Yeah I know, there's no #55 on my list - that's Dream On!
And I forgot to update It Was a Good Day (it was 814M apr23).

As of 2/1/2024:
55 (–) AEROSMITH – Dream On – 1042M
61 (–) ICE CUBE – It Was a Good Day – 1015M

Dream On has a 1.994M Live in Berlin version not on Spotify anymore.

So Rocket Man, Girls Just..., Wannabe and Paradise City all move down one spot on my list above.
65 songs are above 1B mark then (or 64? See MJD's post below).

Hi, the answer is 738m, where is my $1 million?

From our streams history page:

07.12.23 I Will Survive 605,119,791
07.12.23 Come and Get Your Love - Single Version 605,119,791

It's the same situation that we saw with the christmas songs last year.

Up to this date they shared their total, if you add them together now they add for 618m which is pretty consistent.

Thanks MJD.
What a mess!
I noticed Burl Ives "A Holly Jolly Xmas" is missing big numbers too. It was 760M a year ago - now just 475M. Must be one of the Xmas songs you refer to.

Last time you said: "Gloria shoots straight to #37 with close to 1B plays! She should most likely have been on the list for years, I somehow missed her so far." If Al is right I guess you didn't actually missed it previously.

Well spotted! How messed up is that!

These are the ones, and their total at 11.11.2023

Bing Crosby White Christmas - 1947 Version 1,367,504,044
Brenda Lee Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree 1,367,504,044
Burl Ives Christmas Child 1,367,504,044
Ella Fitzgerald Christmas Island 1,367,504,044

The day after the issue got fixed, possibly cause this "combo" climbed as high as #16 on US Spotify charts.
It won't surprise me if the error somehow comes back like we've seen too many times though.

As we speak now are Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison Blues, Country Boy and I Was There When It Happened also merged.

I'm starting to suspect this merged total error is/was the reason behind other of the songs with switching totals (Stevie Wonder, Pink Floyd, etc). But it's not the easiest to confirm if you don't know what the 2nd (or more) song is.
With this in mind though I'm always leaning towards the lower number now unless proven otherwise.

Thanks!

Bing Crosby - White Christmas - 1947 version now has two versions at 484M and 450M. Bringing it's combined total at 951.4M (last year I had it at 408.6M),
Is that a glitch?!

Pretty sure it is,
I swear that 450m version was at 150-200m or so not too long ago. If it was that strong it would have made charts too.

The updated list of top pre-2000 songs on Spotify:

(#) indicates ranking as of Jan 2nd 2024.

As of Jan 2nd 2025:
1 (1) QUEEN – Bohemian Rhapsody – 2812M
2 (4) AHA – Take On Me – 2411M
3 (7) THE POLICE – Every Breath You Take – 2392M
4 (2) QUEEN – Don’t Stop Me Now – 2373M
5 (3) MARIAH CAREY – All I Want for Christmas – 2325M
6 (5) NIRVANA – Smells Like Teen Spirit – 2278M
7 (8) JOURNEY – Don’t Stop Believin’ – 2257M
8 (6) OASIS – Wonderwall – 2221M
9 (20) GOO GOO DOLLS – Iris – 2117M
10 (10) GUNS N ROSES – Sweet Child O Mine – 2114M
11 (9) QUEEN – Another One Bites the Dust – 2091M
12 (16) RADIOHEAD – Creep – 2034M
13 (13) MICHAEL JACKSON – Billie Jean – 2018M
14 (12) TOTO – Africa – 2005M
15 (14) EARTH, WIND & FIRE – September – 2001M
16 (15) COOLIO – Gangsta’s Paradise – 1993M
17 (11) THE EAGLES – Hotel California – 1976M

