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Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Billboard Hot 100: The Top 300+ Songs, 1958-2021

Billboard Hot 100:

Top 300+ Songs, 1958-2021

In 2008, Billboard published a list of the top 100 songs of all-time in celebration of the Hot 100 chart’s 50th anniversary. For the chart’s 60th anniversary, they updated the list to a top 600. They updated the top 100 list again in 2021 with a new song at #1. Because the newest list only updated the top 100, there are certainly recent songs which would make this list beyond the top 100 that have not been included.

See other chart-based lists here and specific Billboard lists here.

1. The Weeknd “Blinding Lights” (2019)
2. Chubby Checker “The Twist” (1960)
3. Santana with Rob Thomas “Smooth” (1999)
4. Bobby Darin “Mack the Knife” (1959)
5. Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!” (2014)
6. LeAnn Rimes “How Do I Live” (1997)
7. LMFAO with Lauren Bennett & GoonRock “Party Rock Anthem” (2011)
8. Black Eyed Peas “I Gotta Feeling” (2009)
9. Los Del Rio “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)” (1995)
10. Ed Sheeran “Shape of You” (2017)

11. Olivia Newton-John “Physical” (1981)
12. Debby Boone “You Light Up My Life” (1977)
13. The Beatles “Hey Jude” (1968)
14. The Chainsmokers with Halsey “Closer” (2016)
15. Mariah Carey “We Belong Together” (2005)
16. Toni Braxton “Un-Break My Heart” (1996)
17. Usher wth Lil’ Jon & Ludacris “Yeah!” (2004)
18. Kim Carnes “Bette Davis Eyes” (1981)
19. Post Malone “Circles” (2019)
20. Lionel Richie & Diana Ross “Endless Love” (1981)

21. Rod Stewart “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)” (1976)
22. Jewel “You Were Meant for Me”/ “Foolish Games” (1997)
23. Bryan Adams “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” (1991)
24. Boyz II Men “I’ll Make Love to You” (1994)
25. Percy Faith “Theme from ‘A Summer Place’” (1960)
26. Chic “Le Freak” (1978)
27. Bee Gees “How Deep Is Your Love” (1977)
28. Survivor “Eye of the Tiger” (1982)
29. Rihanna & Calvin Harris “We Found Love” (2011)
30. Maroon 5 with Cardi B “Girls Like You” (2017)

31. Flo Rida & T-Pain “Low” (2007)
32. Dua Lipa with DaBaby “Levitating” (2020)
33. Andy Gibb “I Just Want to Be Your Everything” (1977)
34. Next “Too Close” (1998)
35. The Police “Every Breath You Take” (1983)
36. Gotye with Kimbra “Somebody That I Used to Know” (2011)
37. Luis Fonsi with Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber “Despacito” (2017)
38. Irene Cara “Flashdance...What a Feelin’” (1983)
39. Adele “Rolling in the Deep” (2010)
40. Bobby Lewis “Tossin’ and Turnin’” (1961)

41. Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road” (2018)
42. Johnny Horton “The Battle of New Orleans” (1959)
43. Mariah Carey with Boyz II Men “One Sweet Day” (1995)
44. Savage Garden “Truly, Madly, Deeply” (1997)
45. Paul McCartney & Wings “Silly Love Songs” (1976)
46. Marvin Gaye “Let’s Get It On” (1973)
47. Bee Gees “Night Fever” (1978)
48. Queen “Another One Bites the Dust” (1980)
49. 24K Goldn with Iann Dior “Mood” (2020)
50. Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson “Say, Say, Say” (1983)

51. Nickelback “How You Remind Me” (2001)
52. Tony Orlando & Dawn “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree” (1973)
53. Tommy Edwards “It’s All in the Game” (1951)
54. The Beatles “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (1963)
55. Andy Gibb “Shadow Dancing” (1978)
56. Carly Rae Jepsen “Call Me Maybe” (2011)
57. Robin Thicke with T.I. & Pharrell Williams “Blurred Lines” (2013)
58. Elton John “Candle in the Wind 1997 (Goodbye England’s Rose)” (1997)
59. Alicia Keys “No One” (2007)
60. Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You” (1992)

61. Boyz II Men “End of the Road” (1992)
62. Ed Sheeran with Beyoncé “Perfect” (2017)
63. Black Eyed Peas “Boom Boom Pow” (2009)
64. Blondie “Call Me” (1980)
65. Mario “Let Me Love You” (2004)
66. Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive’ (1977)
67. Kenny Rogers “Lady” (1980)
68. Ke$ha “Tik Tok” (2009)
69. The Monkees “I’m a Believer” (1966)
70. Kanye West with Jamie Foxx “Gold Digger” (2005)

71. One Republic with Timbaland “Apologize” (2007)
72. Ace of Base “The Sign” (1993)
73. J. Geils Band “Centerfold” (1981)
74. Meghan Trainor “All About That Bass” (2014)
75. Post Malone with Swae Lee “Sunflower” (2018)
76. John Lennon “Just Like Starting Over” (1980)
77. Lorde “Royals” (2013)
78. Brandy & Monica “The Boy Is Mine” (1998)
79. Stevie B “Because I Love You (The Postman Song)” (1990)
80. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts “I Love Rock and Roll” (1981)

81. The 5th Dimension “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” (1969)
82. Tag Team “Whoomp! There It Is” (1993)
83. Drake “God’s Plan” (2018)
84. Maroon 5 with Christina Aguilera “Moves Like Jagger” (2011)
85. Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder “Ebony and Ivory” (1982)
86. Paula Abdul “Rush Rush” (1991)
87. Dionne & Friends “That's What Friends Are For” (1985)
88. Pharrell Williams “Happy” (2013)
89. Diana Ross “Upside Down” (1980)
90. The Archies “Sugar, Sugar” (1969)

91. Bruno Mars “Just the Way You Are (Amazing)” (2010)
92. Nelly with Kelly Rowland “Dilemma” (2002)
93. Marvin Gaye “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (1968)
94. Shania Twain “You’re Still the One” (1998)
95. Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” (1983)
96. Donna Summer “Hot Stuff” (1979)
97. Post Malone with 21 Savage “Rockstar” (2017)
98. Coolio with L.V. “Gangsta’s Paradise” (1995)
99. Steve Miller Band “Abracadabra” (1982)
100. Carly Simon “You’re So Vain” (1972)

