# Best #1 single of the year retrospective: 2004 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 24, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-2004/705518 "2014-11-24T20:45:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Eddie\_F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/22d042/32.png) [@Eddie\_F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eddie_F)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-2004/705518/21 "2014-11-25T16:21:33Z")
So, it has to be either Outkast or Snoop Dogg/Farrell, and “Drop It Like It’s Hot” pretty well runs circles around the rest of this list, Outkast included. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-2004/705518/22 "2014-11-25T16:25:04Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! YEAH! > > And I had no idea Pharrell was around that long. “Drop It Like It’s Hot” was Pharrell’s biggest hit to which his name was attached (until “Happy”, anyway), but he’s done a lot of stuff behind the scenes - he had a few hip-hop hits as a member of the group N.E.R.D., and as a member of the Neptunes he did production work for some of Britney Spears’ and Jay-Z’s biggest hits. ---
**Author:** ![Eddie\_F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/22d042/32.png) [@Eddie\_F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eddie_F)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-2004/705518/23 "2014-11-25T16:27:11Z")
Just wanted to add: And I thought pop music went to shit in the _seventies_? ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-2004/705518/24 "2014-11-25T16:27:12Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > That’s the plan. Once we’re caught up to the present day, I’ll do a best of the decade poll for each decade, and after December 18th (when the final chart of 2014 comes out and we can do the poll for this year) we’ll take the polls from every decade to select the greatest #1 of all time. Ah, great. I’ve wanted to ask that for some time, actually. I’m withholding my vote (temporarily?) because the only song I recognize is _Yeah!_ and it really isn’t good. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-2004/705518/25 "2014-11-26T16:11:35Z")
I voted for “Yeah!” because it’s the only song I recognize and it has a permanent spot on my mp3 player. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-2004/705518/26 "2014-11-26T16:43:44Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > What was that link to the medley of #1 songs for each year? I recognized fewer than half of these, but I feel like Outkast squeaked by with a win. On here: [http://www.bobborst.com/popculture/number-one-songs-by-year/?y=2004](http://www.bobborst.com/popculture/number-one-songs-by-year/?y=2004) ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-2004/705518/27 "2014-11-26T16:52:44Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > On here: > [Home - B\_Borst](http://www.bobborst.com/popculture/number-one-songs-by-year/?y=2004) Thanks! Didn’t change the number of songs I knew from the list, as it turns out. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-2004/705518/28 "2014-11-27T03:56:39Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > That’s the plan. Once we’re caught up to the present day, I’ll do a best of the decade poll for each decade, and after December 18th (when the final chart of 2014 comes out and we can do the poll for this year) we’ll take the polls from every decade to select the greatest #1 of all time. I wonder what will happen for 1991…there is a tie for that year right now. Maybe a play-in round to break that tie? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-2004/705518.md?page=1)