INFORMATION FOR SONGS IN THE TOP 6500 Part IX

  The song at position #149 is by an artist who was born Alecia Beth Moore Hart on September 8th,1979 in Abington Township,Montgomery County,Pennsylvania off her fifth Studio album.This song had sold over 4 million downloads in the USA.
  The song was written by the singer at position #149,Max Martin and Shellback while production was handled by Martin.
   The song was recorded in 2008 at Maratone Studios in Stockholm,Sweden and the House of Blues Studios in Los Angeles,California,USA. 
  The song at position #149 went to #1 in the USA,UK,Canada,Australia,Austria,Czech Republic,Germany,New Zealand,Ireland,Israel and Switzerland.In Finland,Slovokia and Sweden it peaked at #2.

     The song in the #148 position by this Brisbane,Australia duo is the highest ranking song in the Top 6500 by a native born Australian. Australians have habits of calling some people who are born in foreign countries as Australian.Nicole Kidman was born in the USA but Aussies call her Australian,Keith Urban was born in New Zealand but Australians call him Australian,Naomi Watts was born in the UK but Aussies say she is Australian.The list goes on and on. However,at position #80 on this list you will find a gal who was not born in Australia but again the Aussies will swear to the world that she is Australian.
  On January 17th,1998 the song at position #148 became the #1 song on Billboard (US) Magazine's Singles Chart knocking Elton John's "Candle In The Wind (97)" out of the #1 position. The song at position #148 went to #1 for eight (8) weeks on the Australian (ARIA) singles chart. In the United Kingdom the song at position #148 was the #4 song for the entire year 1998,in the USA (Billboard) it was the #1 song for the entire year of 1998 and in Australia (ARIA) it was the #1 single for the entire year of 1997. Further,the song comes off the album "Savage Garden" which was the #1 album for the entire year of 1997 in Australia.The song also reached #1 in Canada and reached #2 in Austria,Norway, Ireland & Sweden.In 1998, the song was certified a Gold single in France,for sales of 200,000 copies.In May 2001 the Australian Performing Right Association (APRA),as part of its 75th Anniversary celebrations,named the song in the #148 position as one of the Top 30 Australian songs of all time.In 2018,the song in the #148 position on this list was listed at #39 on Billboard's All Time Top 600.
  The song in the #148 position was Written by bandmates Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones,the song is a reworking of an older song of theirs called "Magical Kisses" and was the third single from their self-titled debut album.The song is considered to be the best song throughout the run of the duo.
   There were two videos made for the song in the #148 position.One of them was filmed in the Sacre-Cour area of Paris,said to be the most romantic city in the world.It was directed by Adolfo Doring.The Japanese release,available elsewhere 
on import,was actually a special,album-length disc comprising 14 rare tracks,
featuring three versions of the title song,along with three bonus remixes,six rare 
B-sides and two acoustic live versions.
   There are two distinct versions of the song.One was released on the Australian album release,whereas the other version was on the US release.This version composed in 1996 features a drum-machine track instead of the more acoustic-sounding music in the Australian version.The US version also featured on their 2005 greatest hits,"Truly Madly Compeletely".
    In 1998 it was the main song from the soundtrack of the movie Music from "Another Room",starring Jude Law and Gretchen Mol.

  The song in the #146 position performed by this woman who was born on March 27th,1970 in Greenlawn,Long Island,New York was Billboard Magazine's (US) #1 single for the entire year of 2005.It spent 14 weeks in the #1 position on the Billboard Singles Chart. Only one other song has spent a longer period of time in the #1 position on the Billboad Magazine's Singles Chart. It was also Billboard Magazine's #1 song of the decade.
  This female dance-pop vocal group from the UK holds down the #142 position.The song at the #142 position spent seven (7)weeks in the #1 position in the UK,nine (9) weeks in the #1 position in Australia and four (4)weeks at #1 in the USA (Billboard).The song also reached #1 in Belgium,Netherlands,Finland,France, Germany,New Zealand,Norway, Sweden,Switzerland,Canada (Much Music) and Ireland.In both Australia and the UK the song at position #142 is the #1 song for the entire year of 1996.The song at position #142 is off of an album titled "Spice".This album is the album that Billboard Magazine (US) ranked as the #1 album for the entire year of 1997.This album was the fifth biggest album for the entire year of 1997 in Canada,the third (3rd)biggest album of 1997 in Australia and the second (2nd) biggest album from the entire year of 1997 in the UK.By the end of 1996 the song at the #142 position had topped the charts in 22 nations,and by March 1997 this number had climbed to 31,before it became the best-selling single by a female group in the history of recorded sound,selling over 7 million copies worldwide.
   The song at the #142 position was written by the group,Richard Stannard and Matt Rowe for the group's debut album titled "Spice".
   The song at the #142 position is an uptempo pop song with a touch of hip-hop,rap and dance music;the lyrics are a demand of sincerity,with a feminist message of choosing friends over relationships,the song became an iconic symbolism of female empowerment and the most emblematic song of the Girl Power philosophy.Despite receiving mixed reviews from music critics,the song won Best British-Written Single at the 1997 Ivor Novello Awards and Best Single at the 1997 BRIT Awards.

   The song at position #139 is another song that got to where it was not from the song's performance on the single's chart but because of the album the song was on. The song at position #139 is from the Beatle's "White album".In 1994 a British magazine compiled a list of the 1000 best albums of all-time and the "White Album" ranked at #15.In 1991 radio station KXRX from Seattle ranked the "White Album" as the 20th best album of all-time.On December 31st,1990 radio station KZOK from Seattle 
ranked the "White Album" as the third (3rd) best album of all-time and in the year 
2000 Rolling Stone Magazine (US) ranked the "White Album" as the #5 album of 
all-time.The song at position #139 was a number 1 hit in Australia.
   The song at position #139 was written by John Lennon and attributed to Lennon/McCartney.The song was released in two distinctly different incarnations,the slow "Revolution 1",released on The Beatles (AKA the "White Album"),and the faster, electric "Revolution" (sometimes referred to as "Revolution 2"),released as the B-side to "Hey Jude".The song also exists as an early acoustic demo recorded in May 1968,which is closer to the single version.A third connected piece written by Lennon is the heavily experimental "Revolution 9",which appeared on the same side of the White Album as "Revolution 1".Although "Revolution 1" was the first to be recorded,it was released after the song at position #139.
   Lennon wanted the initial,slower version to be released as a single but the other band members said it was too slow for a single.Lennon,slightly irritated,resolved to remake the song in a version as loud and raucous as anything the Beatles had released,and he led the band through the faster recording which ended up backing "Hey Jude".The song at position #139 featured distorted guitars and an electric piano solo by session musician Nicky Hopkins.The distorted guitar sound was achieved by putting the guitars through the recording console,which causes the channel to overload and create a fuzz sound.
   The musical form is a simple rock and roll chord progression,but the highly processed elements and hyperbolic approach distinguished the track from nearly anything that had come before;the sound of the song at position #139 is often cited as presaging heavy metal.
   The song at position #139 later appeared on the 1970 Hey Jude compilation album,created for the US market,and on other compilations.It was remixed for the 2006 remix album "Love".In the album,it transitions into the song "Back in the U.S.S.R.".

  Chad Kroeger & his band Nickelback based out of Vancouver,Canada  at position #131 have one of their hits from 2007.In 2008 this was the #2 song for the entire year in the UK.
  This R&B vocal group from New Haven,Connecticut recorded the song at position #130 after lead singer Fred Paris wrote the song and then recorded it in the basement of Saint Bernadette Catholic School in New Haven .Marty Kugell produced the song,with Nate Schwartz assisting.It was originally released as a B-Side (to "The Jones Girl", a play on the Mills Brothers' 1954 hit,"The Jones Boy") on Kugell's "Standord Records" label. 
  The song became a multimillion seller.Radio Station WINS from New York City ranked this song as the #1 song for the entire year of 1956. Some claim it is the most requested song of the 1950s.It is ranked #90 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of "the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2004. (Clearly, one of the primary reasons why the song became such a standard was its inclusion in the highly influential 1959 LP "Oldies But Goodies" on Original Sound.)
    The song at position #130 is one of two songs that may lay claim to being the origin of the term doo-wop.The plaintive "doo wop, doo wah" refrain in the bridge has often been suggested as the origin of the term doo-wop to describe that musical genre.(The other contender for the honor is "When You Dance" by The "Turbans", in which the chant "doo-wop" can be heard.)

  The song in the #129 position,recorded by an artist who was born on November 27th,1942 in Seattle,is off of Billboard Magazine's (US) biggest album for the entire year of 1968 titled "Are You Experienced".According to Radio Station KICK from Casper,Wyoming the song at the #129 position ranked as the fourth (4th) best rocker on their list of the 1000 Best Rockers of All-time (2000 edition).Further,two times according to Radio Station KISW from Seattle the song at the #129 position ranked as the second (2nd) best rocker on their list of the 1000 Best Rockers of All-time (1990 & 1996 edition).In March 2005,Q magazine (UK) ranked the song in the #129 position at number one in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks."Rolling Stone magazine" placed the song at #17 in their "500 Greatest Songs of All Time."Australian music TV channel MAX placed the song in the #129 position at #17 on their 2008 countdown Rock Songs: Top 100.
  Reportedly,the song came into being after the singer of the song in the #129 position's manager Chas Chandler heard the singer of the song in the #129 position playing the riff backstage and suggested that he write lyrics to go with it.There is some dispute about the lyrics:supposedly written in the dressing room of the Upper Cut Club on Boxing Day 1966,Chandler claims that the lyrics were never cut in any way (though he admits that this was doing on general principle with the singer of the song in the #129 position's lyrics),while he stated that the original song contained much more text.

   The recording act who sings the song at the #124 position was born on October 2nd,1946 in New Rochelle,New York. The song at position #124 spent six (6) weeks at #1 on radio station WABC from New York City,five (5) weeks at #1 in Canada and 4 weeks at #1 in Australia and both Cash Box (US) and Billboard (US) Magazines singles chart.
     The song at position #124 was the fourth (4th) biggest song for the entire year of 1972 in Canada. In Australia and according to Billboard Magazine this was the #3 song for the entire year of 1972. Radio stations CHUM from Toronto and WABC from New York City along with Cash Box Magazine (US) ranked this song as the #1 song for the entire year of 1972. Billboard Magazine (US) also ranked this song as the #7 song for the entire decade of the 1970s.In 1983 Radio Station CKY from Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada ranked this song as the #3 song of all-time.Radio station Mix 94 from Perth,Australia in 1999 ranked this song at position #124 as the fifth (5th) biggest song of all-time. In 2007 Mix 94 from Perth then ranked the song at position #124 as the #1 song of all-time.The album this song was on also had success. The album has the same title as the song at position #124. This album was the #3 album for the entire year of 1972 on Cash Box Magazine and the #2 album for the entire year of 1972 on Billboard Magazine.
  The song is a recounting of "The Day the Music Died" the 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly,Ritchie Valens,The Big Bopper (Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr.),and the pilot, Roger Peterson.The importance of the song at the #124 position to America's musical and cultural heritage was recognized by the Songs of the Century education project which listed the song as the number five song of the twentieth century.Some Top 40 stations initially played only side two of the single,but the song's popularity eventually forced stations to play the entire piece.the song at the #124 position is the recording act who sings the song at the #124 position's signature song.
   The song is well known for its cryptic lyrics that have long been the subject of curiosity and speculation.Although the recording act who sings the song at the #124 position dedicated the the album the song at position #124 is on to Buddy Holly,none of the musicians in the plane crash are identified by name in the song itself.When asked what the song at the #124 position meant,the recording act who sings the song at the #124 position replied, "It means I never have to work again."Later,he more seriously stated, "You will find many interpretations of my lyrics but none of them by me... sorry to leave you all on your own like this but long ago I realized that songwriters should make their statements and move on,maintaining a dignified silence." The recording act who sings the song at the #124 position has generally avoided responding to direct questions about the song lyrics ("They're beyond analysis.They're poetry.") except to acknowledge that he did first l learn about Buddy Holly's death while folding newspapers for his paper route on the morning of February 3,1959 (the line "February made me shiver/with every paper I'd deliver").He also stated in an editorial published on the 50th anniversary of the crash in 2009 that writing the first verse of the song exorcised his long-running grief over Holly's death.
     Despite this,many fans of McLean,amongst others,have attempted an interpretation; at the time of the song's original release in late 1971,many American AM and FM rock radio stations released printed interpretations and some devoted entire shows discussing and debating the song's lyrics,resulting in both controversy and intense listener interest in the song.Some examples are the real-world identities of the "Jester", "King and Queen", "Satan", "Girl Who Sang the Blues" and other characters referenced in the verses. Also Ritchie Valens,Buddy Holly and, The Big Bopper are often thought to be referred to as The Father,Son and,The Holy Ghost.
   Notable references are based on interpretations of the song by Bob Dearborn and Jim Fann.
   Ritchie Valens 
   The Big Bopper 
   Buddy Holly 
   The Father, The Son and The Holy Ghost 
   Maria Elena Holly - his widowed bride 
   "(Who Wrote) The Book of Love" - The Monotones 
   "Lonely Teenager" - Dion 
   "(White Sport Coat and a) Pink Carnation" - Marty Robbins 
   Bob Dylan - the jester 
   Elvis Presley - the king 
   Connie Francis/Little Richard-the queen 
   James Dean 
   Vladimir Lenin/John Lennon - read a book of Marx 
   Karl Marx 
   The Beatles - The Quartet 
   "Helter Skelter" - Charles Manson 
   "Eight Miles High" - The Byrds 
   "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" - (The Marching Band) - The Beatles 
   The Space Race - "A generation lost in space" 
   The Rolling Stones - Jack Flash and "moss grows fat on a Rolling Stone" 
   Mick Jagger - Satan 
   Hell's Angels 
   Altamont Free Concert 
   Janis Joplin - Girl Who Sang the Blues

  Born on October 25th,1984 in Santa Barbara,California is the singer of the song at position #123.This song topped the US Billboard Hot 100 beginning the week ending December 18th,2010.The song was recorded in 2009 at Roc the Mic Studios in New York City. 
   The song at position #123 is from the singers third studio album who co-wrote the song with its producers,StarGate and Sandy Vee,with additional writing from Ester Dean,making this the only single and one of seven songs from this album to not be co-written or produced by Max Martin and Dr. Luke.The song is a self-empowerment anthem with inspirational lyrics and was considered by the singer of song #123 as an important song for her.
    The song at #123 received mostly positive reviews from music critics,with some noting its catchy melody and danceable beat and comparing it to songs by English band "Coldplay".Not only did the song reach the top spot on Billboard Hot 100,it also the top five on 20 charts around the world.The song was released on October 18,2010 by Capitol Records as the third single from the album.As of December 2012,the song has sold over 6 million copies in the US alone,making the singer of #123 the only artist with three songs topping the 6 million mark.It is also the best selling song that was a third single or older,that wasn't a part of a re-release.On the week ending of January 8, 2011, the song at position #123 sold 509,000 digital downloads in the US,which is the fifth highest amount ever sold by a female artist behind Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (623,000),Kesha's "Tik Tok" (610,000),Katy Perry's own "Roar" (557,000),tied with Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" (509,000) and the sixth highest sales week overall.The song is the third consecutive number-one single of the same album;the last female singer who achieved this was Monica in 1998.
    An accompanying music video,directed by Dave Meyers, was released on October 28, 2010.It portrays the singer of #123 singing and dancing around Budapest,with interspersed scenes of young people becoming confident in themselves.An open casting call for the music video drew an unprecedented 38,000 applicants.On MuchMusic's top 50 videos of 2010, the video to #123 reached the top position.The music video was said to be a more upbeat take on Christina Aguilera's message in "Beautiful".It was nominated for three awards at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, eventually winning one of those,the Video of the Year, the main and final award.The song at position #123 was nominated for Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance at the 54th Grammy Awards. On January 5, 2012, this song was elected the fifth most played single on U.S. radio during 2011 by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems,with 509,000 plays.

   The recording act who sings the song at position #117 was born on Christmas Day in 1971 in London,England.This was a song that got to where it got not by the song's performance on the single's chart but because of the album that the song at position #117 is on's performance on the album charts.The song is off the album titled "No Angel" which was Billboard (US) Magazine's #7 album for the entire year of 2001,the #2 album for the entire year of 2001 in Australia (ARIA) and the biggest album for the entire year of 2001 in the UK.The album spent seven (7) weeks at #1 in the UK.
  The song at position #117 made its first appearance in 1998 on the soundtrack of "Sliding Doors",although it was not released as a single until early 2001.Samples from the track were featured in the song "Stan" by Eminem (see #141 on this list);a rare example of a song becoming a hit after the track which sampled it.The singer of the song at position #117 wrote the song as a tribute to her boyfriend,entertainment lawyer Bob Page;they got engaged in 2001 but split the following year.
  The song reached #1 in Austria,New Zealand,Spain,Switzerland and Russia.The song also reached #2 in Canada (Much Music) and #3 in Greece. 

   This Seattle duo at position #114 has the song that US Billboard Magazine ranked as the #1 song for the entire year of 2013 in their year-end edition on December 28th,2013.In 2013 the song spent six (6) non-consecutive weeks at #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 beginning the week ending February 2nd,2013.
  The duo of this song comprises Ben Haggerty born on June 19,1983 in Seattle and Ryan Lewis born on March 25,1988 in Spokane,Washington.
  Despite being released on Haggerty's independent label with distribution by ADA,the song at position #114 was a sleeper hit.Along with the US Billboard Hot 100 the song peaked at number one in the United Kingdom,Ireland,Canada,France, Denmark,Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand,and has since sold over 7 million copies in the USA alone. In 2014,the single won two Grammy Awards for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song.
  The music video to the song has garnered over 565 million views on YouTube.The video was nominated at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards for Video of the Year.

    The song at position #112 is by a recording act who was born Marshall Mathers on October 17th,1972 in Kansas City. The song at position #112 spent 12 weeks in the #1 position on both the USA (Billboard Magazine) and Australia's (ARIA) singles chart. Further,for the entire year of 2002 the song at position #44 was the #1 song for the entire year of 2002 in the UK.
  The song was written by Marshall Mathers during a break of the filming of "8 Mile".He recorded it in a portable studio on the set,recording all three verses in one take.The sheet on which he wrote the song appears in 8 Mile in a scene where his character is writing while riding the bus.This sheet was sold on eBay for $10,000.
   The song's lyrics explicitly sum up the background info about Marshall Mathers's character in 8 Mile,B. Rabbit,with the first verse summing up much of the plot of the movie.
   The song's general production style is similar in scope to the track "'Till I Collapse" from The Eminem Show (released before 8 Mile).Both tracks begin with an interlude punctuated by a piano,followed by a gradual introduction of the beat, accompanied by a spoken introduction by Eminem.Both tracks also prominently feature a bass loop and some guitar elements.
  The song at position #112 went on to receive the Academy Award for Best Original Song (the first time a rap song ever won this award),upsetting the favored song "The Hands That Built America" by U2.It is rumored that Marshall Mathers who was not present at the award ceremony believing he would not win for a rap song was sleeping at the time the award was announced.This was the first time in 14 years the winner of the Best Original Song category was not performed at the ceremony.Luis Resto,one of the song's co-writers had attended the ceremony and accepted the award instead."He's creative,he has symphonies in his head," Resto said at the lectern about Marshall Mathers.The American Film Institute later ranked the song at position #93 on their list of the 100 Greatest Songs from American Films.At the Grammy Awards of 2004,the song at position #112 became Eminem's second career nomination for Record of the Year (following "Without Me"),and the first rap song ever to be nominated for "Song of the Year". It won Best Male Rap Solo Performance and Best Rap Song, which was a brand new category at the time.This was the most awards won by a single rap song in one year.At #166,the song at position #112 on this list is the highest ranked of the three songs from the 21st century featured in the 2004 List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (joining "Stan" at #290).Outkast's "Hey Ya!" was the other, at #180.The magazine later ranked the song the twelfth best of the decade.The song was the 51st best-selling single of the 2000 decade in the UK.
  Reaching #1 in a record 24 charts worldwide,the song at position #112 is the most successful rap song of all time.Along with the USA,UK and Australia the song at position #112 reached #1 in Belgium,Canada,(MuchMusic),Denmark,Finland,Greece, Hungary,Ireland,Italy,New Zealand,Norway,Romania,Sweden,Switzerland & the Netherlands.The song is ranked 4th in the 100 greatest songs of the past 25 years by VH1.The song also ranked #93 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs.The song was named the fourth best song of the decade by the Complex Magazine.
    In March 2009,the song at position #112 topped the 2 million mark in digital downloads in the United States,becoming the second oldest song to hit that sales level.To date this song has been downloaded 2,702,000 times in the United States alone.It also became Marshall Mathers' first song to reach 2 million digital downloads as a lead artist.In the same year the single was named the 28th most successful song of the 2000s on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade and the seventh most successful song of the decade in Australia.

   A pop-rock group from Glasgow,Scotland performs the song at position #108. This song was a cover of a song originally done by the British rock band the Troggs in 1968 (see position #3628).The song at position #108 spent six (6) weeks at #1 in Australia (ARIA) and fifteen (15) weeks at #1 in the UK. Since 1954 only the song at position #8 has spent more time in the #1 position on the UK singles charts than the song at position #198. This song was the #7 song for the entire year of 1994 in Canada.This song was the song that ARIA (Australia) ranked as the #1 song for the entire year of 1994. This song was also the #1 song for the entire year of 1994 in the UK.The song at position #108's success was fuelled by its appearance in the movie "Four Weddings And A Funeral"."We did everybody's head in in the summer of 1994," commented the band's frontman,Marti Pellow exactly a decade later.This led to some radio stations banning the song.The band themselves eventually took the decision to delete the record from sale.Nevertheless,Pellow said,"I still think it's a brilliant record.Its strength is its sheer simplicity.Any band would give their eye teeth to have a hit record like that.I'm very proud of it."  Reg Presley famously spent some of the proceeds,which he received for composing the song,on crop circle research.He also bought a new home.

  Born on September 30th,1935 is the artist who sings the song in the #105 position.The song in the #105 position is from "West Side Story".This album spent 54 weeks in the #1 position on the album charts of Billboard Magazine. No other album has ever spent a longer period of time in the #1 position on Billboard Magazine's Album Chart. The artist who sings the song at position #105 won Grammy's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003.
   The name "Maria" is spoken or sung in the song approximately 29 times.It begins in B major and then modulates to E-flat major.The song is widely known for its use of the melodic interval of a tritone.

   Born Vito Farinola on June 12th,1928 in Brooklyn,New York (Died: February 11,2018) is the recording act that occupies the #103 position. The song in the #103 position is from "My Fair Lady".This album spent 480 weeks on the album charts of Billboard Magazine. Only two other albums have spent a longer period of time on Billboard Magazine's Album Chart.
  The song at position #103 is sung in the musical by the character Freddy Eynsford-Hill,who was portrayed by John Michael King in the original production.In the 1964 film version,it was sung by Bill Shirley,dubbing for actor Jeremy Brett.
  The song at position #103 has been recorded by a variety of other performers,including Harry Connick, Jr.,Lawrence Welk,Frank Chacksfield,Bobby Darin,Dean Martin,Nat King Cole, Holly Cole,Marvin Gaye,Perry Como,Ray Reach,Gene Pitney,Earl Grant,Dennis DeYoung,Quincy Jones,David Whitfield,Nancy Wilson,Diane Marino,Ilse Huizinga,Matt Dusk,Richard Clayderman,Chelsea Krombach,Masha Qrella,
Ricki Lee Jones,Mr Hudson & The Library, and Vocal Spectrum.
     The song at position #103 was featured in a series three episode of the BBC One sitcom "My Family",and in the first episode of AMC's "Mad Men".In the movie Blast from the Past,Brendan Fraser's character,Adam,sings a verse to Alicia Silverstone's character,Eve.It was also sung by the character Tony,played by Nicholas Hoult,in the first episode of Channel 4 teen drama "Skins".

 We have finished the bottom 6400 and now we enter the top 100.

   The song at position #100 is another phenomenal song. The artist of the song at position #100 was born on October 9th,1940 in Woolton,Liverpool,England.Virgin Radio (from the UK) in 2002 and Radio Station Mix 94 FM (Perth,Australia)in 1999 both ranked this song as the #1 song of all-time.In 1999 Q-Magazine (UK) ranked the song at position #100 as the #2 song of all-time. Had this Top 6500 been compiled with only UK charts or only Australian charts or only UK & Australian charts this song would be in the Top 10. But the Yanks and the Canadians have knocked this song out of the Top 10. This song did not perform poorly in the US or Canada the song just didn't perform as well as it did in the UK or Australia.Since the song at positions #100 is not in the Top 10 that means someone else will be occupying a position in the Top 10.
   The song is one of three of the singer of the song at position #100's solo songs,along with "Instant Karma!" and "Give Peace a Chance",in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.Rolling Stone ranked the song at position #100 as the 3rd greatest song of all time in their editorial The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004.
    The song's refrain may have been partly inspired by Yoko Ono's poetry in reaction to her childhood in Japan during World War II.According to The "Guardian",primordial versions of the song's refrain can be found in her 1965 book "Grapefruit",where she penned lines such as, "imagine a raindrop" and "imagine the clouds dripping."
  In a 1980 interview with David Sheff for Playboy magazine,the singer of the song at position #100 remarks on the message of the song at position #100.
  Sheff: On a new album, you close with "Hard Times Are Over (For a While)". Why?
  The singer of the song at position #100: It's not a new message: "Give Peace a  Chance" "we're not being unreasonable. Just saying "give it a chance." With the song at position #100 we're asking,"can you imagine a world without countries or  religions?" It's the same message over and over. And it's positive.
   Ono indicated that the lyrical content of the song at position #100 was "just what John believed" that we are all one country,one world,one people.He wanted to get that idea out."In addition,the content of the song at position #100 was inspiration for the concept of Nutopia:The Country of Peace,created in 1973.The singer of the song at position #100 included a symbolically mute "anthem" to this country on his album "Mind Games".Also,inspiration for Yoko's Imagine Peace Tower in Iceland came from words in the second verse:Imagine all the people living life in peace.
     In the book "Lennon in America",by Geoffrey Giuliano,The singer of the song at position #100 commented that the song at position #100 was an "anti-religious,anti-nationalistic,anti-conventional,anti-capitalistic song,but because it's sugar-coated,it's accepted."

    The song at position #98 is phenomenal. Radio Stations WOR-FM (1968),KFRC (1986),KYA (1986),KXRX (1991) ranked this song as the #1 song of all-time. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ranked this song as the #2 song of all-time (#1 is higher on this list).Canadian Radio Station CKY (1983) ranked the song at position #98 as the fourth (4th) biggest record of all-time.This song is a reverse twist to the song at position #100. Had this list been a compilation of charts from only the US or only Canada or only the USA & Canada this song would definitely be in the Top 10 of all-time. But because of the Brits & Aussies this song is not in the Top 10. This song did not perform poorly in the UK or Australia it just didn't perform as well as it did in the US or Canada.So,since the songs at positions #100 & position #98 are not in the Top 10 that means some other songs will be occupying a position in the Top 10.In 2004 Rolling Stone magazine placed the song at position #98 in the second spot on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time,while in 2006 it was added to the Library of Congress National Recording Registry.
  The song at position #98 was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and produced by Andrew Loog Oldham.The number is noted for Richards's three-note guitar riff which opens and drives the song,and for the lyrics,which include references to sexual intercourse and a theme of anti-commercialism.The latter in particular caused the song to be "perceived as an attack on the status quo".
  Keith Richards states that he came up with the guitar riff for the song in his sleep, waking up in the middle of the night,recording the riff and the words "I can't get no satisfaction" on a cassette recorder and promptly falling back to sleep.He would later describe the tape as:"two minutes of 'Satisfaction' and 40 minutes of me snoring."He and Jagger finished writing the song at the "Jack Tar Harrison Hotel" in Clearwater, Florida in May 1965.Jagger wrote most of the lyrics-a statement about the rampant commercialism that the Rolling Stones had seen in the USA.
  Richards was concerned that the riff sounded too much like Martha and the Vandellas' "Dancing in the Street".Jagger later said:"It sounded like a folk song when we first started working on it and Keith didn't like it much,he didn't want it to be a single, he didn't think it would do very well... I think Keith thought it was a bit basic. I don't think he really listened to it properly.He was too close to it and just felt it was a silly kind of riff."Jagger has also pointed out that the title lyrics closely resemble a line from Chuck Berry's "30 Days".(Berry's lyric is "If I don't get no satisfaction from the judge".)
  The Rolling Stones first recorded the track on May 10,1965 at Chess Studios in Chicago - a version featuring Brian Jones on harmonica.The group re-recorded it two days later at RCA Studios in Hollywood,with a different beat and the Gibson Maestro fuzzbox adding sustain to the sound of the guitar riff.Richards envisioned redoing the track later with a horn section playing the riff:"this was just a little sketch, because,to my mind,the fuzz tone was really there to denote what the horns would be doing." The other Rolling Stones,as well as manager Andrew Loog Oldham and sound engineer Dave Hassinger eventually outvoted Richards and the track was selected for release as a single.The song's success boosted sales of the Gibson fuzzbox so that the entire available stock sold out by the end of 1965.

The song at position #96 is a duet comprised of a male Scottish singer born on January 17,1984 in Dumfries,Scotland and a female singer born on February 20,1988 in Saint Michael,Barbados.This is the highest ranking song for a Scottish recording act.This is one of 35 appearances the female singer makes in the Top 6500.She still makes three more appearances in the countdown.
  The song is recorded by the female singer from her sixth studio album,"Talk That Talk" (2011).It was written and produced by and features the male Scottish singer;the song was also featured on his third album "18 Months" (2012).The song premiered on September 22, 2011,on the Capital FM radio station in the United Kingdom and was made available to download on the same day as the lead single from Talk That Talk. The song is an uptempo electro house song,with elements of techno and Europop.The song's lyrics speak of a couple who "found love in a hopeless place".
    The song topped the US Billboard Hot 100 for ten non-consecutive weeks, becoming the longest running number-one single of 2011.The single also became the female singer's longest running number one single.It was the singer's eleventh of fourteen songs to top the Hot 100, placing her in third place among female recording artists amassing the most number one singles.The song at position #96 topped the charts in twenty-five other countries including Canada,Ireland,New Zealand,Switzerland and the United Kingdom.According to Billboard it is the 24th most successful single of all time in the US. As of 2015,the single has sold 10.5 million copies worldwide,thus being one of the best selling singles of all time.

   Born Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll on February 9th,1977 in Barranquilla,Columbia is the artist who sings the song at position #94. The song at position #94 spent nine (9)weeks in the #1 position in Australia (ARIA). According to Media Base (USA) this was the second biggest song for the entire year for 2006.In Australia (ARIA) the song at position #94 was the third biggest song for the entire year of 2006.Radio Station CHUM (Toronto,Canada)ranked this song also as the #3 song for the entire year of 2006. And according to Canada's Digital Tracks Survey the song at position #90 was the second (2nd) biggest song for the entire year of 2006 and in the UK this song was the #1 song for the entire year of 2006.
   The song at position #94 is a Latin pop song based in a salsa and Cumbia.The song is a remake of Wyclef Jean's 2004 song "Dance Like This" (which featured Claudette Ortiz and appeared on the soundtrack to Dirty Dancing:Havana Nights)and takes some of its instrumentation from Jerry Rivera's "Amores Como El Nuestro" (which was also used for Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz's hit single "Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)") and lyrics from Dominican composer Luis Dias' "Carnaval (Baila en la Calle)".
  The singer of the song at position #94 wrote some parts of the new version,and co-produced the song.The song was released as the second single from one of the singer of the song at position #94's second English speaking album titled "Oral Fixation Vol. 2" in 2006. 

