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2005 - Summer Song Runner-Up
2005 Mariah Carey said you belong together, and Gwen Stafani was Hollerin' at #2 for the Summer. Hollaback Girl was from Gwen's debut...
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Jul 8, 20221 min read
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2004 - Summer Song Runner-Up
2004 Usher was confession at #1 for the Summer, and Juvenile was just in Slow Motion at #2. #1 for two weeks in August and was the first...
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Jul 7, 20221 min read
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2003 - Summer Song Runner-Up
2003 Beyonce was Crazy In Love, but Lil Kim was all about her Magic Stick in the runner-up position. It made #2 on the Hot 100 and R&B...
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Jul 6, 20221 min read
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2002 - Summer Song Runner-Up
2002 Nelly was Hot as the Summer Song and Avril Lavigne was "Complicated" in the runner-up position. A #2 Hot 100, #1 Adult Top 40, and...
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Jul 5, 20221 min read
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2001 - Summer Song Runner-Up
2001 While Usher was reminding you, Eve and Gwen Stefani were blowing your mind in the #2 position. "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" won a Grammy...
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Jul 4, 20221 min read
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??2022?? Summer Song
Harry Styles‘ “As It Was” adds an 11th week at No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts. The song...
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Jul 2, 20221 min read
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2000 - Summer Song Runner-Up
2000 Matchbox 20 was upset because something was Bent, and N'SYNC was telling you "It's Gonna Be Me" in the runner-up position. It spent...
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Jul 1, 20221 min read
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1999 - Summer Song Runner-Up
1999 While Christina Aguilera was looking for her genie, Jennifer Lopez was wondering "If You Had My Love." At the time the song also...
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Jun 30, 20221 min read
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1998 - Summer Song Runner-Up
1998 while Monica and Brandy were having a hair-pulling fight over a boy, Shania Twain was saying You're Still the One (well you were #2...
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Jun 29, 20221 min read
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1997 - Summer Song Runner-Up
1997 Puffy was missing you (well Biggy) with his all-star crew stealing the Police song, at #2 for the summer Meredith Brooks was...
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Jun 28, 20221 min read
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1996 - Summer Song Runner-Up
1996 While we were all getting sick of the Macarena, the Summer Song Runner-Up was Toni Braxton's "You're Making Me High." It became...
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Jun 27, 20221 min read
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??2022?? Summer Song
Another week at #1 for Harry Styles and "As It Was." But two big contenders were released this week. Housy Dancy "Break My Soul" from...
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Jun 25, 20221 min read
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1995 - Summer Song Runner-Up
1995, while the Waterfalls from TLC cascaded at #1 in the runner-up position was Monica and "Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem...
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Jun 24, 20221 min read
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1994 - Summer Song Runner-Up
1994 We were in a mellow mood with All 4 One Swearing as the #1 summer song, and the runner-up was Lisa Loeb and "Stay (I Missed You)"....
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Jun 23, 20221 min read
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1993 - Summer Song Runner-Up
1993 While we couldn't help but fall in love with UB40, Tag Team was Whoomping it up with "Whoomp There It Is" as the summer song...
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Jun 22, 20221 min read
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1992 - Summer Song Runner-Up
1992 While Sir-Mix-A-Lot was reigning on the Summer Song chart about butts, Boyz II Men took the runner-up position when they found...
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Jun 21, 20221 min read
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1991 - Summer Song Runner-Up
1991 Bryan Adams was telling you that he did it for you, Paula Abdul went ballady from her second album and stayed at #1 for five weeks...
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Jun 20, 20221 min read
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?2022? Summer Song
Harry Styles makes it two weeks at #1 on the Summer Song chart, but the hottest song out there right now is a song released in 1985....
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Jun 18, 20221 min read
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1990 - Summer Song Runner-Up
1990 While Mariah Carey made her debut with Vision of Love, we were moving to a New Jack Swing beat at the runner-up position with Glen...
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Jun 17, 20221 min read
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1989 - Summer Song Runner-Up
1989 Richard Marx was Right Here Waiting at #1 but your summer runner-up was all lined up like "Toy Soldiers." Martika took the song from...
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Jun 16, 20221 min read
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