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[Gary]

Sire Records’ Top 50 Hot 100 Hits: Madonna, Pretenders, Depeche Mode, Talking Heads, Erasure & More
Celebrating the chart impact of the label that late legend Seymour Stein co-founded.


BY GARY TRUST

Seymour Stein and Madonna
Seymour Stein and Madonna KMazur/WireImage

SSire Records, which Seymour Stein co-founded with Richard Gottehrer in 1967 as an independent label before it joined with Warner Bros. in 1976, has generated some of the biggest hits in Billboard Hot 100 history.

As reported April 2, Stein died at age 80. His legendary career began as an intern in Billboard’s New York offices, where, after school, he helped found the Hot 100. “The industry was looking for was a hotter, quicker way of getting chart information,” he recalled to Billboard in 2015. “I was just 16. From the time I was 9 years old, I knew I wanted to be in the music business.”

In honor of Stein’s legacy, Billboard has compiled Sire’s top 50 Hot 100 hits all-time, below.

Madonna is the queen of the recap, with 29 of the 50 songs, including nine of the top 10 and 20 of the top 25.

Of bringing Madonna to Sire, Stein said, “I signed her because I believed in Mark Kamins, who I thought was the greatest DJ, and he wanted to be a producer. So, I gave him some money to bring me an artist, and the third or fourth thing he brought me was Madonna. I was very involved in the beginning. Then I realized, ‘This woman is smarter than all of us. Just get out of her way.’”

“Seymour Stein Has Left Us! I need to catch my breath. He Was one of the most influential Men in my Life!! He changed and Shaped my world,” Madonna wrote in an Instagram post April 3, featuring a screenshot from her 1992 “Deeper and Deeper” video, in which Stein made a cameo.

“Not only did Seymour hear me but he Saw me and my Potential! For this I will be eternally grateful!,” she shared. “I am weeping as I write this down. Words cannot describe how I felt at this moment after years of grinding and being broke and getting every door slammed in my face. Anyone who knew Seymour knew about his passion for music and his impeccable taste. He had an Ear like no other!”

Among other acts on the retrospective below: Pretenders, Depeche Mode, Talking Heads, Erasure, Seal and the late Tommy Page, the latter of whom also worked at Billboard, as publisher in the early 2010s, and presented Stein with the first Billboard Industry Icon Award in 2012. (Wrote Stein in tribute in 2017, “One thing nearly everyone who knew him said about Tommy was that he made them feel special, that they were the only person in the room, and that’s just one reason why so many people adored him.”)

“We are so sorry to hear about the passing of legendary US music guru Seymour Stein, who was such a huge part of Erasure’s US success,” Erasure posted on its social media accounts April 3.

“Talking Heads are deeply saddened to learn that Seymour Stein has died,” the band wrote on Instagram April 3. “He was our champion. He fought bravely for us and he remained loyal to us until the end. Some people can spot a diamond in the rough and Seymour was one of them. He offered us a record deal after seeing us only one time at CBGB, before even we felt we were ready. He waited impatiently for eighteen months until we finally said yes to his offer.

“To hear him sing one of our own songs to us while barreling down Broadway in a Checker cab was one of our life’s great delights. We say this with respect to his beautiful daughter Mandy and to all of the Sire Records family. He was a mensch that we and the music business will never forget.”


Sire Records’ Top 50 Hot 100 Hits:

Rank, Title, Artist, Label Listing / Peak Pos., Date:

1, “Like a Virgin,” Madonna, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 1 (six weeks), 12/22/1984
2, “Vogue,” Madonna, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 1 (three weeks), 5/19/1990
3, “Take a Bow,” Madonna, Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 1 (seven weeks), 2/25/1995
4, “Kiss From a Rose,” Seal, ZTT/Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 1 (one week), 8/26/1995
5, “Justify My Love,” Madonna, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 1 (two weeks), 1/5/1991
6, “Like a Prayer,” Madonna, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 1 (three weeks), 4/22/1989
7, “Papa Don’t Preach,” Madonna, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 1 (two weeks), 8/16/1986
8, “Live To Tell,” Madonna, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 1 (one week), 6/7/1986
9, “Pop Muzik,” M, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 1 (one week), 11/3/1979
10, “Open Your Heart,” Madonna, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 1 (one week), 2/7/1987

11, “Who’s That Girl,” Madonna, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 1 (one week), 8/22/1987
12, “Material Girl,” Madonna, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 2, 3/23/1985
13, “I’ll Be Your Everything,” Tommy Page, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 1 (one week), 4/14/1990
14, “I’ll Remember,” Madonna, Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 2, 5/28/1994
15, “Causing a Commotion,” Madonna, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 2, 10/24/1987
16, “Express Yourself,” Madonna, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 2, 7/15/1989
17, “True Blue,” Madonna, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 3, 11/15/1986
18, “Cherish,” Madonna, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 2, 10/7/1989
19, “La Isla Bonita,” Madonna, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 4, 5/2/1987
20, “Secret,” Madonna, Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 3, 11/5/1994

21, “Couldn’t Get It Right,” Climax Blues Band, Sire/ABC / No. 3, 5/21/1977
22, “Back on the Chain Gang,” Pretenders, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 5, 3/19/1983
23, “Angel,” Madonna, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 5, 6/29/1985
24, “This Used To Be My Playground,” Madonna, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 1 (one week), 8/8/1992
25, “Dress You Up,” Madonna, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 5, 10/5/1985
26, “Lucky Star,” Madonna, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 4, 10/20/1984
27, “Enjoy the Silence,” Depeche Mode, Sire/Reprise / No. 8, 7/14/1990
28, “Tainted Love,” Soft Cell, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 8, 7/17/1982
29, “Crazy,” Seal, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 7, 9/7/1991
30, “Hocus Pocus,” Focus, Sire/Famous / No. 9, 6/2/1973

31, “Don’t Get Me Wrong,” Pretenders, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 10, 12/27/1986
32, “Borderline,” Madonna, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 10, 6/16/1984
33, “Keep It Together,” Madonna, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 8, 3/31/1990
34, “Deeper and Deeper,” Madonna, Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 7, 1/30/1993
35, “Burning Down the House,” Talking Heads, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 9, 10/22/1983
36, “People Are People,” Depeche Mode, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 13, 8/3/1985
37, “Erotica,” Madonna, Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 3, 10/24/1992
38, “Chains of Love,” Erasure, Sire/Reprise / No. 12, 10/29/1988
39, “Brass in Pocket (I’m Special),” Pretenders, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 14, 5/31/1980
40, “I’ll Stand by You,” Pretenders, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 16, 12/3/1994

41, “A Little Respect,” Erasure, Sire/Reprise / No. 14, 3/4/1989
42, “Policy of Truth,” Depeche Mode, Sire/Reprise / No. 15, 10/20/1990
43, “Rescue Me,” Madonna, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 9, 3/23/1991
44, “Hanky Panky,” Madonna, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 10, 7/28/1990
45, “Holiday,” Madonna, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 16, 1/28/1984
46, “Get Over Yourself,” Eden’s Crush, 143/London-Sire / No. 8, 3/31/2001
47, “Wild Wild Life,” Talking Heads, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 25, 12/6/1986
48, “Oh Father,” Madonna, Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 20, 1/6/1990
49, “Middle of the Road,” Pretenders, Sire/London-Sire / No. 19, 2/11/1984
50, “Far Behind,” Candlebox, Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros. / No. 18, 10/1/1994

Sire Records’ Top 50 Hot 100 Hits recap is based on actual performance on the weekly Billboard Hot 100 chart. Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at No. 100 earning the least. To ensure equitable representation of the biggest hits from each era, certain time frames were weighted to account for the difference between turnover rates from those years.