     The song at position #91 spent four (4) weeks at #1 on the US Billboard (USA) Hot 100,five (5) weeks at #1 on Cash Box (USA) Magazine,two (2) weeks at #1 in both the UK & Canada and nine (9) weeks at #1 in Australia.The song at position #91 was the #1 single for the entire year of 1985 on Cash Box Magazine (USA) and the #1 single for the entire year of 1985 in Australia.
   The song at position #91 is a charity single originally recorded by a supergroup in 1985.The song at position #91 was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie,and co-produced by Quincy Jones and Michael Omartian for the album of the same name. Following Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" project in the UK,an idea for the creation of an American benefit single for African famine relief came from activist Harry Belafonte (a Pisces),who along with fundraiser Ken Kragen,was instrumental in bringing the vision to reality.Several musicians were contacted by the pair,before Jackson and Richie were assigned the task of writing the song.Following several months of working together,the duo completed the writing of the song at position #91 one night before the song's first recording session,in early 1985.The last recording session for the song was held on January 28,1985.The historic event brought together some of the most famous artists in the music industry at the time.

   Born on Thursday,November 21,1985 in Mission,British Columbia,Canada is the singer who sings the song at position #90.This song spent nine (9) weeks at #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 beginning the week ending June 23,2012.It was the song that Billboard ranked as the #2 song for the entire year of 2012 in the magazine's December 29,2012 issue.The song was recorded in 2011 in Richmond,British Columbia,Canada. The song was written by the singer of the song and Tavish Crowe as a folk song,but its genre was modified to pop following the production by Josh Ramsay.
  The song at position #90 is an upbeat teen pop track that draws influences from dance-pop and disco.Lyrically, the track alludes to the inconvenience that a love at first sight brings to a girl who hopes for a call back from a crush.
  The song at #90 received generally positive reviews from contemporary critics,who praised its composition and clever lyrical content. This song has attained commercial success worldwide,along with the USA it has reaching number one in Australia,Canada, Czech Republic,Denmark,Finland,France,Hungary,Ireland,Luxembourg,New Zealand,Poland, Slovakia,Switzerland and the United Kingdom,while peaking inside the top three in Austria,Belgium (Flanders & Wallonia),Germany,Israel,Japan,Netherlands,Norway and Sweden.After reaching the top position on the Canadian Hot 100,Jepsen became only the fifth Canadian artist to do so in her home country since 2007.In the United States,the track reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Pop Songs chart.The song is the first number one by a Canadian female artist on the Billboard Hot 100 chart since 2007's "Girlfriend" by Avril Lavigne.Further in the entire history of the US Billboard Hot 100 (going back to August of 1958) no Canadian has had a song that has spent more time at #1 than the song at position #90.
  The song at #90 was nominated for two Grammy Awards,for Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance at the 55th Annual ceremony,but lost to "We Are Young" by "Fun" and the live performance of "Set Fire to the Rain" by Adele,respectively.On December 11, 2012, this song was named Song of the Year for 2012 by MTV.In its 2012 Year-End issue, Billboard magazine ranked this song at #2 in the Digital Songs and Canadian Hot 100 charts,in each case behind "Somebody That I Used to Know",by Gotye featuring Kimbra.The song was also ranked number one by the Village Voice's annual Pazz and Jop poll,which compiles the votes of music critics from all over the United States.The song was the best-selling single worldwide in 2012,selling over 10 million copies in that year alone, and the best-selling single on the iTunes Store in 2012.With worldwide sales of over 13 million copies as of May 2013,the song at position #90 was the best-selling digital single of 2012,and is also one of the best-selling digital singles and one of the best-selling singles of all time,with sales in the 10-14.99 million bracket. 

  The song at position #88 was the first song to reach #1 in the UK where there was no physical copy of the song.It reached #1 in the UK in April of 2006 strictly through "downloads".
  The song at position #88 is a musical collaboration between Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo.
  The song was leaked in late 2005,months before its regular release, and consequently received massive airplay on BBC Radio 1 in the United Kingdom,most notably by radio DJ Zane Lowe,who also used the song in TV ads for his show.When it was finally released in March 2006,it became the first single to top the UK charts on download sales alone.The song remained at number one on the UK Singles Chart for nine weeks (which no other song had achieved in over ten years,and was only surpassed by Rihanna's "Umbrella" in July 2007) before the band and their record company decided to remove the single from UK stores so people would "remember the song fondly and not get sick of it."In spite of this deletion, the song became the UK's best selling single of 2006.
  The song won a 2007 Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance, and was also nominated as "Record of the Year".
  The song at position #88 also reached number one of the single charts in Ireland, Denmark,Canada,New Zealand,Austria,Hungary and Switzerland and reached #2 in Norway, USA, Australia and Italy.

     The recording act at position #86 is a female dance sextet from Los Angeles along with a Jamaican rapper.The song at position #86 spent seven (7) weeks in the #1 position on the Australian (ARIA) singles chart and was the #1 song for the entire year of 2005 in Australia. Further Billboard (US)Magazine's year-end Sales Chart ranked the song at position #86 as the third (3rd) biggest song for the entire year of 2005.And the song was the #4 song for the entire year of 2005 in the UK.The song also reached #1 in Canada,New Zealand,Ireland,Norway,Switzerland,Belgium and Germany.It also reached #2 in the Netherlands.
   The song at position #86 was produced by Cee-Lo Green.It was released in 2005 as the lead single from the studio album PCD.The song at position #86 speaks about  a girl teasing a guy that she is hotter than his girlfriend.
   Even though the song was not well received by critics,commercially it was a major hit.The song contains an interpolation of Sir Mix a Lot's Swass.It was originally recorded by Ava Denara (Tori Alamaze) in 2004.This song was initially offered to the Sugababes and later Paris Hilton,but both declined.

  The song at position #83 is a group comprised of a male Canadian singer born Abel Makkonen Tesfaye on February 16,1990 in Toronto and a French electronic music duo formed in Paris in 1993.
  The artists co-wrote and co-produced the song alongside Doc McKinney and Henry "Cirkut" Walter, with Jason Quenneville providing additional writing.It was released as the first single from the Canadian singer's third studio album on September 21,2016,by XO and Republic Records.It is an R&B and electropop song with lyrics that contain themes of extravagance of a celebrity life.
    The song at position #83 topped the charts in countries such as Canada,France, Netherlands,New Zealand and Sweden,as well as the US Billboard Hot 100,where it became the Canadian singer's third chart-topper and the French electronic music duo's first chart-topper.The music video for the song was directed by frequent collaborator Grant Singer,who directed two of the Canadian singer's previous music videos.In the music video,the Canadian singer is shown trying to destroy evidence of his previous self,including his own awards from his past album.The video has been described as the Canadian singer's attempt to murder his former personality.
   This is the highest placement of eight entries in the the top 6500 and the highest of four entries for the French duo.

    The song at position #82 is a duet comprised of a male singer born Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. on November 2,1974 in Austin,Texas,USA and a female singer born on February 11,1981 inFebruary 11, 1981 in Atlanta,Georgia,USA.
   The song was released on June 25,2002 as the third single from the male singer's second studio album and the lead single from the female singer's debut solo studio album.It was a number-one hit in ten countries,including the United Kingdom,the United States and Australia,selling over 7.6 million copies worldwide,becoming one of the best selling singles of all time.The song depicts the declaration of forbidden love by a female lover in a committed relationship,and the predicament the male protagonist must face.
  The song spent 10 weeks at #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100.During the 60th Anniversary of the US Billboard Hot 100 issue of Billboard magazine,the song was ranked at number 83 on the all-time Hot 100 songs while at the end of 2009 was named the eleventh most successful song from 2000 to 2009,on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade.The song won a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Performance at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards on 23 February 2003. The song was accredited internationally with sixteen certifications.The song was also featured on the 2013 British film "About Time".

   Although one half of the recording act who sings the song at position #80 was born on September 26th,1948 in Cambridge,England,Australians will swear up and down that she's an Australian. Giving the Aussies the benefit of the doubt this is the second highest position in the Top 6500 to be occupied by an Australian. The other half of the duo is a Yank who was born on February 18th,1954 in Englewood,New Jersey. The song at position #80 reached #1 on the Billboard (US) Singles Chart,went to #1 for two (2) weeks in Australia,for four (4) weeks on Radio Station CHUM from Toronto,Canada and nine (9) weeks at #1 in the UK.Radio station WKBW from Buffalo,New York ranked the song at position #80 as the #1 song for the entire year of 1978. Further,this song was the #1 song for the entire year of 1978 in both Australia and the UK. The song at position #80 is from the album "Grease" an album that on July 29th,1978 began a twelve (12) week run at the #1 position on the Billboard (US) album chart. This album was the #2 album for the entire year of 1978 on both Cash Box (US) and Billboard (US) Magazine and the #1 album for the entire year of 1978 in Australia.
   The song written by John Farrar.The song at position #36 also reached #1 in Austria,Germany,Ireland,New Zealand,Norway,Switzerland,Sweden and the Netherlands.

     Born on December 2,1981 in McComb,Mississippi,USA is the iconic singer at position #78.This is her most successful of 21 songs in the Top 6500.The song is the debut single by the singer from her debut studio album of the same title.It was written by Max Martin and produced by Martin and Rami.After recording and sending a demo tape with an unused song from Toni Braxton,she signed a multi-album deal with Jive.The song is a pop song that refers to a girl's feelings after a break-up with her boyfriend.
   The song was released on October 23,1998 through Jive Records.It reached number one in at least 18 countries,including the United Kingdom,where it earned double-platinum certification from the British Phonographic Industry and became the country's best-selling song of 1999. The song spent nine (9) weeks at #1 in Australia (ARIA).The song is one of the best-selling singles of all time,with over 10 million copies sold.An accompanying music video,directed by Nigel Dick,portrays her as a student from a Catholic high school,who starts to daydream that she is singing and dancing around the school,while watching her love interest from afar.The music video was later referenced in the music video of "If U Seek Amy" (2009), where the singer's fictional daughter is dressed with a similar schoolgirl outfit while wearing pink ribbons in her hair.In 2010, the music video for the song was voted the third most influential video in the history of pop music,in a poll held by "Jam!".In 2011,the song was voted by Billboard to be the best music video of the 1990s.It has been featured on all of her greatest hits and other compilation albums.  

  The song in the #76 position was the fifth (5th) biggest song for the entire year of 2004 on Much Music (Canada), the second (2nd) biggest song for the entire year of 2003 on Radio and Records (USA) Magazine and the biggest song for the entire year of 2004 in the UK. On December 13th,2003 the song at the #76 position began a nine (9) weeks run in the #1 position on the Billboard Magazine's (US) Singles Chart.The song in the #76 position is a song written and produced by Andre 3000.The song takes influence from funk and rock music.A music video was produced featuring Andre 3000 as eight different versions of himself,playing on comparisons to The Beatles by mimicking their 1964 performance on The Ed Sullivan Show.The song received praise from contemporary music critics,and it won a Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance at the 46th Grammy Awards.
   The song in the #76 position was named the 20th most successful song of the 2000s,on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade.The song popularized the phrase "shake it like a Polaroid picture" in popular culture,and the Polaroid Corporation used the song to revitalize the public's perception of its products.

  The recording act at position #73 was born on Thursday,September 27th,1984 in Napanee, Ontario,Canada. The song at position #73 was ranked by ARIA (Australia) as the #8 song for the entire year of 2002. The Canadian Airplay chart ranked the song as the fourth (4th) biggest record for the entire year of 2002. According to Radio and Records (US) Magazine this was the second (2nd) biggest song for all of 2002. But Rick Dee's (USA) survey ranked the song at position #73 as the #1 song for the entire year of 2002.Like the song at position #37 the song at position #63 gets to where it is mostly because of the chart performance of the album that the  song is off of.The song is from the album "Let Go" which was the #4 album for the entire year of 2003 in the UK,the #2 album for the entire year of 2003 in Australia.Further the album "Let Go" was the #1 album for the entire year of 2002 in the USA (Billboard & Rolling Stone Magazines) and in Canada (Canoe).
  The song at position #73 was written by the recording act at position #73 and The Matrix (Scott Spock,Lauren Christy and Graham Edwards) and produced by The Matrix.
  The song was nominated for two Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.It ranked at number 197 in Blender magazine's "The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born".Billboard Magazine ranked the song at #83 of the 'Top 100 Singles of the Decade' and Rolling Stone Magazine readers voted it the 8th Top single of the decade.
  The recording act at position #73 performed the song at position #73 on a number of television shows including TRL and "Good Morning America" as well as award shows such as the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards,Billboard Music Award and the first annual Los Premios MTV Latinoamerica.In 2007 the recording act at position #73 performed her hit for the fifth season of reality show "Dancing Wth The Stars"(U.S. TV series).
   The song at position #73 also reached #1 in Mexico,New Zealand,Venezuela,Canada, Australia and Norway.It also spent eleven (11) weeks at #1 on the Billboard (US) Contemporary hit radio Chart (which tracks air play on the radio) and thirteen (13) weeks at #1 on the Billboard (US) Adult Contemporary chart.

   A Las Vegas,Nevada rock band has song at position #71 off their major-label debut EP "Continued Silence" and later on their debut studio album,"Night Visions" (2012),as the opening track.It was first sent to modern rock radio on October 29,2012, and then released to contemporary radio on April 9, 2013.Musically,the song is an electronic rock and alternative rock song with elements of dubstep that contains cryptic lyrics of apocalyptic and revolutionist themes.
   The song received positive reviews from critics,who praised the production,lyrics and vocals,calling it a highlight on the album.Due to heavy rotation on various commercials and trailers,the song became a sleeper hit,peaking at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and becoming the band's first top 10 single as well as being the third best selling song in that country in 2013.It also broke the record for slowest ascension to the top 5 in chart history and currently holds the record for most weeks spent on the Billboard Hot 100 at 87 weeks.The song has also reached number one in Sweden and in the top 20 in several countries including Australia,Canada,New Zealand and the United Kingdom,becoming the band's most successful single to date.It has since been certified Diamond in the USA, making it one of the best selling singles of all time.
   The song received two Grammy Awards nominations for Record of the Year and Best Rock Performance,winning the latter.This was the band's first time being nominated.During the broadcast,they presented a remix of the song with their Interscope label-mate,rapper Kendrick Lamar.The remix was later released for purchase on iTunes.

       The song at position #70 is a song by American music duo LMFAO,featuring British singer Lauren Bennett and American music producer GoonRock.It was released as the first single from their second album "Sorry For Party Rocking" in 2011.
     The single went to number one in Australia,Belgium,Brazil,Canada,Denmark,France, Germany,Iceland,Ireland,New Zealand,Switzerland,the United Kingdom and the United States.It also reached the top five in Finland,Italy,Norway,Poland and Sweden.It is the best-selling single of all time in Australia.Worldwide,it was the third best-selling digital single of 2011 with sales of 9.7 million copies.It is the third best-selling digital song in US history.The song is currently ranked Billboard's sixth most successful song of all time.It is currently one of the 60 most viewed videos on YouTube,with over 1.6 billion views.
    The song at position #70 is a mostly electronic composition.After being featured in the 2012 film "21 Jump Street", the film won the MTV Movie Award for Best Music.The song also won the "Favorite Song" award at the 2012 Kids' Choice Awards.

  Born Artis Leon Ivey Jr. on August 1,1963 in Compton,California is the singer of the song at position #68.The song is from the movie 'Dangerous Minds' starring Michelle Pfeiffer.This song spent three (3) weeks at #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 beginning the week ending September 9th,1995.The song also went to #1 on Cash Box (USA) Magazine's single chart for three (3) weeks beginning the week of September 16,1995.
Further,the song spent thirteen (13) weeks at #1 on the Australian (ARIA) charts beginning October 16th,1995. On Billboard,Cash Box and Australia's ARIA chart it was the #1 single for the entire year of 1995. In the United States,the single spent twelve weeks in the top two of the US Billboard Hot 100,of which three were spent at #1 and nine at #2,putting this song at position #68 in joint fourth place for the most weeks spent at #2 by a single in the chart's history. In Australia since 1977 the song at position #68 has spent more time at #1 than any other song.
   The singer of the song at position #68 was awarded a Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance,two MTV Video Music Award's for Best Rap Video and for Best Video from a Film and a Billboard Music Award for the song/album.The song was voted as the best single of the year in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll.
   It sampled the chorus and music of the song "Pastime Paradise" by Stevie Wonder (1976).The song was also listed at number 89 on Billboard's Greatest Songs of All-Time in 2018.In 2008,it was ranked number 38 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.
   This song has sold over 5 million copies in the U.S.,UK, and Germany alone,and at least 5.7 million worldwide,making it one of the best-selling singles of all time.
   The Artis Leon has performed this song live at the Billboard Music Awards with L.V. and Stevie Wonder,at the Grammy Awards with L.V., and also with Dutch singer 
Trijntje Oosterhuis.
  Along with the USA and Australia this song peaked at #1 in Austria,Belgium, Canada,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Ireland,Italy,Netherlands,New Zealand,the UK,Norway,Sweden and Switzerland.

  This female pop vocal trio that consists of three sisters from Cordoba,Spain holds down the #66 position. The group got it's name from their father who was known as "The Tomato". Although this song peaked only at position #54 on the Billboard (US) singles chart it managed to reach #1 on the Latin chart in the USA (Billboard).This song however on the singles chart did reach #1 in the UK and spent three (3) weeks at #1 in both Canada and Australia.The song at position #66 was the fourth biggest song for the entire year of 2003 in Canada,the #2 song for the entire year of 2002 in the UK and the #1 song for all of 2002 in Australia.The song at position #66 was also the Dutch best-selled single of the Decennium 2000-2010.
   The song tells the story of a pimp-like "afro-gipsy, rastafari" character named Diego who walks into a crowded nightclub at midnight,and the DJ, as he sees Diego walk in,plays the "twelve-o'clock anthem", "the song he desires most", which happens to be the 1979 rap hit "Rapper's Delight" by Sugarhill Gang.The first verse of Rapper's Delight:"I say the hip hop, the hippie...",pronounced phonetically in Spanish the way it would sound to someone who does not understand English,becomes the chorus of this song.Although technically meaningless and sometimes referred to as gibberish,the chorus is a more-or-less phonetic pronunciation of the first verse almost in its entirety.
               I said a hip hop, the hippie, the hippie 
                 Asereje ja de je de jebe 
               do the hip hip hop, a you don't stop 
                 tu de jebere sebiunouva 
               the rockin' to the bang bang boogie say up jumped the boogie 
                 majabi an de bugui 
               to the rhythm of the boogie, the beat 
                an de buididip? 
The song had a distinctive accompanying dance known as "The Ketchup Dance".The song is performed in 180 beats per minute and in the key D# minor.
  Along with reaching #1 in the UK,Australia,Canada and the Netherlands the song at position #66 went to #1 in Austria,Belgium,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary, Ireland,Italy,New Zealand,Norway,Romania,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland and Denmark.It was also the #1 swong for all of 2002 in France,Belgium and Switzerland and the #2 song for the entire year of 2002 in Austria.

   The song at position #64 is another phenomenal song by this British super-rock group. In 1998 Radio Station KICK from Casper,Wyoming ranked this song as the #1 song of all-time. In 1999 the song at position #64 ranked as the #2 song of all-time on Radio Station KICK.In 1980 Record World Magazine (USA) ranked this song as the #1 song for the entire year of 1980.This song spent four (4) weeks at the #1 position on Billboard (US) Singles Chart.The song at position #64 also spent five (5) weeks at #1 in the UK and six (6) weeks at the #1 position in Canada. This song is from the album "The Wall".This album spent 15 weeks at #1 on (US) Billboard Magazine and was the album that both Billboard (US) and Cash Box (US) ranked as the #1 album for the entire year of 1980.In 2002 Rolling Stone Magazine ranked this album as the 31st biggest album of all-time.
  The song at position #64 is a protest song against rigid schooling in general and boarding schools in particular,which has led to the song being banned in South Africa during the apartheid regime.The single,as well as the album "The Wall",were banned in South Africa in 1980 after the song was adopted by supporters of a nationwide school boycott protesting racial inequities in education.
  In the album version of The Wall,the song at position #64 segues from "The Happiest Days of Our Lives", with a trademark Roger Waters scream.The song has strong drums,a well-known bass line and distinctive guitar parts in the background with a smooth,yet edgy guitar solo.The song also features a group of school children for lead vocals in the second verse:as the song ends,the sounds of a school yard are heard,along with the teacher who continues to lord it over the children's lives by shouting such things as "Wrong! Do it again!" which somehow sounds mocking,and "If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding! How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?!", and "You! Yes! You behind the bikesheds! Stand still, laddie!", all of it dissolving into the dull drone of a phone ringing and ending with a deep sigh.
   For the song at position #64,the group needed a school choir,and producer Bob Ezrin requested that sound engineer Nick Griffiths find one.Griffiths approached music teacher Alun Renshaw of Islington Green School,around the corner from their Britannia Row Studios.Though the school received a lump sum payment of $1000, there was no contractual arrangement for royalties from record sales.Under a 1996 UK copyright law,they became eligible for royalties from broadcasts,and after royalties agent Peter Rowan traced choir members through the website Friends Reunited and other means,they lodged a claim for royalties with the Performing Artists' Media Rights Association in 2004.Rowan estimated that each student would be owed around $200.

     The recording act who was born on December 28,1978 in Springfield,Ohio,U.S.A. at position #62 has the second of two songs that the artist of the song places in the Top 6500.
  The song by the recording act is the from the singer's fourth studio album "Love In The Future" (2013).It is dedicated to his wife Chrissy Teigen.The song first aired on American mainstream urban radio as the album's third single on August 12,2013.
   On the week ending May 16,2014,the song peaked and began a three week run at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 becoming his first and only number-one single in the United States.It knocked off "Happy" by Pharrell Williams which had spent 10 weeks at number one.The song peaked at number two in the United Kingdom, South Africa and New Zealand and topped the charts in Australia,Canada,Ireland, Portugal,Sweden,Switzerland and the Netherlands.It became the second best-selling song of 2014 in the United States with 4.67 million copies sold for the year,as well as the third best-selling song in the United Kingdom.
  The song was the third best-selling song of 2014 with 12.3 million equivalent-units worldwide (sales plus streaming),according to the IFPI.

  Born on February 25,1943 in Liverpool,England (died November 29,2001 in LA) is this former "Beatle" who has the song at position number 60.With this song he was the first former "Beatle" to have a #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and also the last (see position #1335).This song originally charted in December of 1970 in the US,Canada, Australia,New Zealand and the UK;topping the US Billboard Hot 100 for five (5) weeks beginning the week ending December 26th,1970.However,upon his death this song was re-released in the UK and Canada and went to number one in both countries,four weeks in Canada and for a week in the UK. This is a primary reason for this song placing so high in the Top 6500.
  The song at position #60 was Record World Magazine's (USA) #1 song for the entire year of 1971.Also in 1971 it was the UK's biggest selling single and according to the UK (Oz Net) was the number one single for the entire year of 1971.
   The song also reached #1 in Australia,New Zealand,Austria,Belgium,Netherlands, France,Germany,Ireland,Italy,Norway,Spain,Sweden and Switzerland.The song peaked at #3 in apartheid South Africa and peaked at #4 in Japan.
  This Beatle wrote this song in praise of the Hindu god Krishna,while at the same time intending the lyrics to serve as a call to abandon religious sectarianism,through his deliberate blending of Hebrew "hallelujah"s with chants of "Hare Krishna" and Vedic prayer.The recording features co-producer Phil Spector's Wall of Sound treatment and heralded the arrival of the former Beatle's much-admired slide guitar technique described by one biographer as being "musically as distinctive a signature as the mark of Zorro".

   A duo from Columbus,Ohio,USA has the song at position #59.The song is their third of three songs in the Top 6500,ff their fourth studio album.Written by Tyler Joseph and produced by Mike Elizondo,the lyrics discuss the harsh end of adolescence and the transition to adulthood.The song was released as a promotional single on April 28, 2015,on the Google Play Store and Amazon and was issued to top 40 radio stations as the album's fourth official single on November 10,2015.The song reached number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number one on Hot Rock Songs and Mainstream Top 40.It is tied with "Heathens" as the duo's highest ranking single to date.The song received two 
Grammy Awards nominations:Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance,winning the second award mentioned.
      As of December 2016,it has sold over 2.4 million copies in the U.S.

  On February 28th,2004 the song at position #58,recorded by this R&B singer who was born Usher Raymond on October 14th,1978 in Dallas, began a twelve (12) week occupation of the #1 position on Billboard Magazine's Hot 100 and was both Billboard Magazine and Canada's (Canoe) #1 single for the entire year of 2004.The song ranked #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade.The singer of the song at position #39 performed the song at position #58 at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2008 as runway soundtrack.The song won Best Rap/Song Collaboration at the 47th Grammy Awards.
  The song at position #58 was written by American songwriters and producers Lil Jon,Sean Garrett,Patrick J. Que Smith, Ludacris, Robert McDowell and James Elbert "LRoc" Phillips.The song was remixed with Tego Calderon. It features a three-note beat that continues throughout the track.

     The song at position #54 was written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney in the basement of a house owned by the family of Jane Asher (actress girlfriend of Paul McCartney).The song was meant to have an American gospel sound. Lennon & McCartney wanted to have a song that would break the American market.Brian Epstein felt it would too and when Epstein flew to New York in November of 1963 he got Brown Meggs (director of eastern operations for Capitol Records) to agree to an American release of this song at position #54. The song was released on January 13th,1964 and on February 1st,1964 when the song at position #54 became the #1 single on the Billboard (US) Singles chart it got labelled as "the song that changed the course of popular music".The song at position #54 spent five (5) weeks in the  #1 position in the UK and Australia,seven (7) weeks at #1 on Billboard (US) Magazine and eight (8) weeks in the #1 position on Cash Box (US) Magazine & in Canada.In the UK this song at position #54 was the #5 song for the entire year of 1963,it was the #2 song for all of 1963 in Australia,the #2 song for all of 1964 in Canada & the #1 song for the entire year of 1964 on both Cash Box and Billboard Magazines in the USA.Radio station WKY from Oklahoma City and radio station WGY from Schenectady,New York both ranked this song as the #1 song for all of 1964. Further WKY ranked the song as the #1 song for the entire decade of the 1960s.In 1976 Billboard (US) Magazine ranked the song at position #54 as the sixth (6th) biggest song for the period between 1955 & 1975. In the year of 2000 Rolling Stone Magazine (US edition) ranked this song as the sixth (6th) best record of all-time rock & roll.The British website www.hart87,freeserve.co.uk/top100.html which was 
ranking the 100 best songs in the UK between 1952-2002 ranked this song as the fourteenth (14th) best song between 1952 and 2002. The album that the song at position #54 was on also had some success.The song at position #54 was from the album "Meet The Beatles". This album was the #5 album for the entire year of 1964 on Billboard Magazine and was ranked by Cash Box (US) Magazine as the #1 album for the entire year of 1964.This album on February 15th,1964 began an eleven (11) week occupation of the #1 position on Billboard Magazine's album chart.

       The song at position #51 by an LA based hip-hop group was released as the lead single from their fifth studio album,"The E.N.D."The song at position #51 topped the US Billboard Hot 100 for 12 weeks,making it the group's first U.S. number one single.It is the second longest-running single to stay atop the Hot 100 in 2009,beaten only by the group's second single from "The E.N.D","I Gotta Feeling", which held the top spot for 14 consecutive weeks.It has also topped the Australian,Canadian and UK singles charts as well as reaching the top 10 in more than 20 countries.The song was named 7th on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade and 56th on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of All-time in 2018.
   The single has since sold over 6,000,000 copies in the U.S. and was ranked as the number one song and number two digital song at the Billboard Year End Chart of 2009.The song was nominated at the 52nd Grammy Awards for Best Dance Recording and won Best Short Form Music Video.Rolling Stone ranked the song number 14 on their Best 25 Songs of 2009 list.As of July 2018,the music video has over 310 million views on YouTube.

