Everyone has a favorite song from their childhood or high school years, but can you name the top song on the Billboard charts from the year you were born? Before scrolling down to your year, take a stab to see if you can guess correctly.
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| Year | Artist | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Glass Animals | Heat Waves |
| 2021 | Dua Lipa | Levitating |
| 2020 | The Weeknd | Blinding Lights |
| 2019 | Lil Nas X Featuring Billy Ray Cyrus | Old Town Road |
| 2018 | Drake | God’s Plan |
| 2017 | Ed Sheeran | Shape of You |
| 2016 | Justin Bieber | Love Yourself |
| 2015 | Mark Ronson | Uptown Funk! |
| 2014 | Pharrell Williams | Happy |
| 2013 | Macklemore and Ryan Lewis | Thrift Shop |
| 2012 | Gotye | Somebody That I Used To Know |
| 2011 | Adele | Rolling In The Deep |
| 2010 | Ke$ha | TiK ToK |
| 2009 | Black Eyed Peas | Boom Boom Pow |
| 2008 | Flo Rida | Low |
| 2007 | Beyoncé | Irreplaceable |
| 2006 | Daniel Powter | Bad Day |
| 2005 | Mariah Carey | We Belong Together |
| 2004 | Usher | Yeah! |
| 2003 | 50 Cent | In Da Club |
| 2002 | Nickelback | 50 Cent |
| 2001 | Lifehouse | Hanging by a Moment |
| 2000 | Faith Hill | Breathe |
| 1999 | Cher | Believe |
| 1998 | Next | Too Close |
| 1997 | Elton John | Candle In The Wind 1997 |
| 1996 | Los Del Rio | Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix) |
| 1995 | Coolio | Gangsta’s Paradise |
| 1994 | Ace Of Base | The Sign |
| 1993 | Whitney Houston | I Will Always Love You |
| 1992 | Boyz II Men | End Of The Road |
| 1991 | Bryan Adams | (Everything I Do) I Do It For You |
| 1990 | Wilson Phillips | Hold On |
| 1989 | Chicago | Look Away |
| 1988 | George Michael | Faith |
| 1987 | Bangles | Walk Like An Egyptian |
| 1986 | Dionne Warwick | That’s What Friends Are For |
| 1985 | Wham! | Careless Whisper |
| 1984 | Prince | When Doves Cry |
| 1983 | Police | Every Breath You Take |
| 1982 | Olivia Newton-John | Physical |
| 1981 | Kim Carnes | Bette Davis Eyes |
| 1980 | Blondie | Call Me |
| 1979 | Knack | My Sharona |
| 1978 | Andy Gibb | Shadow Dancing |
| 1977 | Rod Stewart | Tonight’s The Night (Gonna Be Alright) |
| 1976 | Wings | Silly Love Songs |
| 1975 | Captain and Tennille | Love Will Keep Us Together |
| 1974 | Barbra Streisand | The Way We Were |
| 1973 | Tony Orlando and Dawn | Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree |
| 1972 | Roberta Flack | The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face |
| 1971 | Three Dog Night | Joy To The World |
| 1970 | Simon and Garfunkel | Bridge Over Troubled Water |
| 1969 | The Archies | Sugar, Sugar |
| 1968 | Beatles | Hey, Jude |
| 1967 | Lulu | To Sir With Love |
| 1966 | Sgt. Barry Sadler | The Ballad Of The Green Berets |
| 1965 | Sam The Sham and The Pharaohs | Wooly Bully |
| 1964 | Beatles | I Want To Hold Your Hand |
| 1963 | I Want To Hold Your Hand | Sugar Shack |
| 1962 | Mr. Acker Bilk | Stranger On The shore |
| 1961 | Bobby Lewis | Tossin’ And Turnin |
| 1960 | Percy Faith | Theme From ‘A Summer Place |
| 1959 | Johnny Horton | The Battle Of New Orleans |
| 1958 | Domenico Modugno | Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu) |
| 1957 | Elvis Presley | All Shook Up |
| 1956 | Elvis Presley | Heartbreak Hotel |
| 1955 | Perez Prado | Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White |
| 1954 | Kitty Kallen | Little Things Mean A Lot |
| 1953 | Percy Faith | Song From Moulin Rouge” |
| 1952 | Leroy Anderson | Blue Tango |
| 1951 | Nat King Cole | Too Young |
| 1950 | Gordon Jenkins and The Weavers | Goodnight Irene |
| 1949 | Vaughn Monroe | Riders In The Sky |
| 1948 | Pee Wee Hunt | Twelfth Street Rag |
| 1947 | Francis Craig | Near You |
| 1946 | Perry Como | Prisoner Of Love |
| 1945 | The Andrews Sisters | Rum & Coca-Cola |
| 1944 | Bing Crosby | Swinging On A Star |
| 1943 | Mills Brothers | Paper Doll |
| 1942 | The Glenn Miller Orchestra | Moonlight Cocktail |
| 1941 | Glenn Miller | Chattanooga Choo Choo |
| 1940 | Bing Crosby | White Christmas |
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