Billboard Hot 100 55th Anniversary: Top 100 Songs/Artists

[HolidayGuy]

Two new entries- nos. 56 and 51.

"I Will Always Love You" has yet to appear- it looks like three extra weeks (two top 10) was enough to give it a nice boost (even with new entries).

60. "The Sign" - Ace of Base
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for six weeks (1994)

Arista A&R VP Richard Sweret was on a Stockholm bus with Jonas Berggren of Ace of Base when the musician played him a new demo intended for the group's second album. Sweret loved "The Sign" and insisted the quartet record it immediately. He added it to the group's first album for its U.S. release and changed the CD title from "Happy Nation" to "The Sign."

59. "Apologize" - Timbaland feat. OneRepublic
Hot 100 Peak: No. 2 (2007)

While most people know this song is by OneRepublic, the artist credit is "Timbaland featuring OneRepublic" because the hip-hop artist signed the group to his Mosley imprint and remixed "Apologize" for his album "Timbaland Presents Shock Value."

58. "Gold Digger" - Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for 10 weeks (2005)

West wrote the song from a female point of view for rapper Shawna. When she didn't record it, he rewrote it for himself, and enrolled Jamie Foxx as a featured artist. The result was West's first No. 1 as a lead artist.

57. "I'm a Believer" - The Monkees
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for seven weeks (1966)

Music publisher Don Kirshner asked his friend Jeff Barry to find an even bigger hit to follow "Last Train to Clarksville." Barry was working with Neil Diamond and thought his song "I'm a Believer" would do the trick. The single had an advance order of 1,051,280 copies.

56. "Tik Tok" - Ke$ha
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for nine weeks (2010)

With nine weeks on top, this became the longest-running No. 1 debut single for any lead artist since Ashanti led the list for 10 weeks with "Foolish" in 2002.

55. "Lady" - Kenny Rogers
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for six weeks (1980)

Charting pop, R&B and country, "Lady" was the ultimate crossover hit and the first production work for Lionel Richie outside of the Commodores, resulting in Richie signing with Rogers' manager, Ken Kragen, for his solo career.

54. "Stayin' Alive" - Bee Gees
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for four weeks (1978)

Robert Stigwood was expecting a song from the Bee Gees called "Saturday Night, Saturday Night," so he was not happy to hear a demo titled "Stayin' Alive." Heard in a 30-second trailer played in theaters one week prior to the release of "Saturday Night Fever," a demand for the song was created before the LP hit the street.

53. "Let Me Love You" - Mario
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for nine weeks (2005)

Kameron Houff, who wrote the song with Scott Storch and a then-unknown Ne-Yo, remembers when their tune hit the top of the Hot 100. "Every week, my wife would look online and come into the bedroom and say, ‘Baby, it's No. 1.' It was like ‘Groundhog Day.' It was the greatest nine weeks of my life waking up and hearing her tell me every week it's still No. 1."

52. "Call Me" - Blondie
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for six weeks (1980)

Giorgio Moroder composed the music for the film "American Gigolo" and wanted Stevie Nicks to sing the title song. When she turned him down, Moroder asked Debbie Harry of Blondie to write the lyrics and record the movie's theme. "Call Me" was Billboard's No. 1 single of 1980.

51. "Boom Boom Pow" - The Black Eyed Peas
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for 12 weeks (2009)

will.i.am told Billboard that this song was, "made for underground clubs. Like, if I would have thought it was going to be a radio song, I would have made it different." Radio loved "Boom Boom Pow" just the way it was and the single became the Peas' first No. 1 on the Hot 100.

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Jul 26, 2013 11:26:15 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

two new entries- nos. 56 and 52.

"I Will Always Love You" has yet to appear- it looks like three extra weeks (two top 10) was enough to give it a nice boost (even with new entries).

60. "The Sign" - Ace of Base
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for six weeks (1994)

Arista A&R VP Richard Sweret was on a Stockholm bus with Jonas Berggren of Ace of Base when the musician played him a new demo intended for the group's second album. Sweret loved "The Sign" and insisted the quartet record it immediately. He added it to the group's first album for its U.S. release and changed the CD title from "Happy Nation" to "The Sign."

59. "Apologize" - Timbaland feat. OneRepublic
Hot 100 Peak: No. 2 (2007)

While most people know this song is by OneRepublic, the artist credit is "Timbaland featuring OneRepublic" because the hip-hop artist signed the group to his Mosley imprint and remixed "Apologize" for his album "Timbaland Presents Shock Value."

