| Cover | | Date
 | Title  Album | Points
 | US peak | UK peak | US AC peak | US dance peak | US R&B peak | Comment |
|---|
| 1. | 07/1912 | | 128
 | 3 US | | | | | [Victor 17102] written by Albert Von Tilzer & Lew Brown  |
| 2. | 12/1921 | | 114
 | 5 US | | | | | [Columbia 3477] written by Albert Von Tilzer & Lew Brown  |
| 3. | 11/1923 | | 143
 | 2 US | | | | | [Columbia 3964] written by James F. Hanley, Robert King & Lew Brown  |
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| 4. | 12/1923 | | 57
 | 11 US | | | | | [Victor 19135] written by James F. Hanley, Robert King & Lew Brown  |
| 5. | 02/1924 | | 57
 | 11 US | | | | | [Okeh 4948] written by Carl Schraubstader & Lew Brown  |
| 6. | 08/1925 | | 117
 | 5 US | | | | | [Okeh 40354] written by Ray Henderson, Billy Rose & Lew Brown  |
| 7. | 08/1925 | | 117
 | 5 US | | | | | [Victor 19628] written by Ray Henderson, Billy Rose & Lew Brown  |
| 8. | 10/1926 | | 123
 | 4 US | | | | | [Vocalion 15412] written by Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown  |
| 9. | 11/1926 | | 57
 | 11 US | | | | | [Victor 20111] written by Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown  |
| 10. | 1927 | | 128
 | 3 US | | | | | [Victor 20757] written by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva (as B. G. De Sylva) & Lew Brown  |
| 11. | 1927 | | 49
 | 14 US | | | | | [Brunswick 3592] written by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva (as B. G. De Sylva) & Lew Brown  |
| 12. | 1927 | | 43
 | 17 US | | | | | [Victor 20825] written by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva (as B. G. De Sylva) & Lew Brown  |
| 13. | 1927 | | 85
 | 10 US | | | | | [Brunswick 3602] written by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva (as B. G. De Sylva) & Lew Brown  |
| 14. | 1927 | | 94
 | 8 US | | | | | [Columbia 908] written by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown  |
| 15. | 1927 | | 140
 | 2 US | | | | | [Victor 20513] written by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown  |
| 16. | 1927 | | 42
 | 17 US | | | | | [Brunswick 3464] written by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown  |
| 17. | 1927 | | 51
 | 13 US | | | | | [Victor 20730] written by Harry Warren, Lew Brown & Sidney Clare |
| 18. | 1927 | | 93
 | 8 US | | | | | [Columbia 988] written by Harry Warren, Lew Brown & Sidney Clare |
| 19. | 1928 | | 109
 | 6 US | | | | | [Columbia 1563] written by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown  |
| 20. | 1928 | | 50
 | 14 US | | | | | [Columbia 1550] written by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown  |
| 21. | 1928 | | 219
 | ✫1 US | | | | | [songwriter #4 hit] [Brunswick 4033] written by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown  |
| 22. | 1928 | | 165
 | ✫1 US | | | | | [Victor 35883] written by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown  |
| 23. | 1928 | | 87
 | 10 US | | | | | [Columbia 1295] written by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown  |
| 24. | 1928 | | 55
 | 12 US | | | | | [Brunswick 3749] written by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown  |
| 25. | 12/1928 | | 102
 | 7 US | | | | | written by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown  |
| 26. | 1929 | | 111
 | 6 US | | | | | vocal Bing Crosby written by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva (as B. G. De Sylva) & Lew Brown  |
| 27. | 1929 | | 57
 | 11 US | | | | | written by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown  |
| 28. | 1929 | | 48
 | 15 US | | | | | written by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown  |
| 29. | 1929 | | 116
 | 5 US | | | | | written by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown  |
| 30. | 1929 | | 130
 | 3 US | | | | | written by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown  |
| 31. | 1929 | | 103
 | 7 US | | | | | vocal Bing Crosby written by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva (as B. G. De Sylva) & Lew Brown  |
| 32. | 1929 | | 91
