| Cover | | Date   | Title • Artist
Album | Points
| Charts Peaks | Comment |
|---|
| 1. | 07/1960 | | 406
 | US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B 7 | adapted from the italian song "o sole mio", 1899
[RCA 47-7777]
written by Wally Gold & Aaron Schroeder |
 | 2. | 04/1960 | | 404
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B ✫1 |  [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #149]
[Warner 5151]
written by Don Everly & Phil Everly |
 | 3. | 05/1962 | | 403
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #161]
[ABC 10330]
written by Don Gibson |
 | 4. | 11/1960 | | 398
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US country 22
US R&B 3 | hit for Vaughn Deleath in 1927
written by Lou Handman & Roy Turk |
| 5. | 12/1963 | | 392
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #16]
[Capitol 5112]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney |
 | 6. | 07/1969 | | 390
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC 22 | [Calendar 1008]
written by Andy Kim & Jeff Barry |
 | 7. | 11/1968 | | 388
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #80]
[Tamla 54176]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong |
 | 8. | 09/1962 | | 384
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B 5 | [intrumental]
written by Joe Meek |
 | 9. | 06/1969 | | 381
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1 |
[RCA Victor 0174]
written by Rick Evans |
| 10. | 01/1960 | | 378
| US ✫1
UK 2
US R&B 2 |  [Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1961]
[instrumental]
[Columbia 41490]
written by James Owen & Max Steiner |
 | 11. | 09/1968 | | 378
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #8]
[Capitol 2276 (Apple)]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney |
 | 12. | 03/1967 | | 372
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1 | written by Carson Parks (as C. Carson Parks) |
 | 13. | 04/1969 | | 367
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | as The Beatles with Billy Preston
[Capitol 2490 (Apple)]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney |
 | 14. | 12/1967 | | 366
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | [Capitol 2056]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney |
 | 15. | 03/1968 | | 366
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC ✫1
US country ✫1 | [United Artists 50283]
written by Bobby Russell |
 | 16. | 10/1964 | | 366
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #324]
[Motown 1066]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr. |
 | 17. | 03/1961 | | 363
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B 3 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #466]
[Big Top 3067]
written by Del Shannon (as Charles Westover) & Max Crook |
 | 18. | 07/1969 | | 362
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #116]
[London 910]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards |
 | 19. | 03/1962 | | 361
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 |
[RCA 47-7992]
written by Aaron Schroeder & Wally Gold |
| 20. | 10/1961 | | 358
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC ✫1
US country ✫1 | [spoken]
[Columbia 42175]
written by Jimmy Dean |
 | 21. | 12/1966 | | 356
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | [Colgems 1002 A]
written by Neil Diamond |
| 22. | 03/1961 | | 355
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Colpix 186]
written by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart |
| 23. | 09/1968 | | 351
| US 2
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1 | melody based on a traditional russian folk song
[Apple 1801]
written by Boris Fomin & Gene Raskin |
| 24. | 12/1964 | | 348
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B 2 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #34]
[Philles 124]
written by Phil Spector, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil |
 | 25. | 12/1964 | | 347
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney |
 | 26. | 08/1964 | | 344
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | as Roy Orbison & The Candymen
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #222]
[Monument 851]
written by Roy Orbison & Bill Dees |
 | 27. | 06/1965 | | 344
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B 19 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #2]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards |
| 28. | 02/1968 | | 342
| US 2
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1 | [instrumental]
[RCA Victor 9223]
written by Ennio Morricone |
| 29. | 10/1962 | | 342
| US 2
UK ✫1
US R&B 5 | [RCA 47-8100]
written by Winfield Scott & Otis Blackwell |
| 30. | 07/1961 | | 342
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1 | 19th century folk song
written by traditional |
 | 31. | 09/1966 | | 341
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #206]
[Motown 1098]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr. |
 | 32. | 09/1960 | | 340
| US ✫1
UK 2
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #182]
[Atlantic 2071]
written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman |
