24. Song Number Six: "You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost".
If you needed a blue sky holiday, this was the song you turned to in 2006. Do you remember the Daniel Powter hit that Billboard named the most popular record of the year?
From Quiz Ten Most Memorable Lyrics of 2006
Answer:
Bad Day
"Bad Day" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in February, 2006 and reached the top in its seventh week where it remained for five weeks. Through intense airplay and sales, the record stayed in the top ten for 14 weeks, the top 40 for 27 weeks and the Hot 100 for a total of 32 weeks. The song also topped Billboard's Adult Top 40, Adult Contemporary and Pop 100 charts. Released a year earlier in Europe, the song hit number one in Ireland and landed in the top ten in the U.K., Australia, France, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, Switzerland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden.
"Next Plane Home" was a 2008 release by Daniel Powter. KT Tunstall went to number 20 in 2006 with "Black Horse & The Cherry Tree". "Hazy Shade Of Winter" was first done by Simon & Garfunkel and remade by the Bangles in 1987 when it hit number two.
FUN FACT: "Bad Day" appeared as the goodbye song during the 2006 season of the hugely popular show "American Idol" which likely helped fuel its success.