Here are the top 3 songs dominating the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of July 4, 2025 (chart dated July 5), along with the same slot (or closest) going back 1, 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 years:
1 Year Ago → Week of July 6, 2024
- “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Shaboozey (long #1 run)
- “Please Please Please” – Sabrina Carpenter (led the charts prior)
- “Good Luck, Babe!” – Chappell Roan (also dominated summer ’24)
10 Years Ago → Week of July 5, 2015
- “See You Again” – Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth (#1)
- “Bad Blood” – Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar (peaked near the top)
- “Trap Queen” – Fetty Wap (solidly in the Top 3)
30 Years Ago → Week of ~July 5, 1995
- “Fantasy” – Mariah Carey (long-running #1)
- “Take a Bow” – Madonna
- “Waterfalls” – TLC
40 Years Ago → Week of ~July 5, 1985
- “Say You, Say Me” – Lionel Richie
- “We Are the World” – USA for Africa
- “Like a Virgin” – Madonna
(Each spent multiple weeks at #1 during summer 1985)
50 Years Ago → Week of ~July 5, 1975
- “Love Will Keep Us Together” – Captain & Tennille (held #1 into early July)
- “Sister Golden Hair” – America
- “Thank God I’m a Country Boy” – John Denver
(All charting high around this period)