Name a song that has reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100

October 25, 2026 · Daily Dive #102

Explore 1,175 recorded answers and their points for question 3 on October 25, 2026.

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1,175 recorded names on October 25, 2026, 552 at 85 or higher. The highest recorded score on this question is 100.

Sweep the decades when singles ruled the airwaves and picture the records that only resurface in countdown retrospectives, from dance fads to film themes. Only titles that genuinely occupied the top slot of the main national singles chart qualify; regional rankings, genre tables, album lists and songs that merely peaked at second place do not.

1,175 recorded answers552 at 85+ points100 highest recorded points
  • One in a Krillion1100 pts
  • Deep Cut55185 pts
  • Rare49960 pts
  • Schooler11930 pts
  • Plankton510 pts
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Recorded answers

1,175 recorded answers

How to approach it

The productive route is to sweep decade by decade rather than free-associate, because sixty-odd years of chart history are unevenly stocked in memory. Begin with the eras whose hits get heavy recurrent airplay, write down four or five titles for each, then push into corners most players skip: novelty records, soundtrack themes, disco one-offs, country crossovers and foreign-language smashes. Rarity pays, so a title that feels faintly embarrassing or half-forgotten usually outscores an obvious classic. Verify each candidate against the chart's actual rules, because a song that only led a separate sales or airplay tally does not count. Keep a running list and send the strangest qualifying title first.

Get a hint

Cast your net across the entire post-war era of chart history instead of the handful of decades you know by heart, because every period of the survey contributes qualifying titles.

A little more

Then lean on the styles that fill year-end retrospectives: dance fads, film themes, country crossovers and grand ballads, all of which produced chart-toppers with surprising regularity.

One step further

Finally check the fussy clerical details, since duet credits, medleys, remixed versions and titles wrapped in brackets routinely reached the summit and slip past anyone listing in a hurry.

Reveal answers 1,175
  • Say It RightRare60points
  • Say My NameRare60points
  • Say SoRare60points
  • See You AgainRare60points
  • SevenRare60points
  • Sexy and I Know ItRare60points
  • SexyBackRare60points
  • ShallowRare60points
  • She Drives Me CrazyRare60points
  • She Loves YouRare60points
  • SherryRare60points
  • Shining StarRare60points
  • ShoutRare60points
  • Silly Love SongsRare60points
  • Sir DukeRare60points
  • SledgehammerRare60points
  • Smoke Gets in Your EyesRare60points
  • SmoothRare60points
  • So SickRare60points
  • So WhatRare60points
  • Someone Like YouRare60points
  • Someone You LovedRare60points
  • Somethin' StupidRare60points
  • SOSRare60points
  • Stay (I Missed You)Rare60points
  • Stayin' AliveRare60points
  • Step by StepRare60points
  • Stop! In the Name of LoveRare60points
  • Straight UpRare60points
  • Strangers in the NightRare60points
  • StrongerRare60points
  • Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)Rare60points
  • Sugar, SugarRare60points
  • Summer in the CityRare60points
  • Sunshine on My ShouldersRare60points
  • Suspicious MindsRare60points
  • SussudioRare60points
  • SwimRare60points
  • Take a BowRare60points
  • Take My Breath AwayRare60points
  • Teenage DreamRare60points
  • Texas Hold 'EmRare60points
  • Tha CrossroadsRare60points
  • Thank U, NextRare60points
  • That's the Way (I Like It)Rare60points
  • That's the Way Love GoesRare60points
  • That's What Friends Are ForRare60points
  • That's What I LikeRare60points
  • The Battle of New OrleansRare60points
  • The BoxRare60points

Why these answers count

Scoring here tracks obscurity rather than fame, and the reveal makes that plain. Sing-along staples everyone knows sit at the floor of sixty points, while titles most players could not hum climb to eighty-five: Sukiyaki took the full hundred, and a long parenthetical such as (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song banked eighty-five simply because hardly anyone retrieves it in time. Two instincts get rewarded. One is digging into the late fifties and early sixties, where titles are short, odd and half-forgotten. The other is trusting memory for awkward full names with brackets, subtitles or remix tags, since those are the entries a hurried player skips. Expect the middle band to be crowded, because four hundred and ninety-seven answers landed on eighty-five and five hundred and ten on sixty, so reaching the top means picking the third or fourth title that comes to mind instead of the first. Anything genuinely ubiquitous scores, but it scores least.

Recorded from the game’s published reveal · Source · Checked 25 Oct, 06:15 UTC

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