Birthdays are the perfect excuse to look back in time. It’s fun to imagine what was happening in the world on the exact day you were born — and even more fun to discover what everyone was watching, listening to, and reading.
A few decades ago, it was pretty impressive to tell someone that they shared a birthday with a famous historical figure. Today, the internet has made that kind of trivia pretty easy to find.
But the team behind Playback.fm decided to take the idea much further. They built a huge database of daily music charts, box-office results, and book charts covering almost a century of pop culture. That’s an incredible amount of work!
The archives go all the way back to 1912, so you can find out not just which song was topping the charts on your birthday, but also which movies your grandparents were watching and which books they were reading.
All you have to do is follow the link below, enter your birth date, click “Find,” and enjoy the nostalgia.
Naturally, we couldn’t resist trying it ourselves at AdmiGram.com. We had to find out what people were listening to, watching, and reading on the day our project was born.
The #1 Song, Movie & Book on Your Birthday
- What movie was popular on your birthday?
- What song was popular on your birthday?
- What book was popular on your birthday?
After checking the results, our entire editorial team came to one very important conclusion:
On our birthday, we’re going to rewatch Barbie with Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, dance along to Morgan Wallen, and later settle down with a cup of coffee and Ann Patchett’s Tom Lake.
Honestly, that sounds like a pretty great birthday to us.
