January-December year ends (1959-2023)

[mikerivera]

Oh I didn’t mean with the formula. I meant with the formatting of the charts themselves. Like how I’m making them. I’ve got a plan for something that might liven it up. Stay tuned for that.

As for the 2021 chart, I plan to post that as accurately to the real points as I can. Yes, it’s stupid that Billboard let One Too Many chart for as many weeks as it did, but I’m going for accuracy’s sake

[inverse]

Heeeeere's 1968! Points are a fair bit higher across the board with this one because there was generally a lot more stability on the charts. Normally I'd be annoyed that we had another top ten full of #1's and literally 11 through 14 were all #2's because i like the variety but in this case song #11 is terrible so let's just be happy with what we got. This will also probably be the only 700,000 point #1 song we ever get, at least within a single year. It didn't even get all its points in this year!

1	The Beatles	Hey Jude	721691	1 (x9)	16	14
2	Paul Mauriat	Love Is Blue	562596	1 (x5)	18	10
3	Otis Redding	(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay	514282	1 (x4)	16	11
4	The Rascals	People Got To Be Free	496056	1 (x5)	14	9
5	Bobby Goldsboro	Honey	492139	1 (x5)	15	10
6	Herb Alpert	This Guy's In Love With You	458216	1 (x4)	14	8
7	Jeannie C. Riley	Harper Valley PTA	426310	1	13	9
8	The Supremes	Love Child	423400	1 (x2)	11	9
9	Archie Bell & The Drells	Tighten Up	418361	1 (x2)	15	9
10	Simon & Garfunkel	Mrs. Robinson	417955	1 (x3)	13	7
11	Gary Puckett & The Union Gap	Young Girl	413224	2	15	8
12	Hugo Montenegro	The Good, The Bad And The Ugly	409163	2	22	7
13	O.C. Smith	Little Green Apples	385174	2	17	8
14	Mary Hopkin	Those Were The Days	381359	2	14	7
15	The Doors	Hello, I Love You	378193	1 (x2)	12	9
16	Cream	Sunshine Of Your Love	364379	5	26	5
17	Dionne Warwick	Theme From Valley Of The Dolls	362888	2	13	7
18	The Box Tops	Cry Like A Baby	360230	2	15	6
19	John Fred & His Playboy Band	Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)	355177	1 (x2)	10	7
20	Steppenwolf	Born To Be Wild	350348	2	13	6
21	Cliff Nobles	The Horse	347213	2	14	6
22	The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown	Fire	341357	2	13	7
23	The 5th Dimension	Stoned Soul Picnic	335997	3	16	7
24	Hugh Masekela	Grazing In The Grass	333466	1 (x2)	12	7
25	Classics IV	Spooky	329828	3	13	7
26	The Lemon Pipers	Green Tambourine	328808	1	10	7
27	Gary Puckett & The Union Gap	Lady Willpower	322732	2	13	6
28	Tommy James & The Shondells	Mony Mony	319351	3	17	5
29	Mason Williams	Classical Gas	317378	2	14	6
30	The Temptations	I Wish It Would Rain	312060	4	14	7
31	1910 Fruitgum Company	Simon Says	310625	4	14	6
32	The Rolling Stones	Jumpin' Jack Flash	301011	3	12	6
33	Jose Feliciano	Light My Fire	298893	3	12	6
34	The Rascals	A Beautiful Morning	295702	3	13	7
35	Steppenwolf	Magic Carpet Ride	290104	3	13	7
36	The Delfonics	La-La (Means I Love You)	286709	4	15	6
37	Ohio Express	Yummy Yummy Yummy (I Got Love In My Tummy)	285588	4	14	5
38	Aretha Franklin	(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone	282472	5	12	7
39	The Grass Roots	Midnight Confessions	281850	5	15	5
40	Richard Harris	MacArthur Park	281690	2	13	5
41	Sergio Mendes	The Look Of Love	273366	4	14	5
42	Johnny Nash	Hold Me Tight	270978	5	15	5