[Gary]

Jul 23, 2021 12:13:51 GMT -5 Gary said:

Alternative


TW LW 2W PEAK WOC TITLE ARTIST
1 -- -- 2 Uprising Muse
2 -- -- 2 Savior Rise Against
3 -- -- 2 Feel It Still Portugal. The Man
4 -- -- 2 Madness Muse
5 -- -- 2 The Pretender Foo Fighters
6 -- -- 2 Radioactive Imagine Dragons
7 -- -- 2 First Cold War Kids
8 -- -- 2 Hemorrhage (In My Hands) Fuel
9 -- -- 2 Cuts You Up Peter Murphy
10 -- -- 2 Drive Incubus
11 -- -- 2 Sweater Weather The Neighbourhood
12 -- -- 2 Sex And Candy Marcy Playground
13 -- -- 2 Do I Wanna Know? Arctic Monkeys
14 -- -- 2 When I Come Around Green Day
15 -- -- 2 How You Remind Me Nickelback
16 -- -- 2 My Own Worst Enemy Lit
17 -- -- 2 Lightning Crashes Live
18 -- -- 2 Wonderwall Oasis
19 -- -- 2 It's Been Awhile Staind
20 -- -- 2 Stolen Dance Milky Chance
21 -- -- 2 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana
22 -- -- 2 Boulevard Of Broken Dreams Green Day
23 -- -- 2 Feel Good Inc Gorillaz
24 -- -- 2 Come A Little Closer Cage The Elephant
25 -- -- 2 So Alive Love And Rockets
26 -- -- 2 Mysterious Ways U2
27 -- -- 2 Regret New Order
28 -- -- 2 Tighten Up The Black Keys
29 -- -- 2 Blurry Puddle Of Mudd
30 -- -- 2 Pumped Up Kicks Foster The People
31 -- -- 2 In The End Linkin Park
32 -- -- 2 1901 Phoenix
33 -- -- 2 Lay Me Down The Dirty Heads Featuring Rome
34 -- -- 2 Fascination Street The Cure
35 -- -- 2 Good Better Than Ezra
36 -- -- 2 Scar Tissue Red Hot Chili Peppers
37 -- -- 2 Believer Imagine Dragons
38 -- -- 2 Renegades X Ambassadors
39 -- -- 2 Zombie The Cranberries
40 -- -- 2 Kryptonite 3 Doors Down
41 -- -- 2 Paralyzer Finger Eleven
42 -- -- 2 Pompeii Bastille
43 -- -- 2 Sex On Fire Kings Of Leon
44 -- -- 2 What It's Like Everlast
45 -- -- 2 1979 The Smashing Pumpkins
46 -- -- 2 All My Life Foo Fighters
47 -- -- 2 Safe And Sound Capital Cities
48 -- -- 2 Kiss Them For Me Siouxsie & The Banshees
49 -- -- 2 Pepper Butthole Surfers
50 -- -- 2 Demons Imagine Dragons
51 -- -- 2 Numb Linkin Park
52 -- -- 2 Inside Out Eve 6
53 -- -- 2 By The Way Red Hot Chili Peppers
54 -- -- 2 Been Caught Stealing Jane's Addiction
55 -- -- 2 Headstrong Trapt
56 -- -- 2 Into Your Arms The Lemonheads
57 -- -- 2 What I've Done Linkin Park
58 -- -- 2 What I Got Sublime
59 -- -- 2 Dani California Red Hot Chili Peppers
60 -- -- 2 Rush Big Audio
61 -- -- 2 Animal Neon Trees
62 -- -- 2 Otherside Red Hot Chili Peppers
63 -- -- 2 Last Resort Papa Roach
64 -- -- 2 Orange Crush R.E.M.
65 -- -- 2 Proud To Fall Ian McCulloch
66 -- -- 2 Losing My Religion R.E.M.
67 -- -- 2 Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye Featuring Kimbra
68 -- -- 2 Name Goo Goo Dolls
69 -- -- 2 Love And Anger Kate Bush
70 -- -- 2 Laid James
71 -- -- 2 Seven Nation Army The White Stripes
72 -- -- 2 Feel Good Drag Anberlin
73 -- -- 2 Stressed Out twenty one pilots
74 -- -- 2 Hanging By A Moment Lifehouse
75 -- -- 2 Wish I Knew You The Revivalists
76 -- -- 2 The Mayor Of Simpleton XTC
77 -- -- 2 So Far Away Staind
78 -- -- 2 Ho Hey The Lumineers
79 -- -- 2 It's Time Imagine Dragons
80 -- -- 2 Santa Monica (Watch The World Die) Everclear
81 -- -- 2 Best Of You Foo Fighters
82 -- -- 2 Faint Linkin Park
83 -- -- 2 Fake It Seether
84 -- -- 2 You're Gonna Go Far, Kid The Offspring
85 -- -- 2 More Sisters Of Mercy
86 -- -- 2 Animal I Have Become Three Days Grace
87 -- -- 2 I Will Wait Mumford & Sons
88 -- -- 2 Down 311
89 -- -- 2 Interstate Love Song Stone Temple Pilots
90 -- -- 2 The Hand That Feeds Nine Inch Nails
91 -- -- 2 Wish You Were Here Incubus
92 -- -- 2 Charlotte Anne Julian Cope
93 -- -- 2 Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth... Primitive Radio Gods
94 -- -- 2 Friday I'm In Love The Cure
95 -- -- 2 Use Somebody Kings Of Leon
96 -- -- 2 Steam Peter Gabriel
97 -- -- 2 All The Small Things Blink-182
98 -- -- 2 Walkin' On The Sun Smash Mouth
99 -- -- 2 Walk Foo Fighters
100 -- -- 2 My Friends Red Hot Chili Peppers
101 -- -- 101 1 Loser Beck
102 -- -- 102 1 Little Black Submarines The Black Keys
103 -- -- 103 1 Only Nine Inch Nails
104 -- -- 104 1 Semi-Charmed Life Third Eye Blind
105 -- -- 105 1 Riptide Vance Joy
106 -- -- 106 1 Feed The Tree Belly
107 -- -- 107 1 Fall Down Toad The Wet Sprocket
108 -- -- 108 1 Out Of My League Fitz And The Tantrums
109 -- -- 109 1 Waiting For The End Linkin Park
110 -- -- 110 1 Right Here, Right Now Jesus Jones
111 -- -- 111 1 You Oughta Know Alanis Morissette
112 -- -- 112 1 Tomorrow Silverchair
113 -- -- 113 1 Lonely Boy The Black Keys
114 -- -- 114 1 The Devil You Know Jesus Jones
115 -- -- 115 1 Like A Stone Audioslave
116 -- -- 116 1 Panic Switch Silversun Pickups
117 -- -- 117 1 (If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I... Weezer
118 -- -- 118 1 Tomorrow Morrissey
119 -- -- 119 1 Heathens twenty one pilots
120 -- -- 120 1 Swallowed Bush
121 -- -- 121 1 Glycerine Bush
122 -- -- 122 1 Fly Away Lenny Kravitz
123 -- -- 123 1 Trouble Cage The Elephant
124 -- -- 124 1 Basket Case Green Day
125 -- -- 125 1 Dangerous Big Data Featuring Joywave
126 -- -- 126 1 Never There Cake
127 -- -- 127 1 Everything Zen Bush
128 -- -- 128 1 Not Sleeping Around Ned's Atomic Dustbin
129 -- -- 129 1 Closing Time Semisonic
130 -- -- 130 1 The Middle Jimmy Eat World
131 -- -- 131 1 Fly Sugar Ray
132 -- -- 132 1 Shake Me Down Cage The Elephant
133 -- -- 133 1 I'll Be You The Replacements
134 -- -- 134 1 Shut Up And Dance WALK THE MOON
135 -- -- 135 1 No One Knows Queens Of The Stone Age
136 -- -- 136 1 Hit The Sugarcubes
137 -- -- 137 1 I Feel You Depeche Mode
138 -- -- 138 1 Rope Foo Fighters
139 -- -- 139 1 Dirty Blvd. Lou Reed
140 -- -- 140 1 Ophelia The Lumineers
141 -- -- 141 1 Stand R.E.M.
142 -- -- 142 1 Broken lovelytheband
143 -- -- 143 1 Selling The Drama Live
144 -- -- 144 1 Welcome To The Black Parade My Chemical Romance
145 -- -- 145 1 Until She Comes The Psychedelic Furs
146 -- -- 146 1 Way Down We Go KALEO
147 -- -- 147 1 Movin' On Up Primal Scream
148 -- -- 148 1 Desire U2
149 -- -- 149 1 Lump The Presidents Of The United States Of America
150 -- -- 150 1 The Great Commandment Camouflage
151 -- -- 151 1 Never Enough The Cure
152 -- -- 152 1 Way Down Now World Party
153 -- -- 153 1 (I Hate) Everything About You Three Days Grace
154 -- -- 154 1 Tongue Tied Grouplove
155 -- -- 155 1 Comedown Bush
156 -- -- 156 1 Policy Of Truth Depeche Mode
157 -- -- 157 1 Re-arranged Limp Bizkit
158 -- -- 158 1 Counting Blue Cars Dishwalla
