Originals

Adjusted for Inflation

1981: Sammy Hagar, “There’s Only One Way to Rock”

Now: “There’s Only 3.45 Ways to Rock”


1968: Three Dog Night, “One”

Now: “Nine”




1987: Three Men and a Baby

Now: 8.28 Men and a Baby


1961: Joseph Heller, Catch-22

Now: Catch 230.81


1972: Alice Cooper, “I’m Eighteen”

Now: “I’m 135.08”


1969: Six kids in the Brady Bunch

Now: 52 kids in the Brady Bunch


1954: The Seven Samurai

Now: The 81.63 Samurai


1964: The Beatles, “Eight Days a Week”

Now: “80.95 Days a Week”


2014: Taylor Swift, 1989

Now: 2,635.54


1984: Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo

Now: Breakin’ 6.04: Electric Boogaloo


1981: Tommy Tutone, “867-5309 / Jenny”

Now: “299-378-32.84 / Jenny”


1997: 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag

Now: 15.64 Heads in a Duffel Bag


1989: Janet Jackson, Rhythm Nation 1814

Now: Rhythm Nation 4,610


1988: Van Halen, OU812

Now: OU2195.31


2011: Fast Five

Now: Fast Seven


2015: Furious 7

Now: Furious 9.4


1969: Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

Now: Slaughterhouse-Forty-Two Point Seventy-Four


1976: Mary MacGregor, “Torn Between Two Lovers”

Now: “Torn Between 11.03 Lovers”


2018: Ernest Cline, Ready Player One

Now: Ready Player One Point Two-Five


1990: Sinead O’Connor, “Nothing Compares 2 U”

Now: “Nothing Compares 4.8 U”


2006: You, Me, and Dupree

Now: You, Me, and Three Duprees


1966: The 5th Dimension

Now: The 48th Dimension


1992: Barenaked Ladies, “If I Had $1,000,000”

Now: “If I Had $2,235,844”