USA’s Biggest #1 Pop Songs by Year (1890-2024)

USA’s Biggest #1 Pop Songs: 1890-2024

These are the songs from each year from 1890 to 2023 which spent the most weeks at #1 on the pop charts in the United States. Songs could have hit #1 on any of the following charts: Billboard Charts: Billboard Best Sellers chart (1940-1958) (BS) Billboard Juke Box Hits (1940-1957) (JB) Billboard Disc Jockey Hits (1944-1958) (DJ) Billboard Hot 100 chart (1958-present) (BB) Billboard Airplay (1984-present) (BA) Billboard Digital, 2005-present (DG) Billboard Streaming, 2013-present (ST) Non-Billboard Charts: Cashbox (1950-1996) (CB) Edward Foote Gardner Popular Songs of the Twentieth Century (1900-1949) (GA) The Gavin Report (1958-2000) (GR) Hit Records (Music Vendor/Record World) (1954-1982) (HR) Sharon Mawer Charts (1900-1968) (SM) Radio & Records/Mediabase (1973-present) (RR) Joel Whitburn Pop Memories (1890-1954) (PM) Your Hit Parade (1935-1959) (HP) After the song title, the chart on which it reached #1 for the most weeks, and the total weeks at #1, is noted. The year indicates when the song was first released, not necessarily the same as the year when it hit #1. You can also check out the biggest #1 pop songs all-time here. Check out other “songs of the year” lists here. 2024: Shaboozey “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” (BA: 20) 2023: Miley Cyrus “Flowers” (BA: 18) 2022: Harry Styles “As It Was” (BB: 15 wks) 2021: BTS “Butter” (DG: 13) 2020: BTS “Dynamite” (DG: 18) 2019: The Weeknd “Blinding Lights” (BA: 26) 2018: Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road” (ST: 20 wks) 2017: Luis Fonsi with Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber “Despacito” (DG: 17 wks) 2016: The Chainsmokers with Halsey “Closer” (DG: 13 wks) 2015: Desiigner “Panda” (ST: 14 wks) 2014: Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!” (BB: 14 wks) 2013: Miley Cyrus” Wrecking Ball” (ST: 13 wks) 2012: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Wanz “Thrift Shop” (DG: 10 wks) 2011: Rihanna with Calvin Harris “We Found Love” (BA: 12 wks) 2010: Eminem & Rihanna “Love the Way You Lie” (BA: 8 wks) 2009: Black Eyed Peas “I Gotta Feeling” (BB: 14 wks) 2008: Black Eyed Peas “Boom Boom Pow” (BB: 12 wks) 2007: Alicia Keys “No One” (BA: 14 wks) 2006: Beyoncé “Irreplaceable” (BA: 11 wks) 2005: Mariah Carey “We Belong Together” (BA: 16 wks) 2004: Usher with Lil’ Jon & Ludacris “Yeah!” (BB: 12 wks) 2003: OutKast “Hey Ya!” (BB: 9 wks) 2002: Eminem “Lose Yourself” (BB: 12 wks) 2001: Usher “U Got It Bad” (BA: 10 wks) 2000: Destiny’s Child “Independent Women” (BB: 11 wks) 1999: TLC “No Scrubs” (BA: 13 wks) 1998: Goo Goo Dolls “Iris” (BA: 18 wks) 1997: Elton John “Candle in the Wind 1997 (Goodbye England’s Rose)” (BB: 14 wks) 1996: Celine Dion “Because You Loved Me” (BA: 14 wks) 1995: Mariah Carey with Boyz II Men “One Sweet Day” (BB: 16 wks) 1994: Boyz II Men “I’ll Make Love to You” (BB: 14 wks) 1993: Ace of Base “The Sign” (BA: 13 wks) 1992: Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You” (BB: 14 wks) 1991: Paula Abdul “Rush Rush” (BA: 9 wks) 1990: Mariah Carey “Someday” (BA: 10 wks) 1989: Janet Jackson “Love Will Never Do Without You” (BA: 7 wks) 1988: Poison “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” (BA: 4 wks) 1987: George Michael “Faith” (BB: 4 wks) 1986: Bon Jovi “Livin’ on a Prayer” (BB: 4 wks) 1985: U.S.A. for Africa “We Are the World” (BA: 5 wks) 1984: Madonna “Like a Virgin” (BB: 6 wks) 1983: The Police “Every Breath You Take” (BB: 8 wks) 1982: Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” (BB: 7 wks) 1981: Olivia Newton-John “Physical” (BB: 10 wks) 1980: Blondie “Call Me” (CB: 7 wks) 1979: The Knack “My Sharona” (BB: 6 wks) 1978: Chic “Le Freak” (CB/HR: 7 wks) 1977: Debby Boone “You Light Up My Life” (HR: 13 wks) 1976: Rod Stewart “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)” (BB: 8 wks) 1975: Captain & Tennille “Love Will Keep Us Together” (RR: 6 wks) 1974: Terry Jacks “Seasons in the Sun” (RR: 6 wks) 1973: Roberta Flack “Killing Me Softly with His Song” (BB: 5 wks) 1972: Gilbert O’Sullivan “Alone Again (Naturally)” (BB: 6 wks) 1971: Don McLean “American Pie” (HR: 5 wks) 1970: Simon & Garfunkel “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (BB: 6 wks) 1969: The Fifth Dimension “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” (BB: 6 wks) 1968: The Beatles “Hey Jude” (BB: 9 wks) 1967: Paul Mauriat “Love Is Blue” (CB: 7 wks) 1966: The Monkees “I’m a Believer” (CB: 8 wks) 1965: The Rolling Stones “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (BB: 4 wks) 1964: The Beatles “Can’t Buy Me Love” (BB: 5 wks) 1963: The Beatles “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (HR: 9 wks) 1962: The Four Seasons “Sherry” (CB: 7 wks) 1961: Bobby Lewis “Tossin’ and Turnin’” (BB: 7 wks) 1960: Percy Faith “Theme from ‘A Summer Place’” (BB: 9 wks) 1959: Bobby Darin “Mack the Knife” (BB: 9 wks) 1958: Domenico Modugno “Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blue)” (CB/HR: 6 wks) 1957: Elvis Presley “All Shook Up” (JB: 9 wks) 1956: Elvis Presley “Don’t Be Cruel” / “Hound Dog” (BB/BS: 11 wks) 1955: Perez “Prez” Prado “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White” (BB/BS: 10 wks) 1954: The McGuire Sisters “Sincerely” (PM/DJ: 10 wks) 1953: Les Paul with Mary Ford “Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You)” (PM/BS: 11 wks) 1952: Jo Stafford “You Belong to Me” (PM/DJ: 12 wks) 1951: Nat “King” Cole “Too Young” (HP: 12 wks) 1950: Patti Page “Tennessee Waltz” (PM/JB: 13 wks) 1949: Vaughn Monroe “Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)” (PM/DJ: 12 wks) 1948: Dinah Shore & Her Harper Valley Boys “Buttons and Bows” (PM/HP: 10 wks) 1947: Francis Craig with Bob Lamm “Near You” (PM/DJ: 17 wks) 1946: The Ink Spots “The Gypsy” (PM/JB: 13 wks) 1945: Perry Como “Till the End of Time” (PM/BS: 10 wks) 1944 Bing Crosby “I’ll Be Seeing You” (HP: 10 wks) 1943: Harry James with Helen Forrest “I’ve Heard That Song Before” (PM: 13 wks) 1942: Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers “White Christmas” (PM: 14 wks) 1941: Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Bob Eberly & Helen O’Connell “Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)” (PM: 10 wks) 1940: Artie Shaw “Frenesi” (PM: 13 wks) 1939: Glenn Miller “In the Mood” (PM: 