159 -- -- 159 1 The Diary Of Jane Breaking Benjamin
160 -- -- 160 1 Miss Murder AFI
161 -- -- 161 1 Pork And Beans Weezer
162 -- -- 162 1 DOA Foo Fighters
163 -- -- 163 1 Sit Next To Me Foster The People
164 -- -- 164 1 Ironic Alanis Morissette
165 -- -- 165 1 The Way Fastball
166 -- -- 166 1 Cannonball The Breeders
167 -- -- 167 1 Second Chance Shinedown
168 -- -- 168 1 Mountain Sound Of Monsters And Men
169 -- -- 169 1 Peek-A-Boo Siouxsie & The Banshees
170 -- -- 170 1 Crawling In The Dark Hoobastank
171 -- -- 171 1 Come With Me Now KONGOS
172 -- -- 172 1 The Sound Of Winter Bush
173 -- -- 173 1 Through Glass Stone Sour
174 -- -- 174 1 Pets Porno For Pyros
175 -- -- 175 1 What's My Age Again? Blink-182
176 -- -- 176 1 The Chemicals Between Us Bush
177 -- -- 177 1 All Apologies Nirvana
178 -- -- 178 1 The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get Morrissey
179 -- -- 179 1 Black Hole Sun Soundgarden
180 -- -- 180 1 In The Meantime Spacehog
181 -- -- 181 1 Drive R.E.M.
182 -- -- 182 1 So You Think You're In Love Robyn Hitchcock
183 -- -- 183 1 The Killing Jar Siouxsie & The Banshees
184 -- -- 184 1 Longview Green Day
185 -- -- 185 1 Every Morning Sugar Ray
186 -- -- 186 1 I Don't Care Apocalyptica Featuring Adam Gontier
187 -- -- 187 1 Mr. Brightside The Killers
188 -- -- 188 1 Novocaine For The Soul eels
189 -- -- 189 1 Come Out And Play (Keep 'Em Separated) The Offspring
190 -- -- 190 1 Nothing Compares 2 U Sinead O'Connor
191 -- -- 191 1 Digging In The Dirt Peter Gabriel
192 -- -- 192 1 Cold Crossfade
193 -- -- 193 1 Sail AWOLNATION
194 -- -- 194 1 Little Talks Of Monsters And Men
195 -- -- 195 1 Give It Away Red Hot Chili Peppers
196 -- -- 196 1 Megalomaniac Incubus
197 -- -- 197 1 Higher Creed
198 -- -- 198 1 Iris Goo Goo Dolls
199 -- -- 199 1 Connection Elastica
200 -- -- 200 1 Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart Stone Temple Pilots
201 -- -- 201 1 Send The Pain Below Chevelle
202 -- -- 202 1 Pain Jimmy Eat World
203 -- -- 203 1 Joey Concrete Blonde
204 -- -- 204 1 God Tori Amos
205 -- -- 205 1 Just Like You Three Days Grace
206 -- -- 206 1 The Emperor's New Clothes Sinead O'Connor
207 -- -- 207 1 Metropolis The Church
208 -- -- 208 1 Live Forever Oasis
209 -- -- 209 1 Schism Tool
210 -- -- 210 1 Veronica Elvis Costello
211 -- -- 211 1 Gold On The Ceiling The Black Keys
212 -- -- 212 1 Ex's & Oh's Elle King
213 -- -- 213 1 Champagne Supernova Oasis
214 -- -- 214 1 Soul To Squeeze (From "Coneheads") Red Hot Chili Peppers
215 -- -- 215 1 About A Girl Nirvana
216 -- -- 216 1 These Are Days 10,000 Maniacs
217 -- -- 217 1 Daughter/Yellow Ledbetter Pearl Jam
218 -- -- 218 1 So Cold Breaking Benjamin
219 -- -- 219 1 Natural One (From "Kids") Folk Implosion
220 -- -- 220 1 Far Gone And Out The Jesus And Mary Chain
221 -- -- 221 1 Heart-Shaped Box Nirvana
222 -- -- 222 1 Better Man Pearl Jam
223 -- -- 223 1 Found Out About You Gin Blossoms
224 -- -- 224 1 Mother Mother Tracy Bonham
225 -- -- 225 1 Never Too Late Three Days Grace
226 -- -- 226 1 Break It Down Again Tears For Fears
227 -- -- 227 1 Brain Stew/Jaded Green Day
228 -- -- 228 1 Somewhere I Belong Linkin Park
229 -- -- 229 1 Here's Where The Story Ends The Sundays
230 -- -- 230 1 Loser 3 Doors Down
231 -- -- 231 1 No Rain Blind Melon
232 -- -- 232 1 Let It Die Foo Fighters
233 -- -- 233 1 Get The Message Electronic
234 -- -- 234 1 Come Anytime Hoodoo Gurus
235 -- -- 235 1 Bleed It Out Linkin Park
236 -- -- 236 1 Ride twenty one pilots
237 -- -- 237 1 New Divide Linkin Park
238 -- -- 238 1 Fever The Black Keys
239 -- -- 239 1 Face Down The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
240 -- -- 240 1 Everything To Everyone Everclear
241 -- -- 241 1 Whatever It Takes Imagine Dragons
242 -- -- 242 1 Weirdo The Charlatans
243 -- -- 243 1 What's The Frequency, Kenneth? R.E.M.
244 -- -- 244 1 Blues From A Gun The Jesus And Mary Chain
245 -- -- 245 1 See The Lights Simple Minds
246 -- -- 246 1 Creep Radiohead
247 -- -- 247 1 Love Song The Cure
248 -- -- 248 1 Trojans Atlas Genius
249 -- -- 249 1 Cough Syrup Young The Giant
250 -- -- 250 1 Breaking The Habit Linkin Park
251 -- -- 251 1 Walking In My Shoes Depeche Mode
252 -- -- 252 1 Perfect Situation Weezer
253 -- -- 253 1 Burden In My Hand Soundgarden
254 -- -- 254 1 The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead XTC
255 -- -- 255 1 Possum Kingdom Toadies
256 -- -- 256 1 Stupid Girl Garbage
257 -- -- 257 1 Enjoy The Silence Depeche Mode
258 -- -- 258 1 Beverly Hills Weezer
259 -- -- 259 1 Merry Go Round The Replacements
260 -- -- 260 1 Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Crash Test Dummies
261 -- -- 261 1 The Kill (Bury Me) Thirty Seconds To Mars
262 -- -- 262 1 Icky Thump The White Stripes
263 -- -- 263 1 One Creed
264 -- -- 264 1 One Step Closer Linkin Park
265 -- -- 265 1 Shimmer Fuel
266 -- -- 266 1 Blood Makes Noise Suzanne Vega
267 -- -- 267 1 Learn To Fly Foo Fighters
268 -- -- 268 1 Bullet With Butterfly Wings The Smashing Pumpkins
269 -- -- 269 1 Self Esteem The Offspring
270 -- -- 270 1 Resistance Muse
271 -- -- 271 1 Bang And Blame R.E.M.
272 -- -- 272 1 Spiderwebs No Doubt
273 -- -- 273 1 Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me U2
274 -- -- 274 1 Slide Goo Goo Dolls
275 -- -- 275 1 Disappointed Public Image Ltd.
276 -- -- 276 1 Time Of Your Life (Good Riddance) Green Day
277 -- -- 277 1 Holiday Green Day
278 -- -- 278 1 American Idiot Green Day
279 -- -- 279 1 Always Saliva
280 -- -- 280 1 Salvation The Cranberries
281 -- -- 281 1 You Know You're Right Nirvana
282 -- -- 282 1 Wasteland 10 Years
283 -- -- 283 1 House The Psychedelic Furs
284 -- -- 284 1 Steady, As She Goes The Raconteurs
285 -- -- 285 1 Thunder Imagine Dragons
286 -- -- 286 1 High The Cure
287 -- -- 287 1 Aerials System Of A Down
288 -- -- 288 1 Jealous Gene Loves Jezebel
289 -- -- 289 1 Mr. Jones Counting Crows
290 -- -- 290 1 Bitter Sweet Symphony The Verve
291 -- -- 291 1 Love Shack The B-52s
292 -- -- 292 1 The Other Side Of Summer Elvis Costello
293 -- -- 293 1 December Collective Soul
294 -- -- 294 1 Anna-Molly Incubus
295 -- -- 295 1 Vitamin R (Leading Us Along) Chevelle
296 -- -- 296 1 One Week Barenaked Ladies
297 -- -- 297 1 She Drives Me Crazy Fine Young Cannibals
298 -- -- 298 1 What I Am Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
299 -- -- 299 1 Celebrity Skin Hole
300 -- -- 300 1 One U2

