February 23
on this day, year by year
Here is the most recent February 23, and then every February 23 back to 1959: the song at #1 that week, the album everyone was playing, and the movie leading the box office.
the most recent one
2025
Right behind “Luther”: “Not Like Us” (Kendrick Lamar) and “Die With A Smile” (Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars).
Your February 23
On February 23, 2025, “Luther” was #1.
Do you remember your day?
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every other February 23, back to 1959
Right behind “Lovin On Me”: “Texas Hold 'Em” (Beyonce) and “Carnival” (¥$: Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign).
Right behind “Flowers”: “Kill Bill” (SZA) and “Creepin'” (Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage).
SOS is also on Spotify, YouTube.
more from 2023
- New games
- Company of Heroes 3
2022
Right behind “We Don't Talk About Bruno”: “Heat Waves” (Glass Animals) and “Easy On Me” (Adele).
Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is also on Spotify, YouTube.
2021
Right behind “Drivers License”: “34+35” (Ariana Grande) and “Calling My Phone” (Lil Tjay Featuring 6LACK).
Dangerous: The Double Album is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 2021
- New games
- Persona 5 Strikers · Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
Right behind “The Box”: “Life Is Good” (Future Featuring Drake) and “Circles” (Post Malone).
Changes is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 2020
- Most read on Wikipedia
United States Senate, Upper house of the US Congress
Right behind “7 Rings”: “Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored” (Ariana Grande) and “Thank U, Next” (Ariana Grande).
Right behind “God's Plan”: “Perfect” (Ed Sheeran) and “Finesse” (Bruno Mars & Cardi B).
Black Panther: The Album is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
Right behind “Shape Of You”: “Bad And Boujee” (Migos Featuring Lil Uzi Vert) and “I Don't Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)” (Zayn / Taylor Swift).
I Decided. is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 2017
- New games
- Nier: Automata · Island
the 2010s
Right behind “Love Yourself”: “Stressed Out” (twenty one pilots) and “Sorry” (Justin Bieber).
Evol is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 2016
- New games
- Far Cry Primal · Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 · Hitman Go
Right behind “Uptown Funk!”: “Thinking Out Loud” (Ed Sheeran) and “Take Me To Church” (Hozier).
If You're Reading This It's Too Late is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
2014
Right behind “Dark Horse”: “Happy” (Pharrell Williams) and “Talk Dirty” (Jason Derulo Featuring 2 Chainz).
2013
Right behind “Thrift Shop”: “Locked Out Of Heaven” (Bruno Mars) and “Scream & Shout” (will.i.am & Britney Spears).
Right behind “Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)”: “Set Fire To The Rain” (Adele) and “We Are Young” (fun. Featuring Janelle Monae).
21 is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 2012
- First aired
- Monsuno premieres
Right behind “Born This Way”: “Firework” (Katy Perry) and “Grenade” (Bruno Mars).
Now 37 is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 2011
- New games
- Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing · Cities in Motion
Right behind “TiK ToK”: “We Are The World 25: For Haiti” (Artists For Haiti) and “Imma Be” (The Black Eyed Peas).
Soldier of Love is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 2010
- New games
- Napoleon: Total War · Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing · OpenArena
the 2000s
Right behind “Right Round”: “Dead And Gone” (T.I. Featuring Justin Timberlake) and “Crack A Bottle” (Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent).
Right behind “Low”: “With You” (Chris Brown) and “Don't Stop The Music” (Rihanna).
Sleep Through the Static is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
Right behind “Say It Right”: “Irreplaceable” (Beyonce) and “The Sweet Escape” (Gwen Stefani Featuring Akon).
Infinity on High is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 2007
Right behind “Check On It”: “You're Beautiful” (James Blunt) and “Grillz” (Nelly Featuring Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp).
Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 2006
- New games
- Baten Kaitos Origins · Disgaea 2 · Suikoden V
Right behind “Let Me Love You”: “Candy Shop” (50 Cent Featuring Olivia) and “Boulevard Of Broken Dreams” (Green Day).
Seventeen Days is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 2005
- New games
- Project Snowblind
Right behind “Yeah!”: “Slow Jamz” (Twista Featuring Kanye West & Jamie Foxx) and “The Way You Move” (OutKast Featuring Sleepy Brown).
