Statistics for Most Popular Song by Year (1940-2016)

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The average score is 20 of 77

Answer Stats

Year	Artist	Song	% Correct
1980	Blondie	Call Me	83%
2014	Pharrell Williams	Happy	76%
2012	Carly Rae Jepsen	Call Me Maybe	70%
1993	Whitney Houston	I Will Always Love You	61%
2013	Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell	Blurred Lines	59%
2015	Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars	Uptown Funk	59%
1985	USA For Africa	We Are the World	58%
1983	The Police	Every Breath You Take	56%
2010	Ke$ha	TiK ToK	56%
1997	Elton John	Candle in the Wind 1997	54%
1982	Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder	Ebony and Ivory	53%
1956	Elvis Presley	Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog	51%
2007	Rihanna featuring Jay-Z	Umbrella	51%
1970	Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	50%
2003	50 Cent	In Da Club	48%
1996	Los Del Rio	Macarena	48%
2006	Justin Timberlake	SexyBack	47%
1968	The Beatles	Hey Jude	46%
1987	Bon Jovi	Livin' On a Prayer	46%
1999	Santana featuring Rob Thomas	Smooth	44%
1979	The Knack	My Sharona	42%
1965	The Rolling Stones	(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction	40%
2009	The Black Eyed Peas	I Gotta Feeling	40%
2004	Usher featuring Lil John & Ludacris	Yeah!	39%
1991	Bryan Adams	(Everything I Do) I Do It For You	37%
1984	Prince	When Doves Cry	37%
2016	Rihanna featuring Drake	Work	36%
1964	The Beatles	I Want to Hold Your Hand	33%
2008	Flo Rida featuring T-Pain	Low	33%
1981	Diana Ross & Lionel Richie	Endless Love	31%
1998	Brandy & Monica	The Boy Is Mine	30%
1967	The Monkees	I'm a Believer	29%
1986	Dionne Warwick & Friends	That's What Friends Are For	29%
2011	Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris	We Found Love	27%
1992	Boys II Men	End of the Road	25%
1971	Three Dog Night	Joy to the World	25%
1978	Bee Gees	Night Fever	22%
1975	Captain & Tenille	Love Will Keep Us Together	20%
1977	Debby Boone	You Light Up My Life	20%
1974	Ray Stevens	The Streak	19%
2005	Mariah Carey	We Belong Together	18%
2000	Santana featuring The Product G	Maria Maria	17%
1969	Zager & Evans	In the Year 2525	16%
1966	SSgt Barry Sadler	The Ballad of the Green Berets	16%
1972	Roberta Flack	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	16%
1995	Mariah Carey	Fantasy	15%
1976	Rod Stewart	Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)	14%
1994	Boys II Men	I'll Make Love to You	13%
1952	Johnny Ray and the Four Lads	Cry	12%
1988	Steve Winwood	Roll With It	11%
1960	Percy Faith	Theme from "A Summer Place"	11%
2002	Ashanti	Foolish	9%
1959	Johnny Horton	The Battle of New Orleans	9%
2001	Janet Jackson	All For You	8%
1990	Mariah Carey	Vision of Love	8%
1958	Sheb Wooley	The Purple People Eater	7%
1962	Ray Charles	I Can't Stop Loving You	6%
1989	Janet Jackson	Miss You Much	6%
1950	Gordon Jenkins and The Weavers	Goodnight Irene	5%
1973	Paul McCartney & Wings	My Love	4%
1963	Jimmy Gilmer and The Fireballs	Sugar Shack	4%
1961	Bobby Lewis	Tossin' and Turnin'	4%
1957	Elvis Presley	All Shook Up	3%
1955	Perez Prado	Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White	3%
1951	Les Paul and Mary Ford	How High the Moon	3%
1940	Tommy Dorsey	I'll Never Smile Again	2%
1954	Kitty Kallen	Little Things Mean a Lot	2%
1945	Les Brown & Doris Day	Sentimental Journey	2%
1944	Bing Crosby	Swinging on a Star	2%
1947	Ted Weems	Heartaches	1%
1943	Harry James	I've Heard That Song Before	1%
1948	Peggy Lee	Mañana (is Soon Enough for Me)	1%
1949	Vaughn Monroe	Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)	1%
1953	Les Paul and Mary Ford	Vaya Con Dios (May God Be With You)	1%
1941	Jimmy Dorsey	Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)	0%
1942	Glenn Miller	Moonlight Cocktail	0%
1946	The Ink Spots	The Gypsy	0%