1 Monsters All Time Low Featuring blackbear
2 Broken lovelytheband
3 Uprising Muse
4 Savior Rise Against
5 Feel It Still Portugal. The Man
6 Madness Muse
7 The Pretender Foo Fighters
8 Radioactive Imagine Dragons
9 High Hopes Panic! At The Disco
10 First Cold War Kids
11 Trampoline SHAED
12 Hemorrhage (In My Hands) Fuel
13 Cuts You Up Peter Murphy
14 Enemy Imagine Dragons X JID
15 Drive Incubus
16 Sweater Weather The Neighbourhood
17 Sex And Candy Marcy Playground
18 Do I Wanna Know? Arctic Monkeys
19 When I Come Around Green Day
20 How You Remind Me Nickelback
21 My Own Worst Enemy Lit
22 Lightning Crashes Live
23 It's Been Awhile Staind
24 Wonderwall Oasis
25 Stolen Dance Milky Chance
26 Level Of Concern twenty one pilots
27 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana
28 Boulevard Of Broken Dreams Green Day
29 Come A Little Closer Cage The Elephant
30 Feel Good Inc Gorillaz
31 So Alive Love And Rockets
32 Mysterious Ways U2
33 Regret New Order
34 Tighten Up The Black Keys
35 Blurry Puddle Of Mudd
36 Pumped Up Kicks Foster The People
37 1901 Phoenix
38 In The End Linkin Park
39 Lay Me Down The Dirty Heads Featuring Rome
40 Fascination Street The Cure
41 Good Better Than Ezra
42 Scar Tissue Red Hot Chili Peppers
43 Believer Imagine Dragons
44 Renegades X Ambassadors
45 Paralyzer Finger Eleven
46 Zombie The Cranberries
47 Kryptonite 3 Doors Down
48 Pompeii Bastille
49 Follow You Imagine Dragons
50 Sex On Fire Kings Of Leon
51 1979 The Smashing Pumpkins
52 What It's Like Everlast
53 Safe And Sound Capital Cities
54 Kiss Them For Me Siouxsie & The Banshees
55 All My Life Foo Fighters
56 Pepper Butthole Surfers
57 Demons Imagine Dragons
58 Inside Out Eve 6
59 Numb Linkin Park
60 Headstrong Trapt
61 By The Way Red Hot Chili Peppers
62 Been Caught Stealing Jane's Addiction
63 Beggin' Maneskin
64 What I've Done Linkin Park
65 Into Your Arms The Lemonheads
66 What I Got Sublime
67 Dani California Red Hot Chili Peppers
68 Rush Big Audio
69 Animal Neon Trees
70 Otherside Red Hot Chili Peppers
71 Last Resort Papa Roach
72 Orange Crush R.E.M.
73 Proud To Fall Ian McCulloch
74 Losing My Religion R.E.M.
75 Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye Featuring Kimbra
76 Name Goo Goo Dolls
77 Laid James
78 Love And Anger Kate Bush
79 Feel Good Drag Anberlin
80 Seven Nation Army The White Stripes
81 Sex, Drugs, Etc. Beach Weather
82 Hanging By A Moment Lifehouse
83 My Ex's Best Friend Machine Gun Kelly X blackbear
84 Wish I Knew You The Revivalists
85 Stressed Out twenty one pilots
86 Santa Monica (Watch The World Die) Everclear
87 It's Time Imagine Dragons
88 The Mayor Of Simpleton XTC
89 So Far Away Staind
90 Ho Hey The Lumineers
91 Best Of You Foo Fighters
92 Faint Linkin Park
93 Fake It Seether
94 You're Gonna Go Far, Kid The Offspring
95 Animal I Have Become Three Days Grace
96 More Sisters Of Mercy
97 I Will Wait Mumford & Sons
98 Interstate Love Song Stone Temple Pilots
99 Down 311
100 Wish You Were Here Incubus

[Gary]

Feb 2, 2023 14:22:24 GMT -5 Gary said:

The Biggest No. 2 Hot 100 Hits of All Time
Though they fell short in the initial race, some No. 2 hits have gone on to greater glory than their chart-topping counterparts.
www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/biggest-number-2-hot-100-hits-all-time-1235026339/

By Trevor Anderson

02/2/2023


It’s tough to accept at the time – a single catches fire with the public, flies up the chart and lands just shy of the top spot. Despite peaking at No. 2 on the weekly Billboard Hot 100, many songs that initially take the silver medal still emerge as massive winners in the end.


Some, including a case just two years ago, sustain enough momentum to leapfrog No. 1 hits to become the year’s top Hot 100 single; others become the springboard for artists to eventually capture that chart-topping hit; and a select few dominate pop culture so much that you’d swear that they, surely, definitely, unquestionably have topped the chart — before the facts reveal otherwise.

02/02/2023
While the No. 1s get plenty of shine, let’s take a moment to celebrate another slate of hit singles. For 2/2, here is Billboard’s countdown of the top 50 songs to peak at No. 2 on the Hot 100.