58. "Gold Digger" - Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for 10 weeks (2005)

West wrote the song from a female point of view for rapper Shawna. When she didn't record it, he rewrote it for himself, and enrolled Jamie Foxx as a featured artist. The result was West's first No. 1 as a lead artist.

57. "I'm a Believer" - The Monkees
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for seven weeks (1966)

Music publisher Don Kirshner asked his friend Jeff Barry to find an even bigger hit to follow "Last Train to Clarksville." Barry was working with Neil Diamond and thought his song "I'm a Believer" would do the trick. The single had an advance order of 1,051,280 copies.

56. "Tik Tok" - Ke$ha
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for nine weeks (2010)

With nine weeks on top, this became the longest-running No. 1 debut single for any lead artist since Ashanti led the list for 10 weeks with "Foolish" in 2002.

55. "Lady" - Kenny Rogers
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for six weeks (1980)

Charting pop, R&B and country, "Lady" was the ultimate crossover hit and the first production work for Lionel Richie outside of the Commodores, resulting in Richie signing with Rogers' manager, Ken Kragen, for his solo career.

54. "Stayin' Alive" - Bee Gees
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for four weeks (1978)

Robert Stigwood was expecting a song from the Bee Gees called "Saturday Night, Saturday Night," so he was not happy to hear a demo titled "Stayin' Alive." Heard in a 30-second trailer played in theaters one week prior to the release of "Saturday Night Fever," a demand for the song was created before the LP hit the street.

53. "Let Me Love You" - Mario
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for nine weeks (2005)

Kameron Houff, who wrote the song with Scott Storch and a then-unknown Ne-Yo, remembers when their tune hit the top of the Hot 100. "Every week, my wife would look online and come into the bedroom and say, ‘Baby, it's No. 1.' It was like ‘Groundhog Day.' It was the greatest nine weeks of my life waking up and hearing her tell me every week it's still No. 1."

52. "Call Me" - Blondie
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for six weeks (1980)

Giorgio Moroder composed the music for the film "American Gigolo" and wanted Stevie Nicks to sing the title song. When she turned him down, Moroder asked Debbie Harry of Blondie to write the lyrics and record the movie's theme. "Call Me" was Billboard's No. 1 single of 1980.

51. "Boom Boom Pow" - The Black Eyed Peas
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for 12 weeks (2009)

will.i.am told Billboard that this song was, "made for underground clubs. Like, if I would have thought it was going to be a radio song, I would have made it different." Radio loved "Boom Boom Pow" just the way it was and the single became the Peas' first No. 1 on the Hot 100.

You meant #51 right HolidayGuy?

[HolidayGuy]

^Yep- that's what I meant. :)

Half of the new entries have appeared; six more to go.

99. "We Are Young" - fun. feat. Janelle Monae
97. "One More Night" - Maroon 5
74. "Just the Way You Are" - Bruno Mars
68. "Moves Like Jagger" - Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera
56. "Tik Tok" - Ke$ha
51. "Boom Boom Pow" - Black Eyed Peas

[RadioBeatz]

It's almost a given "Smooth" will remain #1, right? I'll be shocked if "I Gotta Feeling" overtakes it.

[when the pawn...]

Jul 26, 2013 12:11:39 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

^Yep- that's what I meant. :)

Half of the new entries have appeared; six more to go.

99. "We Are Young" - fun. feat. Janelle Monae
97. "One More Night" - Maroon 5
74. "Just the Way You Are" - Bruno Mars
68. "Moves Like Jagger" - Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera
56. "Tik Tok" - Ke$ha
51. "Boom Boom Pow" - Black Eyed Peas

Six more? Call Me Maybe, I Gotta Feeling, Party Rock Anthem, Somebody That I Used To Know, Rolling In The Deep and Dynamite?

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Jul 26, 2013 12:33:17 GMT -5 RadioBeatz said:

It's almost a given "Smooth" will remain #1, right? I'll be shocked if "I Gotta Feeling" overtakes it.

Not a given since it wasn't #1 before, it was #2

I do not see "Smooth" moving up.


The only "new" song that will place in the top 10 should be "I Gotta Feeling". I expect that one will be #9. (One spot ahead of We Belong Together)

[moore746]

Holding out for We Found Love...

[HolidayGuy]

So, the 76-week run of "I'm Yours" won't be enough to place it in the top 50? "How Do I Live" peaked higher, at No. 2, but had less weeks on the Hot 100- and was No. 4 on the 2008 list.

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Jul 26, 2013 13:28:51 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

So, the 76-week run of "I'm Yours" won't be enough to place it in the top 50? "How Do I Live" peaked higher, at No. 2, but had less weeks on the Hot 100- and was No. 4 on the 2008 list.

