History Main / ChartDisplacement

** 1990: "[[Music/MCHammer U Can't Touch This]]" only made it to #55. It wasn’t even MC Hammer’s highest charting song on the countdown (instead, that was the largely forgotten remake of "Have You Seen Her" at #47).

* Music/WeirdAlYankovic's more famous songs tend to fall under this. "Dare to Be Stupid" didn't chart at all (at least not by itself; it was a double A-side with Stan Bush's "The Touch"), while "I Lost on Jeopardy" and "Fat" only scraped the very bottom of the Hot 100. Conversely, "King of Suede" got to #62, but is far more obscure than some of his songs which didn't chart (it's his only Hot 100 entry that doesn't have a page on Wiki/TheOtherWiki). That said, "White & Nerdy", one of his most famous songs, is also his highest charting, at #9.

** 1965: "Woolly Bully" beat out such iconic songs as [[Music/TheRollingStones "I Can't Get No Satisfaction"]] (#3), [[Music/TheBeatles "Help!"]] (#7), [[Music/TheTemptations "My Girl"]] (#10), [[Music/SonnyAndCher "I Got You Babe"]] (#16), [[Music/TheSupremes "Stop! In the Name of Love"]] (#20), and [[Music/BobDylan "Like a Rolling Stone"]] (#41). As you can see, 1965 is full of classic songs that are still well-remembered today, yet "Woolly Bully" is nowhere near the level of popularity of these songs. It was also the 1st song to top the year-end chart without topping the Hot 100, something that has only happened 3 times since.[[note]]The other years in which this happened were 2000 ([[Music/FaithHill "Breathe"]]), 2001 ([[Music/{{Lifehouse}} "Hanging by a Moment"]]), and 2021 ([[Music/DuaLipa "Levitating"]]).[[/note]]
** 1969: In the year when Woodstock was held, the biggest single of the year was [[Franchise/ArchieComics "Sugar Sugar"]]. While "Sugar Sugar" has been featured in many films & TV shows and is an iconic 60s bubblegum pop song, it's not quite on the level of songs like [[Music/TheRollingStones "Honkey Tonk Women"]] (#4), [[Music/NeilDiamond "Sweet Caroline"]] (#22) or [[Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival "Proud Mary"]] (#19).

* Andy Williams' recording of "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" didn't even chart until 2017, as it was written for Williams' 1963 Christmas special and was not issued as a single. In his later years, Williams was surprised that the song had become one of his best known despite its low profile at initial release. "Wonderful Time" now has a perfectly respectful #7 Hot 100 peak, but for years it was outpeaked by several less remembered songs. This is still the case for another of Williams' classics; His cover of "Moon River" was also never issued as a single and has never charted.

** 1981: The year-end #1 was "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes, which beat out such iconic songs as "[[Music/HallAndOates Kiss On My List" (#7), "You Make My Dreams" (#43)]], "[[Music/{{Foreigner}} Urgent]]" (#37), the "Stars on 45 Medley" (#24), "[[Music/StevieNicks Stop Draggin' My]] [[Music/TomPetty Heart Around]]" (#59), "[[Music/{{Devo}} Whip It]]" (#94), "[[Music/TheOakRidgeBoys Elvira]]" (#31) and "[[Music/PatBenatar Hit Me with Your Best Shot]]" (#46). 1980-81 is full of iconic songs that are still well-remembered today, yet "Bette Davis Eyes" is nowhere near the level of popularity of these songs.
** 1982: While the year-end #1, Music/OliviaNewtonJohn's "Physical", is still one of her most popular songs, it's not quite as iconic as four of the 80's most iconic tracks: Music/{{Journey}}'s "Don't Stop Believin'" (#73), Music/StevieNicks' "Edge of Seventeen" (#100), Music/SoftCell's cover of "Tainted Love" (#11) and Music/{{Survivor|Band}}'s "Eye of the Tiger" (#2).

