It's amazing how much music can change from one year to the next, but it's even more interesting to see how music and lyrics have changed over the course of almost 25 years.
Every year, Billboard releases lists of hit songs that have made it to the top, and every year, we either nod our heads in approval or roll our eyes at the once popular, but now over-played tunes. Here, we have a list of the number one chart topping songs of the year from 1990 until now. Feast your eyes, and maybe even your ears, on lyrics from these throwback classics and one-hit wonders!
1990) Hold On by Wilson Phillips
Don't you know things can change / Things'll go your way / If you hold on for one more day
1991)Everything I Do (I Do It For You) by Bryan Adams
I would fight for you, I'd lie for you, Walk the fire for you, yeah, I'd die for you.
1992) End of the Road by Boyz II Men
Although we've come to the end of the road / Still I can't let go / It's unnatural, you belong to me, I belong to you
1993) I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston
And I wish you joy and happiness, But above all this I wish you love, And I... will always love you
1994) Bump n' Grind by R. Kelly
My love is true with you is where I want to be, girl see you need someone someone like me to satisfy your every needs
1995)Creep by TLC
Love you forever baby soul & mind, And you gotta know if You don't give it I'ma get mine
1996) Macarena by Los del Rio
When I dance they call me Macarena, And the boys they say que estoy buena
1997)Something About The Way You Look Tonight by Elton John
And I can't explain, But it's something about the way you look tonight, Takes my breath away
1998)Too Close by Next
I like the way you move You're making me want you Oh the way you move
1999)Believe by Cher
But I know that I'll get through this 'Cause I know that I am strong I don't need you anymore
2000)Breathe by Faith Hill
I watch the sunlight dance across your face and I've Never been this swept away
2001)Hanging by a Moment by Lifehouse
I'm falling even more in love with you, Letting go of all I've held on to, I'm standing here until you make me move
2002)How You Remind Me by Nickelback
This time I'm mistaken For handing you a heart worth breaking And I've been wrong, I've been down, Been to the bottom of every bottle
2003)In Da Club by 50 Cent
I'm into having sex, I ain't into making love, So come give me a hug if you're into gettin' rubbed
2004) If I Ain't Got You by Alicia Keys
Some just want everything But everything means nothing If I ain't got you
2005)We Belong Together by Mariah Carey
When you left I lost a part of me, It's still so hard to believe Come back baby, please 'Cause we belong together
2006)Bad Day by Daniel Powter
You stand in the line just to hit a new low, You're faking a smile with the coffee to go. You tell me your life's been way off line, You're falling to pieces every time
2007)Lost Without You by Robin Thicke
I'm lost without you, Can't help myself How does it feel to know that I love you baby?
2008)Low by Flo Rida
Make it rain I'm making it snow Work the pole I gotta bank roll I'm gonna say that I prefer the no clothes
2009)Boom Boom Pow by The Black Eyed Peas
I'm so three thousand and eight You so two thousand and late I got that boom boom boom That future boom boom boom
2010)Tik Tok by Ke$ha
Ain't got a care in world, but got plenty of beer Ain't got no money in my pocket, but I'm already here
2011)Rolling in The Deep by Adele
The scars of your love remind me of us They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
2012)Love on Top by Beyonce
Boy your lips taste like a night of champagne As I kiss you again, and again, and again and again.
2013)Thrift Shop by Macklemore
I wear your granddad's clothes I look incredible I'm in this big ass coat From that thrift shop down the road
A quick glance at these songs and lyrics show just how much the times have changed and how there's been a shift in what popular music is in order to accommodate the masses. We go from a romantic "And I will always love you" in the early nineties to a raunchy "Work the pole, I got a bank roll" in a matter of fifteen years. Simply analyzing the top hits gives us a basic understanding that music has changed, but it also gives us an idea that our culture and the people growing up in it are changing as well.
So what will the top hit of 2014 be? Happy? Wrecking Ball? Anaconda? Guess we'll just have to wait and see.
