Hits of the Year Edition Part 2

Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia

Slate Podcasts

Music, Music History, Music Commentary

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2022

⏱️ 96 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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0:59.2	Welcome back to Hippory, a podcast of pop chart history from Slate magazine, about the
1:14.0	hits from Coast to Coast.
1:16.0	I'm Chris Mulanthay, chart analyst, pop critic, and writer of Slates Why is this song number
1:21.5	one series on our last episode?
1:24.9	I talked about billboards year and ranking of Hot 100 hits, and their 65 year tradition
1:32.7	of naming a top song of the year.
1:36.1	The results are not always predictable, and the songs range from unmemorable to immortal.
1:44.2	I'm now going to try ranking these 65 year and number ones to determine which feels
1:51.8	most deserving of the honor.
1:58.3	Before I start running down these 65 hits, a few provisos.
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