43	The O'Kaysions	Girl Watcher	269701	5	14	5
44	The Beatles	Lady Madonna	268413	4	11	7
45	The Vogues	Turn Around, Look At Me	268380	7	15	4
46	The Intruders	Cowboys To Girls	264718	6	14	5
47	Merrilee Rush	Angel Of The Morning	263559	7	16	4
48	Georgie Fame	The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde	262041	7	14	6
49	Gary Puckett & The Union Gap	Woman, Woman	257914	4	10	6
50	Aretha Franklin	Chain Of Fools	255586	2	8	6
51	Dion	Abraham, Martin And John	253029	4	10	7
52	Stevie Wonder	For Once In My Life	249935	2	9	5
53	Sly & The Family Stone	Dance To The Music	247987	8	15	2
54	1910 Fruitgum Company	1,2,3, Red Light	245757	5	13	5
55	Donovan	Hurdy Gurdy Man	238184	5	12	5
56	Johnnie Taylor	Who's Making Love	237027	5	10	7
57	Clarence Carter	Slip Away	233140	6	16	3
58	Marvin Gaye	I Heard It Through The Grapevine	230421	1 (x3)	6	4
59	Bee Gees	I've Gotta Get A Message To You	230014	8	13	6
60	The Troggs	Love Is All Around	226798	7	16	1
61	Friend & Lover	Reach Out Of The Darkness	225421	10	14	3
62	James Brown	I Got The Feelin'	223104	6	12	3
63	The Monkees	Valleri	222403	3	10	5
64	The American Breed	Bend Me, Shape Me	220127	5	9	6
65	Cream	White Room	218131	6	11	5
66	Gary Puckett & The Union Gap	Over You	216978	7	11	4
67	The Human Beinz	Nobody But Me	215679	8	11	4
68	The Turtles	Elenore	212609	6	12	4
69	The Beatles	Hello Goodbye	212233	1 (x2)	6	4
70	The Lettermen	Goin Out Of My Head/Can't Take My Eyes Off You	209958	7	11	4
71	People!	I Love You	208976	14	18
72	Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell	Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing	208543	8	13	2
73	The Irish Rovers	The Unicorn	208191	7	12	4
74	Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart	I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight	205654	8	12	4
75	The Dells	Stay In My Corner	205132	10	13	3
76	Kenny Rogers & The First Edition	Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)	204056	5	10	4
77	Gene & Debbe	Playboy	203428	17	16
78	Sergio Mendes	The Fool On The Hill	203148	6	12	2
79	Vanilla Fudge	You Keep Me Hangin' On	202919	6	12	1
80	Status Quo	Pictures Of Matchstick Men	202590	12	17
81	Deep Purple	Hush	202066	4	10	3
82	Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs	Bottle Of Wine	201952	9	13	1
83	Percy Sledge	Take Time To Know Her	199700	11	14
84	Aretha Franklin	Think	198958	7	10	4
85	Glen Campbell	Wichita Lineman	196856	4	9	6
86	Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell	You're All I Need To Get By	196644	7	12	3
87	The Chambers Brothers	Time Has Come Today	195072	11	14
88	The Cowsills	Indian Lake	194833	10	13	3
89	The Foundations	Baby, Now That I've Found You	194460	11	11
90	Shorty Long	Here Comes The Judge	194263	8	11	3
91	Sam & Dave	I Thank You	193552	9	13	2
92	Classics IV	Stormy	188392	5	10	4
93	The Beatles	Revolution	188273	12	11
94	Stevie Wonder	Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Ba-Day	186372	9	13	1
95	Manfred Mann	The Mighty Quinn	184220	10	11	2
96	The Miracles	If You Can Want	182737	11	12
97	Tom Jones	Delilah	181042	15	15
98	The Animals	Sky Pilot	179874	14	14
99	Dionne Warwick	Do You Know The Way To San Jose	179730	10	12	3
100	Blue Cheer	Summertime Blues	178335	14	13

[phieaglesfan712]

That 1968 Top 3 is iconic, and hey, we even got an instrumental at #2.