   The song at position #47 is not at that position for the song's performance on the singles chart but for the album the song is off of's performance on the album charts.     
  The recording act at position #47 was born Alanis Nadine Morissette on June 1st, 1974 in Ottawa,Ontario,Canada.She is a Canadian and a naturalized US citizen.
  The recording act at position #47 was born to a French-Canadian father named Alan and Hungarian mother named Georgia.Alanis has a twin brother Wade,and an older brother, Chad. 
  In 1986,Alanis had her first stint as an actress: five episodes of the children's television show "You Can't Do That on Television". Using money she saved from that role, she released an independent single "Fate Stay with Me" with a B-side, "Find the Right Man". She appeared onstage with the Orpheus Musical Theatre Society in 1985 and 1988.During her high school years, Morissette attended Glebe Collegiate Institute in Ottawa.
   At a New York City audition,she landed a spot on Star Search, a popular American talent competition on which she used her stage name, Alanis Nadine. Morissette flew to Los Angeles to appear on the show, but lost after one round.
   In 1990, Alanis signed with MCA Records Canada and was an opening act on the Canadian leg of rapper Vanilla Ice's tour.Leslie Howe produced her full-length debut album, Alanis, which was released in 1991.At the time, Morissette dropped her stage name and was credited simply as "Alanis". The dance-pop album, which was only released in Canada, went double platinum, and its first single, "Too Hot", reached the top twenty on the Canadian RPM singles chart. Subsequent singles "Walk Away" and "Feel Your Love" reached the top forty and were played frequently on CHR radio stations.
   During the ages fourteen to eighteen,Alanis suffered from anorexia and bulimia nervosa,catalyzed by "hardcore" professional pressure and managerial demands from her work towards making her first album. She recalled returning to the studio to re-record some vocals, only to be told "I actually wanted to talk to you about your weight. You can't be successful if you're fat." She lived on a diet of carrots, black coffee, and Melba toast, and her weight fluctuated by fifteen to twenty pounds. She subsequently began therapy, which she called "a long process to un-program. I try to remember, whatever my body is, it's perfect the way it is."
   In 1992,Morissette was nominated for three (3) Juno Awards: "Single of the Year", "Best Dance Recording" (for "Too Hot"), and "Most Promising Vocalist (Female)" (which she won). In the same year, she released her second album named "Now Is the Time"; it featured the top forty single "An Emotion Away", and attempted to move slightly away from her first album's dance-pop sound."Now Is the Time" sold less than half the number of copies of her first album, and, with her two-album deal with MCA Canada complete, she was left without a major label contract.
   During this period, Morissette dated Dave Coulier of television's "Full House" fame.In 1993,she appeared in the film "Just One of the Girls" starring Corey Haim.
   In 1993, Alanis moved from Ottawa to Toronto. Living alone for the first time in her life, she met with a bevy of songwriters, but the results frustrated her.A visit to Nashville a few months later also proved fruitless. Morissette began making trips to Los Angeles and working with as many musicians as possible,in the hopes of meeting a collaborator. During this time, she met producer and songwriter Glen Ballard.
   According to Ballard,the connection was "instant", and within thirty minutes of meeting each other they had begun experimenting with different sounds in Ballard's home studio. Ballard and Morissette penned their first song together, called "The Bottom Line". The turning point in their sessions was the song "Perfect", written and recorded in twenty minutes. Morissette improvised the lyrics on the spot, while Ballard played guitar. The version that appeared on "Jagged Little Pill",Morissette's next album, was the only take the pair recorded.
  Ballard and Morissette recorded the songs on "Jagged Little Pill" literally as they wrote the tunes. According to Alanis, Ballard was the first collaborator who encouraged her to express her emotions. By the spring of 1995, Alanis had signed a deal with Maverick Records.
  As she later revealed,during her stay in L.A.,a thief confronted and robbed her on a deserted street,although he did not take the writing and brainstorming notes in her purse;they were the scribblings that soon made up "Jagged Little Pill".Alanis subsequently developed an intense and general angst,which manifested in random daily panic attacks,including on planes. She checked herself into a hospital and attended psychotherapy sessions,but with no improvement. She focused all her inner problems on the soul-baring lyrics of the album for her own health. According to Morissette,Ballard was the first collaborator who encouraged her to express her emotions.
  Maverick Records released Morissette's first international album, "Jagged Little Pill", in 1995.Scott Welsh, Morissette's manager and long-time friend, and executives at Maverick expected the album to sell at very best around 250,000 copies.The album debuted at number 118 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart, but the situation changed quickly when a Los Angeles DJ from an influential radio station began playing "You Oughta Know", the album's first single.The song instantly garnered attention and a subsequent music video went into heavy rotation on MTV and Much Music (Canada). "Flea" of the Red Hot Chili Peppers plays bass on the track,along with then-bandmate Dave Navarro on guitar.
   "You Oughta Know" is a Grammy-winning song written by both Alanis and Glen Ballard, and was produced by Ballard.The song,the lyrics of which describe Morissette's fouled relationship with an unnamed lover,introduced her harsh,angst-ridden lyrics to the public.
   The music video to "You Oughta Know" was directed by Nick Egan and features a dimly lit Morissette hitchhiking across a desert.Morissette has reimagined the song numerous times,most recently on her 2005 album "Jagged Little Pill Acoustic", which featured mellowed vocals and chord progressions; the lyrics, however, were not softened.This is
widely considered Morissette's most recognizable song.
   A common rumor about "You Oughta Know" is that it was written about Morissette's one-time boyfriend Dave Coulier of the television sitcom "Full House". According to ABC (USA)News,"Alanis revealed that her angst-ridden hit "You Oughta Know" was about her relationship with Coulier." The Urban Legends Reference Pages have not endorsed this rumour as true,and in fact there are other celebrities who have been rumoured to be the lover in the song,including:Bob Saget,Coulier's co-star on "Full House"(appearing on the Opie & Anthony show on radio station WNEW from New York City on June 28,2006, Saget denied ever having a relationship with Morissette and tended to agree with speculation that the song was about Coulier).Hockey player Doug Gilmour of the Toronto Maple Leafs is another possibility. When Keith Olbermann used to work for the ESPN program SportsCenter,he would say during Toronto highlights relating to Gilmour, "Here's this for Alanis's pain." Another possibility is hockey player Mike Peluso of the New Jersey Devils,actor Matt LeBlanc, who appeared in the video for Morissette's single "Walk Away" (1991) and musician Leslie Howe, the producer of Morissette's first two albums in the early 1990s.In 1997 the Boston Herald reported that Coulier "admitted the lines are very close to home". Especially the one about "an older version of me" and bugging him in "the middle of dinner". He said she used to do that all the time."
  The topic of the song is discussed in an episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm". Morissette told star Larry David who the song is about (then David to a disappointed friend),but the audience never hears who Morissette said the song was about.In one of the "Jay and Silent Bob" promos created for MTV, Jay told Silent Bob that he was the boyfriend that inspired the song. Jay told the story of the break up, and after he finished "Silent Bob" wiped a tear from his eye while Jay laughed at him confessing to have been lying the whole time.Alanis appeared with the two as "God," in the 1999 film Dogma.
    On an AL-TV special "Weird Al" Yankovic joked that he and Morissette "used to date. I especially liked it when we went to the movies", a reference to the songs lyric about Alanis performing oral sex in a theater. Yankovic included the song in his polka medley "The Alternative Polka", on his 1996 album Bad Hair Day. A parody of the song by Lounge act Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine appeared on the 2005 album Aperitif for Destruction. The Killing Moon covered the song for the Punk Goes... series on the album Punk Goes '90s.
  The mystery surrounding the song brought comparison to Carly Simon's "You're So Vain". In October of 2008, Morissette reiterated her refusal to identify the subject, commenting to a CanWest News Service journalist,"Well, I've never talked about who my songs were about and I won't,because when I write them they're written for the sake of personal expression.So with all due respect to whoever may see themselves in my songs, and it happens all the time,I never really comment on it because I write these songs for myself, not other people."
    "You Oughta Know" has an aggressive tone and has piercing vocals.It reached number one on the Billboard magazine's Modern Rock Tracks chart in the U.S. and charted at number four in Australia and number twenty-two in the United Kingdom. Launching Morissette's career, and the album, "Jagged Little Pill" to the top,the coarse language, violent revenge scenarios, and piercing vocals were a jolt to mainstream pop music. "You Oughta Know" was not eligible for the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1995 because a retail single was not released, but it reached number thirteen on the Hot 100 Airplay chart and the top ten on the Top 40 Mainstream chart. A live version of the song, recorded at the 1996 Grammy Awards ceremony on February 28, was a B-side on the retail single for "You Learn", and Billboard credited the single's Hot 100 number-six peak position to "You Learn"/"You Oughta Know".The song at position #47 was ranked #12 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 90's in December 2007.
   Many people may argue with me that "Ironic" is the most successful track off of "Jagged Little Pill". This is very important because position #47 actually belongs to the album "Jagged Little Pill".So when this happens I can not put the whole album in to position #47 so I just place the most successful track from the album in that position. Although "Ironic" did rank higher on the Billboard singles chart it made only one appearance as opposed to two (2) appearances by "You Oughta Know". The song also got higher rankings on the all-time charts of various rock stations.Also "You Oughta Know" accumulated more points from my calculations which is the determining factor.So "You Oughta Know" is the song that will represnt the album "Jagged Little Pill" at position #47.
     After the success of "You Oughta Know", the album's other hit singles helped send Jagged Little Pill to the top of the charts. "All I Really Want" and "Hand in My Pocket" followed, by "Ironic". "You Learn" and "Head over Feet",the fifth and sixth singles, respectively, kept "Jagged Little Pill" in the top twenty on the Billboard (US) 200 for over a year.
   According to the RIAA, Jagged Little Pill is the best-selling debut album of all time by a female artist, with over fourteen million copies sold in the U.S. By 2009, the album had sold 33 million units worldwide making it one of the best-selling albums of all time .In 1998,Q magazine (UK) readers voted Jagged Little Pill the nineteenth greatest album of all time.In Ireland, when the album "Under Rug Swept" was released in 2002, Jagged Little Pill re-entered the album chart on February 21 at number seventy-two and reached number #19 on March 7th.It took nine (9) weeks for it to be dropped from the chart again.
   Morissette was attacked for collaborating with producer and supposed image-maker Ballard,although she was responsible for all of "Jagged Little Pill's" lyrics and much of the album's music.The album was nominated for six Grammy Awards in 1996 and Morissette won "Best Female Rock Vocal Performance" and "Best Rock Song" for "You Oughta Know", and "Best Rock Album" and "Album of the Year" for "Jagged Little Pill".
   Later in 1996, Morissette embarked on an (18) eighteen month world tour in support of "Jagged Little Pill", beginning in small clubs and ending in large venues. Taylor Hawkins, currently with the Foo Fighters, was the tour's drummer. The video "Jagged Little Pill, Live", which chronicled the bulk of the tour, won a 1998 Grammy Award for "Best Music Video, Long Form". 
  In the USA,UK,Canada and Australia "Jagged Little Pill" ranked as the #1 album for the entire year of 1996.The album spent twelve (12) non-consecutive weeks at #1 in the USA (on both Billboardand Cash Box Magazine's album charts) and 23 weeks at #1 on the Canadian album charts.Along with reaching #1 in the US & Canada the album "Jagged Little Pill" recahed #1 in the UK,Belgium,Netherlands,Finland,New Zealand,Sweden and Australia. In Australia it was the #3 album for the entire decade of the 1990s.In the USA (according to chart action) it was the most successful album for the entire decades of the 60s,70s, 80s & 90s.Further,in Canada it is the most successful album of all-time according to chart performance.
   Alanis has influenced female singers and singer-songwriters in the 2000s such as Kelly Clarkson,Michelle Branch,P!nk and Avril Lavigne.

  Born on December 22,1993 in Nantucket,Massachusetts,U.S.A. is the recording act who sings the song at position #44. The song is taken from her first EP,"Title" (2014) and 2015 major-label studio album of the same name. Epic Records digitally released the song on June 30,2014.She co-wrote it with its producer Kevin Kadish;it is a bubblegum pop,doo-wop and retro-R&B song that draws influence from various musical genres including hip hop,country,soul and rock and roll.Lyrically,the song discusses positive body image.
    Some publications praised the song at position #44 and included it among the best songs of 2014,while others were critical and called it a novelty song.It was nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards.The song spent eight weeks atop the US Billboard Hot 100 and topped the charts in 57 other countries,including Australia,Canada,New Zealand,Switzerland and the United Kingdom.The song was certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments in excess of 10 million units in the US.It was the third best-selling song of 2014 with sales of 11 million copies.
   Fatima Robinson directed the accompanying music video for the song,which was released on June 10, 2014 and noted for its pink pastel theme.It played an important role in the song's rise to prominence.The song inspired a variety of parodies and cover versions,including covers from Canadian singer Justin Bieber and former Pentatonix member Avi Kaplan.Vogue recognized the song as part of "the era of the big booty." The singer performed the song on various shows including "The X Factor UK" and the Jingle Ball Tour 2014 and included it on the "That Bass,MTrain" and "The Untouchable Tour" set lists.

  Born Peter Gene Hernandez in Honolulu,Hawaii on Tuesday,October 8,1985 is the recording act who sings the song at position #43.This song spent six (6) weeks at #1 on the US Billboard beginning the week ending December 22nd,2012.This was the singer's third number one single on the US Billboard Hot 100.
  The singer of the song at position #43 is the son of Peter Hernandez and Bernadette "Bernie" San Pedro Bayot (born August 14, 1957,in Manila,died June 1, 2013 in Honolulu).His father is of half Puerto Rican and half Ashkenazi Jewish (from Ukraine and Hungary) descent,and is originally from Brooklyn,New York.The singer's mother immigrated to Hawaii from the Philippines as a child,and was of Filipino descent,with distant Spanish ancestry.His parents met while performing in a show,where his mother was a hula dancer and his father played percussion.At the age of two,he was nicknamed "Bruno" by his father,because of his resemblance to legendary professional wrestler Bruno Sammartino.
     The song at position #43 is from this singer's second studio album titled "Unorthodox Jukebox". It was released as the lead single from the album on October 1, 2012. The song was written by the singer of the song,Philip Lawrence and Ari Levine of The Smeezingtons,and produced by Mark Ronson,Jeff Bhasker,Emile Haynie and The "Smeezingtons".The song at position #43 contains influences of new wave,funk and reggae rock.The song's lyrics are about the rapturous feelings brought about by a relationship infused with positive emotion as well as euphoria from sex.
  The song at position #43 was well received by most critics,some of whom complimented his different musical direction,his vocals were praised,being called "smooth" and "sweet," while its sound was lauded,with the song being called "interesting" and a "musical evolution". While some critics noted influences from various bands,mainly The Police,the singer of the song at #43 stated that The Police influenced him to write the song.The single charted inside the top ten in over twenty countries,including Canada where it topped the Canadian Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks. #43 was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of  America (RIAA).
    The song's music video was shot by director Cameron Duddy and by the singer of the song at position #43,in which he is seen amusing with his bandmates by doing things like smoking,drinking beer and playing games.The singer performed this song on television shows such as Saturday Night Live and The X Factor and included it on The Moonshine Jungle Tour and at his Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show set lists.The song won several awards and received three Grammy nominations.The song has been covered by various recording artists, including Leona Lewis and Bastille.
  The song at position #43 also went to #1 in Hungary,Mexico (Airplay),Lebanon, Poland,Slovakia and Venezuela.This song peaked at #2 in the UK,Denmark and Israel.

   The song at position #42 by this LA hip-hop group spent six (6) week in the #1 position in both the UK & Australia. This song was also the #1 song for the entire year of 2003 in both the UK & Australia. In addition on Radio and Records (USA) Magazine it was the #3 song for the entire year of 2003.
   Following the commercial failures of their previous albums and singles,there was doubt over whether the group who performs The song at position #42 would continue to record together.A&R executive Ron Fair approached them and suggested a crossover to a more mainstream pop sound.will.i.am in particular resisted the idea for fear that they would be seen as sellouts.However,after discussions and some writing sessions the idea was pursued.Shortly after Christmas 2001,will.i.am created a loop and a guitar part that he liked.Taboo and Apl.de.ap also heard the track and were able to write similar lyrics over it.Justin Timberlake was allegedly introduced to the band by new band member Fergie,and got a chance to hear the track that will.i.am created.Impressed with the music,Timberlake helped write and sing the chorus.Timberlake was in the midst of promotion of his solo album titled "Justified",and his label Jive Records was concerned about overexposure.The group who performs the song at position #42 were worried as that had been the original point of this song,to get some assistance from an established pop star.A compromise was reached eventually in which Jive gave clearance for the vocals of Timberlake to be released on the song.However, Timberlake would not appear in the song's music video nor would he be credited on the song as an artist.
   The song at position #42 was written by Will.I.Am,Taboo, apl.de.ap,Ron Fair, P. Board,G. Pajon Jr, M. Fratantuno, and J. Curtis and co-produced by will.i.am and Ron Fair.In this anti-war pacifist anthem,the group lament on various worldwide problems.Many issues are discussed, which include but are not limited to terrorism,U.S. government hypocrisy, racism,war,intolerance and greed.Some view this song as an anthem against the War on Terror and the 2003 invasion of Iraq since it was released shortly after the invasion began.
   The song was rewarded with nominations at the 46th Grammy Awards in 2004 for Record of the Year and Best Rap/Song Collaboration.

   The recording act at position #41 is one of the superstars of pop music.He is known as the "king of pop". The recording act at position #41 was born on August pop". The recording act at position #7 was born on August 29th,1958 in Gary, Indiana and died at fifty (50) years of age in Los Angeles on June 25th,2009.Him & his brother formed the quintet known as the "Jackson Five". When the singer at position #41 was five years old the "Jackson Five" played their first professional gig at a Gary,Indiana night club. They were only paid eight (8) US dollars but the coins and bills tossed on the stage totaled over $100 (US).They travelled in their VW van to neighbouring cities, including Chicago.
   In 1969 Gary Indiana's mayor Richard Hatcher,brought the Jackson Five to the attention of Diana Ross,who was visiting the city to give a concert.She was so impressed with the group that she contacted Motown president Berry Gordy Jr.,and arranged for them to be signed. The Jackson Five debuted with four (4) consecutive #1 singles on Billboard Magazine.
  The singer of the #41 song began his solo career in 1971 with a song titled "Got To Be There" which peaked at #4 on Billboard (US) Magazine in December of 1971,followed by a remake of Bobby Day's "Rockin' Robin" which went to #2 on Billboard Magazine's singles chart in April of 1972.In October of 1972 he became one of the youngest solo male recording acts to have a #1 single on Billboard Magazine when the title track to the movie titled "Ben" went to the top.   
  The song at position #41 went to #1 on the Billboard singles chart  on April 30th,1983 chart just one week after another song by the recording act at position #41 titled "Billie Jean" finished a seven (7) week run at the #1 position.Since 1954 that one-week gap between number one records is the shortest any act has had other than the Beatles in 1964 when they went one better and actually replaced themselves at the #1 position.Two weeks earlier on April 16th,1983,the song at position #41 on the Top 6500,moved to position #5 on the Billboard singles chart and "Billie Jean" was at #1 for it's seventh (7th) week,this was the first time in the 1980s that an artist simultaneously had two hits in the top five. Only four recording acts accomplished this feat in the decade of the 70s:Donna Summer ("Hot Stuff" & "Bad Girls"),Linda Ronstadt ("It's So Easy" & "Blue Bayou"),Bee Gees ("Stayin' Alive" & "Night Fever") and Olivia Newton-John("Hopelessly Devoted To You" & "Summer Nights").
      The song at position #41 was written by the singer of the #41 song for his "Thriller" album.Co-producer Quincy Jones had wanted to include a rock 'n' roll song, though the singer of the #41 song reportedly had never previously shown an interest in the genre.The singer of the #41 song later said of the song at position #41,"I wanted to write a song, the type of song that I would buy if I were to buy a rock song... That is how I approached it and I wanted the kids to really enjoy it,the school kids as well as the college kids."Upon hearing the first recorded vocals,Jones stated that it was exactly what he was looking for.Rock guitarist Eddie Van Halen, lead guitarist of hard rock band Van Halen,was then requested to add a guitar solo.
  Album oriented rock stations that couldn't find room on their playlists for most black artists felt comfortable playing the song at position #41 even before it was released as a single,thanks to the searing solo guitar work of hard rock's premier guatarist "Eddie Van Halen".
  Eddie Van Halen almost missed the opportunity to work with the artist at position #41,because of a telephone that wasn't working properly.Intermittent equipment problems resulted in two calls in a row where Eddie couldn't hear the party on the other end.By the third call,Eddie was aggravated enough to utter a couple of expletives into the mouthpiece. Eddie said he heard "This is Quincy Jones". Van Halen said "I'm sorry,I get so many crank calls that I didn't know". Quincy Jones said "You know,there's this song we'd like you to do,are you up for it?"
  Van Halen was definetly up for it.So much that he accepted no pay for his contribution to the song."I did it as a favor", the musician later said. "I was a complete fool,according to the rest of the band,our manager and everyone else.I was not used.I knew what I was doing-I don't do something unless I want to do it."Van Halen recorded his contribution following Jones and the singer of the song at position #3 arriving at the guitarist's house with a "skeleton-version" of the song.Fellow guitarist Steve Lukather recalled,"Initially, we rocked it out as Eddie had played a good solo,but Quincy thought it was too tough.So I had to reduce the distorted guitar sound and that is what was released."The song was among the last four completed for Thriller;the others were "Human Nature", "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" and "The Lady in My Life".
  On the record,right before Van Halen's guitar solo begins,a noise is heard that sounds like somebody knocking at a door.It is reported that the knock was a person walking into Van Halen's recording studio.Another story has claimed that the sound was simply the musician knocking on his own guitar.The lyrics of the song at position #41 are about defeat and courage,and have been described as a "sad commentary on human nature".The line "don't be a macho man" is said to express the singer of the song at position #41's dislike of violence,whilst also referencing the childhood abuse he faced at the hands of his father Joseph.The song is played in the key of E minor at a moderately fast tempo of 132 beats per minute.In the song,the singer's vocal range is B3 to D5.
    The artist at position #41 had vocals that matched Van Halen's guitar playing for intensity.During the making of the album that this song is off of the recording act who does the performance went through very rigorous vocal training.
  The uncredited guitarist who whipped out the fluttering,squealing solo on this ode to macho cowardice was Eddie Van Halen.The aerodynamic metal flight pumped crossover fuel that would boost the success of "Thriller" a gimmick the singer of the song at position #41 would flog later with spots from Slash and Carlos Santana.Without the Van Halen precedent,there might have been no collaboration of Run-DMC and Aerosmith on the 1986 rap/rock version of "Walk This Way".
  Adding to the popularity of the song at position #41 was the $160,000. (US) video that the recording act of the song created and vbank rolled after CBS refused to finance it.Bob Giraldi directed the video.The theme of the song is about two gangs coming together to rumble and the singer's objective is to tell them to turn the other cheek. It's like the singer was saying "Hey, man, don't fight! These guys are your brothers!"
   The singer of the #41 song and "Dream Girls" assistant choreographer Michael Peters fashioned the dance sequences in the video.The choreography won praise from Bob Fosse and Gene Kelly.Fred Astaire said "He is a wonderful mover.He makes these moves up himself and it is just great to watch.I think he just feels that way when he is singing those songs..."
   The video was the singer of the song at position #41's first treatment of black youth and the streets.Both the song at position #41 and Thriller are notable for their "mass choreography" of synchronized dancers.The video included around 80 genuine Los Angeles gang members,to add authenticity to the production and 18 professional dancers.Inspired by the Broadway musical "West Side Story",The video's featured choreography opened up many job opportunities for dancers in the USA.
   The music video opens with the news of a fight circulating at a diner.This scene repeats itself at a pool hall,where gang members arrive via foot,forklift,and out of sewers.The camera cuts to a scene of the singer of the song at position #41 lying on a bed,contemplating the senseless violence.The singer leaves the room upon hearing the commotion caused by the rival gangs.Donning a red leather J.Parks brand jacket,The singer of the song at position #41 dances his way through the diner and pool hall,towards the fight.Arriving at the scene,where a knife fight is taking place between the two gang leaders,the singer breaks up the fight and launches into a dance routine.The video ends with the gang members joining him in the dance,agreeing that violence is not the solution to their problems.
   In a "Rolling Stone Magazine" review, Christopher Connelly describes the song at position #41 as the best song on "Thriller",adding that it "ain't no disco AOR track".He notes of the "nifty dance song","Jackson's voice soars all over the melody,Eddie Van Halen checks in with a blistering guitar solo,you could build a convention center on the backbeat".Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine states that the song is both "tough" and "scared".Robert Christgau claimed that the song,in which Eddie Van Halen "wends his night in the service of antimacho",is the "triumph and the thriller".Slant Magazine observed that the song was an "uncharacteristic dalliance with the rock idiom".Stylus expressed amazement that Van Halen performed a rock guitar solo on a R&B record.The track also won praise from Jackson biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli,who stated that the song was "rambunctious".
   The song at position #41 has been cited as one of the most successful,recognized, awarded and celebrated songs in the history of pop music;both the song and video had a large impact on pop culture.The song is said to be a "pioneer" in black rock music,and is considered one of the cornerstones of the Thriller album.Eddie Van Halen has been praised for adding "the greatest guitar solo",aiding the song at position #7 into becoming one of the biggest selling singles of all time.
  The song at position #41 spent three (3) weeks at #1 on the Billboard Singles chart and in Canada.The song also claimed the top spot in Spain,New Zealand and The Netherlands.The song ranked as the #5 song for the entire year of 1983 by Billboard (US) Magazine.Radio station WYNY from New York City ranked this song as the #3 song for the entire year of 1983.In Canada this song was the #6 song for the entire year of 1983.In 1983 radio station CKY from Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada ranked the song at position #41 on the Top 6500 as the 27th biggest song of all-time.In the year 2000 Rolling Stone Magazine (US edition) ranked this song as the 22nd biggest song of all-time.Further,the song at position #41 was ranked as the world's fourth (4th) favorite song in a 2005 poll conducted by Sony Ericsson.Over 700,000 people in 60 different countries cast their votes.
    The song at position #41 at the 1984 Grammy Awards earned The singer of the song at position #41 two of a record eight awards; Record of the Year and Best Rock Vocal Performance.The Billboard Video Awards recognised the video to the song with 7 awards; Best Overall Video Clip,Best Performance by a Male Artist,Best Use of Video to Enhance a Song,Best Use of Video to Enhance an Artist's Image,Best Choreography,Best Overall Video and Best Dance/Disco 12".The short film video was ranked by "Rolling Stone" as the number one video,in both their critic's and reader's poll.The video also won two American Music Awards and the song was inducted into the Music Video Producers Hall of Fame.The single was certified gold,a few months after its release,for shipments of at least one million units.In 1989,the standard format single was re-certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America,based on the revised sales level of one million units for platinum singles.The total number of digital sales in the US, as of March 2009, stands at 668,000.  
  Although the single fared well on the charts. The song at position #41 is not there because of the song's performance on the singles charts but primarily because of the performance of the album that the song is off of's performance on the album chart. The album titled "Thriller" was the #2 album for the entire year of 1983 in Canada.The UK ranked the album as the #1 album for the entire year of 1982 and a British magazine in 1994 ranked the album as the #14 album of all-time.In Australia and the USA (both Billboard & Cash Box) the album "Thriller" was the #1 album for the entire year of 1983. Further, Australia also ranked the album as the #3 album for the entire year of 1984,also Cash Box (US) also ranked the album as the #2 album for the entire year of 1984 and Billboard (US) again ranked the album as the #1 album for the entire year of 1984. The album sold over 30 million copies world wide and the album spent 37 weeks at #1 on the Billboard charts which is longer than any album since 1963.

    The song at position #39 never charted as a single. It got to where it was primarily because of the album it was off of. Certain rock radio stations did rank this song in their all-time countdown.In 1986 rock radio station KRQR from San Francisco ranked the song at position #39 as the third (3rd) biggest rocker of all-time.
In 2000 rock radio Station KICK from Casper,Wyoming ranked the song at position #39 as the third (3rd) biggest rocker of all-time.In 1971 several musicologist  gathered and declared this song as the best arranged song of all-time. The song at position #39 is the last song on side 2 of the album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". On July 1st,1967 this album began a fifteen (15) weeks run at the #1 position on Billboard Magazine's album chart. Of all the Beatles albums this album has spent the most amount of time at #1 on the Billboard (US)album charts. This album was both Cash Box (US) and Billboard (US) Magazine's #1 album for the entire year of 1967.In 1994 the BBC did a poll and ranked this album as the #1 album of all-time.Four (4) years later the BBC ranked the album at #2.In 1991 Radio Station KXRX in Seattle ranked this album as the #1 album of all-time.In 2002 Rolling Stone Magazine ranked this album as the #3 album of all-time.   
  The final track on the group's album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,the song at position #39 is credited to Lennon/McCartney,the song comprises distinct segments written independently by John Lennon and Paul McCartney,with orchestral additions.While Lennon's lyrics were inspired by contemporary newspaper articles,McCartney's were reminiscent of his youth.The decisions to link sections of the song with orchestral crescendos and to end the song with a sustained piano chord were made only after the rest of the song had been recorded. 
   The supposed drug reference in the line "I'd love to turn you on" resulted in the song initially being banned from broadcast by the BBC.In 2004,Rolling Stone Magazine ranked the song at position #39 at number 26 on the magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. 
  There is some dispute about the inspiration for the first verse.Many believe that it was written with regard to the death of Tara Browne,the 21-year-old heir to the Guinness fortune and close friend of Lennon and McCartney,who had crashed his Lotus Elan on December 18,1966 when a Volkswagen pulled out of a side street into his path in Redcliffe Gardens,Earls Court,London.In numerous interviews,Lennon claimed this was the verse's prime inspiration.However,George Martin believes that it is a drug reference (as is the line "I'd love to turn you on" and other passages from the song) and while writing the lyrics Lennon and McCartney were imagining a stoned politician who had stopped at a set of traffic lights. 
   The description of the accident in the song at position #39 was not a literal description of Browne's fatal accident.Lennon said, "I didn't copy the accident.Tara didn't blow his mind out,but it was in my mind when I was writing that verse.The details of the accident in the song "not noticing traffic lights and a crowd forming
at the scene were similarly part of the fiction." 
   The final verse was inspired by an article in the "Daily Mail" in January 1967 regarding a substantial number of potholes in Blackburn,a town in Lancashire. However, Lennon had a problem with the words of the final verse,not being able to think of how to connect "Now they know how many holes it takes to" and "the Albert 
Hall".His friend Terry Doran suggested that they would "fill" the Albert Hall.       McCartney provided the fourth verse of the song,a short piano piece he had been working on independently,with lyrics about a commuter whose uneventful morning routine leads him to drift off into a dream.He had written the piece as a wistful recollection of his younger years,which included riding the bus to school,smoking,and going to class.The line "I'd love to turn you on",which concludes both verse sections,was according to Lennon, also contributed by McCartney;Lennon said "I had the bulk of the song and the words,but he contributed this little lick floating around in his head that he couldn't use for anything."

 Born Curtis James Jackson III in Jamaica,Queens,New York City,New York,USA 0n July 6,1975 is the singer who has the song at position #38. Beginning the week ending March 8,2003 this song began a nine (9) week run at #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100.This song was at #1 on the Hot 100 when the USA began their illegal invasion of Iraq.In the December 26,2003 issue of Billboard the song at position #38 ranked as the #1 song for the entire year of 2003. The song was produced by Dr. Dre and had co-production from Mike Elizondo.The singer of the song at position #38,Dr. Dre and Elizondo wrote this song.The track was released in January 2003 as the album's lead single and it was positively received by music critics.The song has since sold over 2,000,000 copies.Along with the USA the song at #38 went to  #1 in the Canada,Australia,New Zealand,Denmark,Germany,Ireland and Switzerland. The song peaked at #3 in the UK (Official Chart Company).For the year of 2003 this song ranked at #3 for the entire year of 2003 in Ireland, at #4 for the entire year of 2003 in New Zealand and #5 for the entire year of 2003 in Australia. 
   At the 46th Grammy Awards,the song at position #38 was nominated for Best Male Rap Solo Performance and Best Rap Song.The song's music video won Best Rap Video and Best New Artist at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards.In 2009, the single was listed at number 24 in Billboard's Hot 100 Songs of the Decade.It was listed at number 13 in Rolling Stone's "Best Songs of the Decade". In 2010, it was ranked 448th in the Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. 
      Curtis starred in the 2005 movie "Get Rich Or Die Tryin". 

 Former "Fifth Harmony" member born on March 3,1997 in Havana,Cuba has the song at position #36.The singer features guest vocals from American rapper "Young Thug".The song was released on August 3,2017, along with "OMG",from her solo debut album "Camila" (2018).In August 2017,she confirmed the song as the album's second single.It was serviced to radio on September 8,2017.Due to its rising success,the song at position #36 later became the official lead single of the album,replacing "Crying in the Club".In November 2017,a remix version of the song with Puerto Rican rapper "Daddy Yankee" was uploaded to the singer's YouTube page.The first verse of the remix is sung in Spanish while "Daddy Yankee" replaces 
Young Thug's verse. 
   The song at position #36 reached number one in multiple countries including 
Australia,Brazil,Canada, France,Mexico,Scotland the UK and the U.S,also reaching 
the top 10 of several other countries.Its music video,directed by Dave Meyers,
shows the singer playing herself as Karla,as well as a telenovela actress and a 
film protagonist. It won the Video of the Year award at the 2018 MTV Video Music 
Awards,receiving three other nominations.A vertical video,directed by Sam Lecca,was
released on November 10,2017,on her official Vevo account.The clip shows the singer 
and several dancers in a New York City subway.The clip was previously a Spotify 
exclusive. 
    She performed the song at position #36 at several award shows,including the 
2017 MTV Europe Music Awards,2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards and 2018 Billboard Music 
Awards.In September 2018,she released a live version of the song featuring her solo 
performance.The live version of the song would later be nominated for a Grammy Award 
for Best Pop Solo Performance at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards.On March 6, 2019, 
recorded music industry organization IFPI is naming the song the globally 
best-selling digital single of 2018. 

 Born Cherilyn Sarkisian on May 20th,1946 in El Centro,California is the recording act who occupies the #34 position.This song spent seven (7) weeks in the #1 postion on the UK singles chart and was the #1 single for the entire year of 1998 in the UK.The song at position #34 is also the song that Billboard Magazine ranked as the #1 single for the entire year of 1999. 
   The song at position #34 won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording and was also nominated for "Record of the Year". 
  The song at position #34 is noted for its use of the Auto-Tune pitch-correction software on the singer's vocals to create a peculiar sound effect,sometimes referred to as the "Cher effect". 