Are we saying that is bigger than I Gotta Feeling?


I think it would place in the top 50.

Higher than #4?

I Gotta Feeling, squeaked by We Belong Together and did not blow by it.

"I'm Yours" would then be crowned the #1 song of the decade, which they did not do before

[HolidayGuy]

Nooo, not expecting to rank as high as No. 4 or outrank "I Gotta Feeling." By the by- that had 13 more weeks on the chart than "We Belong Together," so a tad better than "squeaked by." ;)

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Splitting hairs, I meant, based on the decade chart, that song did not pass Mariah til the tail end of the chart run

I would not be surprised if "I'm Yours was in the teens or 20's

How Do I Live gets the higher ranking due to weighting by eras

[HolidayGuy]

^BDS-/SoundSca-era singles, from 92-present, are weighted equally, and not so like eras prior to that, so HDIL doesn't really benefit in that respect. It's just that very lengthy run and weekly performance. It was from an era that was missing out on a lot of big radio hits, though, so that didn't hurt its tenure potential.

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Jul 26, 2013 14:14:50 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

^BDS-/SoundSca-era singles, from 92-present, are weighted

equally, and not so like eras prior to that, so HDIL doesn't really benefit in that respect. It's just that very lengthy run and weekly performance. It was from an era that was missing out on a lot of big radio hits, though, so that didn't hurt its tenure potential.

Not sure that is accurate. The fine print says 'certain eras are weighted differently to account for chart turnover rates of different periods"

It is not just pre and post Soundscan

You also have other major changes that would impact the two songs(all of which impact turnover rates):

- Airplay songs included
- Digital songs included

etc.

[HolidayGuy]

^I inquired about the 2008 list and was told as much. :) Since then, there's been the streaming addition, but that's not as dramatic a change as the conversion to the BDS/SoundScan technologies- that's what resulted in the longer chart lives.

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The description that they wrote, paints a different picture. We'll see.


Otherwise, 'I'm Yours' would rank at least #4 and be crowned #1 for the decade.

Not believing that at the moment

[RadioBeatz]

Jul 26, 2013 13:02:38 GMT -5 @2m said:

Jul 26, 2013 12:33:17 GMT -5 RadioBeatz said:

It's almost a given "Smooth" will remain #1, right? I'll be shocked if "I Gotta Feeling" overtakes it.

Not a given since it wasn't #1 before, it was #2

I do not see "Smooth" moving up.


The only "new" song that will place in the top 10 should be "I Gotta Feeling". I expect that one will be #9. (One spot ahead of We Belong Together)

Oh shit! I forgot about "The Twist" XD

Oh yeah, if there's a new entry inside the top 10 that should be "I Gotta Feeling".

[RadioBeatz]

No info yesterday? :( and Billboard is quiet today..

[josh]

Jul 28, 2013 11:09:11 GMT -5 RadioBeatz said:

No info yesterday? :( and Billboard is quiet today..

It's the weekend, I'm not surprised that they wouldn't post new stuff.

[HolidayGuy]

Yah, it's 10 per day, which would be Monday-Friday. We'll see if a Top 100 Acts list follows. :)

[RadioBeatz]

New entry this time is "Call Me Maybe" at #46. 5 more to go! well it looks like "Somebody That I Used To Know", "Party Rock Anthem" and "I Gotta Feeling" are top 40. Which are the other 2?

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A new entry to the top 50 but not a debut.


#49 I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston

[RadioBeatz]

In the 50th anniversary where was "I Will Always Love You" placed? :o

[HolidayGuy]

^IWALY was No. 68.

As posted, the seventh of the dozen new entries comes in at No. 46.

PopRadioFan- "I'm Yours" is probably one of them.

I can't at Andy Gibb having multiple songs- but, they were huge in their eras.

50. "End of the Road" - Boyz II Men
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for 13 weeks (1992)

Co-writer Babyface composed this song for the film "Boomerang" and was tempted to keep it for himself, but felt Boyz II Men "would take it further." When the single spent 13 weeks at No. 1, it established a then-new longevity record atop the Hot 100.

49. "I Will Always Love You" - Whitney Houston
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for 14 weeks (1992)

Producer David Foster wanted Houston to cover Jimmy Ruffin's "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" for "The Bodyguard," but when Paul Young sang that Motown classic in "Fried Green Tomatoes," music supervisor Maureen Crowe had Foster listen to Linda Ronstadt's version of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You." Houston's single returned to the Hot 100 after her death in February 2012.