13 wks) 1938: Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb & His Orchestra “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” (PM: 10 wks) 1937: Tommy Dorsey “Once in a While” (PM/HP: 7 wks) 1936: Bing Crosby with George Stoll’s Orchestra “Pennies from Heaven” (PM: 10 wks) 1935: Leo Reisman & His Orchestra with Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers “Cheek to Cheek” (PM: 11 wks) 1934: Ray Noble with Al Bowlly “Isle of Capri” (PM: 7 wks) 1933: George Olsen with Joe Morrison “The Last Round-Up” (PM: 9 wks) 1932: Leo Reisman’s Orchestra with Fred Astaire “Night and Day” (PM: 10 wks) 1931: Wayne King “Goodnight Sweetheart” (PM: 7 wks) 1930: Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees “Stein Song (University of Maine)” (PM: 10 wks) 1929: Nick Lucas “Tip Toe Through the Tulips” (PM: 10 wks) 1928: Al Jolson “Sonny Boy” (PM: 12 wks) 1927: Gene Austin “My Blue Heaven” (PM: 13 wks) 1926: Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra with Franklyn Baur “Valencia (A Song of Spain)” (PM: 11 wks) 1925: Vernon Dalhart “The Prisoner’s Song” (PM: 12 wks) 1924: Al Jolson with Isham Jones’ Orchestra “California Here I Come” (PM: 6 wks) 1923: Paul Whiteman “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers” (PM: 7 wks) 1922: Al Jolson “April Showers” (PM: 11 wks) 1921: Isham Jones “Wabash Blues” (PM: 6 wks) 1920: Ben Selvin “Dardanella” (PM: 13 wks) 1919: Henry Burr with Albert Campbell “Till We Meet Again” (PM: 9 wks) 1918: Henry Burr “Just a Baby’s Prayer at Twilight (For Her Daddy Over There)” (PM: 11 wks) 1917: American Quartet “Over There” (PM: 9 wks) 1916: Henry Burr “M-O-T-H-E-R (A Word That Means the World to Me)” (PM: 6 wks) 1915: John McCormack “It’s a Long, Long Way to Tipperary” (PM: 8 wks) 1914: American Quartet “It’s a Long, Long Way to Tipperary” (PM: 7 wks) 1913: Al Jolson “You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)” (PM: 7 wks) 1912: American Quartet “Moonlight Bay” (PM: 8 wks) 1911: Arthur Collins & Bryon G. Harlan “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” (PM: 10 wks) 1910: American Quartet with Billy Murray “Casey Jones” (PM: 11 wks) 1909: Haydn Quartet “Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet” (PM: 11 wks) 1908: Billy Murray & Haydn Quartet “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” (PM: 7 wks) 1907: Bryon G. Harlan “School Days (When We Were a Couple of Kids)” (PM: 11 wks) 1906: Billy Murray “You’re a Grand Old Flag (aka “The Grand Old Rag”)” (PM: 10 wks) 1905: Arthur Collins “The Preacher and the Bear” (PM: 11 wks) 1904: Haydn Quartett “Sweet Adeline (You’re the Flower of My Heart)” (PM: 10 wks) 1903: Haydn Quartet “In the Good Old Summertime” (PM; 6 wks) 1902: Len Spencer “The Arkansaw Traveler” (PM: 11 wks) 1901: Harry MacDonough & Grace Spencer “Tell Me, Pretty Maiden” (PM: 7 wks) 1900: George J. Gaskin “When You Were Sweet Sixteen” (PM: 8 wks) 1899: Arthur Collins “I’d Leave My Happy Home for You” (PM: 7 wks) 1898: George J. Gaskin “My Old New Hampshire Home” (PM: 10 wks) 1897: George J. Gaskin “On the Banks of the Wabash” (PM: 10 wks) 1896: Dan Quinn “A Hot Time in the Old Town” (PM: 7 wks) 1895: Dan Quinn “The Band Played On” (PM: 10 wks) 1894: Edward M. Favor “Say Au Revoir, But Not Goodbye” (PM: 7 wks) 1893: George J. Gaskin “After the Ball” (PM: 10 wks) 1892: Len Spencer “Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-De-Ay” (PM: 8 wks) 1891: George W. Johnson “The Laughing Song” (PM: 10 wks) 1890: U.S. Marine Band “The Washington Post March” (PM: 6 wks) Resources/Related Links: Dave’s Music Database: “‘Songs of the Year’ lists” Dave’s Music Database: “USA’s #1 Pop Songs: 1890-present” Dave’s Music Database: “Lists Based on Charts, Sales, and Airplay” First posted 3/27/2020; last updated 12/31/2024.

USA: #1 Pop Songs, 1890-2023

USA’s #1 Pop Songs: 1890-2022

These are the #1 pop songs in the history of the United States pop charts from 1890 to present. Songs could have hit #1 on any of the following charts: Billboard Charts: Billboard Best Sellers chart (1940-1958) (BS) Billboard Juke Box Hits (1940-1957) (JB) Billboard Disc Jockey Hits (1944-1958) (DJ) Billboard Hot 100 chart (1958-present) (BB) Billboard Airplay (1984-present) (BA) Billboard Digital, 2005-present (DG) Billboard Streaming, 2013-present (ST) Non-Billboard Charts: Joel Whitburn Pop Memories (1890-1954) (PM) Edward Foote Gardner Popular Songs of the Twentieth Century (1900-1949) (GA) Your Hit Parade (1935-1959) (HP) Cashbox (1950-1996) (CB) The Gavin Report (1958-2000) (GR) Hit Records (Music Vendor/Record World) (1954-1982) (HR) Sharon Mawer Charts (1900-1968) (SM) Radio & Records/Mediabase (1973-present) (RR) Links go to specific lists of the biggest songs of all time for that chart. See other chart-based lists here.

Because this list includes more than 3000 songs, it has been broken up into pages by decades:

Resources/Related Links: Dave’s Music Database: “United States: Biggest #1 Songs” Dave’s Music Database: “Top 100 Songs for Each Decade” Bruce C. Elrod (editor) (1994). Your Hit Parade & American Top 10 Hits: A Week-by-Week Guide to the Nation’s Favorite Music, 1935-1994. Popular Culture, Ink.: Ann Arbor, MI. Edward Foote Gardner (2000). Popular Songs of the Twentieth Century, 1900-1949. Paragon House: St. Paul, MN. Sharon Mawer Charts (1900-1968) Stereogum.com: “The Number Ones” (column by Tom Breihan) Joel Whitburn (1986). Pop Memories 1890-1954. Menomonee Falls, WI; Record Research, Inc. Pages 642-657. Joel Whitburn (2016). Billboard Top Pop Singles 1955-2015 Record Research: Menomonee Falls, WI. Pages 1161-1170. Joel Whitburn (2014). Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996 Record Research: Menomonee Falls, WI. Pages 514-522. Joel Whitburn (2022). The Gavin Report 1958-2000. Record Research: Menomonee Falls, WI. Pages 341-48. Joel Whitburn (2012). Hit Records 1954-1982. Record Research: Menomonee Falls, WI. Pages 406-411. Joel Whitburn (2019). Radio & Records Top Pop Hits 1973-2009 Record Research: Menomonee Falls, WI. Pages 187-191. Wikipedia: “List of Billboard Number-One Singles” (1940s – present) Wikipedia: “List of Billboard Hot 100 Airplay/Radio Songs Number-One Singles” (1984 – present) Wikipedia: “List of Radio & Records/Mediabase Number-One Singles” (1973 – present) First posted 2/24/2021; last updated 8/9/2023.

