Since it is graduation time and some of us are old....

Here is a list of the most popular songs when you graduated high school....this list is not the most popular song based on total number of weeks at #1, but rather the #1 hit in May or June when you might have graduated...oh how times have changed throughout the tears

1960: “Cathy’s Clown” by The Everly Brothers
1961: “Runaway” by Del Shannon
1962: “I Can’t Stop Loving You” by Ray Charles
1963: “Sukiyaki” by Kyu Sakamoto
1964: “Chapel of Love” by The Dixie Cups
1965: “Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter” by Herman’s Hermits
1966: “Monday, Monday” by The Mamas & the Papas
1967: “Groovin’” by The Young Rascals
1968: “Mrs. Robinson” by Simon & Garfunkel
1969: “Get Back” by The Beatles with Billy Preston
1970: (Tie) “American Woman”; “No Sugar Tonight” by The Guess Who
1971: “Joy to the World” by Three Dog Night
1972: (Tie) “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” by Roberta Flack; “The Candy Man” by Sammy Davis Jr.
1973: “My Love” by Paul McCartney & Wings
1974: “The Streak” by Ray Stevens
1975: “He Don’t Love You (Like I Love You)” by Tony Orlando and Dawn
1976: “Silly Love Songs” by Wings
1977: “Sir Duke” by Stevie Wonder
1978: (Tie) “With a Little Luck” by Wings; “Shadow Dancing” by Andy Gibb
1979: “Reunited” by Peaches & Herb
1980: (Tie) “Call Me” by Blondie; “Funkytown” by Lipps Inc.
1981: “Bette Davis Eyes” by Kim Carnes
1982: “Ebony and Ivory” by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
1983: “Flashdance… What a Feeling” by Irene Cara
1984: (Tie) “Hello” by Lionel Richie; “Let’s Hear It for the Boy” by Deniece Williams; “Time After Time” by Cyndi Lauper; “The Reflex” by Duran Duran
1985: (Tie) “Everything She Wants” by Wham!; “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” by Tears for Fears; “Heaven” by Bryan Adams
1986: (Tie) “Greatest Love of All” by Whitney Houston; “On My Own” by Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald
1987: “With or Without You” by U2
1988: “One More Try” by George Michael
1989: “Forever Your Girl” by Paula Abdul
1990: “Vogue” by Madonna

1991: ¡°Rush Rush¡± by Paula Abdul
1992: ¡°Jump¡± by Kris Kross
1993: ¡°That¡¯s the Way Love Goes¡± by Janet Jackson
1994: ¡°I Swear¡± by All-4-One
1995: (Tie) ¡°This Is How We Do It¡± by Montell Jordan; ¡°Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?¡± by Bryan Adams
1996: ¡°Tha Crossroads¡± by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
1997: (Tie) ¡°Hypnotize¡± by The Notorious B.I.G.; ¡°MMMBop¡± by Hanson; ¡°I¡¯ll Be Missing You¡± by Puff Daddy and Faith Evans feat. 112
1998: (Tie) ¡°Too Close¡± by Next; ¡°The Boy Is Mine¡± by Brandy and Monica
1999: ¡°Livin¡¯ la Vida Loca¡± by Ricky Martin
2000: ¡°Maria Maria¡± by Santana feat. The Product G&B
2001: ¡°Lady Marmalade¡± by Christina Aguilera, Lil¡¯ Kim, M?a, and Pink
2002: ¡°Foolish¡± by Ashanti
2003: ¡°21 Questions¡± by 50 Cent feat. Nate Dogg
2004: ¡°Burn¡± by Usher
2005: (Tie) ¡°Hollaback Girl¡± by Gwen Stefani; ¡°We Belong Together¡± by Mariah Carey
2006: ¡°SOS¡± by Rihanna
2007: ¡°Umbrella¡± by Rihanna feat. Jay-Z
2008: ¡°Lollipop¡± by Lil Wayne feat. Static Major
2009: ¡°Boom Boom Pow¡± by The Black Eyed Peas
2010: ¡°OMG¡± by Usher feat. will.i.am
2011: ¡°Rolling in the Deep¡± by Adele
2012: ¡°Somebody That I Used to Know¡± by Gotye feat. Kimbra
2013: ¡°Can¡¯t Hold Us¡± by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton
2014: ¡°Fancy¡± by Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX
2015: ¡°See You Again¡± by Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth
2016: ¡°One Dance¡± by Drake feat. Wizkid and Kyla
2017: ¡°Despacito¡± by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber
2018: ¡°Nice for What¡± by Drake
2019: ¡°Old Town Road¡± by Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus
2020: ¡°Rockstar¡± DaBaby feat. Roddy Ricch
2021: ¡°Butter¡± by BTS
2022: ¡°As It Was¡± by Harry Styles
2023: ¡°Last Night¡± by Morgan Wallen

Good stuff.

"Since it's graduation time and some of us are old . . ."

Here's a sobering sign - you're filling out an online form and you're at the drop down box for "year of birth."

And you scroll down, then scroll down some more, ya keep scrolling, you scroll some more and it hits you. And you think to yourself, "Fuuuuuck."

@VeritasAlways

 yup

@ABooksNightmare

 Do not remember song from 63.