One Song a Day Project

  Styx — “Too Much Time on My Hands” The Card Year: 1981 Random draw: Song #23 Selected era bucket: 1980–1989 Verified remaining eligible population: 9,052 songs before today’s selection Selection method: Equal-probability era draw, followed by uniform random selection from the remaining eligible songs in that era Chart performance Billboard Hot 100: #9 Billboard Top Rock Tracks: #2 Billboard R&B: N/A Billboard Country: N/A Canada RPM Top Singles: #4 UK Singles Chart: Did not chart Yearly rank: #67 Weeks charted: 19 Weeks in Top 20: 13 Weeks in Top 10: 3 Weeks at peak: 2 Hot 100 chart run: 60-33-29-26-24-19-15-12-10-9-9-15-18-37-45-56-66-79-97 Styx at this point Charting record: 17th of 23 Top-20 hit: 6th of 9 Top-10 hit: 5th of 8 #1 pop hit: N/A (Styx's only #1 was “Babe”) Previous Top-20 hit: “The Best of Times” (#3) Next Top-20 hit: “Mr. Roboto” (#3) Retrospective standing GOAT overall: #3,805 Among Styx songs: #8 of 23 Among Styx Top-20 hits: #8 of...

  Soko — “We Might Be Dead by Tomorrow” Rating: 63/100 The card Chart performance Billboard Hot 100 peak: #9 Yearly rank: #45 Weeks charted: 1 Weeks Top 20: 1 Weeks Top 10: 1 Weeks at peak: 1 Chart note: “We Might Be Dead by Tomorrow” debuted at #9 on March 29, 2014, then disappeared from the Hot 100 entirely the following week. At the time, it was the highest-debuting song in Hot 100 history to spend exactly one week on the chart. J. Cole’s “7 Minute Drill” eventually surpassed that record in 2024. Soko at this point Charting record: 1st of 1 Top-20 hit: 1st of 1 Top-10 hit: 1st of 1 #1 pop hit: None Previous Top-20 hit: None Next Top-20 hit: None Retrospective standing GOAT overall: #16,231 Among Soko songs: 1st of 1 Among Soko Top-20 hits: 1st of 1 GOAT points: 23,460 Hot 100 portion of chart run: #9 peak, 1 week Record details Entered chart: March 29, 2014 Released: February 20, 2012 Recorded: 2011 Single: “We Might Be Dead by Tomorrow” Album: I Thought I...

  🎵 Today’s Song Johnny Mathis — “It’s Not for Me to Say” 1957 Random draw Selected era bucket: 1955–1959 Verified remaining eligible population: 9,054 recordings Selection method: Equal-probability era draw, then one uniform random draw from previously unselected eligible recordings in that era Chart performance Overall pop peak: #5 Billboard Top 100: #5 Other relevant Billboard pop charts: #6 Best Sellers in Stores; #6 Most Played by Jockeys Billboard R&B: N/A Billboard Country: N/A Canada: #2, CHUM Hit Parade Yearly rank: #54 in the project’s canonical Extended workbook Weeks charted: 34 Weeks Top 20: 17 Weeks Top 10: 4 Weeks at peak: 1 Chart note: Billboard’s contemporary year-end Top 100 ranked the song differently from the project’s canonical Extended methodology; the project uses the canonical workbook’s #54 yearly rank for consistency. Johnny Mathis at this point Charting record: 2nd of 43 Top-20 hit: 2nd of 10 Top-10 hit: 1st of 6 #1 pop hit: Not a #1; Mathis would ...

