25 Biggest Marijuana Hits on the Hot 100

For part-time potheads, 4/20 is a vacation that comes however annually. However for the steadfast stoner, you possibly can have a good time 4:20 day by day (twice a day is feasible, however inadvisable).

No matter how deep your love for the leaf runs, everybody is aware of that marijuana and music are peas in a pod. We’ve beforehand rounded up 25 toking tunes, an editorial playlist that encompasses Cypress Hill, Afroman, Miley Cyrus, Bob Dylan, Peter Tosh, Wiz Khalifa and, after all, Snoop Dogg.

This listing ain’t that. greatest Billboard Scorching 100 hits of all time, we determined to spherical up the best hits within the chart’s historical past. For functions of this listing, we’re casting a bloodshot eye towards songs with a title that features “smoke,” “puff,” “excessive,” “stoned,” “burn,” “drug,” “toke,” “weed” or some variation. If the track’s title doesn’t tip to one thing alongside these traces, it’s out. (Which means songs corresponding to Dylan’s “Wet Day Ladies #12 & #35” aren’t eligible; we’re certain he’ll recover from it.)

We’re additionally discounting songs the place weed-adjacent phrases are within the track title however are clearly not referring to medication or intoxication. For instance: We embrace Sean Paul’s “We Be Burnin’” however not Usher’s “Burn.” “Smoke Will get in Your Eyes” isn’t right here as a result of The Platters weren’t singing about hotboxing the dance flooring, however “Smokin’ within the Boys Room” is eligible. Positive, most people assume cigarettes are what Brownville Station and/or the Crüe had been puffing in school, however we don’t know for certain, so we’re giving that one the good thing about the dank doubt.

Anybody who’s a fan of mind-altering substances ought to know that fact is subjective, man, and this listing is not any exception. Whereas the choices – and the order during which they seem – are culled from the most important hits in Scorching 100 historical past (extra on that beneath), editorial choices had been made on what to incorporate on this listing. Steve Winwood’s “Increased Love” isn’t right here as a result of it’s a few love that’s above (i.e., higher than) others; “I Need to Take You Increased” is eligible, nevertheless, as a result of you possibly can (and doubtless ought to) interpret “greater” as substance adjoining.

Additionally included: The various songs that refer to like as a drug, in addition to songs that use “stoned” for a normal sense of intoxication. If it’s a few mind-altering state led to by romance, booze or no matter, it’s in.

Don’t like the standards? Appears like you might want to sit back, catch a cool buzz and hit play on one (or all) of those songs and simply comply with the vibe the place it takes you. Responsibly, after all.

This rating is predicated on precise efficiency on the weekly Billboard Scorching 100 chart. Songs are ranked primarily based on an inverse level system, with weeks at No. 1 incomes the best worth and weeks at No. 100 incomes the least. To make sure equitable illustration of the most important hits from every period, sure time frames had been weighted to account for the distinction between turnover charges from these years.