  Only one single in US Billboard weekly single charts has spent more time at #1 than the song at position #32.It is a song by Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi featuring Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee from Fonsi's 2019 studio album "Vida".On January 12,2017,Universal Music Latin released the song at position #32 and its music video,which shows both artists performing the song in La Perla neighborhood of Old San Juan,Puerto Rico and the local bar La Factoria.The song was written by Fonsi,Erika Ender and Daddy Yankee,and was produced by Mauricio Rengifo and Andres Torres.A remix version featuring 
Canadian singer Justin Bieber was released on April 17,2017,which helped to improve the song's chart performance in numerous countries,including various number-one positions.The song has been widely credited by music journalists as being instrumental in popularizing Spanish-language pop music in the mainstream market again.The worldwide increase of Latin pop music consumption throughout 2017 and 2018 has been referred to as "the 'Despacito' effect."
   The song is a reggaeton and Latin pop song composed in common time with lyrics about having a sexual relationship,performed in a smooth and romantic way.Commercially, the song topped the charts of 47 countries and reached the top 10 of six others,making it 
both Fonsi's and Daddy Yankee's most successful single to date.In the United States,it became the first song primarily in Spanish to top the Billboard Hot 100 since "Macarena" (Bayside Boys Mix) in 1996,subsequently tying the longest-reigning number one on the Billboard Hot 100 with 16 weeks,as well as becoming the longest-running number-one on the Hot Latin Songs chart with 56 weeks.It also became the first Latin song to receive a diamond certification by the Recording Industry Association of America.Internationally, it broke the record for most weeks at number one in Switzerland and Germany and became the longest-reigning foreign language number-one in the United Kingdom.In August 2017,the official music video for the song became the most-viewed YouTube video of all-time after receiving its three billionth view.It became the first video on the site to reach the milestones of three,four,five and six billion views. 
    Upon its release,the song received generally favourable reviews from music 
critics,who praised the fusion between Latin and urban rhythms,its catchiness and 
its text painting.It has received Latin Grammy Awards for Record of the Year,Song 
Of The Year,Best Urban Fusion/Performance and Best Short Form Music Video at the 
18th Latin Grammy Awards.The remix version has received three Grammy Awards 
nominations for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group 
Performance at the 60th Grammy Awards. "Despacito" has been also ranked among the 
best Latin songs of all-time and the best songs of 2017 by various publications,
which referred to it as one of the most successful Spanish-language tracks in pop 
music history.

   Between 1962 and 1998 at least one British recording act each year reached the 
#1 position in the USA on either Cash Box or Billboard Magazine. As a matter of  
fact in the year of 1965 thirteen (13) of the 26 songs that reached the #1 position 
on Billboard Magazine's singles charts were British recording acts. Then for over 
eight (8) years between January 17th,1998 and March 11th,2006 not one British 
recording act occupied the #1 position on the singles chart of Billboard Magazine.
On March 11th,2006 a man who was born James Blunt on February 22nd,1977 in 
Tideworth,Hampshire,England reached #1 on Billboard Magazine's singles chart with 
the song at position #30 on the Top 5000.The song at position #13 spent
five (5) weeks at #1 in both the UK & Canada. In the UK this song was the #1 song 
for the entire year of 2005 and the #1 song for the entire year of 2006 in Canada.
Oz net ranked the song at position #13 as the #2 song for the entire year of 2005.
And Billboard Magazine ranked the song as the fourth (4th) best song for the entire 
year of 2006. Not only was the single successful but the album this song came off 
of was very successful. The album was titled "Back To Bedlam".In both Australia and 
the United Kingdom "Back To Bedlam" was the #1 album for the entire year of 2005.
For the entire year of 2006 this album was the #1 album in Canada and the #5 album 
in the USA (Billboard Magazine). This album spent eight (8) weeks in the #1 position
in Canada.

   The song at position #28 spent twelve (12) weeks at #1 beginning the week ending
June 22,2013 on the US Billboard Hot 100.American Top 40 ranked this song by this 
trio as the #1 song for the entire year of 2013.The song also reached #1 in the UK,
Canada,Australia,New Zealand, Ireland,Spain,Germany,the Netherlands and Poland,as 
well as the top ten in Belgium,Denmark,Lithuania,France,Iceland,Italy,Portugal and 
Switzerland.
  The song at position #28 sold over 5 million copies in just 22 weeks in the US
and 6 million in 29 weeks,faster than any other song in digital history.
Internationally,the single was the best-selling digital single of 2013 and is 
currently the second best-selling digital single of all time,behind The Black Eyed 
Peas' "I Gotta Feeling". It was the second best-selling song of 2013 in the US and
the best-selling song of 2013 in the UK.As of March 2014,the song became one of the 
best-selling singles of all time, with sales of 14.8 million.In April 2014,the song 
at position #84 was revealed as the most downloaded song in UK chart history.
   The music video for #28 was released on March 20,2013,and was made in two 
versions; the first video features models Emily Ratajkowski,Jessi M'Bengue and 
Elle Evans being topless,the second features them covered.On March 30, 2013 the 
topless version of the video was removed from YouTube for violating the site's 
terms of service regarding nudity,though it was later restored,but flagged as 
inappropriate.The song's lyrics and music video has also proved controversial with 
some groups,with claims that it is misogynist and promotes date rape.This has led 
to the song being banned at universities and other institutions in the United 
Kingdom and prompted a rebuttal from one member of the trio who sang the song at 
position #28.
    On July 28, 2013,the song at position #28 broke the record for radio audience 
previously held by Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" in 2005.A press release from
Interscope said as of the last week in July 2013 the track reached more than 
242.65 million listeners.The single was nominated for two Grammys at the 56th 
Annual Grammy Awards,including Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.

    A beautiful woman who was born Eileen Regina Edwards on Saturday,August 28th,1965
in Windsor,Ontario,Canada (raised in Timmins,Ontario) had the third (3rd) biggest 
album for the entire decade of the 1990s according to Billboard Magazine (US).From 
that album titled "Come On Over' comes the song at position #27.This song also 
spent seven (7) weeks in the #2 position in Australia (ARIA).
  The song was written by Robert John "Mutt" Lange and the singer of the song at
position #27.The song was named Foreign Hit of the Year at the 2000 Danish Grammy 
Awards.
  The music video for the song at position #27 was shot in the Mojave Desert at 
El Mirage Dry Lake and Barstow,California.It was directed by Paul Boyd and shot on 
November 3rd and 4th in 1998;it was released on December 2,1998.It depicts the 
singer of the song at position #28 hitchhiking in the middle of the desert,in a 
hooded leopard skin outfit (though in some scenes the hooded outfit is open,showing
a matching sports bra),and being approached by several men offering her a ride out 
of the desert.These include a man in a 1957 Chevy Bel Air,on a motorcycle,in an 
army jeep,a tanker truck,and on a Friesian horse.One of the men was played by male
model John Devoe,who previously appeared in her "You're Still the One" video.The 
video won the Video of the Year award at the Canadian Country Music Awards and the 
MuchMoreMusic Award at the 1999 MuchMusic Video Awards. 

   The song at position #26 is the second single from The Black Eyed Peas' fifth 
album "The E.N.D.", produced by French DJ David Guetta.The song was released on 
June 23,2009 and debuted at number two on the Canadian and Billboard Hot 100 on 
the week of June 27,2009,behind the group's "Boom Boom Pow", making the group one 
of 11 artists who have occupied the top two positions of the US Billboard Hot 100 
at the same time.The song spent 14 weeks at #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100.Only two
songs have spent more time at #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100. 
It later reached number one on the US charts and 20 charts worldwide. The song was 
nominated for Record of the Year at the 52nd Grammy Awards and won the Grammy for 
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.The song at position #26 was 
5th on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade.The song was also nominated as 
Song of the Year at the 2009 World Music Awards.In March 2011,it became the first 
song in digital history to sell over 7 million digital copies in the United States.
As of June 2019,the song has over 9 million downloads in the country,and it 
currently holds the record as the most downloaded song on iTunes of all time.This 
also makes it the highest selling digital as well as non-charity single in the US 
ever.
  The song at position #26 spent 14 consecutive weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100,
the longest-running number-one single of 2009.The song was the third most 
successful song of the decade in Australia,as announced on January 7, 2010.
Worldwide,it was the most successful song of the 21st century (with estimates 
putting combined sales and streams between 13 and 15 million units) until passed 
by "Happy" by Pharrell Williams in 2014.

   The recording act at position #22 originally formed in 1971 in Middlesex and 
London in the UK around the nucleus of a band called "Smile" which had included 
Brian May & Roger Taylor.After the band disolved they began a new project,first 
recruiting vocalist Freddie Mercury (who suggested the name "Queen" for the new 
group).After nearly (6) six months of auditions,they selected John Deacon as their 
bass player and began actively to rehearse.So the original line-up of the recording 
act that sings the song at position #16 was:Freddie Mercury  born Frederick Bulsara
on September 5th,1946 in Zanzibar,Tanzania on lead vocals & keyboards,Brian May born
on July 19th,1947 in Hampton,Middlesex,England on guitar,Roger Meadows Taylor on 
July 26th,1949 in Kingslynn,Norfolk,England on drums and John Deacon born on August
19th,1951 in Leicester,England on bass guitar.
   The song at position #22 is a song written by Freddie Mercury and originally 
recorded by the band at position #22 for their 1975 album "A Night at the Opera".
Freddie Mercury wrote most of the song at position #22 at his home in Holland Road,
Kensington,in West London.The song's producer,Roy Thomas Baker,related how Mercury 
once played the opening ballad section on the piano for him:"He played the 
beginning on the piano,then stopped and said,'And this is where the opera section 
comes in!' Then we went out to eat dinner." Guitarist Brian May says the band 
thought that Mercury's blueprint for the song was "intriguing and original,and 
worthy of work."Much of the group's material was written in the studio according 
to May,but this song "was all in Freddie's mind" before they started.Music scholar 
Sheila Whiteley suggests that "the title draws strongly on contemporary rock 
ideology,the individualism of the bohemian artists' world,with rhapsody affirming 
the romantic ideals of art rock."Commenting on bohemianism,Judith Peraino said that 
"Mercury intended... (this song) to be a 'mock opera,'something outside the norm of
rock songs,and it does follow a certain operatic logic: choruses of multi-tracked 
voices alternate with arialike solos,the emotions are excessive,the plot confusing."
   Recording began at Rockfield Studio 1 near Monmouth on 24 August 1975,after a 
3-week rehearsal in Herefordshire.During the making of the track,an additional 
four studios:Roundhouse, SARM (East),Scorpion and Wessex were used.According 
to some band members,Mercury mentally prepared the song beforehand and directed the 
band throughout. Mercury used a Bechstein "concert grand" piano, which he played in
the promotional video and the UK tour.Due to the elaborate nature of the song,it was
recorded in various different sections,held together merely by a drum click to keep
it in time.May,Mercury, and Taylor sang their vocal parts continually for ten to
twelve hours a day.The entire piece took three weeks to record,and in places 
featured 180 separate overdubs.Since the studios of the time only offered 24-track 
analogue tape,it was necessary for the three to overdub themselves many times and
"bounce" these down to successive sub-mixes.In the end, eighth-generation tapes 
were used.The various sections of tape containing the desired submixes had to be
spliced (cut with razor blades and assembled in the correct sequence using adhesive
tape).May recalled placing a tape in front of the light and being able to see 
through it,as they had been recording so intensely.
    The song is in the style of a rock opera,and has a very unusual musical 
structure for a piece of popular music. Its six different sections have no chorus 
but both a cappella and heavy metal arrangements. Despite this, it was released as
a single and became a huge commercial success.In addition,the song is widely hailed
as the quartet at the #22 position's magnum opus,and it marked a decisive point in 
the band's career and setting the quartet on the way to become one of the world's 
most popular music groups.The single was accompanied by what is generally cited as 
a groundbreaking music video (in 1975 termed as a "promotional video") which helped
establish the visual language of the modern music video. The song was included in
all of the group that sings the song at position #22's subsequent live concert 
performances and still enjoys great popularity around the world.
  The song at position #22 was recorded over three (3) weeks by the band and 
producer Roy Thomas Baker. Recording began at Rockfield Studio 1 near Monmouth in 
the UK on August 24,1975, after a 3-week rehearsal period in Herefordshire.During 
the making of the track, a further four studios-Roundhouse, SARM (East),Scorpion 
and Wessex -were used.According to some band members, Mercury had worked out the 
entire song in his head and directed the band through the song.
   Brian May, Mercury and Roger Taylor sang their vocal parts continually for ten 
to twelve hours a day, resulting in 200 separate overdubs.Since the studios of the 
time only offered 24-track analogue tape, it was necessary for May, Mercury and 
Taylor to overdub themselves many times,and "bounce" these down to successive sub 
mixes. In the end, eighth generation tapes were being used.The tapes had passed 
over the recording heads so many times the normally opaque tapes could be seen 
through, as the oxide layer was beginning to wear off.The various sections of tape 
containing the desired sub mixes would have to be cut with razor blades and
reassembled together in the correct sequence using adhesive tape, a process known
as splicing.
    A backing track of the grand piano (Mercury), bass guitar (John Deacon) and 
drums (Taylor) was recorded first. The band used many instruments to produce the 
song, including a Fender Precision Electric Bass, May's Red Special electric guitar,
Ludwig Drums,timpani and a Paiste Gong. Mercury used a Bechstein "Concert" 
Grand Piano, the same he'd later play in both the promotional video and the UK Tour.
When it was finished it was the most expensive single ever made and remains one of 
the most elaborate recordings in music history.
    When Mercury wanted to release the single in 1975, it had been suggested to him 
that, at 5 minutes and 55 seconds, it was far too long and would thus never be a 
hit.But Mercury gave a copy of the single to friend and London DJ Kenny Everett,
informing him (with a wink and a nod) that it was for him personally, and that he 
must never play it on air. Mercury's plan worked, as Everett did just the opposite,
teasing his listeners by playing bits and pieces of the song throughout his show. 
    Ultimately, Everett would go on to play the song as many as fourteen times in a
single day.From then on, every major radio station played the song in full. The 
track proved popular and was released with "I'm in Love with My Car" as the B-side.
   From the time the song at position #22 was released to the public, there has 
been speculation regarding the meaning behind the song's lyrics. One common 
misconception is that the song is a first-person account of an AIDS victim, even 
though it was written more than a decade before Freddie Mercury contracted HIV,and 
seven years before HIV was even recognized as a virus.Some believe the lyrics are
about a suicidal murderer hunted by demons,or depict the events just preceding an 
execution, pointing to Albert Camus's novel "The Stranger" as a probable source of 
inspiration. Some even believe the lyrics were only written to fit with the music,
and have no meaning at all. As evidence, Kenny Everett quoted Mercury as claiming 
the lyrics were simply "random rhyming nonsense."
    Mercury was famously evasive when asked about the song's meaning. Unlike the 
other members of the group at position #22, who often talked about the inspiration 
behind the songs they had written,Mercury disliked analysing his own material,and 
preferred listeners to construct their own personal interpretations.What is known 
is that the song had an especially personal connection for Mercury,which was 
confirmed by the band's other members. Following the single's release, Mercury was 
quoted as saying:" It's one of those songs which has such a fantasy feel about it.
I think people should just listen to it,think about it, and then make up their own 
minds as to what it says to them...'Bohemian Rhapsody' didn't just come out of thin 
air. I did a bit of research although it was tongue-in-cheek and mock opera. Why not?" 
      However when the band released a Greatest Hits cassette in Iran a leaflet in
farsi was included with translation and explanations of the lyrics. There the 
recording act at position #16 states that the song at position #22 is about a young
man who has accidentally killed someone and,like Faust,sold his soul to the devil.
On the night before his execution he calls for God in Arabic,"Bismillah",and with 
the help of angels regains his soul from Shaitan.
   The song is composed of six distinct sections - introduction, ballad, guitar 
solo, opera, rock and an outro. This format, replete with abrupt changes in style, 
tone, and tempo, was unusual to rock music at the time. An embryonic version of 
this style was done by the quartet at #22 themselves in "My Fairy King".That song,
along with "Liar" and "March of the Black Queen" were also written by Mercury and 
are noted for their musical similarities to "Bohemian Rhapsody."
   In the introduction (0:00-0:48) the song begins with close four-part harmony 
a cappella introduction in "B-flat", which is entirely multi track recordings of 
Mercury. The lyrics question whether life is "real" or "just fantasy" before 
concluding that there can be "no escape from reality." After 15 seconds, the grand 
piano enters and Mercury's solo voice alternates with the chorus. The narrator 
introduces himself as "just a poor boy" but declares that he "need(s) no sympathy" 
because nothing matters: chromatic side-slipping on "easy come, easy go" highlight 
the dream-like atmosphere. The end of this section is marked by the bass entrance 
and the familiar cross-handed piano vamp in "B-flat".
  In the ballad section(0:48-2:36) the grand piano continues the 2-bar vamp in 
B-flat. Deacon's bass guitar enters playing the first note, and the vocals change 
from harmony to an impassioned solo performance by Mercury. The narrator explains 
to his mother that he has "just killed a man," and with that act thrown his life 
away.The chromatic bass line brings about a modulation to E-flat. Here Taylor's 
drums enter (1:19), and the narrator makes the second of several invocations to his
"mama"  in the new key, reusing the original theme. The narrator explains his 
regret over "making you cry" and urging mama to "carry on" "as if nothing really 
matters." A truncated phrase connects to a repeat of the vamp in B-flat. As the 
ballad proceeds into its second verse,the narrator shows how tired and beat down 
he is by his actions (as May enters on guitar and mimics the upper range of the 
piano 1:50). May sends "shivers down my spine" by scratching the strings on the 
other side of the bridge. The narrator bids the world goodbye and prepares to "face
the truth" admitting "I don't want to die / I sometimes wish I'd never been born at
all." Another chromatic bass descent brings a modulation to the key of "A", and the 
"Opera" section.  In the guitar solo section (2:36-3:02),as Mercury sings the rising
line "I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all," the band builds in intensity, 
leading up to a guitar solo by May that serves as the bridge from ballad to opera. 
May's solo continues to build intensity, but,once the bass line completes its
descent establishing the new key, the entire band cuts out abruptly at 3:02 except 
for quiet "A" Major quaver chords on the piano: the "opera" has begun. In live 
performances,the stage would go dark and all the members of the band would walk 
offstage and allow the entire opera section to play from the recording, as it was 
impossible for them to perform it live,due to the extensive overdubbing.
   According to Roy Thomas Baker in the opera section (3:02-4:07)" Every time 
Freddie came up with another 'Galileo', I would add another piece of tape to the 
reel... That section alone took about three weeks to record, which in 1975 was the
average time spent on a whole album. " 
  A rapid series of rhythmic and harmonic changes (E-flat major to F minor to A 
major, among others) introduces a pseudo-operatic midsection, which contains the 
bulk of the elaborate vocal multi-tracking, depicting the narrator's "descent into 
hell". While the underlying pulse of the song is maintained, the dynamics vary 
greatly from bar to bar, from only Mercury's voice accompanied by a piano, to a
multi-voice choir supported by drums, bass, piano and a timpani.
      The choir effect was created by having May, Mercury, and Taylor sing their 
vocal parts continually for ten to twelve hours a day, resulting in 180 separate 
overdubs. According to Roger Taylor, the voices of May, Mercury and himself 
combined created a wide vocal range: "Brian could get down quite low, Freddie had 
an incredibly powerful voice through the middle, and I was good at the high stuff."
  This was useful as the band wanted to create "a wall of sound, that start down 
and go all the way up".
      The band used the bell effect for lyrics "Magnifico" and "Let me go".Also,on 
"Let him go",Taylor singing the top section carries his note on further after the 
rest of the "choir" have stopped singing. Lyrical references in this passage 
include Scaramouche, the fandango, Galileo,Figaro and "Bismillah," as rival factions
fight over the narrator's soul. The introduction is recalled with the chromatic 
inflection on "I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me." The section concludes with a 
full choral treatment of the lyric "Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me!",on a 
block B-flat major chord.
     Roger Taylor famously tops the last note with a Bb6, or B-flat in the sixth 
octave, a note in the soprano range. Taylor used falsetto to reach the note,a 
common practice for countertenors.
    The operatic section leads into an aggressive heavy metal musical interlude 
with a guitar riff that was written by Mercury. During group sing alongs (including 
a famous scene in the film Wayne's World),it is traditional to "headbang" during 
this passage. At 4:14, a double-tracked Mercury sings angry lyrics addressed to an 
unspecified "you," accusing him/her of betrayal and abuse and insisting "can't do
this to me, baby." Three ascending guitar runs follow, which May described as 
something he had to "battle with" when performing the song live. Mercury then plays
a similar run on the piano.
    In the outro section (4:55-5:55) after Mercury plays ascending octaves of notes
from the "B" flat mixolydian scale, the song then returns to the tempo and form of 
the introduction. A guitar accompanies the chorus "ooh, oh yeah, oh yeah".The 
guitar is played through an amplifier designed by John Deacon, affectionately 
nicknamed the "Deacy Amp". Mercury's line "Nothing really matters..." appears again.
The final line, "Any way the wind blows," is followed by the quiet sound of a gong.
  The promotional video for the song at position #22 is often cited as being the 
first music video.Though some artists,including this group(for example, Killer 
Queen already had a music video),had made video clips to accompany their songs,it 
wasn't until after the success of the song at position #22 video that it became 
regular practice for record companies to produce promo videos for their artists'
single releases.These videos could then be shown on television shows such as the 
BBC's Top of The Pops,without the need for the artist to appear in person.A promo 
video also allowed the artist to have their music broadcast and accompanied by 
their own choice of visuals,rather than dancers such as Pan's People performing a 
routine to the song.This video has been widely hailed as the first true pop promo,
launching the MTV age.
    The video for the single was directed by Bruce Gowers, using ideas from the band
members.It was created to allow the band to be on tour and appear "live" on the 
BBC's Top of the Pops. The piano used by Freddie Mercury in the video was also used
by Paul McCartney to record "Hey Jude".Shot in just over four hours on the band's 
rehearsal stage, it cost $4500 to produce,using an outside broadcast truck owned by
one of the band's managers. All the special effects were done during the recording. 
The effect of the face zooming away was accomplished by simply pointing the camera 
at a monitor, thus giving visual feedback, a visual glare, analogous to audio feedback. 
In the original version of the video an apparent editing glitch led to the piano part 
being briefly double-tracked out of sync with itself, but this was corrected in 
later releases.
  The record at position #22 ranks this high primarily due to it's 
two (2)appearances on the singles chart. In the USA this song was ranked by 
Billboard Magazine as the #18 song for the entire year of 1976. Then in 1992 the 
song reached the #2 postion on the Billboard singles chart. Up in the great white
north (Canada) in 1976 the song went to #1 for two (2) weeks. The eigth (8th) 
biggest song of all-time also went to #1 for two (2) weeks in Australia, then in 
1992 it reached #2 in Australia.The song was the sixth (6th) biggest song for the 
entire year of 1976 in Australia.But this song had it's biggest success in the UK. 
Like "The Twist" at position #20 was the best song when it came to chart 
performance in the USA,well the song at position #22 is the best song when it
comes to chart action in the UK. 
    The record at position #22 is the only single to have been a UK Christmas 
Number 1 twice (in a single recording),first in 1975/1976,and then in 1991/1992 
(as a double-A single with "These Are the Days of Our Lives") following the death 
of Mercury.On November 29th,1975 the song at position #22 began a nine (9) week 
occupation of the #1 position.Then the song returned for another five (5) week 
visit to the #1 position on December 21st,1991. Only three songs in the rock era
(the song at position #8,the song at position #108 and the song at position #164) 
have spent more time in the #1 position in the UK.However,this song at position
#22was the #1 song for the entire year of 1975 in the UK and the #6 song for the
entire year of 1992 in the UK.It is also the only UK single ever to sell a million 
copies on two separate occasions and is placed third in the official list of the 
best-selling singles in the UK.In 1977, only two years after its release,the record
at position #22 was named 'The Best Single Of The Last 25 Years' by BPI. 
The British website www.hart87,freeserve.co.uk/top100.html which was ranking the 
100 best songs in the UK between 1952-2002 ranked this song as the 3rd best song 
between 1952 and 2002. In November of 1999 I was in London and I was watching the
BBC and an entertainment program declared the song at position #2 as the #1 song
for the entire millenium.The song at position #8 also went to #1 in Belgium,
Netherlands,New Zealand and Ireland.  
   The song consistently ranks highly in media reader polls of "the best singles 
of all-time".In 2002, it came first in the Guinness Hit Singles poll of the 
greatest  UK singles of all-time, as well as 10th in a BBC World Service poll to 
find the world's favorite song. In 2000 it came second to "Imagine" by John Lennon
in a Channel 4 television poll of The 100 Best Number 1s in the UK. It has been in 
the top 5 of the Dutch annual "Top 100 Aller Tijden" ("All-Time Top 100 Singles")
since 1977, reaching #1 eight times.In the annual "Top 2000" (maintained since 
1999) it has, until 2005, been #1 every year. In 2005, it went down one place to 
#2,only to reclaim #1 in 2006 again.For popularity comparison: the 2005 edition of 
the top 2000 was listened to by more than 60% of the total Dutch populace.
  The song enjoyed renewed popularity in 1992 as part of the soundtrack to the 
film Wayne's World.In connection with this, a new video was released, inter 
cutting excerpts from the film with footage from the original Queen video, along 
with some live footage of the band.
  On the Made in Heaven video documentary "Champions of the World", Mike Myers 
talked about his horror at finding out that the record company had mixed clips 
from Wayne's World with Queen's original video, and his fear that this would upset
the band. Myers himself said "they've just whizzed on a Picasso". As a result, he 
asked the record company to tell Queen that the video was not his idea, and that 
he apologised to them. He then said that, later, Queen sent a reply simply saying 
"Thank you for using our song", which shocked Myers, who said it should be more 
like him telling Queen "Thank you for even letting me touch the hem of your garments!"
  The final scene of the video was notable, where a pose of the band from the video
from the original song at position #22's clip "morphs" into an identically-posed 
1985 photo, first featured in the "One Vision" video. This re-release (with The 
Show Must Go On as a double-A side) hit #2 in the US in 1992, sixteen years after 
the original 1976 US release.
  In 2004 the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
  As of 2004, the song at position #22" is the second most played song on British 
radio, after Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale".In 2004 the song was inducted 
into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
  As of 2004,the song at position #22 is the second most played song on British 
radio, after Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale".
  At first the quartet avoided the club circuit,preferring to play at colleges,
often only for invited guests at venues such as the College of Estate Management 
Hall.Eventually they moved into the Marquee Club.They struggled for two years until
producers Roy Thomas Baker and John Anthony,who heard a demo tape,decided they 
wanted to work with the quartet.Audition tapes were brought to many record 
companies,but it was EMI that finally signed a contract with the band.Chosen 
"Melody Makers" band of the year in a 1974 poll,the quartet hit big in the UK with 
their first single "Seven Seas of Rhye",but didn't chart in the USA until the 
release of their second 45, "Killer Queen" which reached #12 in May of 1975.

  The song at position #21 in April of 2014 only peaked at #5 (spending 5 weeks 
there) on the US Billboard Hot 100.However,this song is not at position #21 for 
it's performance on the single charts;it is at #211 for the chart performance of 
the album the song is on.It's from an album that spent 13 weeks at the top of the 
Billboard 200.The album has spent 36 weeks in the top 10 on the US Billboard 
Hot 100 as of publication (August 16,2014).This album a soundtrack to a Disney 
movie has sold over 3 million copies.This album also went to #1 in Canada,UK,
Australia,Argentina,China, Ireland,Japan and New Zealand.It peaked at #2 in Italy 
and South Korea.
   The song at position #21 received much critical acclaim,including an Academy
Award win for Best Original Song and a Critics' Choice Award for Best Song,as well
as a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Original Song.
     The song at position #21 in April of 2014 only peaked at #5 (spending 5 weeks
there) on the US Billboard Hot 100.However,this song is not at position #21 for 
it's performance on the single charts;it is at #211 for the chart performance of 
the album the song is on.It's from an album that spent 13 weeks at the top of the 
Billboard 200..This album a soundtrack to a Disney movie has sold over 3 million 
copies.This album also went to #1 in Canada,UK,Australia,Argentina,China,Ireland,
Japan and New Zealand.It peaked at #2 in Italy and South Korea.
   The song at position #21 received much critical acclaim,including an Academy 
Award win for Best Original Song and a Critics' Choice Award for Best Song,as well 
as a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Original Song.

   The recording act at Position #20 was born Ernest Evans on October 3rd,1941 in 
Andrews,South Carolina but he was raised in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania. One time he
was a chicken plucker.But Ernest got started with his entertainment career by doing
impersonations of famous singers.
  The phenomenon of "The Twist" started in 1958 with a Detroit group known as 
"Hank Ballard & The Midnighters".They were best known for an R&B hit that was 
banned by many radio stations in the early 50s titled "Work With Me Annie".The 
groups first pop hit was "Teardrops On Your Letter". The flipside of that single 
was a song Ballard had written after seeing some teenagers do a new dance in 
Florida known as "The Twist".The melody to "The Twist" is the same melody as that 
of the 1955R&B hit by the Drifters titled "What'Cha Gonna Do.
  The DJs played the "A" side and "The Twist went mostly unnoticed,until the dance
spread across the USA.When it became the hottest dance on Dick Clark's American 
Bandstand,Clark suggested that Danny & The Juniors record a cover version.When 
they didn't come up with anything,Clark called some friends at Philadelphia's most 
successful record company "Cameo-Parkway", and made a suggestion of who should 
record the song.
  It had been December of 1958 when Dick Clark and his then-wife Bobbie went to 
Cameo records to find someone to record an audio "Christmas card" they would send
to their friends.Cameo had a new artist named Ernest Evans,who impressed Dick Clark
with his ability to impersonate other singers,especially Fats Domino.Ernest 
recorded a song called "The Class" which Dick used for his Christmas card.Evans 
had been nicknamed "Chubby" by a friend who came into the produce market where he 
used to work,and Bobbie Clark added the last name "Checker" as a take-off of "Fats 
Domino".
  "The Class" was such a hit with Clark's friends,that Cameo-Parkway released it as
a commercial single in the spring of 1959.The novelty was the singer who has the
song at position #14's first Hot 100 entry,peaking at number 38.
  So Ernest was recruited to record a new version of "The Twist".It took him 35 
minutes to do three (3) takes, backed by a vocal group known as the Dreamlovers.He 
then made several appearances on "American Bandstand" giving "Twist" lessons and 
promoting his single.On August 1st,1960 "The Twist" entered the Billboard Hot 100 
at number 49.
   Hank Ballard was floating in a pool in Miami,Florida the first time he heard
Ernest Evan's song on the radio.It was so carefully copied note for note from the 
original version that Hank Ballard thought he was listening to himself on the radio.
While many people thought Ballard was cheated out of a hit record by the cover 
version,he has since expressed his gratitude to the artist who sings the song at 
position #20 and Dick Clark-as the writer of the song.Ballard's royalties over 
the years have amounted to a nice sum.
  Society columnist "Cholly Knickerbocker" mentioned that Prince Serge Obolensky 
was seen dancing the twist at Manhattan's Peppermint Lounge and suddenly it was a 
worldwide sensation,drawing the elite to discotheques to twist the night away.
   Because of the dance's new found acceptance Ernest Evans was invited to sing 
"The Twist" on the "Ed Sullivan Show" on October 22nd,1961,prompting a re-release 
of the single.A full page ad in Billboard Magazine said it all:"The Twist" dance 
rage explodes into the adult world! This time around it was the adults buying the 
single and they bought enough copies to return it to the Billboard Hot 100 on 
November 13th,1961 and send it all the way to #1 on January 13th,1962.
   The song at position #20 charted two times in the UK. It was the 87th biggest 
song for the entire year of 1962 in the UK and the 24th biggest song for the entire
year of 1975 in the UK.The song also charted in both 1960 &1962 in Australia.
     Along with the song at position #20 being the most successful single of 
all-time on Billboard Magazine (US) it was also the most successful single of 
all-time on Cash Box Magazine (USA).Also according to radio station CHUM from 
Toronto,Canada the song at position #20 is the most successful charting single in 
CHUM singles chart history.In Canada the song at position #20 was the #1 song for 
the entire year of 1962.
   In terms of chart performance on Billboard Magazine's singles Chart the song at
position #20 is the most successful single of all-time.It is the only record to go 
to #1 in two (2) separate chart runs-first in September of 1960,for one week,and 
again in January of 1962 when it was number one for two (2) weeks.It was on the 
Billboard singles chart for a cumulative total of 38 weeks.

