Top 50 Songs of 2022

Dave’s Music Database: Top 50 Songs of 2022

These are the top 50 songs of 2022 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 more than 40 year-end lists and charts. Check out “Top Songs and Albums of the Year” lists here. Spotify Podcast: Check out the Dave’s Music Database podcast episode The Top 20 Songs of 2022 based on this list. Debut: 1/10/2023 at 7pm CST. New episodes based on Dave’s Music Database lists are posted every Tuesday at 7pm CST. DMDB Top 1%: Harry Styles “As It Was” DMDB Top 2%: Taylor Swift “Anti-Hero” Lizzo “About Damn Time” Steve Lacy “Bad Habit” DMDB Top 5%: Jack Harlow “First Class” Sam Smith & Kim Petras “Unholy” Beyoncé “Break My Soul” Future with Drake & Tems “Wait for U” One Republic “I Ain’t Worried” Rema with Selena Gomez “Calm Down” SZA “Kill Bill” David Guetta with Bebe Rexha “I’m Good (Blue)” Elton John & Britney Spears “Hold Me Closer” DMDB Top 10%: Nicki Minaj “Super Freaky Girl” Morgan Wallen “You Proof” Bad Bunny “Tití Me Preguntó” Drake & 21 Savage “Jimmy Cooks” Harry Styles “Late Night Talking” Rihanna “Lift Me Up” Kendrick Lamar “The Heart Part 5” Beyoncé “Cuff It” Joji “Glimpse of Us” Zach Bryan “Something in the Orange” Kendrick Lamar “N95” Lady Gaga “Hold My Hand” Taylor Swift “Karma” Post Malone with Doja Cat “I Like You (A Happier Song)” Metro Boomin with the Weeknd & 21 Savage “Creepin’” Camila Cabello & Ed Sheeran “Bam Bam” Charlie Puth “Light Switch” Red Hot Chili Peppers “Black Summer” Em Beihold “Numb Little Bug” DMDB Top 20%: SZA “Snooze” Cole Swindell “She Had Me at Heads Carolina” Bad Bunny with Chencho Corleone “Me Porto Bonito” Lyle Lovett “12th of June” Drake & 21 Savage “Rich Flex” Charlie Puth & Jungkook “Left and Right” Jax “Victoria’s Secret” Taylor Swift “Lavender Haze” Doja Cat “Vegas” Muni Long “Hrs and Hrs” Stephen Sanchez “Until I Found You” Lewis Capaldi “Forget Me” Bonnie Raitt “Just Like That” Blackpink “Pink Venom” Willie Nelson with Lucinda Williams “Live Forever” Nicki Minaj & Lil Baby “Do We Have a Problem?” Dove Cameron “Boyfriend” DJ Khaled with Drake & Lil Baby “Staying Alive” Resources/Related Links: Dave’s Music Database: Top Songs and Albums by Year lists Dave’s Music Database: Songs of the Decade lists First posted 1/10/2023; last updated 12/30/2023.

Jack Harlow “First Class” hit #1

First Class Jack Harlow

Writer(s): Jackman Harlow, Jasper Harris, Douglas Ford, Rogét Chahayed, José Velazquez, Micaiah Raheem, Nickie Jon Pabón, Ryan Vojtesak, Stacy Ferguson, Jamal Jones, Will Adams, Elvis Williams, Christopher Bridges (see lyrics here) Released: April 8, 2022 First Charted: April 21, 2022 Peak: 13 BB, 14 BA, 11 DG, 13 ST, 11 RR, 17 A40, 110 RB, 2 UK, 11 CN, 12 AU (Click for codes to charts.) Sales (in millions): 2.0 US, 0.6 UK, 3.91 world (includes US + UK) Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 168.11 video, 853.51 streaming

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About the Song: Rapper Jack Harlow was born in Kentucky in 1998. He released several mixtapes and EPs before his debut album, That’s What They All Say, came out in 2020 and was a top-five, million-selling album. He experienced his first chart success with the album’s single “What’s Poppin’,” which reached #2 on the pop and R&B charts on its way to being certified seven times platinum. In 2021, Harlow reached #1 as a guest artist on Lil Nas X’s “Industry Baby.” Th next year, he topped the charts on his own with “First Class,” the second single from his sophomore album, Come Home, the Kids Miss You. It appeared first on TikTok, going viral and gaining 28.8 million views before it was officially released. WK Harlow uses the song to brag about his lifestyle changes since making it big with “What’s Poppin’.” He can now afford to fly his friends and family first class, “treat his lady to the finer things in life, and upsize his mom and dad’s property.” SF The song heavily samples Fergie’s “Glamorous,” a #1 song from 2007. He said the song “was one of the biggest and most important songs of my childhood. It influenced my whole style.” SF NPR’s Reanna Cruz said the song finds Harlow “dabbling in the space between the dorky and affable – perhaps the key to his success. You can’t help but root for him.” NPR “He knows what he’s doing and…he games the Gen-Z algorithm to great effect.” NPR Billboard magazine named “First Class” the #1 R&B/rap song of the year. Resources: DMDB encyclopedia entry for Jack Harlow NPR NPR.org (4/14/2022). “Jack Harlow, ‘First Class’” by Reanna Cruz SF Songfacts WK Wikipedia First posted 1/7/2024; last updated 10/15/2024.