USA: #1 Pop Songs, 1960-1969

USA’s #1 Pop Songs: 1960-1969

These are the #1 pop songs in the history of the United States pop charts from 1960 to 1969. Songs could have hit #1 on any of the following charts: Billboard Hot 100 chart, 1958-present (BB) Cashbox, 1950-1996 (CB) Hit Records (Music Vendor/Record World), 1954-1982 (HR) Numbers following the letter codes indicate how many weeks the song spent at #1 on that chart. Links go to specific lists of the biggest songs of all time for that chart. Also, when “BB” appears in blue it indicates a link to the Stereogum.com series on Billboard #1 songs. Click here to access a full list of #1 songs from 1890 to present. See other chart-based lists here. 1960: Jan. 4: Marty Robbins “El Paso” (BB: 2, HR: 2) Jan. 18: Johnny Preston “Running Bear” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 3) Feb. 8: Mark Dinning “Teen Angel” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 2) Feb. 22: Percy Faith “Theme from ‘A Summer Place’” (BB: 9, CB: 8, HR: 5) Feb. 22: Jim Reeves “He’ll Have to Go” (HR: 3) Apr. 18: The Brothers Four “Greenfields” (HR: 1) Apr. 23 Elvis Presley “Stuck on You” (BB: 4, CB: 4, HR: 3) May 16: The Everly Brothers “Cathy’s Clown” (BB: 5, CB: 5, HR: 4) June 13: Connie Francis “Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool” (BB: 2, CB: 3, HR: 3) July 4: Hollywood Argyles “Alley Oop” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1) July 11: Brenda Lee “I’m Sorry” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 3) July 16: Dante & the Evergreens “Alley Oop” (CB: 1) Aug. 1: Brian Hyland “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2) Aug. 13: Elvis Presley “It’s Now or Never” (BB: 5, CB: 4, HR: 3) Sept. 5: Chubby Checker “The Twist” (BB: 3, CB: 8, HR: 5) Sept. 19: Connie Francis “My Heart Has a Mind” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 4) Oct. 10: Larry Verne “Mr. Custer” (BB: 1) Oct. 15 The Drifters “Save the Last Dance for Me” (BB: 3, CB: 6, HR: 5) Oct. 24: Brenda Lee “I Want to Be Wanted” (BB: 1) Nov. 14: Ray Charles “Georgia on My Mind” (BB: 1) Nov. 21: Floyd Cramer “Last Date” (HR: 1) Nov. 21 Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs “Stay” (BB: 1) Nov. 26: Elvis Presley “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” (BB: 6, CB: 6, HR: 4) Dec. 26: Bert Kaempfert “Wonderland by Night” (BB: 3, CB: 1, HR: 3) 1961: Jan. 14: Ferrante & Teicher “Theme from ‘Exodus’” (CB: 2, HR: 1) Jan. 23: Lawrence Welk “Calcutta” (BB: 2, CB: 4, HR: 6) Jan. 28: The Shirelles “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” (BB: 2, CB: 2) Feb. 27: Chubby Checker “Pony Time” (BB: 3, CB: 1) Mar. 6: Elvis Presley “Surrender” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 3) Mar. 27: The Marcels “Blue Moon” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 3) Apr. 17: Del Shannon “Runaway” (BB: 4, CB: 3, HR: 4) May 6: Ernie K-Doe “Mother-in-Law” (BB: 1, CB: 3, HR: 1) May 22: Gene McDaniels “Hundred Pounds of Clay” (HR: 1) May 29: Ricky Nelson “Travelin’ Man” (BB: 2, CB: 3, HR: 4) June 3: Roy Orbison “Running Scared” (BB: 1, CB: 1) June 19: Pat Boone “Moody River” (BB: 1) June 26: Gary “U.S.” Bonds “Quarter to Three” (BB: 2, CB: 3, HR: 4) July 10: Bobby Lewis “Tossin’ and Turnin’” (BB: 7, CB: 4, HR: 4) Aug. 19: The Highwaymen “Michael Row the Boat Ashore” (BB: 2, CB: 4, HR: 4) Aug. 28: Joe Dowell “Wooden Heart (Muss I Denn)” (BB: 1) Sept. 16: Bobby Vee “Take Good Care of My Baby” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 2) Oct. 2: Roy Orbison “Crying” (CB: 1, HR: 1) Oct. 9: Ray Charles “Hit the Road Jack” (BB: 2, CB: 1) Oct. 9: Dion “Runaround Sue” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 3) Oct. 30: Jimmy Dean “Big Bad John” (BB: 5, CB: 5, HR: 6) Dec. 9: The Tokens “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” (BB: 3, CB: 4, HR: 4) Dec. 11: The Marvelettes “Please Mr. Postman” (BB: 1) 1962: Jan. 27: Joe Dee & the Starliters “Peppermint Twist” (BB: 3) Jan. 29: Gene Chandler “Duke of Earl” (BB: 3, CB: 5, HR: 5) Mar. 5: Bruce Channel “Hey! Baby” (BB: 3, CB: 4, HR: 3) Mar. 26: Elvis Presley “Good Luck Charm” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 3) Mar. 31: Connie Francis “Don’t Break the Heart That Loves You” (BB: 1) Apr. 7: Chubby Checker with Dee Dee Sharp “Slow Twistin’” (CB: 1) Apr. 7: Shelley Fabares “Johnny Angel” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1) Apr. 23: Dee Dee Sharp “Mashed Potato Time” (CB: 1, HR: 1) Apr. 30: The Shirelles “Soldier Boy” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 2) May 19: Mr. Acker Bilk with the Leon Young String Chorale “Stranger on the Shore” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2) May 26: Ray Charles “I Can’t Stop Loving You” (BB: 5, CB: 5, HR: 5) June 30: David Rose “The Stripper” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 1) July 14: Bobby Vinton “Roses Are Red My Love” (BB: 4, CB: 4, HR: 5) Aug. 11: Neil Sedaka “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1) Aug. 18: Little Eva “The Loco-Motion” (BB: 1, CB: 3, HR: 2) Sept. 1: Tommy Roe “Sheila” (BB: 2) Sept. 8: Nat “King” Cole “Ramblin’ Rose” (HR: 1) Sept. 8: The Four Seasons “Sherry” (BB: 5, CB: 7, HR: 5) Oct. 20: Bobby “Boris” Pickett & the Crypt-Kickers “Monster Mash” (BB: 2, CB: 3, HR: 2) Nov. 3: The Crystals “He’s a Rebel” (BB: 2, HR: 1) Nov. 10: The Four Seasons “Big Girls Don’t Cry” (BB: 5, CB: 4, HR: 6) Dec. 15: Elvis Presley “Return to Sender” (CB: 1, HR: 1) Dec. 22: Chubby Checker “Limbo Rock” (CB: 1) Dec. 22: The Tornadoes “Telsar” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 2) 1963: Jan. 12: Steve Lawrence “Go Away Little Girl” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 3) Jan. 26: The Rooftop Singers “Walk Right In” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1) Feb. 9: Paul & Paula “Hey Paula” (BB: 3, CB: 4, HR: 4) March 9: The Four Seasons “Walk Like a Man” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 2) March 23: Skeeter Davis “The End of the World” (HR: 1) March 23: Ruby & the Romantics “Our Day Will Come” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1) March 30: The Chiffons “He’s So Fine” (BB: 4, CB: 4, HR: 3) Apr. 27: Little Peggy March “I Will Follow Him” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 3) Apr. 27: Andy Williams “Can't Get Used to Losing You” (CB: 1) May 18: Jimmy Soul “If You Wanna Be Happy” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2) June 1: Lesley Gore “It’s My Party” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 3) June 15: Kyu Sakomoto “Sukiyaki” (BB: 3, CB: 4, HR: 2) July 6: The Essex “Easier Said Than Done” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 2) July 6: Bobby Vinton “Blue on Blue” (HR: 1) July 20: Jan & Dean “Surf City” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1) Aug. 3: The Tymes “So Much in Love” (BB: 1, HR: 1) Aug. 3: Little Stevie Wonder “Fingertips (Part 2)” (BB: 3, CB: 4, HR: 3) Aug. 31: The Angels “My Boyfriend’s Back” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 2) Aug. 31: Allan Sherman “Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh! (A Letter from Camp)” (CB: 1, HR: 1) Sept. 21: Bobby Vinton “Blue Velvet” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 2) Oct. 5: The Jaynetts “Sally Go 'Round the Roses” (HR: 1) Oct. 12: Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs “Sugar Shack” (BB: 5, CB: 3, HR: 5) Oct. 12: The Ronettes “Be My Baby” (CB: 1) Nov. 9: Nino Tempo & April Stevens “Deep Purple” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 1) Nov. 23: Dale & Grace “I'm Leaving It All Up to You” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1) Nov. 30: The Singing Nun “Dominique” (BB: 4, CB: 5, HR: 4) Dec. 28: The Kingsmen “Louie Louie” (CB: 2, HR: 1) 1964: Jan. 4: Bobby Vinton “There! I’ve Said It Again” (BB: 4, CB: 1, HR: 2) Jan. 18: The Murmaids “Popsicles and Icicles” (HR: 1) Jan. 25: The Beatles “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (BB: 7, CB: 8, HR: 9) March 21: The Beatles “She Loves You” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 1) April 4: The Beatles “Can’t Buy Me Love” (BB: 5, CB: 5, HR: 4) April 4: The Beatles “Twist and Shout” (CB: 1, HR: 1) May 9: Louis Armstrong & the All Stars “Hello Dolly!” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 3) May 16: Mary Wells “My Guy” (BB: 2, CB: 1) May 23: The Beatles “Love Me Do” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1) June 6: The Dixie Cups “Chapel of Love” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 4) June 27: Peter & Gordon “A World Without Love” (BB: 1, CB: 1) July 4: The Beach Boys “I Get Around” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2) July 11: The Four Seasons “Rag Doll” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 2) July 25: The Beatles “A Hard Day’s Night” (BB: 2, CB: 3, HR: 3) Aug. 15: Dean Martin “Everybody Loves Somebody” (BB: 1, CB: 1) Aug. 22: The Supremes “Where Did Our Love Go” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 2) Sept. 5: The Animals “The House of the Rising Sun” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 3) Sept. 26: The Newbeats “Bread and Butter” (HR: 1) Sept. 26: Roy Orbison “(Oh) Pretty Woman” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 1) Oct. 10: Manfred Mann “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 2) Oct. 24: Frank J. Wilson & the Cavaliers “Last Kiss” (CB: 1, HR: 2) Oct. 31: Gale Garnett “We'll Sing in the Sunshine” (CB: 1) Oct. 31: The Supremes “Baby Love” (BB: 4, CB: 2, HR: 4) Nov. 28: The Shangri-La’s “Leader of the Pack” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1) Dec. 5: Lorne Greene “Ringo” (BB: 1, CB: 1) Dec. 5: The Zombies “She’s Not There” (CB: 1) Dec. 12: Bobby Vinton “Mr. Lonely” (BB: 1, HR: 2) Dec. 19: The Beatles “I Feel Fine” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 2) Dec. 19: The Supremes “Come See About Me” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2) 1965: Jan. 23: Petula Clark “Downtown” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 1) Jan. 23: The Searchers “Love Potion No. 9” (HR: 1) Feb. 6: The Righteous Brothers “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” (BB: 2, CB: 3, HR: 3) Feb. 20: Gary Lewis & the Playboys “This Diamond Ring” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2) March 6: The Beatles “Eight Days a Week” (BB: 2, CB: 3, HR: 3) March 6: The Temptations “My Girl” (BB: 1) March 27: The Supremes “Stop! In the Name of Love” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1) April 3: Herman’s Hermits “Can't You Hear My Heartbeat” (CB: 1) April 10: Freddie & the Dreamers “I’m Telling You Now” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 2) April 24: Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders “Game of Love” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1) May 1: Herman’s Hermits “Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter” (BB: 3, CB: 4, HR: 3) May 22: The Beatles “Ticket to Ride” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1) May 29: The Beach Boys “Help Me Rhonda” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2) June 5: The Supremes “Back in My Arms Again” (BB: 1, CB: 1) June 12: Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs “Wolly Bully” (HR: 1) June 19: The Four Tops “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 1) June 26: The Byrds “Mr. Tambourine Man” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1) July 3: The Rolling Stones “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (BB: 4, CB: 4, HR: 3) July 24: Herman’s Hermits “I’m Henry VIII, I Am” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 3) Aug. 14: Sonny & Cher “I Got You Babe” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 4) Aug. 28: The Beatles “Help!” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 1) Sept. 18: Bob Dylan “Like a Rolling Stone” (CB: 1) Sept. 18: Barry McGuire “Eve of Destruction” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2) Oct. 2: The McCoys “Hang on Sloopy” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2) Oct. 9: “Yesterday” (BB: 4, CB: 3, HR: 2) Oct. 23: The Toys “A Lover’s Concerto” (CB: 1, HR: 2) Nov. 6: The Rolling Stones “Get Off of My Cloud” (BB: 2, CB: 2) Nov. 13: The Supremes “I Hear a Symphony” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 3) Nov. 27: Len Barry “1-2-3” (CB: 1) Dec. 4: The Byrds “Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)” (BB: 3, CB: 1, HR: 2) Dec. 4: The Four Seasons “Let’s Hang On” (CB: 1, HR: 1) Dec. 18: Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass “A Taste of Honey” (CB: 1) Dec. 25: Dave Clark Five “Over and Over” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1) 1966: Jan. 1: The Beatles “We Can Work It Out” (BB: 3, CB: 4, HR: 2) Jan. 1: James Brown & the Famous Flames “I Got You (I Feel Good)” (HR: 1) Jan. 1: Simon & Garfunkel “The Sound of Silence” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2) Feb. 5: The Beach Boys “Barbara Ann” (CB: 1, HR: 2) Feb. 5: Petula Clark “My Love” (BB: 2, HR: 1) Feb. 12: Lou Christie “Lightnin’ Strikes” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 1) Feb. 26: Nancy Sinatra “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1) March 5: SSgt Barry Sadler “The Ballad of the Green Berets” (BB: 5, CB: 3, HR: 3) April 2: The Beatles “Nowhere Man” (HR: 2) April 2: The Rolling Stones “19th Nervous Breakdown” (CB: 1) April 9: The Righteous Brothers “You’re My Soul and Inspiration” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 2) April 9: The Lovin’ Spoonful “Daydream” (CB: 1) April 30: The Young Rascals “Good Lovin’” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2) May 7: The Mamas & the Papas “Monday Monday” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 2) May 28: Percy Sledge “When a Man Loves a Woman” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 2) June 4: The Mindbenders “A Groovy Kind of Love” (CB: 1, HR: 1) June 11: The Rolling Stones “Paint It Black” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1) June 18: Frank Sinatra “Strangers in the Night” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1) June 25: The Beatles Paperback Writer” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 1) July 9: Tommy James & the Shondells “Hanky Panky” (BB: 2, CB; 2, HR: 2) July 23: The Troggs “Wild Thing” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2) July 30: Napoleon XIV “They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Ha!” (CB: 1, HR: 1) Aug. 6: Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs “Lil' Red Riding Hood” (CB: 1, HR: 1) Aug. 13: The Lovin’ Spoonful “Summer in the City” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 1) Aug. 27: Bobby Hebb “Sunny” (CB: 1, HR: 1) Sept. 3: Donovan “Sunshine Superman” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1) Sept. 10: The Beatles “Yellow Submarine” (CB: 1, HR: 1) Sept. 10: The Supremes “You Can’t Hurry Love” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2) Sept. 17: The Happenings “See You in September” (HR: 1) Sept. 24: The Association “Cherish” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 2) Oct. 15: The Four Tops “Reach Out (I’ll Be There)” (BB: 2, CB: 1) Oct. 22: & the Mysterians “96 Tears” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1) Oct. 29: The Monkees “Last Train to