Billboard’s Biggest No. 2 Hits ranking is based on weekly performance on the Hot 100 through Feb. 4, 2023, and includes only songs that peaked at No. 2 on the list. Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at lower spots earning the least. Due to changes in chart methodology over the years, eras are weighted differently to account for chart turnover rates during various periods.

50. Linda Ronstadt featuring Aaron Neville, “Don’t Know Much”
Weeks at No. 2: two
Peak Date: Dec. 23, 1989
Just Behind: Phil Collins, “Another Day in Paradise”

49. Technotronic featuring Felly, “Pump up the Jam”
Weeks at No. 2: two
Peak Date: Jan. 20, 1990
Just Behind: Michael Bolton, “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You”

48. En Vogue, “Don’t Let Go (Love)”
Weeks at No. 2: four
Peak Date: Jan. 18, 1997
Just Behind: Toni Braxton, “Un-Break My Heart”

47. Ritchie Valens, “Donna”
Weeks at No. 2: two
Peak Date: Feb. 23, 1959
Just Behind: Lloyd Price, “Stagger Lee”

46. The Spinners, “The Rubberband Man”
Weeks at No. 2: three
Peak Date: Dec. 4, 1976
Just Behind: Rod Stewart, “Tonight’s The Night (Gonna be Alright)”


45. Eddie Murphy, “Party All the Time”
Weeks at No. 2: three
Peak Date: Dec. 28, 1985
Just Behind: Lionel Richie, “Say You, Say Me”

44. Silver Convention, “Get up and Boogie (That’s Right)”
Weeks at No. 2: three
Peak Date: June 12, 1976
Just Behind: Wings, “Silly Love Songs”

43. Brenda Lee, “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”
Weeks at No. 2: nine
Peak Date: Dec. 28, 2019
Just Behind: Mariah Carey, “All I Want for Christmas Is You”

42. The Everly Brothers, “Bird Dog”
Weeks at No. 2: three
Peak Date: Sept. 15, 1958
Just Behind: Domenico Modugno, “Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)” and Tommy Edwards, “It’s All in the Game”

41. Lady Gaga, “Bad Romance”
Weeks at No. 2: seven
Peak Date: Dec. 5, 2009
Just Behind: Jay-Z & Alicia Keys, “Empire State of Mind” and Ke$ha, “TiK ToK”



40. Ferrante & Teicher, “Exodus”
Weeks at No. 2: one
Peak Date: Jan. 23, 1961
Just Behind: Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra, “Wonderland by Night”

39. Ace of Base, “All That She Wants”
Weeks at No. 2: three
Peak Date: Nov. 6, 1993
Just Behind: Meat Loaf, “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)”

38. Ciara featuring Missy Elliott, “1, 2 Step”
Weeks at No. 2: seven
Peak Date: Jan. 8, 2005
Just Behind: Mario, “Let Me Love You”

37. Sam Smith, “Stay With Me”
Weeks at No. 2: two
Peak Date: Aug. 16, 2014
Just Behind: Magic!, “Rude”

36. John Lennon, “Woman”
Weeks at No. 2: three
Peak Date: March 21, 1981
Just Behind: REO Speedwagon, “Keep on Loving You” and Blondie, “Rapture”

35. Céline Dion, “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now”
Weeks at No. 2: five
Peak Date: Oct. 26, 1996
Just Behind: Los Del Rio, “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)” and BLACKstreet featuring Dr. Dre, “No Diggity”


34. Laura Branigan, “Gloria”
Weeks at No. 2: three
Peak Date: Nov. 27, 1982
Just Behind: Lionel Richie, “Truly” and Toni Basil, “Mickey”

33. Donna Lewis, “I Love You Always Forever”
Weeks at No. 2: nine
Peak Date: Aug. 24, 1996
Just Behind: Los Del Rio, “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)”

32. Jackson 5, “Dancing Machine”
Weeks at No. 2: two
Peak Date: May 18, 1974
Just Behind: Ray Stevens, “The Streak”

31. Keith Sweat, “Twisted”
Weeks at No. 2: one
Peak Date: Aug. 17, 1996
Just Behind: Los Del Rio, “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)”

30. Deborah Cox, “Nobody’s Supposed to Be Here”
Weeks at No. 2: eight
Peak Date: Dec. 5, 1998
Just Behind: R. Kelly & Céline Dion, “I’m Your Angel” and Brandy, “Have You Ever?”


29. Taylor Swift, “You Belong With Me”
Weeks at No. 2: one
Peak Date: Aug. 22, 2009
Just Behind: The Black Eyed Peas, “I Gotta Feeling”

28. Chubby Checker, “Limbo Rock”
Weeks at No. 2: two
Peak Date: Dec. 22, 1962
Just Behind: The Tornados, “Telstar”

27. Backstreet Boys, “Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)”
Weeks at No. 2: two
Peak Date: Sept. 6, 1997
Just Behind: The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy & Mase, “Mo Money Mo Problems” and Mariah Carey, “Honey”

26. Kelly Clarkson, “Since U Been Gone”
Weeks at No. 2: one
Peak Date: April 9, 2005
Just Behind: 50 Cent featuring Olivia, “Candy Shop”

25. Village People, “Y.M.C.A.”
Weeks at No. 2: three
Peak Date: Feb. 3, 1979
Just Behind: Chic, “Le Freak” and Rod Stewart, “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?”


24. England Dan & John Ford Coley, “I’d Really Love to See You Tonight”
Weeks at No. 2: two
Peak Date: Sept. 25, 1976
Just Behind: Wild Cherry, “Play That Funky Music”

23. Juice WRLD, “Lucid Dreams”
Weeks at No. 2: two
Peak Date: Oct. 6, 2018
Just Behind: Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B, “Girls Like You”

22. Taio Cruz, “Dynamite”
Weeks at No. 2: three
Peak Date: Aug. 21, 2010
Just Behind: Eminem featuring Rihanna, “Love the Way You Lie”

21. Bette Midler, “From a Distance”
Weeks at No. 2: one
Peak Date: Dec. 15, 1990
Just Behind: Stevie B, “Because I Love You (The Postman Song)”

20. Marshmello & Bastille, “Happier”
Weeks at No. 2: one
Peak Date: Feb. 16, 2019
Just Behind: Ariana Grande, “7 Rings”


19. Ed Sheeran, “Thinking Out Loud”
Weeks at No. 2: eight
Peak Date: Jan. 31, 2015
Just Behind: Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk!”