[inverse]

Songs that made the original and missed here:

#65 - Soul Serenade
#84 - Sweet Inspiration
#86 - Cab Driver
#89 - Scarborough Fair
#90 - Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud
#92 - I Say A Little Prayer
#95 - Sealed With A Kiss
#96 - Piece Of My Heart
#97 - Suzie Q.
#99 - Hey, Western Union Man

#100 - Never Give You Up

Next closest 10

101	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Suzie Q.	176241
102	Aretha Franklin	I Say A Little Prayer	174030
103	Willie Mitchell	Soul Serenade	172957
104	James Brown	Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud	172578
105	Aretha Franklin	The House That Jack Built	171844
106	Simon & Garfunkel	Scarborough Fair	171781
107	Big Brother & The Holding Company	Piece Of My Heart	169704
108	The Vogues	My Special Angel	168883
109	The Sweet Inspirations	Sweet Inspiration	168580
110	Bobby Vinton	I Love How You Love Me	164896

[mikerivera]

Wow, Hey Jude was psychotically massive for its time. Looking at the 80s charts, the only songs to top 700k in a year were Bette Davis Eyes and Endless Love in 1981

[inverse]

I know I've been blitzing these out lately I think I might take a break for a little bit. In any case we've finished up the years with actual classics that anyone cares about and are now heading into the wilderness of the early 60's however accurate Billboard charts still need to be made regardless so I will do them for sure just like not as fast because right now I'm a bit burnt out of making these. I wasn't even planning to do 1968 this fast but it was one of those things where once i started it kinda just happened.

Anyway about this chart the stability was kinda insane compared to the rest of the decade. Usually the bottom 30 or so songs are filled with 11 or 12 week chart runs but here it was all over the place. And it was really obvious but it's still nice to finally have a #1 song of the year that I truly love

Also now that their entire 60's run has been chronicled can we shout out the Supremes for having 6 top 10 songs of the year overall? Absolute queen shit, twice they placed songs higher than anything from the Beatles and pretty much all great songs to boot!

[inverse]

Jul 23, 2021 16:35:55 GMT -5 mikerivera said:

Wow, Hey Jude was psychotically massive for its time. Looking at the 80s charts, the only songs to top 700k in a year were Bette Davis Eyes and Endless Love in 1981

To be fair my formula just gives more points to compensate for very short chart runs so you can't really compare. I think if you were to use my formula for 80's songs there would be a few more. But if you just compare to the rest of the big hits from the 60's its just in another league. Its full run including 2 weeks in January 1969 was actually 749010 points which means that there hasn't even been anything else from the decade to get within 100000 points.

Also thank god Sugar Sugar is no longer the biggest one lol

[gikem]

That list of songs that just missed the new 1968 list has me fuming. Several classics in there.

Anyway, 9 more songs have been added to the playlist:
- Chain of Fools
- Abraham, Martin and John
- For Once in My Life
- Who's Making Love
- Valleri
- Just Dropped In (To See What Condition You're In)
- Hush
- Wichita Lineman
- Stormy

[phieaglesfan712]

Jul 23, 2021 16:46:14 GMT -5 inverse said:

Jul 23, 2021 16:35:55 GMT -5 mikerivera said:

Wow, Hey Jude was psychotically massive for its time. Looking at the 80s charts, the only songs to top 700k in a year were Bette Davis Eyes and Endless Love in 1981

To be fair my formula just gives more points to compensate for very short chart runs so you can't really compare. I think if you were to use my formula for 80's songs there would be a few more. But if you just compare to the rest of the big hits from the 60's its just in another league. Its full run including 2 weeks in January 1969 was actually 749010 points which means that there hasn't even been anything else from the decade to get within 100000 points.

Also thank god Sugar Sugar is no longer the biggest one lol

I hope Aquarius ends up being 1969 J-D Year End #1. That felt like the biggest song of the year.

[inverse]

Jul 23, 2021 16:48:15 GMT -5 gikem said:

That list of songs that just missed the new 1968 list has me fuming. Several classics in there.

