The last time I threw back to 2013, I had to go all the way down to #10 before hitting a song I hadn’t featured on the blog.

Well, the Billboard Hot 100 in the fall of 2013 was awfully static, because today I’m forced — in true Spinal Tap fashion — to go to 11.

The songs making up the top ten are the same batch as last time, in slightly different order: Lorde’s ‘Royals, ‘Katy Perry’s ‘Roar,’ Miley Cyrus’ ‘Wrecking Ball,’ Avicii’s ‘Wake Me Up!,’ Drake’s ‘Hold On, We’re Going Home,’ Jay Z’s ‘Holy Grail,’ Robin Thicke’s ‘Blurred Lines,’ Lady Gaga’s ‘Applause,’ and Lana Del Rey’s ‘Summertime Sadness.’

There is one newcomer, slotted right between Drake and Jay-Z. That is Ylvis, with their viral parody song ‘The Fox.’ But alas, I featured that hilarious track on the blog ten years ago.

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