| 33. | 07/1962 | | 340
| US 5
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1 | hit for Jimmy Dorsey in 1942
[Vee Jay 457]
written by Johnny Mercer & Victor Schertzinger |
 | 34. | 02/1969 | | 339
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | [ABC 11164]
written by Tommy Roe & Freddy Weller |
 | 35. | 01/1962 | | 339
| US ✫1
UK 2
US R&B 2 | harmonica-player is delbert mcclinton
[Smash 1731]
written by Margaret Cobb & Bruce Channel |
| 36. | 02/1961 | | 338
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | adapted from the italian song "come back to sorrento"
[RCA 47-7850]
written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman |
 | 37. | 06/1962 | | 335
| US ✫1
UK 2
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #350]
[Dimension 1000]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King |
| 38. | 12/1961 | | 335
| US 2
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #394]
charted as Rock-A-Hula Baby/Can't Help Falling in Love in UK charts
[RCA 47-7968]
written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore & George David Weiss |
| 39. | 12/1965 | | 335
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | charted as Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out in UK charts
[Capitol 5555]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney |
 | 40. | 03/1964 | | 334
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #289]
[Capitol 5150]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney |
| 41. | 05/1966 | | 333
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1 | [Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1967]
[Reprise 0470]
written by Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder & Bert Kaempfert |
 | 42. | 07/1964 | | 333
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #153]
[Capitol 5222]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney |
 | 43. | 07/1964 | | 332
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | [Ascot 2157]
written by Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich |
 | 44. | 10/1965 | | 331
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 |
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards |
| 45. | 04/1960 | | 331
| US ✫1
UK 3
US country 27
US R&B 6 | [RCA 47-7740]
written by J. Leslie McFarland & Aaron Schroeder |
 | 46. | 12/1961 | | 330
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC ✫1
US R&B 7 | with the Leon Young String Chorale
[instrumental]
[Atco 6217]
written by Mr. Acker Bilk (as Acker Bilk) & Robert Mellin |
 | 47. | 07/1967 | | 329
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #362]
[Capitol 5964]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney |
 | 48. | 01/1968 | | 327
| US ✫1
UK 3
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #28]
[recorded some days before his death]
[Volt 157]
written by Otis Redding & Steve Cropper |
| 49. | 11/1969 | | 325
| US ✫1
UK 2
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #120]
charted as I Want You Back / Who's Lovin' You in US R&B charts
[Motown 1157]
written by Berry Gordy (as part of The Corporation), Freddie Perren (as part of The Corporation), Deke Richards (as part of The Corporation) & Fonce Mizell (as part of The Corporation) |
| 50. | 06/1960 | | 325
| US 2
UK ✫1
US R&B 14 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #232]
written by Roy Orbison & Joe Melson |
| 51. | 03/1963 | | 324
| US 2
UK 2
US AC ✫1
US R&B 7 | [Columbia 42674]
written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman |
 | 52. | 06/1964 | | 323
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #122]
written by traditional |
| 53. | 01/1967 | | 323
| US 4
UK ✫1
US AC 28 | [Parrot 40011]
written by Eddie Miller & Dub Wilson |
 | 54. | 07/1965 | | 323
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B 19 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #444]
[Atco 6359]
written by Sonny Bono |
 | 55. | 10/1969 | | 323
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC ✫1 | written by John Denver |
| 56. | 03/1968 | | 323
| US 2
UK ✫1
US AC 34 | as The Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett
[Columbia 44450]
written by Jerry Fuller |
 | 57. | 07/1965 | | 322
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #29]
[Capitol 5476]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney |
 | 58. | 08/1962 | | 322
| US 5
UK ✫1
US AC 2
US R&B 13 | [RCA 47-8041]
written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller & Doc Pomus |
| 59. | 04/1960 | | 319
| US 3
UK ✫1
US R&B 8 | [Cub 9067]
written by Fred Tobias & Clint Ballard Jr. |
| 60. | 05/1968 | | 319
| US ✫1
UK 3
US AC ✫1 | as Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
[A&M 929]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David |
| 61. | 07/1962 | | 318
| US ✫1
UK 3
US R&B 6 | [ABC 10329]
written by Tommy Roe |
 | 62. | 09/1969 | | 317
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC 4 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #91]
[RCA 47-9764]
written by Mark James |
 | 63. | 05/1967 | | 316
| US 5
UK ✫1
US R&B 22 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #57]
