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TIL that since the chart’s debut in 1958, 25 primarily instrumental songs have reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, including “Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band” in 1977. Since 1985, however, the only instrumental No. 1 has been 2013’s “Harlem Shake.”

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