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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.

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PeakAll#1 OnlyTop 10Top 40

#101–#200 of 958 · 1980s · Top 10

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#101

I Want To Know What Love Is

Foreigner

1985#121wk

4,307

#102
Dancing In The Dark

Dancing In The Dark

Bruce Springsteen

1984#221wk

4,304

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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.

#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

Like A Virgin

Madonna

1984#119wk

4,276

#108
Faith

Faith

George Michael

1987#121wk

4,276

#109

Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

Wham!

1984#124wk

4,275

#110

Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me Girl (Medley)

the Spinners

1980#225wk

4,268

#111

Hands To Heaven

Breathe

1988#229wk

4,266

#112

Broken Wings

Mr. Mister

1985#122wk

4,262

#113

Little Jeannie

Elton John

1980#321wk

4,259

#114

Open Arms

Journey

1982#218wk

4,240

#115

Here I Go Again

Whitesnake

1987#128wk

4,237

#116

My Prerogative

Bobby Brown

1989#124wk

4,224

#117

Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

Starship

1987#122wk

4,220

#118

Say It Isn't So

Hall & Oates

1983#218wk

4,218

#119
Tainted Love

Tainted Love

Soft Cell

1982#843wk

4,211

#120

On My Own

Patti LaBelle

1986#123wk

4,186

#121
How Will I Know

How Will I Know

Whitney Houston

1986#124wk

4,183

#122

Everytime You Go Away

Paul Young

1985#123wk

4,183

#123

Eye In The Sky

The Alan Parsons Project, The

1982#325wk

4,181

#124
Somebody's Watching Me

Somebody's Watching Me

Rockwell

1984#222wk

4,169

#125
We Built This City

We Built This City

Knee Deep in the Hoopla

1985#124wk

4,169

#126

Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Tears for Fears

1985#124wk

4,153

#127

867-5309/Jenny

Tommy Tutone

1982#427wk

4,152

#128

Cherish

Kool & The Gang

1985#225wk

4,149

#129

Party All The Time

Eddie Murphy

1985#222wk

4,148

#130

Sweet Child O' Mine

Guns N' Roses

1988#124wk

4,130

#131
Kokomo

Kokomo

Beach Boys, The

1988#128wk

4,111

#132

The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)

Juice Newton

1982#724wk

4,111

#133

I'll Always Love You

Taylor Dayne

1988#330wk

4,109

#134

Alone

Heart

1987#121wk

4,108

#135

Every Rose Has Its Thorn

Poison

1988#121wk

4,107

#136

Uptown Girl

Billy Joel

1983#322wk

4,105

#137

Girls Just Want To Have Fun

Cyndi Lauper

1984#225wk

4,104

#138

Let's Hear It For The Boy

Deniece Williams

1984#119wk

4,103

#139

Cruisin'

Smokey Robinson

1980#425wk

4,103

#140

The Rose

Bette Midler

1980#325wk

4,097

#141
Thriller

Thriller

Michael Jackson

1984#426wk

4,096

#142

Up Where We Belong

Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes

1982#123wk

4,096

#143

C'est La Vie

Robbie Nevil

1987#223wk

4,087

#144

Hungry Like The Wolf

Duran Duran

1983#323wk

4,086

#145

Let's Groove

Earth, Wind & Fire

1981#324wk

4,085

#146

Time After Time

Cyndi Lauper

1984#120wk

4,084

#147

Let The Music Play

Shannon

1984#833wk

4,078

#148
Money For Nothing

Money For Nothing

Dire Straits

1985#122wk

4,075

#149
Cold Hearted

Cold Hearted

Paula Abdul

1989#121wk

4,075

#150

Never Gonna Give You Up

Rick Astley

1988#124wk

4,074

#151

Easy Lover

Phil Collins & Philip Bailey

1985#223wk

4,063

#152

Steppin' Out

Joe Jackson

1982#627wk

4,052

#153

Love Shack

The B-52's

1989#327wk

4,047

#154
We Got The Beat

We Got The Beat

the Go-Go's

1982#219wk

4,044

#155

Break My Stride

Greg Prestopino,;Matthew Wilder

1984#529wk

4,038

#156

Yes, I'm Ready

Teri Desario

1980#223wk

4,036

#157

The Way It Is

Bruce Hornsby & The Range

1986#122wk

4,036

#158

Power Of Love

Huey Lewis & the News

1985#119wk

4,033

#159

Livin' On A Prayer

Bon Jovi

1987#122wk

4,032

#160

Girl You Know It's True

Milli Vanilli

1989#226wk

4,029

#161

The Reflex

Duran Duran

1984#121wk

4,028

#162

Wishing Well

Terence Trent D'Arby

1988#125wk

4,026

#163

Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley

Will to Power

1988#124wk

4,021

#164

Shake You Down

Gregory Abbott

1987#122wk

4,021

#165
Take On Me

Take On Me

a-ha

1985#127wk

4,016

#166

Every Woman In The World

Air Supply

1981#522wk

4,012

#167

Rapture

Blondie

1981#120wk

4,001

#168

Sukiyaki

Taste Of Honey, A

1981#324wk

4,000

#169

She Works Hard For The Money

Donna Summer

1983#321wk

3,996

#170

Master Blaster (Jammin')

Stevie Wonder

1980#523wk

3,993

#171

The Flame

Cheap Trick

1988#127wk

3,990

#172

Anything For You

Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

1988#123wk

3,988

#173

Never Gonna Let You Go

Sérgio Mendes

1983#423wk

3,983

#174

Stars on 45 Medley

Stars On 45

1981#121wk

3,977

#175

Part-Time Lover

Stevie Wonder

1985#121wk

3,976

#176
Stop Draggin' My Heart Around

Stop Draggin' My Heart Around

Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

1981#321wk

3,972

#177

Truly

Lionel Richie

1982#118wk

3,969

#178

Burning Heart

Survivor

1986#222wk

3,957

#179

Urgent

Foreigner

1981#423wk

3,956

#180

The Girl Is Mine

Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney

1983#218wk

3,946

#181

La Bamba

Los Lobos

1987#121wk

3,944

#182
So Emotional

So Emotional

Whitney Houston

1988#119wk

3,941

#183

Sexual Healing

Marvin Gaye

1983#321wk

3,940

#184

Kiss

Prince

1986#120wk

3,938

#185
Blame It On The Rain

Blame It On The Rain

Milli Vanilli

1989#123wk

3,936

#186

Only In My Dreams

Debbie Gibson

1987#428wk

3,936

#187

Don't Dream It's Over

Crowded House

1987#224wk

3,935

#188

Talking In Your Sleep

The Romantics

1984#326wk

3,931

#189

He's So Shy

The Pointer Sisters

1980#326wk

3,929

#190

We Didn't Start The Fire

Billy Joel

1989#119wk

3,929

#191

Addicted To Love

Robert Palmer

1986#122wk

3,926

#192
Greatest Love Of All

Greatest Love Of All

Whitney Houston

1986#120wk

3,924

#193

A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)

Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio

1981#427wk

3,920

#194

Can't Fight This Feeling

REO Speedwagon

1985#118wk

3,919

#195

Little Red Corvette

Prince

1983#624wk

3,918

#196

Shake It Up

the Cars

1982#422wk

3,917

#197

Waiting For A Star To Fall

Boy Meets Girl

1988#525wk

3,912

#198

When I'm With You

Sheriff

1989#128wk

3,910

#199

Miss You Much

Janet Jackson

1989#120wk

3,905

#200

Come On Eileen

Dexys Midnight Runners

1983#123wk

3,905