida Loca” (1999)
52. Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee “Despacito” (2017)
53. Queen “We Are the Champions” (1977)
54. Michael Jackson “Beat It” (1982)
55. Barney “I Love You” (1992)
56. Las Ketchup “The Ketchup Song (Asereié)” (2002)
57. Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” (1982)
58. Queen “We Will Rock You” (1977)
59. OMI “Cheerleader (Felx Jaehn remix)” (2014)
60. Paul Anka with Odia Coates “You’re Having My Baby” (1974)

61. Silentó “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” (2015)
62. Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots “Disco Duck” (1976)
63. Starland Vocal Band “Afternoon Delight” (1976)
64. Survivor “Eye of the Tiger” (1982)
65. Oasis “Wonderwall” (1995)
66. Shari Lewis “The Song That Never Ends” (1968)
67. Smash Mouth “All Star” (1999)
68. Kylie Minogue “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” (2001)
69. The Beatles “Yellow Submarine” (1966)
70. Daft Punk with Pharrell Williams “Get Lucky” (2013)

71. O-Zone “Dragostea Din Tei” (2004)
72. The B-52’s “Love Shack” (1989)
73. Soulja Boy Tell’em “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” (2007)
74. USA for Africa “We Are the World” (1985)
75. LMFAO with Lauren Bennett & GoonRock “Party Rock Anthem” (2011)
76. The Ting Tings “That’s Not My Name” (2008)
77. Rocky Horror Picture Show “The Time Warp” (1973)
78. Tag Team “Whoomp! (There It Is)” (1993)
79. Haddaway “What Is Love?” (1993)
80. Mariah Carey “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (1994)

81. Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road” (2018)
82. The Venga Boys “We Like to Party!” (1999)
83. Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You” (1992)
84. Piko-Taro “PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen)” (2016)
85. Crash Test Dummies “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm” (1993)
86. Hampton the Hampster “Hamster Dance” (2000)
87. Gloria Gaynor “I Will Survive” (1978)
88. The Muppets “Mahna Mahna” (1993)
89. Gummibär “I’m a Gummy Bear (The Gummy Bear Song)” (2007)
90. The Tokens “The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)” (1961)

91. Lipps Inc. “Funkytown” (1979)
92. Lady Gaga “Bad Romance” (2009)
93. Rihanna with Jay-Z “Umbrella” (2007)
94. Lorde “Royals” (2013)
95. One Direction “What Makes You Beautiful” (2011)
96. Tones and I “Dance Monkey” (2019)
97. 4 Non Blondes “What’s Up?” (1993)
98. Neil Diamond “Sweet Caroline” (1969)
99. Guns N’ Roses “Sweet Child O’ Mine” (1987)
100. Morris Albert “Feelings” (1975)

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First posted 10/16/2022.

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Tuesday, December 31, 2019

The Top 100 Songs from 2010-2019

Top 100 Songs of the Decade:

2010-2019

These are the top 100 songs from 2010-2019 according to Dave’s Music Database. Rankings are figured by combining sales figures, chart data, radio airplay, video airplay, streaming figures, awards, and appearances on best-of lists.

Check out other “songs of the decade” lists here.

1. Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!” (2014)
2. Adele “Rolling in the Deep” (2010)
3. Ed Sheeran “Shape of You” (2017)
4. Pharrell Williams “Happy” (2013)
5. Gotye with Kimbra “Somebody That I Used to Know” (2011)
6. Luis Fonsi with Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber “Despacito” (2017)
7. Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road” (2018)
8. Carly Rae Jepsen “Call Me Maybe” (2011)
9. The Weeknd “Blinding Lights” (2019)
10. Robin Thicke with T.I. & Pharrell Williams “Blurred Lines” (2013)

11. Adele “Someone Like You” (2011)
12. LMFAO with Lauren Bennett & GoonRock “Party Rock Anthem” (1/25/2011)
13. Taylor Swift “Shake It Off” (2014)
14. Wiz Khalifa with Charlie Puth “See You Again” (2015)
15. Rihanna with Calvin Harris “We Found Love” (2011)
16. Ed Sheeran “Thinking Out Loud” (2014)
17. Ed Sheeran with Beyoncé “Perfect” (2017)
18. Lorde “Royals” (2013)
19. Adele “Hello” (2015)
20. Eminem with Rihanna “Love the Way You Lie” (2010)

21. Bruno Mars “Just the Way You Are (Amazing)” (2010)
22. Maroon 5 with Christina Aguilera “Moves Like Jagger” (2011)
23. John Legend “All of Me” (2013)
24. The Chainsmokers with Halsey “Closer” (2016)
25. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Wanz “Thrift Shop” (2012)
26. Psy “Gangnam Style” (2012)
27. Drake with Wizkid & Kyla “One Dance” (2016)
28. Daft Punk with Pharrell Williams “Get Lucky” (2013)
29. Drake “God’s Plan” (2018)
30. Justin Timberlake “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” (2016)