Anyway, 9 more songs have been added to the playlist:
- Chain of Fools
- Abraham, Martin and John
- For Once in My Life
- Who's Making Love
- Valleri
- Just Dropped In (To See What Condition You're In)
- Hush
- Wichita Lineman
- Stormy

To be fair several of these are great enough to be worth it. But also if we could just switch #100 and #101 I wouldn't really complain

[inverse]

Jul 23, 2021 16:49:24 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

Jul 23, 2021 16:46:14 GMT -5 inverse said:

To be fair my formula just gives more points to compensate for very short chart runs so you can't really compare. I think if you were to use my formula for 80's songs there would be a few more. But if you just compare to the rest of the big hits from the 60's its just in another league. Its full run including 2 weeks in January 1969 was actually 749010 points which means that there hasn't even been anything else from the decade to get within 100000 points.

Also thank god Sugar Sugar is no longer the biggest one lol

I hope Aquarius ends up being 1969 J-D Year End #1. That felt like the biggest song of the year.

I did 1969 already. Sugar Sugar was #1 and before now it was the most points any song got in a single year because it had an insane amount of stability in the top 3 and also on the hot 100 in general

[GW]

When a 33 year old thinks they know which song felt like the biggest song of.... 1969.

That's a know-it-all complex on a whole other level.

[mikerivera]

I get what you mean about the burnout. There’s a reason I usually do my charts every 2 weeks instead of weekly. I always feel really tired after doing a chart and need some time to recharge. Plus, yknow, work, girlfriend, Bible study, social life, house work, other hobbies, etc.

[phieaglesfan712]

Jul 23, 2021 17:02:14 GMT -5 GW said:

When a 33 year old thinks they know which song felt like the biggest song of.... 1969.

That's a know-it-all complex on a whole other level.

Instead of attacking every single statement I make, why don’t you contribute something productive on here and state what your opinions are on these year end charts.

[GW]

Jul 23, 2021 17:18:29 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

Jul 23, 2021 17:02:14 GMT -5 GW said:

When a 33 year old thinks they know which song felt like the biggest song of.... 1969.

That's a know-it-all complex on a whole other level.

Instead of attacking every single statement I make, why don’t you contribute something productive on here and state what your opinions are on these year end charts.

Maybe just don't say stupid s**t -- repeatedly, every day -- and others won't feel the need to "attack" your posts.  Posters like you deserve to be called out at every turn, because you take every advantage to troll the threads with your nonsense that you KNOW everyone is sick of hearing.

It's never too late to adapt or change, but instead you keep doubling-down on your brand of ignorant, and even spiteful, in the same shit you continue to post. And weird posts like this one.  Knock it off and you won't have to defend yourself against "attackers."  You're not the victim here, boo.  You are the perpetrator.

[inverse]

Ummmm hey guys can we not do this? This is supposed to just be a thread of old charts can't we just get along & share stories about how our minds were all blown when we heard Diana Ross for the first time?

[gikem]

Yeah, I don't need the infighting that occurs every damn week in every Hot 100 thread on these retrospective list threads. I'd prefer to stay sane, thank you very much.

[phieaglesfan712]

Jul 23, 2021 17:33:44 GMT -5 inverse said:

Ummmm hey guys can we not do this? This is supposed to just be a thread of old charts can't we just get along & share stories about how our minds were all blown when we heard Diana Ross for the first time?

Sorry, I was unprovokingly attacked and felt the need to defend myself. But yeah, the first time I heard Diana Ross was some time in the early 1990s when I was a little kid. I somehow got my hands on the Anthology CDs, and every time I listen to it, I get nostalgic and think about those times.

[Gary]

Saying Something “feels” like the number one song in a given year is relevant only if you experienced that year.

As we know some songs are tome period specific and may “feel” dated now but may have been a huge hit at the time

[phieaglesfan712]

Did you know that One Too Many ranks 35th out of 36 songs in callouts on the one format where it is getting most of its Hot 100 points: www.mmr247.com/mmrweb/call/callout.asp?Sort=P&Archived=1&FORMAT=C1&SEX=3&AGE=3&GRC=CR&TestDate=7%2F23%2F2021&newPage=Show+Report

[Gary]

Jul 23, 2021 18:45:19 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

Did you know that One Too Many ranks 35th out of 36 songs in callouts on the one format where it is getting most of its Hot 100 points: www.mmr247.com/mmrweb/call/callout.asp?Sort=P&Archived=1&FORMAT=C1&SEX=3&AGE=3&GRC=CR&TestDate=7%2F23%2F2021&newPage=Show+Report

Just a thought. Take a day off.