Clarksville” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 2) Nov. 12: Johnny Rivers “Poor Side of Town” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1) Nov. 19: The Beach Boys “Good Vibrations” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1) Nov. 19: The Supremes “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2) Nov. 26: The New Vaudeville “Winchester Cathedral” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 1) Dec. 17: Donovan “Mellow Yellow” (HR: 2) Dec. 24: The Monkees “I’m a Believer” (BB: 7, CB: 8, HR: 5) Dec. 31: Frank Sinatra “That’s Life” (HR: 2) 1967: Jan. 7: The Royal Guardsmen “Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron” (HR: 1) Feb. 11: The Seekers “Georgy Girl” (CB: 1, HR: 1) Feb. 18: The Buckinghams “Kind of a Drag” (BB: 2, HR: 1) Feb. 25: The Beatles “Ruby Tuesday” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 1) March 4: The Supremes “Love Is Here and Now We’re Gone” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2) March 18: The Beatles “Penny Lane” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 2) March 25: The Turtles “Happy Together” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 2) April 15: The Monkees “A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You” (CB: 2, HR: 1) April 15: Frank Sinatra & Nancy Sinatra “Somethin’ Stupid” (BB: 4, CB: 2, HR: 3) May 13: The Supremes “The Happening” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1) May 20: The Young Rascals “Groovin’” (BB: 4, CB: 3, HR: 2) June 3: Aretha Franklin “Respect” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 3) June 3: The Happenings “I Got Rhythm” (CB: 1) June 24: The Turtles “She'd Rather Be with Me” (HR: 1) July 1: The Association “Windy” (BB: 4, CB: 3, HR: 2) July 15: The Music Explosion “Little Bit O’ Soul” (HR: 1) July 15: Frankie Valli “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” (CB: 2, HR: 2) July 29: The Doors “Light My Fire” (BB: 3, CB: 1, HR: 1) Aug. 12: The Beatles “All You Need Is Love” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 2) Aug. 26: Bobbie Gentry “Ode to Billie Joe” (BB: 4, CB: 4, HR: 4) Sept. 23: The Box Tops “The Letter” (BB: 4, CB: 3, HR: 4) Oct. 14: The Association “Never My Love” (CB: 1) Oct. 21: Lulu “To Sir with Love” (BB: 5, CB: 3, HR: 3) Nov. 11: Sam & Dave “Soul Man” (CB: 1, HR: 1) Nov. 18: Strawberry Alarm Clock “Incense and Peppermints” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2) Nov. 25: The Cowsills “The Rain, the Park, and Other Things” (CB: 1) Dec. 2: The Monkees “Daydream Believer” (BB: 4, CB: 4, HR: 3) Dec. 23: The Beatles “Hello Goodbye” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 4) 1968: Jan. 13: Gladys Knight & the Pips “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (CB: 1) Jan. 20: Aretha Franklin “Chain of Fools” (CB: 1) Jan. 20: John Fred & His Playboys “Judy in Disguise with Glasses” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2) Feb. 3: The American Breed “Bend Me, Shape Me” (HR: 1) Feb. 3: The Lemon Pipers “Green Tambourine” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1) Feb. 10: Paul Mauriat “Love Is Blue (L'Amour Est Bleu)” (BB: 5, CB: 7, HR: 3) March 9: Dionne Warwick “Theme from ‘Valley of the Dolls’” (HR: 2) March 16: Otis Redding “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” (BB: 4) March 23: 1910 Fruitgum Co. “Simon Says” (HR: 1) March 30: The Monkees “Valleri” (CB: 2, HR: 2) April 13: Bobby Goldsboro “Honey” (BB: 5, CB: 4, HR: 5) April 13: Gary Puckett & the Union Gap “Young Girl” (CB: 1, HR: 1) May 18: Archie Bell & the Drells “Tighten Up” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1) May 25: Simon & Garfunkel “Mrs. Robinson” (BB: 3, CB: 4, HR: 3) June 22: Herb Alpert “This Guy’s in Love with You” (BB: 4, CB: 4, HR: 4) July 20: Hugh Masekela “Grazing in the Grass” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 3) July 20: The Rolling Stones “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” (CB: 1) Aug. 3: The Doors “Hello, I Love You” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1) Aug. 3: Gary Puckett & the Union Gap “Lady Willpower” (CB: 1, HR: 1) Aug. 10: Mason Williams “Classical Gas” (CB: 1) Aug. 17: The Rascals “People Got to Be Free” (BB: 5, CB: 3, HR: 2) Sept. 7: Jeannie C. Riley “Harper Valley P.T.A.” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 3) Sept. 21: The Beatles “Hey Jude” (BB: 9, CB: 7, HR: 4) Oct. 26: Mary Hopkin “Those Were the Days” (CB: 2, HR: 4) Nov. 23: The Supremes “Love Child” (BB: 2, CB: 3, HR: 4) Dec. 14: Marvin Gaye “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (BB: 7, CB: 5, HR: 1) Dec. 14: Stevie Wonder “For Once in My Life” (CB: 1, HR: 1) 1969: Jan. 4: The Supremes & the Temptations “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me” (CB: 1, HR: 3) Jan. 25: Young Holt Unlimited “Soulful Strut (Am I the Same Girl)” (HR: 1) Feb. 1: Tommy James & the Shondells “Crimson and Clover” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2) Feb. 8: The Doors “Touch Me” (CB: 1) Feb. 15: Sly & the Family Stone “Everyday People” (BB: 4, CB: 2, HR: 1) Feb. 22: The Foundations “Build Me Up Buttercup” (CB: 2, HR: 2) March 8: The Turtles “You Showed Me” (HR: 1) March 15: Creedence Clearwater Revival “Proud Mary” (HR: 1) March 15: Tommy Roe “Dizzy” (BB: 4, CB: 2, HR: 2) March 29: The Zombies “Time of the Season” (CB: 1) April 5: The Fifth Dimension “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” (BB: 6, CB: 5, HR: 4) May 3: The Cowsills “Hair” (CB: 2, HR: 3) May 24: The Beatles with Billy Preston “Get Back” (BB: 5, CB: 5, HR: 4) June 21: Creedence Clearwater Revival “Bad Moon Rising” (HR: 1) June 28: Henry Mancini “Love Theme from ‘Romeo and Juliet’” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 1) June 28: Elvis Presley “In the Ghetto” (CB: 1, HR: 1) July 12: Three Dog Night “One” (HR: 1) July 12: Zager & Evans “In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)” (BB: 6, CB: 4, HR: 4) Aug. 9: Tommy James & the Shondells “Crystal Blue Persuasion” (HR: 1) Aug. 16: The Rolling Stones “Honky Tonk Women” (BB: 4, CB: 4, HR: 3) Sept. 6: Johnny Cash “A Boy Named Sue (live)” (HR: 1) Sept. 13: The Archies “Sugar, Sugar” (BB: 4, CB: 4, HR: 3) Oct. 4: Three Dog Night “Easy to Be Hard” (HR: 2) Oct. 11: Bobby Sherman “Little Woman” (CB: 1) Oct. 18: Oliver “Jean” (HR: 1) Oct. 18: Elvis Presley “Suspicious Minds” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 2) Oct. 18: The Temptations “I Can’t Get Next to You” (BB: 2) Nov. 1: The Fifth Dimension “The Wedding Bell Blues” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 1) Nov. 8: “Something” (BB: 1: CB: 2, HR: 2) Nov. 22: The Beatles “Come Together” (BB: 1, CB: 3, HR: 3) Dec. 6: Steam “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” (BB: 2, HR: 1) Dec. 13: Blood, Sweat & Tears “And When I Die” (CB: 1) Dec. 20: Peter, Paul & Mary “Leaving on a Jet Plane” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2) Dec. 27: The Supremes “Someday We’ll Be Together” (BB: 1, CB: 2) Resources/Related Links: Dave’s Music Database: “USA: #1 Pop Songs, 1890-Present” Dave’s Music Database: “United States: Biggest #1 Songs” Dave’s Music Database: “Top 100 Songs for Each Decade” Stereogum.com: “The Number Ones” (column by Tom Breihan) Joel Whitburn (2016). Billboard Top Pop Singles 1955-2015 Record Research: Menomonee Falls, WI. Pages 1161-1170. Joel Whitburn (2014). Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996 Record Research: Menomonee Falls, WI. Pages 514-522. Joel Whitburn (2012). Hit Records 1954-1982 Record Research: Menomonee Falls, WI. Pages 406-411. Wikipedia: “List of Billboard Number-One Singles” (1940s – present) First posted 3/31/2022; last updated 4/1/2022.