  The recording act at position #19 was born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta on 
March 28, 1986 in New York City.She was the eldest child of Italian American 
parents Joseph and Cynthia Germanotta (ne Bissett).She learned to play piano 
from the age of four,went on to write her first piano ballad at 13 and began 
performing at open mike nights by age 14.At the age of 11,Germanotta attended 
Convent of the Sacred Heart,a private Roman Catholic school.An avid thespian in 
high school musicals,Germanotta portrayed lead roles as "Adelaide in "Guys and 
Dolls" and "Philia" in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum".She 
described her academic life in high school as "very dedicated,very studious,very 
disciplined" but also "a bit insecure" as she told in an interview,"I used to get 
made fun of for being either too provocative or too eccentric,so I started to tone
it down.I didn't fit in, and I felt like a freak".Acquaintances dispute that she 
did not fit in school."She had a core group of friends;she was a good student.She 
liked boys a lot,but singing was No. 1",recalled a former high school classmate.
Referring to her "expressive,free spirit",the singer at position #19 told "Elle"
magazine she is left-handed!"
  At age 17,Germanotta gained early admission to the New York University's Tisch 
School of the Arts.There she studied music,and improved her songwriting skills by 
composing essays and analytical papers focusing on topics such as art,religion,
social issues and politics.Germanotta lived in a NYU dorm on 11th Street but felt 
that she was more creative than some of her classmates."Once you learn how to think
about art,you can teach yourself," she said. By the second semester of her 
sophomore year,she withdrew from the school to focus on her musical career.Her 
father agreed to pay her rent for a year,on the condition that she re-enroll for
Tisch,if she was unsuccessful."I left my entire family, got the cheapest apartment 
I could find,and ate shit until somebody would listen," she said.
     Germanotta had initially signed with Def Jam Recordings at the age of 19,after 
Island Def Jam Music Group Chairman and CEO L. A. Reid heard her singing down the 
hallway from his office.After three months,she was dropped from Def Jam,although 
they introduced her to songwriter and producer RedOne,whom they also managed.The 
first song she produced together with Redone was "Boys Boys Boys",a mash-up inspired
by Motley Crue's "Girls, Girls, Girls" and AC/DC's "T.N.T.".She moved into an
apartment on the Lower East Side,and from there she started the Stefani Germanotta 
Band with some friends from NYU.They recorded an EP of their Fiona Apple-esque 
ballads,at a studio underneath a liquor store in New Jersey,becoming a local 
fixture at the downtown LES club scene.She began taking drugs soon after,while 
performing at burlesque shows.Her father did not understand the reason behind her 
drug addiction and could not look at her for several months. Music producer Rob 
Fusari,who helped her write some of her earlier songs,compared her vocal style to
that of Freddie Mercury.Fusari helped create the moniker Gaga,after the Queen song 
"Radio Ga Ga".One day, Germanotta was in the process of trying to come up with a 
stage name, when she received a text message from Fusari that read "Lady Gaga".He 
explained, "Every day,when Stef came to the studio,instead of saying hello,I would 
start singing 'Radio Ga Ga'.That was her entrance song. Lady Gaga was actually a 
glitch when Fusari typed 'Radio Ga Ga'in a text and it did an autocorrect so 
somehow 'Radio' got changed to 'Lady'.Germanotta texted me back,"That's it."After 
that day,she was Lady Gaga.She's like, "Don't ever call me Stefani again".
Throughout 2007,Gaga collaborated with performance artist Lady Starlight,who 
helped create her onstage fashions.The pair began playing gigs at downtown club 
venues like the "Mercury Lounge","The Bitter End", and the "Rockwood Music Hall",
with their live performance art piece known as "Lady Gaga and the Starlight Revue".
Billed as "The Ultimate Pop Burlesque Rockshow",their act was a low-fi tribute to 
1970s variety acts.In August 2007, Gaga and Starlight were invited to play at the 
American Lollapalooza music festival.The show was critically acclaimed,and their
performance received positive reviews.Having initially focused on avant-garde, and 
electronic dance music, Gaga found her musical niche when she began to incorporate 
pop melodies and the vintage glam rock of David Bowie and Queen into her music.
     Gaga while performing at a bar,Fusari sent the songs he produced with Gaga to
his friend,producer and record executive Vincent Herbert.Herbert was quick to sign 
her to his label Streamline Records,an imprint of Interscope Records.She credited 
Herbert as the man who discovered her,adding "I really feel like we made pop history,
and we're gonna keep going". Having already served as an apprentice songwriter 
under an internship at Famous Music Publishing,which was later acquired by Sony/ATV
Music Publishing,Gaga subsequently struck a music publishing deal with Sony/ATV.As 
a result,she was hired to write songs for Britney Spears,and labelmates New Kids 
On The Block,Fergie,and the Pussycat Dolls.While Gaga was writing at Interscope,
singer-songwriter Akon recognized her vocal abilities,when she sang a reference 
vocal for one of his tracks in studio.He then convinced Interscope-Geffen-A&M 
Chairman and CEO Jimmy Iovine to form a joint deal,by having her also sign with 
his own label Kon Live Distribution,and later called her his "franchise player". 
Gaga continued her collaboration with Redone,by working with him in the studio for 
a week on her debut album,spawning the future singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face".
She also joined the roster of Cherrytree Records,an Interscope imprint established
by producer and songwriter Martin Kierszenbaum,after co-writing four songs with 
Kierszenbaum including the single "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)".
   The song at position #19 although rather succesful is at position #19 primarily 
for both the success of the album titled "The Fame" and the song "Poker Face".
    In 2008, Lady Gaga had relocated to Los Angeles,working closely with her record 
label to finalize her debut album "The Fame".It was released on August 19,2008 by 
Interscope Records.She combined a lot of different genres on the album,from Def 
Leppard drums and hand claps to metal drums on "urban tracks.The main theme of the 
songs is about how anyone can feel famous like a celebrity.Gaga worked with several
producers on the album;mainly RedOne,Martin Kierszenbaum and Rob Fusari.The songs 
are mostly inspired by Gaga's love of fame in general,and deals with the intricacies 
of a rich and famous lifestyle,visualized by her.Musically,the album drew 
inspiration from '80s electropop and synthpop while incorporating dance music and 
clear hooks.The album received mostly positive reviews, with critics commending 
Gaga's ability to discover a melodious hook and comparing her vocal abilities to 
those of Gwen Stefani.In the United States the album peaked at number two on the 
Billboard 200 and topped the Billboard Top Electronic Albums chart.
     On December 2,2009,"The Fame" was nominated for six Grammy Awards and won 
Best Dance Recording for "Poker Face".The album was nominated for Album of the Year,
and won the Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album at the 52nd Grammy Awards.
On February 16,2010, it won Best International Album at the 2010 BRIT Awards.
   In Canada,the album reached number-one,and has been certified triple platinum by
the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) for shipment of 240,000 copies, 
and sold 390,000 copies.The album debuted at number six,and peaked at number two in 
New Zealand as well as being certified double platinum.In Australia,the album 
debuted at twelve and peaked at three.The album has been certified three times 
platinum in Australia,by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for
shipments of 210,000 copies."The Fame" debuted in the United Kingdom at number three.
After spending ten weeks in the top ten,it replaced Ronan Keating's "Songs for My 
Mother" at the top position.Since then,the album spent four consecutive weeks at
the number-one spot.It has been certified four-times platinum by the British 
Phonographic Industry (BPI) for shipment of 1.2 million copies.Including sales of 
the Deluxe The Fame Monster Edition,the album has sold approximately 1,647,000
copies in the UK as of March 5,2010.In Ireland,the album entered the charts at 
number eight,and in its fifth week climbed to number-one for two consecutive weeks.
In mainland Europe,the album peaked at number one on the European Top 100 Albums,the
Austrian Albums Chart and the German Album Chart.It also reached the top twenty in
Belgium,the Czech Republic,Denmark,Finland,Greece,Hungary,Italy,the Netherlands,
Norway,Poland,Russia and Switzerland.Worldwide,the album has sold eight million copies.
   Off "The Fame" album "Poker Face" was inspired by Gaga's boyfriends who enjoyed 
gambling,and also dealt with her personal experience of bisexuality;her fantasies 
about women while having sex with men,thus representing her "Poker face".
  "Poker Face" was released as the album's second single in late 2008 for some 
markets and in early 2009 for the rest of the world.The song is an uptempo dance 
song following in the footsteps of her previous single "Just Dance" but has a 
darker musical tone.The main idea behind the song is bisexuality and was a tribute
by Gaga to her past boyfriends."Poker Face" has been well-received by the critics 
most of whom have praised the robotic hook and the chorus.The song has attained 
worldwide success,topping the charts in more than seventeen countries including the 
United States,United Kingdom, Australia,New Zealand,Canada and many European 
countries."Poker Face" is also the most downloaded song in the British chart 
history;and one of the most successful songs of the 21st century to date.The 
accompanying music video for the song portrays Gaga singing it in various costumes 
and playing strip poker in a mansion.Gaga performed the song for the eighth season 
of the television show American Idol as well as the Fame Ball and Monster Ball 
tours.The live performances included an electronic version and an acoustic version,
which she played on the piano.It was nominated for Song of the Year and Record of 
the Year at the 52nd Grammy Awards and won the Grammy for Best Dance Recording.
Rolling Stone ranked it number ninety-six (96) on their list of 100 Best Songs of 
the 2000s decade.
  "Poker Face" was written by Lady Gaga and RedOne,Lady Gaga stated that the main 
idea behind the song was sex and gambling.In an interview with UK's Daily Star, Gaga
noted of the song,"It's about a lot of different things.I gamble but I'e also dated
a lot of guys who are really into sex and booze and gambling,so I wanted to write a
record my boyfriends would like too."In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine,
when asked about the meaning of the line "bluffin' with my muffin",Gaga explained 
that it really was a metaphor for her vulva.She explained,"Obviously,it's my pussy's
poker face!I took that line from another song I wrote but never released,called 
'Blueberry Kisses.'It was about a girl singing to her boyfriend about how she wants
him to go down on her,and I used the lyric.Then Gaga sings "Blueberry kisses,the 
muffin man misses them kisses".
  During her Fame Ball Tour performance at Palm Springs,California,on April 11,2009,
Gaga explained to the crowd the true meaning behind the term "Poker Face" used in 
the song.She suggested that the song dealt with her personal experience with 
bisexuality.The idea behind the song was to be with a man but fantasizing about a 
woman,hence the man in the song needs to read her "Poker Face" to understand what 
is going through her mind.
    The song has sold five million paid digital downloads in the United States 
according to Nielsen Soundscan,making Gaga the first artist in digital history to 
top the five million mark in paid downloads with two songs,the first being "Just 
Dance".In Canada,the song debuted at number forty-one on the Canadian Hot 100.On 
the chart dated December 13,2008, "Poker Face" ascended to the number one spot and
then spent nine non-consecutive weeks at the top.The song was certified six times 
platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) for paid digital 
downloads of 240,000."Poker Face" entered the Australian charts at number twenty-six,
and in its seventh week peaked at number one. "Poker Face" has shipped over 420,000 
copies in Australia,earning six-times platinum certification by the Australian 
Recording Industry Association (ARIA).In New Zealand,the song debuted on the 
Official Chart at number twenty-one.In its sixth week,it peaked the chart spending 
ten consecutive weeks at number one."Poker Face" was certified two times platinum 
after twenty-seven weeks on the chart,selling over 30,000 copies,according to the 
Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ).
  "Poker Face" debuted at number thirty on the UK Singles Chart.On the chart issue 
dated March 22, 2009,"Poker Face" climbed to number one,thus giving Gaga her second
consecutive UK number one single.According to The Official Charts Company,"Poker 
Face" is the most downloaded song in Britain,since the download chart was introduced
in 2004.As of December 2009 the song has sold 900,000 downloads there.It became the
biggest selling digital single in the UK,followed by Gaga's debut single "Just Dance".
The song was awarded The Record of the Year in the UK in 2009.In Italy the song 
debuted at number nineteen (19) and peaked at number two.The song has also reached 
that peak in a number of European countries including Austria,Belgium Flanders and Wallonia),
Denmark,Finland,rance,Germany,Ireland, Netherlands,Norway,Swedenand Switzerland.The
single also peaked on the Billboard European Hot 100 Singles Chart and was on the 
top for sixteen weeks making it the longest running single in the chart.Worldwide 
the song has sold 9.8 million digital copies.
  Madonna told Rolling Stone that she sees "(her)self in Lady Gaga".In response to 
the comparisons between herself and Madonna,Gaga stated:"I don't want to sound
presumptuous, but I've made it my goal to revolutionise pop music.The last 
revolution was launched by Madonna 25 years ago".Gaga was nominated for a total of 
nine awards at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards,winning the award for "Best New 
Artist",while her single "Paparazzi" won two awards for "Best Art Direction" and
"Best Special Effects."In October 2009,Gaga received Billboard magazine's Rising
Star of 2009 award.She attended the Human Rights Campaign's "National Dinner" on 
October 10,2009,before marching in the National Equality March in Washington, D.C. 
In 2009 she performed at The 2009 Royal Variety Performance where Gaga met and sang
for Queen Elizabeth II. Gaga was chosen as of one the '10 Most Fascinating People
of 2009' by Barbara Walters during Walters' annual ABC News special.In May 2010,
Time magazine included Gaga in its annual Time 100 list of the most influential 
people in the world.
         Gaga performed the song for the eighth season of the television show 
American Idol as well as the Fame Ball and Monster Ball tours.The live performances
included an electronic version and an acoustic version,which she played on the 
piano.The song at position #19 was nominated for both "Song of the Year" and 
"Record of the Year" at the 52nd Grammy Awards and won the Grammy Award for Best 
Dance Recording.Rolling Stone ranked it number ninety-six (96) on their list of 100 
Best Songs of the 2000s decade.In October 2011,NME placed it at number 103 on its 
list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years.

  The song at position #18 by this "blue-eyed soul" duo gets to where it is because
of two appearances of this song on the singles chart. The song first charted in the
summer of 1965.Then twenty-five years later in 1990 this song appeared in a movie 
titled "Ghosts" (which starred Patrick Swayze,Demi Moore & Whoopi Goldberg) and the
song was re-released. In the USA the song peaked at #4 the first time in 1965 on the
Billboard singles chart and then peaked at #13 in 1990.In Canada the song spent two
(2) weeks in the #1 position on radio station CHUM from Toronto in 1965 and then 
peaked at #5 on the Canadian singles charts in 1990.In Australia the song peaked at
#3 on the Australian singles charts in 1965 and then spent six (6) weeks in the #1 
position in 1990.In the UK the song peaked at #14 on the UK singles chart in 1965 
and then spent four (4) weeks in the #1 position in 1990. In 1965 the song at 
position #18 was the fifth (5th) biggest song for that entire year on radio station 
CHUM from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Further, this song was the #1 song for the entire
year of 1990 in both Australia (ARIA) and the UK.In 1999 Radio Station MIX 94 from 
Perth,Australia ranked the song at position #12 as the second (2nd) biggest record 
of all-time.
  The song at position #18 originally became popular in 1955 with music by 
Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret.In 1955,North used the music as a theme for the 
obscure  prison film "Unchained",hence the name.Todd Duncan sang the vocals for the
film soundtrack.

  The recording act at position #16 was born on August 9th,1963 in Newark,New Jersey
(died February 11th,2012 in LA). She is the daughter of Cissy Houston and a cousin
of Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick.This song at position #16 gets to where it is
for its performance on both the singles and albums chart. The song at position #16 
spent ten (10) weeks in the #1 position in both Australia & the UK and fourteen (14)
weeks at #1 in the USA (Billboard Magazine).Only two song has spent more time at #1
on the Billboard singles chart. Further,the song also spent thirteen (13) weeks at 
#1 on Cash Box (US) Magazine which is the longest that any song stayed at the 
#1 position in the entire history of the Cash Box Magazine's single chart. The song
at position #16 according to Billboard Magazine (US) and ARIA (Australia) this was 
the #2 song for the entire year of 1993 and it was the #1 song for the entire year
of 1993 on Cash Box (US) Magazine and in the UK.In addition the British website 
www.hart87,freeserve.co.uk/op100.html which was ranking the 100 best songs in the
UK between 1952-2002 ranked this song as the 36th best song between 1952 and 2002.
The song is off the album "THE BODYGUARD" which was the #2 album for the entire year
of 1993 in Australia (ARIA) and in the USA (Cash Box and Billboard Magazine) it was
the #1 album for the entire year of 1993. Further,Billboard Magazine ranked this 
album as the #2 album for the entire decade of the 1990s.This album spent twenty 
(20) weeks in the #1 position on Billboard Magazine.Only eight (8) albums have 
spent more time at #1 on Billboard Magazine's Album chart.
  The song at position #16 was written by singer-songwriter Dolly Parton in 1973.
In 1992,the recording act who sings the song at position #16 recorded the song for 
the soundtrack to The movie "The Bodyguard",her film debut.The singer of the song at
position #16 originally intended to record Jimmy Ruffin's "What Becomes of the
Brokenhearted" as the lead single for the film.However,when it was discovered the 
song was to be used for "Fried Green Tomatoes",the singer of the song at position 
#16 then requested a different song and her co-star Kevin Costner brought her Linda
Ronstadt's 1975 version of the song at position #16 from her album "Prisoner in 
Disguise".The singer of the song and producer David Foster re-arranged the song as 
a soul ballad.Her record company did not feel a song with an a cappella introduction
would be as successful;however,the singer of the song at position #16 and Costner 
insisted on retaining the a cappella intro.The tenor saxophone solo was played by 
Kirk Whalum.The singer of the song at position #16's recording is not the only 
version of the song featured in the movie.In a scene where she dances with Kevin 
Costner,a version by John Doe can be heard playing on a jukebox.

   The song at position #12 is a song written,produced and performed by American 
singer Pharrell Williams,from the "Despicable Me 2" soundtrack album.It also served 
as the lead single from Williams' second studio album, "Girl" (2014).It was first 
released on November 21,2013, alongside a long-form music video.The song was 
reissued on December 16,2013,by Back Lot Music under exclusive license to Columbia 
Records, a division of Sony Music.The song at position #12 is an uptempo soul and 
neo soul song on which Williams's falsetto voice has been compared to Curtis 
Mayfield by critics.The song has been highly successful,peaking at No. 1 for ten 
weeks ago on the US Billboard Hot 100,United Kingdom,Canada,Ireland,New Zealand and 
19 other countries.It was the best-selling song of 2014 in the United States with
6.45 million copies sold for the year,as well as in the United Kingdom with 1.5
million copies sold for the year.It reached No. 1 in the UK on a record-setting 
three separate occasions and became the most downloaded song of all time in the UK 
in September 2014;it is the eighth highest-selling single of all time in the country.
It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. A live rendition of 
the song won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance at the 57th Annual 
Grammy Awards.
   The music video for the song at position #12 was nominated for Best Male Video 
and Video of the Year at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards.It also won the Grammy 
Award for Best Music Video at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards.The song was Billboard's 
number-one single for 2014.The song was the most successful song of 2014,with 13.9 
million units (sales plus equivalent streams) worldwide. 

    A typical record industry executive picking up the July 9th,1955 issue of Billboard Magazine might have taken notice of the new number one single on the "Best Sellers In Store Chart" and then moved on to more pressing news stories of the day. Then it would have been difficult to imagine that the song at #10 of all-time created a dividing line between all that came before and all that was to follow.
Many musicologists consider the song at position #10 as the song that began rock & roll.
  The recording act at position #10 is not credited with inventing the term "rock & roll". That credit goes to disc jockey "Alan Freed" who coined the term from the 1947 R&B hit "We're Gonna Rock,We're Gonna Roll" by Bill Moore. What the artist at position #10 did was bring rock & roll to the consciousness of the world.The lead  singer of this sextet did not reach the stratospheric heights of Elvis Presley (probably because at the time the big recording industry were looking for someone younger to push rock & roll)but he will always be known as the "father of
Rock & Roll".
   The lead singer of this sextet at #10 was born William John Clifton Haley Jr. 
In Highland Park,Michigan on July 6th,1925. His father was a textile worker,played 
the banjo and his mother was a piano teacher who sometimes played organ in a 
neighborhood Baptist church.When he was seven,the family moved to Wilmington,Delaware,
and soon after he was playing his own home made cardboard guitar.
  Answering an ad in Billboard Magazine the lead singer of the sextet at position #10 was hired as a yodeller for the Downhomers.He left the group to become a disc jockey at WSNJ in Bridgeport,New Jersey.In 1948 he moved to WPWA in Chester,Pennsylvania,where he formed a singing group,the 4 Aces of Western Swing.He disbanded them in 1949 and started the Saddlemen. In 1952 they recorded "Rock This Joint" a song which blended a country sound with rhythm and blues. The Saddlemen became the Comets.The Comets consisted of Billy Williamson (guitar),Joey D'Ambrosio (sax),Johnny Grande (piano),Marshall Lytle (bass) and Billy Gussak (drums). In 1953 their first hit "Crazy Man,Crazy" went to #15 on Billboard and is considered by some to be the first rock & roll record to ever make the chart.
   In 1954 the lead singer of the sextet at position #10 and Jimmy Myers (a New York publisher) went to see Milt Gabler at Decca Records. Gabler singned the lead singer of the sextet at position #10 and his Comets immediately and on April 12th,1954 they went into the studio to record two tracks: "Thirteen Women" and the song in the #10 position on the Top 5000.
   The song at position #10 is a 12-bar-blues-based song written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers (the latter under the pseudonym "Jimmy De Knight") in 1952.Myers offered the song to Sonny Dae & His Knights,a novelty all-white musical group led by Italian-American Paschal Vennitti.The group's subsequent recording, on the Arcade Records label (owned by the lead singer of this sextet at position #10's manager,Jack Howard),was a regional success,although it sounded very different from what The recording act of the song at position #10 would later record.In 1954 the song was only mildly successful. It was the recording act at position #10's cover version of Joe Turner's "Shake,Rattle & Roll" that hit the top 10 and made the recording act at position #10 stars. Two more top 20 hits followed "Dim Dim The Lights" and "Mambo Rock".
  In 1955 Jimmy Myers had not given up on the song at position #10. To promote the 
song,he sent copies to everyone he could think of in Hollywood. In the Northern 
Hemisphere spring of 1955 MGM released a movie titled "The Blackboard Jungle" which
starred Glenn Ford & Sidney Potier. In the movie Glenn Ford plays a high school 
teacher who is confronted by violent students. The song heard during the opening 
and closing credits was the song at position #10.Many versions of the story behind
how the song at position #10 was chosen for Blackboard Jungle circulated over the
years.Recent research,however,reveals that the song was chosen from the collection
of young Peter Ford,the son of "Blackboard Jungle" star Glenn Ford and dancer 
Eleanor Powell.The producers were looking for a song to represent the type of music
the youth of 1955 was listening to,and the elder Ford borrowed several records from
his son's collection,one of which was the song at position #10 and this was the song
chosen.
   This song created a sensation.There were riots in theaters.Clare Booth Luce denounced the film as degenerate,causing it to be pulled from the Venice Film festival.The song was re-released and went straight to #1 and rock & roll had begun.
   During the 1970s the lead singer of the recording act at position #10 shortened his performances of the song at position #10,dropping one verse and the second instrumental break from most performances.However,his last known recorded performance of the song,at a November 1979 command performance for Queen Elizabeth II was a complete version.Following the lead singer of the recording act at position #10's death in February 1981,a number of major tributes involving the song at position #10 occurred.That fall,a TV special marking the 30th anniversary of American Bandstand saw an all-star "supergroup" perform the song (accompanied by 1950s-era footage of the recording act at position #10).In 1982,the lead singer of the recording act at position #10's original recording was given the Grammy Hall of Fame Award.An excerpt from the recording was included in the lead singer of the recording act at position #10's Golden Medley",a hastily-compiled single in the "Stars on 45" mould which made the UK record charts in 1982,reaching number 50.In 1989,the lead singer of the recording act at position #10's original Decca recording was incorporated into the "dance mix" single "Swing The Mood",credited to Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers, but legal considerations forced the album version to substitute a patchwork of re-recordings from the 1950s and 1960s (in the lead singer of the recording act at position #10's case,a 1968 version of the song at position #10 recorded for Sonet Records). Since "Swing the Mood" was still on the sales charts going into 1990,this means that the song at position #10, in one way or another,appeared on UK or US sales charts in five consecutive decades.
    The song at position #10 is often cited as the biggest-selling vinyl rock and roll single of all time. The exact number of copies sold has never been audited;however, a figure of at least 25 million was cited by the Guinness Book of World Records in its category "Phonograph records: Biggest Sellers" from the early 1970s until the 1990s, when the advent of compact discs led to Guinness discontinuing the category. Guinness consistently listed the song at position #10 as having the highest claim of any pop music recording,coming second in sales only to Bing Crosby's 1942 recording of "White Christmas",which was also listed as having sold 5 million copies with a further estimated 100 million copies sold in other versions.Sales figures as high as 35 to 40 million have been cited in various reference books and by media,as have lower numbers in the 15-22 million range,whilst a "more than 30 million copies" figure was quoted by Star, as early as 1983,on back cover page of Swenson's book. A frequently used piece of promotion regarding the song is that 
it is said to be playing somewhere in the world every minute of the day.
   The United States House of Representatives also recognized the 40th anniversary of the composing of the song at position #10 with a special statement by Rep. Robert A. Borski of Pennsylvania,which was read into the Congressional Record on March 31,1993.
   The song at position #10 spent eight (8) weeks in the #1 position on Billboard Magazine.The record was also no.1 for seven weeks on the Cashbox pop singles chart in 1955. The song made five (5) appearances on the singles chart in the UK.In the UK the song at position #10 reached number 17 on the pop charts in January 1955,four months before it first entered the US pop charts.(Coincidentally,it reached the same position as was reached by the Beatles' first single,"Love Me Do", in 1962).The song re-entered the UK charts to reach number one to begin a three week run on November 25th,1955.Then after a three-week break returned there for a further three weeks in January 1956.It re-entered the charts again in September 1956,reaching number 5. The song was re-issued in 1968,when it made number 20,and again in 1974,when it reached number 12. According to Cash Box (US) Magazine the song at position #10 was the #1 song for the entire year of 1955.
   The British website www.hart87,freeserve.co.uk/top100.html which was ranking the 100 best songs in the UK between 1952-2002 ranked this song as the 31st best song between 1952 and 2002. In another poll by another British periodical in 1994 ranked this song as the #1 song of all-time.Radio station WCBS-FM from New York City ranked this song as the #4 song for the millennium.In 1981 radio station WKY from Oklahoma City,Oklahoma ranked the song at position #10 as the #1 song for all-time.

   The recording act at position #9 formed in July of 1968 after the rock group "The Yardbirds" disbanded.Left with the ownership of the group's name and several concert obligations to fulfill,Jimmy Page assembled a new group known at first as "The New Yardbirds".Beginning at first with John Paul Jones,a good friend and a leading British session musician.Page rounded out the line-up by recruiting Robert Plant and John Bonham from the "Band Of Joy". So the new group consisted of Jimmy Page born on January 9th,1945 in Heston,Midlands,England at lead guitar,Robert Plant born on August 20th,1947 in Birmingham,Englland at lead vocals and harmonica,John Paul Jones (a.k.a. John Baldwin) born on January 3rd,1946 in London on bass and keyboards and John "Bonzo" Bonham born on May 31st,1947 in Birmingham,England on drums. Once assembled the quartet changed it's name to Led Zeppelin at the suggestion of Page's friend Keith Moon of "The Who". 
   Almost immediately the group traveled to the USA,touring the country,singing with Atlantic records,and recording their first album Led Zeppelin I.During the next three years they followed with Led Zeppelin II,III and IV,and placed a number of singles on the charts.By this time their albums were selling in the millions within days of release. 
  In December 1970 the group at position #9 began recording the song at position #9 at Island Records' new Basing Street Studios in London. The song was completed by the addition of lyrics by Plant during the sessions for Led Zeppelin IV at Headley Grange, Hampshire,England in 1971.The complete studio recording was released on Led Zeppelin IV in November 1971. 
  The song's instrumentals were written by Jimmy Page "over a long period, the first part coming at Bron-Yr-Aur one night".Page always kept a cassette recorder around, and the idea for the song at position #9 came together from bits of taped music. 
  The first attempts at lyrics,written by Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant next to an evening log fire at Headley Grange, were partly spontaneously improvised and Page claimed, "a huge percentage of the lyrics were written there and then".Jimmy Page was strumming the chords and Robert Plant had a pencil and paper. Plant later said that suddenly, "my hand was writing out the words, "There's a lady who's sure, all that glitters is gold, and she's buying a stairway to heaven.I just sat there and looked at them and almost leapt out of my seat." Plant's own explanation of the lyrics was that it "was some cynical aside about a woman getting everything she wanted all the time without giving back any thought or consideration. The first line begins with that cynical sweep of the hand ... and it softened up after that." 
    The song is a multi-movement suite. A quiet introduction featuring acoustic guitar and three recorders (ending at-2:15) gradually moves into to a slow electric middle section (2:16-5:37),before the faster hard rock final section (5:49-end). Page stated that the song "speeds up like an adrenalin flow". 
   Written in the key of "A" minor and mainly in common time the song opens with an arpeggiated,hybrid-picked guitar chord progression with a chromatic descending bassline A-G#-G-F#-F. John Paul Jones contributed overdubbed wooden bass recorders in the opening section (he used a Mellotron, and later, a Yamaha CP70B Grand Piano and Yamaha GX1 to synthesize this arrangement in live performances)and a Hohner Electra-Piano electric piano in the middle section. 
   The sections build with more guitar layers, each complementary to the intro with the drums entering at 4:18. The bridge to the solo consists of shifting time signatures (3/4 to 4/4 to 5/4 to 4/4 to 7/8) before dropping back into common time for the solo and ending. The extended Jimmy Page guitar solo in the song's final section was played for the recording on a 1958 Fender Telecaster (an instrument he used extensively with the Yardbirds) plugged into a Supro amplifier although in a "Guitar World" interview Page also claims, "It could have been a Marshall, but I can't remember".Three different solos were recorded with Page agonizing about deciding which to keep.The other guitar parts were played using a Harmony acoustic guitar and Fender Electric XII (12-string); both
can be heard on the left and right recording channels respectively. For live versions, Page switched to using a Heritage Cherry Gibson EDS-1275 6/12 Doubleneck guitar. The final progression is a i-VII-VI (natural minor) progression (Am G F), a mainstay of rock music. 
   The opening guitar cadence took influence from a song called "Taurus" by the band called "Spirit" with whom the recording act position #9 were acquainted in their opening days.Further,the opening chord progression and verse in "Stairway to Heaven" are nearly identical to the 1968 instrumental "Taurus".In the liner notes to the reissue of Spirit's 1968 eponymous debut,songwriter Randy California mentions the fact that Jimmy Page took special interest in "Taurus".Prior to his death in 1997, Randy California was often asked about it in interviews, to which he typically responded that he did not consider the "Stairway" intro to be a rip-off, but simply a "reworking" of his song". 
   The recording act position #9 was the opening act for Spirit's 1968 tour.While nobody in Led Zeppelin has ever cited influence from the track, the band was known to incorporate bits of the "Spirit" song "Fresh Garbage" into their early concert medleys, and Jimmy Page has said that his use of a theremin was inspired by seeing Randy California use one.
   The inaugural public performance of the song at position #9 took place at Belfast's Ulster Hall on March 5th,1971.Bassist John Paul Jones recalls that the crowd was unimpressed: ""They were all bored to tears waiting to hear something they knew". 
   Following the first performance,the song at position #9 was performed at every Led Zeppelin concert until the band's breakup after drummer John Bonham's death in 1980.The song was played again by the surviving members of Led Zeppelin at the Live Aid concert in 1985; at the Atlantic Records 40th anniversary party in 1988, with Jason Bonham on drums;and by Jimmy Page as an instrumental version on his solo tours. Teasingly, the first few bars were played alone during Page and Plant tours,only to be morphed into other songs. Plant cites the Live Aid performance as the most unusual performance of the song ever, "with two drummers while "Duran Duran" cried at the side of the stage - there was something quite surreal about that." 
   Critics of rock and roll songs(and of Led Zeppelin in particular)have alleged that a backmasked message is recorded into "Stairway to Heaven." The message, which allegedly occurs during the middle section of the song ("If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now..."), is purported to contain Satanic references: 
  Oh here's to my sweet Satan.The one whose little path would make me sad, whose power is Satan.He will give those with him 666.There was a little toolshed where he made us suffer, sad Satan. 
  The controversy originated from a prominent Baptist, who, in 1982, preached on the radio that "Stairway to Heaven" contained subliminal backward messages.This theory was later primarily advanced by Michael Mills, Jacob Aranza, and Jeff Godwin, who offered detailed analyses of the hidden meanings of both the "backwards" and actual lyrics. In 1982, the Consumer Protection and Toxic Materials Committee of the California State Assembly held a hearing on backmasking in popular music, during which "Stairway to Heaven" was played backwards.William Yarroll,a self-identified neuroscientist,claimed that "Stairway to Heaven," when played backward, contains a similar message:"I sing because I live with Satan. The Lord turns me off   there's no escaping it. Here's to my sweet Satan, whose power is Satan. He will give you 666.I live for Satan.Other versions of the alleged message include "Here's to my sweet Satan, no other made a path. For it makes me sad. Whose power is Satan? Oh, my number, 666", and "Oh, here's to my sweet Satan. The One whose little path has made me sad. Whose power is Satan? Oh, my number, 666".      The recording act at position #9 has for the most part ignored such claims; for years the only comment came from Swan Song Records which issued the statement:"Our turntables only play in one direction forwards". Zeppelin producer Eddie Kramer confirmed this, calling the allegations "totally and utterly ridiculous. Why would they want to spend so much studio time doing something so dumb?"Robert Plant expressed frustration with the accusations in an interview: "To me it's very sad, because "Stairway to Heaven' was written with every best intention, and as far as reversing tapes and putting messages on the end, that's not my idea of making music." 
   The song's length precluded its release in full form as a single. Despite pressure from Atlantic Records the band would not authorize the editing of the song for single release, making "Stairway to Heaven" one of the most well-known and popular rock songs never to have been released as a single. It did, however, appear as a promotional disc in the United States, on an Australian acoustic EP, and in the 1990s as a 20th anniversary promo book. 
  Jimmy Page has himself commented on the song's legacy:
   The wonderful thing about the song at position #9 is the fact that just about 
everybody has got their own individual interpretation to it,and actually what it 
meant to them at their point of life.And that's what's so great about it.Over the
passage of years people come to me with all manner of stories about what it meant 
to them at certain points of their lives.About how it's got them through some really
tragic circumstances ... Because it's an extremely positive song, it's such a
positive energy,and, you know, people have got married to (the song). 
  The song at position #9 is the biggest-selling single piece of sheet music 
clocking up an average of 15,000 copies yearly.Further,it places where it does in 
the Top 5000 because of the rankings the song has received from many all-time 
charts on various rock stations and other sources. Radio Station WNEW from New York 
City in 1996 ranked this song as the #1 rocker of all-time.In 1986 Radio Station 
KRQR from San Francisco ranked this song as the #1 rocker of all-time.In 1996 Radio
Station KISW from Seattle ranked this song as the #1 rocker of all-time.In 1999 
Radio Station KICK from Casper,Wyoming ranked this song as the #1 rocker of all-time.
  In 2004,Rolling Stone magazine put it at number 31 on their list of the 500 
Greatest Songs of All Time.The song was voted #3 in 2000 by VH1 on its list of the 
100 Greatest Rock Songs.In 2002 "The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame" ranked this song 
as the #1 rocker of all-time.The song at position #9 is the most requested and most
played song on FM radio stations in the United States,despite never being released 
as a single.It still continues to top radio lists of the greatest rock songs,as 
well as topping a recent "Guitar World" poll.Not only has this track had success but
so has the album this song is off of which is Led Zeppelin IV. The album spent 259 
weeks on the Billboard (US)Album charts.In 1990 radio station KXRX from Seattle 
ranked the album "Led Zeppelin IV" as the best album of all-time.

