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.
#1,601–#1,700 of 4,124 · 1980s
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#1601
The Right Thing
Simply Red
1987#2715wk
1,563
#1602
Domino Dancing
Pet Shop Boys
1988#1814wk
1,563
#1603
What You See Is What You Get
Brenda K. Starr
1988#2413wk
1,560
#1604
Runnin' Down A Dream
Tom Petty
1989#2314wk
1,559
#1605
Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stones)
John Denver
1981#3620wk
1,558
#1606
Make Love Stay
Dan Fogelberg
1983#2916wk
1,556
#1607
The Waiting
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
1981#1913wk
1,554
#1608
Til My Baby Comes Home
Luther Vandross
1985#2916wk
1,553
#1609
And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going
Jennifer Holliday
1982#2214wk
1,550
#1610
Find Another Fool
Quarterflash
1982#1613wk
1,549
#1611
We Connect
Stacey Q
1987#3519wk
1,549
#1612
Wonderland
Commodores
1980#2515wk
1,548
#1613
Secret Separation
Fixx, The
1986#1914wk
1,548
#1614
I'll Still Be Loving You
Restless Heart
1987#3318wk
1,545
#1615
I'm So Excited
The Pointer Sisters
1982#3016wk
1,544
#1616
Stranger In Town
Toto
1984#3015wk
1,544
#1617
Sayin' Sorry (Don't Make It Right)
Denise Lopez
1988#3117wk
1,543
#1618
In Your Letter
REO Speedwagon
1981#2013wk
1,542
#1619
Sex As A Weapon
Pat Benatar
1986#2813wk
1,541
#1620
The War Song
Culture Club
1984#1713wk
1,540
#1621
New Song
Howard Jones
1984#2715wk
1,540
#1622
My Guy
Sister Sledge
1982#2315wk
1,536
#1623
I Can't Drive 55
Sammy Hagar
1984#2616wk
1,536
#1624
Earth Angel
New Edition
1986#2114wk
1,535
#1625
Love You Like I Never Loved Before
John O'Banion
1981#2413wk
1,534
#1626
Lies
Thompson Twins
1983#3016wk
1,534
#1627
Veronica
Elvis Costello
1989#1914wk
1,532
#1628
Don't You Get So Mad
Jeffrey Osborne
1983#2514wk
1,530
#1629
Pop Singer
John Mellencamp
1989#1512wk
1,530
#1630
Stages
ZZ Top
1986#2112wk
1,525
#1631
Fake
Alexander O'Neal
1987#2515wk
1,525
#1632
White Horse
Laid Back
1984#2618wk
1,524
#1633
Any Way You Want It
Journey
1980#2315wk
1,520
#1634
Since I Don't Have You
Don Mclean
1981#2314wk
1,520
#1635
General Hospi-Tale
The Afternoon Delights
1981#3316wk
1,520
#1636
Think About Me
Fleetwood Mac
1980#2013wk
1,519
#1637
Whirly Girl
oxo
1983#2814wk
1,516
#1638
Live Is Life
Opus
1986#3216wk
1,514
#1639
Radioactive
Firm, The
1985#2815wk
1,514
#1640
Four In The Morning (I Can't Take Any More)
Night Ranger
1985#1913wk
1,512
#1641
Smoking Gun
Robert Cray Band, The
1987#2214wk
1,511
#1642
Day-In Day-Out
David Bowie
1987#2112wk
1,510
#1643
Why Can't I Have You
the Cars
1985#3317wk
1,510
#1644
Do Right
Paul Davis
1980#2314wk
1,508
#1645
Not Enough Love In The World
Don Henley
1985#3417wk
1,506
#1646
He'll Never Love You (Like I Do)
Freddie Jackson
1986#2515wk
1,505
#1647
Early In The Morning
Gap Band, The
1982#2414wk
1,502
#1648
Sweet Time
REO Speedwagon
1982#2614wk
1,499
#1649
When It's Over
Loverboy
1982#2615wk
1,499
#1650
He Can't Love You
Michael Stanley Band
