Top Testing Songs of 2005

The following format charts are based on the Digital Music Tests we conducted worldwide between January and November 2005. The following format charts represent the top testing Gold and Recurrents for the year.  

FORMATS

• CHR/POP
• Hot AC
• AC
• Classic Rock
• Country
• New Rock-Alternative
• European Pop
• OnlineTRACKER

CHR Pop
Rank	Title	Artist	Year
1	YEAH	USHER/LUDACRIS/LIL J	2004
2	SINCE U BEEN GONE	CLARKSON KELLY	2004
3	HOT IN HERRE	NELLY	2002
4	HEY YA	OUTKAST	2003
5	LOSE MY BREATH	DESTINY'S CHILD	2004
6	BEHIND THESE HAZEL EYES	CLARKSON KELLY	2005
7	DON'T MESS WITH MY HEART	BLACK EYED PEAS	2005
8	HOLLABACK GIRL	STEFANI GWEN	2005
9	ILL BE MISSING YOU	PUFF DADDY	1997
10	RIDE WIT ME	NELLY/CITY SPUD	2001
11	THIS LOVE	MAROON 5	2003
12	YOU AND ME	LIFEHOUSE	2005
13	HOW YOU REMIND ME	NICKELBACK	2001
14	IN DA CLUB	50 CENT	2003
15	PON DE REPLAY	RIHANNA	2005
16	LET'S GET IT STARTED	BLACK EYED PEAS	2004
17	1 2 STEP	CIARA/ELLIOTT MISSY	2004
18	DISCO INFERNO	50 CENT	2004
19	OVER AND OVER	NELLY/MCGRAW TIM	2004
20	SWITCH	SMITH WILL	2005
21	DON'T CHA	PUSSYCAT DOLLS	2005
22	RICH GIRL	STEFANI GWEN	2004
23	GET IT POPPIN'	FAT JOE/NELLY	2005
24	ARE YOU GONNA BE MY GIRL	JET	2003
25	CAUGHT UP	USHER	2004
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Hot A/C
Rank	Title	Artist	Year
1	SINCE U BEEN GONE	CLARKSON KELLY	2004
2	THIS LOVE	MAROON 5	2003
3	MISS INDEPENDENT	CLARKSON KELLY	2003
4	IRIS	GOO GOO DOLLS	1998
5	COMPLICATED	LAVIGNE AVRIL	2002
6	HEY YA!	OUTKAST	2003
7	UNWELL	MATCHBOX 20	2003
8	BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS	GREEN DAY	2004
9	LETS GET IT STARTED	BLACK EYED PEAS	2004
10	ANGEL	MCLACHLAN SARAH	1998
11	DAUGHTERS	MAYER JOHN	2004
12	HOW YOU REMIND ME	NICKELBACK	2001
13	GOOD RIDDANCE (TIME O	GREEN DAY	1997
14	HELLA GOOD	NO DOUBT	2002
15	DONT KNOW WHY	JONES NORAH	2002
16	SHE WILL BE LOVED	MAROON	2004
17	THE REASON	HOOBASTANK	2004
18	BREAKAWAY	CLARKSON KELLY	2004
19	GET THE PARTY STARTED	PINK	2001
20	LONELY NO MORE	THOMAS ROB	2005
21	YOUR BODY IS A WONDERLAND	MAYER JOHN	2002
22	HANGING BY A MOMENT	LIFEHOUSE	2000
23	ONE THING	FINGER ELEVEN	2003
24	BEHIND THESE HAZEL EYES	CLARKSON KELLY	2005
25	YOU AND ME	LIFEHOUSE	2005
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Adult Contemporary
Rank	Title	Artist	Year
1	I HOPE YOU DANCE	WOMACK LEE ANN	2000
2	UNWELL	MATCHBOX 20	2003
3	YOUR SONG	JOHN ELTON	1971
4	CANDLE IN THE WIND (LIVE VERSION)	JOHN ELTON	1988
5	BREATHE	HILL FAITH	1999
6	MAYBE I'M AMAZED	MCCARTNEY PAUL & WINGS	1977
7	EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE	POLICE	1983