  🎵 Today’s Song Pop Smoke featuring Lil Baby & DaBaby — “For the Night” Year: 2020 Rating: 29/100 Random draw: Song #20 Selected era bucket: 2020–present Verified remaining eligible population before draw: 9,055 recordings Remaining eligible in selected era before draw: 743 recordings Selection method: Era selected uniformly from the eight project buckets, then one remaining eligible recording selected uniformly from that era Pool ID: OSAD-08386 Chart performance Billboard Hot 100: #6 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs: #4 Rhythmic Airplay: #1, five nonconsecutive weeks UK Singles Chart: #14 Yearly rank: #49 (2020); also #32 on the 2021 year-end Hot 100 after its chart run crossed calendar years Weeks charted: 43 Weeks Top 20: 29 Weeks Top 10: 3 Weeks at peak: 1 Pop Smoke at this point Charting record: 6th of 34 Top-20 hit: 1st of 4 Top-10 hit: 1st of 2 #1 pop hit: None of 0 Previous Top-20 hit: None Next Top-20 hit: “The Woo” Lil Baby at this point Charting rec...

  One Song a Day #19: Mariah Carey — “Hero” 🎵 Today’s Song Mariah Carey — “Hero” 1993 Random draw: #19 Selected era bucket: 1990–1999 Verified remaining eligible population: 9,056 Selection method: Era bucket selected with equal probability, then one remaining eligible recording selected uniformly from that bucket. Chart performance Overall pop peak: #1 Billboard Hot 100: #1 for 4 weeks Mainstream Top 40: #1 Adult Contemporary: #2 Billboard R&B: #5 UK Singles Chart: #7 Yearly rank: #6 Weeks charted: 30 Weeks Top 20: 21 Weeks Top 10: 16 Weeks at peak: 4 Mariah Carey at this point Charting record: 10th of 44 Top-20 hit: 10th of 30 Top-10 hit: 10th of 26 #1 pop hit: 8th of 19 Previous Top-20 hit: “Dreamlover” Next Top-20 hit: “Without You” Retrospective standing GOAT overall: #481 Among Mariah Carey songs: 9th of 33 Among Mariah Carey Top-20 hits: 9th of 25 GOAT points: 735,260 Hot 100 portion of chart run: Entire 30-week run Record details Entered c...

  🎵 Today’s Song Lewis Capaldi — “Before You Go” (2019) Random draw: Song #18 Selected era: 2020–present Verified remaining eligible population before draw: 9,057 songs Selection method: One of eight era buckets selected with equal probability, followed by a uniform random selection from the remaining eligible recordings in that bucket. Chart performance Billboard Hot 100 peak: #9 Hot 100 entry: February 8, 2020 Weeks on Hot 100: 52 Weeks in Top 20: 17 Weeks in Top 10: 4 Weeks at peak: 1 2020 Billboard year-end Hot 100: #21 Pop Airplay: #1 Adult Pop Airplay: #1 Adult Contemporary: #2 UK Singles Chart: #1 UK chart weeks: 67 “Before You Go” was already a major hit in Britain before it really got moving in the United States. It reached #1 in the UK in its 11th chart week. In America, the process was considerably slower: it eventually peaked at #9 on September 26, 2020 and spent 52 weeks on the Hot 100. Lewis Capaldi at this point Charting record: 2nd of 3 Top-20 hit:...

  🎵 Today’s Song Kodak Black — “Tunnel Vision” 2017 Random draw Selected era bucket: 2010–2019 Verified remaining eligible population: 9,058 recordings Selection method: Equal-probability era draw, then one uniform random draw from previously unselected eligible recordings in that era Chart performance Overall pop peak: #6 Billboard Hot 100: #6 Billboard Hot Rap Songs: #2 Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs: #4 Billboard Country: N/A UK: Did not reach the main singles chart; #80 on the Official Streaming Chart and #31 on the Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Yearly rank: #34 Weeks charted: 20 Weeks Top 20: 8 Weeks Top 10: 6 Weeks at peak: 3 Kodak Black at this point Charting record: 4th of 44 Top-20 hit: 1st of 5 Top-10 hit: 1st of 4 #1 pop hit: None Previous Top-20 hit: None Next Top-20 hit: “Wake Up in the Sky” — Gucci Mane x Bruno Mars x Kodak Black Retrospective standing GOAT overall: #4,480 Among Kodak Black songs: 3rd of 44 Among Kodak Black Top-20 hits: ...