Here is Number Eight(8)

      The recording act who sings the song in the #8 position was born on Thursday,
November 5th,1959 in Kingston,Ontario,Canada.His father worked for the British & 
Canadian military and then the United Nations so between the ages of 6 and 12 the 
singer of the song at the #8 position lived in many different countries including 
Israel,Portugal and Austria.When he returned to Canada he was ready to rock & roll.
In 1976 he joined the band Sweeny Todd and became the lead singer.
   In 1977 the artist who sings the song at position #8 met Jim Vallance (formerly 
of the rock band named "Prism") by chance in a Vancouver, music store,unaware that 
quickly they would form a writing partnership.Before long Bachman Turner Overdrive,
Prism and Ian Lloyd were recording Adams-Vallance songs.
  At first the singer of the #8 song thought he and Vallance would form a duo but 
he soon realized that his older more conservative partner was happier working 
behind the scenes.They sent out many demo tapes before A&M records offered the 
recording act at position #8 one dollar to record four (4) songs.The artist couldn't 
find anyone else to give him a break so he accepted the offer.His first single was 
"Let Me Take You Dancing" which was a hit in the discos.Originally the song was 
written as a pop song.Then the song was remixed in New York and jacked up to a 
million beats a minute.The singer of the #8 song said "I remember getting the tape 
in the mail;I just about fell off my face".
  The lack of attention the singer of the song in the #8 position received on his 
self-titled debut album tempted him to title his second album "Bryan Adams Hasn't 
Heard Of You Either",but ultimately it was titled "You Want It-You Got It".The 
album produced his first hit "Lonely Nights". Then in 1983 he released his next 
album titled "Cuts Like A Knife" which peaked at #7 in Canada and #8 in the USA 
(Billboard Magazine). His following album that was released a year later in 1984 
titled "Reckless" went to #1 in the USA for two (2) weeks & in Canada for four (4) 
weeks. In 1985 he was a superstar. The singer of the #8 song in the Top 6500 won 
Juno awards in 1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1997 and 2000.
   In 1991 the idea of a song to promote the movie Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 
came late in the making of the film.Michael Kamen had originally wanted the song 
to be as if it were Maid Marian singing to Robin Hood.He offered it to Kate Bush,
Annie Lennox and Lisa Stansfield but they all turned it down.David Kerschenbaum of 
Morgan Creek Records invited Bryan Adams whom he had worked with in the early 1980s
at A&M Records to write the song based on the score from Michael Kamen.Initially,
Adams was to write the lyrics for another artist to perform,but it was decided 
that he should perform the song after writing it with Waking up the Neighbours 
producer Mutt Lange.The pair recorded the song in Mayfair Studios in London.
    Oddly, neither Kamen nor the film company were happy with the song and tried at
length to have Adams change it due to Adams and Lange writing an entirely different
melody to the theme, but Adams refused. As a result, the song ended up buried at 
the very end of the film credits. The last laugh was had when the song entered most
of the charts in the world at number 1 and stayed there for an unprecedented amount
of time.
   The song is credited to Adams,Lange and Kamen and is played over the film's 
credits. A&M Records were at first reluctant to have the song appear on the film 
soundtrack, which was released through Morgan Creek, but the success of the record 
benefited both companies.
   The song at position #8 was the last of three songs added to "Waking up the 
Neighbours", the album obviously benefited from the success of the lead single-the 
song proved to be a hit throughout the world. The song at position #8 was the #1 
song for the entire year of 1991 in the USA (both Cash Box and Billboard Magazines).
In the U.S. it sold three million singles, making it the second-best-selling song 
after "We Are the World" by "USA for Africa" at position #91, and it also broke the
record for longest run at number one on the Hot 100 Single Sales Chart, becoming the
best-selling single in the USA for 17 weeks.The song won a Grammy Award Written 
Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television in the Grammy Awards of 1992, and 
was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song .The song at position #8 was the 
#1 song for the entire year of 1991 in Canada,in Australia and the UK.
   In the UK, the song at position #8 sold over 1.2 million copies, making it the 
best selling single in the UK since Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in 
1984.The success of the single led to "Waking up the Neighbours" enjoying pre-order
sales of 200,000.The British website www.hart87,freeserve.co.uk/top100.html which
was ranking the 100 best songs in the UK between 1952-2002 ranked this song as the
18th best song.The song in the #8 position spent seven (7) weeks in the #1 position
in the USA (Billboard),ten (10) weeks at #1 in Australia (ARIA),twelve (12) weeks at
#1 in Canada and sixteen (16) weeks at #1 in the UK from July 7th,1991 (holding 
Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy" at number two for six consecutive weeks).No song in
the entire history of the UK singles chart since 1954 has spent as much time in the
#1 position as the song at position #8 in the Top 6500.The song ranked at #21 on 
Billboard's All Time Top 600 in 2018. Subsequently,the song has been covered by 
countless singers around the world.
     Elsewhere the song reached number one in Germany,Holland,Belgium,Austria,
Switzerland, Finland,Norway,Sweden,France,Ireland,Italy,Poland and Denmark.The 
success of the single led to pre-order sales of a million for the album "Waking Up 
The Neighbours" throughout Europe.The album went on to sell 15 million copies 
around the world due in part to the song but also due to other singles.

    The song at position #7 is at #7 primarily for the chart performance of the 
album "1989" which the song is off of.The song at position #7 is a song recorded by
American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her fifth album, 1989 (2014).The song 
at position #7 is the sixth track on the album and serves as the lead single.The 
song premiered during a Yahoo! 
live stream session on August 18,2014 (also streaming internationally online);its 
music video was also released the same day.Several hours later, the song was made 
available for digital download. 
  Musically,the song is an uptempo dance-pop song written in the key of G major at 
tempo of 160 beats per minute,and exists outside of the traditional country pop
musical style of Swift's previous releases.Her vocal range spans two octaves from 
G3 to G5.She raps in the song.The song's arrangement features a saxophone.
    Jason Lipshutz from Billboard compared the song's melody to that of Macklemore 
& Ryan Lewis' song "Thrift Shop" (2013).A writer from Music Times likened the song 
to Pharrell Williams' "Happy" (2013).Writing for The Hollywood Reporter,Shirley 
Halperin labelled the song "an uptempo version" of Idina Menzel's "Let It Go" 
(2013).
   Lyrically, the song is dedicated to Swift's detractors.She has discussed this, 
saying, "I've learned a pretty tough lesson that people can say whatever they want 
about us at any time, and we cannot control that.The only thing we can control is 
our reaction to that."
    A day following its impact on US radio stations,the song at position #7 gained 
an audience of nine million.The song debuted at 45 on the Billboard Radio Songs 
chart with 29 million in all-format audience.It debuted on the Mainstream Top 40 
chart at number 12,tying it with Mariah Carey's "Dreamlover" (1993) as the highest 
chart debut.The song at position #7 became her third number-one song there,
following her 2008 country crossover hit single "Love Story" and her 2013 hit "I 
Knew You Were Trouble", which remained No. 1 for seven consecutive weeks.The single
debuted at number nine on the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart, becoming the highest 
debut single on the chart.On its sixth week,the song became her second No. 1 on the
Adult Top 40 chart since her 2013 hit "I Knew You Were Trouble", tying it with 
Celine Dion's "Because You Loved Me" (1996) as the fastest song to reach number 1 
in just six weeks.The song debuted at number 58 on the Country Airplay chart,though
only two country stations played the song more than four times.It spent only one 
week on the chart.Billboard noted that its presence on the chart was unusual due to
its sound and Swift's acknowledged transition from country to pop music.On the 
Radio Songs chart, the song became Swift's third number-one song there, following 
her 2013 hit "I Knew You Were Trouble".The song at position #7 has spent four 
non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Digital Songs chart.
     The song at position #7 debuted at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 
chart,becoming the 22nd song to do so.It produced first-week digital sales of 
544,000 units for the chart issue dated September 6,2014, the largest debut sales 
week for a single of 2014 and the fourth overall,following Flo Rida's "Right Round",
Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" and Katy Perry's "Roar".During 
that week,the song at position #7 additionally garnered 18.4 million streams and 71
million airplay audiences.The song remained at number one for the second week 
selling 355,000 copies.The song at position #7 then dropped down to number two,
beneath Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass",where it stayed for eight consecutive
weeks,before returning to number one on November 15,2014,when the album "1989" was
released and debuted at number one the same week.The song's eight weeks gap in 
reclaiming number one was the third longest in the chart's history,after Chubby 
Checker's "The Twist"(roughly two years in between) and Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball"
(nine weeks). In total,the song at position #7 spent four non-consecutive weeks at 
number one and 24 non-consecutive weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100,thus
becoming the artist's longest-running single in the top 10;overall,the song at 
position #7 spent 50 weeks on the chart,leaving on the issue dated August 15, 2015.
The song was replaced at number one by "Blank Space",the second single from "1989",
thus making her the first female artist to replace herself at the top spot in 
the 56-year history of the Hot 100.The song became the No. 13 song of 2014 on 
Billboard Year End Chart.The song became the eighth best-selling song of 2014 in 
the United States with 3.43 million copies sold in that year,and reached over 4
million in sales by August 2015.It has sold 5.3 million copies in the United States
as of November 2017.The song was certified 9 x platinum by the Recording Industry 
Association of America (RIAA) on June 8, 2017. Elsewhere in North America,the song
at position #7 became Swift's third number one in Canada selling 48,000 copies in 
its first week,following "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", after debuting
at number one;it is her third song to do so, tying her with Eminem and Katy Perry 
for the most songs to debut at number one on the chart.By the year's end, it had 
sold 341,000 copies in Canada.
   The song had also seen success in Europe.In the United Kingdom,the song at 
position #7 became Swift's sixth top 10 when the song debuted at number four on 
August 30, 2014.After nine weeks on the chart,the song at position #7 reached number
two,tying with "Love Story" and "I Knew You Were Trouble" as her highest-charting 
single in the country at the time;it is also the highest-charting single from "1989".
It sold 570,000 copies in the UK by November 20, 2014,and it became the eleventh 
best-selling song of 2014 in the UK.As of September 2017,it has sold 962,000 copies in the country.
In Ireland,the song jumped at number three on its second week after debuting at
number 14,became Swift's fifth top ten.In France,the song at position #7 peaked at 
number six,her highest-charting single in the country to date (as well as her first 
top-10).
    In Australia,the song at position #7 debuted at number five on the Australian 
Singles Chart,the highest debut of the week and on its second week it rose to the
number-one spot,making it Swift's second single to top the chart after her 2009 hit 
"Love Story".The song at position #7 spent a third week at No. 1 on the Australian
Singles Chart making Swift's longest run on Australia since "Love Story".The single
has been certified 5 x Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association 
(ARIA) for shipments of over 350,000 copies.In New Zealand,it debuted at number two,
the highest debut of the week and on its second week it rose to the number-one spot,
making it her second single to top the chart after her 2012 hit "We Are Never Ever 
Getting Back Together".On its fifth week the song at position #7 spent two 
non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the New Zealand Singles Chart making Swift's 
longest run on New Zealand since "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together".

Here is Number Six (6)

   The recording act that occupies the #6 position is considered by many to be the 
greatest rock & roll band of all-time.There is voluminous material on the history
of this group so I'll just give you a very truncated version.The group that 
occupies position #6's contribution to pop music and their influence on the culture
of the 1960s and 1970s are beyond estimation. 
  The group at position #6's story began in Liverpool,England during the late 1950s,
when school friends John Lennon and Paul McCartney found a band to play "skiffle" 
music in local clubs.At first calling themselves "The Quarrymen",they had several 
names-including Johnny & The Moon Dogs,The Moonshiners,Long John & The Silver 
Beatles-before settling on "The Beatles". By 1960 the group was composed of John,
Paul,George Harrison,Stu Sutcliffe and Pete Best and ranked as one of the top bands
in Liverpool playing "beat" music.In 1960 & 1961 
they made two extended trips to Hamburg, Germany, between which they continued to 
advance their reputation by playing at such clubs as "The Casbah" and the legendary
"Cavern".It was during the Hamburg period that they developed their unique sound.
Upon,their return home from the second trip,several big changes occurred.
  On January 1st,1962 one of the biggest blunders occurred in rock history. The band
at position #6 auditioned for Decca records and were rejected for a contract. 
Instead Decca chose "Brian Poole & The Tremeloes". Then Stu Sutcliffe left the 
group to settle in Hamburg with a local girl;he was to die one year later of a 
brain hemorrhage.Next John, Paul and George decided to release drummer Pete Best in
favor of a fellow named Ringo Starr whom they had met playing in Hamburg with Rory 
Storm & The Hurricanes.So upon their return to Liverpool the quartet looked like it
would look for the next eight (8) years with:John Winston Lennon born on 
October 9th,1940 in Woolton, Liverpool, England on guitar,James Paul MccArtney born 
on June 18th,1942 on bass,George Harrison born on February 25th,1943 in Wavertree,
Liverpool,England on lead guitar and Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) born on July 7th,
1940 in Dingle,Liverpool,England.
   Finally the quartet found when they returned to Liverpool that their reputation 
had preceded them and that they were the rage of the entire Merseyside area.The
excitement attracted the attention of Brian Epstein,whose family owned a Liverpool
retail record operation,and he went one night to the Cavern to hear them.Epstein 
became the groups manager,and his direction was an important factor in their rise to
fame.
    Epstein worked with the group to create a more clean-cut image.Late in the
summer of 1962,after several companies had turned them down,he got the quartet a
recording contract with Parlophone.Epstein subsequently died on August 27th,1967. 
The group's first record "Love Me Do" was issued in October of 1962 and went to #17 
on the UK charts.That song was followed by "Please,Please Me" and "From Me To You" 
which was the quartet's first number one in the UK.Many Americans don't know this 
but "From Me To You" was the first song by this group to be released in the USA.It 
only peaked at #116 on August 3rd,1963 on Billboard's "Bubbling Under" chart. Most 
Americans don't recall the Beatles until five months later when they released 
"I Want To Hold Your Hand".Between January and April of 1964 the quartet at 
position #6 placed seventeen (17) songs in the Billboard (US) Hot 100.The immediate
aftereffect became known as the "British invasion" as the US market was flooded with
material by other English artists.Much of it was successful and eclipsed many 
established American acts. 
  During the next six (6) years the group at position #6 had one of the most 
extraordinary careers in the annals of show business.They had many fantasic 
albums and 21 number one singles on the Billboard (US) charts. The first record 
released on the quartets' own "Apple" label was the group's most successful 
chart single. It stayed at #1 longer than any of the 21 #1s the group had on the 
Billboard Magazine's singles chart.On the date it reached #1 it set two records.It
was the longest song to ever go to #1 (7 minutes & 11 seconds) at that time. The 
second one is for the song's entry position on the Hot 100.It entered the chart at 
number 10 on September 14th,1968.The highest debut charting single on the Hot 100 
at that time. 
   There have been many guesses as to the identity of the person Paul McCartney is
addressing in the song at position #6.And there are many answers.
  One such answer came from Paul McCartney,in a 1973 interview with Paul Gambaccini
for the BBC and Rolling Stone."I happened to be driving out to see Cynthia Lennon.
I think it was just after John and she had broken up,and I was quite mates with 
Julian.He's a nice kid,Julian.And I was going out in me car just vaguely singing 
this song and it was like 'Hey Jules' I don't know why ,'Hey Jules' It was just 
this thing,you know,'Don't make it bad/Take a sad song...'And then I just thought a 
better name was Jude.A bit more country and western for me.In other words,it was 
just a name.It was just like 'Hey Luke' or 'Hey Max' or 'Hey Abe' but Jude was better."
   John Lennon had his own thoughts about "Hey Jude," and he revealed them to 
David Sheff in a 1980 "Playboy Magazine" interview:He said it was written about 
Julian.
He knew I was splitting with Cyn and leaving Julian then.He was driving to Julian 
to say hello.He had been like an uncle.And he came up with 'Hey Jude.' But I always
heard it as a song to me. Now I'm sounding like one of those fans reading into 
it...Think about it:Yoko had just come into the picture.He is saying,
'Hey Jude'-'Hey John.' Subconsciously,he was saying,go ahead leave me.On a 
conscious level,he didn't want me to go ahead.
   Others have suggested that Paul was speaking about himself,offering 
self-consolation after breaking up with Jane Asher.In a September,1968,interview 
with Jonathan Cott for "Rolling Stone Magazine." John spoke about what was then the 
groups brand new single:"Well when Paul first sang 'Hey Jude' to me-or played me 
the little tape he'd made of it-I took it very personally.Ah,it's me! I said.It's
me.He says,no,it's me."
  Julian Lennon discovered the song had been written for him almost twenty years 
later.He remembered being closer to McCartney than to his father:"Paul and I used 
to hang about quite a bit more than Dad and I did.We had a great friendship going 
and there seems to be far more pictures of me and Paul playing together at that age
than there are pictures of me and my dad."
     The song at position #6 begins with McCartney singing lead vocals and playing 
the piano.The patterns McCartney plays are based on three chords: F, C and B-flat 
(I, V and IV);[2] the second verse adds accompaniment by guitar and a single 
tambourine. The main chord progression is "flipped on its head" for the coda, as 
the C chord is replaced by E-flat.Writer Tim Riley notes,"As Ringo offers a 
restrained tom-tom and cymbal fill,the piano shifts downward to add a flat seventh 
to the tonic chord,making the downbeat of the bridge the point of arrival ('And any 
time you feel the pain')." At the end of each bridge, McCartney sings a brief 
phrase ("Na-na-na na . . .") and plays a piano fill which leads to the next verse; 
the phrase McCartney sings serves to "reorient the harmony for the verse as the
piano figure turns upside down into a vocal aside." Additional details, such as 
tambourine on the third verse and subtle harmonies that accompany the lead vocal,
are added to sustain the interest of the listener throughout the four-verse, 
two-bridge song.
    The verse-bridge structure of the song persists for approximately three minutes,
after which the band leads into a four-minute long coda. During the coda, the rest
of band, backed by an orchestra that also provides backing vocals,repeat the phrase 
"Na-na-na na" followed by the words "Hey Jude" until the song gradually fades out.
"Time magazine" described the coda as "a fadeout that engagingly spoofs the fadeout
as a gimmick for ending pop records."Riley notes the repeated chord progression of 
the coda (I-flat VII-IV-I) "answers all the musical questions raised at the 
beginnings and ends of bridges,"for "The flat seventh that pose dominant turns into
bridges now has an entire chord built on it." This three-chord refrain allows 
McCartney "a bedding (. . .) to leap about on vocally",as he ad-libs his vocal 
performance for the rest of the song. Riley concludes that the song "becomes a tour
of Paul's vocal range: from the graceful inviting tones of the opening verse, 
through the mounting excitement of the song itself, to the surging raves of the
coda."
  John helped Paul complete the song at Paul's house on July 26th,1968.The following
Monday,they rehearsed it with George Harrison and Ringo Starr at Abbey Road.The
group recorded 25 takes of the song at position #6 at Abbey Road Studios in two 
nights,29 July and 30 July 1968.These were mostly rehearsals, however,as they 
planned to record the master track at Trident Studios to utilize their eight-track 
recording machine (Abbey Road was still limited to four-tracks).One take from 
July 29 is available on the Anthology 3 CD.The master rhythm track was recorded on 
July 31 at Trident.Four takes were recorded; take one was selected. The song was 
completed on August 1 with additional overdubs including a 36-piece orchestra for 
the song's long coda,scored by George Martin.The orchestra consisted of ten violins,
three violas, three cellos, two flutes, one contra bassoon,one bassoon, two clarinets, 
one contra bass clarinet, four trumpets, four trombones, two horns,percussion, 
and two string basses.While adding backing vocals, The group asked the orchestra 
members if they would clap their hands and sing along to the refrain in the song's 
coda.Most complied (for a double fee),but one declined, reportedly saying "I'm not 
going to clap my hands and sing Paul McCartney's bloody song!"
  Ringo Starr almost missed his drum cue. He left for a toilet break - unnoticed by
the other Beatles - and The Beatles started recording. In 1994, McCartney said, 
"Ringo walked out to go to the toilet and I hadn't noticed. The toilet was only a 
few yards from his drum booth, but he'd gone past my back and I still thought he 
was in his drum booth. I started what was the actual take,and the song at 
position #6 goes on for hours before the drums come in and while I was doing it I 
suddenly felt Ringo tiptoeing past my back rather quickly, trying to get to his 
drums. And just as he got to his drums, boom boom boom,his timing was absolutely 
impeccable."
   Between 2:56 and 2:58 of the song, someone can be heard to say, "Hit the wrong 
chord!", followed by, "Oh, fucking hell!" There is some dispute as to who said this. 
According to sound engineers Ken Scott and Geoff Emerick it was McCartney, and it 
was Lennon's idea to leave the mistake in the final mix. "'Paul hit a clunker on 
the piano and said a naughty word,' Lennon gleefully crowed, 'but I insisted we 
leave it in, buried just low enough so that it can barely be heard. Most people 
won't ever spot it,but we'll know it's there.'"However, in the book "Recording The
Beatles", engineer Malcolm Toft recalls,"Barry Sheffield engineered the song at 
position #4',but I mixed it... John Lennon says a very rude word about halfway 
through the song.At 2:59 you will hear a 'whoa' from him in the background. About 
two seconds later you will hear,'fucking hell!' This was because when he was doing 
a vocal backing, Barry sent him the foldback level (headphone volume) too loud and 
he threw the cans on the ground and uttered the expletive.But, because it had been 
bounced down [mixed] with the main vocal,it could not be removed. I just managed to
bring the fader down for a split second on the mix to try to lessen the effect." 
Others argue that the voice is Ringo Starr's.
  The song at position #6 clocked in at seven minutes and eleven seconds. The only 
other chart-topping song worldwide in the 1960s that ran over seven minutes was 
Richard Harris' "MacArthur Park".In the UK,where "MacArthur Park" did not top the 
chart,the song at position #6 remained the longest number-one hit for nearly a 
quarter of a century, until it was surpassed in 1993 by Meat Loaf's "I'd Do 
Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)", which ran seven minutes fifty-eight 
seconds as a single.
   The flipside of "Hey Jude" was the fourth recorded version of "Revolution" 
(song #139 on the Top 6500), a song that John wrote about the student riots in the 
USA and Europe during the summer of 1968.
   Upon the release of the song at position #6 single, "Time Magazine" contrasted it 
with its B-side "Revolution"."Time" wrote, "The other side of the new disk urges 
activism of a different sort" as McCartney "liltingly exhorts a friend to overcome 
his fears and commit himself in love." Music analyst Alan Pollack praised the song 
at position #6 saying, "it's such a good illustration of two compositional
lessons-how to fill a large canvas with simple means, and how to use diverse 
elements such as harmony, bassline,and orchestration to articulate form and 
contrast." He also said it is unusual for a long song because it uses a "binary 
form that combines a fully developed,hymn-like song together with an extended,
mantra-like jam on a simple chord progression. "Pollack described the song's long 
coda and fadeout as "an astonishingly transcendental effect,"while Unterberger 
observed, "What could have very easily been boring is instead hypnotic".John Lennon
said "Hey Jude" was "one of his (Paul's) masterpieces.
   On November 30th.1968 NME reported that sales for the song at position #6 had 
reached nearly six million copies worldwide.The song at position #6 became the 
biggest-selling debut release for a record label ever, selling an estimated eight
million copies worldwide and topping the charts in eleven countries including 
Austria,Australia,Norway, the USA,the UK,Canada and Switzerland.
   The song at position #6 was nominated for the Grammy Awards of 1969 in the 
Record of the Year,Song of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with
Vocal categories.It won the 1968 Ivor Novello Award for "A-Side With the Highest 
Sales".In the NME 1968 Readers' Poll, he song at position #6 was named the best 
single of the year.In 2001,the song at position #6 was inducted into the National 
Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Grammy Hall of Fame.In 2004,it was ranked 
number 8 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.It 
came in third on Channel 4's list of 100 Greatest Singles.The Amusement & Music 
Operators Association ranked "Hey Jude" the 11th-best jukebox single of all time.
   The song at position #6 spent nine (9) weeks at the #1 position on Billboard 
Magazine.No song between 1956 and 1976 spent more time in the #1 position on 
Billboard Magazine.In the UK the song only spent two weeks at #1.In Canada,the song
at position #6 spent three (3) weeks in the #1 spot.But in Australia the song 
spent 15 weeks at #1 which is longer than any other song in the entire history of 
the Australian singles charts.In the USA (both Cash Box and Billboard),Canada and 
Australia this song was the #1 song for the entire year of 1968. Radio station 
CKLW in Windsor,Ontario,Canada ranked the song at position #6 as the #1 song for 
the entire decade of the 1960s.In 1982 radio station WNYC in New York City ranked 
the song as the #1 song of all-time.In 1999 Radio station Mix 94 from Perth,
Australia ranked the song at position #6 as the seventh (7th) biggest song of 
all-time.In 2001 Virgin Radio in the UK counted down the 500 best songs of all-time 
and ranked this song as the third (3rd) best song of all-time.