 | 9 US | | | | | [Brunswick 4501] written by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva (as B. G. De Sylva) & Lew Brown  |
| 33. | 1929 | | 54
 | 12 US | | | | | [Victor 21779] written by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown  |
| 34. | 1929 | | 102
 | 7 US | | | | | written by Ray Henderson., Buddy DeSylva (as B. G. DeSylva) & Lew Brown  |
| 35. | 1929 | | 48
 | 15 US | | | | | written by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown  |
| 36. | 11/1929 | | 117
 | 5 US | | | | | written by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva (as B. G. De Sylva) & Lew Brown  |
| 37. | 1931 | | 126
 | 3 US | | | | | written by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown  |
| 38. | 1931 | | 53
 | 12 US | | | | | written by Ray Henderson & Lew Brown  |
| 39. | 1932 | | 42
 | 17 US | | | | | written by Ford Dabney, Cecil Mack & Lew Brown  |
| 40. | 1937 | | 96
 | 6 US | | | | | written by Sammy Fain & Lew Brown  |
| 41. | 1937 | | 155
 | ✫1 US | | | | | written by Sammy Fain & Lew Brown  |
| 42. | 1937 | | 77
 | 10 US | | | | | [Brunswick 7935] written by Sammy Fain & Lew Brown  |
| 43. | 1939 | | 166
 | ✫1 US | | | | | as Will Glahe Musette Orchestra written by Jaromír Vejvoda, Eduard Ingriš, Lew Brown & Wladimir Timm |
| 44. | 1939 | | 49
 | 13 US | | | | | written by Jaromír Vejvoda, Eduard Ingriš, Lew Brown & Wladimir Timm |
| 45. | 1939 | | 116
 | 4 US | | | | | [Decca 2462] written by Jaromír Vejvoda, Eduard Ingriš, Lew Brown & Wladimir Timm |
| 46. | 1942 | | 253
 | ✫1 US | | | | | [songwriter #2 hit] [Bluebird 11474] written by Charles Tobias (as Charlie Tobias), Lew Brown & Sam Stept |
| 47. | 10/1944 | | 172
 | 3 US | | | | | [songwriter #5 hit] written by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown  |
| 48. | 11/1944 | | 70
 | 12 US | | | | | [Victor 20-1594] written by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown  |
| 49. | 04/1950 | | 57
 | 16 US | | | | | [RCA Victor 3747] written by Lew Brown & Mabel Wayne |
| 50. | 11/1952 | | 57
 | 15 US | | | | | hit for Kitty O'Connor in 1928 [Mercury 5910] written by Ballantine DeSylva, Lew Brown & Ray Henderson |
| 51. | 11/1952 | | 48
 | 19 US | | | | | #1 hit for Paul Whiteman in 1926 [Columbia 39882] written by Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown  |
| 52. | 04/1957 | | 6
 | 68 US | | | | | written by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown  |
| 53. | 01/1959 | | 25
 | | 27 UK | | | | [Capitol 4170] written by Carl Schraubstader & Lew Brown  |
| 54. | 02/1960 | | 10
 | 55 US | | | | | [Columbia 41546] written by Sammy Fain & Lew Brown  |
| 55. | 01/1961 | | 19
 | | 33 UK | | | | as Joe Brown & the Bruvvers written by Cecil Mack, Ford Dabney & Lew Brown  |
| 56. | 06/1961 | | 225
 | 6 US | 6 UK | ✫1 AC | | | [songwriter #3 hit] #1 hit for Paul Whiteman in 1928 [MGM 13019] written by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown  |
| 57. | 12/1961 | | 44
 | | 17 UK | | | | written by Billy Rose, Lew Brown & Ray Henderson |
| 58. | 04/1962 | | 27
 | | 29 UK | | | | written by Albert von Tilzer & Lew Brown  |
| 59. | 09/1964 | | 70
 | 117 US | 8 UK | | | | [London 9705] written by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown  |
| 60. | 03/1975 | | 35
 | 33 US | | 5 AC | | | written by Jaromír Vejvoda, Eduard Ingriš, Lew Brown & Wladimir Timm |
 | 61. | 05/1992 | | 268
 | 10 US | 2 UK | | 3 dance | ✫1 R&B | [songwriter #1 hit] with special guests BBD & Ralph Tresvant written by Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown & Ray Henderson |
![The Best Things in Life Are Free [remix] The Best Things in Life Are Free [remix]](./wp/cache/img_song/75/JMGSong_26875.jpg) | 62. | 12/1995 | | 78
 | | 7 UK | | | | written by Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown & Ray Henderson |
| Top 100 hits | 56 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Top 40 hits | 54 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Top 10 hits | 33 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| ✫ #1 hits | 5 | | 1 | | 1 | |
| US | UK | AC | dance | R&B | |