** 1992: "[[Music/{{Nirvana}} Smells Like Teen Spirit]]", arguably the most iconic track of the early 90s {{grunge}} era and the most iconic track of the year (some (including Creator/VH1) will insist it's the most remembered song of the 90s in general, and it was the most streamed song of the 90's on Spotify for several years), only made it to #32 on the Year-End Hot 100, while a [[Film/WaynesWorld re-release]] of "Bohemian Rhapsody" was close behind at #39. Also charting lower was "[[Music/EnVogue Free Your Mind]]" (#93), "[[Music/BonnieRaitt I Can't Make You Love Me]]" (#100), "[[Music/PMDawn Set Adrift on Memory Bliss]]" (#44) and "Rhythm Is a Dancer" (#75). And even then, some of the songs that beat them are still well known, like "[[Music/SirMixALot Baby Got Back]]" (#2), "[[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers Under The Bridge]] (#8)", "[[Music/MichaelJackson Black or White]] (#14)", "Life Is a Highway" (#18), "[[Music/RightSaidFred I'm Too Sexy]]" (#13), "Jump" (#3), "[[Music/BoyzIIMen End of the Road]]" (#1), or "[[Music/HouseOfPain Jump Around]]" (#24). However, some of the other tracks that beat them are pretty much forgotten, like "All 4 Love" (#9), "I Love Your Smile" (#11), "Masterpiece" (#27), and "Live and Learn" (#30).

** 1982: While the year-end #1, Music/OliviaNewtonJohn's "Physical", is still one of her most popular songs, it's not quite as iconic as four of the 80's most iconic tracks: Music/{{Journey}}'s "Don't Stop Believin'" (#73), Music/StevieNicks' "Edge of Seventeen" (#100), Music/SoftCell's cover of "Tainted Love" (#11) and Music/{{Survivor}}'s "Eye of the Tiger" (#2).

** 1977: "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" by Music/RodStewart was the year-end #1. While it is one of Stewart's memorable songs, it isn't quite on the level of popularity as Music/{{ABBA}}'s "Dancing Queen" (#12), the Music/{{Eagles}}' "Hotel California" (#19), Music/HallAndOates' "Rich Girl" (#23), Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life" (which didn't make the 1977 year-end list despite reigning at #1 longer than "Tonight's the Night" did, but did make it to #3 on the 1978 year-end list), Music/FleetwoodMac's "Dreams" (#39), Rose Royce's "Car Wash" (#26) and Music/{{Heart}}'s "Barracuda" (#53).

* Music/{{Underworld}}'s "Born Slippy .NUXX" only reached #27 on the dance charts, a position that they outpeaked six times. They had two songs that entered the Hot 100, but neither of them were "Born Slippy .NUXX", or anything else from their "Underworld Mk. 2" incarnation - they were "Underneath the Radar" and "Stand Up", both from their days as an 80's synthpop act.

** 1987: The third biggest hit of that year was "Shake You Down" by Gregory Abbott. It has been almost completely forgotten decades later, it wasn't as memorable as other iconic songs from that year that either appeared lower on the list (which WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows lampshaded in his "Worst Hit Songs of 1987" list), including "[[Music/WhitneyHouston I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)]]" (#4), "[[Music/{{Whitesnake}} Here I Go Again]]" (#7), "[[Music/BonJovi Livin' on a Prayer]]" (#10), "[[Music/WangChung Everybody Have Fun Tonight]]" (#12), "[[Music/CrowdedHouse Don't Dream It's Over]]" (#13), "[[Music/{{U2}} With or Without You]]" (#15), "[[Film/DirtyDancing (I've Had) The Time of My Life]]" (#28), "[[Music/{{Madonna}} Open Your Heart]]" (#30), "[[Music/{{Genesis|Band}} Land of Confusion]]" (#40), "[[Music/MichaelJackson Bad]]" (#59) or "[[Music/BeastieBoys (You Gotta Fight) For Your Right (To Party!)]]" (#98), or even songs that didn't appear at all, such as "[[Music/{{Aerosmith}} Dude Looks Like a Lady]]", "[[Music/TheCure Just Like Heaven]]" or "[[Music/{{REM}} The One I Love]]".

