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16 AP cover stars who had No. 1 songs on TRL

Like any Millennial who watched too much TV as a teenager, I’ve spent a lot of time doing the following:
1. telling anyone who will listen that no form of TV programming will ever come close to touching TGIF.
2. wondering (often aloud) if I’ll ever experience a love like Cory and Topanga’s.
3. wishing I had a dog named Porkchop and a best friend named Skeeter.
4. talking about the “glory days” of MTV. (The “glory days” vary from person to person, but for me it was the late ’90s to mid-2000s.)

Not so long ago, MTV had some pretty awesome programming: Say What? Karaoke, Undressed, Spyder Games (Does anyone else remember this soap?) and of course, TRL. The show, which counted down the day’s top 10 music videos as voted on by fans, ran until 2008, but I stopped watching after Carson Daly left for late night in 2002. TRL championed the new wave of pop music, but it also featured a surprising amount of AP bands on the countdown. (Does anyone else remember when Madonna was on the show and Carson Daly asked her if she liked Korn? Madge’s response: “I love corn. I eat it every day.”) Sixteen of AP’s former cover stars even made it to the coveted No. 1 spot.

Thanks to some very dedicated TRL fans, the complete list of No. 1 songs from the show’s 10-year history is available online. Join us as we walk down memory lane…

AFI

“Love Like Winter” – Reached No. 1 six times between Sept. and Oct. 2006

All-American Rejects

“Move Along” – Reached No. 1 five times in Feb. 2006

Avenged Sevenfold

“Bat Country” – Reached No. 1 10 times between Dec. 2005 and Jan. 2006

Blink-182

“Feeling This” – Reached No. 1 five times between Dec. 2003 and Jan. 2004

Fall Out Boy

“Sugar, We’re Goin’ Down” – Reached No. 1 one time in June 2005
“Dance Dance” – Reached No. 1 four times between Oct. and Nov. 2005
“A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More ‘Touch Me’” – Reached No. 1 two times in May 2006
“This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race” – Reached No. 1 13 times between Jan. and Feb. 2007
“Thnks Fr Th Mmrs” – Reached No. 1 five times between April and May 2007
“The Take Over, The Break’s Over” – Reached No. 1 seven times in July 2007

Good Charlotte

“Lifestyles Of The Rich & Famous” – Reached No. 1 two times in Oct. 2002
“The Anthem” – Reached No. 1 23 times between Jan. and April 2003
“Hold On” – Reached No. 1 five times between Nov. 2003 and Feb. 2004
“Predictable” – Reached No. 1 seven times between Sept. and Oct. 2004
“I Just Wanna Live” – Reached No. 1 one time in Dec. 2004
“Girls & Boys” – Reached No. 1 eight times in June 2003

Green Day

“Wake Me Up When September Ends” – Reached No. 1 10 times between Aug. and Sept. 2005

Gym Class Heroes

“Clothes Off” – Reached No. 1 five times in Aug. 2007

Korn

“Freak On A Leash” – Reached No. 1 eight times between Feb. and April 1999
“Falling Away From Me” – Reached No. 1 seven times between Nov. and Dec. 1999
“Here To Stay” – Reached No. 1 two times in April 2002

Limp Bizkit

​“Nookie” – Reached No. 1 four times between July and Aug. 1999
“Break Stuff” – Reached No. 1 one time in April 2000