The greatest songs in Billboard Hot 100 history, ranked by TRAX score — a composite of peak position, weeks charted, and milestone bonuses.
#1,501–#1,600 of 5,370 · 1970s
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Don't Play That Song
Aretha Franklin
1,592
I Believe You
Dorothy Moore
1,591
Carolina In The Pines
Michael Murphey
1,587
Theme Song From "Which Way Is Up"
Stargard
1,584
Sweet Surrender
John Denver
1,583
Rock N' Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life)
Mac Davis
1,583
Nobody Wants You When You're Down And Out
Bobby Womack
1,579

What Is Life
George Harrison
1,579
Give It To Me
J. Geils Band, The
1,579
Gotta Hold On To This Feeling
Jr. Walker and the All Stars
1,577
Woman To Woman
Shirley Brown
1,575
Follow You, Follow Me
Genesis
1,573
I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)
The Moody Blues
1,573
No More Mr. Nice Guy
Alice Cooper
1,573
Cheaper To Keep Her
Johnnie Taylor
1,573
Free Man In Paris
Joni Mitchell
1,572
Gettin' Ready For Love
Diana Ross
1,572
Get It Together
Jackson 5
1,572
Check Out Your Mind
Impressions
1,572
Teddy Bear Song
Barbara Fairchild
1,571
Aubrey
Bread
1,568
Be My Baby
Andy Kim
1,567
It's A Long Way There
Little River Band
1,566
Everybody's Got The Right To Love
the Supremes
1,566
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Blue Haze
1,565
Fool
Elvis Presley
1,565
Steamroller Blues
Elvis Presley
1,565
Two Divided By Love
Grass Roots, The
1,565
Ecstasy
Ohio Players
1,563
Dancin' Man
Q
1,563

Saturday Morning Confusion
Bobby Russell
1,563
River Deep-Mountain High
the Supremes
1,562
Out In The Country
Three Dog Night
1,562

Long Lonesome Highway
Michael Parks
1,561
Everybody's Everything
Santana
1,561
Your Love
Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr.
1,560
Smackwater Jack
Carole King
1,558
People Of The South Wind
Kansas
1,558
Get The Funk Out Ma Face
Brothers Johnson
1,557

Run To Me
Bee Gees
1,555
Livin' For You
Al Green
1,555
Baby Come Close
Smokey Robinson
1,555
Games
Redeye
1,553
Play Me
Neil Diamond
1,552
That's The Way I Feel About Cha
Bobby Womack
1,552
If You Talk In Your Sleep
Elvis Presley
1,551
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
Paul Simon
1,545
Paloma Blanca
George Baker Selection
1,544
Lonely Boy
Donny Osmond
1,544
Let's Put It All Together
The Stylistics
1,543

Please Don't Leave
Lauren Wood
1,543
Hand Me Down World
The Guess Who
1,543
Deeper And Deeper
Freda Payne
1,542
Born To Wander
Rare Earth
1,541
Hello Old Friend
Eric Clapton
1,538
Who Do You Think You Are
Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods
1,537
Macho Man
Village People
1,537
Double Barrel
David and Ansil Collins
1,537
Super Bad (Part 1 & Part 2)
James Brown
1,536
Gone Too Far
England Dan and John Ford Coley
1,535
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
Elvis Presley
1,535
Tell It All Brother
Kenny Rogers
1,535
Joanne
Michael Nesmith and the First National Band
1,533
Stay With Me
Faces
1,533
Must Of Got Lost
J. Geils Band
1,533
Up In A Puff Of Smoke
Polly Brown
1,531
Did You Boogie (With Your Baby)
Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids
1,530
It's Going To Take Some Time
Carpenters
1,528
Something Better To Do
Olivia Newton-John
1,527
Ain't It Funky Now (Part I)
James Brown
1,525
Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You
Wilson Pickett
1,523
She Belongs To Me
Rick Nelson
1,522
Remember Me
Diana Ross
1,521
We've Got To Get It On Again
Addrisi Brothers, the
1,520
Fire And Water
Wilson Pickett
1,518
Point Of Know Return
Kansas
1,518
Rings
Cymarron
1,516
More Than A Woman
Tavares
1,514
I Can't Stand The Rain
Ann Peebles
1,512
I Love My Friend
Charlie Rich
1,511
Oye Como Va
Santana
1,511
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Donny Osmond
1,511
Hijack
Herbie Mann
1,510
Basketball Jones Featuring Tyrone Shoelaces
Cheech & Chong
1,506
Long Long Time
Linda Ronstadt
1,501
Roll On Down The Highway
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
1,500
Save The Last Dance For Me
DeFranco Family
1,499
Reelin And Rocking (Live)
Chuck Berry
1,498
Nathan Jones
the Supremes
1,496
Stagger Lee
Tommy Roe
1,496
Join Together
The Who
1,496
Everybody Is A Star
Sly & The Family Stone
1,496
(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right
Barbara Mandrell
1,495
Christine Sixteen
KISS
1,495
Haven't Got Time For The Pain
Carly Simon
1,495
Hey You
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
1,495
Too Hot Ta Trot
Commodores
1,494
Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
Kris Kristofferson
1,486
Tracks Of My Tears
Linda Ronstadt
1,486
Shadows In The Moonlight
Anne Murray
1,484
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.