 

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USA: #1 Pop Songs, 1990-1999

USA’s #1 Pop Songs: 1990-1999

These are the #1 pop songs on the United States pop charts from 1990 to 1999. Songs could have hit #1 on any of the following charts: Billboard Hot 100 chart, 1958-present (BB) Billboard Airplay, 1984-present (BA) Cashbox, 1950-1996 (CB) Radio & Records/Mediabase, 1973-present (RR) Numbers following the letter codes indicate how many weeks the song spent at #1 on that chart. Links go to specific lists of the biggest songs of all time for that chart. Also, when “BB” appears in blue it indicates a link to the Stereogum.com series on Billboard #1 songs. Click here to access a full list of #1 songs from 1890 to present. See other chart-based lists here. 1990: 1/12: Michael Bolton “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You?” (BB: 3, BA: 2, RR: 2) 1/20: Technotronic with Felly “Pump Up the Jam” (CB: 2) 1/26: Rod Stewart “Downtown Train” (CB: 1, RR: 1) 2/2: Paula Abdul with the Wild Pair “Opposites Attract” (BB: 3, BA: 4, CB: 2, RR: 3) 2/23: Janet Jackson “Escapade” (BB: 4, BA: 4, CB: 3, RR: 4) 2/24: Seduction “Two to Make It Right” (CB: 1) 3/3: Roxette “Dangerous” (CB: 1) 3/23: Taylor Dayne “Love Will Lead You Back” (BB: 1, BA: 2, CB: 1, RR: 2) 3/24: Alannah Myles “Black Velvet” (BB: 2, CB: 2) 4/6: Jane Child “Don’t Wanna Fall in Love” (BA: 2, RR: 2) 4/14: Tommy Page “I’ll Be Your Everything” (BB: 1, CB: 1) 4/20: Sinéad O’Connor “Nothing Compares 2 U” (BB: 4, BA: 4, CB: 3, RR: 3) 5/11: Madonna “Vogue” (BB: 3< BA: 3, CB: 3, RR: 4) 6/2: Heart “All I Want to Do Is Make Love to You” (CB: 1) 6/8: MC Hammer “U Can’t Touch This” (RR: 1) 6/9: Wilson Phillips “Hold On” (BB: 1, CB: 1) 6/15: Roxette “It Must Have Been Love” (BB: 3, BA: 3, RR: 1) 6/22: New Kids on the Block “Step by Step” (BB: 3, BA: 1, CB: 5, RR: 2) 7/6: Glenn Medeiros with Bobby Brown “She Ain’t Worth It” (BB: 2, BA: 3, CB: 2, RR: 3) 7/27: Mariah Carey “Vision of Love” (BB: 4, BA: 3, CB: 2, RR: 3) 8/17: Janet Jackson “Come Back to Me” (BA: 2, CB: 1, RR: 1) 8/24: Sweet Sensation “If Wishes Came True” (BB: 1, CB: 1, RR: 1) 8/31: Wilson Phillips “Release Me” (BB: 2, BA: 3, RR: 3) 9/8: Jon Bon Jovi “Blaze of Glory” (BB: 1, CB: 2) 9/21: Phil Collins “Something Happened on the Way to Heaven” (BA: 2, RR: 2) 9/22: Prince “Thieves in the Temple” (CB: 1) 9/29: Nelson “Can’t Live Without Your Love and Affection” (BB: 1, CB: 1) 10/5: George Michael “Praying for Time” (BB: 2, BA: 2, CB: 2, RR: 2) 10/6: Maxi Priest “Close to You” (BB: 1, BA: 1) 10/19: Janet Jackson “Black Cat” (BB: 1, RR: 1) 10/20: James Ingram “I Don’t Have the Heart” (BB: 1, BA: 2, CB: 1, RR: 1) 11/2: Vanilla Ice “Ice Ice Baby” (BB: 2, BA: 2, CB: 2, RR: 2) 11/10: Mariah Carey “Love Takes Time” (BB: 3, BA: 4, CB: 2, RR: 2) 11/30: Whitney Houston “I’m Your Baby Tonight” (BB: 1, CB: 1, RR: 1) 12/7: Stevie B “Because I Love You (The Postman Song)” (BB: 4, BA: 2, CB: 2, RR: 2) 12/21: Madonna “Justify My Love” (BB: 2, CB: 4, RR: 1) 1991: 1/5: Janet Jackson “Love Will Never Do Without You” (BB: 3, BA: 7, CB: 1, RR: 3) 1/26: Surface “The First Time” (BB: 2, CB: 1, RR: 1) 2/8: Whitney Houston “All the Man That I Need” (BB: 2, CB: 2, RR: 2) 2/9: C + C Music Factory “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)” (BB: 2, CB: 2) 2/22: Mariah Carey “Someday” (BB: 4, BA: 10, CB: 2, RR: 4) 3/9: Timmy T “One More Try” (BB: 1, CB: 1) 3/22: Gloria Estefan “Coming Out of the Dark” (BB: 2, CB: 2, RR: 1) 3/29: Londonbeat “I’ve Been Thinking About You” (BB: 1, CB: 1, RR: 2) 4/12: Wilson Phillips “You’re in Love” (BB: 1, RR: 1) 4/19: Amy Grant “Baby Baby” (BB: 2, BA: 2, CB: 3, RR: 3) 5/4: Cathy Dennis “Touch Me All Night Long” (BA: 2, RR: 1) 5/11: Roxette “Joyride” (BB: 1, CB: 1) 5/17: Mariah Carey “I Don’t Wanna Cry” (BB: 2, CB: 1, RR: 3) 5/18: Hi-Five “I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)” (BB: 1) 5/18: C + C Music Factory “Here We Go” (CB: 1) 5/25: Rod Stewart “Rhythm of My Heart” (CB: 1) 6/1: Paula Abdul “Rush Rush” (BB: 8, BA: 9, CB: 3, RR: 5) 6/8: Extreme “More Than Words” (BB: 1, CB: 1) 7/12: EMF “Unbelievable” (BB: 1, CB: 2, RR: 1) 7/19: Jesus Jones “Right Here Right Now” (CB: 1, RR: 1) 7/26: Bryan Adams “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” (BB: 7, BA: 8, CB: 6, RR: 6) 9/6: Paula Abdul “The Promise of a New Day” (BB: 1, CB: 2, RR: 1) 9/13: Color Me Badd “I Adore Mi Amor” (BB: 2, BA: 3, CB: 2, RR: 3) 10/4: Mariah Carey “Emotions” (BB: 4, BA: 4, CB: 2, RR: 3) 10/5: Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch with Loleatta Holloway “Good Vibrations” (BB: 1) 10/25: Karyn White “Romantic” (BB: 1, CB: 2, RR: 2) 11/8: Prince “Cream” (BB: 2, CB: 2, RR: 1) 11/9: Bryan Adams “Can’t Stop This Thing We Started” (CB: 1) 11/15: Michael Bolton “When a Man Loves a Woman” (BB; 3, BA: 3, CB: 2, RR: 3) 11/30: PM Dawn “Set Adrift on Memory Bliss” (BB: 1) 12/6: Boyz II Men “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday” (CB: 2, RR: 1) 12/7: Michael Jackson “Black