1981#3316wk
1,497
#1651
Abacab
Genesis
1982#2614wk
1,497
#1652
Don't Let Him Go
REO Speedwagon
1981#2414wk
1,492
#1653
Holiday
Other Ones, The
1987#2917wk
1,491
#1654
More Than Just The Two Of Us
Sneaker
1982#3415wk
1,491
#1655
Genius Of Love
Tom Tom Club
1982#3117wk
1,487
#1656
Never As Good As The First Time
Sade
1986#2012wk
1,487
#1657
This Woman
Kenny Rogers
1984#2313wk
1,484
#1658
You Dropped A Bomb On Me
Gap Band, The
1982#3113wk
1,483
#1659
The Sign Of Fire
Fixx, The
1984#3213wk
1,483
#1660
Nobody Wins
Elton John
1981#2113wk
1,482
#1661
Never Knew Love Like This
Alexander O'Neal
1988#2814wk
1,482
#1662
Facts Of Love
Jeff Lorber
1987#2716wk
1,479
#1663
We Live For Love
Pat Benatar
1980#2714wk
1,475
#1664
When He Shines
Sheena Easton
1982#3015wk
1,474
#1665
Athena
The Who
1982#2814wk
1,472
#1666
Through The Storm
Aretha Franklin
1989#1611wk
1,471
#1667
Getcha Back
Beach Boys, The
1985#2612wk
1,471
#1668
It's A Love Thing
Whispers, The
1981#2815wk
1,471
#1669
Stronger Than Before
Carole Bayer Sager
1981#3013wk
1,471
#1670
Since You've Been Gone
Outfield, The
1987#3115wk
1,471
#1671
Midnight Rocks
Al Stewart
1980#2413wk
1,470
#1672
A Word In Spanish
Elton John
1988#1913wk
1,467
#1673
Change Of Heart
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
1983#2111wk
1,466
#1674
Dreamin' Is Easy
Steel Breeze
1983#3013wk
1,465
#1675
It's My Life
Talk Talk
1984#3114wk
1,465
#1676
Voices Of Babylon
Outfield, The
1989#2514wk
1,465
#1677
Fishnet
Morris Day
1988#2313wk
1,464
#1678
Break It Up
Foreigner
1982#2613wk
1,463
#1679
Girls Can Get It
Dr. Hook
1980#3414wk
1,462
#1680
Under The Milky Way
the Church
1988#2415wk
1,460
#1681
Nobody Said It Was Easy (Lookin' For The Lights)
Le Roux
1982#1813wk
1,459
#1682
Lies (Edited Version)
Jonathan Butler
1987#2714wk
1,455
#1683
Love Is A Stranger
Eurythmics
1983#2313wk
1,453
#1684
Can't Help Falling In Love
Corey Hart
1987#2414wk
1,453
#1685
Heart Hotels
Dan Fogelberg
1980#2113wk
1,452
#1686
The Way You Do The Things You Do/My Girl
Daryl Hall & John Oates
1985#2011wk
1,452
#1687
Wasn't That A Party
Rovers, The
1981#3717wk
1,450
#1688
Love Plus One
Haircut One Hundred
1982#3717wk
1,449
#1689
The Belle Of St. Mark
Sheila E.
1984#3415wk
1,442
#1690
Taken In
Mike + The Mechanics
1986#3215wk
1,441
#1691
Tulsa Time
Eric Clapton
1980#3014wk
1,440
#1692
Can't Shake Loose
Agnetha Faltskog
1983#2915wk
1,440
#1693
Overjoyed
Stevie Wonder
1986#2413wk
1,437
#1694
Cryin'
Vixen
1989#2213wk
1,436
#1695
Hearts On Fire
Bryan Adams
1987#2613wk
1,436
#1696
Heartbreak Beat
Psychedelic Furs
1987#2614wk
1,436
#1697
There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)
Eurythmics
1985#2211wk
1,434
#1698
Rock And Roll Girls
John Fogerty
1985#2012wk
1,433
#1699
Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight
Starship
1986#2613wk
1,433
#1700
My Ever Changing Moods
Style Council, The
1984#2914wk
1,433
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.