Top 100 songs for October 3, 2009
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 2009 and the 2000s.
This week’s No. 1 is “I Gotta Feeling” by The Black Eyed Peas. Meanwhile, “Empire State Of Mind” by Jay-Z + Alicia Keys rises from No. 50 to No. 5. 11 songs are listed in their first chart week.
See debuts and biggest movers
This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Empire State Of Mind — Jay-Z + Alicia Keysup 45 places, No. 50 → No. 5
- Young Forever — Jay-Z + Mr. Hudsonup 34 places, No. 75 → No. 41
- Successful — Drake Featuring Trey Songz & Lil Wayneup 31 places, No. 48 → No. 17
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
First-week entries
- Forever — Drake Featuring Kanye West, Lil Wayne & EminemNo. 8
- I'm Going In — Drake Featuring Lil Wayne & Young JeezyNo. 40
- Happy — Leona LewisNo. 50
- Pursuit Of Happiness (Nightmare) — Kid Cudi Featuring MGMT & RatatatNo. 59
- La La La — LMFAONo. 61
- I Want To Know What Love Is — Mariah CareyNo. 66
- Meet Me Halfway — The Black Eyed PeasNo. 75
- We Weren't Born To Follow — Bon JoviNo. 90
- I Wanna — The All-American RejectsNo. 95
- Cowboy Casanova — Carrie UnderwoodNo. 96
- Check My Brain — Alice In ChainsNo. 99
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.