Thanks to everyone who submitted ballots for ATRL March Madness over the past few days! We ended up with a great field of songs,
representing every decade since the 1960s and nearly every major genre of music.
The
overall top entry is Britney Spears' "...Baby One More Time," with nine nominating votes. It is joined by "Crazy in Love" (Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z), "Like a Prayer" (Madonna) and "Hey Ya!" (Outkast) as the #1 seeds in their respective regions. Eleven artists qualified multiple tracks, lead by
Rihanna, who has six songs in the draw.
Without further ado, a look at the
64 smash hits that will be competing to be named
the greatest #1 single of all time (see a full size image
here):
Unfortunately, not every nominee could make the final cut. Below, the songs that were just
one-hit wonders among voters:
The Reject List"(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" Bryan Adams
"Always Be My Baby" Mariah Carey
"American Pie" Don McLean
"Another Brick in the Wall Part 2" Pink Floyd
"Because You Loved Me" Celine Dion
"Best of My Love" The Emotions
"Born This Way" Lady Gaga
"Candle in the Wind 1997" Elton John
"Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)" Christina Aguilera
"December, 1963 (Oh What a Night)" The Four Seasons
"Don't Leave Me This Way" Thelma Houston
"Every Breath You Take" The Police
"Family Affair" Mary J. Blige
"Father Figure" George Michael
"Firework" Katy Perry
"Georgia On My Mind" Ray Charles
"Give Me Everything" Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer
"Gold Digger" Kanye West ft. Jamie Foxx
"Heart of Glass" Blondie
"Hey There Delilah" Plain White T's
"Hold It Against Me" Britney Spears
"Hollaback Girl" Gwen Stefani
"House of the Rising Sun" The Animals
"How Deep is Your Love" The Bee Gees
"How You Remind Me" Nickelback
"I Hear a Symphony" The Supremes
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Marvin Gaye
"I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Whitney Houston
"I'd Do Anything For You (But I Won't Do That)" Meat Loaf
"If I Can't Have You" Yvonne Elliman
"It's Gonna Be Me" 'N Sync
"Just Dance" Lady Gaga ft. Colby O'Donis
"Keep On Loving You" REO Speedwagon
"Kiss" Prince
"Lean On Me" Bill Withers
"Livin' La Vida Loca" Ricky Martin
"Makes Me Wonder" Maroon 5
"Man in the Mirror" Michael Jackson
"More Than Words" Extreme
"Mrs. Robinson" Simon & Garfunkel
"My All" Mariah Carey
"My Boo" Usher and Alicia Keys
"My Girl" The Temptations
"Nice & Slow" Usher
"No One" Alicia Keys
"Not Afraid" Eminem
"Our Day Will Come" Ruby & the Romantics
"Part of Me" Katy Perry
"Raise Your Glass" Pink
"Ring My Bell" Anita Ward
"Rude Boy" Rihanna
"Say My Name" Destiny's Child
"Sexy and I Know It" LMFAO
"Shadow Dancing" Andy Gibb
"Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay" Otis Redding
"Stayin' Alive" The Bee Gees
"Straight Up" Paula Abdul
"Stronger" Kanye West
"Take On Me" A-ha
"Teenage Dream" Katy Perry
"That's The Way Love Goes" Janet Jackson
"The First Night" Monica
"Touch My Body" Mariah Carey
"Upside Down" Diana Ross
"Waterfalls" TLC
"We Are Young" fun. ft. Janelle Monae
"We Can Work It Out" The Beatles
"We Didn't Start the Fire" Billy Joel
"We R Who We R" Ke$ha
"West End Girls" Pet Shop Boys
"What a Girl Wants" Christina Aguilera
"What Goes Around… Comes Around" Justin Timberlake
"What's Love Got To Do With It" Tina Turner
"Yeah!" Usher ft. Lil Jon and Ludacris
"You're Beautiful" James Blunt
