10 Biggest Glee Hit Songs

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"Singing In the Rain / Umbrella" (November 2010)

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Glee - "Singing In the Rain / Umbrella". Courtesy Fox Television

Songs from  began to storm the pop music charts with the debut of the show in May of 2009. While many only made a brief appearance in the lower reaches of the Billboard Hot 100, more than a dozen were top 40 pop hits. This is your guide to the 10 biggest pop hits from the hit show Glee.

Glee demonstrated how to update the classic "Singin' In the Rain" by mashing it with Rihanna's #1 smash "Umbrella." This performance was featured on the episode The Substitute and included guest star Gwyneth Paltrow. The performance peaked at #18 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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"Get It Right" (March 2011)

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Glee - "Get It Right". Courtesy Fox Television

"Get It Right" was one of two previously unrecorded songs from the episode Original Song to become major chart hits for the show. This one features Lea Michele in a solo. Glee took a significant risk veering from their all covers format to experiment with releasing original material. The experiment kicked off as a success. "Get It Right" hit #16 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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"Total Eclipse Of the Heart" (May 2010)

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Glee - "Total Eclipse of the Heart". Courtesy Fox Television

The Glee episode titled Bad Reputation included a list of pop songs with bad reputations. The cast's version of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" closed the episode. Bonnie Tyler's original version of the song went to #1 in 1983. This Glee interpretation of the song hit #16 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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"Toxic" (October 2010)

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Glee - "Toxic". Courtesy Fox Television

Glee took on Britney Spears songs in the episode Britney / Brittany. As glee club director Will Schuester relents and allows the group to perform a Britney Spears song, he joins them onstage for this version of "Toxic" at the homecoming assembly. Capitalizing on both the popularity of the show and the popularity of Britney Spears, this version of "Toxic" was a #16 pop chart hit.

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"We Are Young" (December 2011)

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Glee - "We Are Young". Courtesy Fox Television

New Directions reunited just in time for Christmas on the third season of Glee. For an appropriate song to use celebrating the reunion producers turned to the song "We Are Young" by alternative pop group fun. Glee's version helped pull the original by fun. on to the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time. fun.'s recording would go on to be a #1 smash hit single. The Glee episode was titled Hold On To Sixteen. Their version of "We Are Young" hit #12.

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"Forget You" (November 2010)

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Glee - "Forget You". Courtesy Fox Television

Glee demonstrated how successful current hit songs could be for the show. Here guest star Gwyneth Paltrow takes the lead on a "clean" version of Cee Lo Green's "F**k You!" This performance was featured in the episode titled The Substitute. Glee's version of the song reached #11 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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"Rumor Has It / Someone Like You" (November 2011)

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Glee - "Rumour Has It / Someone Like You". Courtesy Fox Television

It looked like Glee's chart impact was finally starting to languish in its third season. Then along came a mash-up of two songs from Adele's album 21, the bestselling album of the year. It reminded us all how powerful a Glee performance can be. The rival all-girl Glee club the Troubletones rides intense emotion to a stomping beat. The result barely missed the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at #11.

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"Teenage Dream" (November 2010)

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Glee - "Teenage Dream". Courtesy Fox Television

The introduction of new character Blaine provided the occasion for an all-male a capella version of Katy Perry's hit single "Teenage Dream" on the episode titled Never Been Kissed. The arrangement is stunning. Backing vocals were recorded by the Tufts University a capella group Beelzebubs who finished second on the first season of the TV show The Sing-Off. The result was the biggest sales week yet for a Glee song. It also was one of three singles from the show to reach the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at #8.

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"Loser Like Me" (March 2011)

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Glee - "Loser Like Me". Courtesy Fox Television

Glee's New Directions perform at the Regionals competition in the episode Original Song. The show does introduce original songs here, and the biggest is the big ensemble number "Loser Like Me." Fans responded positively and made this song one of the biggest hits of all time from the show. "Loser Like Me" reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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"Don't Stop Believin'" (June 2009)

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Glee - "Don't Stop Believin'". Courtesy Fox Television

This is the song that started it all. It is William McKinley High School's glee club named New Directions performing Journey's classic "Don't Stop Believin'" in the Glee pilot episode that convinces the group's coach Will Schuester to stay at the school and stick with the club. Journey's original version hit #9 in 1982. Glee took it to #4.

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