The greatest songs in Billboard Hot 100 history, ranked by TRAX score — a composite of peak position, weeks charted, and milestone bonuses.
#801–#900 of 4,124 · 1980s
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California Girls
David Lee Roth
2,677
Two Occasions
Deele, The
2,677
Breakdance
Irene Cara
2,677
I'll Tumble 4 Ya
Culture Club
2,677

Adult Education
Hall & Oates
2,676
I Don't Want To Live Without You
Foreigner
2,670
Desert Moon
Dennis DeYoung
2,662
Walk This Way
Run-DMC & Aerosmith
2,661
It's A Mistake
Men at Work
2,660
We're In This Love Together
Al Jarreau
2,657
I'll Be Over You
Toto
2,657
Church Of The Poison Mind
Culture Club
2,656
Delirious
Prince
2,654
Human Nature
Michael Jackson
2,654
Cool Change
Little River Band
2,654
Take It Away
Paul McCartney
2,653
Cover Girl
New Kids on the Block
2,653
Caught Up In You
38 Special
2,653
Hard To Say
Dan Fogelberg
2,649
Solid
Ashford & Simpson
2,646
Nothin' But A Good Time
Poison
2,642
Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)
The Pretenders
2,641
Same Old Lang Syne
Dan Fogelberg
2,637
It's No Crime
Babyface
2,637
One Moment In Time
Whitney Houston
2,637
Lay Your Hands On Me
Bon Jovi
2,632
Dreamin'
Vanessa Williams
2,631
Family Man
Hall & Oates
2,629
Nobody's Fool
Kenny Loggins
2,627
Spies Like Us
Paul McCartney
2,626
Tell It Like It Is
Heart
2,625

Somebody's Knockin'
Terri Gibbs
2,622
Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
2,622
Poison
Alice Cooper
2,620
Don't Get Me Wrong
The Pretenders
2,618
Brilliant Disguise
Bruce Springsteen
2,616
Roni
Bobby Brown
2,616
Pump Up The Volume
M/A/R/R/S
2,612
Fresh
Kool & The Gang
2,610
I Can't Stand It
Eric Clapton
2,609
What I Am
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
2,608
On The Dark Side
John Cafferty
2,606
Prove Your Love
Taylor Dayne
2,603
Don't You Know What The Night Can Do?
Steve Winwood
2,599
In My Dreams
REO Speedwagon
2,596
She's A Beauty
Tubes, The
2,593
They Don't Know
Tracey Ullman
2,591
Did It In A Minute
Daryl Hall & John Oates
2,590
How Do I Make You
Linda Ronstadt
2,589
Dress You Up
Madonna
2,589
Love Will Conquer All
Lionel Richie
2,583
Sara
Fleetwood Mac
2,581
Just Got Paid
Johnny Kemp
2,579
The End Of The Innocence
Don Henley
2,578
Cool Night
Paul Davis
2,576
Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)
Cinderella Erasure
2,572
I Live For Your Love
Natalie Cole
2,572
Promises, Promises
Naked Eyes
2,569
Ballerina Girl
Lionel Richie
2,568
What Are We Doin' In Love
Dottie West
2,565
When I Looked At Him
Exposé
2,565
Ain't Even Done With The Night
John Cougar
2,564
Forever Young
Rod Stewart
2,564
When She Was My Girl
Four Tops
2,562
The Other Guy
Little River Band
2,562
This Little Girl
Gary U.S. Bonds
2,560
All She Wants To Do Is Dance
Don Henley
2,560
Dreamtime
Daryl Hall
2,559
Do What You Do
Jermaine Jackson
2,556
Walking Away
Information Society
2,555
Paradise City
Guns N' Roses
2,553
A Little In Love
Cliff Richard
2,551
Love You Down
Ready For The World
2,549
Just Once
Quincy Jones
2,549
Lovin' Every Minute Of It
Loverboy
2,549
You May Be Right
Billy Joel
2,548
That's What Love Is All About
Michael Bolton
2,547
Jungle Love
Time, The
2,543
She Wants To Dance With Me
Rick Astley
2,542

The Long Run
Eagles
2,540
Just Like Paradise
David Lee Roth
2,538
Heat Of The Night
Bryan Adams
2,536
Straight From The Heart
Bryan Adams
2,533
Love In An Elevator
Aerosmith
2,532
How Am I Supposed To Live Without You
Laura Branigan
2,531
Tender Love
Force M.D.'s
2,530
Super Freak (Part I)
Rick James
2,529
Victory
Kool & The Gang
2,527
Burning Down The House
Talking Heads
2,524

Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
2,519
Cross My Broken Heart
Jets, The
2,518
Don't Let Go
Isaac Hayes
2,518
King For A Day
Thompson Twins
2,517
A Different Corner
George Michael
2,517
Don't Shut Me Out
Kevin Paige
2,511
Crumblin' Down
John Cougar Mellencamp
2,507
The One I Love
R.E.M.
2,506
Games People Play
The Alan Parsons Project
2,504
Let's Go!
Wang Chung
2,503
Doing It All For My Baby
Huey Lewis & the News
2,500
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.