[GW]

Jul 23, 2021 18:45:19 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

Did you know that One Too Many ranks 35th out of 36 songs in callouts on the one format where it is getting most of its Hot 100 points: www.mmr247.com/mmrweb/call/callout.asp?Sort=P&Archived=1&FORMAT=C1&SEX=3&AGE=3&GRC=CR&TestDate=7%2F23%2F2021&newPage=Show+Report

Are you glitching sis?  You just apologized for going off topic and now you're out here with a random, spiteful, childish off-topic post minutes later.  It's giving me unhinged vibes.

[phieaglesfan712]

Jul 23, 2021 19:18:51 GMT -5 GW said:

Jul 23, 2021 18:45:19 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

Did you know that One Too Many ranks 35th out of 36 songs in callouts on the one format where it is getting most of its Hot 100 points: www.mmr247.com/mmrweb/call/callout.asp?Sort=P&Archived=1&FORMAT=C1&SEX=3&AGE=3&GRC=CR&TestDate=7%2F23%2F2021&newPage=Show+Report

Are you glitching sis?  You just apologized for going off topic and now you're out here with a random, spiteful, childish off-topic post minutes later.  It's giving me unhinged vibes.

It's not off topic. It has relevance to the 2021 Year End chart, which will be posted in less than 6 months time. I'm just pointing out how ridiculous it is that this song is going to steal a spot on the YE chart because it gets to chart week after week despite having one of the worst callout scores on country radio, and is pretty much irrelevant in every other metric and submetric.

[Gary]

Jul 23, 2021 8:12:37 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

Jul 23, 2021 7:58:53 GMT -5 iamsorare said:

Why you include Kanye west? He didn't release again...such a mess

Donda will probably be released sometime Saturday evening, when I'm at the Air Supply concert in Atlantic City.

Please enjoy the Air Supply concert - should be a welcome break for you from your Keith Urban obsession

[mikerivera]

You know I was really enjoying this thread when it didn’t have the unnecessary drama and bickering that seems to plague most pulse threads. Can we please bring that back? How about we move all that back to the weekly hot 100 threads, since those are beyond saving anyways

[phieaglesfan712]

Jul 23, 2021 23:20:02 GMT -5 mikerivera said:

You know I was really enjoying this thread when it didn’t have the unnecessary drama and bickering that seems to plague most pulse threads. Can we please bring that back? How about we move all that back to the weekly hot 100 threads, since those are beyond saving anyways

You know it wasn't me, though. I was here since the beginning of the thread and never really caused drama. The thread started going downhill when Edith Puthie went on here. I think the problem is that some people on here don't show basic respect towards others and don't know how to agree to disagree.

[mikerivera]

I really don’t care who wants to blame who for starting stuff. I just want it off this thread. Last thing I’d want is for this to get ruined like most other threads on this site.

[phieaglesfan712]

Yeah, you're right. I should just ignore that user.

But anyways, back on topic. This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of Air Supply's only #1 hit, The One That You Love. My favorite Air Supply song is Even the Nights Are Better. When I was a kid in the 1990s, I had the Now and Forever cassette. The song that made them big internationally, though, was Lost In Love in 1979/1980. The song that would sound best at a concert is Making Love Out of Nothing at All, it would truly not be an Air Supply concert if they don't play that song (kind of like a Chicago concert without Beginnings).

[Groovy]

I'm going through of these and wow, the 2020 is a downgrade from what we actually did get, it was good to see Kings & Queens (my guess is it won't make it on the 2021 one) as well as positions but it comes with Out West, I Should Probably Go to Bed and Tap In, if only we could've got Midnight Sky and cardigan instead.

[phieaglesfan712]

Well, shifting the 2020 period to J-D removes the final 6 weeks of the UGC era that counted on the original list. That really altered the 2020 list, but I’m just glad that Sucker and I Don’t Care didn’t back their way onto the J-D list.