Poptime

Herein, I collect and count down my favorite pop, rock, r&b and hip hop singles released between the time I was born (1/74) and right this minute. Ordering is pretty loose and arbitrary until I reach the top 10 or so, when rankings will really mean something.

I'm limiting myself to things that have actually charted in the Billboard Hot 100 (or Billboard subcharts or foreign equivalents when applicable). Otherwise, trying to narrow a list down to 101 songs would be border on impossible.

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  1. Artist: Iron Maiden
    Song: The Number of the Beast
    Year: 1982
    Highest Chart Position: #18 (UK Singles Chart)

    This song once scared the bejesus out of me, having been a good boy raised in evangelical churches.  Still, I found the dark side pretty appealing.  As I got older, I developed the ability to contextualize things and realized that Bruce Dickinson wasn’t really trying to rot my soul by means of putting stylus to vinyl, but when that scream arrives to really kick off the song, it still makes me a little nervous even after listening (and waiting) for it a thousand times.

    I like those first two Maiden albums, but let’s be honest…they didn’t really get started strong until Bruce joined the band and recorded “The Number of the Beast”. 

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