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TRAX TOP 5000

The greatest songs in Billboard Hot 100 history, ranked by TRAX score — a composite of peak position, weeks charted, and milestone bonuses.

DecadeAll1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
PeakAll#1 OnlyTop 10Top 40

#101–#200 of 403 · 1950s · Top 10

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#101

Little Star

Elegants.The

1958#119wk

4,366

#102
Heartaches By The Number

Heartaches By The Number

Guy Mitchell

1959#120wk

4,361

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About TRAX Score: Calculated from peak position (101 − peak), milestone week bonuses (60× top 40, 90× top 10, 99× weeks at #2, 100× weeks at #1), plus a weekly positional sum (126 − position for each charted week). Higher is better.

#103

Stagger Lee

Lloyd Price

1959#121wk

4,339

#104

Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)

Domenico Modugno

1958#116wk

4,329

#105

Chantilly Lace

Big Bopper, The

1958#625wk

4,319

#106
Venus

Venus

Frankie Avalon

1959#117wk

4,312

#107
Hold My Hand

Hold My Hand

Don Cornell

1954#518wk

4,312

#108

A Lover's Question

Clyde McPhatter

1959#624wk

4,304

#109
Here

Here

Tony Martin

1954#719wk

4,299

#110

Ballad Of Davy Crockett

Fess Parker

1955#517wk

4,282

#111

Young Love

Sonny James

1957#221wk

4,260

#112
I'll Be Home

I'll Be Home

Pat Boone

1956#522wk

4,235

#113

The Shifting, Whispering Sands Part 1 & 2

Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra

1955#526wk

4,217

#114
Band Of Gold

Band Of Gold

Don Cherry

1956#521wk

4,205

#115

Send For Me

Nat "King" Cole

1957#727wk

4,200

#116
Bird Dog

Bird Dog

The Everly Brothers

1958#218wk

4,196

#117
It's Almost Tomorrow

It's Almost Tomorrow

The Dreamweavers

1956#622wk

4,172

#118
Hard To Get

Hard To Get

Gisele MacKenzie

1955#519wk

4,164

#119
Lonely Boy

Lonely Boy

Paul Anka

1959#115wk

4,156

#120

The Three Bells

Browns

1959#117wk

4,151

#121
Papa Loves Mambo

Papa Loves Mambo

Perry Como With Mitch Ayres And His Orchestra* And The Ray Charles Chorus

1954#418wk

4,142

#122

Blue Suede Shoes

Carl Perkins

1956#421wk

4,139

#123
Put Your Head On My Shoulder

Put Your Head On My Shoulder

Paul Anka

1959#218wk

4,133

#124
Love And Marriage

Love And Marriage

Frank Sinatra

1955#520wk

4,099

#125

I'm In Love Again

Fats Domino

1956#523wk

4,098

#126
That's Amore

That's Amore

Dean Martin

1954#214wk

4,094

#127

Don't

Elvis Presley

1958#120wk

4,081

#128

I'm A Fool To Care

Les Paul & Mary Ford

1954#718wk

4,077

#129

Personality

Lloyd Price

1959#219wk

4,076

#130

That'll Be The Day

The Crickets

1957#322wk

4,049

#131

Party Doll

Buddy Knox

1957#223wk

4,048

#132

Butterfly

Andy Williams

1957#120wk

4,043

#133

Silhouettes

Rays

1957#320wk

4,019

#134

Peggy Sue

Buddy Holly

1957#322wk

4,018

#135
Rainbow

Rainbow

Russ Hamilton

1957#723wk

3,987

#136
Let Me Go, Lover!

Let Me Go, Lover!

Joan Weber

1955#114wk

3,985

#137
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down & Write Myself A Letter

I'm Gonna Sit Right Down & Write Myself A Letter

Billy Williams

1957#623wk

3,965

#138

School Day (Ring Ring Goes the Bell)

Chuck Berry

1957#526wk

3,943

#139

He's Got The Whole World (In His Hands)

Laurie London

1958#219wk

3,927

#140

Great Balls Of Fire

Jerry Lee Lewis

1958#221wk

3,919

#141

Banana Boat (Day-O)

Harry Belafonte

1957#520wk

3,919

#142

Be-Bop Baby

Ricky Nelson

1957#520wk

3,914

#143
Ballad Of Davy Crockett

Ballad Of Davy Crockett

Tennessee Ernie Ford

1955#618wk

3,911

#144

16 Candles

Crests, The

1959#221wk

3,899

#145

My Heart Is An Open Book

Carl Dobkins Jr.

