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.
#1–#100 of 6,790 · 1960s
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Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
Brenda Lee
1961#260wk
12,634
#2
The Twist
Chubby Checker
1960#139wk
9,463
#3
Paperback Writer
the Beatles
1966#135wk
7,695
#4
Daydream
The Lovin' Spoonful
1966#236wk
7,414
#5
Secret Agent Man
Johnny Rivers
1966#346wk
7,150
#6
Lightnin' Strikes
Lou Christie
1966#143wk
6,971
#7
I Get Around
the Beach Boys
1964#140wk
6,828
#8
The Pied Piper
Crispian St. Peters
1966#446wk
6,823
#9
Monster Mash
Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers
1962#142wk
6,681
#10
Stand By Me
Ben E. King
1961#444wk
6,613
#11
We Can Work It Out
Mariah Carey
1966#132wk
6,357
#12
Reach Out I'll Be There
the Four Tops
1966#134wk
6,344
#13
When A Man Loves A Woman
Percy Sledge
1966#133wk
6,295
#14
These Boots Are Made For Walkin'
Alanis Morissette
1966#132wk
6,207
#15
Hey Jude
the Beatles
1968#119wk
5,843
#16
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Neil Sedaka
1962#128wk
5,684
#17
Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?
Lovin' Spoonful
1966#227wk
5,548
#18
Tossin' And Turnin'
Bobby Lewis
1961#123wk
5,476
#19
Last Train To Clarksville
the Monkees
1966#129wk
5,375
#20
The Theme From ‘A Summer Place’
Percy Faith & His Orchestra
1960#121wk
5,341
#21
A Groovy Kind Of Love
The Mindbenders
1966#230wk
5,260
#22
Homeward Bound
Simon & Garfunkel
1966#532wk
5,229
#23
As Tears Go By
the Rolling Stones
1966#634wk
5,213
#24
Barbara Ann
Beach Boys
1966#230wk
5,211
#25
He'll Have To Go
Jim Reeves
1960#223wk
5,180
#26
Five O'Clock World
Vogues
1966#430wk
5,109
#27
Sugar, Sugar
The Archies
1969#122wk
5,106
#28
Hello, Dolly!
Louis Armstrong
1964#122wk
5,098
#29
I Want To Hold Your Hand
The Beatles
1964#121wk
5,077
#30
I'm Sorry
Brenda Lee
1960#123wk
5,025
#31
Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)
the 5th Dimension
1969#117wk
4,778
#32
Limbo Rock
Chubby Checker
1962#223wk
4,731
#33
Running Bear
Johnny Preston
1960#127wk
4,709
#34
It's Now Or Never
Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires
1960#120wk
4,673
#35
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Elvis Presley
1960#116wk
4,628
#36
Stranger On The Shore
Mr. Acker Bilk
1962#121wk
4,623
#37
My World Is Empty Without You
the Supremes
1966#528wk
4,589
#38
Exodus
Ferrante & Teicher
1961#221wk
4,507
#39
I'm A Believer
The Monkees
1966#115wk
4,507
#40
Love Is Blue (L'Amour Est Bleu)
Paul Mauriat
1968#118wk
4,503
#41
I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Marvin Gaye
1968#115wk
4,456
#42
El Paso
Marty Robbins
1960#122wk
4,407
#43
Peppermint Twist - Part 1
Joey Dee & the Starliters
1962#118wk
4,381
#44
Crimson And Clover
Tommy James & the Shondells
1969#116wk
4,373
#45
I Can't Stop Loving You
Ray Charles
1962#118wk
4,356
#46
Last Date
Floyd Cramer
1960#220wk
4,348
#47
Love Child
Diana Ross and the Supremes
1968#116wk
4,333
#48
Wonderland By Night
Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra
1961#117wk
4,298
#49
Everyday People
Sly & the Family Stone
1969#119wk
4,274
#50
Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron
Royal Guardsmen, The
1966#221wk
4,272
#51
To Sir With Love
Lulu
1967#117wk
4,258
#52
Big Girls Don't Cry
Four Seasons, the
1962#116wk
4,245
#53
Leaving on A Jet Plane
Peter, Paul and Mary
1969#117wk
4,239
#54
Honky Tonk Women
Rolling Stones
1969#115wk
4,234
#55
Greenfields
The Brothers Four
1960#220wk
4,231
#56
North To Alaska
Johnny Horton
1960#423wk
4,180
#57
19th Nervous Breakdown
the Rolling Stones
1966#220wk
4,179
#58
Cathy's Clown
The Everly Brothers
1960#117wk
4,173
#59
Light My Fire
Doors, The
1967#123wk
4,166
#60
Stuck On You
Elvis Presley
1960#116wk
4,154
#61
Ode To Billie Joe
Bobbie Gentry
1967#120wk
4,146
#62
Everybody's Somebody's Fool
Connie Francis
1960#118wk
4,145
#63
Ebb Tide
Righteous Brothers, The
1966#524wk
4,126
#64
(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
Otis Redding
1968#116wk
4,113
#65
Big Bad John
Jimmy Dean
1961#116wk
4,107
#66
Return To Sender
Elvis Presley
1962#216wk
4,102
#67
My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own
Connie Francis
1960#117wk
4,088
#68
Sugar Shack
Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs
1963#115wk
4,072
#69
Roses Are Red (My Love)
Bobby Vinton
1962#115wk
4,062
#70
Teen Angel
Mark Dinning
1960#118wk
4,056
#71
I Can't Get Next To You
the Temptations
1969#117wk
4,050
#72
Sixteen Reasons
Connie Stevens
1960#324wk
4,041
#73
Save The Last Dance For Me
the Drifters
1960#118wk
4,031
#74
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
Righteous Brothers
1965#116wk
4,020
#75
Please Mr. Postman
The Marvelettes
1961#123wk
4,008
#76
Louie Louie
the Kingsmen
1963#216wk
4,004
#77
Runaway
Del Shannon
1961#117wk
4,000
#78
Calcutta
Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra
1961#117wk
3,983
#79
Honey
Bobby Goldsboro
1968#115wk
3,966
#80
Pony Time
Chubby Checker
1961#116wk
3,922
#81
I Couldn't Live Without Your Love
Petula Clark
1966#926wk
3,920
#82
Runaround Sue
Dion
1961#114wk
3,919
#83
Someday We'll Be Together
Diana Ross and the Supremes
1969#116wk
3,909
#84
Come Together
The Beatles
1969#116wk
3,907
#85
Mashed Potato Time
Dee Dee Sharp
1962#218wk
3,897
#86
The Letter
the Box Tops
1967#116wk
3,892
#87
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Rolling Stones
1965#114wk
3,890
#88
Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
the Shirelles
1961#119wk
3,885
#89
People Got To Be Free
Rascals
1968#114wk
3,883
#90
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
1966#422wk
3,875
#91
You Keep Me Hangin' On
the Supremes
1966#120wk
3,871
#92
Time Won't Let Me
The Outsiders
1966#526wk
3,869
#93
Travelin' Man
Ricky Nelson
1961#116wk
3,867
#94
Sugar Town
Nancy Sinatra
1966#522wk
3,863
#95
I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Gladys Knight and the Pips
1967#217wk
3,860
#96
Sweet Nothin's
Brenda Lee
1960#424wk
3,857
#97
I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)
Four Tops
1965#114wk
3,853
#98
Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel)
Roy Orbison
1960#221wk
3,849
#99
Happy Together
The Turtles
1967#115wk
3,840
#100
The Stripper
David Rose and His Orchestra
1962#117wk
3,815
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.