What do Gene Kelly’s Singin’ In The Rain and The Infamous B.I.G.’s rap anthem Juicy have in frequent?
No, it is not an infectious joie de vivre, or copious references to leisure drug use.
As a substitute, they could be the most-streamed songs from the calendar 12 months through which they had been launched.
That is in line with the Official Chart Firm, who’ve recognized crucial streaming hit for annually for the reason that chart’s inception in 1952.
Their findings can be broadcast on BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2 subsequent weekend, marking 70 years of the UK singles chart.
It consists of superstars from Elvis and the Beatles to Adele and Harry Types – alongside a number of songs that had been unnoticed on launch, handiest to be reclaimed as classics by means of the years.
They embody San Francisco rock band Journey, whose single Do not Cease Believin’ stalled at vary 62 in 1982, however in the end have turn into a rock common, technique to its inclusion in TV suggests like The Sopranos and Glee.
It’s now the most-streamed tune of that yr, overtaking present hits like Come On Eileen (the UK’s biggest-selling report of 1982) and Survivor’s Eye Of The Tiger.
Ray Charles’ I Acquired A Girl has loved an analogous second-life after being interpolated in Kanye West’s 2005 hit Gold Digger. The observe is now the most-played hit of 1954, and has been licensed silver (representing 200,00 gross sales) on streams alone.
In contrast, a number of the largest songs of their period are fully absent from the Official Charts’ record.
Bryan Adams’ Every part I Do (I Do It For You) spent 16 consecutive weeks at primary in 1991 – an all-time chart document – however Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit is now extra common with streaming followers.
2013’s biggest-selling hit, Robin Thicke’s Blurred Traces, has additionally fallen out of favour, changed by Vance Pleasure’s seaside ballad Riptide.
The Killers’ Mr Brightside, which has spent an unprecedented 338 weeks on the UK singles chart, is the most-played tune of 2003 respectively. And streaming behemoth Ed Sheeran seems within the record thrice – for Considering Out Loud (2014), Form Of You (2017) and Dangerous Habits (2021).
Christmas songs have been excluded from the countdown.
You’ll be able to browse the total countdown beneath.
Nineteen Fifties
1952 – Singin’ In The Rain by Gene Kelly
1953 – That is Amore by Dean Martin
1954 – I’ve Acquired A Girl by Ray Charles
1955 – Tutti Frutti by Little Richard
1956 – I Stroll The Line by Johnny Money
1957 – Jailhouse Rock by Elvis Presley
1958 – Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry
1959 – Put Your Head On My Shoulder by Paul Anka
Nineteen Sixties
1960 – At Final by Etta James
1961 – Stand By Me by Ben E King
1962 – Cry To Me by Solomon Burke
1963 – Be My Child by Ronettes
1964 – My Lady by The Temptations
1965 – I Cannot Assist Myself by 4 Tops
1966 – Paint It Black by Rolling Stones
1967 – Ain’t No Mountain Excessive Sufficient by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
1968 – (Sittin’ On The) Dock Of The Bay by Otis Redding
1969 – Right here Comes The Solar by Beatles
Seventies
1970 – Your Tune by Elton John
1971 – Take Me Residence Nation Roads by John Denver
1972 – Tiny Dancer by Elton John
1973 – Jolene by Dolly Parton
1974 – Candy Residence Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd
1975 – Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
1976 – Go Your Personal Means by Fleetwood Mac
1977 – Goals by Fleetwood Mac
1978 – September by Earth Wind & Fireplace
1979 – Do not Cease Me Now by Queen
Nineteen Eighties
1980 – One other One Bites The Mud by Queen
1981 – Do not Cease Believin’ by Journey
1982 – Africa by Toto
1983 – Candy Goals (Are Made Of This) by Eurythmics
1984 – Wake Me Up Earlier than You Go Go by Wham
1985 – Summer time Of ’69 by Bryan Adams
1986 – Livin’ On A Prayer by Bon Jovi
1987 – I Wanna Dance With Any individual by Whitney Houston
1988 – In every single place by Fleetwood Mac
1989 – We Did not Begin The Fireplace by Billy Joel
Nineties
1990 – Thunderstruck by AC/DC
1991 – Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana
1992 – Creep by Radiohead
1993 – What Is Love? by Haddaway
1994 – Juicy by The Infamous B.I.G
1995 – Wonderwall by Oasis
1996 – No Diggity by Blackstreet Ft. Dr Dre
1997 – Bitter Candy Symphony by The Verve
1998 – Iris by Goo Goo Dolls
1999 – No Scrubs by TLC
2000s
2000 – Dancing In The Moonlight by Toploader
2001 – How You Remind Me by Nickelback
2002 – Lose Your self by Eminem
2003 – Mr Brightside by The Killers
2004 – Let Me Love You by Mario
2005 – I Wager You Look Good On The Dancefloor by Arctic Monkeys
2006 – Naïve by The Kooks
2007 – Fluorescent Adolescent by Arctic Monkeys
2008 – I am Yours by Jason Mraz
2009 – Get together In The USA by Miley Cyrus
2010s
2010 – Love The Means You Lie by Eminem Ft. Rihanna
2011 – Somebody Like You by Adele
2012 – Let Her Go by Passenger
2013 – Riptide by Vance Pleasure
2014 – Considering Out Loud by Ed Sheeran
2015 – Low cost Thrills by Sia
2016 – Say You Will not Let Go by James Arthur
2017 – Form Of You by Ed Sheeran
2018 – Somebody You Liked by Lewis Capaldi
2019 – Dance Monkey by Tones & I
2020s
2020 – Head & Coronary heart by Joel Corry Ft. MNEK
2021 – Dangerous Habits by Ed Sheeran
2022 – As It Was by Harry Types