101. Wild Cherry “Play That Funky Music” (1976)
102. Lionel Richie “Say You Say Me” (1985)
103. The Knack “My Sharona” (1979)
104. Lionel Richie “All Night Long (All Night)” (1983)
105. Sinéad O’Connor “Nothing Compares 2 U” (1990)
106. All-4-One “I Swear” (1994)
107. Mary J. Blige “Family Affair” (2001)
108. Foreigner “Waiting for a Girl Like You” (1981)
109. Elvis Presley “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” (1960)
110. Roberta Flack “Killing Me Softly with His Song” (1973)

111. Wiz Khalifa with Charlie Puth “See You Again” (2015)
112. John Mellencamp “Hurts So Good” (1982)
113. Puff Daddy with Faith Evans & 112 “I’ll Be Missing You” (1997)
114. Katy Perry with Juicy J “Dark Horse” (2013)
115. B.J. Thomas “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head” (1969)
116. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Wanz “Thrift Shop” (2012)
117. Phil Collins “Another Day in Paradise” (1989)
118. Maroon 5 “One More Night” (2012)
119. The Emotions “Best of My Love” (1977)
120. fun. with Janelle Monae “We Are Young” (2012)

121. Bruno Mars “That’s What I Like” (2016)
122. Usher “U Make Me Wanna…” (1997)
123. Fergie “Big Girls Don’t Cry (Personal)” (2007)
124. Barbra Streisand “The Way We Were” (1973)
125. Real McCoy “Another Night” (1993)
126. Elvis Presley “It’s Now or Never” (1960)
127. Captain & Tennille “Do That to Me One More Time” (1979)
128. Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band “A Fifth of Beethoven” (1976)
129. Madonna “Like a Virgin” (1984)
130. Santana with the Product G & B “Maria Maria” (2000)

131. Prince “When Doves Cry” (1984)
132. Gloria Gaynor “I Will Survive” (1978)
133. Ray Charles “I Can’t Stop Loving You” (1962)
134. Usher “U Got It Bad” (2001)
135. T.I. “Whatever You Like” (2008)
136. Jay Sean & Lil Wayne “Down” (2009)
137. Leona Lewis “Bleeding Love” (2007)
138. Three Dog Night “Joy to the World’ (1971)
139. Destiny’s Child “Independent Women” (2000)
140. Ashanti with Ja Rule “Foolish” (2002)

141. Daryl Hall & John Oates “Maneater” (1982)
142. Paul McCartney & Wings “My Love” (1973)
143. The Weeknd “The Hills” (2015)
144. The Tony Rich Project “Nobody Knows” (1996)
145. Gilbert O’Sullivan “Alone Again (Naturally)” (1972)
146. John Legend “All of Me” (2013)
147. Taylor Swift “Shake It Off” (2014)
148. Roberta Flack “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” (1969)

149. Drake “One Dance” (2016)
150. Imagine Dragons “Radioactive” (2012)

151. LMFAO “Sexy and I Know It” (2011)
152. Adele “Someone Like You” (2011)
153. OutKast “Hey Ya!” (2003)
154. Pink Floyd “Another Brick in the Wall Part II” (1979)
155. Usher “Burn” (2004)
156. OutKast “The Way You Move” (2003)
157. George Michael “Faith” (1987)
158. Soulja Boy Tell’em “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” (2007)
159. Celine Dion “Because You Loved Me” (1996)
160. 50 Cent “In Da Club” (2002)

161. Frankie Avalon “Venus” (1959)
162. One Republic “Counting Stars” (2013)
163. Queen “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” (1979)
164. Glen Campbell “Rhinestone Cowboy” (1975)
165. Faith Hill “Breathe” (1999)
166. Brenda Lee “I’m Sorry” (1960)
167. Beyoncé “Irreplaceable” (2006)
168. Bonnie Tyler “Total Eclipse of the Heart” (1983)
169. George Michael “Careless Whisper” (1984) 170. Exile “Kiss You All Over” (1978)

171. Lifehouse “Hanging by a Moment” (2000)
172. The Bangles “Walk Like an Egyptian” (1986)
173. Katy Perry with Kanye West “E.T.” (2010)
174. Domenico Modugno “Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blue)” (1958)
175. The Teddy Bears “To Know Him Is to Love Him” (1958)
176. Eminem “Lose Yourself” (2002)
177. The Jackson 5 “I’ll Be There” (1970)
178. Alicia Keys “Fallin’” (2001)
179. TLC “Creep” (1994)
180. Barbra Streisand “Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)” (1976)

181. Paul Mauriat “Love Is Blue” (1967)
182. Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots “Disco Duck” (1976)
183. Jennifer Lopez with Ja Rule “I’m Real” (2001)
184. Ciara with Petey Pablo “Goodies” (2004)
185. Louis Armstrong “Hello, Dolly!” (1964)
186. The Human League “Don’t You Want Me?” (1981)
187. Rod Stewart “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” (1978)
188. TLC “Waterfalls” (1994)
189. Rod Stewart “Maggie May” (1971)
190. The Four Seasons “Big Girls Don’t Cry” (1962)

191. Nelly “Hot in Herre” (2002)
192. Barry Manilow “I Write the Songs” (1975)
193. Rick Springfield “Jessie’s Girl” (1981)
194. C + C Music Factory “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)” (1990)
195. A Taste of Honey “Boogie Oogie Oogie” (1978)
196. Barbra Streisand “Woman in Love” (1980)
197. Fetty Wap “Trap Queen” (2015)
198. Chris Brown with Juelz Santana “Run It!” (2005)
199. Elton John “Philadelphia Freedom” (1975)
200. Justin Bieber “Love Yourself” (2015)

201. Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs “Sugar Shack” (1963)
202. The Rolling Stones “Honky Tonk Women (1969)
203. Lady Gaga with Colby O’Donis “Just Dance” (2008)
204. Madonna “Vogue” (1990)
205. The Kingston Trio “Tom Dooley” (1958)
206. Mariah Carey “Love Takes Time” (1990)
207. Usher with Alicia Keys “Mo Boo” (2004)
208. Eddie Kendricks “Keep on Truckin’” (1973)
209. T.I. with Rihanna “Live Your Life” (2008)
210. Otis Redding “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” (1968)

211. Beyoncé with Sean Paul “Baby Boy” (2003)
212. Katy Perry “Firework” (2010)
213. Lil Wayne with Static Major “Lollipop” (2008)
214. Elton John “Crocodile Rock” (1972)
215. Roxette “It Must Have Been Love” (1990)
216. Mariah Carey “Vision of Love” (1990)
217. Don McLean “American Pie” (1971)
218. The Platters “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” (1958)
219. Donna Summer “Bad Girls” (1979)
220. Chicago “Hard to Say I’m Sorry” (1982)

