In the Midnight Hour number one on the R&B chart in "Billboard" magazine dated August 7, 1965 and crossed over to the Top 40 of the "Billboard" Hot 100 reaching number 21: however according to Stax owner Jim Stewart the domestic sales total of the single in its original release was a moderate 300,000 units. However "In the Midnight Hour" by Wilson Pickett has become an iconic R&B track, placing at number 134 on "Rolling Stone"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All-Time, Wilson Pickett's first of two entries on the list (the other being "Mustang Sally" at number 434). It is also
Only Girl (In the World) weeks before; it was the first time in chart history that an album's first single reached number one after its second. "Only Girl (In the World)" was Rihanna's fourth number-one song of 2010, and she was the first female and the first artist since Usher (in 2004) with four number-one singles in a calendar year. The singer also had the most number-one singles (nine) since 2000. "Only Girl (In the World)" appeared on the "Billboard" Hot 100 year-end chart in 2010 and 2011 at numbers 47 and 40, respectively. The song debuted on the Digital Songs chart at number one