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.
#101–#200 of 4,124 · 1980s
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#101
I Want To Know What Love Is
Foreigner
1985#121wk
4,307
#102
Dancing In The Dark
Bruce Springsteen
1984#221wk
4,304
#103
I Feel For You
Chaka Khan
1984#326wk
4,295
#104
Wind Beneath My Wings
Bette Midler
1989#129wk
4,292
#105
Crazy For You
Madonna
1985#121wk
4,290
#106
Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)
Billy Ocean
1984#126wk
4,290
#107
Faith
George Michael
1987#121wk
4,276
#108
Like A Virgin
Madonna
1984#119wk
4,276
#109
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
Wham!
1984#124wk
4,275
#110
Into The Night
Benny Mardones
1980#1137wk
4,271
#111
Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me Girl (Medley)
the Spinners
1980#225wk
4,268
#112
Hands To Heaven
Breathe
1988#229wk
4,266
#113
Broken Wings
Mr. Mister
1985#122wk
4,262
#114
Little Jeannie
Elton John
1980#321wk
4,259
#115
Open Arms
Journey
1982#218wk
4,240
#116
Here I Go Again
Whitesnake
1987#128wk
4,237
#117
My Prerogative
Bobby Brown
1989#124wk
4,224
#118
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
Starship
1987#122wk
4,220
#119
Say It Isn't So
Hall & Oates
1983#218wk
4,218
#120
Tainted Love
Soft Cell
1982#843wk
4,211
#121
On My Own
Patti LaBelle
1986#123wk
4,186
#122
Everytime You Go Away
Paul Young
1985#123wk
4,183
#123
How Will I Know
Whitney Houston
1986#124wk
4,183
#124
Eye In The Sky
The Alan Parsons Project, The
1982#325wk
4,181
#125
Somebody's Watching Me
Rockwell
1984#222wk
4,169
#126
We Built This City
Knee Deep in the Hoopla
1985#124wk
4,169
#127
Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Tears for Fears
1985#124wk
4,153
#128
867-5309/Jenny
Tommy Tutone
1982#427wk
4,152
#129
Cherish
Kool & The Gang
1985#225wk
4,149
#130
Party All The Time
Eddie Murphy
1985#222wk
4,148
#131
Sweet Child O' Mine
Guns N' Roses
1988#124wk
4,130
#132
The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)
Juice Newton
1982#724wk
4,111
#133
Kokomo
Beach Boys, The
1988#128wk
4,111
#134
I'll Always Love You
Taylor Dayne
1988#330wk
4,109
#135
Alone
Heart
1987#121wk
4,108
#136
Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Poison
1988#121wk
4,107
#137
Uptown Girl
Billy Joel
1983#322wk
4,105
#138
Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Cyndi Lauper
1984#225wk
4,104
#139
Let's Hear It For The Boy
Deniece Williams
1984#119wk
4,103
#140
Cruisin'
Smokey Robinson
1980#425wk
4,103
#141
The Rose
Bette Midler
1980#325wk
4,097
#142
Thriller
Michael Jackson
1984#426wk
4,096
#143
Up Where We Belong
Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
1982#123wk
4,096
#144
C'est La Vie
Robbie Nevil
1987#223wk
4,087
#145
Hungry Like The Wolf
Duran Duran
1983#323wk
4,086
#146
Let's Groove
Earth, Wind & Fire
1981#324wk
4,085
#147
Time After Time
Cyndi Lauper
1984#120wk
4,084
#148
Let The Music Play
Shannon
1984#833wk
4,078
#149
Cold Hearted
Paula Abdul
1989#121wk
4,075
#150
Money For Nothing
Dire Straits
1985#122wk
4,075
#151
Never Gonna Give You Up
Rick Astley
1988#124wk
4,074
#152
Easy Lover
Phil Collins & Philip Bailey
1985#223wk
4,063
#153
Steppin' Out
Joe Jackson
1982#627wk
4,052
#154
Love Shack
The B-52's
1989#327wk
4,047
#155
We Got The Beat
the Go-Go's
1982#219wk
4,044
#156
Break My Stride
Greg Prestopino,;Matthew Wilder
1984#529wk
4,038
#157
Yes, I'm Ready
Teri Desario
1980#223wk
4,036
#158
The Way It Is
Bruce Hornsby & The Range
1986#122wk
4,036
#159
Power Of Love
Huey Lewis & the News
1985#119wk
4,033
#160
Livin' On A Prayer
Bon Jovi
1987#122wk
4,032
#161
Girl You Know It's True
Milli Vanilli
1989#226wk
4,029
#162
The Reflex
Duran Duran
1984#121wk
4,028
#163
Wishing Well
Terence Trent D'Arby
1988#125wk
4,026
#164
Shake You Down
Gregory Abbott
1987#122wk
4,021
#165
Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley
Will to Power
1988#124wk
4,021
#166
Take On Me
a-ha
1985#127wk
4,016
#167
Every Woman In The World
Air Supply
1981#522wk
4,012
#168
Rapture
Blondie
1981#120wk
4,001
#169
Sukiyaki
Taste Of Honey, A
1981#324wk
4,000
#170
She Works Hard For The Money
Donna Summer
1983#321wk
3,996
#171
Master Blaster (Jammin')
Stevie Wonder
1980#523wk
3,993
#172
The Flame
Cheap Trick
1988#127wk
3,990
#173
Anything For You
Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
1988#123wk
3,988
#174
Never Gonna Let You Go
Sérgio Mendes
1983#423wk
3,983
#175
Stars on 45 Medley
Stars On 45
1981#121wk
3,977
#176
Part-Time Lover
Stevie Wonder
1985#121wk
3,976
#177
Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
1981#321wk
3,972
#178
Truly
Lionel Richie
1982#118wk
3,969
#179
What About Me
Moving Pictures
1983#2943wk
3,959
#180
Burning Heart
Survivor
1986#222wk
3,957
#181
Urgent
Foreigner
1981#423wk
3,956
#182
The Girl Is Mine
Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney
1983#218wk
3,946
#183
La Bamba
Los Lobos
1987#121wk
3,944
#184
So Emotional
Whitney Houston
1988#119wk
3,941
#185
Sexual Healing
Marvin Gaye
1983#321wk
3,940
#186
Kiss
Prince
1986#120wk
3,938
#187
Only In My Dreams
Debbie Gibson
1987#428wk
3,936
#188
Blame It On The Rain
Milli Vanilli
1989#123wk
3,936
#189
Don't Dream It's Over
Crowded House
1987#224wk
3,935
#190
Talking In Your Sleep
The Romantics
1984#326wk
3,931
#191
We Didn't Start The Fire
Billy Joel
1989#119wk
3,929
#192
He's So Shy
The Pointer Sisters
1980#326wk
3,929
#193
Addicted To Love
Robert Palmer
1986#122wk
3,926
#194
Greatest Love Of All
Whitney Houston
1986#120wk
3,924
#195
A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)
Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio
1981#427wk
3,920
#196
Can't Fight This Feeling
REO Speedwagon
1985#118wk
3,919
#197
Little Red Corvette
Prince
1983#624wk
3,918
#198
Shake It Up
the Cars
1982#422wk
3,917
#199
Waiting For A Star To Fall
Boy Meets Girl
1988#525wk
3,912
#200
When I'm With You
Sheriff
1989#128wk
3,910
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.