The greatest songs in Billboard Hot 100 history, ranked by TRAX score — a composite of peak position, weeks charted, and milestone bonuses.
#2,001–#2,100 of 4,124 · 1980s
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Hold Me
Teddy Pendergrass
1,107
If You Should Sail
Nielsen/Pearson
1,103
I Loved 'Em Every One
T.G. Sheppard
1,101
Slipping Away
Dave Edmunds
1,100
Girls With Guns
Tommy Shaw
1,100
The Bird
Time, The
1,096
Nicole
Point Blank
1,096
Queen Of The Broken Hearts
Loverboy
1,095
Put It In A Magazine
Sonny Charles
1,095
A Little Bit Of Love (Is All It Takes)
New Edition
1,094
What Am I Gonna Do (I'm So In Love With You)
Rod Stewart
1,093
I Wanna Hear It From Your Lips
Eric Carmen
1,092
Back On My Feet Again
Babys, The
1,084
No Time For Talk
Christopher Cross
1,084
I Really Don't Need No Light
Jeffrey Osborne
1,083
Talk To Myself
Christopher Williams
1,083
A Girl In Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing)
Romeo Void
1,080
Two Sides Of Love
Sammy Hagar
1,079
Farewell My Summer Love
Michael Jackson
1,078
I Knew You When
Linda Ronstadt
1,078

Memory
Barry Manilow
1,077
I Don't Want To Walk Without You
Barry Manilow
1,074
I'm In Love
Evelyn King
1,074
One In A Million
Romantics, The
1,074
Do They Know It's Christmas
Band Aid
1,073
My Mother's Eyes
Bette Midler
1,071
Oh, People
Patti LaBelle
1,068

Don't Forget To Dance
the Kinks
1,068
Tonight It's You
Cheap Trick
1,068
Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do
Huey Lewis and the News
1,065
Burning Heart
Vandenberg
1,061
Just Can't Win 'Em All
Stevie Woods
1,060
Gimme All Your Lovin
ZZ Top
1,058
Someday, Someway
Marshall Crenshaw
1,056
What A Wonderful World
Louis Armstrong
1,052
Live Every Moment
REO Speedwagon
1,051
Route 101
Herb Alpert
1,051
Voices
Cheap Trick
1,050
Wake Up (Next To You)
Graham Parker
1,049
It's No Secret
Kylie Minogue
1,048
Black Cars
Gino Vannelli
1,047
Bop
Dan Seals
1,046
The Love Parade
Dream Academy, The
1,045
Love Is Like A Rock
Donnie Iris
1,045
In The Dark
Billy Squier
1,041
Fake Friends
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
1,039
No One In The World
Anita Baker
1,035
Pop Goes The Movies Part I
Meco
1,035
We Close Our Eyes
Go West
1,035
Don't Want To Wait Anymore
Tubes, The
1,033
Friends In Love
Dionne Warwick
1,033
Love Stinks
J. Geils Band
1,032
Spice Of Life
The Manhattan Transfer
1,031
You're Driving Me Out Of My Mind
Little River Band
1,027
The Word Is Out
Jermaine Stewart
1,024
My Oh My
Slade
1,023
Touch And Go
the Cars
1,023
I Believe
Chilliwack
1,019

Two Tribes
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
1,018
Dancing In The Street
Van Halen
1,017
I Need You Tonight
Peter Wolf
1,015
Answering Machine
Rupert Holmes
1,015
Forever Young
Alphaville
1,015
Two Hearts
Stephanie Mills
1,014
Don't Look Down - The Sequel
Go West
1,013
Keep The Fire
Kenny Loggins
1,013
Carrie
Cliff Richard
1,012
Prime Time
The Alan Parsons Project
1,011
I Thank You
ZZ Top
1,009
A Lover's Holiday
Change
1,008
(What) In The Name Of Love
Naked Eyes
1,008
Give It To Me Baby
Rick James
1,007
Dreamin' (New Mix)
Will to Power
1,006
Through The Fire
Chaka Khan
1,006
I Need You
Paul Carrack
1,006
Smalltown Boy
Bronski Beat
1,005
Look Out Any Window (edit)
Bruce Hornsby
1,003
Crazay
Jesse Johnson
1,003
Invisible Hands
Kim Carnes
1,003
Circles
Atlantic Starr
999
Hypnotize Me
Wang Chung
997
Only A Lonely Heart Sees
Felix Cavaliere
996
Let It Be Me
Willie Nelson
996
And She Was
Talking Heads
993
Lucky In Love
Mick Jagger
992

Let Him Go
Animotion
991
Savannah Nights
Tom Johnston
991
Runaway
Bon Jovi
991
Tied Up
Olivia Newton-John
990
Pieces Of Ice
Diana Ross
989
Walk Away
Donna Summer
989
Communication
Power Station, The
986
Let Me Go, Love
Nicolette Larson
985
I Don't Care Anymore
Phil Collins
984
Why You Treat Me So Bad
Club Nouveau
983
I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
Bonnie Pointer
982
The Last Time I Made Love
Joyce Kennedy
980
Goodbye Is Forever
Arcadia
978

(Satorical Eloquence) Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More
Elton John
972
Show Some Respect
Tina Turner
969
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.