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Song of the Day #5,670: ‘Hero’ – Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey has the most #1 songs by a solo artist (19), so it stands to reason she’ll show up on Throwback Weekends. The week of January 8, 1994, saw her top the charts with ‘Hero,’ her eighth #1 in her first four years of recording.

Carey co-wrote the song but initially wasn’t moved to record it herself and planned to give it to Gloria Estefan. She eventually reconsidered and ended up with one of her signature songs, one she has performed at multiple live events, including the inauguration of President Obama.

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Song of the Day #5,669: ‘Thought You Should Know’ – Morgan Wallen

It’s Morgan Wallen again at #22 on the year-end Billboard chart. I guess that’s to be expected for a guy who put 36 tracks on the Hot 100 with one album release.

His fourth track on the list (so far) is ‘Thought You Should Know,’ a tribute to his mother written with Miranda Lambert and Nicolle Galyon. It’s a little galling to me that Lambert can make it to #7 on the Hot 100 as a co-writer of this song but has barely sniffed the Top 20 with her own brilliant work.

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Song of the Day #5,668: ‘Favorite Song’ – Toosii

PinkPantheress and Ice Spice close out the Top 20 of 2023 with ‘Boy’s a Liar, Pt. 2,’ a song that also showed up high on many year-end critics’ best-of lists.

At #21 is North Carolina-based rapper Toosii, whose ‘Favorite Song’ is something you don’t hear very often: an earnest, romantic rap song. This was the second single from Toosii’s sophomore album Naujour, and it was released on February 17 in a nod to Valentine’s Day.

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Song of the Day #5,667: ‘Thinkin’ Bout Me’ – Morgan Wallen

The 18th most popular song of 2023, according to Billboard’s Hot 100, was Taylor Swift’s ‘Cruel Summer,’ a song she finally released as a single four years after it first appeared on the album Lover.

At #19 is Morgan Wallen, with his third song in the top 20. ‘Thinkin’ Bout Me’ was the sixth single released from his 36-track album One Thing at a Time, a record that saw every one of its songs chart on the Hot 100. This was one of five songs from the album to reach the Top Ten.

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Song of the Day #5,666: ‘Under the Influence’ – Chris Brown

The #15 song of 2023, according to Billboard’s Hot 100, was Harry Styles’ ‘As It Was,’ quite the feat considering it was the #2 song the year before.

At #16 is another country bro, Bailey Zimmerman, with ‘Rock and a Hard Place.’

That brings us to #17, a track called ‘Under the Influence’ by R&B singer — and abuser of women — Chris Brown.

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