Pretty simple - I'll list all the Billboard Hot 100 #1s for a given year (starting with 2014 and going backwards), and you pick which one you think is the most memorable. About once a day (or earlier if there's enough replies), I'll tally up all the responses, record which song won in the OP, and then move on to the next year.
*If you want your vote counted towards the final result, you may only pick ONE song. Feel free to rank all the songs or discuss other memorable songs, but you must specify somewhere in your post which one song you think is the most memorable.
NOTE: If a song was #1 during two calendar years (for example, the end of 2013 into the beginning of 2014), it will be included in
the year where it spent more weeks at #1. If it spent an equal number of weeks at #1 in both years, it will be included in the year when it FIRST went #1.
NOW: 1999
"Have You Ever?" - Brandy (2 weeks)
"...Baby One More Time" - Britney Spears (2 weeks)
"Angel Of Mine" - Monica (4 weeks)
"Believe" - Cher (4 weeks)
"No Scrubs" - TLC (4 weeks)
"Livin' La Vida Loca" - Ricky Martin (5 weeks)
"If You Had My Love" - Jennifer Lopez (5 weeks)
"Bills, Bills, Bills" - Destiny's Child (1 week)
"Wild Wild West" - Will Smith ft. Dru Hill & Kool Moe Dee (1 week)
"Genie In A Bottle" - Christina Aguilera (5 weeks)
"Bailamos" - Enrique Iglesias (2 weeks)
"Unpretty" - TLC (3 weeks)
"Heartbreaker" - Mariah Carey ft. Jay-Z (2 weeks)
"Smooth" - Santana ft. Rob Thomas (12 weeks; 10 weeks in 1999)
RESULTS
2014
"Happy" - Pharrell Williams (17 votes)
Runner-Up: "Shake It Off" - Taylor Swift (6 votes)
2013
"Wrecking Ball" - Miley Cyrus (7 votes)
Runner-Up: "Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke ft. T.I. & Pharrell (6 votes)
2012
"Call Me Maybe" - Carly Rae Jepsen (30 votes)
Runner-Up: "Diamonds" - Rihanna (7 votes)
2011
"Rolling In The Deep" - Adele (19 votes)
Runner-Up: "We Found Love" - Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris (12 votes)
2010
"Tik Tok" - Kesha (20 votes)
Runner-Up: "Firework" - Katy Perry (19 votes)
2009
"I Gotta Feeling" - The Black Eyed Peas (41 votes)
Runner-Up: "Poker Face" - Lady Gaga (33 votes)
2008
"Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" - Beyonce (46 votes)
Runner-Up: "I Kissed A Girl" - Katy Perry (26 votes)
2007
"Umbrella" - Rihanna ft. Jay-Z (57 votes)
Runner-Ups: "Irreplaceable" - Beyonce & "Girlfriend" - Avril Lavigne (8 votes)
2006
"Hips Don't Lie" - Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean (46 votes)
Runner-Up: "SexyBack" - Justin Timberlake (17 votes)
2005
"We Belong Together" - Mariah Carey (36 votes)
Runner-Up: "Hollaback Girl" - Gwen Stefani (25 votes)
2004
"Yeah!" - Usher ft. Lil Jon & Ludacris (28 votes)
Runner-Up: "Hey Ya!" - Outkast (17 votes)
2003
"Crazy In Love" - Beyonce ft. Jay-Z (44 votes)
Runner-Up: "In Da Club" - 50 Cent (18 votes)
2002
"Lose Yourself" - Eminem (29 votes)
Runner-Up: "Dielmma" - Nelly ft. Kelly Rowland (20 votes)
2001
"Lady Marmalade" - Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & P!nk (23 votes)
Runner-Up: "Bootylicious" - Destiny's Child (13 votes)
2000
"Say My Name" - Destiny's Child (24 votes)
Runner-Up: "Music" - Madonna (15 votes)