Same Title, Different Hit
Some song titles just keep winning. These titles reached the year-end Top 100 for three or more different artists. A few are remakes of the same song, like “The Loco-Motion”, which charted for Little Eva, Grand Funk and Kylie Minogue. Most are completely different songs that happen to share a name.
Simple, emotional words dominate: titles like these are easy to sing and easy to remember, which is exactly why so many songwriters reach for them.
“Stay”: 7 different hits
| Year | Rank | Song | Artist | Listen |
|---|
| 1960 | 98 | Stay | Maurice Williams | ▶♪ |
| 1992 | 45 | Stay | Shakespear's Sister | ▶♪ |
| 1994 | 6 | Stay (I Missed You) | Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories | ▶♪ |
| 1994 | 80 | Stay | Eternal | ▶♪ |
| 2013 | 13 | Stay | Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko | ▶♪ |
| 2017 | 17 | Stay | Zedd and Alessia Cara | ▶♪ |
| 2021 | 12 | Stay | The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber | ▶♪ |
“Angel”: 6 different hits
“Heaven”: 6 different hits
| Year | Rank | Song | Artist | Listen |
|---|
| 1985 | 24 | Heaven | Bryan Adams | ▶♪ |
| 1989 | 15 | Heaven | Warrant | ▶♪ |
| 1998 | 91 | Heaven | Nu Flavor | ▶♪ |
| 2002 | 31 | Heaven | DJ Sammy and Yanou feat. Do | ▶♪ |
| 2004 | 37 | Heaven | Los Lonely Boys | ▶♪ |
| 2018 | 53 | Heaven | Kane Brown | ▶♪ |
“Baby”: 5 different hits
| Year | Rank | Song | Artist | Listen |
|---|
| 1960 | 27 | Baby (You Got What It Takes) | Brook Benton and Dinah Washington | ▶♪ |
| 1995 | 37 | Baby | Brandy | ▶♪ |
| 2002 | 81 | Baby | Ashanti | ▶♪ |
| 2010 | 44 | Baby | Justin Bieber feat. Ludacris | ▶♪ |
| 2019 | 84 | Baby | Lil Baby and DaBaby | ▶♪ |
“Beautiful”: 5 different hits
| Year | Rank | Song | Artist | Listen |
|---|
| 2003 | 16 | Beautiful | Christina Aguilera | ▶♪ |
| 2003 | 42 | Beautiful | Snoop Dogg feat. Pharrell and Uncle Charlie Wilson | ▶♪ |
| 2009 | 54 | Beautiful | Akon feat. Colby O'Donis and Kardinal Offishall | ▶♪ |
| 2013 | 81 | #Beautiful | Mariah Carey feat. Miguel | ▶♪ |
| 2019 | 95 | Beautiful | Bazzi featuring Camila Cabello | ▶♪ |
“I Like It”: 5 different hits
| Year | Rank | Song | Artist | Listen |
|---|
| 1989 | 56 | I Like It | Dino | ▶♪ |
| 1997 | 97 | I Like It | Blackout Allstars | ▶♪ |
| 2000 | 91 | I Like It | Sammie | ▶♪ |
| 2010 | 12 | I Like It | Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull | ▶♪ |
| 2018 | 7 | I Like It | Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin | ▶♪ |
“Lady”: 5 different hits
| Year | Rank | Song | Artist | Listen |
|---|
| 1975 | 60 | Lady | Styx | ▶♪ |
| 1979 | 42 | Lady | Little River Band | ▶♪ |
| 1981 | 3 | Lady | Kenny Rogers | ▶♪ |
| 1981 | 39 | Lady (You Bring Me Up) | Commodores | ▶♪ |
| 1996 | 70 | Lady | D'angelo | ▶♪ |
“Without You”: 5 different hits
| Year | Rank | Song | Artist | Listen |
|---|
| 1961 | 37 | Without You | Johnny Tillotson | ▶♪ |
| 1972 | 4 | Without You | Nilsson | ▶♪ |
| 1990 | 96 | Without You | Motley Crue | ▶♪ |
| 2011 | 73 | Without You | David Guetta feat. Usher | ▶♪ |
| 2021 | 17 | Without You | The Kid Laroi | ▶♪ |
“Crazy”: 4 different hits
“Deja Vu”: 4 different hits
| Year | Rank | Song | Artist | Listen |
|---|
| 1980 | 84 | Deja Vu | Dionne Warwick | ▶♪ |
| 1998 | 36 | Deja Vu (Uptown Baby) | Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz | ▶♪ |
| 2006 | 75 | Deja Vu | Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z | ▶♪ |
| 2021 | 13 | Deja Vu | Olivia Rodrigo | ▶♪ |
“Forever”: 4 different hits
| Year | Rank | Song | Artist | Listen |
|---|
| 1960 | 61 | Forever | Little Dippers | ▶♪ |
| 1990 | 92 | Forever | Kiss | ▶♪ |
| 2008 | 10 | Forever | Chris Brown | ▶♪ |
| 2009 | 88 | Forever | Drake feat. Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Eminem | ▶♪ |
“I Wish”: 4 different hits
“Last Night”: 4 different hits
| Year | Rank | Song | Artist | Listen |
|---|
| 1961 | 15 | Last Night | Mar-Keys | ▶♪ |
| 1996 | 52 | Last Night | Az Yet | ▶♪ |
| 2007 | 42 | Last Night | Diddy feat. Keyshia Cole | ▶♪ |
| 2023 | 1 | Last Night | Morgan Wallen | ▶♪ |
“Let It Go”: 4 different hits
| Year | Rank | Song | Artist | Listen |
|---|
| 1997 | 100 | Let It Go | Ray J | ▶♪ |
| 2007 | 65 | Let It Go | Keyshia Cole feat. Missy Elliott and Lil Kim | ▶♪ |
| 2014 | 21 | Let It Go | Idina Menzel | ▶♪ |
| 2016 | 44 | Let It Go | James Bay | ▶♪ |
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Open the mixerBased on the year-end Top 100 singles charts, 1956–2025, as compiled on Wikipedia. Artist counts include lead and featured credits. How we handle the data.