#1 Song

🎵 The #1 Song on Your Birthday

See the song that topped the US Billboard Hot 100 the week you were born (from August 1958).

December 3, 1961 · US Billboard Hot 100 #1

Big Bad John

by Jimmy Dean

Chart week of 1961-11-06 (Billboard Hot 100)

🎶 Your #1 Songs Through the Years

The US #1 on each of your birthdays

  • Age 1 · 1962 Big Girls Don't Cry The 4 Seasons
  • Age 2 · 1963 I'm Leaving It Up To You Dale & Grace
  • Age 3 · 1964 Leader Of The Pack The Shangri-Las
  • Age 4 · 1965 I Hear A Symphony The Supremes
  • Age 5 · 1966 Winchester Cathedral The New Vaudeville Band
  • Age 6 · 1967 Daydream Believer The Monkees
  • Age 7 · 1968 Love Child Diana Ross & The Supremes
  • Age 8 · 1969 Come Together/Something The Beatles
  • Age 9 · 1970 I Think I Love You The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones Featuring David Cassidy
  • Age 10 · 1971 Theme From Shaft Isaac Hayes
  • Age 11 · 1972 Papa Was A Rollin' Stone The Temptations
  • Age 12 · 1973 Top Of The World Carpenters
  • Age 13 · 1974 I Can Help Billy Swan
  • Age 14 · 1975 Fly, Robin, Fly Silver Convention
  • Age 15 · 1976 Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright) Rod Stewart
  • Age 16 · 1977 You Light Up My Life Debby Boone
  • Age 17 · 1978 You Don't Bring Me Flowers Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond
  • Age 18 · 1979 No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) Barbra Streisand/Donna Summer
  • Age 19 · 1980 Lady Kenny Rogers
  • Age 20 · 1981 Physical Olivia Newton-John
  • Age 21 · 1982 Truly Lionel Richie
  • Age 22 · 1983 All Night Long (All Night) Lionel Richie
  • Age 23 · 1984 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Wham!
  • Age 24 · 1985 Separate Lives Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin
  • Age 25 · 1986 You Give Love A Bad Name Bon Jovi
  • Age 26 · 1987 (I've Had) The Time Of My Life Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
  • Age 27 · 1988 Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley Will To Power
  • Age 28 · 1989 Blame It On The Rain Milli Vanilli
  • Age 29 · 1990 I'm Your Baby Tonight Whitney Houston
  • Age 30 · 1991 Set Adrift On Memory Bliss P.M. Dawn
  • Age 31 · 1992 I Will Always Love You Whitney Houston
  • Age 32 · 1993 I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) Meat Loaf
  • Age 33 · 1994 On Bended Knee Boyz II Men
  • Age 34 · 1995 One Sweet Day Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men
  • Age 35 · 1996 No Diggity BLACKstreet (Featuring Dr. Dre)
  • Age 36 · 1997 Candle In The Wind 1997/Something About The Way You Look Tonight Elton John
  • Age 37 · 1998 Lately Divine
  • Age 38 · 1999 Smooth Santana Featuring Rob Thomas
  • Age 39 · 2000 Independent Women Part I Destiny's Child
  • Age 40 · 2001 Family Affair Mary J. Blige
  • Age 41 · 2002 Lose Yourself Eminem
  • Age 42 · 2003 Baby Boy Beyonce Featuring Sean Paul
  • Age 43 · 2004 My Boo Usher And Alicia Keys
  • Age 44 · 2005 Run It! Chris Brown
  • Age 45 · 2006 I Wanna Love You Akon Featuring Snoop Dogg
  • Age 46 · 2007 No One Alicia Keys
  • Age 47 · 2008 Live Your Life T.I. Featuring Rihanna
  • Age 48 · 2009 Empire State Of Mind Jay-Z + Alicia Keys
  • Age 49 · 2010 Like A G6 Far*East Movement Featuring Cataracs & Dev
  • Age 50 · 2011 We Found Love Rihanna Featuring Calvin Harris
  • Age 51 · 2012 Diamonds Rihanna
  • Age 52 · 2013 Royals Lorde
  • Age 53 · 2014 Blank Space Taylor Swift
  • Age 54 · 2015 Hello Adele
  • Age 55 · 2016 Black Beatles Rae Sremmurd Featuring Gucci Mane
  • Age 56 · 2017 Rockstar Post Malone Featuring 21 Savage
  • Age 57 · 2018 Thank U, Next Ariana Grande
  • Age 58 · 2019 Circles Post Malone
  • Age 59 · 2020 Mood 24kGoldn Featuring iann dior
  • Age 60 · 2021 All Too Well (Taylor's Version) Taylor Swift
  • Age 61 · 2022 Anti-Hero Taylor Swift
  • Age 62 · 2023 Lovin On Me Jack Harlow
  • Age 63 · 2024 A Bar Song (Tipsy) Shaboozey
  • Age 64 · 2025 The Fate Of Ophelia Taylor Swift

About this tool

This shows the song that was #1 on the US “Billboard Hot 100” the week you were born. The Hot 100 began on August 4, 1958, and a #1 has been recorded every week since. A fact-based way to know the song of the moment when you arrived.

※ Based on the factual chart history of the US Billboard Hot 100; other countries’ charts (e.g. Japan’s Oricon) differ. Not fortune-telling. Data via Billboard (mhollingshead/billboard-hot-100). About our data