most recognizable song of each year (1950-2022)

100 year version: https://youtu.be/ID79csvcO0U

I love how most of the decades have a gradual transition and then the switch from 80s music to 90s music is enough to give you whiplash

50's rock doesn't sound heavy by today standards, but when you realize what was being listened the years prior, you can understand what of a revolution it was and why some people (especially older one) were scared of it.

80s: Groovy, chill, calm. 90s: screaming

This man is a legend for not mentioning taylor

Finally, a "most recognizable" song list where I actually recognize at least 95% of the songs on the list. XD

I can’t imagine living in a pre-Never Gonna Give You Up world

Bro Rick rolled us in the most genius way possible and probably didn’t even mean it 😂

I genuinely didn't know how old some of these songs are!

The transition from Spice Girls to the sinking of the Titanic had me dying

2003 should be Seven Nation Army considered that it is literally played at just about every sports event I go to.

So many of these are tick too short sounds now and I can’t unheard it

The jump from the late fifties to the late sixties was crazy….went from Elvis to stuff like Hendrix’s All along the watchtower!!

The Guns N’ Roses to MC Hammer era was such a crazy transition.

Every song n this video for no apparent reason 0:00 Goodnight, Irene: The Weavers, 1950 0:06 Unforgettable: Nat King Cole, 1951 0:12 Singin' In The Rain: Gene Kelly, 1952 0:18 That's Amore: Dean Martin, 1953 0:24 Mr. Sandman: The Chordettes, 1954 0:30 Tutti Frutti: Little Richard, 1955 0:36 Hound Dog: Elvis Presley, 1956 0:42 Jailhouse Rock: Elvis Presley, 1957 0:48 Johnny B. Goode: Chuck Berry, 1958 0:54 Shout: Isley Brothers, 1959 1:01 The Twist: Chubby Checker, 1960 1:06 Hit The Road Jack: Ray Charles, 1961 1:12 The Loco-Motion: Little Eva, 1962 1:19 I Want To Hold Your Hand: The Beatles, 1963 1:25 The House Of The Rising Sun: The Animals, 1964 1:31 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction: The Rolling Stones, 1965 1:37 I'm A Believer: The Monkees, 1966 1:43 Respect: Aretha Franklin, 1967 1:49 Hey Jude: The Beatles, 1968 1:55 Sweet Caroline: Neil Diamond, 1969 2:01 Let It Be: The Beatles, 1970 2:07 Stairway To Heaven: Led Zeppelin, 1971 2:12 Superstition: Stevie Wonder, 1972 2:19 Dream On: Aerosmith, 1973 2:25 Sweet Home Alabama: Lynyrd Skynyrd, 1974 2:30 Bohemian Rhapsody: Queen, 1975 2:36 Dancing Queen: ABBA, 1976 2:42 Stayin' Alive: Bee Gees, 1977 2:48 Y.M.C.A: Village People, 1978 2:54 Another Brick In The Wall, Part II: Pink Floyd, 1979 3:00 Another One Bites The Dust: Queen, 1980 3:06 Don't stop Believin': Journey, 1981 3:12 Eye Of The Tiger: Survivor, 1982 3:18 Billie Jean: Michael Jackson, 1983 3:24 Careless Whisper: George Michael, 1984 3:30 Take On Me: A-HA, 1985 3:36 Livin' On A Prayer: Bon Jovi, 1986 3:42 Never Gonna Give You Up: Rick Astley, 1987 3:49 Sweet Child O' Mine: Guns N' Roses, 1988 3:54 Paradise City: Guns N' Roses, 1989 4:01 U Can't Touch This: MC Hammer, 1990 4:07 Smells Like Teen Spirit: Nirvana, 1991 4:13 I Will Always Love You: Whitney Houston, 1992 4:19 What's Up?: 4-Non-Blondes, 1993 4:25 Zombie: The Cranberries, 1994 4:31 Macarena: Los Del Rio, 1995 4:37 Wannabe: Spice Girls, 1996 4:43 My Heart Will Go On: Celine Dion, 1997 4:49 Hit Me Baby One More Time: Britney Spears, 1998 4:56 Livin' La Vida Loca: Ricky Martin, 1999 5:02 Californication: Red Hot Chilli Peppers, 2000 5:08 In The End: Linkin Park, 2001 5:14 Lose Yourself: Eminem, 2002 5:21 Crazy In Love: Beyonce & Jay-Z, 2003 5:26 Yeah!: Usher, Lil Jon & Ludacris. 2004 5:32 Boulevard Of Broken Dreams: Green Day, 2005 5:38 Hips Don't Lie: Shakira & Wyclef Jean, 2006 5:44 Umbrella: Rihanna & Jay-Z, 2007 5:50 Viva La Vida: Coldplay, 2008 5:56 Bad Romance: Lady Gaga, 2009 6:02 Firework: Katy Perry, 2010 6:09 Rolling In The Deep: Adele, 2011 6:15 Gangman Style: PSY, 2012 6:21 Happy: Pharrell Williams, 2013 6:26 Uptown Funk!: Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars, 2014 6:33 Hello: Adele, 2015 6:39 Closer: The Chainsmokers & Halsey, 2016 6:45 Despacito: Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee, 2017 6:51 Sunflower: Post Malone & Swae Lee, 2018 6:57 Old Town Road: Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus, 2019 7:03 Blinding Lights: The Weeknd, 2020 7:09 STAY: The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber, 2021 7:15 As It Was: Harry Styles, 2022

I cannot describe the sheer whiplash of learning how old some of these songs are 🥲

I appreciate this vid. Educational. Thank you for posting & putting it together

Never Gonna Give You Up doesn’t even sound like 80s music anymore with the amount of times I’ve heard it in the 2010s and 20s 🤣🤣😭

That was a weird experience. Up to 2000, I was like..."oh yeah, that was a lifetime ago." Then, nearly every song after 2001 was just like "yeah...that's an EXTREMELY recent song."

Very good Musical Retrospective . THANKS. ONES OF MY FAVORITES , YES INDEED .