31. Rihanna with Drake “Work” (2016)
32. Billie Eilish “Bad Guy” (2019)
33. Katy Perry “Firework” (2010)
34. Katy Perry “Roar” (2013)
35. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper “Shallow” (2018)
36. Meghan Trainor “All About That Bass” (2014)
37. Maroon 5 with Cardi B “Girls Like You” (2017)
38. Justin Bieber “Love Yourself” (2015)
39. The Weeknd “Can’t Feel My Face” (2015)
40. Fun. with Janelle Monáe “We Are Young” (2011)

41. Taylor Swift “Blank Space” (2014)
42. Idina Menzel “Let It Go” (2013)
43. Camila Cabello with Young Thug “Havana” (2017)
44. Katy Perry with Snoop Dogg “California Gurls” (2010)
45. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Ray Dalton “Can’t Hold Us” (2011)
46. Iggy Azalea & Charli XCX “Fancy” (2014)
47. One Republic “Counting Stars” (2013)
48. Justin Bieber “Sorry” (2015)
49. Sam Smith “Stay with Me” (2014)
50. Post Malone with 21 Savage “Rockstar” (2017)

51. Drake “Hotline Bling” (2015)
52. Avicii with Aloe Blacc “Wake Me Up!” (2013)
53. Sia with Sean Paul “Cheap Thrills” (2016)
54. Cee-Lo Green “Fuck You (aka “Forget You”)” (2010)
55. The Lumineers “Ho Hey” (2012)
56. Katy Perry with Juicy J “Dark Horse” (2013)
57. Post Malone with Swae Lee “Sunflower” (2018)
58. Bruno Mars “Locked Out of Heaven” (2012)
59. LMFAO “Sexy and I Know It” (2011)
60. Kendrick Lamar “Humble” (2017)

61. Hozier “Take Me to Church” (2013)
62. Pinkfong! “Baby Shark” (2016)
63. Imagine Dragons “Radioactive” (2012)
64. The Weeknd “The Hills” (2015)
65. Post Malone “Circles” (2019)
66. Drake “In My Feelings” (2018)
67. Passenger “Let Her Go” (2012)
68. Cardi B “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)” (2017)
69. Magic! “Rude” (2013)
70. Lewis Capaldi “Someone You Loved” (2018)

71. Foster the People “Pumped Up Kicks” (2010)
72. Shawn Mendes with Camila Cabello “Señorita” (2019)
73. Florida Georgia Line with Nelly “Cruise” (2012)
74. Tones and I “Dance Monkey” (2019)
75. Bebe Rexha with Florida Georgia Line “Meant to Be” (2017)
76. Lady Gaga “Born This Way” (2011)
77. The Weeknd with Daft Punk “Starboy” (2016)
78. Ariana Grande “Thank U, Next” (2018)
79. OMI “Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)” (2014)
80. Bruno Mars “That’s What I Like” (2016)

81. Maroon 5 “Sugar” (2014)
82. Justin Bieber “What Do You Mean?” (2015)
83. Lizzo “Truth Hurts” (2017)
84. Pitbull with Ke$ha “Timber” (2013)
85. Ariana Grande “7 Rings” (2019)
86. Pitbull with Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer “Give Me Everything” (2011)
87. Rihanna “Only Girl in the World” (2010)
88. Twenty One Pilots “Stressed Out” (2015)
89. The Chainsmokers with Coldplay “Something Just Like This” (2017)
90. Lukas Graham “7 Years” (2015)

91. Miley Cyrus “Wrecking Ball” (2013)
92. Pink with Nate Ruess “Just Give Me a Reason” (2012)
93. Silentó “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” (2015)
94. Taio Cruz “Dynamite” (2010)
95. Bruno Mars “Grenade” (2010)
96. Sia “Chandelier” (2014)
97. Rihanna “Diamonds” (2012)
98. Zedd with Maren Morris & Grey “The Middle” (2018)
99. Taylor Swift “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” (2012)
100. Eminem & Rihanna “The Monster” (2013)

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First posted 7/31/2016; last updated 1/26/2026.

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Monday, December 31, 2012

The Top 50 Songs of 2012

Dave’s Music Database:

Top 50 Songs of 2012

These are the top 50 songs of the year based on their overall performance in Dave’s Music Database, which is determined by combining chart data, sales figures, streaming, video views, and aggregates from 39 year-end lists (see sources at bottom of page).

Check out “Top Songs and Albums of the Year” lists here.