18. Color Me Badd, “I Wanna Sex You Up”
Weeks at No. 2: four
Peak Date: June 8, 1991
Just Behind: Extreme, “More Than Words” and Paula Abdul, “Rush Rush”

17. Lady Antebellum, “Need You Now”
Weeks at No. 2: two
Peak Date: March 20, 2010
Just Behind: Taio Cruz featuring Ludacris, “Break Your Heart” and Rihanna, “Rude Boy”

16. Jim Reeves, “He’ll Have to Go”
Weeks at No. 2: three
Peak Date: March 7, 1960
Just Behind: Percy Faith and His Orchestra, “The Theme from “A Summer Place””

15. Fetty Wap, “Trap Queen”
Weeks at No. 2: three
Peak Date: May 16, 2015
Just Behind: Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth, “See You Again”


14. Ed Sheeran, “Bad Habits“
Weeks at No. 2: two
Peak Date: Aug. 28, 2021
Just Behind: The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber, “Stay”

13. Lifehouse, “Hanging by a Moment”
Weeks at No. 2: four
Peak Date: June 16, 2001
Just Behind: Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya & P!nk, “Lady Marmalade” and Usher, “U Remind Me”

12. Faith Hill, “Breathe”
Weeks at No. 2: five
Peak Date: April 22, 2000
Just Behind: Santana featuring The Product G&B, “Maria Maria” and Aaliyah, “Try Again”

11. OneRepublic, “Counting Stars”
Weeks at No. 2: two
Peak Date: Jan. 18, 2014
Just Behind: Pitbull featuring Ke$ha, “Timber”

10. The Tony Rich Project, “Nobody Knows”
Weeks at No. 2: two
Peak Date: March 23, 1996
Just Behind: Céline Dion, “Because You Loved Me”



9. Usher, “You Make Me Wanna…”
Weeks at No. 2: seven
Peak Date: Oct. 25, 1997
Just Behind: Elton John, “Candle in the Wind 1997 / Something About the Way You Look Tonight”



8. John Cougar, “Hurts So Good”
Weeks at No. 2: four
Peak Date: Aug. 7, 1982
Just Behind: Survivor, “Eye of the Tiger”



7. Foreigner, “Waiting for a Girl Like You”
Weeks at No. 2: 10
Peak Date: Nov. 28, 1981
Just Behind: Olivia Newton-John, “Physical” and Daryl Hall & John Oates, “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)”


6. Shania Twain, “You’re Still the One”
Weeks at No. 2: nine
Peak Date: May 2, 1998
Just Behind: Next, “Too Close” and Brandy & Monica, “The Boy Is Mine”



5. Tag Team, “Whoomp! (There It Is)”
Weeks at No. 2: seven
Peak Date: July 31, 1993
Just Behind: UB40, “Can’t Help Falling in Love” and Mariah Carey, “Dreamlover”



4. Timbaland featuring OneRepublic, “Apologize”
Weeks at No. 2: four
Peak Date: Nov. 10, 2007
Just Behind: Chris Brown featuring T-Pain, “Kiss Kiss” and Alicia Keys, “No One”



3. Jewel, “Foolish Games/You Were Meant for Me”
Weeks at No. 2: two
Peak Date: April 19, 1997
Just Behind: Puff Daddy featuring Mase, “Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down” and The Notorious B.I.G., “Hypnotize”



2. Dua Lipa, “Levitating”
Weeks at No. 2: one
Peak Date: May 22, 2021
Just Behind: Silk Sonic, “Leave the Door Open”



1. LeAnn Rimes, “How Do I Live”
Weeks at No. 2: four
Peak Date: Dec. 13, 1997
Just Behind: Elton John, “Candle in the Wind 1997 / Something About the Way You Look Tonight” and Savage Garden, “Truly Madly Deeply”

Biggest #2 hits update


1 How Do I Live , LeAnn Rimes
2 Levitating , Dua Lipa
3 You Were Meant For Me , Jewel
4 Apologize , Timbaland Featuring OneRepublic
5 Whoomp! (There It Is) , Tag Team
6 You're Still The One , Shania Twain
7 Waiting For A Girl Like You , Foreigner
8 Hurts So Good , John Cougar
9 You Make Me Wanna... , Usher
10 Nobody Knows , The Tony Rich Project
11 Counting Stars , OneRepublic
12 Breathe , Faith Hill
13 Hanging By A Moment , Lifehouse
14 Trap Queen , Fetty Wap
15 Bad Habits , Ed Sheeran
16 He'll Have To Go , Jim Reeves
17 Need You Now , Lady Antebellum
18 I Wanna Sex You Up , Color Me Badd
19 Thinking Out Loud , Ed Sheeran
20 Happier , Marshmello & Bastille
21 From A Distance , Bette Midler
22 Dynamite , Taio Cruz
23 Lucid Dreams , Juice WRLD
24 I'd Really Love To See You Tonight , England Dan & John Ford Coley
25 Y.M.C.A. , Village People
26 Since U Been Gone , Kelly Clarkson
27 Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) , Backstreet Boys
28 Limbo Rock , Chubby Checker
29 You Belong With Me , Taylor Swift
30 Nobody's Supposed To Be Here , Deborah Cox
31 Twisted , Keith Sweat
32 Dancing Machine , Jackson 5
33 I Love You Always Forever , Donna Lewis
34 Gloria , Laura Branigan
35 It's All Coming Back To Me Now , Celine Dion
36 Woman , John Lennon
37 Stay With Me , Sam Smith
38 1, 2 Step , Ciara Featuring Missy Elliott
39 All That She Wants , Ace Of Base
40 Exodus , Ferrante & Teicher
41 Bad Romance , Lady Gaga
42 Bird Dog , The Everly Brothers
43 Get Up And Boogie (That's Right) , Silver Convention
44 Party All The Time , Eddie Murphy
45 The Rubberband Man , The Spinners
46 Donna , Ritchie Valens
47 Don't Let Go (Love) , En Vogue
48 Pump Up The Jam , Technotronic Featuring Felly
49 Don't Know Much , Linda Ronstadt (Featuring Aaron Neville)
50 Rosanna , Toto
51 Bohemian Rhapsody , Queen
52 Put Your Head On My Shoulder , Paul Anka
53 Sugar , Maroon 5
54 Last Date , Floyd Cramer
55 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree , Brenda Lee
56 Payphone , Maroon 5 Featuring Wiz Khalifa
57 Get Low , Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz Featuring Ying Yang Twins
58 Don't Talk To Strangers , Rick Springfield
59 Right Thurr , Chingy
60 Airplanes , B.o.B Featuring Hayley Williams
61 Back At One , Brian McKnight
62 Return Of The Mack , Mark Morrison
63 Smack That , Akon Featuring Eminem
64 Being With You , Smokey Robinson
65 Just The Two Of Us , Grover Washington, Jr. With Bill Withers
66 Right Back Where We Started From , Maxine Nightingale
67 Start Me Up , The Rolling Stones
68 Wow. , Post Malone
69 You Make Me Feel Brand New , The Stylistics
70 Cradle Of Love , Billy Idol
71 Rock-in Robin , Bobby Day
72 Meant To Be , Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line
73 All Out Of Love , Air Supply
74 Take Me To Church , Hozier
75 Hotline Bling , Drake
76 Complicated , Avril Lavigne
77 Heathens , twenty one pilots
78 Love Is Alive , Gary Wright
79 All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You , Heart
80 Photograph , Nickelback
81 Return To Sender , Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires
82 Right Here, Right Now , Jesus Jones
83 Theme From "Greatest American Hero" (Believe It or Not) , Joey Scarbury
84 F**k You! (Forget You) , CeeLo Green
85 Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue , Crystal Gayle
86 Dream Weaver , Gary Wright
87 Personality , Lloyd Price and His Orchestra
88 Work It , Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
89 Slow Hand , The Pointer Sisters
90 Love On The Rocks , Neil Diamond
91 Let Me Blow Ya Mind , Eve Featuring Gwen Stefani
92 Missing , Everything But The Girl
93 You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine , Lou Rawls
94 Greenfields , The Brothers Four
95 Do Anything , Natural Selection
96 I Gotcha , Joe Tex
97 Easy Lover , Philip Bailey With Phil Collins
98 Party In The U.S.A. , Miley Cyrus
99 Louie Louie , The Kingsmen
100 Playground In My Mind , Clint Holmes

[Gary]

Only change in the top 50 from last time, Brenda Lee drops from 43 to 55

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^Also, Bad Habits is also one position lower at #15. Both songs are positioned exactly where tanooki's prediction currently has them in terms of relative positions to other #2 peaking songs around them.

[gs]

Yes, this seems to confirm that November 20, 2021 — present is now 0.7x, as has been used.