221. Jimmy Dean “Big Bad John” (1961)
222. Jim Reeves “He’ll Have to Go” (1959)
223. Janet Jackson “Miss You Much” (1989)
224. Pitbull with Ne-Yo, Afrojack, & Nayer “Give Me Everything” (2011)
225. KC & the Sunshine Band “Shake, Shake, Shake, Shake Your Booty” (1976)
226. Men at Work “Down Under” (1981)
227. Terry Jackson “Seasons in the Sun” (1974)
228. U.S.A. for Africa “We Are the World” (1985)
229. Lulu “To Sir with Love” (1967)
230. Lady Antebellum “Need You Now” (2009)

231. Bruno Mars “Locked Out of Heaven” (2012)
232. The Everly Brothers “Cathy’s Clown” (1960)
233. John Cougar Mellencamp “Jack and Diane” (1982)
234. Van Halen “Jump” (1984)
235. Wilson Phillips “Hold On” (1990)
236. Simon & Garfunkel “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (1970)
237. Tony Orlando & Dawn “Knock Three Times” (1970)
238. The Fleetwoods “Mr. Blue” (1959)
239. Color Me Badd “I Wanna Sex You Up” (1991)
240. Eminem with Rihanna “Love the Way You Lie” (2010)

241. Timmy T “One More Try” (1991)
242. Paul Anka “Lonely Boy” (1959)
243. Ed Sheeran “Thinking Out Loud” (2014)
244. Boyz II Men “On Bended Knee” (1994)
245. Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton “Islands in the Stream” (1983)
246. Justin Bieber “Sorry” (2015)
247. Bobby Goldsboro “Honey” (1968)
248. Paul McCartney & Wings “Coming Up (Live at Glasgow)” (1980)
249. John Denver “I’m Sorry” (1975)
250. Toni Braxton “You’re Makin’ Me High” / “Let It Flow” (1996)

251. Joey Dee & the Starliters “Peppermint Twist” (1962)
252. Katy Perry with Snoop Dogg “California Gurls” (2010)
253. Christopher Cross “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)” (1981)
254. Elton John & Kiki Dee “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” (1976)
255. The Manhattans “Kiss and Say Goodbye” (1976)
256. Beyoncé with Jay-Z “Crazy in Love” (2003)
257. Carole King “It’s Too Late” / “I Feel the Earth Move” (1971)
258. Mr. Mister “Broken Wings” (1985)
259. Bette Midler “From a Distance” (1990)
260. Taio Cruz “Dynamite” (2010)

261. Heart “Alone” (1987)
262. The Carpenters “They Long to Be Close to You” (1970)
263. Bobby Vinton “Roses Are Red My Love” (1962)
264. REO Speedwagon “Can’t Fight This Feeling” (1984)
265. Gwen Stefani “Hollaback Girl” (2005)
266. Captain & Tennille “Love Will Keep Us Together” (1975)
267. Lloyd Price “Stagger Lee” (1958)
268. Poison “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” (1988)
269. Ray Stevens “The Streak” (1974)
270. Mariah Carey “Fantasy” (1995)

271. Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance with Somebody Who Loves Me” (1987)
272. Daryl Hall & John Oates “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)” (1981)
273. Johnnie Taylor “Disco Lady” (1976)
274. Elton John “Bennie and the Jets” (1973)
275. Lady Gaga “Poker Face” (2008)
276. Ohio Players “Love Rollercoaster” (1976)
277. Bon Jovi “Livin’ on a Prayer” (1986)
278. Johnny Preston “Running Bear” (1959)
279. Dire Straits “Money for Nothing” (1985)
280. Chicago “If You Leave Me Now” (1976)

281. The Partridge Family “I Think I Love You” (1970)
282. EMF “Unbelievable” (1990)
283. The Rascals “People Got to Be Free” (1968)
284. Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald “On My Own” (1986)
285. Surface “The First Time” (1991)
286. Train “Hey Soul Sister” (2009)
287. Michael Jackson “Beat It” (1983)
288. Andy Gibb “Love Is Thicker Than Water” (1977)
289. Madonna “Crazy for You” (1985)
290. Bert Kaempfert Orchestra “Wonderland by Night” (1960)

291. Madonna “Take a Bow” (1994)
292. The Supremes “Love Child” (1968)
293. Puff Daddy & Mase “Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down” (1997)
294. 3 Doors Down “Kryptonite” (2000)
295. The Beatles “She Loves You” (1963)
296. Tina Turner “What’s Love Got to Do with It?” (1984)
297. Adele “Hello” (2015)
298. Elvis Presley “Stuck on You” (1960)
299. The Browns “The Three Bells” (1959)
300. Jim Croce “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” (1973)

301. Eagles “One of These Nights” (1975)
302. Michael Jackson “Rock with You” (1979)
303. Extreme “More Than Words” (1991)
304. Gladys Knight & the Pips “Midnight Train to Georgia” (1973)
305. Zager & Evans “In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)” (1969)
306. Sly & the Family Stone “Everyday People” (1968)
307. Janet Jackson “Escapade” (1989)

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Saturday, May 8, 2021

Adult Top 40: Top 100+ Songs

Adult Top 40, 1996-2021:

Top 100+ Songs

In 2016, Billboard magazine celebrated its 20th anniversary of the Adult Pop Songs chart, a chart which it referred to as “Top 40 for people over 25.” They published a list of the top 50 “Greatest Of All Time Adult Pop Songs.” Dave’s Music Database has reworked the list to rank the songs based on most weeks at #1 and then, for ties, by overall points in Dave’s Music Database. All songs which spent at least 5 weeks at #1 are in the list below, pushing this a few notches past a top 100 list.

Click here to see other genre-specific song lists.

