The biggest hit song the year you were born

Each year, one song taps into the hearts and ears of the public on its way to topping the Billboard year-end song chart.

Times have changed, though.

While rap and R&B have dominated in the 2000s and 2010s, the early days of the chart saw an eclectic mix of hits at the top, including multiple entries from acts like The Beatles and Elvis Presley.

Billboard has been tracking the top song of each yearsince 1946. Business Insider compiled each hit below so you can see, and hear, which song was the soundtrack of your birth year (so long as you’re between the ages of 1 and 71).

Check out what made it to the top of each year below:

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2017: Ed Sheeran — "Shape of You"

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2016: Justin Bieber — "Love Yourself"

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2015: Mark Ronson — "Uptown Funk!" (feat. Bruno Mars)

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2014: Pharrell Williams, "Happy"

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2013: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis — "Thrift Shop"

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2012: Gotye — "Somebody That I Used To Know" (feat. Kimbra)

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2011: Adele — "Rolling In The Deep"

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2010: Ke$ha — "TiK ToK"

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2009: Black Eyed Peas — "Boom Boom Pow"

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2008: Flo Rida — "Low" (feat. T-Pain)

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2007: Beyoncé — "Irreplaceable"

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2006: Daniel Powter — "Bad Day"

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2005: Mariah Carey — "We Belong Together"

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2004: Usher — "Yeah!" (feat. Lil Jon and Ludacris)

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2003: 50 Cent — "In Da Club"

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2002: Nickelback — "How You Remind Me"

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2001: Lifehouse — "Hanging By A Moment"

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2000: Faith Hill — "Breathe"

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1999: Cher — "Believe"

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1998: Next — "Too Close"

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1997: Elton John — "Candle In The Wind / Something About The Way You Look Tonight"

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1996: Los Del Rio — "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)"

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1995: Coolio — "Gangsta's Paradise"

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1994: Ace Of Base — "The Sign"

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1993: Whitney Houston — "I Will Always Love You"

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1992: Boyz II Men — "End Of The Road"

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1991: Bryan Adams — "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You"

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1990: Wilson Phillips — "Hold On"

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1989: Chicago — "Look Away"

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1988: George Michael — "Faith"

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1987: Bangles — "Walk Like An Egyptian"

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1986: Dionne Warwick — "That's What Friends Are For"

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1985: Wham! — "Careless Whisper"

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1984: Prince — "When Doves Cry"

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1983: Police — "Every Breath You Take"

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1982: Olivia Newton-John — "Physical"

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1981: Kim Carnes — "Bette Davis Eyes"

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1980: Blondie — "Call Me"

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1979: Knack — "My Sharona"

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1978: Andy Gibb — "Shadow Dancing"

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1977: Rod Stewart — "Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)"

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1976: Wings — "Silly Love Songs"

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1975: Captain and Tennille — "Love Will Keep Us Together"

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1974: Barbra Streisand — "The Way We Were"

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1973: Tony Orlando and Dawn — "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree"

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1972: Roberta Flack — "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"

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1971: Three Dog Night — "Joy To The World"

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1970: Simon and Garfunkel — "Bridge Over Troubled Water"

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1969: The Archies — "Sugar, Sugar"

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1968: Beatles — "Hey Jude"

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1967: Lulu — "To Sir With Love"

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1966: Sgt. Barry Sadler — "The Ballad Of The Green Berets"

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1965: Sam The Sham and The Pharaohs — "Wooly Bully"

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1964: Beatles — "I Want To Hold Your Hand"

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1963: Jimmy Gilmer and The Fireballs — "Sugar Shack"

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1962: Mr. Acker Bilk — "Stranger On The Shore"

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1961: Bobby Lewis — "Tossin' And Turnin'"

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1960: Percy Faith — "Theme From 'A Summer Place'"

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1959: Johnny Horton — "The Battle Of New Orleans"

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1958: Domenico Modugno — "Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu)"

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1957: Elvis Presley — "All Shook Up"

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1956: Elvis Presley — "Heartbreak Hotel"

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1955: Perez Prado — "Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White"

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1954: Kitty Kallen — "Little Things Mean A Lot"

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1953: Percy Faith — "Song From Moulin Rouge"

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1952: Leroy Anderson — "Blue Tango"

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1951: Nat King Cole — "Too Young"

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1950: Gordon Jenkins and The Weavers — "Goodnight Irene"

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1949: Vaughn Monroe — "Riders In The Sky"

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1948: Pee Wee Hunt — "Twelfth Street Rag"

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1947: Francis Craig — "Near You"

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1946: Perry Como — "Prisoner Of Love"