[tanooki]

Billboard nooooo don't use the 0.7 multi

[jebsib]

Can anyone please explain the concept of MULTIPLIER?

Like what do you do with that number to get points? ... and what are the era breakdowns?

Thanks

[Gary]

20 Biggest Halloween Songs of All Time on the Hot 100
Undying classics from the Killboard Rot 100.

www.billboard.com/lists/biggest-halloween-songs-spooky-music-hits/roy-orbison-running-scared/
By Joe Lynch


10/27/2023

Halloween songs might not be as celebrated — or profitable — as Christmas music (though that’s changing a bit), but there’s no denying the grave reality that people go batty for spooky songs as Oct. 31 approaches.

Simply put, folks who want to avoid spooky songs around All Hollows’ Eve don’t have a ghost of a chance. And while we all have our favorites, there are some seasonally appropriate songs that loom larger in Billboard Hot 100 history than others.

We decided to round up the 20 Biggest Halloween Songs based on their Hot 100 chart achievements (see below for a detailed explanation). No bones about it — the results might leave some people howling mad. Frightening as it may be to fans of the King of Pop, Michael Jackson’s iconic “Thriller” doesn’t actually make the top 20 of this list. (“Thriller” peaked at No. 4 in 1984 and spent 22 weeks on the chart.) Although it’s inarguably become a perennial staple – one as essential to the season as those holding Frankenstein’s monster together — it doesn’t quite make the list.

So what did? No need for us to be cryptic – read on and find out.

Billboard’s Biggest Halloween Songs ranking is based on weekly performance on the Hot 100 (through the Oct. 14, 2023-dated charts), and includes Halloween-themed hits or songs with a seasonal word in its title (“spooky,” “devil,” “monster,” “witch,” etc.) Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at lower spots earning the least. Due to changes in chart methodology over the years, eras are weighted differently to account for chart turnover rates during various periods.

Additional research by Xander Zellner.

20
Roy Orbison, “Running Scared”

Hot 100 Peak: No. 1

Peak date: 6/5/1961

The vibe: Haunted, histrionic

A favorite of: Easily spooked marathoners


19
The Charlie Daniels Band, "The Devil Went Down to Georgia”

Hot 100 Peak: No. 3

Peak date: 9/15/79

The vibe: Rollicking, unstoppable

A favorite of: Cowboys from hell


18
Santana, “Black Magic Woman”

Hot 100 Peak: No. 4

Peak Date: 1/9/71

The Vibe: Witchy, libidinous

A Favorite of: Catherine Monvoisin


17
Creedence Clearwater Revival, “Bad Moon Rising”

Hot 100 Peak: No. 2

Peak Date: 6/28/69

The Vibe: Rootsy, easy-going

A Favorite of: Wolf men, wolf women and wolf they/thems

16
Cliff Richard, "Devil Woman”

Hot 100 Peak: No 6

Peak Date: 9/25/76

The Vibe: Rockin’, swingin’

A Favorite of: Helen DEADy


15
Kodak Black, “Super Gremlin”

Hot 100 Peak: No. 3

Peak Date: 3/19/22

The Vibe: Creepy, taunting

A Favorite of: Gizmo

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14
Classics IV, “Spooky”

Hot 100 Peak: No. 3

Peak Date: 2/10/68

The Vibe: Sultry, groovy

A Favorite of: Casper the Horny Ghost

13
Imagine Dragons, “Demons”

Hot 100 Peak: No. 6

Peak Date: 12/7/13

The Vibe: Fist-pumping, fist-bumping

A Favorite of: Frat Boy Beelzebub

12
INXS, “Devil Inside”

Hot 100 Peak: No 2

Peak Date: 4/16/88

The Vibe: Seductive, playful

A Favorite of: Indoor demons

11
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, “Devil With a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly”

Hot 100 Peak: No. 4

Peak Date: 11/26/66

The Vibe: Raucous, devil-may-care

A Favorite of: Sartorial Satan


10
Janet Jackson, “Black Cat”

Hot 100 Peak: No 1

Peak Date: 10/27/90

The Vibe: Hard-rocking, ferocious

A Favorite of: Edgar Allan Poe; Salem from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch


9
T.I. feat. Justin Timberlake, “Dead and Gone”

Hot 100 Peak: No. 2

Peak Date: 2/28/09

The Vibe: World-weary, pessimistic

A Favorite of: The Invisible Man


8
Cher, “Dark Lady”

Hot 100 Peak: No. 1

Peak Date: 3/23/74

The Vibe: Eerie, sly

A Favorite of: Home-wrecking fortune tellers


7
Rockwell, “Somebody’s Watching Me”

Hot 100 Peak: No. 2

Peak Date: 3/24/84

The Vibe: Paranoid, spooky

A Favorite of: Nepo babies


6
Bobby Brown, “On Our Own (From ‘Ghostbusters II’)”

Hot 100 Peak: No. 2

Peak Date: 8/5/89

The Vibe: Boisterous, fresh

A Favorite of: Vigo the Carpathian


5
Eminem feat. Rihanna, “The Monster”

Hot 100 Peak: No 1

Peak Date: 12/21/13

The Vibe: Harrowing, haunted

A Favorite of: Sulley and Mike

4
The Edgar Winter Group, “Frankenstein”

Hot 100 Peak: No. 1

Peak Date: 5/26/73

The Vibe: Head-banging, swaggery

A Favorite of: Frankensteins young and old


3
Post Malone feat. Ty Dolla $ign, “Psycho”

Hot 100 Peak: No. 1

Peak Date: 6/16/18

The Vibe: Vibey. Just vibey, man…

A Favorite of: Norman Bates

2
Ray Parker Jr., “Ghostbusters”

Hot 100 Peak: No. 1

Peak Date: 8/11/84

The Vibe: Party-starting, campy

A Favorite of: The Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man


1
Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers, “Monster Mash”

Hot 100 Peak: No. 1

Peak Date: 10/20/1962

The Vibe: Goofy, endearing

A Favorite of: Monsters of easy virtue

[Gary]

Movie songs - top 75 (3/6/24)

