Savage Garden "Truly Madly Deeply"

How do you become the #1 Billboard Adult Contemporary Song of all-time? Just ask Savage Garden as the Australian group released "Truly Madly Deeply" in 1997 yet the infectious ballad never fell off the Hot Adult Contemporary Recurrents Chart until June of 2006.

Faith Hill "Breathe"

Not once did Faith Hill's "Breathe" notch the top spot on the Hot 100 in 2000. Despite that, Billboard crowned the ballad "Song of the Year"--making it just the second time in history a song never hit #1, yet won "Song of the Year". It happened again a year later when Lifehouse's "Hanging By A Moment" shared the feat.

.38 Special "Second Chance"

What song immediately comes to mind when you think of the group .38 Special? Perhaps "Hold on Loosely"? How about "So Caught Up in You"? Those answers are both acceptable, yet the rock group's most successful tune happens to be their ballad "Second Chance". In fact, Billboard Magazine named .38 Special's "Second Chance" Adult Contemporary's Song of the Year for 1989.

Huey Lewis & The News "The Power of Love"

When Huey Lewis & The News released "The Power of Love" in 1985, Billboard Magazine boldly called the song "an out-of-the-box monster hit".