1959#324wk

3,897

#146

Why Do Fools Fall In Love

Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers

1956#721wk

3,880

#147

Return To Me

Dean Martin

1958#421wk

3,878

#148
Sleep Walk

Sleep Walk

Santo & Johnny

1959#118wk

3,858

#149
The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane

The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane

Ames Brothers, The

1955#315wk

3,856

#150

Twilight Time

Platters, The

1958#117wk

3,831

#151

Get A Job

Silhouettes

1958#115wk

3,829

#152

Let Me Go, Lover!

Teresa Brewer With The Lancers

1955#718wk

3,818

#153
Too Much

Too Much

Elvis Presley

1957#217wk

3,816

#154
Open Up Your Heart (And Let The Sunshine In)

Open Up Your Heart (And Let The Sunshine In)

The Cowboy Church Sunday School

1955#821wk

3,795

#155

Hey! Jealous Lover

Frank Sinatraxxx

1957#619wk

3,783

#156

Come Softly To Me

the Fleetwoods

1959#116wk

3,774

#157
Why

Why

Frankie Avalon

1959#116wk

3,773

#158

Stranger in Paradise

Four Aces

1954#517wk

3,771

#159
Changing Partners

Changing Partners

Patti Page

1954#315wk

3,765

#160

Seventeen

Fontane Sisters, the

1955#315wk

3,760

#161
The Man Upstairs

The Man Upstairs

Kay Starr

1954#719wk

3,725

#162
Topsy II

Topsy II

Cozy Cole

1958#321wk

3,712

#163

Lonesome Town

Ricky Sings Again

1958#718wk

3,682

#164
The Banana Boat Song

The Banana Boat Song

The Tarriers

1957#619wk

3,676

#165

Old Cape Cod

Patti Page

1957#723wk

3,674

#166

Don't You Know

Della Reese

1959#218wk

3,672

#167
How Important Can It Be?

How Important Can It Be?

Joni James

1955#517wk

3,670

#168

Short Fat Fannie

Larry Williams

1957#621wk

3,667

#169
See You Later, Alligator

See You Later, Alligator

Bill Haley & His Comets

1956#619wk

3,666

#170

Dream Lover

Bobby Darin

1959#217wk

3,656

#171
Yakety Yak

Yakety Yak

the Coasters

1958#116wk

3,642

#172

Poor Little Fool

Ricky Nelson

1958#115wk

3,641

#173
Rags to Riches

Rags to Riches

Tony Bennett

1954#113wk

3,620

#174

On The Street Where You Live

Vic Damone

1956#824wk

3,620

#175

Raunchy

Bill Justis

1957#320wk

3,612

#176
Just A Dream

Just A Dream

Jimmy Clanton And His Rockets

1958#418wk

3,610

#177

Mr. Lee

The Bobbettes

1957#624wk

3,595

#178

I'm Walkin'

Fats Domino

1957#525wk

3,590

#179

Gotta Travel On

Billy Grammer

1959#420wk

3,581

#180
I Get So Lonely (When I Dream About You)

I Get So Lonely (When I Dream About You)

Four Knights

1954#314wk

3,575

#181

My Special Angel

Bobby Helms

1957#723wk

3,568

#182
My Happiness

My Happiness

Connie Francis

1959#218wk

3,564

#183

Catch A Falling Star

Perry Como

1958#923wk

3,563

#184

Lonely Teardrops

Jackie Wilson

1959#721wk

3,548

#185

In The Chapel In The Moonlight

Kitty Kallen

1954#315wk

3,544

#186
That's All I Want From You

That's All I Want From You

Jaye P. Morgan

1955#517wk

3,541

#187

Love Me

Elvis Presley

1957#619wk

3,531

#188

Pink Shoe Laces

Dodie Stevens

1959#319wk

3,523

#189

The Happy Organ

Dave 'Baby' Cortez

1959#117wk

3,515

#190

Tears On My Pillow

Little Anthony & the Imperials

1958#419wk

3,515

#191

The Stroll

Diamonds

1958#521wk

3,511

#192
Who's Sorry Now

Who's Sorry Now

Connie Francis

1958#422wk

3,500

#193

Sea Of Love

Phil Phillips

1959#218wk

3,485

#194

Oh Lonesome Me

Don Gibson

1958#821wk

3,484

#195
The Purple People Eater

The Purple People Eater

Sheb Wooley

1958#113wk

3,479

#196

Seventeen

Boyd Bennett

1955#517wk

3,473

#197

A Girl A Girl (Zoom-Ba Di Alli Nella)

Eddie Fisher With Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra & Chorus*

1954#716wk

3,466

#198

Primrose Lane

Jerry Wallace

1959#821wk

3,465

#199

Kansas City

Wilbert Harrison

1959#116wk

3,439

#200

Dungaree Doll

Eddie Fisher

1956#719wk

3,436