| Cover | | Date   | Title • Artist
Album | Points
| Charts Peaks | Comment |
|---|
![We Are the World [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_47484.jpg "We Are the World [article]") | 1. | 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]
benefit recording by all-star group
written by Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie |
![La Bamba [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_26482.jpg "La Bamba [article]") | 2. | 06/1987 | | 314
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC 4
US country 57
US rock 11 | |
![I've Never Been to Me [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_8251.jpg "I've Never Been to Me [article]") | 3. | 03/1982 | | 311
| US 3
UK ✫1
US AC 7
US country 60 | [R]
[Motown 1611]
written by Ron Miller & Kenneth Hirsch |
![Lady [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_24368.jpg "Lady [article]") | 4. | 10/1980 | | 306
| US ✫1
UK 12
US AC ✫1
US country ✫1 | produced by Lionel Richie
written by Lionel Richie |
| 5. | 05/1980 | | 304
| US 5
UK ✫1
US country 6 | written by Roy Orbison & Joe Melson |
![Islands in the Stream [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_24381.jpg "Islands in the Stream [article]") | 6. | 08/1983 | | 285
| US ✫1
UK 7
US AC ✫1
US country ✫1 | written by Bee Gees |
![9 to 5 [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_12523.jpg "9 to 5 [article]") | 7. | 11/1980 | | 241
| US ✫1
UK 47
US AC ✫1
US country ✫1
US dance 77 | charted as 9 to 5 / The House of the Rising Sun in US dance charts
written by Dolly Parton |
![You Got It [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_35973.jpg "You Got It [article]") | 8. | 01/1989 | | 236
| US 9
UK 3
US AC ✫1
US country 7
US rock 2 | written by Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison & Tom Petty |
![I Love a Rainy Night [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_13627.jpg "I Love a Rainy Night [article]") | 9. | 11/1980 | | 230
| US ✫1
US AC ✫1
US country ✫1 | |
![Stuck on You [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_25892.jpg "Stuck on You [article]") | 10. | 06/1984 | | 205
| US 3
UK 12
US AC ✫1
US country 24
US R&B 8 | [Motown 1746]
written by Lionel Richie |
![Queen of Hearts [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_23566.jpg "Queen of Hearts [article]") | 11. | 05/1981 | | 193
| US 2
US AC 2
US country 14 | written by Hank DeVito |
![Shame on the Moon [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_5889.jpg "Shame on the Moon [article]") | 12. | 12/1982 | | 193
| US 2
US AC ✫1
US country 15 | as Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
written by Rodney Crowell |
| 13. | 06/1981 | | 193
| US 3
US AC ✫1
US country ✫1 | produced by Lionel Richie |
![We've Got Tonight [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_24385.jpg "We've Got Tonight [article]") | 14. | 01/1983 | | 178
| US 6
UK 28
US AC 2
US country ✫1 | written by Bob Seger |
| 15. | 11/1986 | | 177
| US ✫1
US AC ✫1
US country 42 | as Billy Vera & the Beaters
[R] |
| 16. | 03/1980 | | 176
| US 4
US AC 2
US country 3 | written by Kim Carnes & Dave Ellingson |
| 17. | 06/1981 | | 176
| US 5
US AC 2
US country ✫1 | written by Walt Aldridge & Tom Brasfield |
![Step by Step [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_13628.jpg "Step by Step [article]") | 18. | 07/1981 | | 175
| US 5
US AC 3
US country ✫1 | |
![Drivin' My Life Away [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_13626.jpg "Drivin' My Life Away [article]") | 19. | 06/1980 | | 173
| US 5
US AC 3
US country ✫1 | written by David Malloy, Eddie Rabbitt & Even Stevens |
![To All the Girls I've Loved Before [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_23631.jpg "To All the Girls I've Loved Before [article]") | 20. | 03/1984 | | 173
| US 5
UK 17
US country ✫1 | written by Albert Hammond & Hal David |
| 21. | 02/1981 | | 171
| US 4
US AC ✫1
US country 22
US rock 57 | written by Chip Taylor |
![Elvira [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_44031.jpg "Elvira [article]") | 22. | 05/1981 | | 169
| US 5
US AC 8
US country ✫1 | written by Dallas Frazier |
