Top 100 songs for December 24, 1994
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1994 and the 1990s.
This week’s No. 1 is “Here Comes The Hotstepper (From "Ready To Wear")” by Ini Kamoze. Meanwhile, “Take A Bow” by Madonna rises from No. 45 to No. 18. 5 songs are listed in their first chart week.
See debuts and biggest movers
This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Take A Bow — Madonnaup 27 places, No. 45 → No. 18
- Always And Forever — Luther Vandrossup 19 places, No. 86 → No. 67
- I Never Seen A Man Cry (aka I Seen A Man Die) — Scarfaceup 14 places, No. 57 → No. 43
New to this week’s Top 10
- Before I Let You Go — BLACKstreetNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Take A Bow — MadonnaNo. 18
- Constantly — ImmatureNo. 39
First-week entries
- Pickup Man — Joe DiffieNo. 83
- Pimp Of The Year — Dru DownNo. 91
- Promise Me — Lil SuzyNo. 93
- Bad Reputation — Freedy JohnstonNo. 95
- Whutcha Want? — NineNo. 97
First-week entries have one recorded chart week. Climbs and Top 10/Top 40 arrivals use recorded previous positions for consecutive chart weeks; returning songs without a previous position are not classified as debuts.