Hits of the Year Edition Part 1

Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia

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Music, Music History, Music Commentary

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Sam the Sham over the Rolling Stones? The Knack over Donna Summer? Wilson Phillips over Mariah Carey? Glass Animals over Harry Styles? On Billboard’s year-end Hot 100, upsets are quite common. Songs that seemed to dominate the chart all year are defeated by stealthily ubiquitous earworms. Sometimes the obvious song takes the prize: “Hey Jude,” “Every Breath You Take” or “I Will Always Love You.” And then sometimes it’s a one-hit wonder: Domencio Mudugno, Daniel Powter, Gotye, Glass Animals—all won the year-end Hot 100 prize. Join Chris Molanphy as he explains the secrets behind having the hit of the year—and why it doesn’t always go to a superstar. Podcast production by Kevin Bendis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode of Hit Parade is presented by Best Buy, a special note to all Hit Parade
0:08.7	listeners.
0:09.7	Hi, this is Chris Malampy.
0:11.9	As you might be able to tell, I've been fighting off the bug that's going around
0:16.4	this holiday season.
0:18.1	So my voice is a little raw on this episode.
0:21.8	Also, do largely to my illness and the resulting production issues this month, sleep plus
0:28.6	listeners will receive part two of this episode at the end of the month.
0:33.8	My thanks to plus members for understanding, and I hope you enjoy part one of our hits
0:41.4	of the year episode.
0:52.3	Welcome to Hit Parade, a podcast of pop chart history from Slate magazine about the hits
0:58.3	from Coast to Coast.
0:59.8	I'm Chris Malampy, chart analyst, pop critic, and writer of Slate's Why Is This Song Number
1:04.9	One series.
1:06.4	On today's show, in the closing weeks of 2022, this song is making a lot of year-end
1:13.5	lists as it was by Harry Styles.
1:18.1	In addition to its critical acclaim, it made the 10 best singles lists of Rolling Stone,
1:24.6	The Guardian, NME, Entertainment Weekly, and Consequence of Sound, as it was also dominated
1:32.1	Billboard's Hot 100 this year.
1:34.9	To be exact, the lead single from the Harry's House album topped America's flagship pop
1:41.1	chart for an amazing 15 weeks.
1:44.9	Not only the longest run at number one for any song this year, but one of the four longest
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