The greatest songs in Billboard Hot 100 history, ranked by TRAX score — a composite of peak position, weeks charted, and milestone bonuses.
#2,201–#2,300 of 4,124 · 1980s
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Catch Me I'm Falling
Real Life
864
I Can't Help It
Bananarama
863
I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love
Rita Coolidge
863
Wild Horses
Gino Vannelli
862
Square Biz
Teena Marie
862

One-Trick Pony
Paul Simon
861
Minimum Love
Mac McAnally
861
Centerfield
John Fogerty
860
First Time Love
Livingston Taylor
860
The Last Mile
Cinderella
860
Turn And Walk Away
Babys, The
860
Midnight Blue
Louise Tucker
859
Knocked Out
Paula Abdul
856
Misfit
Curiosity Killed The Cat
856
Don't Need A Gun
Billy Idol
856
Peek-A-Boo
Siouxsie & The Banshees
856
Good Times
INXS
855
Little Fighter
White Lion
855
Love Or Let Me Be Lonely
Paul Davis
854
Hey Ladies
Beastie Boys
853
Caravan Of Love
Isley / Jasper / Isley
851

The Finest
the S.O.S. Band
850
Don't Let Him Know
Prism
850
Cars With The Boom
L'Trimm
849
In Your Soul
Corey Hart
847
Right Before Your Eyes
America
847
I Gotta Try
Michael McDonald
845
Twilight
ELO
845
These Times Are Hard For Lovers
John Waite
845
Strangelove
Depeche Mode
842
Tom Sawyer
Rush
842
Hands Tied
Scandal
839
Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent
Gwen Guthrie
838
Wouldn't It Be Good
Nik Kershaw
835
Baby Can I Hold You
Tracy Chapman
833
Girl I Am Searching For You
Stevie B
832
Licence To Chill
Billy Ocean
832
Save The Last Dance For Me
Dolly Parton
830
All Those Lies
Glenn Frey
830

Hot Hot Hot (Radio Edit)
Buster Poindexter
829

(Baby Tell Me) Can You Dance
Shanice Wilson
829
Lay It Down
Ratt
827
My Town
Michael Stanley Band
827
In God's Country
U2
826
Hold On
Kansas
824
Don't Say You Love Me
Billy Squier
821
Ebony Eyes
Rick James
819
Any Love
Luther Vandross
818
Lonely Eyes
Robert John
818
All Of Me For All Of You
9.9
817
Shaddap You Face
Joe Dolce
815

So Far So Good
Sheena Easton
812
Let The Feeling Flow
Peabo Bryson
809
Jam On It
Newcleus
808
Everyday People
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
808
After I Cry Tonight
Lanier and Co.
807
Baby Talk
Alisha
807
Needles And Pins
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
806
Shelter
Lone Justice
804
Stand By Me
Maurice White
803
Over And Over
Pajama Party
803
Too Tight
Con Funk Shun
803
Strip
Adam Ant
801
Fool That I Am
Rita Coolidge
800
Dig The Gold
Joyce Cobb
799
Looks Like Love Again
Dann Rogers
799
Cool Places
Sparks
799
Giving Up On Love
Rick Astley
799
Gotta Have More Love
Climax Blues Band
798
Love Always
El Debarge
797
After The Fire
Roger Daltrey
796
She's In Love With You
Suzi Quatro
795
Music Time
Styx
795
The Fanatic
Felony
794
There's Nothing Better Than Love
Luther Vandross
793
Only You
Commodores
793
Restless
Starpoint
790
You
Earth, Wind and Fire
790
20/20
George Benson
789
Working In The Coal Mine
Devo
788
Don't Say Goodbye (It's Time For Love) (Parts 1 and 2)
Isley Brothers, The
788
If Only You Knew
Patti LaBelle
787
Young Love
Air Supply
787
My Toot Toot
Jean Knight
786
Tears Are Falling
KISS
785
Nice Girls
Melissa Manchester
784
Fly Away
Blackfoot
782
I'm The One
Roberta Flack
782
Somebody Like You
38 Special
781
Forgive Me For Dreaming
Elisa Fiorillo
780
Summergirls
Dino
780
Pretty In Pink
The Psychedelic Furs
779
Juicy Fruit
Mtume
779
Winner Takes It All
Sammy Hagar
778
Fire Woman
Cult, The
778
Say It Again
Santana
777
(You Can Still) Rock In America
Night Ranger
777
We're Going All The Way
Jeffrey Osborne
777
Call Me
Go West
777
Used To Be
Charlene
776
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.