Fifty years ago, I made my first appeared on the Earth.  In celebration, we are going to take a look at the year-end Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for each year of my life and see what songs resonated with me at the time and if they continue to do so to this day.

We continue our look back at the music of my lifetime with 2017, the year I turned 43.  Only four of these songs are familiar to me today, with just half of them appearing in my collection in one way or another.

#39: Taylor Swift – Look What You Made Me Do
iTunes stats: 18 plays

The lead single from her sixth studio album, it spent three weeks atop the Hot 100 in September of 2017.

#9: Imagine Dragons – Believer
iTunes stats: 16 plays

The at bat song for former White Sox third baseman Matt Davidson, it was the band’s third top ten single, peaking at #4.

#2: Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber – Despacito
iTunes stats: N/A

Spending 16 weeks at #1, it was the first primarily Spanish language song to top the charts since 1996.

#1: Ed Sheeran – Shape of You
iTunes stats: N/A

The final song written for Sheeran’s third album, it debuted at #1 on the Hot 100 for a week and then returned for an eleven-week run after a two week break.