THE #1 SONG 50 YEARS AGO TODAY WAS....

....I Got You Babe by Sonny & Cher!! Cher, the legendary goddess of entertainment, has been making hits since your parents were kids and is still kicking ass. I Got You Babe was the debut single from the debut album by Sonny & Cher and it hit #1 on August 14, 1965 and stayed for three hippie-loving, tree-hugging weeks. It is LEGENDARY, y'all!! It's considered one of the greatest duets in pop music history and certainly started Cher's road to superstardom. It's hard to believe that Cher could have had a hit 50 years ago, but there you have it. Here is the #1 song from 50 FUCKING YEARS AGO today, I Got You Babe. Enjoy!

THE #1 SONG 10 YEARS AGO TODAY WAS.....

.....Hollaback Girl by Gwen Stefani. Gwen was riding high as a kite with her debut solo record Love, Angel, Music, Baby and the third single released form the album was a HUGE hit. Hollaback Girl was a throwback to 80s  pop/rap/dance music and hit #1 on the Hot 100 on May 7, 2005 and stayed there for 4 consecutive weeks. Written with The Neptunes (Pharrell and Chad Hugo), Hollaback Girl is accompanied by a colorful video filmed in L.A. featuring cheerleaders, a marching band and some bad-ass cars. The song was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Record of the Year at the Grammy Awards that year. Work!! Anyway, here is the #1 song from 10 years ago today, Hollaback Girl.  Enjoy!

THE #1 SONG 25 YEARS AGO TODAY WAS.....

HUMPDAY SEXY SONG: HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF - DURAN DURAN

Duran Duran is one of the sexiest bands of all time....and one of the most enduring and successful as well. When these Brits hit the States in the early 80s it was mayhem. Girls (and boys) went wild for their slick videos, catchy songs and matinee idol good looks. Hungry Like The Wolf, released in late 1982 and peeking at #3 on the Hot 100, is certainly one of the best know New Wave tracks of the 80s and one of Duran Duran's signature songs. Sexy, sweaty, and animalistic as fuck, the song is matched by the video with shots of the jungle and some hot lady wrestling action, all shot in Sri Lanka. The video one the very first Grammy for Short Form Music Video in 1984. If you listen at the end you can hear the sounds of a woman....well....let's say "having some fun" buried underneath the track. This...ahem...vocalization is much louder on the actual album. I can see why they toned it down for early 80s radio and MTV. Ha. Anyway, her is the über-sexy video for Hungry Like The Wolf by Duran Duran. Hump in the jungle today!!

THE #1 SONG 16 YEARS AGO TODAY WAS.....

...No Scrubs by TLC. I will say this is one of the most addictive sing-along songs of all time. When TLC released No Scrubs I thought it must be about a hot naked doctor, but no. A scrub, by definition, is "a guy who thinks he's fly and is also known as a buster". Does that clear it up for you? You get it. Written by members of the R&B girl group Xscape, Tameeka "Tiny" Cottle and Kandi Burrus, now an Atlanta Housewife, No Scrubs is one of TLC's signature hits and one of the biggest hits of the 90s. It hit #1 on the Hot 100 on April 10, 1999 and stayed for four weeks wedged in between Cher's Believe and Ricky Martin's Livin' La Vida Loca. That is the meat in one of the gayest sandwiches imaginable. No Scrubs was nominated for Record of the Year at the Grammys that year and remained in the top 10 for 24 weeks. The video is directed by Hype Williams and has a futuristic theme. It took home Best Group Video at the MTV Video Music Awards. No Scrubs was a multi-platform, worldwide hit and a classic pop song by any standards. Here is the #1 song from today in 1999, No Scrubs. Enjoy!

THE #1 SONG 35 YEARS AGO TODAY WAS...

.....Call Me by Blondie. With music and production by famed Italian producer Giorgio Moroder and lyrics by Debbie Harry, Call Me became Blondie's biggest hit ever!! Moroder was interested in writing with Stevie Nicks when approached about songs for the Richard Gere film American Gigolo (the one where he shows his junk), but Nicks was unavailable due to label conflict, so fate steered him toward Blondie. They made a little chart history together, turns out. Call Me hit #1 on April 19, 1980 and remained for six weeks, becoming the biggest hit of 1980. It would go on to be #44 on Billboard Top 100 of ALL TIME,  and at last count was #283 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Call them, indeed! The video features a cabbie that appeared in other Blondie videos riding around NYC being cabbie-like. Anyhoo, here is the #1 song from 30 years ago today, Blondie's Call Me.

THE #1 SONG 25 YEARS AGO TODAY WAS....

