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It was released as a double A-side single with Moby's song "I Feel It" in the United States, serving as the fourth and final single released from his self-titled debut album. "Thousand" was listed in Guinness World Records for having the second fastest tempo in beats-per-minute (BPM) of any released single, peaking at approximately 1,015 BPM. [1]
In 2008, for the 50th anniversary of the Hot 100, Billboard magazine compiled a ranking of the 100 best-performing songs on the chart over the 50 years, along with the best-performing artists. [1] In 2013, Billboard revised the rankings for the chart's 55th anniversary edition. [ 2 ]
The list differs from the 2004 version, with 26 songs added, all of which are songs from the 2000s except "Juicy" by The Notorious B.I.G., released in 1994. The top 25 remained unchanged, but many songs down the list were given different rankings as a result of the inclusion of new songs, causing consecutive shifts among the songs listed in 2004.
The song, recognized as "the best-selling single of all time", was released before the pop/rock singles-chart era and "was listed as the world's best-selling single in the first-ever Guinness Book of Records (published in 1955) and—remarkably—still retains the title more than 50 years later".
The 1980s produced chart-topping hits in pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B. Here's a list of the best songs from the time, ranging from Toto to Michael Jackson.
Three artists tie for having the most songs (including features) in the top 100; the Weeknd, British Albanian singer Dua Lipa, and American musician Bruno Mars each have five. The newest song in the top 100 is "Seven" by Jung Kook and Latto (2023), while the oldest song in the top 100 is Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975).
Long live the 'Queen.' The said that when analyzed all the "feel-good" songs had were at least 10 BPM faster than the average pop song and most of them were written in a major key.
Dec. 2—André 3000 was clearly not trying to generate a pop hit single from his "New Blue Sun" instrumental album, but one song debuted this week on the Billboard Hot 100 and it is now ...