48. "No One" - Alicia Keys
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for five weeks (2007)

The third of her four No. 1s, all of which have been on top for five or six weeks, no more, no less. "No One" had a five-week reign, as did "Empire State of Mind." "Fallin'" and "My Boo" each ruled for six weeks.

47. "Candle in the Wind 1997 / Something About the Way You Look Tonight" - Elton John
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for 14 weeks (1997)

Lady Sarah McCorqudale asked Elton John to sing at the funeral of her sister, Princess Diana. "Your Song" was considered and Elton thought about writing a new song. Through a misunderstanding, Bernie Taupin thought Elton wanted him to write new lyrics to their 1973 song "Candle in the Wind." More than 2.5 billion people all over the globe watched Elton sing the song at Diana's funeral. With worldwide sales of 33 million, "Candle in the Wind 1997" is the best-selling single of the rock era. Bing Crosby's "White Christmas," first released in 1942, is reported to have sold 50 million copies worldwide.

46. "Call Me Maybe" - Carly Rae Jepsen
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for nine weeks (2012)

Jepsen's hook-laden pop hit ruled the Hot 100 for nine weeks. It is the biggest hit by any "Idol" finalist, as Jepsen finished third in the fifth season of "Canadian Idol." She is the highest-ranking Canadian female on the all-time Hot 100.

45. "Shadow Dancing" - Andy Gibb
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for seven weeks (1978)

While his older brothers Barry, Robin and Maurice were filming the movie "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" in Hollywood, Andy joined them for a writing session. Within 10 minutes, they were singing the chorus to what became "Shadow Dancing."

44. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" - The Beatles
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for seven weeks (1964)

Despite selling millions of records in the U.K. for EMI, the company's American label, Capitol, declined to release the Fab Four in the U.S. – until they heard "I Want to Hold Your Hand." A Washington, D.C. DJ broke the song, forcing Capitol to move the release date from Jan. 13, 1964 to Dec. 26, 1963 and to increase the run from 200,000 copies to one million.

43. "It's All in the Game" - Tommy Edwards
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for six weeks (1958)

The only No. 1 song written by a Vice President of the United States. Charles Dawes was a banker when he wrote the music in 1912; the lyrics were penned by Carl Sigman in 1951. Tommy Edwards recorded the song that year, but it was a 1958 re-recording in the new format called "stereo" that topped the Hot 100.

42. "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" - Dawn feat. Tony Orlando
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for four weeks (1973)

Dawn was ready to disband at the end of 1972 after three consecutive singles failed to make the top 60 of the Hot 100. Then producers Hank Medress and Dave Appell asked Telma Hopkins and Joyce Wilson to meet them and Tony Orlando in the studio to record this song, based on a true story.

41. "How You Remind Me" - Nickelback
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for four weeks (2001)

"I'd been living with a girl for a couple of years and the relationship was on its way down," says Chad Kroeger. "…after I don't know how many fights…(I) was going to give her the f*** you song and I wrote 'How You Remind Me.'"

[Soldado de Juguete]

Tik Tok in the list *-* I'm so happy for Ke$ha ♥

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This list is obviously one way to measure #1 (which will be The Twist, when the list is complete)

Other measurments:

Most weeks at #1: One Sweet Day (likely won't make the top 30)
Best selling single: #47 Candle In The Wind

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Taylor Swift Learns Carly Simon's 'You're So Vain'
The two songwriters hit Gillette Stadium to sing the legendary breakup anthem.
By Emilee Lindner


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When it comes to breakup songs, Taylor Swift is the master. But of course, there were those bold women who came before her, the honest female songwriters who influenced Taylor — Joni Mitchell, Stevie Nicks, Carly Simon. So when the Red singer got a chance to invite Simon onstage in Foxborough, Massachusetts, Swift jumped right on it.

The two sang Simon's breakup anthem "You're So Vain" at the Gillette Stadium as if it had been Taylor's hit all along. "Vain" has the same attitude of many of Swift's songs, stabbing the heartbreaking boyfriend right back without revealing his identity.

"When I heard 'You're So Vain,' I thought, 'That is the best song that has ever been written,' " Swift said in behind-the-scenes footage from the Red Tour. "That is the most direct way anyone has ever addressed a breakup. It's amazing."

Backstage, the singers had a sisterly connection, holding hands and bonding over their mutual love for songwriting.

"It's a song that really that really developed that style of mine," Simon said, beaming. "A lot of it was not knowing that I was developing that style."

" 'Cause a lot of things happen by accident, don't you feel?" Carly continued, turning to Taylor, who was giddy with excitement.

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"Yeah," Taylor answered, looking her directly in the eye, "especially with songwriting."

