JANUARY 20
The #1 song in the U.S.A. on this date in history, according to Billboard magazine.
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THE 2000s

2008 ... "Low" by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain
2007 ... "Irreplaceable" by Beyoncé
2006 ... "Grillz" by Nelly featuring Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp
2005 ... "Let Me Love You" by Mario
2004 ... "Hey Ya!" by OutKast
2003 ... "Lose Yourself" by Eminem
2002 ... "U Got It Bad" by Usher
2001 ... "Independent Women Part I" by Destiny's Child
2000 ... "What a Girl Wants" by Christina Aguilera

THE 1990s

1999 ... "Have You Ever?" by Brandy
1998 ... "Truly Madly Deeply" by Savage Garden
1997 ... "Un-Break My Heart" by Toni Braxton
1996 ... "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men
1995 ... "On Bended Knee" by Boyz II Men
1994 ... "All for Love" by Bryan Adams/ Rod Stewart/ Sting
1993 ... "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston
1992 ... "All 4 Love" by Color Me Badd
1991 ... "The First Time" by Surface
1990 ... "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" by Michael Bolton

THE 1980s

1989 ... "Two Hearts" by Phil Collins
1988 ... "The Way You Make Me Feel" by Michael Jackson
1987 ... "At This Moment" by Billy Vera & the Beaters
1986 ... "That's What Friends Are For" by Dionne & Friends
1985 ... "Like a Virgin" by Madonna
1984 ... "Owner of a Lonely Heart" by Yes
1983 ... "Down Under" by Men at Work
1982 ... "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John
1981 ... "(Just Like) Starting Over" by John Lennon
1980 ... "Rock with You" by Michael Jackson

THE 1970s

1979 ... "Le Freak" by Chic
1978 ... "Baby Come Back" by Player
1977 ... "I Wish" by Stevie Wonder
1976 ... "Theme from 'Mahogany' (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" by Diana Ross
1975 ... "Please Mr. Postman" by The Carpenters
1974 ... "You're Sixteen" by Ringo Starr
1973 ... "You're So Vain" by Carly Simon
1972 ... "American Pie" by Don McLean
1971 ... "Knock Three Times" by Dawn
1970 ... "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" by B.J. Thomas

THE 1960s

1969 ... "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye
1968 ... "Judy in Disguise (with Glasses)" by John Fred & His Playboy Band
1967 ... "I'm a Believer" by The Monkees
1966 ... "The Sounds of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel
1965 ... "Downtown" by Petula Clark
1964 ... "There! I've Said It Again" by Bobby Vinton
1963 ... "Walk Right In" by The Rooftop Singers
1962 ... "The Twist" by Chubby Checker
1961 ... "Wonderland by Night" by Bert Kaempfert
1960 ... "Running Bear" by Johnny Preston

THE 1950s

1959 ... "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" by The Platters
1958 ... "At the Hop" by Danny & the Juniors
1957 ... "Singing the Blues" by Guy Mitchell
1956 ... "Memories Are Made of This" by Dean Martin
1955 ... "Let Me Go, Lover" by Joan Weber
1954 ... "Oh! My Pa-Pa (O Mein Papa)" by Eddie Fisher
1953 ... "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" by Perry Como
1952 ... "Cry" by Johnnie Ray & the Four Lads
1951 ... "The Tennessee Waltz" by Patti Page
1950 ... "I Can Dream, Can't I?" by The Andrews Sisters

THE 1940s

1949 ... "A Little Bird Told Me" by Evelyn Knight
1948 ... "Ballerina" by Vaughn Monroe
1947 ... "The Old Lamp-Lighter" by Sammy Kaye
1946 ... "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" by Vaughn Monroe
1945 ... "Don't Fence Me In" by Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters
1944 ... "Paper Doll" by The Mills Brothers
1943 ... "There Are Such Things" by Tommy Dorsey
1942 ... "Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller
1941 ... "Frenesi" by Artie Shaw
1940 ... "Scatter-Brain" by Frankie Masters

THE 1930s

1939 ... "Jeepers Creepers" by Al Donohue
1938 ... "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" by The Andrews Sisters
1937 ... "Pennies from Heaven" by Bing Crosby
1936 ... "The Music Goes Round and Round" by Riley-Farley Orchestra
1935 ... "The Object of My Affection" by The Boswell Sisters
1934 ... "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" by Paul Whiteman
1933 ... "Night and Day" by Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman
1932 ... "River, Stay 'Way from My Door" by Kate Smith with Guy Lombardo
1931 ... "The Peanut Vendor" by Don Azpiazu
1930 ... "Chant of the Jungle" by Roy Ingraham

THE 1920s

1929 ... "Sweethearts on Parade" by Guy Lombardo
1928 ... "My Blue Heaven" by Gene Austin
1927 ... "In a Little Spanish Town" by Paul Whiteman
1926 ... "The Prisoner's Song" by Vernon Dalhart
1925 ... "All Alone" by Al Jolson
1924 ... "Charleston" by Arthur Gibbs
1923 ... "Toot Toot Tootsie (Goo'bye)" by Al Jolson
1922 ... "Wabash Blues" by Isham Jones
1921 ... "Whispering" by Paul Whiteman
1920 ... "I've Got My Captain Working for Me Now" by Al Jolson

THE 1910s

1919 ... "O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?" by Bert Williams
1918 ... "Send Me Away with a Smile" by John McCormack
1917 ... "The Sunshine of Your Smile" by John McCormack
1916 ... "There's a Long, Long Trail" by James F. Harrison & James Reed
1915 ... "It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary" by John McCormack
1914 ... "Peg O' My Heart" by Charles Harrison
1913 ... "Row! Row! Row!" by Ada Jones
1912 ... "Down by the Old Mill Stream" by Harry MacDonough
1911 ... "Play That Barber-Shop Chord" by Bert Williams
1910 ... "Put On Your Old Gray Bonnet" by Haydn Quartet

THE 1900s

1909 ... "Good Evening, Caroline" by Frank Stanley & Elise Stevenson
1908 ... "My Dear" by Harry MacDonough
1907 ... "He's a Cousin of Mine" by Bert Williams
1906 ... "Everybody Works But Father" by Billy Murray
1905 ... "Sweet Adeline (You're the Flower of My Heart)" by Haydn Quartet
1904 ... "Bedelia" by Harry MacDonough & Haydn Quartet
1903 ... "Down Where the Wurzburger Flows" by Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
1902 ... "Good Morning, Carrie" by Bert Williams & George Walker
1901 ... "Ma Blushin' Rosie" by Albert Campbell
1900 ... "I'd Leave My Happy Home for You" by Arthur Collins

THE 1890s

1899 ... "My Old New Hampshire Home" by George J. Gaskin
1898 ... "On the Banks of the Wabash" by Steve Porter
1897 ... "A Hot Time in the Old Town" by Dan Quinn
1896 ... "The Sunshine of Paradise Alley" by George J. Gaskin
1895 ... "Little Alabama Coon" by Len Spencer
1894 ... "Casey as Insurance Agent" by Russell Hunting
1893 ... "Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow-Wow" by Dan Quinn
1892 ... "Slide, Kelly, Slide" by George J. Gaskin