or White” (BB: 7, BA: 4 CB: 4, RR: 2) 1992: 1/4: Color Me Badd “All 4 Love” (BB: 1, BA: 4) 1/10: Mariah Carey “Can’t Let Go” (CB: 1, RR: 3) 1/31: Prince “Diamonds and Pearls” (CB: 1, RR: 2) 2/1: George Michael with Elton John “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” (live) (BB: 1, CB: 1) 2/1: Shanice “I Love Your Smile” (BA: 5, RR: 2) 2/8: Right Said Fred “I’m Too Sexy” (BB: 3) 2/22: Mr. Big “To Be With You” (BB: 3, CB: 5) 2/28: Michael Jackson “Remember the Time” (BA: 2, CB: 1, RR: 3) 3/20: Vanessa Williams “Save the Best for Last” (BB: 5, BA: 8, CB: 3, RR: 4) 4/17: Mariah Carey “Make It Happen” (RR: 2) 4/25: Kris Kross “Jump” (BB: 8, CB: 3) 4/25: Eric Clapton “Tears in Heaven” (CB: 1) 5/1: En Vogue “My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It)” (BA: 4, CB: 3, RR: 4) 5/16: Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody” (CB: 1) 5/29: Red Hot Chili Peppers “Under the Bridge” (CB: 1, RR: 2) 6/12: Mariah Carey “I’ll Be There” (live) (BB: 2, BA: 8, CB: 3, RR: 6) 7/4: Sir Mix-A-Lot “Baby Got Back” (BB: 5, CB: 4) 7/24: Madonna “This Used to Be My Playground” (BB: 1, CB: 1, RR: 4) 8/8: TLC “Baby Baby Baby” (BA: 2) 8/15: Boyz II Men “End of the Road” (BB: 13, BA: 13, CB: 10, RR: 6) 8/22: Guns N’ Roses “November Rain” CB: 3) 10/2: Patty Smyth with Don Henley “Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough” (RR: 3) 10/23: PM Dawn “I’d Die Without You” (BA: 2, RR: 3) 11/13: The Heights “How Do You Talk to an Angel?” (BB: 2, CB: 2, RR: 2) 11/27: Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You” (BB: 14, BA: 11, CB: 14, RR: 7) 12/2: Wayne Newton “The Letter” (CB: 1) 1993: 1/29: Madonna “Deeper and Deeper” (RR: 1) 2/5: Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle “A Whole New World” (BB: 4, BA: 4, RR: 3) 2/26: Duran Duran “Ordinary World” (CB: 1, RR: 2) 3/12: Whitney Houston “I’m Every Woman” (CB: 1, RR: 1) 3/13: Snow “Informer” (BB: 7, CB: 2) 3/19: Boy Krazy “That’s What Love Can Do” (RR: 2) 3/20: Whitney Houston “I Have Nothing” (BA: 6, CB: 3, RR: 4) 4/30: Vanessa Williams & Brian McKnight “Love Is” (RR: 1) 5/1: Silk “Freak Me” (BB: 2, BA: 3) 5/1: PM Dawn “Looking Through Patient Eyes” (CB: 3, RR: 2) 5/15: Janet Jackson “That’s the Way Love Goes” (BB: 8, BA: 10, CB: 8, RR: 6) 7/2: SWV (Sisters with Voices) “Weak” (BB: 2, CB: 2, RR: 4) 7/24: UB40 “Can’t Help Falling in Love” (BB: 7, BA: 4, CB: 8, RR: 3) 8/20: Mariah Carey “Dreamlover” (BB: 8, BA: 11, CB: 4, RR: 9) 10/22: Janet Jackson “Again” (BB: 4, BA: 4, CB: 5, RR: 5) 10/23: Billy Joel “The River of Dreams” (CB: 1) 10/30: Xscape “Just Kickin’ It” (CB: 1) 11/6: Meat Loaf “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)” (BB: 5, CB: 6) 11/26: Mariah Carey “Hero” (BB: 4, BA: 10, RR: 5) 1994: 1/14: Bryan Adams with Sting & Rod Stewart “All for Love” (BB: 3, CB: 5, RR: 4) 2/11: Ace of Base “The Sign” (BB: 6, BA: 13, CB: 3, RR: 9) 2/12: Celine Dion “The Power of Love” (BB: 4, CB: 3) 2/19: Toni Braxton “Breathe Again” (BA: 1) 4/2: Mariah Carey “Without You” (CB: 1) 4/9: Prince “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World” (CB: 5, RR: 2) 4/9: R. Kelly “Bump N’ Grind” (BB: 4) 4/29: Counting Crows “Mr. Jones” (RR: 3) 5/20: Madonna “I’ll Remember” (RR: 4) 5/21: All-4-One “I Swear” (BB: 11, BA: 9, CB: 6, RR: 2) 7/1: Ace of Base “Don’t Turn Around” (BA: 2, CB: 3, RR: 6) 7/16: Janet Jackson “Any Time, Any Place” (CB: 3) 8/6: Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories “Stay (I Missed You)” (BB: 4, BA: 4, CB: 2, RR: 4) 8/27: Boyz II Men “I’ll Make Love to You” (BB: 14, BA: 12, CB: 13, RR: 4) 10/7: Sheryl Crow “All I Wanna Do” (RR: 6) 11/18: Real McCoy “Another Night” (RR: 4) 12/3: Boyz II Men “On Bended Knee” (BB: 6, BA: 11, CB: 11, RR: 6) 12/17: Ini Kamoze “Here Comes the Hotstepper” (BB: 2) 1995: 1/28: TLC “Creep” (BB: 4) 2/10: Madonna “Take a Bow” (BB: 9, BA: 9, CB: 8, RR: 5) 3/17: Dionne Farris “I Know” (BA: 7, CB: 6, RR: 9) 4/15: Montell Jordan “This Is How We Do It” (BB: 7) 5/19: Blessid Union of Souls “I Believe” (R: 2) 5/27: Boyz II Men “Water Runs Dry” (BA: 1, CB: 5) 6/2: Hootie & the Blowfish “Let Her Cry” (RR: 1) 6/3: Bryan Adams “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?” (BB: 5, CB: 1) 6/9: The Rembrandts “I’ll Be There for You” (BA: 8, RR: 8) 7/8: TLC “Waterfalls” (BB: 7, CB: 7) 8/4: Seal “Kiss from a Rose” (BB: 1, BA: 10, CB: 1, RR: 8) 9/2: Michael Jackson “You Are Not Alone” (BB: 1, CB: 2) 9/9: Coolio with L.V. “Gangsta’s Paradise” (BB: 3, CB: 3) 9/29: Hootie & the Blowfish “Only Wanna Be with You” (RR: 3) 9/30: Mariah Carey “Fantasy” (BB: 8, BA: 7, CB: 9, RR: 6) 11/25: Whitney Houston “Exhale (Shoop Shoop)” (BB: 1) 12/1: Goo Goo Dolls “Name” (RR: 1) 12/2: Mariah Carey with Boyz II Men “One Sweet Day” (BB: 16, BA: 13, CB: 11, RR: 8) 1996: 2/16: Everything But the Girl “Missing (Todd Terry remix)” (BA: 5, CB: 1, RR: 4) 3/2: Mary J. Blige “Not Gon’ Cry” (CB: 2) 3/15: Tony Rich Project “Nobody Knows” (RR: 2) 3/16: Brandy & LL Cool J “Sittin’ Up in My Room” (CB: 2) 3/23: Celine