** 1987: The third biggest hit of that year was "Shake You Down" by Gregory Abbott. It has been almost completely forgotten decades later, it wasn't as memorable as other iconic songs from that year that either appeared lower on the list (which WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows lampshaded in his "Worst of 1987" list), including "[[Music/WhitneyHouston I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)]]" (#4), "[[Music/{{Whitesnake}} Here I Go Again]]" (#7), "[[Music/BonJovi Livin' on a Prayer]]" (#10), "[[Music/WangChung Everybody Have Fun Tonight]]" (#12), "[[Music/CrowdedHouse Don't Dream It's Over]]" (#13), "[[Music/{{U2}} With or Without You]]" (#15), "[[Film/DirtyDancing (I've Had) The Time of My Life]]" (#28), "[[Music/{{Madonna}} Open Your Heart]]" (#30), "[[Music/{{Genesis|Band}} Land of Confusion]]" (#40), "[[Music/MichaelJackson Bad]]" (#59) or "[[Music/BeastieBoys (You Gotta Fight) For Your Right (To Party!)]]" (#98), or even songs that didn't appear at all, such as "[[Music/{{Aerosmith}} Dude Looks Like a Lady]]", "[[Music/TheCure Just Like Heaven]]" or "[[Music/{{REM}} The One I Love]]".

** 1987: The third biggest hit of that year was "Shake You Down" by Gregory Abbott. In addition to be nearly almost completely forgotten decades later, it wasn't as memorable as other iconic songs from that year that either appeared lower on the list, including I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) (#4), Here I Go Again (#7), Livin' on a Prayer (#10), Everybody Have Fun Tonight (#12), Don't Dream It's Over (#13), With or Without You (#15), (I've Had) The Time of My Life (#28), Open Your Heart (#30), Land of Confusion (#40), Bad (#59), (You Gotta Fight) For Your Right (To Party!) (#98), or didn't appear at all, Dude Looks Like a Lady, Just Like Heaven, The One I Love.

** 1999: While the year end #1, "Believe" by Music/{{Cher}}, is still one of the most iconic songs of the late-90s, if not the 90s as a whole, and is widely considered to be Cher's [[CareerResurrection comeback single]], it has always had a hard time competing with the Music/BackstreetBoys' SignatureSong "I Want It That Way", which only made it to #15, as well as with Music/{{TLC}}'s comeback hit "No Scrubs", which stalled behind "Believe" at #2, and Music/BritneySpears' SignatureSong "...Baby One More Time", which ended up at #5. "Smooth" by Music/{{Santana}} and Music/RobThomas was one of the most successful songs of all time, but it only managed to be the 19th biggest hit of the year due to coming out very late in the cycle. "Bailamos" by Music/EnriqueIglesias was the Latin pop icon's first song to make it big in the English-language market and is still iconic to this day, but it only managed to make it to #26. Additionally, after missing the 1998 year-end chart, "Iris" by the Music/GooGooDolls ended up at a mere #94 (while follow-ups "Slide" and "Black Balloon" landed at #13 and #64). Music/SugarRay's "Every Morning" (which reached #8) and Music/SmashMouth's "All Star" (which reached #17) were not the highest-peaking AlternativeRock songs that year, that honor goes to Music/SixpenceNoneTheRicher's "Kiss Me", which was #6 that year. Given that Sugar Ray and Smash Mouth proved to be very successful during the TurnOfTheMillennium while Sixpence None the Richer ended up a OneHitWonder, it's no surprise "Every Morning" and "All Star" tend to be far better remembered.