Right behind “All I Have”: “In Da Club” (50 Cent) and “Mesmerize” (Ja Rule Featuring Ashanti).
Get Rich or Die Tryin' is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 2003
- Award night
- 45th Annual Grammy Awards: Come Away with Me wins Album of the Year
Right behind “Always On Time”: “How You Remind Me” (Nickelback) and “U Got It Bad” (Usher).
J to tha L-O!: The Remixes is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
Right behind “Stutter”: “It Wasn't Me” (Shaggy Feat. Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent) and “Love Don't Cost A Thing” (Jennifer Lopez).
Right behind “I Knew I Loved You”: “Thank God I Found You” (Mariah Carey Featuring Joe & 98 Degrees) and “Amazed” (Lonestar).
Supernatural is also on Spotify, YouTube.
more from 2000
- Award night
- 42nd Annual Grammy Awards: Supernatural wins Album of the Year
the 1990s
Right behind “Angel Of Mine”: “Believe” (Cher) and “Heartbreak Hotel” (Whitney Houston Feat. Faith Evans & Kelly Price).
…Baby One More Time is also on Spotify, YouTube.
more from 1999
- New games
- Silent Hill
1998
Right behind “My Heart Will Go On”: “Nice & Slow” (Usher) and “Gettin' Jiggy Wit It” (Will Smith).
Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
Right behind “Wannabe”: “Un-Break My Heart” (Toni Braxton) and “Can't Nobody Hold Me Down” (Puff Daddy (Featuring Mase)).
Unchained Melody: The Early Years is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
Right behind “One Sweet Day”: “Not Gon' Cry (From "Waiting To Exhale")” (Mary J. Blige) and “Missing” (Everything But The Girl).
Jagged Little Pill is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 1996
Right behind “Take A Bow”: “Creep” (TLC) and “On Bended Knee” (Boyz II Men).
The Hits is also on Spotify, YouTube.
more from 1995
- New games
- Disney's Aladdin · Super Bomberman 2 · Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Right behind “The Power Of Love”: “The Sign” (Ace Of Base) and “Whatta Man” (Salt-N-Pepa Featuring En Vogue).
Toni Braxton is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 1994
- New games
- Super Street Fighter II Turbo
Right behind “I Will Always Love You”: “A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)” (Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle) and “Ordinary World” (Duran Duran).
Right behind “To Be With You”: “I'm Too Sexy” (Right Said Fred) and “I Love Your Smile” (Shanice).
Right behind “All The Man That I Need”: “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)” (C+C Music Factory) and “One More Try” (Timmy T.).
Right behind “Opposites Attract”: “Escapade” (Janet Jackson) and “Dangerous” (Roxette).
Forever Your Girl is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 1990
- New games
- Stadium Events
the 1980s
Right behind “Straight Up”: “Lost In Your Eyes” (Debbie Gibson) and “Wild Thing” (Tone-Loc).
Appetite for Destruction is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 1989
- New games
- Gun.Smoke
Right behind “Father Figure”: “What Have I Done To Deserve This?” (Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield) and “She's Like The Wind” (Patrick Swayze (Featuring Wendy Fraser)).
Right behind “Livin' On A Prayer”: “Jacob's Ladder” (Huey Lewis & The News) and “Keep Your Hands To Yourself” (The Georgia Satellites).
Right behind “Kyrie”: “How Will I Know” (Whitney Houston) and “Sara” (Starship).
Welcome to the Real World is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
Right behind “Careless Whisper”: “Lover Boy” (Billy Ocean) and “Easy Lover” (Philip Bailey With Phil Collins).
Right behind “Jump”: “Karma Chameleon” (Culture Club) and “99 Luftballons” (Nena).
Thriller is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 1984
- Launched
- TED
Right behind “Baby, Come To Me”: “Shame On The Moon” (Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band) and “Stray Cat Strut” (Stray Cats).
Thriller is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 1983
- Award night
- 25th Annual Grammy Awards: Toto IV wins Album of the Year
Right behind “Centerfold”: “Open Arms” (Journey) and “I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)” (Daryl Hall John Oates).