melody based on the Bach cantata Sleepers Awake
[Deram 7507]
written by Gary Brooker, Keith Reid & Matthew Fisher |
 | 64. | 07/1964 | | 316
| US ✫1
UK 3
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #472]
[Motown 1060]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr. |
 | 65. | 03/1964 | | 315
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | [Capitol 5175]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney |
 | 66. | 08/1961 | | 312
| US 4
UK ✫1
US AC 2 | charted as His Latest Flame / Little Sister in UK charts
[RCA Victor 47-7908]
written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman |
| 67. | 04/1965 | | 310
| US 3
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1 | [recorded in 1960]
[RCA 447-0643]
written by Artie Glenn |
| 68. | 01/1965 | | 310
| US 4
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1
US country ✫1 | [Smash 1965]
written by Roger Miller |
| 69. | 08/1960 | | 309
| US ✫1
UK 3
US R&B 11 | [MGM 12923]
written by Jack Keller & Howard Greenfield |
 | 70. | 01/1966 | | 308
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | [Reprise 0432]
written by Lee Hazlewood |
| 71. | 05/1966 | | 308
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #174]
[London 901]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards |
 | 72. | 06/1964 | | 307
| US ✫1
UK 2 | [Philips 40211]
written by Bob Gaudio & Bob Crewe |
| 73. | 05/1960 | | 307
| US ✫1
UK 5
US country 24
US R&B 2 | [MGM 12899]
written by Jack Keller & Howard Greenfield |
| 74. | 05/1967 | | 307
| US 4
UK ✫1 |
[Ode 103]
written by John Phillips |
| 75. | 10/1960 | | 307
| US 2
UK ✫1
US R&B 27 | [Cadence 1384]
written by Phil Kaufman & Mike Anthony |
 | 76. | 06/1963 | | 306
| US 3
UK ✫1
US R&B 9 | [RCA 47-8188]
written by Bill Giant, Bernie Baum & Florence Kaye |
| 77. | 02/1964 | | 306
| US ✫1
UK 4
US AC ✫1 | as Louis Armstrong & The All Stars
[Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1965]
[Kapp 573]
written by Jerry Herman |
 | 78. | 05/1963 | | 306
| US ✫1
UK 6
US AC ✫1
US R&B 18 | japanese title is "ue o muite aruko"
[Capitol 4945]
written by Rokusuke Ei, Hachidai Nakamura, Abraham Quintanilla Jr. & Pete Astudillo |
 | 79. | 04/1965 | | 306
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #384]
[Capitol 5407]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney |
 | 80. | 06/1966 | | 305
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 |
[Capitol 5651]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney |
 | 81. | 05/1965 | | 305
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #79]
[Columbia 43271]
written by Bob Dylan |
| 82. | 03/1969 | | 304
| US ✫1
UK 11
US AC ✫1
US R&B 6 | [Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1970]
[Soul City 772]
written by Galt MacDermot, James Rado & Gerome Ragni |
 | 83. | 10/1966 | | 304
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #6]
[Capitol 5676]
written by Brian Wilson & Mike Love |
 | 84. | 04/1968 | | 304
| US ✫1
UK 4
US AC 4 | [Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1969]
[Columbia 44511]
written by Paul Simon |
 | 85. | 04/1961 | | 304
| US ✫1
UK 2 | charted as Hello Mary Lou / Travellin' Man in UK charts
[Imperial 5741]
written by Jerry Fuller |
| 86. | 03/1964 | | 303
| US 2
UK 2
US R&B 2 | written by Morris Levy & Johnny Roberts |
 | 87. | 11/1960 | | 303
| US ✫1
UK 4
US R&B 2 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #125]
originally released as "Tomorrow"
[Scepter 1211]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King |
 | 88. | 11/1964 | | 303
| US ✫1
UK 2 |
[Warner 5494]
written by Tony Hatch |
 | 89. | 04/1968 | | 302
| US 3
UK ✫1 | written by Tommy James, Bo Gentry, Richie Cordell & Bobby Bloom |
| 90. | 11/1967 | | 302
| US ✫1
UK 3 | written by John Fred & Andrew Bernard |
| 91. | 01/1965 | | 301
| US 4
UK ✫1
US AC 2 | [Capitol 5383]
written by Tom Springfield (as Dion O'Brien) |
| 92. | 05/1969 | | 300
| US 2
UK ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #355]
[Fantasy 622]
written by John Fogerty |
 | 93. | 02/1967 | | 299
| US 3
UK ✫1
US AC 2 | [Warner 7002]
written by Charlie Chaplin |
| 94. | 08/1962 | | 299
| US ✫1
UK 8
US R&B ✫1 | [Vee Jay 456]
written by Bob Gaudio |
 | 95. | 08/1966 | | 299
| US ✫1
UK 3
US R&B ✫1 | [Motown 1097]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr. |
 | 96. | 02/1967 | | 297
| US ✫1
UK 2 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #449]
charted as Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever in UK charts
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney |
| 97. | 11/1963 | | 297
| US ✫1
UK 7
US AC ✫1 | [Philips 40152]
written by The Singing Nun (as Jeanine Deckers) |
 | 98. | 07/1969 | | 297
| US 2
UK 4
US AC ✫1
US country ✫1 | [recorded live at san quentin prison]
[noverly]
[Columbia 44944]
written by Shel Silverstein |
| 99. | 12/1962 | | 297
| US 3
UK 3
US AC 2
US R&B 8 | [Liberty 55521]
written by Benjamin Weisman, Dorothy Wayne & Marilynn Garrett |
| 100. | 08/1961 | | 296
| US ✫1
UK 3 | [Liberty 55354]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King |
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