--- title: Most Googled Song Lyrics of 2015 description: Most popular, most googled song lyrics of 2015, like Hello by Adele, Take Me To Church, Hotline Bling, and Blank Space, canonical: https://time.com/4150411/most-googled-popular-searched-song-lyrics-2015/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-16T12:00:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:50.535Z og:title: Most Googled Song Lyrics of 2015 og:description: Most popular, most googled song lyrics of 2015, like Hello by Adele, Take Me To Church, Hotline Bling, and Blank Space, og:url: https://time.com/4150411/most-googled-popular-searched-song-lyrics-2015/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7590ca4690994df/698778882dce0187e09dcccd/computer-hack-typing-keyboard-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME.com stock photos Computer Keyboard Typing Hack og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Most Googled Song Lyrics of 2015 twitter:description: Most popular, most googled song lyrics of 2015, like Hello by Adele, Take Me To Church, Hotline Bling, and Blank Space, twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7590ca4690994df/698778882dce0187e09dcccd/computer-hack-typing-keyboard-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # These Are the Most 'Googled' Song Lyrics of 2015 ## Video: Five Things You May Not Know About Adele, The Savior Of Song [Watch (HLS stream): Five Things You May Not Know About Adele, The Savior Of Song](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ps8KQX1S.m3u8) (2:17)  _Published 2015-11-20. Adele was an aspirational singer on Myspace before becoming a worldwide phenomenon._  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Dec 16, 2015 12:00 PM UTC  Elizabeth Renstrom for TIME  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Dec 16, 2015 12:00 PM UTC As part of Google’s annual [round-up](https://www.google.com/trends/story/2015%5FUS) of the people, places, and events that garnered the most attention on search in the U.S. in the past year, the search engine has identified the 10 song lyrics that produced the greatest spikes in traffic over the longest period of time in 2015\. Adele’s “Hello” tops the list, which may come as no surprise to her fans. Apologies if any of these songs now get stuck in your head. 1\. “Hello” (Adele) 2\. “Take Me to Church” (Hozier) 3\. “Blank Space” (Taylor Swift) 4\. “Uptown Funk” (Mark Ronson, featuring Bruno Mars) 5\. “Thinking Out Loud” (Ed Sheeran) 6\. “Hotline Bling” (Drake) 7\. “See You Again” (Wiz Khalifa) 8\. “Trap Queen” (Fetty Wap) 9\. “The Hills” (The Weeknd) 10\. “Cheerleader” (Omi) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4150411/most-googled-popular-searched-song-lyrics-2015/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4150411/most-googled-popular-searched-song-lyrics-2015/"},"headline":"These Are the Most 'Googled' Song Lyrics of 2015","datePublished":"2015-12-16T12:00:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:50.535Z","description":"Thanks to karaoke lovers on the Internet","url":"https://time.com/4150411/most-googled-popular-searched-song-lyrics-2015/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7590ca4690994df/698778882dce0187e09dcccd/computer-hack-typing-keyboard-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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