    25 weeks:

  1. Santana with Rob Thomas “Smooth” (1999)

    23 weeks:

  2. The Calling “Wherever You Will Go” (2001)

    20 weeks:

  3. The Weeknd “Blinding Lights” (2019)

    18 weeks:

  4. Nickelback “Photograph” (2005)
  5. Matchbox 20 “Unwell” (2002)

    17 weeks:

  6. Goo Goo Dolls “Iris” (1998)

    16 weeks:

  7. Avril Lavigne “Complicated” (2002)

    15 weeks:

  8. The Fray “How to Save a Life” (2005)
  9. Panic! At the Disco “High Hopes” (2018)

    14 weeks:

  10. No Doubt “Don’t Speak” (1995)
  11. Maroon 5 with Cardi B “Girls Like You” (2017)
  12. Natalie Imbruglia “Torn” (1997)
  13. Train “Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)” (2001)
  14. Maroon 5 “Memories” (2019)
  15. Vertical Horizon “Everything You Want’ (1999)

    13 weeks:

  16. Adele “Rolling in the Deep” (2010)
  17. Maroon 5 “This Love” (2002)
  18. 3 Doors Down “Here Without You” (2002)
  19. Matchbox 20 “Bent” (2000)
  20. Maroon 5 “She Will Be Loved” (2002)

  21. Colbie Caillat “Bubbly” (2007)
  22. Matchbox 20 “If You’re Gone” (2000)
  23. Santana with Michelle Branch “The Game of Love” (2002)

    12 weeks:

  24. Ed Sheeran “Shape of You” (2017)
  25. Celine Dion “Because You Loved Me” (1996)
  26. Daniel Powter “Bad Day” (2005)

    11 weeks:

  27. Green Day “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” (2004)
  28. Kings of Leon “Use Somebody” (2008)
  29. Pink with Nate Ruess “Just Give Me a Reason” (2012)

    10 weeks:

  30. Leona Lewis “Bleeding Love” (2007)
  31. Mariah Carey with Boyz II Men “One Sweet Day” (1995)
  32. Hoobastank “The Reason” (2003)
  33. Sugar Ray “Every Morning” (1998)
  34. Avirl Lavigne “I’m with You” (2002)
  35. Rob Thomas “Lonely No More” (2005)
  36. KT Tunstall “Black Horse & the Cherry Tree” (2004)
  37. Matchbox 20 “3 A.M.” (1996)
  38. Daughtry “Home” (2007)

    9 weeks:

  39. Ed Sheeran with Beyoncé “Perfect” (2017)
  40. Adele “Someone Like You (2011)
  41. Justin Timberlake “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” (2016)
  42. Lady Antebellum “Need You Now” (2009)
  43. Katy Perry with Snoop Dogg “California Gurls” (2010)
  44. Sara Bareilles “Love Song” (2007)
  45. Kelly Clarkson “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” (2011)
  46. Jonas Brothers “Sucker” (2019)
  47. Smash Mouth “All Star” (1999)
  48. The Fray “You Found Me” (2008)
  49. Lifehouse “You and Me” (2005)
  50. Dido “Thank You” (2000)

  51. Maroon 5 with Kendrick Lamar “Don’t Wanna Know” (2016)
  52. Sheryl Crow “Soak Up the Sun” (2002)
  53. Daughtry “It’s Not Over” (2006)
  54. Santana with Chad Kroeger or Alex Band “Why Don’t You and I?” (2002)

    8 weeks:

  55. Jason Mraz “I’m Yours” (2008)
  56. Taylor Swift “Shake It Off” (2014)
  57. The Lumineers “Ho Hey” (2012)
  58. Donna Lewis “I Love You Always Forever” (1996)
  59. Creed “With Arms Wide Open” (1999)
  60. Maroon 5 “One More Night” (2012)

  61. Walk the Moon “Shut Up and Dance” (2014)
  62. Tracy Chapman “Give Me One Reason” (1995)
  63. Shawn Mullins “Lullaby (Rock-a-Bye)” (1998)
  64. Ava Max “Kings & Queens” (2020)
  65. Kelly Clarkson “Already Gone” (2009)
  66. Goo Goo Dolls “Give a Little Bit” (2004)

    7 weeks:

  67. Adele “Hello” (2015)
  68. Sia with Sean Paul “Cheap Thrills” (2016)
  69. One Republic “Counting Stars” (2013)
  70. Fergie “Big Girls Don’t Cry (Personal)” (2006)

  71. The Chainsmokers with Coldplay “Something Just Like This” (2017)
  72. Eric Clapton “Change the World” (1996)
  73. Pink “Raise Your Glass” (2010)
  74. Ed Sheeran with Justin Bieber “I Don’t Care” (2019)
  75. Imagine Dragons “Thunder” (2017)
  76. Shawn Colvin “Sunny Came Home” (1996)
  77. Zedd with Meren Morris & Grey “The Middle” (2018)
  78. Sarah McLachlan “Angel” (1997)
  79. Shinedown “Second Chance” (2008)
  80. Pink “Fuckin’ Perfect” (2010)

  81. The Script “Breakeven” (2008)
  82. Sister Hazel “All for You” (1997)
  83. Sophie B. Hawkins “As I Lay Me Down” (1995)

    6 weeks:

  84. Gotye with Kimbra “Somebody That I Used to Know” (2011)
  85. Pharrell Williams “Happy” (2013)
  86. Robin Thicke with T.I. & Pharrell Williams “Blurred Lines” (2013)
  87. Ed Sheeran “Thinking Out Loud” (2014)
  88. Coldplay “Viva La Vida” (2008)
  89. Seal “Kiss from a Rose” (1994)
  90. Taylor Swift “Blank Space” (2014)

  91. One Republic with Timbaland “Apologize” (2006)
  92. Ricky Martin “Livin’ La Vida Loca” (1999)
  93. Train “Hey, Soul Sister” (2009)
  94. Maroon 5 with Wiz Khalifa “Payphone” (2012)
  95. Jewel “You Were Meant for Me” (1995)
  96. Lewis Capaldi “Someone You Loved” (2018)
  97. Imagine Dragons “Believer” (2017)
  98. Shawn Mendes “Treat You Better” (2016)
  99. Ed Sheeran “Photograph” (2014)
  100. Paula Cole “I Don’t Want to Wait” (1996)
  101. Nickelback “If Everyone Cared” (2005)
  102. Kelly Clarkson “Mr. Know It All” (2011)

    5 weeks:

  103. Bruno Mars “Just the Way You Are (Amazing)” (2010)
  104. Justin Bieber “Love Yourself” (2015)
  105. Katy Perry “Firework” (2010)
  106. Katy Perry “Roar” (2013)
  107. James Blunt “You’re Beautiful” (2004)
  108. Magic! “Rude” (2013)
  109. Chumbawamba “Tubthumping” (1997)
  110. Lifehouse “Hanging by a Moment” (2000)

