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: Daryl Hall & John Oates
    Song: Method of Modern Love
    Year: 1985
    Highest Chart Position: #5 (Billboard Hot 100)

    I don’t so much love this song as I deal with this song. Everyone has earworms, and this is one of mine. Don’t get me wrong, though. I love a good 90% of the entire Hall & Oates discography, but this song grabs ahold of me and won’t turn loose for days. No matter what I’m doing, that insistent spelling out of “M-E-T-H-O-D O-F L-O-V-E” repeats and repeats itself to the point of becoming a mantra, and I don’t even meditate.

    I had to include it in the list, but even just typing it out has already started the process over again and now I won’t be free of it until at least next week.

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