18 (18) FLEETWOOD MAC – Dreams – 1955M

19 (21) TEARS FOR FEARS – Everybody Wants to Rule the World – 1948M
20 (19) WHAM – Last Christmas – 1876M
21 (27) CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Have You Ever Seen the Rain – 1859M
22 (24) AC/DC – Highway To Hell – 1851M
23 (23) BON JOVI – Livin’ On A Prayer – 1813M
24 (17) QUEEN/BOWIE – Under Pressure – 1809M
25 (22) AC/DC – Back In Black – 1776M
26 (25) AC/DC – Thunderstruck – 1744M
27 (29) BACKSTREET BOYS – I Want It That Way – 1648M
28 (33) EURYTHMICS – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) – 1647M
29 (28) METALLICA – Enter Sandman – 1614M
30 (31) NIRVANA – Come As You Are – 1612M
31 (36) BEE GEES – Stayin’ Alive – 1602M
32 (43) CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Fortunate Son – 1596M
33 (26) DR. DRE – Still DRE – 1595M
34 (35) FOO FIGHTERS – Everlong – 1591M
35 (32) RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – Californication – 1572M
36 (34) R.E.M. – Losing My Religion – 1554M
37 (30) RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – Under the Bridge – 1546M
38 (39) MARVIN GAYE – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – 1537M
39 (46) ABBA – Dancing Queen – 1530M
40 (44) THE BEATLES – Here Comes the Sun – 1522M
41 (38) QUEEN – We Will Rock You – 1509M
42 (45) THE CRANBERRIES – Zombie – 1475M
43 (42) SURVIVOR – Eye of the Tiger – 1469M
44 (37) LYNYRD SKYNYRD – Sweet Home Alabama – 1439M
45 (41) BRENDA LEE – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree – 1437M
46 (47) BRYAN ADAMS – Summer of ’69 – 1400M
47 (59) AC/DC – You Shook Me All Night Long – 1386M
48 (54) ROLLING STONES – Paint It Black – 1379M
49 (48) DIRE STRAITS – Sultans of Swing – 1378M
50 (51) WHITNEY HOUSTON – I Wanna Dance With Somebody – 1376M
51 (49) METALLICA – Nothing Else Matters – 1357M
52 (62) CYNDI LAUPER – Girls Just Wanna Have Fun – 1336M
53 (52) GUNS N ROSES – Welcome To the Jungle – 1330M
54 (50) KATE BUSH – Running Up That Hill – 1327M
55 (58) MICHAEL JACKSON – Beat It – 1300M
56 (55) AEROSMITH – Dream On – 1289M
57 (53) QUEEN – I Want to Break Free – 1287M
58 (56) NOTORIOUS B.I.G. – Hypnotize – 1274M
59 (–) ELTON JOHN – I'm Still Standing – 1269M
60 (61) ICE CUBE – It Was a Good Day – 1265M
61 (–) BLINK-182 – All the Small Things – 1263M
62 (57) FLEETWOOD MAC – The Chain – 1262M
63 (–) BLACK SABBATH – Paranoid – 1260M
64 (–) BON JOVI – You Give Love a Bad Name – 1258M
65 (–) TLC – No Scrubs – 1251M

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– (–) VAN MORRISON – Brown Eyed Girl – 1250M
– (–) BEN E KING – Stand By Me – 1247M
– (–) GREEN DAY – Basket Case – 1237M
– (–) GEORGE MICHAEL – Careless Whisper – 1237M
– (61) ELTON JOHN – Rocket Man – 1230M
– (63) SPICE GIRLS – Wannabe – 1215M
– (–) BOBBY HELMS – Jingle Bell Rock – 1214M
– (60) SMASH MOUTH – All Star – 1213M
– (–) THE CLASH – Should I Stay or Should I Go – 1200M
– (–) THE VERVE – Bitterswet Symphony – 1191M
– (–) BOB MARLEY – Is This Love – 1187M
– (–) KISS – I Was Made For Loving You – 1185M
– (64) GUNS N ROSES – Paradise City – 1181M

So 65 songs are now above 1.25 billion plays (Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl" is just short).
One year ago 64 songs topped the 1 billion mark. With 120 (on my count) that number has almost doubled by now.

Top 20 of 2024:
1 Goo Goo Dolls – Iris – 632M
2 Police – Breath – 580M
3 Aha – Take On Me – 532M
4 CCR – Have You Ever Seen the Rain – 527M
5 Radiohead – Creep – 502M
6 Journey – Don’t Stop – 492M
7 Tears for Fears – Rule the World – 490M
8 Fleetwood Mac – Dreams – 447M
9 Coolio – Gangsta’s Paradise – 437M
10 Earth, Wind & Fire - September - 436M
11 Michael Jackson – Billie Jean 417M
12 Queen – Don’t Stop 417M
13 AC/DC - Highway to Hell - 415M
14 Mariah – Xmas – 409M
15 CCR - Fortunate Son - 405M
16 Nirvana – Smells Like – 405M
17 GnR – Sweet Child – 392M
18 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams - 384M
19 Toto - Africa - 383M
20 Wham – Xmas – 382M

(21 ABBA - Dancing Queen - 381M)
(22 Bon Jovi – Living On a Prayer – 373M)
(23 AC/DC - Thunderstruck - 373M)

A lot of big ones this year! In 2023 only 4 tracks (by Tears for Fears, Radiohead, A-ha and Police) were over 400M. In 2024 that number is 16!
5 huge ones are above 500M in 2024, in 2023 Tears for Fears was #1 with 'just' 476M.

Biggest of all in 2024 was the Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris" with 632M, thanks to the Deadpool movie.
It thus skyrockets from #20 to #9 on the all time chart!

Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" lost the battle for second spot to both A-ha and the Police, dropping #2-4. Queen's "Another One" (#9-11), "Under Pressure" (#17-24) and "WWRY" (#38-41) also drops.

Bo Rhap is still #1 of course, but maybe not forever! It still leads #2 by 400M, but in 2024 it 'only' did 336M - not even in the top 30 of the year. That's about 200M less than A-ha and almost 250M less than the Police!

The Eagles "Hotel California" makes a big drop from #11-17 due to 'just' 320M in 2024.

Winners include CCR. Their two songs climb #27-21 and #43-32 respectively. AC/DC's "YSMANL" climbs 59-47 (HTH tops BIB for AC/DC #1), Cyndi Lauper's "Girls" climb 62-52 and with 342M in 2024 Elton John's "I'm Still Standing" enter the list at #59.

One year ago Bo Rhap was the only song above 2 Billion. Now there are 15 songs!