All week right here at Billboard, we’ve been counting down our picks for the five hundred greatest pop songs to ever hit the Billboard Scorching 100, as a part of a Sixty fifth-anniversary celebration of the chart that’s been the barometer for widespread music since 1958. In the present day, we completed off the listing with our high 100 — be certain and head over to take a look at the complete rankings in case you haven’t already, and in addition learn the complete story behind our choose for the best pop tune of the Scorching 100 period, with assist from the writers, producer and different essential figures behind the tune.
However when you’re completed with all of that: We’ve obtained an opportunity so that you can exhibit what you’ve realized in regards to the best pop songs in Scorching 100 historical past — or perhaps even what you all the time knew. Take our 50-question, expert-level Final Pop Quiz right here, taking you thru every little thing you want to know in regards to the final 65 years of pop music: the lyrics, the writers and producers, the samples and covers, and far more. (There’s additionally a bit devoted solely to our listing’s high 10, so be sure to’re aware of these first.)
Test it out under, and don’t fear about getting every little thing proper: Should you get a 30 out of fifty, you actually know your pop songs. Should you get a 40 out of fifty, then you definitely’re actually welcome at our subsequent employees karaoke evening. Should you get a forty five or greater, then we sit up for studying your personal listing when it comes out.