Dion “Because You Loved Me” (BB: 6, BA: 14, CB: 3, RR: 7) 3/29: Alanis Morissette “Ironic” (RR: 4) 3/30: Mariah Carey “Always Be My Baby” (BB: 2, CB: 5) 5/18: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony “Tha Crossroads” (BB: 8, CB: 7) 6/14: Tracy Chapman “Give Me One Reason” (RR: 2) 6/28: Fugees “Killing Me Softly” (RR: 1) 7/5: Alanis Morissette “You Learn” (RR: 6) 7/13: Toni Braxton “You’re Makin’ Me High” / “Let It Flow” (BB: 1, CB: 6) 7/13: Tupac Shakur (2pac) with K-Ci & JoJo “How Do U Want It” (BB: 2) 7/20: Tupac Shakur (2pac) with Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman “California Love” (BB: 2) 8/3: Los Del Rio “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)” (BB: 14, CB: 2) 8/16: Donna Lewis “I Love You Always Forever” (BA: 13, CB: 7, RR: 12) 11/2: Celine Dion “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” (BA: 2, CB: 2) 11/8: Alanis Morissette “Head Over Feet” (RR: 4) 11/9: Blackstreet with Dr. Dre “No Diggity” (BB: 4, CB: 1) 12/6: No Doubt “Don’t Speak” (BA: 16, RR: 9) 12/7: Toni Braxton “Un-Break My Heart” (BB: 11, BA: 2) 1997: 2/21: The Cardigans “Lovefool” (RR: 6) 2/22: Spice Girls “Wannabe” (BB: 4) 3/22: Puff Daddy with Mase “Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down” (BB: 6) 4/4: Jewel “You Were Meant for Me” (BA: 9, RR: 5) 5/3: The Notorious B.I.G. “Hypnotize” (BB: 3) 5/9: Savage Garden “I Want You” (RR: 1) 5/16: Hanson “Mmmbop” (BB: 4, BA: 4, RR: 9) 6/14: Puff Daddy with Faith Evans & 112 “I’ll Be Missing You” (BB: 11) 7/12: Shawn Colvin “Sunny Came Home” (BA: 4) 7/18: Meredith Brooks “Bitch” (RR: 3) 8/8: Third Eye Blind “Semi-Charmed Life” (BA: 3, RR: 6) 8/9: Will Smith “Men in Black” (BA: 4) 8/30: The Notorious B.I.G. with Puff Daddy & Mase “Mo Money, Mo Problems” (BB: 2) 9/13: Mariah Carey “Honey” (BB: 3) 9/19: Jewel “Foolish Games” (BA: 3, RR: 4) 10/4: Boyz II Men “4 Seasons of Loneliness” (BB: 1) 10/11: Elton John “Candle in the Wind 1997 (Goodbye England’s Rose)” (BB: 14) 10/17: Sugar Ray with Super Cat “Fly” (BA: 6, RR: 6) 11/28: Chumbawamba “Tubthumping” (BA: 9, RR: 6) 1998: 1/17: Savage Garden “Truly Madly Deeply” (BB: 2, BA: 5, RR: 3) 1/31: Celine Dion “My Heart Will Go On” (BB: 2, BA: 10, RR: 9) 1/31: Janet Jackson “Together Again” (BB: 2) 2/14: Usher “Nice & Slow” (BB: 2) 3/14: Will Smith “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It” (BB: 3) 4/4: K-Ci & JoJo “All My Life” (BB: 3) 4/17: Natalie Imbruglia “Torn” (BA: 11, RR: 11) 4/25: Next “Too Close” (BB: 4) 5/23: Mariah Carey “My All” (BB: 1) 6/6: Brandy & Monica “The Boy Is Mine” (BB: 13) 7/3: Alanis Morissette “Uninvited” (RR: 2) 7/17: Goo Goo Dolls “Iris” (BA: 18, RR: 4) 8/14: Aerosmith “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” (BB: 4, BA: 1, RR: 8) 10/3: Monica “The First Night” (BB: 5) 10/9: Barenaked Ladies “One Week” (BB: 1, RR: 6) 11/14: Lauryn Hill “Doo Wop (That Thing)” (BB: 2) 11/20: Alanis Morissette “Thank U” (RR: 1) 11/27: Third Eye Blind “Jumper” (RR: 1) 11/28: Divine “Lately” (BB: 1) 12/4: Shawn Mullins “Lullaby” (BA: 2, RR: 5) 12/5: R. Kelly & Celine Dion “I’m Your Angel” (BB: 6) 12/26: Brandy “Have You Ever?” (BB: 2, BA: 9) 1999: 1/22: Eagle-Eye Cherry “Save Tonight” (RR: 1) 1/29: Goo Goo Dolls “Slide” (BA: 1, RR: 2) 1/30: Britney Spears “Baby One More Time” (BB: 2, RR: 5) 2/13: Monica “Angel of Mine” (BB: 4, BA: 2) 3/13: Cher “Believe” (BB: 4) 3/19: Sugar Ray “Every Morning” (RR: 7) 3/20: TLC “No Scrubs” (BB: 4, BA: 13) 5/8: Ricky Martin “Livin’ La Vida Loca” (BB: 5, BA: 4, RR: 7) 5/17: Sixpence None the Richer “Kiss Me” (RR: 2) 6/12: Jennifer Lopez “If You Had My Love” (BB: 5) 7/9: Backstreet Boys “I Want It That Way” (BA: 3, RR: 3) 7/17: Destiny’s Child “Bills Bills Bills” (BB: 1) 7/24: Will Smith with Dru Hill & Kool Moe Dee “Wild Wild West” (BB: 1) 7/31: Christina Aguilera “Genie in a Bottle” (BB: 5, BA: 3, RR: 4) 8/7: Smash Mouth “All Star” (BA: 5, RR: 5) 9/4: Enrique Iglesias “Bailamos” (BB: 2) 9/18: TLC “Unpretty” (BB: 3) 10/1: Lou Bega “Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of…)” (BA: 6, RR: 5) 10/9: Mariah Carey with Jay-Z “Heartbreaker” (BB: 2) 10/23: Santana with Rob Thomas “Smooth” (BB: 12, BA: 5, RR: 7) 12/18: Brian McKnight “Back at One” (BA: 6) Resources/Related Links: Dave’s Music Database: “USA: #1 Pop Songs, 1890-Present” Dave’s Music Database: “United States: Biggest #1 Songs” Dave’s Music Database: “Top 100 Songs for Each Decade” Stereogum.com: “The Number Ones” (column by Tom Breihan) Joel Whitburn (2016). Billboard Top Pop Singles 1955-2015 Record Research: Menomonee Falls, WI. Pages 1161-1170. Joel Whitburn (2014). Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996 Record Research: Menomonee Falls, WI. Pages 514-522. Wikipedia: “List of Billboard Number-One Singles” (1940s – present) Wikipedia: “List of Billboard Hot 100 Airplay/Radio Songs Number-One Singles” (1984 – present) Wikipedia: “List of Radio & Records/Mediabase Number-One Singles” (1973 – present) First posted 4/2/2021; last updated 2/10/2023.