The women belted the song for the sold-out crowd, directing a sea of handclaps and karaoke sing-alongs.

"It was just so wonderful that I just want to do it again," Carly said after the performance. "She was so great. She really led me through my own song. She was just loving of the whole thing. And we loved each other and we moved together and apart. It was dramatic."

Simon has only revealed the subject of the song to a few people — Is it about ex-husband James Taylor? Mick Jagger? Ex-boss David Geffen? But she did tell Swift. And while Taylor is loyal to her Swifties, she couldn't get her new friend to divulge the secret to her new fans.

"I was thinking she might tell you, but I do know now," Taylor said coyly, lifting a finger to her lips.

[HolidayGuy]

New entry at No. 31- four newbies yet to come.

40. "Say, Say, Say" - Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for six weeks (1983)

When Jackson called McCartney on Christmas Day to suggest they collaborate, the former Beatle didn't believe it was really Michael on the phone. The King of Pop wanted to visit Paul in the U.K. and write some songs together. First came "The Girl Is Mine" and later "Say, Say, Say."

39. "Another One Bites the Dust" - Queen
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for three weeks (1980)

Freddie Mercury and Brian May wrote most of Queen's hits, but not this one. Sole writing credit goes to bass guitarist John Deacon, who had composed the group's 1976 hit, "You're My Best Friend."

38. "Night Fever" - The Bee Gees
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for eight weeks (1978)

Written before the film "Saturday Night Fever" had a title, the Bee Gees thought the movie should be named after this song, but Robert Stigwood rejected it as too pornographic. He preferred "Saturday Night," and ultimately they compromised.

37. "Let's Get It On" - Marvin Gaye
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for two weeks (1973)

While the song caused controversy for its explicit, sexual message, Gaye's co-writer, Ed Townsend, says it began as an ode about overcoming addiction, based on his personal experience in an alcohol rehab center.

36. "Silly Love Songs" - Wings
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for five weeks (1976)

Paul McCartney wrote the song as a reaction to critics who called his music lightweight, telling journalists that he hated silly rhymes, but when they work they're "the greatest."

35. "Truly, Madly, Deeply" - Savage Garden
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for two weeks (1998)

Darren Hayes wrote a very personal song and named it after a 1990 British film he thought no one had seen, "Truly Madly Deeply." "It was our first No. 1 and it opened the whole world to Savage Garden," says Hayes. "Thank God for that song."

34. "One Sweet Day" - Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for 16 weeks (1995)

"It's definitely a blessing and I'm very grateful for it," says Mariah Carey of her record-setting 16 weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100. But she says she didn't focus on the chart achievement until the song's final frame on top, as it wasn't "the right vibe to have."

33. "The Battle of New Orleans" - Johnny Horton
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for six weeks (1959)

After the final battle of the War of 1812, a folk tune played by fiddlers called "The Eighth of January" became popular across the United States. Lyrics weren't written until 1955, by an Arkansas teacher named Jimmy Driftwood. He retitled it "The Battle of New Orleans," and four years later it was recorded by Johnny Horton.

32. "Tossin' and Turnin'" - Bobby Lewis
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for seven weeks (1961)

During a gig at the Apollo, Lewis gave some encouragement to a nervous group of singers, the Fireflies. A few weeks later, Lewis signed to the Beltone label and discovered his labelmates were the Fireflies, who offered him a song they had written, "Tossin' and Turnin'."

31. "Rolling in the Deep" - Adele
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for seven weeks (2011)

The most successful single by a U.K. solo female since "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John 30 years earlier. The first of three No. 1s from the second best-selling album released in the 21st century, "21," it led the Hot 100 for seven weeks. "Someone Like You" was on top for five weeks and "Set Fire to the Rain" triumphed for two weeks.

[HolidayGuy]

The new entries, to recap:

99. "We Are Young" - fun. feat. Janelle Monae
97. "One More Night" - Maroon 5
74. "Just the Way You Are" - Bruno Mars
68. "Moves Like Jagger" - Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera
56. "Tik Tok" - Ke$ha
51. "Boom Boom Pow" - Black Eyed Peas
46. "Call Me Maybe" - Carly Rae Jepsen
31. "Rolling in the Deep" - Adele

Leading Contenders For The Remaining Newbies
"I'm Yours" - Jason Mraz
"Somebody That I Used to Know" - Gotye Featuring Kimbra
"Party Rock Anthem" - LMFAO
"I Gotta Feeling" - Black Eyed Peas

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'One Sweet Day' falls 5 spots

[Myth X]

Something tells me that We Found Love will make it instead of I'm Yours.