Other tracks have not ceased to be popular since they were released, while others somehow return years after their release (remember what happened a while ago with Kate Bush as well as “Get on top” when I heard it on Stranger Things).

streaming made it easy for any listener to access the vast ocean of music. But have you ever wondered which tracks from past decades stand the longest and get the most airplay?

Not to search UK official charts they searched and collected in one list highest-grossing track by release year for each year from 1952 to present.

Many of the tracks that ended up in the top of their year are not particularly surprising, as they were a huge success, however, if you carefully study the list, you can find various “paradoxes”.

For example, “Do not stop believing” from Travel may be a classic rock track and the most streamed song since 1982 according to this list, however it only reached #62 on the charts the year it was released – it certainly helped that the track could be heard along the way on shows such as The Sopranos and Glee, it even surpassed hits of the same year such as “Come On Eileen” by Dexys Midnight Runners and “Eye of the Tiger” by Survivor.

The art of sampling in hip-hop is also a way to give old music a second life. Something similar happened when Kanye West use it “I have a girlfriend” from Ray Charles in “Gold Digger” and just like that, this is the most twisted track ever released 1954.

But let’s take a closer look at the most twisted pieces released by year over the past 50 years:

1950s

1952 – “Singing in the Rain – Gene Kelly
1953 – This Is Love – Dean Martin
1954 – “I have a woman” – Ray Charles
1955 – “Tutti Frutti” – Little Richard
1956 – “I Walk the Line” – Johnny Cash
1957 Jailhouse Rock Elvis Presley
1958 – “Johnny B. Good” – Chuck Berry
1959 – “Put your head on my shoulder” – Paul Anka

1960s

1960 – “Finally” – Etta James
1961 – “Stay with me” – Ben E. King
1962 Cry for Me Solomon Burke
1963 – “Be my baby” – Ronettes
1964 – “My Girl” – Temptations
1965 – “I Can’t Help It” – Four Peaks
1966 – “Paint It Black” – Rolling Stones
1967 – “Mountains High Enough” – Marvin Gaye and Tammy Terrell
1968 – “(I’m sitting on) the dock of the bay” – Otis Redding
1969 – Here Comes the Sun – The Beatles

1970s

1970 – Your Song – Elton John
1971 – Take Me Home, Country Roads – John Denver
1972 – “Tiny Dancer” – Elton John
1973 – “Jolene” – Dolly Parton
1974 – Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
1975 – “Bohemian Rhapsody” – Queen
1976 – “Go your own way” – Fleetwood Mac
1977 – “Dreams” – Fleetwood Mac
1978 – “September” – Earth wind and fire
1979 – “Don’t Stop Me Now” – Queen

1980s

1980 – “Another one bites the dust” – queen
1981 – “Don’t stop believing” – Journey
1982 – “Africa” ​​- Toto
1983 – “Sweet Dreams (Made of It)” – Eurythmics
1984 – “Wake Me Before You Go” – Wham
1985 – Summer of ’69 – Bryan Adams
1986 – “Live by Prayer” – Bon Jovi
1987 – “I want to dance with someone” – Whitney Houston
1988 – “Everywhere” – Fleetwood Mac
1989 – We Didn’t Start the Fire – Billy Joel

1990s

1990 – “Thunder” – AC / DC
1991 – “Smells like teenage spirit” – “Nirvana”
1992 – Creep – Radiohead
1993 – “What is love?” – Haddaway
1994 – “Juicy” – The infamous BIG
1995 – “Wall of Wonders” – Oasis
1996 – “No Diggity” – Blackstreet Ft. Dr Dre
1997 – “Bittersweet Symphony” – Inspiration
1998 – “Iris” – Goo Goo Dolls
1999 – No Scrubs – TLC

2000s

2000 – “Dancing in the Moonlight” – Toploader
2001 – How Do You Remind Me – Nickelback
2002 – Lose Yourself – Eminem
2003 – “Mr. Brightside” – Killers
2004 – “Let me love you” – Mario
2005 – “I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor” – Arctic Monkeys
2006 – “Naive” – ​​Eccentrics
2007 – “Fluorescent Teen” – Arctic Monkeys
2008 – I’m Yours – Jason Mraz
2009 – “Party in the USA” – Miley Cyrus

2010s

2010 – “Love The Way You Lie” – Eminem Ft. Rihanna
2011 – “Someone like you” – Adele
2012 – “Let her go” – passenger
2013 – Rapid Tide – Vance Joy
2014 – “Thinking Out Loud” – Ed Sheeran
2015 – “Cheap Thrills” – Sia
2016 – Say You Won’t Let Go – James Arthur
2017 – “Shape Of You” – Ed Sheeran
2018 Someone You Loved Louis Capaldi
2019 – “Dancing Monkey” – Tones & I

2020s

2020 – “Head & Heart” – Joel Corey Ft. MNEK
2021 – “Bad Habits” – Ed Sheeran
2022 – “The Way It Was” – Harry Styles

According to the BBC.