Pat came up with this. And because it is great, I am promulgating it. Do it!
Steps:
1) Go to this site and you can find out what song was #1 (according to Billboard Magazine) on the US Charts on any particular week in history.
2) Look up your birthday.
3) List the #1 songs that have occurred on your birthday throughout the years you've been alive.
4) Cringe at how bad music was, and how bad it is now!
Thing:
1983 - "Say, Say, Say" by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson
1984 - "Out of Touch" by Daryl Hall and John Oates
1985 - "Broken Wings" by Mr. Mister
1986 - "The Next Time I Fall" by Peter Cetera and Amy Grant
1987 - "Heaven Is A Place On Earth" by Belinda Carlisle (Hooray! I love this song!)
1988 - "Look Away" by Chicago
1989 - "We Didn't Start The Fire" by Billy Joel (And the number of times I heard this song around that time was ... a lot.)
1990 - "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)" by Stevie B (Umm. What?)
1991 - "Black Or White" by Michael Jackson (Yes.)
1992 - "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston
1993 - "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" by Meat Loaf
1994 - "On Bended Knee" Boyz II Men
1995 - "One Sweet Day" Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men
1996 - "Unbreak My Heart" by Toni Braxton (My birthday is like the showcase for the Ultimate 90s Playlist)
1997 - "Something About The Way You Look Tonight/Candle In The Wind 1997" by Elton John (Really? Was there a medley I was unaware of?)
1998 - "I'm Your Angel" by Celine Dion and R. Kelly (If this were a list of "Songs I Hate With A Fiery Passion," this song would be at the top. Jesus Christ I hate this song so much.)
1999 - "Smooth" by Santana featuring Rob Thomas
2000 - "Independent Women Part I" by Destiny's Child (I'm surprised it's not still "Smooth," actually.)
2001 - "Family Affair" by Mary J. Blige
2002 - "Lose Yourself" by Eminem (Is this the one that won the Oscar? [It won the Oscar, right?] I've still never actually heard it except in clips.)
2003 - "Stand Up" by Ludacris featuring Shawna (Who and what now?)
2004 - "My Boo" by Usher and Alicia Keys (Hehehehehe. I haven't heard this one either, but that just sounds embarrasing.)
2005 - "Run It!" by Chris Brown (... Nope.)
2006 - "I Wanna Love You" by Akon featuring Snoop Dogg (Really?)
2007 - "No One" by Alicia Keys (This one I've totally heard.)
It's pretty craptastical. However, I have to say that the weirdest part was how many fucking years there were. Seriously! They just keep going! Especially towards the end there. There just keep being more years.
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Seriously.
Anyway. The lesson from this meme seems to be that the world really did end with Y2K, because there hasn't been a decent #1 song since 1999.
Amy. Amy Amy Amy.
That is not a lot of years. I got tired of doing mine halfway through.
I agree with you on the craptastical part, though. The only song on your list I really like is "Lose Yourself", which, yes, was the Oscar (R in a circle)-winner.
The pukiest song here for me is "Say Say Say", which is where, I think, Paul McCartney officially tipped the scales against "I was in the mother-fucking Beatles" and in favor of "I am a shit-sucking hack." There's a part in the video where, like, he puts shaving cream on Michael Jackson's nose or some shit, and MJ CRINKLES UP his fucking nose and TWINKLES HIS EYES at Paul and it's like they're about to engage in the twee-est buggery ever known to mankind.
Sorry. Dredged up some old vitriol there. All better now.
Speaking of the Fab Four, I just watched Walk Hard this weekend, and while the movie as a whole is fairly funny, the part with the Beatles in India is friggin hilarious. Must be seen.
I would do this if it was the UK charts. It would mostly be full of utter shite, as British charts are notoriously heinous. Although 'Wuthering Heights' was number 1 the day I was born. Get in.
Wow, when you're born in the '80s, these lists really suck. :P I mean, the Billy Joel is one of the *better* songs here. I did not just say that. Lucky you pulled the Eminem.
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