8	HOW DO I LIVE	RIMES LEANN	1997
9	BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME	DION CELINE	1996
10	RESPECT	FRANKLIN ARETHA	1967
11	SMOOTH	SANTANA/THOMAS ROB	1999
12	I WILL REMEMBER YOU (LIVE)	MCLACHLAN SARAH	1999
13	IN THE AIR TONIGHT	COLLINS PHIL	1981
14	BROWN EYED GIRL	MORRISON VAN	1967
15	ANGEL	MCLACHLAN SARAH	1998
16	LEAN ON ME	WITHERS BILL	1972
17	UNCHAINED MELODY	RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS	1965
18	YOURE STILL THE ONE	TWAIN SHANIA	1998
19	WONDERFUL TONIGHT	CLAPTON ERIC	1978
20	HOTEL CALIFORNIA (LIVE)	EAGLES	1994
21	DANIEL	JOHN ELTON	1973
22	TEARS IN HEAVEN	CLAPTON ERIC	1992
23	COMPLICATED	LAVIGNE AVRIL	2002
24	I WILL SURVIVE	GAYNOR GLORIA	1979
25	I'M ALREADY THERE	LONESTAR	2001
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Classic Rock
Rank	Title	Artist	Year
1	OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY	LED ZEPPELIN	1973
2	ROCK & ROLL	LED ZEPPELIN	1971
3	YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG	AC/DC	1980
4	ANOTHER BRICK IN THE	PINK FLOYD	1980
5	BLACK DOG	LED ZEPPELIN	1971
6	SWEET EMOTION	AEROSMITH	1975
7	HIGHWAY TO HELL	AC/DC	1979
8	PARANOID	BLACK SABBATH	1971
9	TIME	PINK FLOYD	1973
10	WHO ARE YOU	WHO	1978
11	HOTEL CALIFORNIA	EAGLES	1977
12	DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRT CHEAP	AC/DC	1976
13	STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN	LED ZEPPELIN	1971
14	WHOLE LOTTA LOVE	LED ZEPPELIN	1969
15	LA GRANGE	ZZ TOP	1974
16	COMFORTABLY NUMB	PINK FLOYD	1979
17	T.N.T.	AC/DC	1981
18	DREAM ON	AEROSMITH	1976
19	IMMIGRANT SONG	LED ZEPPELIN	1970
20	SWEET HOME ALABAMA	LYNYRD SKYNYRD	1974
21	BACK IN BLACK	AC/DC	1980
22	HEY YOU	PINK FLOYD	1979
23	WALK THIS WAY	AEROSMITH	1975
24	TOM SAWYER	RUSH	1981
25	PANAMA	VAN HALEN	1984
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Country
Rank	Title	Artist	Year
1	WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS	MCGRAW TIM	1998
2	SOMETHING LIKE THAT	MCGRAW TIM	1999
3	FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES	BROOKS GARTH	1990
4	THE DANCE	BROOKS GARTH	1990
5	REMEMBER WHEN	JACKSON ALAN	2003
6	I LIKE IT I LOVE IT	MCGRAW TIM	1995
7	LIVE LIKE YOU WERE DYING	MCGRAW TIM	2004
8	HELL YEAH	MONTGOMERY GENTRY	2003
9	I'M ALREADY THERE	LONESTAR	2001
10	AIN'T GOING DOWN (TIL THE SUN	BROOKS GARTH	1993
11	I'TS FIVE OCLOCK SOME	JACKSON ALAN/BUFFETT JI	2003
12	WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN	CHESNEY KENNY/UNCLE KRA	2004
13	BREATHE	HILL FAITH	1999
14	THERE GOES MY LIFE	CHESNEY KENNY	2003
15	DONT TAKE THE GIRL	MCGRAW TIM	1994
16	WHAT WAS I THINKING	BENTLEY DIERKS	2003