  111. The Wallflowers “One Headlight” (1996)
  112. Dua Lipa “Don’t Start Now” (2019)
  113. Jewel “Foolish Games” (1995)
  114. Nickelback “Far Away” (2005)
  115. Shawn Mendes “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back” (2016)
  116. Benny Blanco with Halsey & Khalid “Eastside” (2018)
  117. Pink “Blow Me One Last Kiss” (2012)
  118. Train “Calling All Angels” (2003)
  119. Kelly Clarkson “Behind These Hazel Eyes” (2004)
  120. Nickelback “Gotta Be Somebody” (2008)
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Friday, December 31, 1999

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:

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. 1/12: Michael Bolton “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You?” (BB: 3, BA: 2, RR: 2)
  2. 1/20: Technotronic with Felly “Pump Up the Jam” (CB: 2)
  3. 1/26: Rod Stewart “Downtown Train” (CB: 1, RR: 1)

  4. 2/2: Paula Abdul with the Wild Pair “Opposites Attract” (BB: 3, BA: 4, CB: 2, RR: 3)
  5. 2/23: Janet Jackson “Escapade” (BB: 4, BA: 4, CB: 3, RR: 4)
  6. 2/24: Seduction “Two to Make It Right” (CB: 1)

  7. 3/3: Roxette “Dangerous” (CB: 1)
  8. 3/23: Taylor Dayne “Love Will Lead You Back” (BB: 1, BA: 2, CB: 1, RR: 2)
  9. 3/24: Alannah Myles “Black Velvet” (BB: 2, CB: 2)

  10. 4/6: Jane Child “Don’t Wanna Fall in Love” (BA: 2, RR: 2)
  11. 4/14: Tommy Page “I’ll Be Your Everything” (BB: 1, CB: 1)
  12. 4/20: Sinéad O’Connor “Nothing Compares 2 U” (BB: 4, BA: 4, CB: 3, RR: 3)

  13. 5/11: Madonna “Vogue” (BB: 3< BA: 3, CB: 3, RR: 4)

  14. 6/2: Heart “All I Want to Do Is Make Love to You” (CB: 1)
  15. 6/8: MC Hammer “U Can’t Touch This” (RR: 1)
  16. 6/9: Wilson Phillips “Hold On” (BB: 1, CB: 1)
  17. 6/15: Roxette “It Must Have Been Love” (BB: 3, BA: 3, RR: 1)
  18. 6/22: New Kids on the Block “Step by Step” (BB: 3, BA: 1, CB: 5, RR: 2)

  19. 7/6: Glenn Medeiros with Bobby Brown “She Ain’t Worth It” (BB: 2, BA: 3, CB: 2, RR: 3)
  20. 7/27: Mariah Carey “Vision of Love” (BB: 4, BA: 3, CB: 2, RR: 3)

  21. 8/17: Janet Jackson “Come Back to Me” (BA: 2, CB: 1, RR: 1)
  22. 8/24: Sweet Sensation “If Wishes Came True” (BB: 1, CB: 1, RR: 1)
  23. 8/31: Wilson Phillips “Release Me” (BB: 2, BA: 3, RR: 3)

  24. 9/8: Jon Bon Jovi “Blaze of Glory” (BB: 1, CB: 2)
  25. 9/21: Phil Collins “Something Happened on the Way to Heaven” (BA: 2, RR: 2)
  26. 9/22: Prince “Thieves in the Temple” (CB: 1)
  27. 9/29: Nelson “Can’t Live Without Your Love and Affection” (BB: 1, CB: 1)

  28. 10/5: George Michael “Praying for Time” (BB: 2, BA: 2, CB: 2, RR: 2)
  29. 10/6: Maxi Priest “Close to You” (BB: 1, BA: 1)
  30. 10/19: Janet Jackson “Black Cat” (BB: 1, RR: 1)
  31. 10/20: James Ingram “I Don’t Have the Heart” (BB: 1, BA: 2, CB: 1, RR: 1)

  32. 11/2: Vanilla Ice “Ice Ice Baby” (BB: 2, BA: 2, CB: 2, RR: 2)
  33. 11/10: Mariah Carey “Love Takes Time” (BB: 3, BA: 4, CB: 2, RR: 2)
  34. 11/30: Whitney Houston “I’m Your Baby Tonight” (BB: 1, CB: 1, RR: 1)

  35. 12/7: Stevie B “Because I Love You (The Postman Song)” (BB: 4, BA: 2, CB: 2, RR: 2)
  36. 12/21: Madonna “Justify My Love” (BB: 2, CB: 4, RR: 1)

1991:

  1. 1/5: Janet Jackson “Love Will Never Do Without You” (BB: 3, BA: 7, CB: 1, RR: 3)
  2. 1/26: Surface “The First Time” (BB: 2, CB: 1, RR: 1)

  3. 2/8: Whitney Houston “All the Man That I Need” (BB: 2, CB: 2, RR: 2)
  4. 2/9: C + C Music Factory “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)” (BB: 2, CB: 2)
  5. 2/22: Mariah Carey “Someday” (BB: 4, BA: 10, CB: 2, RR: 4)

  6. 3/9: Timmy T “One More Try” (BB: 1, CB: 1)
  7. 3/22: Gloria Estefan “Coming Out of the Dark” (BB: 2, CB: 2, RR: 1)
  8. 3/29: Londonbeat “I’ve Been Thinking About You” (BB: 1, CB: 1, RR: 2)

  9. 4/12: Wilson Phillips “You’re in Love” (BB: 1, RR: 1)
  10. 4/19: Amy Grant “Baby Baby” (BB: 2, BA: 2, CB: 3, RR: 3)

  11. 5/4: Cathy Dennis “Touch Me All Night Long” (BA: 2, RR: 1)
  12. 5/11: Roxette “Joyride” (BB: 1, CB: 1)
  13. 5/17: Mariah Carey “I Don’t Wanna Cry” (BB: 2, CB: 1, RR: 3)
  14. 5/18: Hi-Five “I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)” (BB: 1)
  15. 5/18: C + C Music Factory “Here We Go” (CB: 1)
  16. 5/25: Rod Stewart “Rhythm of My Heart” (CB: 1)

  17. 6/1: Paula Abdul “Rush Rush” (BB: 8, BA: 9, CB: 3, RR: 5)
  18. 6/8: Extreme “More Than Words” (BB: 1, CB: 1)

