Number One Songs The Year You Were Born - 1940 to 2019 and who’s who in 2020

Granted, new-born babies won’t have any clue, but as parent’s, grandparents, one day you can let them know.

Certain years will hold two songs based on the length of time at number one.

Before you say anything, yes, there were many number one songs over the years, but these are categorized as the overall number one song.

Each form/style of music have their own rankings, but this is overall rankings, so please, don’t shoot the messenger.

So kick back a second or two, scroll down to your year and say one of two things. “I knew that.” Or, “I had no idea.”

And of course, you can find all these songs on YouTube.

At the very end, only a very few can say they were born in two different years with a unique song as explained at the bottom.

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1940: I’ll Never Smile Again – Tommy Dorsey

1941: Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy) – Timmy Dorsey

1942: White Christmas – Bing Crosby

1943: I’ve Heard That Song Before – Harry James

1944: Swinging On A Star – Bing Crosby

1945: Till The End Of Time – Perry Como

1946: The Gypsy – The Ink Spots

1947: Near You – Frances Craig (And this a male singer I might add)

1948: Button and Bows – Dinah Shore

Twelfth Street Rag – Pee-Wee Hunt

1949: Riders In The Sky – Vaughn Monroe

1950: Goodnight Irene – Gordon Jenkins and the Weavers

1951: Too Young – Nat King Cole

1952: Blue Tango – Leroy Anderson

1953: Where Is Your Heart (from Moulin Rouge) – Percy Faith

1954: Little Things Mean A Lot – Kitty Kallen

1955: Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White) Perez Prado

1956: Heartbreak Hotel – Elvis Presley (Though it was number one, Hound Dog and Don’t Be Cruel Were Number One for 11 weeks, three weeks longer than Heartbreak Hotel.)

1957: All Shook Up – Elvis Presley

1958: Nel Blu de Pinto de Blue (Volare) – Domencio Modugno

1959: The Battle of New Orleans – Johnny Horton

Stagger Lee – Lloyd Price

1960: Theme From A Summer Place – Percy Faith

1961: Tossin’ and Turnin’ – Bobby Lewis

1962: Big Girls Don’t Cry ’ Frankie Vali and The Four Seasons

1963: Surfin’ USA – The Beach Boys

1964: I Want To Hold Your Hand – The Beatles

1965: I Can’t Help Myself - The Four Tops

1966: The Ballad of the Green Berets – Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler

1967: Respect – Aretha Franklin

1968: Hey Jude – The Beatles

1969: Sugar Sugar – The Archies

1970: Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon and Garfunkel

1971: Joy To The World – Three Dog Night

1972: Let’s Stay Together – Al Green

1973: Let’s Get It On – Marvin Gaye

1974: The Way We Were – Barbara Streisand

1975: Love Will Keep Us Together – Captain and Tennille

1976: Silly Love Songs – Wings

1977: Tonight’s The Night – Rod Stewart

1978: Shadow Dancing – Andy Gibb

1979: My Sharona – The Knack

1980: Call Me – Blondie

1981: Bette Davis Eyes – Kim Carnes

(This was close though – Endless Love with Lionel Ritchie and Diana Ross were one vote shy from tying)

1982: Physical – Olivia-Newton John

1983: Every Breath You Take – The Police

(but it is worth a serious shoutout for Sexual Healing by Marvin Gaye)

1984: When Doves Cry – Prince

1985: Careless Whisper – George Michael

1986: That’s What Friends Are For – Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder, Elton John

1987: Walk Like An Egyptian – The Bangles

1988: Faith – George Michael

1989: Look Away – Chicago

1990: Hold On – Wilson Phillips

1991: Everything I Do, I do It For You – Bryan Adams

1992: End of The Road – Boyz II Men

1993: I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston

1994: The Sign – Ace of Base

1995: Gangsta’s Paradise – Coolio featuring L.V.

1996: Macarena – Los del Rio

1997: Something About The Way You Look Tonight – Elton John

1998: Too Close – Next

1999: Believe – Cher

2000: Breathe – Faith Hill

2001: Hanging By A Moment – Lifehouse

2002: How You Remind Me – Nickelback

2003: In Da Club – 50 Cent

2004: Yeah – Usher, featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris

2005: We Belong Together – Mariah Carey

2006: Bad Day – Daniel Powter

2007: Irreplaceable –Beyoncé

2008: Low – Flo Rida featuring T-Pain

2009: Boom Pow – The Black Eyed Peas

2010: Tik-Tok – Kesha

2011: Rolling In The Deep – Adele

2012: Somebody That I Used To know Yourself – Gotye featuring Kimbra

2013: Thrift Shop – Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz

2014: Happy – Pharrell Williams

2015: See You Again – Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth

2016: Love Yourself – Justin Bieber

2017: Despacito – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber

2018: God’s Plan – Drake

2019: Old Town Road – Lil Nas X

2020: Bad Guy – Billie Eilish, holds the number one spot currently

Now, which of you were born when the greatest number one hit of all time was released?

And no, it wasn’t Elvis, The Beatles or Michael Jackson.

That song is: The Twist – Chubby Checker … it is the only song to reach number one, twice, by the same recording artist, within two years of each other. Were you born in either of those years?

No, I won’t tell you the years, but you can Google it!

... and if you dare, come back here and give yourself up! Grinning.