** 1986: The CharityMotivationSong "[[Music/DionneWarwick That's]] [[Music/StevieWonder What]] [[Music/GladysKnight Friends]] [[Music/EltonJohn Are]] [[Film/NightShift For]]" was the biggest hit of that year. However, it's been largely forgotten, especially compared to the likes of the many iconic songs on the list, including Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" (#10), the Music/PetShopBoys' "West End Girls" (#15), Music/{{Prince}} and The Revolution's "Kiss" (#19), Music/TheOutfield's "Your Love" (#61), Music/BonJovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name" (#30), Music/{{Genesis}}' "Invisible Touch" (#54), Music/{{Madonna}}'s "Papa Don't Preach" (#29), Music/WhitneyHouston's "How Will I Know" (#6), Music/PeterGabriel's "[[Music/{{So}} Sledgehammer]]" (#23), Music/RunDMC featuring Music/{{Aerosmith}}'s "Walk This Way" (#89), Music/{{Falco}}'s "Rock Me Amaedus" (#28), Mr. Mister's "Broken Wings" (#5) and "Kyrie" (#9), and many more songs that charted lower that year.

* Music/{{Justice}}'s signature "D.A.N.C.E." was their highest charter in the UK and the closest they ever got the Hot 100 in the United States. In their native France however, it only hit #11 and was beaten by the #5 "Civilization", which is virtually unknown elsewhere. In fact, it probably doesn't even hold the distinction of being their second best-known song (that honor likely goes to "Waters of Nazareth").

** 1989: The year's biggest hit was "Look Away" by Music/{{Chicago}}, which, despite reaching #1 in late 1988, never reached #1 in 1989. Chicago are legends of classic rock, but "Look Away" is one of their lesser known songs, and is not nearly as iconic as "[[Music/{{Poison}} Every Rose Has Its Thorn]]" (#3), "[[Music/{{Roxette}} The Look" (#17), "Listen to Your Heart" (#22),]] "[[Music/{{Madonna}} Like a Prayer]]" (#25), "[[Music/MilliVanilli Girl You Know It's True" (#8), "Blame It On The Rain" (#21)]], "[[Music/GunsNRoses Welcome to the Jungle (#74), "Paradise City" (#86), "Patience" (#71)]], "When I'm with You" (#37), "[[Music/{{REM}} Stand]]" (#76), "[[Music/{{Aerosmith}} Love in an Elevator]]" (#81), "[[Music/MichaelJackson Smooth Criminal]]" (#93), "[[Music/TheCure Lovesong]]" (#68), "[[Music/BobbyBrown Every Little Step" (#48), "My Prerogative" (#2)]], "[[Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock Hangin' Tough" (#49), or "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" (#52)]].

** 1999: While the year end #1, "Believe" by Music/{{Cher}}, is still one of the most iconic songs of the late-90s, if not the 90s as a whole, and is widely considered to be Cher's [[CareerResurrection comeback single]], it has always had a hard time competing with the Music/BackstreetBoys' SignatureSong "I Want It That Way", which only made it to #15, as well as with Music/{{TLC}}'s comeback hit "No Scrubs", which stalled behind "Believe" at #2, and Music/BritneySpears' SignatureSong "...Baby One More Time", which ended up at #5. "Smooth" by Music/{{Santana}} and Music/RobThomas was one of the most successful songs of all time, but it only managed to be the 19th biggest hit of the year due to coming out very late in the cycle. Additionally, after missing the 1998 year-end chart, "Iris" by the Music/GooGooDolls ended up at a mere #94 (while follow-ups "Slide" and "Black Balloon" landed at #13 and #64). Music/SugarRay's "Every Morning" (which reached #8) and Music/SmashMouth's "All Star" (which reached #17) were not the highest-peaking AlternativeRock songs that year, that honor goes to Music/SixpenceNoneTheRicher's "Kiss Me", which was #6 that year. Given that Sugar Ray and Smash Mouth proved to be very successful during the TurnOfTheMillennium while Sixpence None the Richer ended up a OneHitWonder, it's no surprise "Every Morning" and "All Star" tend to be far better remembered.