75 Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes, "Up Where We Belong" in 'An Officer and a Gentleman'
74 Isaac Hayes, "Theme From Shaft" in 'Shaft'
73 Whitney Houston, "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" in 'Exhale'
72 Bobby McFerrin, "Don't Worry Be Happy" in 'Cocktail'
71 Diana Ross, "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To)" in 'Mahogany'
70 Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes, "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" in 'Dirty Dancing'
69 Rose Royce, "Car Wash" in 'Car Wash'
68 Frankie Valli, "Grease" in 'Grease'
67 Nelly, P. Diddy and Murphy Lee, "Shake Ya Tailfeather" in 'Bad Boys II'
66 Eric Clapton, "Change the World" in 'Phenomenon'
65 Ini Kamoze, "Here Comes the Hotstepper" in 'Ready to Wear'
64 Prince & the Revolution, "Let's Go Crazy" in 'Purple Rain'
63 Vangelis, "Chariots of Fire" in 'Chariots of Fire'
62 Neil Diamond, "Love on the Rocks" in 'The Jazz Singer'
61 Peter Cetera, "Glory of Love" in 'The Karate Kid II'
60 Phil Collins, "Groovy Kind of Love" in 'Buster'
59 Duran Duran, "A View to a Kill" in 'A View to a Kill'
58 John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John, "You're the One That I Want" in 'Grease'
57 Deniece Williams, "Let's Hear It For the Boy" in 'Footloose'
56 Yvonne Elliman, "If I Can't Have You" in 'Saturday Night Fever'
55 Elvis Presley, "Return to Sender" in 'Girls! Girls! Girls!'
54 Beyoncé feat. Slim Thug, "Check On It" in 'The Pink Panther'
53 Bette Midler, "Wind Beneath My Wings" in 'Beaches'
52 R. Kelly, "I Believe I Can Fly" in 'Space Jam'
51 Phil Collins, "Two Hearts" in 'Buster'
50 Billy Idol, "Cradle of Love" in 'The Adventures of Ford Fairlane'
49 Bob Seger, "Shakedown" in 'Beverly Hills Cop II'
48 Michael Sembello, "Maniac" in 'Flashdance'
47 Justin Timberlake, "Can't Stop The Feeling!" in 'TROLLS'
46 John Parr, "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)" in 'St. Elmo's Fire'
45 Prince And The Revolution, "Kiss" in 'Under the Cherry Moon'
44 Simple Minds, "Don't You (Forget About Me)" in 'The Breakfast Club'
43 Dolly Parton, "9 To 5" in '9 To 5'
42 En Vogue, "Don't Let Go (Love)" in 'Set It Off'
41 Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories, "Stay (I Missed You)" in 'Reality Bites'
40 Jon Bon Jovi, "Blaze Of Glory" in 'Young Guns II'
39 Seal, "Kiss From A Rose" in 'Batman Forever'
38 Olivia Newton-John, "Magic" in 'Xanadu'
37 Los Lobos, "La Bamba" in 'La Bamba'
36 Stevie Wonder, "I Just Called To Say I Love You" in 'The Woman In Red'
35 Ray Parker Jr., "Ghostbusters" in 'Ghostbusters'
34 Huey Lewis & The News, "The Power Of Love" in 'Back To The Future'
33 Starship, "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" in 'Mannequin'
32 UB40, "Can't Help Falling In Love" in 'Sliver'
31 Phil Collins, "Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)" in 'Against All Odds'
30 Kenny Loggins, "Footloose" in 'Footloose'
29 Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin, "Separate Lives" in 'White Nights'
28 Madonna, "Crazy For You" in 'Vision Quest'
27 Christopher Cross, "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" in 'Arthur'
26 Paul Anka, "Lonely Boy" in 'Girls Town'
25 Color Me Badd, "I Wanna Sex You Up" in 'New Jack City'
24 Lulu, "To Sir With Love" in 'To Sir With Love'
23 Roxette, "It Must Have Been Love" in 'Pretty Woman'
22 Barbra Streisand, "Evergreen" in 'A Star Is Born'
21 Eminem, "Lose Yourself" in '8 Mile'
20 Celine Dion, "Because You Loved Me" in 'Up Close & Personal'
19 Destiny's Child, "Independent Women Part I" in 'Charlie's Angels'
18 Prince, "When Doves Cry" in 'Purple Rain'
17 Barbra Streisand, "The Way We Were" in 'The Way We Were'
16 B.J. Thomas, "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" in 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'
15 Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth, "See You Again" in 'Fast & Furious 7'
14 Lionel Richie, "Say You, Say Me" in 'White Nights
13 Coolio feat. L.V., "Gangsta's Paradise" in 'Dangerous Minds'
12 Pharrell Williams, "Happy" in 'Despicable Me 2'
11 Post Malone & Swae Lee, "Sunflower" in 'Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse'
10 Bee Gees, "Stayin' Alive" in 'Saturday Night Fever'
9 Blondie, "Call Me" in 'American Gigolo'
8 Boyz II Men, "End Of The Road" in 'Boomerang'
7 Whitney Houston, "I Will Always Love You" in 'The Bodyguard'
6 Bee Gees, "Night Fever" in 'Saturday Night Fever'
5 Irene Cara, "Flashdance... What A Feeling" in 'Flashdance'
4 Survivor, "Eye of the Tiger" in 'Rocky III'
3 Bee Gees, "How Deep Is Your Love" in 'Saturday Night Fever'
2 Bryan Adams, "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" in 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'
1 Diana Ross & Lionel Richie, "Endless Love" in 'Endless Love'

[jdanton2]

You Light Up My Life by Debbie Boone spent 10 weeks at #1 in 1977 and Theme From A Summer Place by Percy Faith spent 9 weeks at #1 in 1960. neither version was the one in the movie so that is most likely why they are not listed.

[jodakyellow]

Mar 6, 2024 17:52:53 GMT -5 jdanton2 said:

You Light Up My Life by Debbie Boone spent 10 weeks at #1 in 1977 and Theme From A Summer Place by Percy Faith spent 9 weeks at #1 in 1960. neither version was the one in the movie so that is most likely why they are not listed.

“How Do I Live” by LeeAnn Rimes is also not the version in Con Air, so it’s not listed here

[Gary]

Mar 7, 2024 1:04:53 GMT -5 jodakyellow said:

Mar 6, 2024 17:52:53 GMT -5 jdanton2 said:

You Light Up My Life by Debbie Boone spent 10 weeks at #1 in 1977 and Theme From A Summer Place by Percy Faith spent 9 weeks at #1 in 1960. neither version was the one in the movie so that is most likely why they are not listed.

“How Do I Live” by LeeAnn Rimes is also not the version in Con Air, so it’s not listed here

Well right...it was not tied to the movie though, in any fashion

Trisha Yearwood's version was on the soundtrack and in the movie


The two versions did chat together for a number of weeks though

[jodakyellow]

Mar 7, 2024 6:55:33 GMT -5 Gary said:

Mar 7, 2024 1:04:53 GMT -5 jodakyellow said:

“How Do I Live” by LeeAnn Rimes is also not the version in Con Air, so it’s not listed here

Well right...it was not tied to the movie though, in any fashion

Trisha Yearwood's version was on the soundtrack and in the movie


The two versions did chat together for a number of weeks though

Yeah I know all that; that’s why I said it

[Gary]

Going further.

Lots of other big songs not related to movies were not in the list either

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SiriusXM’s ‘Billboard Women of Pop Countdown’ Returns, Celebrating Over 50 Years of Chart Hits

3/12/2024

By Gary Trust

You can listen to the top-charting hits by women from the 1970s through 2023 on channel 79 and the SiriusXM app.

SiriusXM and Billboard are celebrating Women’s History Month with the Billboard Women of Pop Countdown.

The Billboard Women of Pop Countdown premiered March 11 on SiriusXM’s channel 79, where it will run through March 17. It’s also available on-demand on the SiriusXM app.

The feature, which first aired last year, spotlights the top songs by women from the start of the 1970s through — as newly updated — 2023, based on by performance on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and via Billboard’s Greatest of All Time chart methodology. (Channel 79 will count down 1,000 songs, while the top 100 will air on-demand on the SiriusXM app.)

The Billboard Women of Pop Countdown spans classics from Olivia Newton-John to Olivia Rodrigo, “Kiss Me” to “Kiss Me More,” and Donna Summer to “Cruel Summer.”

The feature is part of SiriusXM’s She’s Got the Mic campaign, in which, every March, SiriusXM and Pandora celebrate Women’s History Month, amplifying women’s achievements and cultural and historical contributions.

(For those who aren’t SiriusXM subscribers, eligible customers can click here to sign up to get their first three months of SiriusXM streaming for free.)

The Billboard Women of Pop Countdown marks the latest partnership between SiriusXM and Billboard. Recent airings include the Billboard Music Awards Channel, the Billboard #2 Countdown Channel and the Billboard Top 500 R&B Countdown. Additionally, SiriusXM’s Big 40 Countdown, on ’80s on 8, and the Back in the Day Replay, on ‘90s on 9, are based on historical weekly Hot 100 charts, with other current and classic charts counted down on channels including ’70s on 7, Prime Country and TikTok Radio.