| Cover | | Date   | Title • Artist
Album | Points
| Charts Peaks | Comment |
|---|
 | 1. | 06/1982 | | 434
 | US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC 5
US dance 26
US rock ✫1 |  [Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1984]
 [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #84]
[A&M 2542]
written by Sting |
| 2. | 06/1982 | | 424
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC 27
US dance 59
US rock ✫1 | [Scotti Brothers 02912]
written by Frankie Sullivan & Jim Peterik |
 | 3. | 04/1982 | | 408
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1
US R&B 8
US rock 34 | [Columbia 02860]
written by Paul McCartney |
 | 4. | 12/1981 | | 399
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US dance 3
US rock 4 | written by Philip Oakey, Jo Callis & Philip Adrian Wright |
 | 5. | 10/1982 | | 395
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC 13
US dance 33
US rock ✫1 | charted as Who Can It Be Now? / Down Under in US dance charts
[Columbia 03303]
written by Colin Hay & Ron Strykert |
 | 6. | 04/1983 | | 379
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC 4
US dance ✫1
US R&B 2 |  [Academy Award for Best Original Song 1983]
 [Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song 1983]
[Casablanca 811440-7]
written by Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey & Irene Cara |
 | 7. | 07/1980 | | 371
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC 18
US dance ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | produced by Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers; charted as Upside Down / I'm Coming Out in US dance charts
[Motown 1494]
written by Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards |
 | 8. | 01/1983 | | 367
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC 9
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #58]
[Epic 03509]
written by Michael Jackson |
| 9. | 10/1983 | | 367
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC 3
US dance 2
US R&B 2
US rock 24 | as Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
[Epic 04169]
written by Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson |
 | 10. | 11/1980 | | 367
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC 3
US dance ✫1 | charted as Rapture / The Tide Is High in US dance charts
[Chrysalis 2465]
written by Howard Barrett, Tyrone Evans & John Holt |
|
 | 11. | 09/1980 | | 366
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1 | [Columbia 11364]
written by Barry Gibb & Robin Gibb |
| 12. | 05/1982 | | 364
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC 28
US dance 14
US R&B 26
US rock 4 | [Capitol 5126]
written by Steve Miller |
 | 13. | 03/1980 | | 361
| US ✫1
UK 2
US dance ✫1
US R&B 2 | charted as Funkytown / All Night Dancing in US dance charts
[Casablanca 2233]
written by Steven Greenberg |
 | 14. | 07/1982 | | 361
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC 31
US rock 6 | as Dexy's Midnight Runners and the Emerald Express
[BRIT Awards Best British Single 1983]
written by Kevin Rowland, Jim "Big Jim" Paterson & Billy Adams |
 | 15. | 11/1981 | | 360
| US ✫1
UK 3
US dance 12
US rock ✫1 | charted as Centerfold / Flamethrower in US dance charts
[EMI America 8102]
written by Seth Justman |
 | 16. | 02/1980 | | 356
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #283]
produced by Giorgio Moroder
[Chrysalis 2414]
written by Debbie Harry & Giorgio Moroder |
| 17. | 02/1981 | | 355
| US 2
UK ✫1
US AC 4
US R&B ✫1 | [Tamla 54321]
written by Smokey Robinson |
| 18. | 09/1983 | | 353
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC ✫1
US dance 5
US R&B ✫1 | [Motown 1698]
written by Lionel Richie |
 | 19. | 11/1980 | | 352
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC 17 | [Geffen 49604]
written by John Lennon |
 | 20. | 07/1981 | | 351
| US ✫1
UK 7
US AC ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Motown 1519]
written by Lionel Richie |
 | 21. | 09/1983 | | 350
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC 3
US R&B 67 | [BRIT Awards Best British Single 1984]
[Virgin/Epic 34-04221]
written by Boy George, Jon Moss, Mikey Craig, Roy Hay & Phil Pickett |
 | 22. | 08/1984 | | 350
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Academy Award for Best Original Song 1984]
[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song 1984]
[Motown 1745]
written by Stevie Wonder |
 | 23. | 12/1981 | | 350
| US ✫1
UK 4
US dance 31
US rock ✫1 | as Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #484]
[Boardwalk 7-11-135]
written by Alan Merrill & Jake Hooker |
 | 24. | 03/1983 | | 347
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US dance ✫1
