Over a month has passed since Beyoncé debuted “Break My Soul,” a dance bop that has inspired a bevy of social media reactions, memes and job walkouts, and the first single from her album "Renaissance.

In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. The Righteous ...