Can You Guess What Year These Songs Topped the Charts?

This memorable track details McLean’s life during the 1950s and ’60s, including the day multiple musicians, including Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens, perished in a plane crash, aka “the day the music died.” The song reached No. 1 or No. 2 in every country in the world.

Lead vocalist Freddie Mercury said it took him only “five or 10 minutes” to write what would become Queen’s first No. 1 hit in the U.S., “Crazy Little Thing Called Love.”

Ray Charles dominated the charts for five weeks during the summer of 1962, though the song was originally written and recorded by country singer Don Gibson in 1958.

This autobiographical hit about growing up in rural Kentucky became Loretta Lynn’s signature song and is listed on the Library of Congress’ National Registry.

After she left the Supremes, Diana Ross’ solo version of this song (which was originally released in 1967 by Tammi Terrell and Marvin Gaye) charted at No. 1 in 1970.

This catchy tune remained at the top of the chart for seven weeks and launched the career of the pop vocal quartet known as the Chordettes.

Jazz crooner Bing Crosby had everyone “dreaming of a white Christmas” in 1942. It became the top pop hit in the country and a favorite on Armed Forces Radio Service during WWII, returning to its No. 1 spot in 1943 and 1944.

Originally envisioned as a country song by its writer, Neil Diamond, “I’m a Believer” first hit No. 1 in the very last week of 1966 and was the biggest-selling single for all of 1967.

Considered their “breakthrough song” by Jackson 5’s lead singer, Michael Jackson, “I’ll Be There” became one of Motown Records’ bestselling tracks of all time.

In February 1964, “I Want to Hold Your Hand” held the No. 1 spot in the U.S. until being replaced by two other Beatles songs: first “She Loves You,” followed by “Can’t Buy Me Love.”

Released after Joplin’s untimely death in 1970, “Me and Bobby McGee” became just the second posthumously released song in U.S. chart history to hit No. 1, after Otis Redding’s “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay.”

Olivia Newton-John’s “Physical” capitalized on the fitness fad of the early 1980s. The song debuted on September 28, 1981, becoming her last (yet most famous) No. 1 song.

Remaining at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks, Elvis Presley’s “Heartbreak Hotel” was the first of 18 No. 1 hits for the famed singer.

Now included in the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry, “Over the Rainbow” was first recorded for 1939’s “The Wizard of Oz,” in which Garland starred as Dorothy.

Spending three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard music charts, “The Twist” wasn’t just Chubby Checker’s greatest hit; it was a nationwide hip-twisting dance phenomenon.