    DMDB Top 1%:

  1. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz “Thrift Shop”
  2. Psy “Gangnam Style”
  3. The Lumineers “Ho Hey”
  4. Bruno Mars “Locked Out of Heaven”
  5. Imagine Dragons “Radioactive”
  6. Passenger “Let Her Go”
  7. Florida Georgia Line with Nelly “Cruise”
  8. Pink with Nate Ruess “Just Give Me a Reason”
  9. Rihanna “Diamonds”

    DMDB Top 2%:

  10. Maroon 5 “One More Night”

  11. Maroon 5 with Wiz Khalifa “Payphone”
  12. Taylor Swift “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”
  13. Bruno Mars “When I Was Your Man”
  14. Imagine Dragons “Demons”
  15. Taylor Swift “I Knew You Were Trouble”
  16. Adele “Skyfall”
  17. Mumford & Sons “I Will Wait”
  18. Rihanna with Mikky Ekko “Stay”

    DMDB Top 5%:

  19. Nicki Minaj “Starships”
  20. Icona Pop with Charli XCX “I Love It”

  21. Fun. “Some Nights”
  22. Flo Rida “Whistle”
  23. will.i.am. with Britney Spears “Scream & Shout”
  24. The Neighbourhood “Sweater Weather”
  25. Frank Ocean “Thinkin’ ‘Bout You”
  26. Phillip Phillips “Home”
  27. Bruno Mars “Treasure”
  28. Jason Mraz “I Won’t Give Up”
  29. Katy Perry “Wide Awake”
  30. Miguel “Adorn”

  31. Alicia Keys “Girl on Fire”
  32. Swedish House Mafiar with John Martin “Don’t You Worry Child”
  33. Lana Del Ray with Cedric Gervais “Summertime Sadness”
  34. Katy Perry “Part of Me”
  35. V.I.C. “Wobble”
  36. Capital Cities “Safe and Sound”
  37. Pink “Blow Me One Last Kiss”
  38. Muse “Madness”
  39. Train “Drive By”
  40. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Mary Lambert “Same Love”

  41. Justin Bieber “Boyfriend”
  42. Emeli Sandé “Next to Me”
  43. Taylor Swift “22”
  44. Alabama Shakes “Hold On”
  45. Disclosure with Sam Smith “Latch”
  46. Usher “Climax”
  47. The Lumineers “Stubborn Love”
  48. Kanye West with Big Sean, Pusha T, & 2 Chainz “Mercy”
  49. Kongos “Come with Me Now”
  50. Imagine Dragons “On Top of the World”

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First posted 1/2/2013; last updated 1/18/2023.

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Saturday, August 18, 2012

“Call Me Maybe” spent 9th week at #1

Call Me Maybe

Carly Rae Jepsen

Writer(s): Carly Rae Jepsen/ Josh Ramsay/ Tavish Crowe (see lyrics here)

Released: September 20, 2011

First Charted: October 22, 2011

Peak: 19 US, 18 DG, 13 RR, 4 AC, 2 A40, 14 UK, 14 CN, 15 AU, 10 DF (Click for codes to charts.)

Sales (in millions): 10.0 US, 2.15 UK, 18.0 world (includes US + UK)

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 1443.0 video, 1094.26 streaming

Awards:

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About the Song:

Carly Rae Jepsen seemed like an overnight sensation when “Call Me Maybe” became what Billboard magazine called its Song of the Summer for 2012. WK However, not only that song, but her career, had roots pre-2012. Jepsen came in third in the fifth season of Canadian Idol and released her debut album, Tug of War, in 2008. SF “Call Me Maybe” emerged in September 2011 as the lead single from EP Curiosity.

Pop singers Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez, who were dating at the time, heard the song on Canadian radio and tweeted about it. WK Bieber said it was “possibly the catchiest song I’ve ever heard.” SF By the time the song hit the U.S. charts on March 10, 2012, it had topped the Canadian charts. It would triumph over the U.S. pop charts on June 23, and stay there nine weeks – a record for a song by a Canadian woman. SF It went top ten in twenty-nine countries, hitting #1 in nineteen of them. WK

Jepsen originally wrote the song with Tavish Crowe as a folk tune, but producer Josh Ramsay modified it into “aun upbeat teen pop track that draws influences from dance-pop and disco.” WK The song is about a girl who hopes that she’ll get a phone call from a love-at-first-sight crush. The New York Times’ Jon Caramanica called the song “an eyelash-fluttering flirtation run hard through the Disney-pop model.” WK New York Daily News’ Jim Farber called it “one of the greatest teen pop songs ever recorded” WK and MTV’s Nicole James said it was probably the catchiest song she’d ever heard. WK

“Call Me Maybe” garnered Grammy nominations for Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance. MTV named it the Song of the Year for 2012 WK and it won Best Song at the 2012 Europe Music Awards. SF It won Single of the Year at the 2013 Junos. SF Village Voice ranked it #1 for the year and Billboard ranked it #2. WK This was the most-purchased song on iTunes, the most viewed clip on Vevo, and the best-selling single globally in 2012. SF

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Last updated 7/22/2023.

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