US R&B 14
US rock 8 | featuring Stevie Ray Vaughan on guitar}
co-produced by Nile Rodgers
[EMI America 8158]
written by David Bowie |
 | 25. | 09/1982 | | 345
| US 2
UK ✫1
US AC 8
US dance 34
US R&B 39
US rock 21 | charted as I'm Afraid of Me / Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? in US dance charts
[Virgin/Epic 34-03368]
written by Boy George, Mikey Craig (as Michael Craig), Roy Hay & Jon Moss |
 | 26. | 02/1984 | | 345
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Motown 1722]
written by Lionel Richie |
| 27. | 02/1983 | | 341
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC 7
US rock 23 | produced by Jim Steinman
[Columbia 03906]
written by Jim Steinman |
 | 28. | 03/1985 | | 339
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1
US country 76
US R&B ✫1
US rock 27 | [Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1986]
[Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1986]
benefit recording by all-star group
[Columbia 04839]
written by Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie |
| 29. | 05/1987 | | 338
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1
US dance ✫1
US R&B 2 | produced by Narada Michael Walden
[Arista 9598]
written by George Merrill & Shannon Rubicam |
 | 30. | 01/1981 | | 335
| US 2
UK ✫1
US AC 4
US rock 26 | [Geffen]
written by John Lennon |
 | 31. | 02/1982 | | 330
| US ✫1
UK 2
US dance 3 | [Chrysalis 2638]
written by Mike Chapman & Nicky Chinn |
 | 32. | 08/1987 | | 328
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1
US dance ✫1 | [BRIT Awards Best British Single 1988]
produced by Stock, Aitken & Waterman
[RCA 5347]
written by Mike Stock, Matt Aitken & Pete Waterman |
| 33. | 10/1981 | | 327
| US ✫1
UK 7
US AC 29
US dance 22
US R&B 28 | [MCA 51182]
written by Steve Kipner & Terry Shaddick |
| 34. | 03/1989 | | 326
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC 3
US dance ✫1
US R&B 20 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #300]
[Sire 27539]
written by Madonna & Patrick Leonard |
 | 35. | 12/1984 | | 325
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC 3
US R&B 85
US rock ✫1 | featuring New Jersey Mass Choir & Jennifer Holliday
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #476]
[Atlantic 89596]
written by Mick Jones [Foreigner] & Lou Gramm (uncredited) |
 | 36. | 08/1984 | | 325
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1
US R&B 8 | written by George Michael & Andrew Ridgeley |
 | 37. | 04/1981 | | 323
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC 11
US dance 18 | [venus, sugar sugar, no reply, i'll be back, drive my car, do you want to know a secret, we can work it out, i should have known better, nowhere man, you're going to lose that girl, stars on 45]
[Radio 3810]
written by various |
 | 38. | 11/1984 | | 322
| US 2
UK ✫1
US AC 15
US dance 7
US R&B 3
US rock 5 | with Phil Collins
[Columbia 04679]
written by Philip Bailey, Phil Collins & Nathan East |
| 39. | 09/1981 | | 322
| US 3
UK ✫1
US rock ✫1 | written by Sting |
 | 40. | 01/1987 | | 321
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC 2
US dance 12
US R&B 5 | produced by Narada Michael Walden
written by Simon Climie & Dennis Morgan |
 | 41. | 03/1981 | | 320
| US ✫1
UK 10
US AC 15
US dance 26
US rock 5 | [Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1982]
[Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1982]
[EMI America 8077]
written by Donna Weiss & Jackie DeShannon |
 | 42. | 08/1985 | | 320
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Arista 9381]
written by Gerry Goffin & Michael Masser |
| 43. | 05/1980 | | 319
| US 5
UK ✫1
US AC 2
US country 6 | [Millennium 11799]
written by Roy Orbison & Joe Melson |
 | 44. | 04/1980 | | 318
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC 48
US dance 64 | [live]
[Columbia 11263+]
written by Paul McCartney |
| 45. | 09/1988 | | 318
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1 | written by Toni Wine & Carole Bayer Sager |
 | 46. | 03/1985 | | 318
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC 2
US dance ✫1
US rock 2 | [BRIT Awards Best British Single 1986]
[Polygram 880659 (Mercury)]
written by Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley & Chris Hughes |
| 47. | 04/1984 | | 316
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC 3
US dance ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Columbia 04417]
written by Tom Snow & Dean Pitchford |
| 48. | 06/1982 | | 315
| US ✫1
UK 4
US AC ✫1 | charted as Hard to Say I'm Sorry/Get Away in US AC charts
[Warner 29979 (Full Moon)]
written by Peter Cetera & David Foster |