** 2000: The biggest hit that year was "Breathe" by Music/FaithHill, which despite peaking at #2 made the top of the list due to an abnormally long chart run. While Faith is fondly remembered as one of the biggest CountryMusic stars of the '90s and "Breathe" is still popular as a recurrent on country radio, it's not quite as iconic with mainstream audiences as "[[Music/{{NSYNC}} Bye Bye Bye" (#21), "It's Gonna Be Me" (#27)]], "[[Music/DestinysChild Say My Name]]" (#6), "It Feels So Good" (#34), "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" (#35), "[[Music/BritneySpears Oops!... I Did It Again]]" (#55), "Better Off Alone" (#88), "[[Music/ThreeDoorsDown Kryptonite]]" (#15), "[[Music/{{Creed}} Higher" (#11), "With Arms Wide Open" (#36)]], or "[[Music/Blink182 All The Small Things]]" (#40). At #2, "Smooth" ranked considerably higher on 2000's year end chart than it did on 1999's, but still, that's one spot short.

** 2001: Music/{{Lifehouse}} had the top spot that year with "Hanging by a Moment". While it's certainly well remembered, particularly overseas, it's not ''quite'' as iconic as "[[Music/{{Train}} Drops of Jupiter]]" (#4), "[[Music/DestinysChild Independent Women Part I" (#10), "Survivor" (#23), "Bootylicious" (#42)]], "It Wasn't Me" (#11), "Angel" (#17), "[[Music/MissyElliott Get Ur Freak On]]" (#35), "All or Nothing" (#41), "Butterfly" (#29), "[[Music/{{Staind}} It's Been Awhile]]" (#14), "[[Music/{{Incubus}} Drive]]" (#21), "Superman (It's Not Easy)" (which didn't make the 2001 year-end list, though it did make the 2002 year-end list at #46), [[Music/{{U2}} "Beautiful Day"]] (#75), and [[Music/ChristinaAguilera the]] [[Music/LilKim all-star]] [[Music/{{Pink}} cover]] of "[[Film/MoulinRouge Lady Marmalade]]" (#24) that kept "Hanging" from topping the weekly charts. "Hanging by a Moment" got to #1 because, like "Breathe" the previous year, it benefited from an abnormally long chart run and being that year's most-played song on American radio.

* Stevie B.'s highest charter and sole #1 on the Hot 100 wasn't "Spring Love" (just missed the Top 40 at #43), "I Wanna Be the One" (#32), or "In My Eyes"(#37), but instead the BlackSheepHit ballad "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)". Two of his three other hits that outpeaked the former three songs were ballads as well.

* Music/{{Tiesto}}'s highest charter on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 was "The Motto", a collaboration with Ava Max, in 2022. While it's still new, it remains to be seen if it will displace "Red Lights" (#56), "The Business" (#69), or "Adagio for Strings" (which never charted, but is considered this for his {{Trance}} era) as his signature.

* Stevie B.'s highest charter and sole #1 on the Hot 100 wasn't "Spring Love"(just missed the Top 40 at #43), "I Wanna Be the One"(#32), or "In My Eyes"(#37), but instead the BlackSheepHit ballad "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)". Two of his three other hits that outpeaked the former three songs were ballads as well.

* Music/{{Tiesto}}'s highest charter on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 wasn't "Red Lights", but rather the follow-up "Wasted".

* Will to Power's only #1 (and first of two Top 10 hits) on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, wasn't SignatureSong "Dreamin'"(#50), or the follow-up "Say It's Gonna Rain"(#49, though it reached #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart), but their [[FirstAndForemost now-obscure]] cover medley of Music/PeterFrampton's "Baby, I Love Your Way" and Music/LynyrdSkynyrd's "Free Bird", which was also a BlackSheepHit for them, being a slow ballad in contrast to their usual freestyle/dancepop material. Their second and last US Top 10 hit was an even less remembered cover of Music/TenCc's "I'm Not in Love", which has likewise fallen back into the shadow of the original.