  19. 7/12: EMF “Unbelievable” (BB: 1, CB: 2, RR: 1)
  20. 7/19: Jesus Jones “Right Here Right Now” (CB: 1, RR: 1)
  21. 7/26: Bryan Adams “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” (BB: 7, BA: 8, CB: 6, RR: 6)

  22. 9/6: Paula Abdul “The Promise of a New Day” (BB: 1, CB: 2, RR: 1)
  23. 9/13: Color Me Badd “I Adore Mi Amor” (BB: 2, BA: 3, CB: 2, RR: 3)

  24. 10/4: Mariah Carey “Emotions” (BB: 4, BA: 4, CB: 2, RR: 3)
  25. 10/5: Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch with Loleatta Holloway “Good Vibrations” (BB: 1)
  26. 10/25: Karyn White “Romantic” (BB: 1, CB: 2, RR: 2)

  27. 11/8: Prince “Cream” (BB: 2, CB: 2, RR: 1)
  28. 11/9: Bryan Adams “Can’t Stop This Thing We Started” (CB: 1)
  29. 11/15: Michael Bolton “When a Man Loves a Woman” (BB; 3, BA: 3, CB: 2, RR: 3)
  30. 11/30: PM Dawn “Set Adrift on Memory Bliss” (BB: 1)

  31. 12/6: Boyz II Men “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday” (CB: 2, RR: 1)
  32. 12/7: Michael Jackson “Black or White” (BB: 7, BA: 4 CB: 4, RR: 2)

1992:

  1. 1/4: Color Me Badd “All 4 Love” (BB: 1, BA: 4)
  2. 1/10: Mariah Carey “Can’t Let Go” (CB: 1, RR: 3)
  3. 1/31: Prince “Diamonds and Pearls” (CB: 1, RR: 2)

  4. 2/1: George Michael with Elton John “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” (live) (BB: 1, CB: 1)
  5. 2/1: Shanice “I Love Your Smile” (BA: 5, RR: 2)
  6. 2/8: Right Said Fred “I’m Too Sexy” (BB: 3)
  7. 2/22: Mr. Big “To Be With You” (BB: 3, CB: 5)
  8. 2/28: Michael Jackson “Remember the Time” (BA: 2, CB: 1, RR: 3)

  9. 3/20: Vanessa Williams “Save the Best for Last” (BB: 5, BA: 8, CB: 3, RR: 4)

  10. 4/17: Mariah Carey “Make It Happen” (RR: 2)
  11. 4/25: Kris Kross “Jump” (BB: 8, CB: 3)
  12. 4/25: Eric Clapton “Tears in Heaven” (CB: 1)

  13. 5/1: En Vogue “My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It)” (BA: 4, CB: 3, RR: 4)
  14. 5/16: Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody” (CB: 1)
  15. 5/29: Red Hot Chili Peppers “Under the Bridge” (CB: 1, RR: 2)

  16. 6/12: Mariah Carey “I’ll Be There” (live) (BB: 2, BA: 8, CB: 3, RR: 6)

  17. 7/4: Sir Mix-A-Lot “Baby Got Back” (BB: 5, CB: 4)
  18. 7/24: Madonna “This Used to Be My Playground” (BB: 1, CB: 1, RR: 4)

  19. 8/8: TLC “Baby Baby Baby” (BA: 2)
  20. 8/15: Boyz II Men “End of the Road” (BB: 13, BA: 13, CB: 10, RR: 6)
  21. 8/22: Guns N’ Roses “November Rain” CB: 3)

  22. 10/2: Patty Smyth with Don Henley “Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough” (RR: 3)
  23. 10/23: PM Dawn “I’d Die Without You” (BA: 2, RR: 3)

  24. 11/13: The Heights “How Do You Talk to an Angel?” (BB: 2, CB: 2, RR: 2)
  25. 11/27: Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You” (BB: 14, BA: 11, CB: 14, RR: 7)

  26. 12/2: Wayne Newton “The Letter” (CB: 1)

1993:

  1. 1/29: Madonna “Deeper and Deeper” (RR: 1)

  2. 2/5: Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle “A Whole New World” (BB: 4, BA: 4, RR: 3)
  3. 2/26: Duran Duran “Ordinary World” (CB: 1, RR: 2)

  4. 3/12: Whitney Houston “I’m Every Woman” (CB: 1, RR: 1)
  5. 3/13: Snow “Informer” (BB: 7, CB: 2)
  6. 3/19: Boy Krazy “That’s What Love Can Do” (RR: 2)
  7. 3/20: Whitney Houston “I Have Nothing” (BA: 6, CB: 3, RR: 4)

  8. 4/30: Vanessa Williams & Brian McKnight “Love Is” (RR: 1)

  9. 5/1: Silk “Freak Me” (BB: 2, BA: 3)
  10. 5/1: PM Dawn “Looking Through Patient Eyes” (CB: 3, RR: 2)
  11. 5/15: Janet Jackson “That’s the Way Love Goes” (BB: 8, BA: 10, CB: 8, RR: 6)

  12. 7/2: SWV (Sisters with Voices) “Weak” (BB: 2, CB: 2, RR: 4)
  13. 7/24: UB40 “Can’t Help Falling in Love” (BB: 7, BA: 4, CB: 8, RR: 3)

  14. 8/20: Mariah Carey “Dreamlover” (BB: 8, BA: 11, CB: 4, RR: 9)

  15. 10/22: Janet Jackson “Again” (BB: 4, BA: 4, CB: 5, RR: 5)
  16. 10/23: Billy Joel “The River of Dreams” (CB: 1)
  17. 10/30: Xscape “Just Kickin’ It” (CB: 1)

  18. 11/6: Meat Loaf “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)” (BB: 5, CB: 6)
  19. 11/26: Mariah Carey “Hero” (BB: 4, BA: 10, RR: 5)

1994:

  1. 1/14: Bryan Adams with Sting & Rod Stewart “All for Love” (BB: 3, CB: 5, RR: 4)

  2. 2/11: Ace of Base “The Sign” (BB: 6, BA: 13, CB: 3, RR: 9)
  3. 2/12: Celine Dion “The Power of Love” (BB: 4, CB: 3)
  4. 2/19: Toni Braxton “Breathe Again” (BA: 1)

  5. 4/2: Mariah Carey “Without You” (CB: 1)
  6. 4/9: Prince “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World” (CB: 5, RR: 2)
  7. 4/9: R. Kelly “Bump N’ Grind” (BB: 4)
  8. 4/29: Counting Crows “Mr. Jones” (RR: 3)

