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 have reached our penultimate entry, looking back at the music of my lifetime with 2022, the year I turned 48. Only seven of the Hot 100 are familiar to me, with five of them appearing in my collection in one way or another.
#89: Burl Ives – A Holly Jolly Christmas
iTunes stats: 0 plays
Released in 1964, it charted for the first time in 2017 and continues to appear every December.
#86: Bobby Helms – Jingle Bell Rock
iTunes stats: 0 plays
Peaking at #3 in 2022, it was first released in 1957 and charted for the first time in 1958.
#80: Brenda Lee – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
iTunes stats: 0 plays
Originally released in 1958, it reached #2 in late November of 2022.
#76: Taylor Swift – All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)
iTunes stats: 2 plays
The longest #1 song in Hot 100 history, it was her 30th top ten hit, making her just the sixth artist to achieve that feat.
#65: Mariah Carey – All I Want for Christmas Is You
iTunes stats: 0 plays
Reached the top of the charts for the fourth consecutive year.
#23: Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill
iTunes stats: N/A
Originally released in 1985, its use in the fourth season of Stranger Things returned it to the charts where it reached #3, bettering its earlier chart position of #30.
#17: Gayle – ABCDEFU
iTunes stats: N/A
The singer’s major label debut, it peaked at #3 and was nominated for a Grammy.