.....Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinéad O'Connor. Written by Prince and originally recorded by his project The Family in 1985, Nothing Compares 2 U is Sinéad's biggest hit on the Hot 100, reaching #1 on April 21, 1990 and remaining in the pole position for four weeks. Sinéad's take on the song related to her mother's death and gave the song ever more feeling and longing than the original. The video for the song became iconic. Mostly shot in close-up on O'Connor's face, the clip went into heavy rotation on MTV and ended up winning Video of the Year at the MTV VMA's over Madonna's Vogue, which of course if absolute rubbish, but whattayagonnado? Nothing also was the third biggest song of 1990 on the Hot 100 and was nominated for Record of the Year at the Grammy Awards. So here is the #1 song from this day 25 years ago, Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinéad O'Connor.

THE #1 SONG SEVEN YEARS AGO TODAY WAS....

....Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis. Remember Leona Lewis? She won The X Factor is the UK and released this as her debut single there in 2007. It became the #1 single of 2007 there. Then in 2008 Leona's record label released her album in the US. Bleeding Love shot up the charts and hit #1 for a week, then went away for two weeks to make room for Mariah's Touch My Body, then back to #1 for another week, then gone again for a week while Lil' Wayne stepped in with Lollipop , then back again for two more weeks before ceding to Rihanna's Take A Bow. Settle down, bitch!! Anyway, the song ended up being the second biggest hit of 2008 in the US, behind Low by FloRida (basically the same song, right?) and making Leona potentially the next huge thing, with frequent comparisons to Mariah Carey. Well, that didn't happen. While she has continued with her success in her native UK and despite her debut album, Spirit, hitting #1 in the US, she has only charted one more album -- her sophomore effort Echo hit #13 in 2009 -- and two other top 40 hits in the American Hot 100 since. But, as far as one-hit wonders go, Bleeding Love is not a bad one to have under your belt. Am I right, ladies? The song has sold over 4 million digital downloads in the US alone and was the 7th most successful song on the Hot 100 from 2000 to 2009. Work, girl. Anyway, here is the #1 song from seven years ago today, Leona Lewis' Bleeding Love. Or as I like to sing it, "I keep peeing. Keep, keep peeing blood." You're welcome.

JONI MITCHELL FOUND UNCONSCIOUS, RUSHED TO HOSPITAL

Legendary singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell was found unconscious in her Los Angeles home and rushed by ambulance to a nearby hospital. She is currently in intensive care where the latest reports claim she is awake and in good spirits. There is no word on what, if any, ailments the 71 year-old Canadian singer has, but she is undergoing tests and last December told Billboard that she had a rare skin condition which kept her from performing. The folk icon has had many hits on the Hot 100 in the 60s, 70s and 80s including Help Me, Chelsea Morning and Big Yellow Taxi. Let's keep Joni in our thoughts today and send out all the good vibes possible. Here are a couple of gems from this beloved lady.

HUMPDAY SEXY SONG/#1 SONG 5 YEARS AGO TODAY: RUDE BOY - RIHANNA

Rihanna is no stranger to being sexy. I mean, this girl has been naked on a red carpet more times than I have in my bathroom. She's also had a number of very, very sexy songs. Rude Boy, from her best and most underrated album Rated R, is a brazen, forward call to a bad boy to "get it up" and give her what she wants. I bet he does too. It hit #1 on the Hot 100 on March 27, 2010 and stayed at the pole position for five consecutive weeks. That rude boy had staying power, girl. Ouch. Anyway, here is the Humpday Sexy Song for this April Fool's Day and the #1 song from five years ago today, Rihanna's Rude Boy.

THE #1 SONG 50 YEARS AGO TODAY WAS....

....Stop! In The Name of Love by The Supremes. Before she became Ms. Ross, Diana was just a skinny young girl who lead The Supremes to massive chart success. Stop! In The Name of Love was the girl group's fourth consecutive #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and they would go on to have eight more after that, making them one of the most successful girl groups -- or any kind of group -- of all time. Classic girl group harmonies and moves highlight the clip below and you can tell that Diana and the girls are comfortable in front of the camera. Stop! hit #1 on March 27, 1965 and stayed for two weeks. So here is the #1 song from before pretty much anyone reading this blog was even born, Stop! In The Name of Love by The Supremes.

HUMPDAY SEXY SONG: STYLE - TAYLOR SWIFT

We don't get to see Taylor Swift's sexy side too often, so this is a real treat!! It must be what all those men see from her in private before she dumps their asses. Here is the latest single off of Swift's massively successful album 1989, Style. Written by Taylor, Max Martin, Ali Payami and Shellback, the brooding number and it's gorgeous video are currently sitting at #6 on the Hot 100. I wonder if it will become Taylor's third #1 from 1989? Wait and see. Until then, hump your best outfit and listen to today's Humpday Sexy Song, Taylor Swift's Style.