  9. 5/20: Madonna “I’ll Remember” (RR: 4)
  10. 5/21: All-4-One “I Swear” (BB: 11, BA: 9, CB: 6, RR: 2)

  11. 7/1: Ace of Base “Don’t Turn Around” (BA: 2, CB: 3, RR: 6)
  12. 7/16: Janet Jackson “Any Time, Any Place” (CB: 3)

  13. 8/6: Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories “Stay (I Missed You)” (BB: 4, BA: 4, CB: 2, RR: 4)
  14. 8/27: Boyz II Men “I’ll Make Love to You” (BB: 14, BA: 12, CB: 13, RR: 4)

  15. 10/7: Sheryl Crow “All I Wanna Do” (RR: 6)

  16. 11/18: Real McCoy “Another Night” (RR: 4)

  17. 12/3: Boyz II Men “On Bended Knee” (BB: 6, BA: 11, CB: 11, RR: 6)
  18. 12/17: Ini Kamoze “Here Comes the Hotstepper” (BB: 2)

1995:

  1. 1/28: TLC “Creep” (BB: 4)

  2. 2/10: Madonna “Take a Bow” (BB: 9, BA: 9, CB: 8, RR: 5)

  3. 3/17: Dionne Farris “I Know” (BA: 7, CB: 6, RR: 9)

  4. 4/15: Montell Jordan “This Is How We Do It” (BB: 7)

  5. 5/19: Blessid Union of Souls “I Believe” (R: 2)
  6. 5/27: Boyz II Men “Water Runs Dry” (BA: 1, CB: 5)

  7. 6/2: Hootie & the Blowfish “Let Her Cry” (RR: 1)
  8. 6/3: Bryan Adams “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?” (BB: 5, CB: 1)
  9. 6/9: The Rembrandts “I’ll Be There for You” (BA: 8, RR: 8)

  10. 7/8: TLC “Waterfalls” (BB: 7, CB: 7)

  11. 8/4: Seal “Kiss from a Rose” (BB: 1, BA: 10, CB: 1, RR: 8)

  12. 9/2: Michael Jackson “You Are Not Alone” (BB: 1, CB: 2)
  13. 9/9: Coolio with L.V. “Gangsta’s Paradise” (BB: 3, CB: 3)
  14. 9/29: Hootie & the Blowfish “Only Wanna Be with You” (RR: 3)
  15. 9/30: Mariah Carey “Fantasy” (BB: 8, BA: 7, CB: 9, RR: 6)

  16. 11/25: Whitney Houston “Exhale (Shoop Shoop)” (BB: 1)

  17. 12/1: Goo Goo Dolls “Name” (RR: 1)
  18. 12/2: Mariah Carey with Boyz II Men “One Sweet Day” (BB: 16, BA: 13, CB: 11, RR: 8)

1996:

  1. 2/16: Everything But the Girl “Missing (Todd Terry remix)” (BA: 5, CB: 1, RR: 4)

  2. 3/2: Mary J. Blige “Not Gon’ Cry” (CB: 2)
  3. 3/15: Tony Rich Project “Nobody Knows” (RR: 2)
  4. 3/16: Brandy & LL Cool J “Sittin’ Up in My Room” (CB: 2)
  5. 3/23: Celine Dion “Because You Loved Me” (BB: 6, BA: 14, CB: 3, RR: 7)
  6. 3/29: Alanis Morissette “Ironic” (RR: 4)
  7. 3/30: Mariah Carey “Always Be My Baby” (BB: 2, CB: 5)

  8. 5/18: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony “Tha Crossroads” (BB: 8, CB: 7)

  9. 6/14: Tracy Chapman “Give Me One Reason” (RR: 2)
  10. 6/28: Fugees “Killing Me Softly” (RR: 1)

  11. 7/5: Alanis Morissette “You Learn” (RR: 6)
  12. 7/13: Toni Braxton “You’re Makin’ Me High” / “Let It Flow” (BB: 1, CB: 6)
  13. 7/13: Tupac Shakur (2pac) with K-Ci & JoJo “How Do U Want It” (BB: 2)
  14. 7/20: Tupac Shakur (2pac) with Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman “California Love” (BB: 2)

  15. 8/3: Los Del Rio “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)” (BB: 14, CB: 2)
  16. 8/16: Donna Lewis “I Love You Always Forever” (BA: 13, CB: 7, RR: 12)

  17. 11/2: Celine Dion “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” (BA: 2, CB: 2)
  18. 11/8: Alanis Morissette “Head Over Feet” (RR: 4)
  19. 11/9: Blackstreet with Dr. Dre “No Diggity” (BB: 4, CB: 1)

  20. 12/6: No Doubt “Don’t Speak” (BA: 16, RR: 9)
  21. 12/7: Toni Braxton “Un-Break My Heart” (BB: 11, BA: 2)

1997:

  1. 2/21: The Cardigans “Lovefool” (RR: 6)
  2. 2/22: Spice Girls “Wannabe” (BB: 4)

  3. 3/22: Puff Daddy with Mase “Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down” (BB: 6)
  4. 4/4: Jewel “You Were Meant for Me” (BA: 9, RR: 5)

  5. 5/3: The Notorious B.I.G. “Hypnotize” (BB: 3)
  6. 5/9: Savage Garden “I Want You” (RR: 1)
  7. 5/16: Hanson “Mmmbop” (BB: 4, BA: 4, RR: 9)

  8. 6/14: Puff Daddy with Faith Evans & 112 “I’ll Be Missing You” (BB: 11)

  9. 7/12: Shawn Colvin “Sunny Came Home” (BA: 4)
  10. 7/18: Meredith Brooks “Bitch” (RR: 3)

  11. 8/8: Third Eye Blind “Semi-Charmed Life” (BA: 3, RR: 6)
  12. 8/9: Will Smith “Men in Black” (BA: 4)
  13. 8/30: The Notorious B.I.G. with Puff Daddy & Mase “Mo Money, Mo Problems” (BB: 2)

  14. 9/13: Mariah Carey “Honey” (BB: 3)
  15. 9/19: Jewel “Foolish Games” (BA: 3, RR: 4)

  16. 10/4: Boyz II Men “4 Seasons of Loneliness” (BB: 1)
  17. 10/11: Elton John “Candle in the Wind 1997 (Goodbye England’s Rose)” (BB: 14)
  18. 10/17: Sugar Ray with Super Cat “Fly” (BA: 6, RR: 6)

