The Hideaway 20: The 24 Most-Listened To Songs from March 2026

The Hideaway 20 monthly recap of my listening habits clocks in with twenty-four songs for March 2026. The most-listened to track stands alone, while the other twenty-three songs are tied for the second most listened-to song, so what we have here is The Hideaway 24. We listened to less music this month than in the first two months of the year, though interestingly, we managed to listen to music every single day. We spent time working on the garden we built in the backyard, and even started swimming earlier than usual this year. While my friends back east in Omaha, NE; Somerville, MA; Stamford, CT; and New York City were getting snow and sub-zero temperatures, we had an early Spring for almost a week before proceeding directly to Summer and 100° on March 19, a new record for the earliest triple-digit temperature here in Tucson. (The prior record was set in 2025 when we first hit 100° on April 11.) Then our aging air conditioner system had to be replaced, so we had a few more fans running noisily, so we watched movies with the volume turned up for a couple of days.

I don't know why "Just Once" came up more than any other track while we were listening on shuffle. I ain't mad about it. It may have even brought one of the movies we watched this month to mind: The Last American Virgin, which features the song. Coincidentally, another song featured prominently in the film ("Oh No") is at number 24; the two songs bookend the countdown. For the first time in a while, no songs earlier than 1970 made the cut. The newest song on the list is from 2012, and just under half of the songs are from the Eighties, with the average release year coming in at 1982, my sweet spot. Here's the countdown and cover collage for The Hideaway 24, covering March 2026.

	March 2026 — Top 24 Most Listened-To Songs
rank	title	artist	year
24	Oh No	Commodores	1981
23	Last Dance	Donna Summer	1978
22	Suspicions	Eddie Rabbitt	1979
21	Magic Man	Heart	1975
20	How Soon Is Now?	The Smiths	1984
19	I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man	Prince	1987
18	Where Have You Been All My Life	Fotomaker	1978
17	King Tut	Steve Martin and The Toot Uncommons	1978
16	Rock Of Ages	Def Leppard	1983
15	Shame	Evelyn "Champagne" King	1977
14	Don't Turn Around	Ace of Base	1993
13	Theme From Magnum P.I.	Mike Post	1982
12	Just Don't Want To Be Lonely	The Main Ingredient	1974
11	Fire and Rain	James Taylor	1970
10	I Need To Know	Marc Anthony	2000
9	Original Sin	INXS	1983
8	This Beat Goes On / Switchin' To Glide	The Kings	1980
7	Diamonds	Rihanna	2012
6	Never Say Never	Romeo Void	1982
5	I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)	Hall & Oates	1981
4	I'm The Only One	Melissa Etheridge	1993
3	China Girl	David Bowie	1983
2	Heartbeat, It's A Lovebeat	The DeFranco Family	1973
1	Just Once	Quincy Jones feat. James Ingram	1981

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For this month's flashback countdown, we pulled up our most-listened-to songs from March 2022, The Hideaway 28. The first thing that caught my attention was the same song, by different artists, bookending the countdown. "Feeling Good" is certainly a favorite, and while I prefer Simone's version, my better half enjoys all things Bublé. Nina Simone's "Mood Indigo" also made the countdown at number 14, while Bublé's fellow Canadian countrywoman, Sass Jordan, came in at number 2 with her rockin' gospel "Make You A Believer". Like Simone, two other artists wound up with a pair of tracks on the countdown. Imagine Dragons landed at number 26 with "Believer" (2017) and again at number 22 with "Radioactive" (2012). The other double-dipping act is Squeeze with "Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)" (1980) at number 19 and "Tempted" (1981) at number 3. The average release year for these twenty-eight songs ended up at 1984. Not too shabby.

	MARCH 2022 — Top 28 Most Listened-To Songs
rank	title	artist	year
28	Feeling Good	Michael Bublé	2005
27	Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love)	Waylon Jennings	1977
26	Believer	Imagine Dragons	2017
25	East Bound and Down	Jerry Reed	1977
24	I Will Follow	U2	1980
23	7 and 7 Is	Love	1966
22	Radioactive	Imagine Dragons	2012
21	Rolling Along	The Mavericks	2017
20	25 or 6 to 4	Chicago	1970
19	Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)	Squeeze	1980
18	One More Time	Joe Jackson	1979
17	Too Many Ways To Fall	Arc Angels	1992
16	Highway Runner	Donna Summer	1982
15	The Walls Came Down	The Call	1997
14	Mood Indigo	Nina Simone	1959
13	Orange Blossom Special	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	1972
12	So Good	The J. Geils Band	1977
11	The Passenger	Iggy Pop	1977
10	Policy of Truth	Depeche Mode	1990
9	Remedy	The Black Crowes	1992
8	Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone	Charley Pride	1970
7	Girl U Want	Devo	1980
6	Never Been Any Reason	Head East	1975
5	Wichita Lineman	Dwight Yoakam	1997
4	Pump It Up	Elvis Costello & The Attractions	1978
3	Tempted	Squeeze	1981
2	Make You A Believer	Sass Jordan	1992
1	Feeling Good	Nina Simone	1965