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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

#1–#100 of 1,032 · 1960s · Top 10

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Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

Brenda Lee

1961#260wk

12,634

#2

The Twist

Chubby Checker

1960#139wk

9,463

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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.

#3
Paperback Writer

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

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’

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

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!

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

Running Bear

Johnny Preston

1960#127wk

4,709

#34
It's Now Or Never

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

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

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

To Sir With Love

Lulu

1967#117wk

4,258

#52
Big Girls Don't Cry

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

Cathy's Clown

The Everly Brothers

1960#117wk

4,173

#59

Light My Fire

Doors, The

1967#123wk

4,166

#60
Stuck On You

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

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

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)

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

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 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

Happy Together

The Turtles

1967#115wk

3,840

#100

The Stripper

David Rose and His Orchestra

1962#117wk

3,815