** 1986: The CharityMotivationSong "[[Music/DionneWarwick That's]] [[Music/StevieWonder What]] [[Music/GladysKnight Friends]] [[Music/EltonJohn Are]] [[Film/NightShift For]]" was the biggest hit of that year. However, it's been largely forgotten, especially compared to the likes of the many iconic songs on the list, including Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" (#10), the Music/PetShopBoys' "West End Girls" (#15), Music/{{Prince}} and The Revolution's "Kiss" (#19), Music/TheOutfield's "Your Love" (#61), Music/BonJovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name" (#30), Music/{{Genesis}}' "Invisible Touch" (#54), Music/{{Madonna}}'s "Papa Don't Preach" (#29), Music/WhitneyHouston's "How Will I Know" (#6), Music/PeterGabriel's "[[Music/{{So}} Sledgehammer]]" (#23), Music/RunDMC featuring Music/{{Aerosmith}}'s "Walk This Way" (#89), Music/{{Falco}}'s "Rock Me Amaedus" (#28), Mr. Mister's "Broken Wings (#5) and "Kyrie" (#9), and many more songs that charted lower that year.

* Well-known songs across different genres that just barely missed the Top 40 by peaking at #41 in ''Billboard'' include "From Me to You" (Music/TheBeatles), "Promised Land" (Music/ChuckBerry), "Mr. Pitiful" (Music/OtisRedding), "Series/MissionImpossible" (Music/LaloSchifrin), "Okie from Muskogee" (Music/MerleHaggard), "Tiny Dancer" (Music/EltonJohn), "Changes" (Music/DavidBowie), "La Grange" (Music/ZZTop), "Rock and Roll Never Forgets" (Music/BobSeger), "Good Times Roll" (Music/TheCars), "Workin' for a Livin'" (Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews), "[[Film/PrettyInPink Pretty in Pink]]" (Music/ThePsychedelicFurs), "Super Bowl Shuffle" ([[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague The Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew]]), "Closer" (Music/NineInchNails).

** 1982: "[[Music/{{Journey}} Don't Stop Believin']]", one of the 80's most iconic songs, was only the ''73rd''-biggest hit that year, while another iconic 80's song, "[[Music/StevieNicks Edge of Seventeen]]", was the ''100th'' biggest hit that year. A more literal example would be the actual year-end #2: "[[Music/{{Survivor}} Eye of the Tiger]]".

** 2012: Music/{{Gotye}} and Music/{{Fun}} finished in the #1 and #3 spots with "Somebody That I Used to Know" and "We Are Young", respectively. However, both artists' popularity would quickly fall rapidly (with Gotye becoming a OneHitWonder), and as a result, neither song would have the same longevity as the likes of Music/CarlyRaeJepsen's "Call Me Maybe" (#2), Music/Maroon5's "Payphone" featuring Music/WizKhalifa (#4) and "Moves Like Jagger" featuring Music/ChristinaAguilera (#36), Music/{{PSY}}'s "Music/GangnamStyle" (#47), Music/CarrieUnderwood's "Blown Away" (#70), Music/FloRida's "Whistle" (#17) and Music/TaylorSwift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (#33). Music/OneDirection's "What Makes You Beautiful" (which reached #10) was not the highest ranking song by a British BoyBand that year -- that was Music/TheWanted's mostly forgotten "Glad You Came", which was #6 that year. Given that 1D became by far the biggest new act of 2012 and a global musical phenomenon while The Wanted never had another hit stateside, it's no surprise the former song is far better remembered today on both sides of the Atlantic.

** 2000: The biggest hit that year was "Breathe" by Music/FaithHill, which despite peaking at #2 made the top of the list due to an abnormally long chart run. While Faith is fondly remembered as one of the biggest CountryMusic stars of the '90s, "Breathe" is not nearly as iconic with mainstream audiences as "[[Music/{{NSYNC}} Bye Bye Bye" (#21), "It's Gonna Be Me" (#27)]], "[[Music/DestinysChild Say My Name]]" (#6), "It Feels So Good" (#34), "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" (#35), "[[Music/BritneySpears Oops!... I Did It Again]]" (#55), "Better Off Alone" (#88), "[[Music/ThreeDoorsDown Kryptonite]]" (#15), "[[Music/{{Creed}} Higher" (#11), "With Arms Wide Open" (#36)]], or "[[Music/Blink182 All The Small Things]]" (#40). At #2, "Smooth" ranked considerably higher on 2000's year end chart than it did on 1999's, but still, that's one spot short.

