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.

DecadeAll 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s

PeakAll #1 Only Top 10 Top 40

#1,501–#1,600 of 4,124 · 1980s

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Hold On Loosely

38 Special

1,691

Deep Inside My Heart

Randy Meisner

1,686

Somewhere Down The Road

Barry Manilow

1,686

Tenderness

General Public

1,684

Love Will Find A Way

Yes

1,684

I'm Free (Heaven Helps The Man)

Kenny Loggins

1,683

Night Moves

Night Moves

Marilyn Martin

1,681

Let's Stay Together

Tina Turner

1,675

Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid

Daryl Hall & John Oates

1,673

We're Not Gonna Take It

Twisted Sister

1,672

All Our Tomorrows

Eddie Schwartz

1,672

Let Me Tickle Your Fancy

Jermaine Jackson

1,672

Seven Wonders

Fleetwood Mac

1,671

Leave It

Leave It

Yes

1,671

Rock And A Hard Place

the Rolling Stones

1,671

Don't Look Back

Fine Young Cannibals

1,670

Leave A Tender Moment Alone

Billy Joel

1,670

Romancing The Stone

Romancing The Stone

Eddy Grant

1,670

Love The World Away

Kenny Rogers

1,667

If The Love Fits Wear It

If The Love Fits Wear It

Leslie Pearl

1,666

Love In Store

Fleetwood Mac

1,665

Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)

Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)

Rod Stewart

1,664

Fool For Your Loving

Whitesnake

1,664

Ah! Leah!

Donnie Iris

1,663

American Heartbeat

American Heartbeat

Survivor

1,660

The Angel Song

Great White

1,660

My Girl

Suave'

1,658

So Far Away

So Far Away

Dire Straits

1,657

Russians

Sting

1,656

No More Rhyme

Debbie Gibson

1,654

(How To Be A) Millionaire

ABC

1,652

Fantasy

Aldo Nova

1,651

Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

1,651

Fool In The Rain

Led Zeppelin

1,650

Calling America

Electric Light Orchestra

1,649

When All Is Said And Done

When All Is Said And Done

ABBA

1,648

Radio Ga-Ga

Queen

1,648

Everybody Wants You

Billy Squier

1,645

Turn Me Loose

Loverboy

1,645

Turn Up The Radio

Autograph

1,645

Why Not Me

Fred Knoblock

1,643

Another Night

Aretha Franklin

1,639

The Curly Shuffle

Jump 'n the Saddle Band

1,638

No Night So Long

Dionne Warwick

1,636

One Step Closer

Doobie Brothers, The

1,636

Send Her My Love

Journey

1,634

She's Mine

Steve Perry

1,634

Invisible

Invisible

Alison Moyet

1,633

That Ain't Love

REO Speedwagon

1,631

I Do You

Jets, The

1,630

Seven Bridges Road

Eagles

1,630

Saturday Love

Cherrelle and Alexander O'Neal

1,630

Everything In My Heart

Corey Hart

1,627

Without You (Not Another Lonely Night)

Franke & The Knockouts

1,627

Souls

Rick Springfield

1,626

Seventeen

Winger

1,626

Soul Kiss

Olivia Newton-John

1,625

How Do I Survive

Amy Holland

1,621

Twist And Shout

the Beatles

1,621

Daddy's Home

Cliff Richard

1,620

The Honeythief

Hipsway

1,616

Little Too Late

Little Too Late

Pat Benatar

1,616

Back Where You Belong

38 Special

1,614

Freedom Overspill

Steve Winwood

1,613

Be My Lady

Jefferson Starship

1,611

Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)

A Flock of Seagulls

1,610

Say You'll Be Mine

Christopher Cross

1,607

Down Boys

Warrant

1,606

I Do (Live Version)

J. Geils Band

1,605

Sequel

Harry Chapin

1,604

Let's Go Dancin' (Ooh La, La, La)

Kool & The Gang

1,603

The Beatles' Movie Medley

the Beatles

1,600

Mornin'

Al Jarreau

1,599

Torture

The Jacksons

1,597

Dreams

Van Halen

1,597

Come On, Let's Go

Los Lobos

1,595

The Woman In Me

The Woman In Me

Donna Summer

1,592

Who's That Girl?

Eurythmics

1,591

That Was Then, This Is Now

the Monkees

1,589

Eat It

Eat It

"Weird Al" Yankovic

1,588

Suzanne

Journey

1,587

Train In Vain (Stand By Me)

Clash, The

1,584

Rock Of Life

Rick Springfield

1,584

Say You're Wrong

Julian Lennon

1,583

Se La

Lionel Richie

1,583

Sweet Sixteen

Billy Idol

1,583

Still In Saigon

Charlie Daniels Band

1,583

Still Right Here In My Heart

Pure Prairie League

1,580

Shame

Motels, The

1,579

I Am By Your Side

Corey Hart

1,577

After The Fall

Journey

1,575

Sunshine

Dino

1,573

Welcome To Heartlight

Kenny Loggins

1,571

Rough Boy

ZZ Top

1,571

Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through

Jim Steinman

1,570

Find A Way

Amy Grant

1,567

I.G.Y. (What A Beautiful World)

Donald Fagen

1,567

That Old Song

Ray Parker Jr.

1,566

Kiss The Bride

Elton John

1,565

Money$ Too Tight (To Mention)

Simply Red

1,564

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.