17	COURTESY OF THE RED WHITE AND	KEITH TOBY	2002
18	I HOPE YOU DANCE	WOMACK LEE ANN	2000
19	GOD BLESS THE U.S.A.	GREENWOOD LEE	1984
20	BOOT SCOOTIN BOOGIE	BROOKS & DUNN	1992
21	HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN?	WORLEY DARRYL	2003
22	SONG OF THE SOUTH	ALABAMA	1988
23	DUST ON THE BOTTLE	MURPHY DAVID LEE	1995
24	ITS YOUR LOVE	MCGRAW TIM/HILL FAITH	1997
25	AMERICAN SOLDIER	KEITH TOBY	2003
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New Rock-Alternative
Rank	Title	Artist	Year
1	ALL APOLOGIES	NIRVANA	1993
2	SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIR	NIRVANA	1991
3	UNDER THE BRIDGE	RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS	1992
4	COME AS YOU ARE	NIRVANA	1992
5	WRONG WAY	SUBLIME	1997
6	CLOSER	NINE INCH NAILS	1994
7	BRAIN STEW	GREEN DAY	1995
8	SMOKE 2 JOINTS	SUBLIME	1996
9	LITHIUM	NIRVANA	1992
10	KILLING IN THE NAME OF	RAGE AGAINST THE MACHIN	1993
11	CREEP	RADIOHEAD	1993
12	GIVE IT AWAY	RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS	1994
13	IN BLOOM	NIRVANA	1992
14	SAY IT AINT SO	WEEZER	1995
15	ABOUT A GIRL (STUDIO)	NIRVANA	1989
16	POLLY	NIRVANA	1994
17	RAPE ME	NIRVANA	1994
18	SANTERIA	SUBLIME	1996
19	SELF ESTEEM	OFFSPRING	1994
20	PAUL REVERE	BEASTIE BOYS	1986
21	BREED	NIRVANA	1992
22	SOUL TO SQUEEZE	RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS	1993
23	FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT	BEASTIE BOYS	1987
24	RENEGADES OF FUNK	RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE	2000
25	LOSER	BECK	1994
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European Pop
Rank	Title	Artist	Year
1	BAD DAY	DANIEL POWTER	2005
2	FEEL	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	2002
3	THANK YOU	DIDO	2000
4	HOW YOU REMIND ME	NICKELBACK	2002
5	BRING ME TO LIFE	EVANESCENCE	2003
6	FAMILY AFFAIR	MARY J BLIGE	2001
7	THIS LOVE	MAROON 5	2004
8	KISS ME	SIXPENCE NONE THE RICHER	1997
9	ANGELS	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	1998
10	STAN	EMINEM AND DIDO	2000
11	COULD YOU BE LOVED	BOB MARLEY	1980
12	WHAT YOU WAITING FOR	GWEN STEFANI	2004
13	TORN	NATALIE IMBRUGLIA	1987
14	THE REASON	HOOBASTANK	2004
15	SAVE TONIGHT	EAGLE EYE CHERRY	1998
16	HEY YA	OUTKAST	2004
17	LOSING MY RELIGION	R E M	1998
18	I'LL BE MISSING YOU	PUFF DUDDY & FAITH EVANS	1997
19	GANGSTAS PARADISE	COOLIO	1995
20	DONT SPEAK	NO DOUBT	1997
21	WITHOUT ME	EMINEM	2002
22	IN THE SHADOWS	THE RASMUS	2003
23	LA TORTURA	SHAKIRA	2005
24	AROUND THE WORLD	DAFT PUNK	1997
25	SHE WILL BE LOVED	MAROON 5	2004

These are the top testing 25 songs of the year (all formats) based on OnlineTRACKER internet research worldwide.