** 1992: "[[Music/{{Nirvana}} Smells Like Teen Spirit]]", arguably the most iconic track of the early 90s {{grunge}} era and the most iconic track of the year (some (including Creator/VH1) will insist it's the most remembered song of the 90s in general, and it was the most streamed song of the 90's on Spotify for several years), only made it to #32 on the Year-End Hot 100, while a [[Film/WaynesWorld re-release]] of "Bohemian Rhapsody" was close behind at #39. Also charting lower was "[[Music/EnVogue Free Your Mind]]" (#93), "[[Music/BonnieRaitt I Can't Make You Love Me]]" (#100), "[[Music/PMDawn Set Adrift on Memory Bliss]]" (#44) and "Rhythm Is a Dancer" (#75). And even then, some of the songs that beat "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and the other aforementioned songs are still well known, like "[[Music/SirMixALot Baby Got Back]]" (#2), "[[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers Under The Bridge]] (#8)", "[[Music/MichaelJackson Black or White]] (#14)", "Life Is a Highway" (#18), "[[Music/RightSaidFred I'm Too Sexy]]" (#13), "Jump" (#3), "[[Music/BoyzIIMen End of the Road]]" (#1), or "[[Music/HouseOfPain Jump Around]]" (#24). However, some of the other tracks that beat them are pretty much forgotten, like "All 4 Love" (#9), "I Love Your Smile" (#11), "Masterpiece" (#27), and "Live and Learn" (#30).

** 1992: "[[Music/{{Nirvana}} Smells Like Teen Spirit]]", arguably the most iconic track of the early 90s {{grunge}} era and the most iconic track of the year (some (including Creator/VH1) will insist it's the most remembered song of the 90s in general, and it was the most streamed song of the 90's on Spotify for several years), only made it to #32 on the Year-End Hot 100, while a [[Film/WaynesWorld re-release]] of "Bohemian Rhapsody" was close behind at #39. Also charting lower was "[[Music/EnVogue Free Your Mind]]" (#93), "[[Music/BonnieRaitt I Can't Make You Love Me]]" (#100), "[[Music/PMDawn Set Adrift on Memory Bliss]]" (#44) and "Rhythm Is a Dancer" (#75). And even then, some of the songs that beat "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and the other aforementioned songs are still well known, like "[[Music/SirMixALot Baby Got Back]]" (#2), "[[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers Under The Bridge]] (#8)", "[[Music/MichaelJackson Black or White]] (#14)", "Life Is a Highway" (#18), "[[Music/RightSaidFred I'm Too Sexy]]" (#13), "Jump" (#3), "[[Music/BoyzIIMen End of the Road]]" (#1), or "[[Music/HouseOfPain Jump Around]]" (#24). However, other tracks that beat both are pretty much forgotten, like "All 4 Love" (#9), "I Love Your Smile" (#11), "Masterpiece" (#27), and "Live and Learn" (#30).

** 1992: "[[Music/{{Nirvana}} Smells Like Teen Spirit]]", arguably the most iconic track of the early 90s {{grunge}} era and the most iconic track of the year (some (including Creator/VH1) will insist it's the most remembered song of the 90s in general, and it was the most streamed song of the 90's on Spotify for several years), only made it to #32 on the Year-End Hot 100, while a [[Film/WaynesWorld re-release]] of "Bohemian Rhapsody" was close behind at #39. Also charting lower was "[[Music/EnVogue Free Your Mind]]" (#93), "[[Music/PMDawn Set Adrift on Memory Bliss]]" (#44) and "Rhythm Is a Dancer" (#75). And even then, some of the songs that beat "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and the other aforementioned songs are still well known, like "[[Music/SirMixALot Baby Got Back]]" (#2), "[[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers Under The Bridge]] (#8)", "[[Music/MichaelJackson Black or White]] (#14)", "Life Is a Highway" (#18), or "[[Music/HouseOfPain Jump Around]]" (#24). However, other tracks that beat both are pretty much forgotten, like "All 4 Love" (#9), "I Love Your Smile" (#11), "Masterpiece" (#27), and "Live and Learn" (#30).