Here is Number Five (5)

   The #5 song is by a band that got their name taken from Georgia (US) bluesmen 
"Pink Anderson & "Floyd Council". The group at #5 formed as an R&B band in London 
in 1965.The members of the band consisted of Syd Barret on lead guitar to be 
replaced by David Gilmour who was born on March 6th,1947 in Cambridge,England on 
vocals & lead guitar,Roger Waters born on September 6th,1947 in Surrey,England on 
vocals & bass,Rick Wright born on July 28th,1945 in London on keyboards and Nick 
Mason born on January 27th,1945 in Birmingham,England on drums.The band evolved 
into a highly innovative "underground" group in the vein of the mid-1960s 
"San Francisco sound."In 1967 they became the first British rock band to use a 
light show as part of their act and achieved wide acclaim in Britain with their 
album releases of "Piper at The Gates of Dawn" and "A Saucerful Of Secrets". 
During this time they also came to the attention of US audiences with their release
of their Pink Floyd albums on Capitol's Records subsidiary Tower label.
  In 1969 the recording act at #5's albums began appearing on Capitol's affiliate
Harvest,including "Ummagumma,"Atom Heart Mother","Relics" and "Meddle".Although 
these records were best sellers,Pink Floyd became widely known for the many films 
that utilize the group's music,including "Let's Make Love In London","The
Committee","The Valley", "Zabriskie Point" and "Pink Floyd". This group is one of 
the most visual acts in all of rock,continually presenting new special effects.
With supreme craftsmanship and imagination they fit together drome effects,
intricate rhythmic patterns,sound collages and ultra-progressive rock.Their touring
equipment includes approximately eleven tons of sound and light devices.
  On March 17th,1973 the album that the #5 song of all-time is off of entered the 
Billboard (US) Magazine's album chart at #95.This album is a concept album by this
British progressive rock band. It is notable for its use of Musique concrete and
philosophical lyrics, something that would eventually become a trademark of Pink 
Floyd's music.The album was a landmark in rock music,as it featured radio-friendly
songs such as "Money", "Time", "Us and Them", and "Brain Damage/Eclipse".Some music 
critics use the album as a point of reference in determining between "classic" 
blues rock and the then-new genre of electronic music.
    "The Dark Side of the Moon" explores the nature of the human experience. For 
example, "Time" deals with aging and the overwhelmingly fast approach of death. 
"Money" deals with materialism with tongue-in-cheek lyrics and wealth-related sound
effects. "Us and Them" deals with conflict,ethnocentrism, and the belief that a 
person's self is "always in the right."
    The decision to tackle individual parts of life in an album-length concept work
is said to have been conceived during a band meeting in Nick Mason's kitchen around
late 1971. This album was recorded by the band and engineer Alan Parsons at Abbey 
Road Studios between June 1972 and January 1973, the album sessions made use of the 
most advanced techniques available for recording instruments and sound effects in 
rock music at that time.
     Along with the conventional rock band instrumentation,Pink Floyd added 
prominent synthesisers to their sound as well as some unconventional noises: an 
assistant engineer running around the studio's echo chamber (during "On The Run"),
myriad antique clocks chiming simultaneously (as the intro to "Time"),and a 
specially-treated bass drum made to sound like a human heartbeat. The heartbeat is 
most audible as the intro and the outro to the album, but it can also be heard 
underneath most of the album.The song "Time" and "On The Run" has the low thudding 
underneath the rest. Roger Waters wrote all of the lyrics in the album and created 
the early demo tracks in a small garden shed-turned-recording studio at his home. 
It was in there he also created the intro to "Money" by experimenting with dropping
a range of monetary objects.
      Another novelty found on "The Dark Side of the Moon" is the metronomic 
sequence of sound effects played during "Speak to Me" and "Money." This was 
achieved by labouriously splicing together recordings of ringing cash registers, 
clinking coins, tearing paper, and buzzing counting machines onto a two-track tape 
loop (later adapted to four tracks in order to create a unique "walk around the 
room" effect in quadrophonic presentations of the album). Due to the sonic 
experimentation on the album, many songs on "The Dark Side of the Moon" 
(particularly "On the Run") required every member of the band to operate the faders 
simultaneously in order to mix down the intricately assembled multitrack recording.
     Pink Floyd also perfected the use of other studio techniques such as the
doubletracking of vocals and guitars (allowing David Gilmour to harmonise flawlessly
with himself),flanging effects, odd trickery with reverb and the panning of sounds 
between channels. To this day,audiophiles use "The Dark Side of the Moon" as a 
reference standard to test the fidelity of audio equipment despite the fact that it
was originally mixed from third-generation tape with Dolby noise reduction.
    All four members of Pink Floyd, which included David Gilmour,Nick Mason,Roger 
Waters, and Richard Wright, had some form of participation in the writing and 
production of the album, which is a rarity among later Pink Floyd albums. However, 
it is the first of five consecutive Pink Floyd albums with lyrics completely 
credited to Roger Waters.
   Waters created the early demo tracks at his Islington home in a small recording 
studio he had built in his garden shed.Parts of the new album were taken from 
previously unused material;the opening line of "Breathe" came from an earlier work 
by Waters and Ron Geesin, written for the soundtrack of The Body, and the basic 
structure of "Us and Them" was taken from a  piece originally composed by Wright 
for the film Zabriskie Point.The band rehearsed at a warehouse in London owned by 
The Rolling Stones, and then at the Rainbow Theatre. They also purchased extra 
equipment, which included new speakers, a PA system, a 28-track mixing desk with 
four quadraphonic outputs, and a custom-built lighting rig. Nine tonnes of kit was 
transported in three lorries; this would be the first time the band had taken an
entire album on tour, but it would allow them to refine and improve the new 
material,which by then had been given the provisional title of The Dark Side of the
Moon (an allusion to lunacy, rather than astronomy).
   Although "The Dark Side of the Moon" was the planned title of the album, upon the
discovery that the band "Medicine Head" was to release an album of the same name in
1972, the year prior to The Dark Side of the Moon's release, the band changed the
album's title to "Eclipse: A Piece for Assorted Lunatics". However, the "Medicine
Head" album flopped, so Pink Floyd was able to revert to the original title without
trouble.
   On February 17,1972,more than a year before its release,at the Rainbow Theatre 
in London "Dark Side of the Moon: A Piece for Assorted Lunatics,as it was then 
known,was performed in the presence of an assembled press ,and was critically 
acclaimed.Michael Wale of The Times described the piece as "... bringing tears to 
the eyes.It was so completely understanding and musically questioning." Derek 
Jewell of The Sunday Times wrote "The ambition of the Floyd's artistic intention is
now vast." Melody Maker was, however, less enthusiastic: "Musically, there were some
great ideas, but the sound effects often left me wondering if I was in a bird-cage
at London zoo."The following tour was praised by the public. The new material was 
performed live, in the same order in which it would eventually be recorded,but 
obvious differences between the live version, and the recorded version released a 
year later, included the lack of synthesisers in tracks such as "On the Run", and 
Bible readings that were later replaced by Clare Torry's non-lexical vocables on 
"The Great Gig in the Sky".
    On most CD pressings, a barely-audible orchestral version of The Beatles' 
"Ticket to Ride" is audible after "Eclipse", playing very faintly over the 
heartbeats that close the album. It is unknown why this was included, but it may 
have been the consequence of a mastering error. The bootleg recording "A Tree Full 
of Secrets" includes an amplified, re-processed version of this oddity, which 
allows it to be heard clearly. This is not found on the original vinyls.
     Clare Torry in the 1970s during the recording of "The Dark Side of the Moon" 
did the vocals for "The Great Gig in the Sky", which are intended to make the 
listener think of death. However,in 2004 she sued EMI and Pink Floyd for songwriting
royalties, claiming that she co-wrote "The Great Gig in the Sky" with keyboardist 
Richard Wright. She was originally paid 30 pounds for Sunday studio work. The High 
Court concluded that Torry was correct but the terms of the lawsuit have yet to be 
decided.On Pink Floyd's 2006 live DVD P*U*L*S*E, Torry is credited with the vocal 
composition for "The Great Gig in the Sky" segment.
     Snippets of dialogue between and over the top of the songs are also featured 
on the recording. Roger Waters devised a method of interviewing people, whereby 
questions were printed on flashcards in sequential order and the subject's responses
were recorded uninterrupted. The questions related to central themes of the album 
such as madness, violence, and death.Participants were commandeered from around 
Abbey Road, placed in the darkened studio in front of a microphone, and told to 
answer the questions in the order which they were presented. This provoked some 
surprising responses to subsequent questions. For example, the question "When was 
the last time you were violent?" was immediately followed by "Were you in the right?"
    Recordings of road manager Roger "The Hat" Manifold were the only ones obtained
through a conventional sit-down interview because the band members could not find 
him at the time and his responses (including "give 'em a quick, short, sharp 
shock..." and "live for today, gone tomorrow, that's me...") had to be taped later 
when the flashcards had been lost. Another roadie, Chris Adamson, was on tour with 
Pink Floyd at the time and recorded his explicit diatribe that opens the album 
("I've been mad for fucking years, absolutely years, over the edge for yonks...").
     Pink Floyd's executive road manager Peter Watts (father of actress Naomi Watts)
contributed the repeated laughter during "Brain Damage" and "Speak to Me." The 
monologue about "geezers" who were "cruisin' for a bruisin'" and the often-misheard 
"I never said I was frightened of dying" (during the middle of "The Great Gig in 
the Sky") came from Peter's wife, Myfanwy Watts.
   The responses "And I am not frightened of dying, any time will do I don't mind. 
Why should I be frightened of dying, there's no reason for it you've got to go some
time" (during "The Great Gig in the Sky") and closing words "there is no dark side 
of the Moon really...as a matter of fact it's all dark"(over the "Eclipse" heartbeats)
came from the Abbey Road Studios' Irish doorman at the time, Gerry Driscoll. Paul 
and Linda McCartney were also interviewed, but their answers were considered too 
cautious for inclusion. McCartney's bandmate Henry McCullough contributed the 
famous line "I don't know, I was really drunk at the time." (Apparently in answer 
to the question "Why does anyone do anything?", which immediately preceded it.)
     Alan Parsons engineered the album while on staff at Abbey Road. He once said in
an interview that he swapped shifts with colleagues in order to work on the whole 
project.
      The gatefold sleeve of the original LP version.The "Great Pyramids of Giza" 
Poster.The "concert" poster that came with the original LP version.The album was 
originally released in a gatefold LP sleeve bearing George Hardie's iconic 
refracting prism on the cover. Inside were two posters, one bearing pictures of the
band in concert with the words PINK FLOYD broken up and scattered about and the 
other being a slightly psychedelic image of the Great Pyramids of Giza taken on 
infrared film. Also included was a sheet of stickers of the pyramids. In 1991, the 
refracting prism album cover was #35 on Rolling Stone's 100 greatest album covers 
of all time list.In 2003 VH1 declared that The Dark Side of the Moon had the 
fourth-greatest album cover of all time,and in 2009 listeners of the UK radio 
station Planet Rock voted the packaging the greatest album cover of all time..
    "The Dark Side of the Moon" deals conceptually with the pressures of modern life
that can drive normal human beings to insanity: materialism, the increased pace of 
life and travel, the encroachment of old age and death, and the inhumanities of 
society and armed conflict.Each side of the album is a continuous piece of music. 
The five tracks on each side reflect various stages of human life,beginning and 
ending with a heartbeat, exploring the nature of the human experience,and 
(according to Waters) "empathy". "Speak to Me" and "Breathe" together stress the
mundane and futile elements of life that accompany the ever-present threat of 
madness,and the importance of living one's own life..."Don't be afraid to care".
   These themes are not just delivered by words but are suggested with the sounds 
of the album.For example, the sound of an aeroplane crash in the track "On The Run" 
can represent a fear of flight (Wright suggested this could bring fear of death for
some). "Time" discusses how quickly life can and will slip by those who are unaware
of it and uses actual alarm bells to wake the listener at the beginning of the 
track. "The Great Gig in the Sky," which had a working title of "The Mortality 
Sequence," comments on the nature of death as a sad state of being, evidenced by the
sounds of the screaming woman throughout this generally instrumental track. The 
lyrics and sound effects of "Money" flippantly endorse greed for ironic effect, and 
states that it is "the root of all evil today." "Us and Them" deals with 
interpersonal conflict, the insanity of warfare and xenophobia.It also addresses the
isolation of the depressed with the symbology of conflict and the use of simple 
dichotomies to describe personal relationships.The meaning of "Any Colour You Like" 
is not as clear as the other songs,but it is thought to represent the fear of taking
risks when making choices.The song title came from an answer frequently given by a 
studio technician to questions put to him: "You can have it any colour you like," 
which was a reference to Henry Ford's (apocryphal) description of the Model T: 
"You can have it any color you like, as long as it's black." "Brain Damage" reaches 
out to the outsiders ("lunatics")who may be the only people that recogniZe society's
faults. It is also about their former member Syd Barrett, who was forced to leave
the band due to mental illness. Finally,"Eclipse" describes the true essence of a
person through the impact they have left on others.
  Precursors to the The Dark Side of the Moon concept can be found in many of Pink 
Floyd's earlier works. The band had previously performed a conceptual piece, The 
Man and the Journey,based on the everyday life of a man during their 1969 European 
tour. Roger Waters' lyrical obsession with insanity was in part precipitated by the
departure of Syd Barrett (a founding member of Pink Floyd) following his mental 
collapse. Perhaps most important to the gestation of The Dark Side of the Moon is 
the song "Echoes" from "Meddle," which also deals with interpersonal relationships 
using progressive ambient music.
  When the album is played simultaneously with the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, 
numerous images from the film appear to synchronise with the music and lyrics. All 
band members (save one) have firmly stated that the phenomenon is a coincidence. 
This effect has often been called Dark Side of the Rainbow.
   Some of the profits from "The Dark Side of the Moon" were invested in the making
of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The members of Pink Floyd were reportedly huge 
Monty Python fans, to the point of interrupting recording sessions to watch the 
Flying Circus.
  The Dark Side of the Moon is widely hailed by many critics and fans as Pink 
Floyd's magnum opus, and is generally considered their definitive album. On Cash Box
Magazine (US),in Canada & the UK this was the #1 album for the entire year of 1973.
In Australia it was the #3 album for the entire year of 1973 and the # nine (9) 
album for the entire year of 1974.In 1990 Radio station KZOK from Seattle ranked 
"The Dark Side Of The Moon"as the second biggest album of all-time only to be 
surpassed by "Led Zeppelin IV". In 1991 Radio Station KXRX from Seattle ranked 
"The Dark Side Of The Moon" to also be the #2 album of all-time only to be 
surpassed by the Beatles' "Sgt.Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band". In 1994 a 
marketing company in the UK ranked "Dark Side Of The Moon" as the #6 album of 
all-time in a list comprising all genres of music which included heavy metal, live 
albums,greatest hits,compilations,indie,soul,rap,folk,country,latin, world & grunge.
In 2006 it was voted "My Favourite Album" by viewers and listeners to the Australian
ABC.NME (UK) readers voted the album eighth in their 2006 "Best album of all time" 
online poll,and in 2009 Planet Rock listeners voted the album the "greatest of all 
time".The album is also number two on the Definitive 200 Albums of All Time,a list 
made by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers "in celebration of the 
art form of the record album".It came 29th in The Observer's (UK) 2006 list of 
"The 50 albums that changed music",and 37th in The Guardian's (UK) 1997 list of the
"100 best albums ever",as voted for by a panel of artists and music critics.In 1990,
Australian radio listeners voted it the best album to make love to,and in 2002,
Rolling Stone Magazine (US) heralded "The Dark Side of the Moon" as the 11th 
greatest album of all time."The Dark Side of the Moon" spent 741 weeks on the 
USA-based Billboard 200 album chart,the longest duration in history.The second 
longest running album "Johnny's Greatest Hits" by Johnny Mathis only spent 490 
weeks on the chart.Not even close.The album also peaked at #1 in New Zealand.
  "The Dark Side of the Moon" is one of the best-selling albums of all time 
worldwide, and the 20th-best-selling album in the United States. Though it held 
the #1 spot in the USA (Billboard) for only one week, it spent a total of 741 
consecutive weeks, approximately fifteen years, on the list until April 23, 1988 
only to be removed by a rule change. The album re-appeared on the Billboard charts
with the introduction of the Top Pop Catalog Albums chart in May 1991, and has been 
perennial feature since then.[91] In the UK, it is the seventh-best-selling album
of all time and the highest selling album never to reach number one.
    In the US the LP was released before the introduction of platinum awards in 
1976.It therefore held only a gold disc until February 16,1990,when it was 
certified 11 x platinum. On June 4.1998 the Recording Industry Association of 
America (RIAA) certified the album 15 x platinum,denoting sales of fifteen million 
in the United States-making it their biggest-selling work there (The Wall is 
23... platinum, but as a double album this signifies sales of 11.5 million).
Industry sources suggest that worldwide sales of the album total about 45 million.
"On a slow week" between 8,000 and 9,000 copies are sold, and a total of 400,000
were sold in 2002, making it the 200th-best-selling album of that year "nearly 
three decades after its initial release.The album has sold 9,502,000 copies in the 
US since 1991 when Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales for Billboard.To this day,
it occupies a prominent spot on Billboard's Pop Catalog Chart. It reached number
one when the 2003 hybrid CD/SACD edition was released and sold 800,000 copies in the
US.On the week of May 5,2006 The Dark Side of the Moon achieved a combined total of
1,716 weeks on the Billboard 200 and Pop Catalog charts.One in every fourteen 
people in the US under the age of 50 is estimated to own,or to have owned, a copy.
Upon a change in methodology in 2009 allowing catalogue titles to be included in 
the Billboard 200,The Dark Side of the Moon returned to the chart at number 189 on 
12 December of that year for its 742nd charting week.It has continued to 
sporadically appear on the Billboard 200 since then, with the total at 942 weeks 
on the chart as of January 2019.
   The LP was released before platinum awards were introduced by the RIAA on
 January 1, 1976,and it initially only received a gold disc. However, after the 
introduction of the album on CD, "The Dark Side of the Moon" would eventually be 
certified platinum in on February 16,1990. On April 6, 1998,the RIAA certified the 
album at 15x platinum, denoting sales of fifteen million in the United States 
alone-making it their second biggest-selling album there."Time","Money" and "Us and
Them" remain radio call-in request favourites, with "Money" having sold well as a 
single in its own right.
   In 1979 "The Dark Side of the Moon" was released as a remastered LP by Mobile 
Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL). It has since been re-released several times on CD. MFSL 
remastered and re-released the album again in CD form, and the album was again 
re-released later as a remastered CD as part of the 1992 box set "Shine On." The 
1992 remaster was then re-released by itself as a 20th Anniversary box set edition 
with postcards.
  "The Dark Side of the Moon" was re-released as a 30th anniversary hybrid Super 
Audio CD with a 5.1 channel DSD surround sound version remixed from the original 
16-track studio tapes. Some surprise was expressed when longtime producer James 
Guthrie was called in to mix the new surround mix rather than the original LP 
engineer, Alan Parsons who had already produced a definitive Quadraphonic mix 
shortly after the original album was released.This 30th anniversary edition won 
four Surround Music Awards in 2003. The Dark Side of the Moon was also re-released 
in 2003 on 180-gram virgin vinyl and included reprints of the original posters and 
stickers that came with the original vinyl release, along with a new 30th 
anniversary poster.
 However,being Pink Floyd's "Dark Side Of The Moon is not at #1 on the top 6500 
that means the #5 entry will be the most successful track from the album which is
"Money". 
        Roger Waters and David Gilmour stated that the song titled "Money" had been
composed primarily in 7/8 time;[2] it was composed in 7/4,[3] according to Gilmour
in an interview with Guitar World magazine in 1993.
   The song changes to 4/4 time for an extended guitar solo.The first of three 
choruses which comprise the solo was recorded using real-time double tracking.
Gilmour played the chorus nearly identically in two passes recorded to two 
different tracks of a multi-track tape machine.The second chorus is a single 
guitar.The doubled effect for the third chorus was created using automatic (or 
"artificial") double-tracking (ADT).
  One of Gilmour's ideas for the solo section was that,for the second chorus of the
solo,all reverb and echo effects would be completely off (referred to as "dry"),
creating the sense of just four musicians playing in a small room. For this "dry" 
chorus, all musicians played softly and subtly, with Gilmour's solo, now one single
guitar, playing very sparsely.Then, for the third chorus, the dynamics would 
suddenly rise, with heavy use of reverb and echo (a "wet" sound), additional 
rhythm-guitar parts in the background, and the drums becoming heavy and almost 
chaotic.The form and chord progression are based on the standard twelve-bar blues 
in the key of B minor, with the vocal melody and nearly all of Gilmour's soloing 
based on the pentatonic and blues scales.Two twelve-bar verses are followed by a 
twenty-bar instrumental section that features a blues-style tenor saxophone solo 
(played by Dick Parry) along with keyboard, bass and drums and a further two-bar 
intro in 4/4 leading to the guitar solo, which is structured like a twelve-bar 
blues,but doubled to a twenty-four-bar length.
   The lyrics are briefly referenced in the film Pink Floyd-The Wall,when the
protagonist,Pink is caught writing poems in class by his teacher.The teacher 
snatches the poem from him and reads it in a very sarcastic,demeaning manner,
practically encouraging Pink's classmates to laugh.The poem is a verse of lyrics to
"Money".
      The demo tracks for the song,including some of the sound effects,were 
recorded in a makeshift recording studio Roger Waters had in his garden shed.As 
recorded by the band, the song has a "bluesy, transatlantic feel", unlike Waters' 
original demo version, which he later described as "prissy and very English". As 
heard on Classic Albums: Pink Floyd-The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon, 
the demo is in G-sharp minor, as opposed to the B minor of the final version.
     The instrumental jam was a collaborative effort,with Gilmour overseeing the 
time change as well as his own guitar and vocal work, and Richard Wright and Nick 
Mason improvising their own parts. Dick Parry contributed the tenor saxophone solo
that precedes the guitar solo. Gilmour's input is also discernible in the final mix,
which features contrasting "wet" sections, with thick reverb and delay effects, and
"dry" sections.In particular,during the second chorus of the guitar solo,all the 
reverb and delay effects are suddenly pulled out,creating a much smaller and more 
intimate virtual space.To produce the distinctive piercing high notes that 
distinguish the final chorus of his solo, Gilmour played a customized Lewis guitar 
with twenty-four frets, allowing a full four-octave range.
   One of the most distinctive elements of "Money" is the rhythmic sequence of 
sound effects that begins the track and is heard throughout the first several bars.
This was created by splicing together recordings Waters had made of clinking coins,
a ringing cash register,tearing paper,a clicking counting machine and other items 
to construct a seven-beat effects loop.It was later adapted to four tracks in order
to create a "walk around the room" effect in the quadraphonic mix of "The Dark Side
of the Moon".
   In the video Classic Albums:Pink Floyd-The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon,
engineer Alan Parsons described the recording of the band's initial backing track
for the song:They used the sound-effect tape loop as a sort of metronome,but 
Parsons gradually faded out the loop before the vocals started. As the song 
progressed,the band gradually sped up, yet later, between the second verse and the 
saxophone solo, Parsons briefly raised up the volume of the effects loop, and just 
by coincidence,it turned out to fit the beat.After this point,the loop is not heard 
again.
  In 2008, Guitar World magazine listed Gilmour's solo on "Money" as #62 among 
readers' votes for "The Greatest 100 Guitar Solos".The song also was ranked #69 on 
the list of "The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time" of Rolling Stone.
     Before I close on a more personal note.I have been to many rock concerts. I 
have seen some of the heavyweights of Rock & Roll in concert like "Led Zeppelin",
"Rolling Stones","The Who","Queen","Van Halen","Bryan Adams,"AC/DC,"U2",
"Ozzy Osbourne", "Grateful Dead","Bob Dylan","Red Hot Chili Peppers","Def Leppard"
and some mediocre rock recording acts like "Motley Crue","Righteous Brothers",
"Proclaimers","Living Colour", "Joan Jett & Blackhearts","Robert  Plant","Bachman 
Turner Overdrive","REO Speedwagon","ZZ Top","Jefferson Starship","Sting","Crests",
"Drifters","Silverchair", "Peter Gabriel and many others. And I hate to admit this
as a US citizen but I must tip my hat off to the Canadians (even though they 
implicitly insult Americans every time they slap that flag on their backpacks). 
I must tip my hat to the Canadians because of all the rock concerts I've been to 
the best one I saw was on Canada Day (July 1st) in 1994 in Winnipeg,Canada when I 
saw "Pink Floyd" perform on their "Division Bell" tour. The lights and the effects 
were just awesome.Good reason why "Pink Floyd is at #5". Further,anybody who's been
to a "Pink Floyd" concert would agree with me.Especially if like me you had the 
opportunity to enjoy a good smoke while watching the concert.

   The song at position #4 is a song by British record producer Mark Ronson 
featuring American singer and songwriter Bruno Mars,from Ronson's fourth studio 
album,Uptown Special (2015). The song was released as the album's lead single on 
November 10,2014 via digital download in several countries.The song at position #4 
was written by Ronson,Mars,Philip Lawrence and Jeff Bhasker.Since the track 
interpolates "All Gold Everything" (2012),songwriting credits were added for a 
total of six.Produced by Ronson,Mars and Bhasker,its composition began during a 
freestyle studio session between the former three by deciding to work on the jam 
that Mars and his band would play on tour.The song went through several 
incarnations,worked on for months during stressful sessions,recorded at multiple 
locations,and at one point it was nearly scrapped. Copyright controversies arose 
after the song's release,with multiple lawsuits and amendments to its songwriting 
credits,due to similarities with "Oops Up Side Your Head" (1979) by The Gap Band,
keyboardist Rudolph Taylor and producer Lonnie Simmons.
    The song at position #4 is a Funk-pop,soul,boogie,disco-pop and Minneapolis 
sound track.It has a spirit akin to the 1980s-era funk music as well as the works 
by Morris Day & The Time,ultimate being a "joyous, energetic and feel-good" song.
Its lyrics address fashion,self-love and "traditional masculine bravado",performed 
in a sing-rapping style filled with metaphors,arrogance,charisma and fun.Upon its 
release,the single received generally positive reviews from music critics,who
praised the instrumental,style and influences of the track.Others criticized it 
for not being innovative as it tried to emulate the 80's funk music.
    The single debuted at number 65 on Billboard Hot 100 chart on November 21,2014 
due to digital sales,making it Ronson's first entry on the Hot 100 as an artist.It 
subsequently,due to the release of the official video and performance during 
Saturday Night Live,sold 110,000 digital copies.The song became the Hot 100's top 
Digital Gainer of the week and peaked at number 18 on November 28,2014.On its 
third week,the track rose to number eight one the Billboard Hot 100, after the 
video's first full tracking week.It became Ronson's first top 10 as an artist.It 
debuted on the component charts of Streaming Songs and Radio Songs at number 26 
and 46,respectively.On the week of December 10,2014, the song at position #4 
ascended to number five,with sales of 152,000 copies.It marked Mars' eleventh top 
five on the Billboard Hot 100.On its fourth week, the single peaked at number 
three on the Billboard Hot 100,selling 170,000 copies and 49 million audience,thus
recieving Airplay Gainer honors.On the following week, after "The Voice"
performance,the recording stayed at number three for the second consecutive week.
It was the biggest gainer in Digital Songs (244,000),Streaming (7.9 million), 
Airplay audience (63 million),becoming the fifth song to top the three "categories"
since their existence along each other.Ronson became the second lead male artist 
to top Digital Songs with a debut single,since Sam Smith's "Stay with Me" (2014).
On December 31,2014,the track rose to number two on the Billboard Hot 100 with 
432,000 copies sold,8.8 million streams and reached the top ten on Radio Songs with
68 million audience.On its seventh week,the song topped the Billboard Hot 100,with 
382,000 downloads sold, 10 million U.S. streams and 76 million audience in airplay.
It became Ronson's first and only number-one single in the country and Mars' sixth.
It became one of the longest running number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 
and the second longest-running number-one single of the 2010s decade since it 
topped the chart for 14 consecutive weeks,as well as Ronson and Mars' longest 
command at the top position. It was replaced by Wiz Khalifa's "See You Again" 
(2015) featuring Charlie Puth.It topped the year-end chart of the Billboard 
Hot 100.
     On its thirteenth week at number one,the song became the first song to top the
Billboard Hot 100 and its three main component charts for nine non-consecutive 
weeks. The recording spent 31 weeks in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 and 21 
weeks on the top three of the Hot 100,a record previously owned by Santana 
featuring Rob Thomas's "Smooth" (1999),with 19 weeks.By spending 25 weeks on the
Hot 100's top five,it matched the record set by LeAnn Rimes' "How Do I Live" (1997).
Said record was broken by "Closer" (2016) by The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey,as it
spent 26 weeks on the Hot 100's top five.The song sold at least 300,000 copies for 
eight consecutive weeks,only "Blurred Lines" (2013) by Robin Thicke featuring 
Pharrell Williams and T.I. suppressed it by selling the same amount for ten weeks in
a row.The song,at the time, tied the record for most weeks spet at the top of the 
Digital Song Sales chart (13 weeks) with Flo Rida's "Low" featuring T-Pain.The 
recording reached its highest peak on Streaming Songs with 24.5 million streams and
5.7 million subscription-services-based On-Demand Songs in one week.The song spent 
12 weeks on the top position of Streaming Songs,it was the second best run at the 
time,only surpassed by the thirteen weeks of Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX's
"Fancy" (2014).It spent 12 weeks at number one on the Radio Songs chart, reaching a 
peak of 181 million in all-format audience.It was Ronson's first single to reach
number one in the radio songs charts and it was Mars' sixth.The song topped 
several component charts in the United States,such as Adult Pop Songs, Dance Club 
Songs,Dance/Mix Show Airplay,Pop Songs and Rhythmic Songs.It topped the year-end 
chart Mainstream Top 40.In the United States, the single sold 7.8 million downloads 
as of 28 September 2017.It was certified eleven times platinum by the Recording 
Industry Association of America (RIAA) on 18 October 2016, for units of over 11 
million sales plus track-equivalent streams.
    On November 29,2014,the song debuted at number 63 on the Canadian Hot 100.On the
following week it reached the top ten and on its third week on the chart it entered
the top five.On its fourth week peaked at number two on the Canadian Hot 100.On the
issue date of January 10,2015,the song reached number one,a position it has held 
for fifteen consecutive weeks,becoming the second longest-running number-one single
 on the Canadian Hot 100,only behind The Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling" (2009),
which spent sixteen weeks at number one.On the issue date of April 25,2015 the song
was replaced by Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth's "See You Again" (2015).It was 
certified diamond by Music Canada (MC) for shipments over 800,000 copies.It finished 
at number one in the Canada Hot 100.In the United Kingdom,the song was covered 
by Fleur East on The X Factor before its official released date, the cover reached 
number one on iTunes.It led the original song to have its release date brought 
fowards by five weeks. Nevertheless,it debuted at number one on the UK Singles 
Chart on December 14,2014, giving Ronson his first UK number one as a producer 
and artist.On the following week,the song was replaced in the top spot by the
X Factor winner Ben Haenow's single, "Something I Need" (2014),making it the 
Christmas number one.It spent seven non-consecutive weeks at number one,before 
finally being knocked off from the top on February 8.2015 by Ellie Goulding's 
"Love Me Like You Do" (2015).The track was certified five times platinum by the 
British Phonographic Industry (BPI),for combining units equivalent to 3,000,000.
The song was the best-selling song of 2015 in the UK,with combined sales of 1.76
million during the year (total 2.25 million).As of September 2017,
the song had 2,723,470 combining units, making the list of best-selling singles of 
the 21st century in the United Kingdom as the fourth best-selling single based on
paid-for sales and the second best-selling song based on combined sales.It also 
made the year-end chart of 2014 and 2015, topping the latter.The song debuted at 
number two on December 12,2014,and the following week peaked at the top of the 
Irish Singles Chart,taking the Christmas number one spot.It became the first song
not released by The X Factor winner to reach this position in nine years.It spent 
seven weeks at number one in the Irish Charts, before being knocked off the top by 
Ellie Goulding's "Love Me Like You Do" (2015).
    It also reached the top spot on France's Syndicat National de l'edition 
Phonographique (SNEP) its sixth week,December 27,2014, spending 11 weeks on the 
number one position.It charted for a total of 117 weeks on the chart,never leaving 
it from 2014 to 2017.It was certified diamond by the SNEP.It was certified diamond
by the SNEP for sales of 250,000 copies.The song reached number one on both Belgium
charts,Ultratop 50 Wallonia and Flanders,spending six and three weeks on the top of
the respective charts.The song was certified three times platinum by the Belgian 
Entertainment Association (BEA), for sales of 90,000 copies.In Italy,the song was 
certified five times platinum,for combining units equivalent to 250,000,despite 
only peaking at number three on the FIMI Singles Chart.The single debuted at 
number 11 in Australia on November 30.2014,jumping to number two on the following 
week.On its third week,it topped the charts,where it stayed for a total of six 
weeks.It is the best-selling single in Australia of all time,it has been certified 
17 times platinum for shipments over 1,190,000.The single made the year-end charts 
of Australia in 2014,2015 and 2016,peaking at number one on the aforementioned 
chart in 2015.In New Zealand,the song debuted in the top ten on December 1,2014, 
at number seven.On its fourth week on the chart it peaked at number one,staying 
there for nine consecutive weeks.The track not only topped the year-end chart of 
the country,but it also was certified five times platinum by the Recorded Music NZ 
(RMNZ) for 75,000 copies sold.The song set a record, also achieved by four other 
songs,as it topped the Billboard Hot 100 and the Official UK Singles chart for at 
least seven weeks each.The song is reported to earn $100,000 for the label and 
composers per week for streaming on Spotify alone.[157] It had sold over twenty 
million equivalent units as of 2015.
   The success of the song led it to became a worldwide phenomenon with its major
impact on pop culture.At one point,the song broke its own streaming record three 
times in the United Kingdom,with 2.34, 2.49 and 2.56 million streams,each time.It 
also broke the record for most streamed track in the United States and worldwide
in one week,with 4.8 and 15 million streams,respectively.Tom Breihan writing for
Stereogum found the recording to have "transcend hit status and becomes some sort 
of cultural event",that will be heard at weddings in the next couple of years.
Breihan stated it became "omnipresent".Danielle Janota of Consequence of Sound 
affirmed the single made a cultural impact, it is "more than infectious:It's 
instinctual", as everyone "stampedes furiously to the closest dance floor the 
second it comes on".[53] Matt James from PopMatters said the recording "incite
mass euphoric dancing wherever it is unleashed".It also presents its "global 
domination", seeming like "the only song on planet earth right now".In an 
interview with Time Mark Ronson said the recording was being played in Morocco,
Puerto Rico and Nigeria,countries his previous music never reached.He also 
confessed the track led to people starting to recognize him.Newsweek's 
Jed GottLieb explained the reason why "Uptown Funk" is an immortal track as "the 
song is an increasingly rare phenomenon",since dancing allows us to connect 
"divergent demographics". GottLieb continued, "the song creates an ephemeral 
flash where disparate groups get along because they've been spiked with the same 
euphoria". He affirmed,"for the next quarter-century,it will persist as a choice 
wedding spin."NME's Barry Nicolson dubbed the single "an insta-phenomenon".Jeremy 
Allen of BBC stated that "the biggest hits of the past few years", such as Ronson's
"Uptown Funk" and Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" (2013) drew inspiration from the 80s 
funk/soul works by Prince,Michael Jackson,Nile Rodgers and others,leading the "80s 
to dominates modern culture".Nevertheless,when Angus Harrison from Vice asked 
musicologist Dr John Burgoyne if it would be remembered "in 20 Years Time". 
Burgoyne explained that despite "the melody being sung, the hook is not" and he is 
unsure if it will be remembered as "the hook is that trumpet rop,whereas the words 
"Uptown Funk" just sort of disappear."During The Graham Norton Show,American 
actress and producer Michelle Pfeiffer said she had no idea of the inclusion of her
name on the song. Pfeiffer added that it was embarasing in certain moments, but she
was "flattered".
   The song's official music video was filmed at 20th Century Fox Studios' 
"New York Street" backlot in Los Angeles.Mars and his frequent collaborator Cameron
Duddy directed the video released on November 17,2014.In the video,Ronson and Mars 
are wearing cloths from the late 70's and 80's "attire".Mars wears a 
"salmon-colored blazer" and both put on sun glasses.Throughout most of the "retro" 
video,Ronson,Mars and The Hooligans are singing,walking and dancing in the middle 
of the streets.Ronson is seen mostly lingering in the background,while Mars takes 
the spotlight.At one point, during the video,Ronson and Mars get their hair in 
perm curlers at a salon and their shoes shined.As Mars sings "Fill my cup, put some
liquor in it", one of his bandmates does so.The singer also yells at his chauffeur
to get the limousine as he,Ronson and the band "jive" next to it.Towards the end of
the video,Ronson,Mars,The Hooligans and Jeff Bhasker perform the song in a close 
set to several people.
   Joe Lynch of Billboard praised the video,founding it to be as "ebullient" as the
song,calling Ronson and Mars "impossibly cool".Rap-Up praised Mars and The 
Hooligans' dance moves.Tom Breihan of Stereogum said, "I had no idea [Mars] had 
"ersatz Morris Day" in his arsenal."Ryan Reed from Rolling Stone dubbed the video 
as "goofy".The clip made the cut on several lists of best music videos of the year.
Lyndsey Parker,writing for the previous publication, found Ronson and Mars to 
complement Morris Day and The Time "funky-fresh-to-death tradition well",ranking 
it number six on the list of 20 videos.On the list of the 20 Best Music Videos of 
2014 compiled by Paste,Dacey Orr ranked the video at number 11 saying the video 
"has all of the fun and embellishment and color and choreography to be a real 
classic".On the Stereogum 40 Best Music Videos of 2014,Tom Breihan placed the 
video at number 25.He wrote,"imagine a world in which circa-1986 Jonathan Demme 
had directed a movie about Morris Day & The Time".Harriet Gibsone writing for The 
Guardian found the video to have a "super-slick, Jackson-like group choreography, 
glossy production and retro styling".
   The video received multiple awards and nominations.In 2015,it was nominated for 
British Video of the Year at the BRIT Awards.At the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards,it 
received nominations for Video of the Year,Best Pop Video,Best Collaboration and 
Best Direction and an award for Best Male Video.In the same year, the UK Music 
Video Awards awarded the music video in the category of "Best Pop Video-UK" and it 
was nominated for Best Male Video at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards Japan.It 
received an award for Video of the Year and a nomination for Best Dance Performance
at the 2015 Soul Train Music Awards.The video has over 3.5 billion views on video 
sharing website YouTube as of March 2019, making it the fifth most viewed YouTube 
video of all time.

