| 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. |