The greatest songs in Billboard Hot 100 history, ranked by TRAX score — a composite of peak position, weeks charted, and milestone bonuses.
#2,401–#2,500 of 4,124 · 1980s
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A Night To Remember
Shalamar
698
Love Of A Lifetime
Chaka Khan
698
One To One
Carole King
697
New Year's Day
U2
697
Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
697
Living Eyes
Bee Gees
696
Peter Gunn
Art Of Noise, The
695
Secret
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
695
Lover's Lane
Georgio
695
Could I Be Dreaming
The Pointer Sisters
695
Can't We Try
Teddy Pendergrass
694
My Kinda Lover
Billy Squier
693
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Willie Nelson
692
If It Ain't One Thing... It's Another
Richard "Dimples" Fields
692
A Little Love
Juice Newton
691
The Night
The Animals
691
Joy And Pain
Rob Base & D.J. E-Z Rock
691
Walk Like A Man
Mary Jane Girls
691
Don Quichotte
Magazine 60
691
Brass Monkey
Beastie Boys
690
Planet Rock
Afrika Bambaataa
690
Betcha She Don't Love You
Evelyn King
689
Full Moon Fire
Walter Egan
689
Hangin' On A String (Contemplating)
Loose Ends
688
My Prayer
Ray, Goodman And Brown
688
Me (Without You)
Andy Gibb
687
Private Number
Jets, The
685
Everything Must Change
Paul Young
685
Let Me Love You Once
Greg Lake
684

Just Another Day In Paradise
Bertie Higgins
682
Your Love Is King
Sade
682
Wild And Crazy Love
Mary Jane Girls
682
Ready Or Not
Lou Gramm
682
The Best Man In The World
Ann Wilson
681
I Got The Feelin' (It's Over)
Gregory Abbott
681
Inside Love (So Personal)
George Benson
680
Workin' For A Livin'
Huey Lewis and the News
680
Circle
Edie Brickell
680
With You All The Way
New Edition
679
She Don't Know Me
Bon Jovi
679
Illegal Alien
Genesis
679
Baby Come Back
Billy Rankin
678
You Don't Know Me
Mickey Gilley
678
Lonely Together
Barry Manilow
678
Play The Game
Queen
678
Everything Works If You Let It
Cheap Trick
677
Love All The Hurt Away
Aretha Franklin
677
Closer Than Friends
Surface
676
Beat Patrol
Starship
675
People Get Ready
Jeff Beck
674
Don't Ask Me Why
Eurythmics
674

If Your Heart Isn't In It
Atlantic Starr
673
Oh Yeah
Yello
673

Don't Push It Don't Force It
Leon Haywood
672
You Take Me Up
Thompson Twins
672
We've Only Just Begun (The Romance Is Not Over)
Glenn Jones
671
Fantasy Girl
38 Special
670
Catch My Fall
Billy Idol
670
Could It Be Love
Jennifer Warnes
669
Do It Again
the Kinks
669
It Didn't Take Long
Spider
669
Doctorin' The Tardis
Timelords, The
669
The Big Crash
Eddie Money
668
Living On Video
Trans-X
668
Hot In The City (1988 Remix)
Billy Idol
667
Call Me
Dennis DeYoung
666
I Am Love
Jennifer Holliday
666
But You Know I Love You
Dolly Parton
666
Love And Pride
King
665
Heartache Away
Don Johnson
665
Hurts To Be In Love
Gino Vannelli
664
I'll Be Good
Rene and Angela
664
Stop This Game
Cheap Trick
664
Games Without Frontiers
Peter Gabriel
663
You Look Marvelous
Billy Crystal
662
The Right Stuff
Vanessa Williams
662
Love In The First Degree
Bananarama
660
The Oak Tree
Morris Day
659
Jody
Jermaine Stewart
659
It's Money That Matters
Randy Newman
659
Haven't You Heard
Patrice Rushen
658
Let Me Talk
Earth, Wind and Fire
658

I Don't Want To Talk About It
Rod Stewart
657
Boom! There She Was
Scritti Politti
657
Give Me The Reason
Luther Vandross
657
Stranger
Jefferson Starship
656
What The Big Girls Do
Van Stephenson
655
Hollywood
Shooting Star
654
Games
Phoebe Snow
653
I.O.U.
Lee Greenwood
653
Autograph
John Denver
653
Another Sleepless Night
Anne Murray
652
Magic Power
Triumph
652
Keeping Our Love Alive
Henry Paul Band
652
Still In The Game
Steve Winwood
652
Women
Foreigner
651
Somethin' Bout You Baby I Like
Glen Campbell
650
Wet My Whistle
Midnight Star
649
Shattered Glass
Laura Branigan
649
Wrap It Up
Fabulous Thunderbirds, The
649
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.