Right behind “I Love A Rainy Night”: “9 To 5” (Dolly Parton) and “Woman” (John Lennon).
Right behind “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”: “Do That To Me One More Time” (Captain & Tennille) and “Yes, I'm Ready” (Teri DeSario With K.C.).
the 1970s
Right behind “Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?”: “Fire” (The Pointer Sisters) and “A Little More Love” (Olivia Newton-John).
Blondes Have More Fun is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
Right behind “Stayin' Alive”: “(Love Is) Thicker Than Water” (Andy Gibb) and “Just The Way You Are” (Billy Joel).
Saturday Night Fever is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
Right behind “New Kid In Town”: “Evergreen (Love Theme From "A Star Is Born")” (Barbra Streisand) and “Blinded By The Light” (Manfred Mann's Earth Band).
Right behind “Theme From S.W.A.T.”: “50 Ways To Leave Your Lover” (Paul Simon) and “Love Machine (Part 1)” (The Miracles).
Right behind “Best Of My Love”: “Have You Never Been Mellow” (Olivia Newton-John) and “Black Water” (The Doobie Brothers).
Right behind “The Way We Were”: “Seasons In The Sun” (Terry Jacks) and “Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)” (Aretha Franklin).
Right behind “Killing Me Softly With His Song”: “Dueling Banjos” (Deliverance/Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell) and “Crocodile Rock” (Elton John).
The World Is a Ghetto is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
Right behind “Without You”: “Hurting Each Other” (Carpenters) and “Precious And Few” (Climax).
Right behind “One Bad Apple”: “Mama's Pearl” (Jackson 5) and “Knock Three Times” (Dawn).
Right behind “Bridge Over Troubled Water”: “Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin/Everybody Is A Star” (Sly & The Family Stone) and “Travelin' Band/Who'll Stop The Rain” (Creedence Clearwater Revival).
the 1960s
1969
Right behind “Everyday People”: “Crimson And Clover” (Tommy James And The Shondells) and “Build Me Up Buttercup” (The Foundations).
1968
Right behind “Love Is Blue (L'amour Est Bleu)”: “(Theme From) Valley Of The Dolls” (Dionne Warwick) and “Spooky” (Classics IV).
Magical Mystery Tour is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
Right behind “Kind Of A Drag”: “Love Is Here And Now You're Gone” (The Supremes) and “Ruby Tuesday” (The Rolling Stones).
1966
Right behind “These Boots Are Made For Walkin'”: “Lightnin' Strikes” (Lou Christie) and “The Ballad Of The Green Berets” (SSgt Barry Sadler).
Whipped Cream and Other Delights is also on Spotify, YouTube.
Right behind “This Diamond Ring”: “You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'” (The Righteous Brothers) and “My Girl” (The Temptations).
Right behind “I Want To Hold Your Hand”: “She Loves You” (The Beatles) and “Dawn (Go Away)” (The 4 Seasons).
Right behind “Hey Paula”: “Ruby Baby” (Dion) and “Walk Like A Man” (The 4 Seasons).
1962
Right behind “Duke Of Earl”: “The Wanderer” (Dion) and “Norman” (Sue Thompson).
1961
Right behind “Pony Time”: “Calcutta” (Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra) and “There's A Moon Out Tonight” (The Capris).
Right behind “The Theme From "A Summer Place"”: “Handy Man” (Jimmy Jones) and “He'll Have To Go” (Jim Reeves).
the late 1950s
1959
Right behind “Stagger Lee”: “Donna” (Ritchie Valens) and “16 Candles” (The Crests).
Sources
Songs and albums are the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200 for the week; films are the weekend box office leader; shows are Netflix’s weekly Top 10; “most read” is the page everyone turned to on Wikipedia that day. Song links search YouTube; films and shows link to IMDb.
- Weekly charts: the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200, as archived in Wikipedia’s number-one lists.
- Weekend box office: Box Office Mojo, via Wikipedia’s number-one film lists.
- Streaming: the official Netflix Top 10.
- News stories: the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
- Game release dates: Wikidata.
- Album artwork and album links: Apple Music.
- News photos: freely licensed images from Wikimedia Commons; each links to its file page and credits.
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