  19. 11/28: Chumbawamba “Tubthumping” (BA: 9, RR: 6)

1998:

  1. 1/17: Savage Garden “Truly Madly Deeply” (BB: 2, BA: 5, RR: 3)
  2. 1/31: Celine Dion “My Heart Will Go On” (BB: 2, BA: 10, RR: 9)
  3. 1/31: Janet Jackson “Together Again” (BB: 2)

  4. 2/14: Usher “Nice & Slow” (BB: 2)

  5. 3/14: Will Smith “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It” (BB: 3)

  6. 4/4: K-Ci & JoJo “All My Life” (BB: 3)
  7. 4/17: Natalie Imbruglia “Torn” (BA: 11, RR: 11)
  8. 4/25: Next “Too Close” (BB: 4)

  9. 5/23: Mariah Carey “My All” (BB: 1)

  10. 6/6: Brandy & Monica “The Boy Is Mine” (BB: 13)

  11. 7/3: Alanis Morissette “Uninvited” (RR: 2)
  12. 7/17: Goo Goo Dolls “Iris” (BA: 18, RR: 4)

  13. 8/14: Aerosmith “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” (BB: 4, BA: 1, RR: 8)

  14. 10/3: Monica “The First Night” (BB: 5)
  15. 10/9: Barenaked Ladies “One Week” (BB: 1, RR: 6)

  16. 11/14: Lauryn Hill “Doo Wop (That Thing)” (BB: 2)
  17. 11/20: Alanis Morissette “Thank U” (RR: 1)
  18. 11/27: Third Eye Blind “Jumper” (RR: 1)
  19. 11/28: Divine “Lately” (BB: 1)

  20. 12/4: Shawn Mullins “Lullaby” (BA: 2, RR: 5)
  21. 12/5: R. Kelly & Celine Dion “I’m Your Angel” (BB: 6)
  22. 12/26: Brandy “Have You Ever?” (BB: 2, BA: 9)

1999:

  1. 1/22: Eagle-Eye Cherry “Save Tonight” (RR: 1)
  2. 1/29: Goo Goo Dolls “Slide” (BA: 1, RR: 2)
  3. 1/30: Britney Spears “Baby One More Time” (BB: 2, RR: 5)

  4. 2/13: Monica “Angel of Mine” (BB: 4, BA: 2)

  5. 3/13: Cher “Believe” (BB: 4)
  6. 3/19: Sugar Ray “Every Morning” (RR: 7)
  7. 3/20: TLC “No Scrubs” (BB: 4, BA: 13)

  8. 5/8: Ricky Martin “Livin’ La Vida Loca” (BB: 5, BA: 4, RR: 7)
  9. 5/17: Sixpence None the Richer “Kiss Me” (RR: 2)

  10. 6/12: Jennifer Lopez “If You Had My Love” (BB: 5)

  11. 7/9: Backstreet Boys “I Want It That Way” (BA: 3, RR: 3)
  12. 7/17: Destiny’s Child “Bills Bills Bills” (BB: 1)
  13. 7/24: Will Smith with Dru Hill & Kool Moe Dee “Wild Wild West” (BB: 1)
  14. 7/31: Christina Aguilera “Genie in a Bottle” (BB: 5, BA: 3, RR: 4)

  15. 8/7: Smash Mouth “All Star” (BA: 5, RR: 5)

  16. 9/4: Enrique Iglesias “Bailamos” (BB: 2)
  17. 9/18: TLC “Unpretty” (BB: 3)

  18. 10/1: Lou Bega “Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of…)” (BA: 6, RR: 5)
  19. 10/9: Mariah Carey with Jay-Z “Heartbreaker” (BB: 2)
  20. 10/23: Santana with Rob Thomas “Smooth” (BB: 12, BA: 5, RR: 7)

  21. 12/18: Brian McKnight “Back at One” (BA: 6)

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Sunday, October 24, 1999

Santana hit #1 with "Smooth" for first of 12 weeks

Smooth

Santana with Rob Thomas

Writer(s): Itaal Shur, Rob Thomas (see lyrics here)

First Charted: June 26, 1999

Peak: 112 US, 17 RR, 11 AC, 125 A40, 113 AA, 10 AR, 24 MR, 3 UK, 11 CN, 4 AU, 5 DF (Click for codes to singles charts.)

Sales (in millions): 1.7 US, 0.4 UK, 2.24 world (includes US + UK)

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): 2.0 radio, 355.13 video, 281.24 streaming

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About the Song:

When Santana hit #1 on the pop charts with “Smooth” it marked the 30th anniversary of his chart debut on the Billboard Hot 100 and the longest span in chart history between an artist’s chart debut and first trip to #1. SF In October 1969, “Jingo” became Carlos’ first hit, albeit it a minor one with a peak at #56. Over the next few years, he had notable hits with “Evil Ways” (#9), “Black Magic Woman” (#4), and Oye Como Va” (#13). He regularly landed top 40 hits during the 1970s, but by the 1980s, his success with singles had dwindled. He landed only five songs on the Hot 100 during the entire decade, although “Winning” and “Hold On” were top 20 hits.

Arista Records’ chief Clive Davis, who had worked with Santana at Columbia Records, signed him to record an album with an all-star guest roster. Santana had been fronted by many lead singers over the years, but this was a new approach. Among those lending their aid to Santana’s comeback were Eric Clapton, Cee-Lo Green, Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, Dave Matthews, and Rob Thomas. Thomas was one of the hottest names around as the front man of pop-rock group Matchbox 20. His co-writing and singing on “Smooth” launched one of the most impressive career resurgences in chart history.

Itaal Shur, a songwriter and producer who had worked with Jewel and Maxwell, brought a song called “Room One Seven” to Arista. They liked the instrumental, but thought his lyrics were too sexual and tapped Thomas for a rewrite. SF Inspired by his wife’s Puerto Rican descent, Thomas crafted the new song with the Spanish-flavored lyrics. WK Thomas envisioned George Michael singing the song, but recorded a demo to play for Santana. WK

With “Smooth”, Santana didn’t just land the biggest hit of his career, but the biggest pop single of 1999. WHC In its 2008 run-down of the biggest hits in the fifty-year history of the Hot 100, Billboard magazine named it the #2 all-time song on that chart. BB “Smooth” spent a dozen weeks at the chart pinnacle and a grand total of 30 weeks in the top 10.

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