 | 49. | 01/1987 | | 314
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1
US rock 16 | [Grunt 5109-7]
written by Diane Warren & Albert Hammond |
 | 50. | 06/1987 | | 314
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC 4
US country 57
US rock 11 | [Slash 28336]
written by traditional |
 | 51. | 09/1983 | | 314
| US 3
UK ✫1
US AC 2
US rock 22 | [Columbia 04149]
written by Billy Joel |
| 52. | 10/1982 | | 313
| US ✫1
UK 6
US AC ✫1
US R&B 2 | [Motown 1644]
written by Cochrane & Lionel Richie |
 | 53. | 07/1980 | | 313
| US ✫1
UK 3
US AC ✫1 | written by Florrie Palmer |
 | 54. | 02/1983 | | 313
| US ✫1
UK 3
US R&B ✫1
US rock 14 | featuring Eddie Van Halen
[Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1984]
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #337]
[Epic 03759]
written by Michael Jackson |
| 55. | 02/1989 | | 313
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1 | [Columbia 68533]
written by Susanna Hoffs, Tom Kelly & Billy Steinberg |
 | 56. | 06/1984 | | 312
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC 9
US dance 6
US R&B ✫1
US rock 38 | [Arista 9212]
written by Ray Parker Jr |
| 57. | 02/1983 | | 312
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC 36
US dance 2
US rock 16 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #356]
[RCA 13533]
written by Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart [David Allan Stewart] |
 | 58. | 05/1984 | | 310
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC 4
US dance 27 | [Columbia 04552]
written by George Michael |
| 59. | 12/1988 | | 310
| US ✫1
UK 3
US AC 39
US dance 3
US R&B 2 | [Virgin 99256]
written by Elliot Wolff |
 | 60. | 10/1980 | | 310
| US ✫1
UK 7
US AC 34
US dance ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | charted as Celebration / Take It to the Top in US dance charts
[De-lite 807]
written by Donna Johnson & Kool & the Gang |
 | 61. | 10/1982 | | 310
| US ✫1
UK 6
US AC 14
US dance 18
US R&B 78
US rock 18 | [RCA 13354]
written by Sara Allen, Daryl Hall & John Oates |
 | 62. | 06/1989 | | 309
| US ✫1
UK 2
US dance ✫1
US R&B ✫1
US alt. 18 | [Warner 22924]
written by Prince |
 | 63. | 10/1982 | | 309
| US ✫1
UK 3
US AC 5 | [Columbia 03335]
written by David Paich & Jeff Porcaro |
 | 64. | 08/1980 | | 309
| US ✫1
UK 7
US dance 2
US R&B 2 | [Elektra 47031]
written by John Deacon |
| 65. | 12/1983 | | 309
| US 2
UK ✫1
US AC 42
US dance 22
US rock 23 | [Epic 04108]
written by Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, Carlo Karges & Kevin McAlea |
| 66. | 11/1985 | | 309
| US 2
UK ✫1
US AC 2
US dance 31
US R&B 6 | written by Wayne Anton Braithwaite, Barry James Eastmond, Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Billy Ocean |
 | 67. | 03/1982 | | 308
| US 3
UK ✫1
US AC 7
US country 60 | [R]
[Motown 1611]
written by Ronald Miller [Ronald Norman Miller] (as Ron Miller) & Ken Hirsch |
 | 68. | 11/1981 | | 307
| US ✫1
UK 8
US AC 12
US dance ✫1
US R&B ✫1
US rock 28 | [RCA 12357]
written by Daryl Hall, John Oates & Sara Allen |
 | 69. | 11/1989 | | 306
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC ✫1
US rock 7 | [BRIT Awards Best British Single 1990]
[Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1991]
[Atlantic 88774]
written by Phil Collins |
| 70. | 03/1986 | | 306
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC 2
US R&B ✫1 | [MCA 52770]
written by Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager |
 | 71. | 04/1984 | | 306
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US dance 15
US rock 35 | [Capitol 5345]
written by Nick Rhodes, Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, Roger Taylor & Andy Taylor |
 | 72. | 10/1980 | | 306
| US ✫1
UK 12
US AC ✫1
US country ✫1
US R&B 42 | produced by Lionel Richie
[Liberty 1380]
written by Lionel Richie |
 | 73. | 10/1981 | | 306
| US 3
UK 3
US dance 3
US R&B ✫1 | charted as Let's Groove/I've Had Enough in US dance charts
[Columbia 02536]
written by Wayne Vaughn & Maurice White |
 | 74. | 02/1984 | | 306
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC 2
US rock ✫1 | [Atlantic 89700 A]
written by Phil Collins |
 | 75. | 06/1989 | | 305
| US 4
UK ✫1
US dance ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | featuring Caron Wheeler
written by Jazzie B, Caron Wheeler, Nellee Hooper & Simon Law |
| 76. | 11/1983 | | 305
| US 2
UK 2
US AC 2
US R&B ✫1 | Joanna / Tonight was released as a double a-side in the UK
[De-lite 829]
written by Charles Smith, James "J.T." Taylor & Kool & The Gang |
 | 77. | 09/1985 | | 305
| US ✫1
UK 3
US AC ✫1
US dance ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Tamla 1808]
written by Stevie Wonder |
