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SOYOUWANNA THE TOP TEN MUSIC SINGLES OF ALL TIME

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4. I Want to Hold Your Hand

Artist: The Beatles
Year released: 1963
Copies sold: 12 million copies sold

One of the most famous early Beatles' hits, "I Want to Hold Your Hand," was an innocent pre-cursor to more suggestive songs crafted by artists of later years, such as "I Want to Sex You Up" and "I Want Your Sex."

3. Rock Around the Clock

Artist: Bill Haley and His Comets
Year released: 1956
Copies sold: 17 million

This tune, which eventually became the theme song of the show Happy Days, was way ahead of its time when it was released in 1956. It shook, rattled and rolled like nothing else out there, speaking to a whole new generation of dance-minded sock-hoppers.

2. White Christmas

Artist: Bing Crosby
Year released: 1942
Copies sold: 30 million

"White Christmas" was written by composer Irving Berlin for the 1942 movie Holiday Inn, starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. This sentimental classic, which spoke of yearning for "the ones we used to know," tugged at the heartstrings of the war-torn public upon its release. If you've never heard it, you've never been in a mall at Christmastime. Which is probably a good thing.

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