Second StringBillboard’s other playlist
Every Hot 100 #1 came from an album. We spotlight the cut that rode shotgun — the second string.
Hero example: Jump (Van Halen) → album 1984 → second string Panama.
How it works
#1 → album → second string
Same dual-pane instinct as a side-by-side concordance — adapted for chart music. One seed single, one parent album, one shadow hit.
Chart #1
A Billboard Hot 100 number one (chart era: 1958–present).
Parent album
The studio LP (or soundtrack) that carried the single.
Second string
The album’s next-most-popular track after excluding that #1.
Full chart era
942 browseable second strings
Browse complete high- and medium-confidence picks drawn from Billboard Hot 100 #1s (1958–present), filterable by decade, year, and genre. Open any row in the compare view to hear the #1 beside its second string, with Spotify links and affiliate-ready album outbound links.