| 78. | 06/1980 | | 305
| US 4
UK ✫1
US dance ✫1 | [Academy Award for Best Original Song 1980]
[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song 1980]
charted as Fame (Irene Cara) / Red Light (Linda Clifford) / Hot Lunch Jam (Irene Cara) in US dance charts
[RSO 1034]
written by Michael Gore & Dean Pitchford |
 | 79. | 01/1981 | | 305
| US ✫1
UK 5
US dance ✫1
US R&B 33
US rock 35 | charted as Rapture / The Tide Is High in US dance charts
[Chrysalis 2485]
written by Debbie Harry & Chris Stein |
 | 80. | 02/1988 | | 304
| US ✫1
UK 3
US AC 5
US dance 25
US R&B ✫1 | [Jive 9678]
written by Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Billy Ocean |
 | 81. | 04/1983 | | 304
| US 4
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1
US R&B 76
US rock 34 | [Chrysalis 42720]
written by Gary Kemp |
 | 82. | 06/1984 | | 303
| US ✫1
UK 4
US dance ✫1
US R&B ✫1
US rock 31 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #52]
charted as When Doves Cry / 17 Days in US dance charts
[Warner 29286]
written by Prince |
 | 83. | 08/1981 | | 303
| US ✫1
UK 7
US AC ✫1
US rock 13 | [Academy Award for Best Original Song 1981]
[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song 1981]
[Warner 49787]
written by Christopher Cross, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager & Peter Allen |
 | 84. | 06/1986 | | 302
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC 3 | [Academy Award for Best Original Song 1986]
[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song 1986]
produced by Giorgio Moroder
[Columbia 05903]
written by Giorgio Moroder & Tom Whitlock |
 | 85. | 10/1989 | | 301
| US 3
UK ✫1
US AC 7
US dance ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Arista 9928]
written by Lisa Stansfield, Ian Devaney & Andy Morris |
 | 86. | 07/1988 | | 301
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC 7
US R&B 11 | [Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1989]
[Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1989]
[EMI-Manhattan 50146]
written by Bobby McFerrin |
| 87. | 12/1983 | | 300
| US ✫1
UK 3
US AC ✫1
US R&B 78
US rock 10 | [Portrait 04432]
written by Rob Hyman & Cyndi Lauper |
 | 88. | 02/1986 | | 300
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US dance 4
US R&B 6 | charted as Rock Me Amadeus / Vienna Calling in US dance charts
[A&M 2821]
written by Rob Bolland, Ferdi Bolland & Falco |
 | 89. | 09/1984 | | 300
| US 3
UK ✫1
US dance ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | featuring Stevie Wonder & Grandmaster Melle Mel
[Warner 29195]
written by Prince |
| 90. | 11/1985 | | 300
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC 26
US dance ✫1
US R&B 36
US rock 37 | [BRIT Awards Best British Single 1987]
[R]
[EMI America 8307]
written by Neil Tennant & Chris Lowe |
 | 91. | 08/1987 | | 300
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | with Siedah Garrett
[Epic 07253]
written by Michael Jackson |
| 92. | 08/1987 | | 299
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC 38
US dance 26 | [R]
[MCA 53167]
written by Ritchie Cordell |
 | 93. | 06/1986 | | 299
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC 16
US dance 4 | [Sire 28660]
written by Brian Elliot & Madonna |
| 94. | 08/1981 | | 298
| US 8
UK ✫1
US dance 4
US rock 12 |
written by Ed Cobb, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr. (as Eddie Holland) |
| 95. | 07/1980 | | 297
| US 2
UK 2
US AC ✫1 | [Warner 49565]
written by Sonny Curtis & Jerry Allison |
 | 96. | 01/1989 | | 297
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC ✫1
US rock 5 | [Atlantic 7-88964]
written by Mike Rutherford & B. A. Robertson |
 | 97. | 12/1984 | | 297
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC 4
US dance 7
US R&B 12 | double A-side with Last Christmas in the UK ; charted as Everything She Wants / Like a Baby in US dance charts
written by George Michael |
 | 98. | 05/1984 | | 296
| US ✫1
UK 3
US AC 8
US dance 21
US R&B 2
US rock 51 | [Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1985]
[Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1985]
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #309]
[Capitol 5354]
written by Terry Britten & Graham Lyle |
 | 99. | 12/1989 | | 296
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC 45
US dance 24
US R&B 3 | with The Wild Pair
rap by Derrick Delite from the Soul Purpose
[Virgin 99158]
written by Oliver Leiber |
 | 100. | 10/1988 | | 295
| US 3
UK ✫1
US dance 37
US rock ✫1
US alt. ✫1 | [Island 7-99250]
written by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr. |
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