Throwing back to the week of January 16, 1954, we find Eddie Fisher’s ‘Oh My Papa’ with a stranglehold on Billboard’s Weekly Singles chart. The song, which I featured a few weeks back, clung to #1 from the beginning of the year through mid-February.
For a few of those weeks, including this one, it prevented a much better song from reaching #1. Dean Martin’s classic charmer ‘That’s Amore’ peaked at #2.
The last song I’ll feature as part of this year-end ‘What the Kids are Listening To’ installment is the 28th most popular song of last year, ‘Just Wanna Rock’ by Lil Uzi Vert.
Before I get to the song, I have to marvel at the fact that I somehow didn’t blog about 13 of the top 28 songs on the year-end Hot 100. When I did this exercise a year ago, I made it all the way to #27 before I got to a song I hadn’t featured.
The 27th most popular song of 2023 marks the third appearance of Taylor Swift on the year-end Hot 100, which is actually a pretty modest showing for an artist who had one of the most celebrated years in history (including becoming the first entertainer named as Time’s Person of the Year).
I’ve already featured ‘Karma’ on the blog (well, guest blogger Daniel did), but that was the album version. The version on this chart is the remix featuring Ice Spice, so I’m cleared to post it today.
The #25 song of last year, according to Billboard’s Hot 100, was Lil Durk’s ‘All My Life,’ already featured on the blog.
We once again have TikTok to thank for the song at #26. ‘Ella Bail Sola,’ by Mexican band Eslabon Armado (featuring Mexican singer Peso Pluma), went viral on the social network and was catapulted into the top five. You can sample some of the videos here if you dare.
The 24th most popular song of 2023 is a true testament to the power of TikTok.
Miguel’s ‘Sure Thing’ was first released in 2010, the second single on the R&B singer’s debut album All I Want is You. Twelve years later it popped up on the popular social media platform and gained renewed recognition worldwide. It was officially re-released in early ’23 and reached #11 on the Hot 100.
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