TLC had the #2 and #3 songs for 1995. We’ve already covered “Waterfalls,” (which argued — against the year’s #1 song, “Gangsta’s Paradise” — that…
Top 40 Philosophy: TLC, “Creep”
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Top 40 Philosophy: Jars of Clay, “Little Drummer Boy”
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Merry Christmas! Thanks for choosing to spend it with Top 40 Philosophy. Read every entry. Stay here the whole day. The fourth classic Christmas Special…
Top 40 Philosophy: Three Days Grace, “I Am Machine”
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One more day of Rawk. Song #5 on Billboard’s “Mainstream Rock Songs” chart — when I started this post (the new charts are released on…
Top 40 Philosophy: The Beatles, “I Feel Fine”
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Beatles Week closes with the Beatles’ sixth #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 in 1964 (and first #1 on the chart for 1965) “I Feel Fine.”…
Top 40 Philosophy: The Beatles, “A Hard Day’s Night”
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The fifth of six Beatles songs to go #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 in 1964, “A Hard Day’s Night” is our next-to-last song this week.…
Top 40 Philosophy: The Beatles, “Can’t Buy Me Love”
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Beatles Week continues today, with “Can’t Buy Me Love.” This — the third of six Beatles songs we’re doing this week — was #1 for…
Top 40 Philosophy: The Beatles, “I Want to Hold Your Hand”
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Fifty years ago (1964), “I Want to Hold Your Hand” became the first Beatles single to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was…