Let me also say Britney's 'Womanizer'. I remember people saying it's just another 'Ooh Ooh Baby' kind of album track and not a huge comeback single... and we all know the results.
I am still to this day shocked Check On It went #1 from Bey... that song is just a fun but hot mess and was never even promoted..
But in recent memory... Part Of Me, Thrift Shop and I was actually surprised by Diamonds, just because of how WFL smashed and it was so different I wondered if it would reach the top, but obviously it's Rih so it did
This song was EEEEEEEEEEEEVERYWHERE when it went #1. It's not hard to believe it hit #1. Maybe right now if you looked back at it, but it definitely deserved to go #1. Still a god awful horrible piece of crap though.
For me it had to be Somebody That I Used To Know. I remember it was climbing and left me like Complete change of pace from music of 2011 and early 2012.
Billboard have been messy for a while now. I think the real question should be "Most unexpected UK #1" since their chart should be the most relevant because it is based on SALES only.
And they don't change the rules every 5 minutes. It's beeeeeeeen about sales for more than 50 years
imma be for sure. i LOVE the song, but i didn't think that many others would
there's also whistle.
and of course, there's all these other ones: one more night, locked out of heaven, thrift shop, and harlem shake, all of which rubbish songs in my opinion, but it seems like the majority likes them so much to put them at number one
Rolling in the Deep. I think Someone Like You as well seeing how it broke the record of being the only 100% piano + voice ballad and shooting straight to #1 because of the performance and not the releasement of the single.
imma be for sure. i LOVE the song, but i didn't think that many others would
there's also whistle.
and of course, there's all these other ones: one more night, locked out of heaven, thrift shop, and harlem shake, all of which rubbish songs in my opinion, but it seems like the majority likes them so much to put them at number one