   The song at position #3 is there not for the song's performance on the single's 
chart but for the chart performance of the album "X" (pronounced "multiply") which 
the song is off of by English singer Ed Sheeran (Born:February 17,1991 in Halifax,
United Kingdom).Ed Sheeran places 14 songs in the Top 6500 with four of them in the
Top 100.This his highest ranking song in the Top 6500 from the album "X".
   The album "X"  is the second studio album by Ed Sheeran.It was released on 
June 20,2014 in Australia and New Zealand,and worldwide on June 23 through Asylum 
Records and Atlantic Records.The album received positive reviews from music critics.
It was an international commercial success,peaking at No. 1 in fifteen countries,
while topping both the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200."X" also reached the
top 5 in seven other countries and was the best selling album of 2014 in Australia,
New Zealand,Ireland and the United Kingdom.
   In December 2014,Spotify named "X" the most-streamed album in the world for 2014,
racking up more than 430 million streams for the year."X" has been certified 10x
Platinum in the UK with sales of over 3 million copies,making it the third
best-selling album of the 2010s and the 20th best selling album in the history of 
the UK.The album has been certified 3x Platinum in Canada,6x Platinum in 
New Zealand,and 4x Platinum in the US,with sales of over 4 million copies.It 
also became the first album ever to be certified Diamond in Australia.Also,"X" 
broke Adele's record for the longest charting Top 10 album in the history of the 
United Kingdom.In 2015,"X" won the Brit Award for British Album of the Year,and at 
the 57th Grammy Awards it was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album and Album of the 
Year.
   Five singles were released from the album: "Sing","Don't","Photograph","Bloodstream" (a collaboration with Rudimental) and "Thinking Out Loud"."Thinking 
Out Loud" was the most successful track from the album and that is why the song is 
at #3 on the Top 6500.
   Thinking Out Loud" was written by Rd Sheeran and Amy Wadge, and produced by 
frequent collaborator Jake Gosling.It was released in the US on September 24,2014 
as the album  "X's" third single.
    In the UK,the song spent 19 weeks within the top 40 before peaking at number one
in early November 2014;it became Sheeran's second number one single there.The single
has also reached the top spot in Australia,Ireland,New Zealand,Denmark,
the Netherlands, Slovakia and South Africa and peaked at number two on both the US 
Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian Hot 100.It was Sheeran's highest-charting single
in North America until "Shape of You" (#11 on the Top 6500)topped the charts in both
countries in 2017.
   In June 2015,"Thinking Out Loud" became the first single to spend a full year in
the UK top 40.In September 2015,it also became the seventh single to have achieved 
triple platinum certification in the UK during the 21st century.In October 2015,the
song became the first to be streamed over 500 million times on Spotify,is also one 
of the most streamed songs in the UK and has been viewed more than 2.7 billion times
on YouTube as of May 2019.
      "Thinking Out Loud" received nominations for Grammy Award for Record of the 
Year,Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance at the 58th Grammy Awards,
winning the latter two.
     "Thinking Out Loud" topped several charts in Europe,Oceania and South Africa 
and reached the top ten in several other countries in the Northern America.Upon the
album's release,the single debuted at number 26 on the UK Singles Chart.On November
2,2014, "Thinking Out Loud" topped the UK Singles Chart in its 19th week in the 
Top 40,breaking the record for the longest ascent to number one.In the week ending 
June 27.2015,it had spent a record consecutive 52 weeks (or a full year) inside the 
top 40. Around the same time,the single had accumulated 1.65 million combined sales
and streams;it became one of the 161 million-selling singles and the 26th 
best-selling of the 2010s in the UK.On September 18,2015,the British Phonographic 
Industry certified the single triple platinum for combined sales (including 
streaming points) of 1,800,000 units.As of September 2017,the song has sold 
1,219,000 copies with 130 million streams,making a total of 2,521,000 units sold in 
the United Kingdom.
    In the US,"Thinking Out Loud" peaked at number two on the all-encompassing 
chart Billboard Hot 100;the single became Sheeran's highest charting single until 
the release of "Shape of You" in 2017. It remained the runner-up spot for eight 
consecutive weeks, a chart feat last held in 2004."Thinking Out Loud" was kept off 
the top spot by "Uptown Funk" (#4 on the Top 6500), although it outperformed the 
latter song for a week in February 2015 on the Billboard Digital Songs.On other 
specific US charts, "Thinking Out Loud" reached number one on the Billboard Adult 
Pop Songs for the week ending February 21,2015, marking Sheeran's first.For the 
week ending March 21,2015, "Thinking Out Loud" held the top position on the 
Billboard Pop Songs,Adult Pop Songs and Adult Contemporary charts,becoming the 
fourth song in history to lead all three adult charts simultaneously.In celebration 
of Google Play's fifth anniversary,Google announced "Thinking Out Loud" as the 
top selling song on the platform."Thinking Out Loud" is Sheeran's best-selling song 
in the United States,with 5,622,000 copies sold as of September 2017.
  Radio station CHUM from Toronto ranked "Thinking Out Loud" as the number one song
for the entire year of 2015.
  On August 10,2016, it was announced that Sheeran was getting sued by the family of
Ed Townsend for copyright infringement,who claim that "Thinking Out Loud" 
plagiarises elements of Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On".The claim was voluntarily 
withdrawn,with the court later saying there was no grounds or evidence of 
plagiarism even if the claim should have been submitted further in the courts.

  The recording act at position #2 is the second most successful solo recording act
of all-time next to Elvis Presley.He was born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 
March 25, 1947 in the northwest London suburb of Pinner, Middlesex, near Watford in
England. He was born at home in the modest council house at 55 Pinner Hill Road 
that was the home of his maternal grandparents, with whom his newlywed parents,
Stanley and Sheila Dwight, were living at the time.When the young family was better
established, they purchased a nicer, semi-detached house around the corner at 111 
Potter Street.Reginald was educated at nearby Pinner County Grammar School until he
dropped out at the age of 15 to pursue a career in the music industry.
    The two defining issues of the recording act at position #2's early childhood 
were music and the lack of love he received from his father.Years later, when 
Stanley Dwight was on his deathbed and requested a final visit from his rock star
son,Reginald refused to meet with him.
    Reginald has stated that his wild stage costumes and performances were his way 
of letting go after such a restrictive childhood. Extending this idea,it is likely 
that the excesses and addictions of his personal life had some basis in these 
childhood issues. Additionally,Reginald's ceaseless ambition to succeed, manifested
even today by a nearly endless touring schedule, may well be grounded in the 
desire of every child to "prove" himself in the eyes of an unapproving parent.
    Both of Reginald's parents were musically inclined, his father having been a 
trumpet player with a semi-professional big band that played military dances. The 
Dwights were avid record buyers,exposing the boy to all the popular singers and 
musicians of the day.Reginald remembers being immediately hooked on rock and roll 
when his mother brought home records by Elvis Presley and Bill Haley and his Comets in 1956.
    With the help of mother Sheila and stepfather Fred "Derf" (Fred spelled 
backwards) Farebrother,Reginald Dwight became a weekend pianist at the nearby 
Northwood Hills pub, playing on Friday,Saturday and Sunday nights. The crowd was 
often rough sometimes an unruly patron would dump a pint of beer into Reginald's 
piano and the youngster had to work hard to please them. He played everything from
Jim Reeves country songs ("He'll Have to Go") to Irish folk numbers ("When Irish
Eyes Are Smiling"),decades-old ditties ("Beer Barrel Polka"), hits of the day 
("King of the Road"), and songs he had written himself. He received a modest, 
steady income and substantial tips. "During that whole period, I don't think I 
ever missed a gig", he said later. He also did a stint with a short-lived group 
called the Corvettes rounded out his time.
      In 1964, Dwight and his friends formed a band called "Bluesology". By day,
he ran errands for a music publishing company; he divided his nights between solo 
gigs at a London hotel bar and working with "Bluesology". By the mid-1960s,
"Bluesology" was backing touring American soul and R&B musicians like The "Isley 
Brothers","Major Lance", "Doris Troy" and "Patti LaBelle and The Bluebelles". 
In 1966, the band became musician Long John Baldry's supporting band and began 
touring cabarets in
England.
     After failing lead vocalist auditions for "King Crimson" and "Gentle Giant", 
Dwight answered an advertisement in the "New Musical Express" placed by 
Ray Williams,then the A&R manager for Liberty Records. At their first meeting, 
Williams gave Dwight a stack of lyrics written by Bernie Taupin, who had answered 
the same ad.Dwight wrote music for the lyrics, and then mailed it to Taupin, and 
thus began a partnership that continues to this day. In 1967,what would become the 
first Elton John/Bernie Taupin song, "Scarecrow", was recorded; when the two first 
met, six months later, Reginald Dwight had changed his name to Elton John, by deed
poll,in homage to "Bluesology" saxophonist "Elton Dean" and "Long John Baldry".
    Empty Sky, Elton John's 1969 debut album, went largely unnoticed.The team of
John and Taupin joined Dick James's DJM Records as staff songwriters in 1968, and 
over the next two years wrote material for various artists, like Roger Cook and 
Lulu. Taupin would write a batch of lyrics in under an hour and give it to John, 
who would write music for them in half an hour, disposing of the lyrics if he 
couldn't come up with anything quickly. For two years, they wrote easy-listening 
tunes for James to peddle to singers.
    Their early output included an entry for British song for the Eurovision Song 
Contest in 1969,called "Can't Go On (Living Without You)" It came sixth of six 
songs.
    During this period Elton also played on sessions for other artists including
playing piano on The Hollies' "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" and singing backing
vocals for "The Scaffold".
    On the advice of music publisher Steve Brown, John and Taupin started writing 
more complex songs for John to record for DJM. The first was the single "I've Been 
Loving You" (1968), produced by Caleb Quaye, former "Bluesology" guitarist. In 1969, 
with Quaye, drummer Roger Pope, and bassist Tony Murray, John recorded another 
single, "Lady Samantha," and an album, "Empty Sky". Despite good reviews, none of 
the records sold well.
    Elton and Taupin now enlisted Gus Dudgeon to produce a follow-up with Paul 
Buckmaster as arranger. "Elton John" was released in the spring of 1970 on DJM 
Records/Pye Records in the UK and Uni Records in the USA, and established the 
formula for subsequent albums; gospel-chorded rockers and poignant ballads. The 
first single from the album, "Border Song," only made the US Top 100 peaking at #92. 
After the second single "Your Song" made the US Top Ten, the album followed suit.
Elton's first American concert took place at The Troubadour in Los Angeles (his 
introduction was provided by Neil Diamond), in August, backed by ex-Spencer 
Davis Group drummer Nigel Olsson and bassist Dee Murray. Kicking over his piano 
bench Jerry Lee Lewis-style and performing handstands on the keyboards, Elton left 
the critics raving, and drew praise from fellow artists such as Quincy Jones and 
Bob Dylan.
    In the spring of 1970,Elton was recruited to provide piano and backing vocals 
on "Back Home",the song recorded by the England football squad which was about to 
depart to Mexico for the World Cup finals.
    "Elton John" was followed quickly with the concept album Tumbleweed Connection 
in October 1970,which reached the Top Ten on the Billboard 200. A frenetic pace of 
releasing two albums a year was now established.
   The live album 17-11-70 (11-17-70 in the US) showcased Elton's talent as a rock 
pianist and father of piano rock. Taped at a live show aired from A&R Studios on 
WPLJ-FM in New York City, and introduced by disc jockey Dave Herman, it featured 
extended versions of John/Taupin's early compositions that illustrate the gospel and
boogie-woogie influences on John's piano playing.It also featured much interaction 
between John,bassist Dee Murray, and drummer Nigel Olsson. During the magnum
opus 18:20 version of "Burn Down the Mission", the band interpolates Arthur "Big 
Boy" Crudup's "My Baby Left Me" and a full rendition of The Beatles' "Get Back" 
before a rampaging conclusion.
   Elton and Taupin then wrote the soundtrack to the obscure film "Friends" and 
then the album "Madman Across the Water", the latter reaching the Top Ten and 
producing the hit "Levon", while the soundtrack album produced the hit "Friends".
      Elton John's sixth album, "Madman Across the Water" in 1972, marked the final
piece of what would become known as the Elton John Band fell into place, with the 
addition of Davey Johnstone (on guitar and backing vocals). Murray, Olsson, and 
Johnstone came together with Elton and Taupin's writing,Elton's flamboyant 
performance style, and producer Gus Dudgeon to create a hit-making chemistry for 
the next five Elton John albums. Known for their instrumental playing, the members 
of the band were also strong backing vocalists who worked out and recorded many of 
their vocal harmonies themselves, usually in Elton's absence.
   The band released Honky Chateau, which became Elton's first American number 1 
album, spending five (5)weeks at the top of the charts and spawning the hit singles
"Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long,Long Time)" and "Honky Cat".
     The 1973 pop album "Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player" came out at the 
start of 1973,and produced the hits "Crocodile Rock" and "Daniel"; the former 
became his first U.S. number one hit. (Ironically this, like his other famous 1970s
solo hits, would be popular in his native land but never top the UK Singles Chart; 
this achievement would have to wait two decades.) Both the album and "Crocodile 
Rock" were the first album and single, respectively on the consolidated MCA Records 
label in the USA, replacing MCA's other labels including Uni.
   "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", a double album considered by many to be Elton John's
best album,followed later in 1973. It gained instant critical acclaim and topped the
chart on both sides of the Atlantic. It also temporarily established Elton John as 
a glam rock star. It contained the US Number 1 hit "Bennie and the Jets",along with
the popular and praised "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road","Saturday Night's Alright for 
Fighting", "Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding", "Grey Seal" (originally
recorded and released in 1970 as the B-side to the UK-only single, "Rock and Roll 
Madonna")and "Candle in the Wind".
  For the next two decades Elton John's success continued.But twenty four (24) years
later in 1997 one song from the "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" album titled "Candle In
The Wind",a song with music by Elton and the lyrics by Bernie Taupin,was suddenly 
resurrected.The lyrics of the song are a sympathetic portrayal of the life of 
Marilyn Monroe (the song's opening line "Goodbye Norma Jean" refers to Monroe's 
real name) and condemn exploitation by those around her,using the metaphor of a 
candle extinguished prematurely after the loneliness of her final years.The single 
release of the original song reached number eleven (11) on the UK charts and #6 on
the Australian singles chart in early 1974, and a live recording with the Melbourne 
Symphony Orchestra in 1986 reached number (5) five in 1988 in the UK and it
reached #6 in the USA (Billboard).
  On August 31,1997 Diana, Princess of Wales was killed in a car crash in 
Paris,France.The news immediately shocked Elton John,as he and the Princess had 
been very good friends:he had also lost another good friend,the fashion designer 
Gianni Versace, earlier in the summer,and had attended his funeral with Diana.As a 
result of these deaths, John sank into a deep depression, and considered not going 
to the funeral due to the emotional trauma.In the end, he decided to attend after 
receiving support from other friends. Following the recovery,John decided he wanted
to pay a tribute to Diana: with that in mind, he contacted his veteran writing 
partner,Bernie Taupin.Due to the confusion created by a message John left on 
Taupin's answering machine in which he asked Taupin to write a lyric similar to 
"Candle in the Wind", Taupin rewrote that song.George Martin was contacted to help 
produce the song,and added a string quartet,(Peter Manning,Keith Pascoe,Levine 
Andrade and Andrew Shulman) and woodwind(Pippa Davies,flute) to help balance the 
recording.
      On September 6,1997, John sang the song at the funeral of his friend Diana, 
Princess of Wales in Westminster Abbey, London having rewritten the lyrics with 
Taupin to try to reflect the grief that many felt at the loss of the Princess. 
He changed the opening lyrics from "Goodbye Norma Jean,though I never knew you at 
all," were adapted to "Goodbye England's rose, may you ever grow in our hearts."
In fact, most of the lyrics were adapted to suit the circumstances of Diana's life
and death,
but a notable and poignantly ironic omission was the line, "Even when you died, 
the press still hounded you..." which was replaced with the lyric, "Even though we 
try,the truth brings us to tears..."
   "Candle In The Wind 1997", produced by George Martin, was released on September 
13,1997 as a double A-side with "Something about the Way You Look Tonight",
entering at #1 in the UK (4th UK #1) and instantly became the fastest-selling single
in the UK, selling 658,000 copies in the UK on that day alone, over 1.5 million 
copies in its first week, becoming the fastest-selling record of all time in the 
UK charts.It also remained at number one for five (5) weeks in the UK. In October 
it became John's ninth U.S. number one single,where it topped the Billboard 
Hot 100 for 14 weeks,and is the best-selling single in Billboard history and the 
only single ever certified Diamond in the U.S."Candle In The Wind 1997" topped the 
German Singles Chart for seven weeks,the Australian ARIA Charts for six weeks 
reached number one in Japan,Canada,France and music charts around the world.
   The 1997 version won John the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance 
atthe 40th Grammy Awards ceremony in 1998.The lyrics of the earlier version of 
"Candle in the Wind", written by Bernie Taupin.
   According to the Recording Industry Association of America,with certified sales,
this song is "the best-selling single of all time."The Guinness World Records 2009 
states that the song is "the biggest-selling single since UK and US singles charts 
began in the 1950s,having accumulated worldwide sales of 33 million copies".
    This song spent six (6) weeks at #1 in Australia.It also becoming the first song
in history to reach the top in each of the four major countries in the music 
industry: USA,Japan,United Kingdom and Germany.The song also went to #1 in Austria,
Belgium,the Netherlands,Finland,New Zealand,Denmark, Spain,Austria,France,Ireland,
Italy,Norway,weden, Switzerland and Canada. It is estimated that at the peak of sales,
almost six copies of the single were sold per second.
   In the USA,UK,Canada and Australia "Candle In The Wind (97) was the #1 single 
for the entire year of 1997.In the USA "Candle In The Wind (97) spent 14 weeks 
at #1 on the Billboard Singles Chart a record for a male solo artist.Only two other
song has spent more time at #1 on the Billboard Singles Chart.The song eventually
sold 4.86 million copies in the UK, overtaking "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by 
"Band Aid" to be certified as the best-selling single of all time in the UK.It also
sold over 11 million copies in the U.S. (again the all-time best-selling single) 
after receiving advance orders of nearly 9 million,and was number one in most 
countries around the world (In Canada,it spent three years in the top 20 with 45 
non-consecutive weeks at the top spot).No song has spent more time at #1 on the 
singles chart in Canada. However, the song's unusual chart performance in Canada has
also been explained as a structural factor;due to the relative lack of CD singles 
available for sale in Canadian stores,in some weeks the song was able to chart on 
sales of less than 100 copies across the entire country.
     As a testament to the song at position #2's success,it is estimated that at the
peak of sales,almost six copies of the single were sold across the world per second.
In total,over 37 million copies were sold around the world,making it the 
best-selling single of all-time worldwide,although it should be noted that this
sales figure takes into account only CD-singles and was released after the era of 
the traditional single had effectively ended;Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" remains
the biggest-selling traditional vinyl single. All artist and composer royalties and 
record company profits were donated to the Diana,Princess of Wales Memorial Fund.
    John publicly performed "Candle in the Wind 1997" only once, at the funeral of
Diana,Princess of Wales in Westminster Abbey on September 6,1997.Though he continues
to sing the original 1973 version of the song at his concerts,John has repeatedly
turned down requests to perform the 1997 version.He refused even when asked to do 
so for the memorial Concert for Diana in July 2007,having vowed never to perform it 
again unless asked by Diana's sons.The song has never been released (or re-released)
on any of his other albums or compilations,not even on the 1997 Diana Princess of 
Wales: Tribute album (an official 2-CD release sanctioned by Diana's family that 
included other artists such as Celine Dion and Rod Stewart).
   Candle In The Wind is also the name of a 1941 play by Maxwell Anderson.

HERE IS NUMBER ONE (1):THEY SAY IT IS NOT OVER UNTIL THE FAT LADY SINGS... AND THE 
FAT LADY IS SINGING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

  The song at a position #1 has a good reason for being where it is.It is by a
singer who born Adele Laurie Blue Adkins on May 5,1988 in Tottenham,Greater London,
England This song at position #1 received some success going to #1 in the US,UK,
Ausralia,New Zealand and Canada.As a matter of fact US Billboard Magazine ranked 
this song as the #1 single for the entire year of 2011.In 2013 this song ranked at 
#35 of all-time (1958-2018) on Billboard's Magazine.In Canada this song was #3 for 
the entire year of 2011 and in Australia (ARIA) it was number five (5) for the 
year 2011.However,in her native UK (OCC) this song was only #9 for the entire year 
of 2011.
  Although unlike #2 this song is not where it is for it's performance on the 
single charts.It is where it is because of the performance of the album this song 
is off of.The album the song in position #1 is off of spent 23 weeks at #1 in the 
UK,24 weeks at #1 in the USA (since 1963 only "Rumors" and "Thriller" spent more 
time at #1),32 weeks at #1 in Australia and 35 weeks at #1 in Canada 
(Canoe/Billboard).The album (hands down) was the #1 album of 2011 in the the US 
(Billboard),UK,Canada and Australia.Further that in Canada and the USA it not only
was the #1 album for 2011 but also the #1 album for all of 2012.In the UK it was the
#2 album for 2012 and in Australia in 2012 it was the #3 album of the year.Still 
further on Billboard (US) the album ranked at #21 on the 2013 year-end countdown.
   The album.the song at #1 is off of is the second studio album by this English 
recording artist.It was released on January 24th,2011 in most of Europe,and on 
February 22,2011 in North America,it was named after the age of the singer during 
its production.The album shares the folk and Motown soul influences of her 2008 
debut album 19,but was further inspired by the American country and Southern blues 
music to which she had been exposed during her 2008-2009 North American tour.
Composed in the aftermath of the singer's separation from her partner,the album 
typifies the near dormant tradition of the confessional singer-songwriter in its
exploration of heartbreak,self-examination and forgiveness.
 The singer of the song at position #1 began writing the album in April of 2009,
when still involved in the relationship that subsequently inspired the record.
Dissatisfied with once again portraying herself as the musical tragedian of her 
debut,she had intended to compose a more upbeat and contemporary follow-up.However,
studio sessions ended prematurely due to a lack of inspiration.She resumed 
production immediately after the breakdown of her relationship,channelling her 
heartbreak and depression into her songs.The singer collaborated with various 
songwriters and producers,including Columbia Records co-president Rick Rubin,
Paul Epworth,Ryan Tedder,Jim Abbiss, and Dan Wilson.
 Praised by critics for its understated production,vintage authenticity and the 
singer's vocal performance,the album defied the modest commercial expectations of 
her indie record label XL Recordings and became a sleeper hit in 2011.The album 
topped the charts in more than 30 countries including New Zealand,Argentina,Belgium,
Brazil, Croatia,Czech Republic,Denmark,the Netherlands,Finland,France,Germany,
Hungary,Ireland, Italy,Mexico,Norway,Poland,Scotland,Slovenia,South Africa,Sweden 
and Switzerland.The album went to #2 in Spain and Russia. Along with this album 
being the number one album of 2011 in the US,UK,Australia and Canada.It was also the
#1 album for the entire year of 2011 in New Zealand,Belgium,Netherlands,France,
Germany,Ireland,Poland,South Africa and Switzeland.Also along with the album being 
the number one album of the year for all of 2012 in the USA and Canada.It was the 
number one album for all of 2012 in Argentina, Austria,Belgium,Denmark,Netherlands,
France,New Zealand and Switzerland.In Belgium it was the #8 album for 2013.This 
album appeared in the 2012 edition of the Guinness World Records;The 
United Kingdom's best-selling album of the 21st century,its 23-week tenure atop the
UK Albums Chart is the longest by a female solo artist.In the United States,the 
album was certified Diamond. Singles "Rolling in the Deep", "Someone like You" and 
"Set Fire to the Rain" became worldwide number-one hits,while "Rumour Has It" and 
"Turning Tables" charted in the top 20 across Europe and North America.
   Globally,this was the biggest selling musical release for both 2011 and 2012,and 
helped revitalise lagging sales of the United States and UK music industry.By 
July 2014 the album had sold 30 million copies worldwide.Critics hailed the album as
a shift from the overtly sexual and musically bombastic status quo,and attributed 
its success to its deeply autobiographical yet universal songs.Shortlisted for the 
2011 Mercury Prize,this album won the 2012 Grammy Award for Album of the Year and 
the BRIT Award for British Album of the Year.
  The song at position #1 is the most successful track from this album.The song was
written by the singer of the song at position #1 and Paul Epworth.The singer 
herself describes it as a "dark blues-y gospel disco tune".The largest crossover 
hit in the United States from the past 25 years,the song gained radio airplay from 
many different radio formats.It was first released on November 29th,2010 as the 
lead single from her second studio album in digital download format.The lyrics 
describe the emotions of a scorned lover.
  In an interview with the singer of the song at position #1 she expressed her 
initial reservations prior to meeting with Paul Epworth due to their divergent 
musical styles,but characterised their collaboration as "a match made in heaven.
"She also credited Epworth for her increased vocal confidence,stating, "He brought
a lot out of me.He brought my voice out as well-there's notes that I hit in that
song at #1 that I never even knew I could hit." According to reviewer Bill Lamb,
the song at position #1 features "martial beats,pounding piano keys and chanting 
backing singers".The singer's vocals have been described as having a "hint of Wanda
Jackson's dirty-blues growl".According to Nadine Cheung from AOL Radio Blog the song
is "sung from the perspective of a scorned lover, who is finally able to see the 
light,but despite regretful sentiments,reconciliation is not an option here.The song
at position #1 is written in the key of C minor,in common time with a tempo of 105 
beats per minute.The accompaniment uses open fifths,in a progression of 
C5-G5-B-5-G5-B-5. The singer's voice spans from B-3 to D5,the highest 
note sung using the head voice.The song was reportedly inspired by a Nashville-schooled 
US tour bus driver,and composed by Epworth and the singer of the song at position
#1 in a single afternoon following her breakup with her boyfriend.
  The song at position #1 was acclaimed by music critics and represented a 
commercial breakthrough for this singer,propelling her to international success.
The song reached number one in 11 countries and the top five in many more regions.
It was Adele's first number-one song in the United States,reaching the top spot on 
many Billboard charts, including the Billboard Hot 100 where it was number one for 
seven weeks.By February 2012,this song had sold over 7,600,000 copies in the United
States,making it the highest selling digital song by a female artist in the US,the
second best-selling digital song in the US and her best-selling single outside her 
native country,topping her previous best-selling "Chasing Pavements".Worldwide,it 
was the fifth best selling digital single of 2011 with sales of 8.2 million copies,
later going on to sell over 14 million copies.The song spent 65 weeks on the 
US Billboard chart,making the song at that time the fourth most weeks spent on the 
chart,tying the place with Jewel with her double single 
"Foolish Games"/"You Were Meant for Me".
   In July 2011,the video was nominated for seven MTV Video Music Awards 
nominations,making it the most nominated music video of the year. The video won 
three awards:Best Editing,Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction.On
February 12,2012,the song at position #1 received three Grammy Awards for Record of 
The Year,Song of the Year and Best Short Form Music Video.Critics and music 
publications ranked the song highly on their end-of-year lists.
   The song at position #1 is the fourth song to top the Billboard Year-End 
Hot 100 singles chart and to win both Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Song
of the Year in the same year, after "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by 
Simon & Garfunkel in 1970/1971, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by 
Roberta Flack in 1972/1973, and "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes in 1981/1982.  

  The big question is! Will this song still be #1 of all-time on my chart in 2024 
when I do the Top 7000 of all-time count down.Only time will tell!!!!!