Only A Few EDM Songs Made It Into Billboard's '100 Greatest Hits of All Time' List

In celebration the 60th anniversary Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart this week, the publication decided to launch a list featuring the biggest hits all time. The Hot 100 chart has remained the standard ranking America’s top songs each week since 1958, and is now visiting the “hottest--the-hot” over the last six decades.


Smack dab between “Hey Jude” by The Beatles and “We Belong Together” by Mariah Carey, The Chainsmokers and Halsey’s “Closer” ranks #13.

Classic hits such as Survivor’s “Eye the Tiger,” The Police’s “Every Breath You Take,” and “Yeah!” by Usher are a just a few the songs that surprisingly ranked lower than “Closer.”

Chubby Checker’s single “The Twist” from 1960 ranked #1, Santana and Rob Thomas’ “Smooth” ranked #2, Bobby Darin’s 1959 single “Mack The Knife” ranked #3, and Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk!” ranked #4.

Other dance music songs on the list are Calvin Harris & Rihanna’s “We Found Love” at #27 and the David Guetta-produced “I Gotta Feeling” by Black Eyes Peas at #7 and LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem” at #6.

You can view the full top 100 list & read more about them . 

 

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