| 23. | 10/1982 | | 165
| US 7
US AC 2
US country ✫1 | written by Frank J. Myers |
| 24. | 10/1981 | | 164
| US 7
US AC ✫1
US country ✫1 | written by Otha Young |
![Mandolin Rain [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_7178.jpg "Mandolin Rain [article]") | 25. | 01/1987 | | 160
| US 4
UK 70
US AC ✫1
US country 38
US rock 2 | written by Bruce Hornsby & John Hornsby |
![Always on My Mind [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_48900.jpg "Always on My Mind [article]") | 26. | 03/1982 | | 159
| US 5
US country ✫1 | [Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1983]
written by Johnny Christopher, Mark James & Wayne Carson Thompson |
| 27. | 07/1980 | | 156
| US 5
US country ✫1 | written by Wanda Mallette, Bob Morrison & Patti Ryan |
![Perfect [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_15161.jpg "Perfect [article]") | 28. | 04/1988 | | 143
| US 80
UK ✫1
US country 85
US alt. 23 | [BRIT Awards Best British Single 1989]
written by Mark E. Nevin |
| 29. | 05/1982 | | 138
| US 7
US AC 4
US country 30 | written by Gary Burr |
![Key Largo [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_4409.jpg "Key Largo [article]") | 30. | 11/1981 | | 137
| US 8
US AC ✫1
US country 50 | written by Bertie Higgins & Sonny Limbo |
| 31. | 06/1982 | | 123
| US 9
US AC 2
US country 87
US rock 9 | [Atlantic 4058]
written by Graham Nash |
| 32. | 08/1982 | | 111
| US 11
US AC ✫1
US country 2 | |
| 33. | 07/1982 | | 108
| US 13
US AC ✫1
US country ✫1 | written by Kenny Rogers, David Malloy, Thom Schuyler & Even Stevens |
| 34. | 05/1982 | | 105
| US 14
US AC ✫1
US country ✫1 | written by Burt Bacharach & Bob Hilliard |
| 35. | 12/1981 | | 100
| US 13
US AC ✫1
US country 5 | produced by Lionel Richie |
| 36. | 08/1982 | | 98
| US 15
US AC 5
US country ✫1 | |
![What Are We Doin' in Love [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_67406.jpg "What Are We Doin' in Love [article]") | 37. | 03/1981 | | 97
| US 14
US AC 7
US country ✫1 | |
| 38. | 09/1981 | | 97
| US 14
US AC ✫1
US country 5 | produced by Lionel Richie
written by Alfred Braggs & Deadric Malone |
| 39. | 01/1982 | | 95
| US 12
US AC 19
US country ✫1 | written by Wood Newton, Dan Tyler & Adele Tyler |
![Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_13629.jpg "Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight [article]") | 40. | 11/1981 | | 91
| US 15
US AC 10
US country ✫1 | |
| 41. | 11/1980 | | 88
| US 24
US AC ✫1
US country ✫1 | [RCA PB-12084] |
| 42. | 10/1981 | | 87
| US 20
US AC 3
US country ✫1 | written by Kyle Fleming & Dennis Morgan |
| 43. | 10/1981 | | 84
| US 15
US country ✫1 | written by Tim DuBois & Jim Hunt |
![Stand by Me [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_28954.jpg "Stand by Me [article]") | 44. | 05/1980 | | 83
| US 22
US AC 3
US country ✫1 | written by Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller |
![It's Now or Never [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_22719.jpg "It's Now or Never [article]") | 45. | 05/1981 | | 82
| US 14
US country 4 | [Scotti Brothers] |
| 46. | 04/1981 | | 81
| US 22
US AC 6
US country ✫1 | written by Rosanne Cash |
| 47. | 01/1981 | | 79
| US 13
US country 8 | |
| 48. | 06/1980 | | 76
| US 14
US country 4 | |
| 49. | 07/1982 | | 76
| US 19
US country ✫1 | |
| 50. | 06/1980 | | 74
| US 18
US AC ✫1
US country 30 | |
![In America [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_8310.jpg "In America [article]") | 51. | 05/1980 | | 74
| US 11
US country 13 | written by Charlie Daniels, Tom Crain, Joel "Taz" DiGregorio, Fred Edwards, Charles Hayward & Marshall |
![Take Me Down [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_1424.jpg "Take Me Down [article]") | 52. | 05/1982 | | 73
| US 18
US country ✫1 | written by Mark Gray & J.P. Pennington |
| 53. | 09/1984 | | 72
| US 15
UK 92
US AC ✫1
US country 70 |
written by Kenny Rogers, David Foster & Richard Marx |
| 54. | 09/1980 | | 71
| US 20
US country ✫1 |  [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #471]
written by Willie Nelson |
| 55. | 05/1981 | | 71
| US 20
US country ✫1 | written by Randy Owen |
| 56. | 09/1980 | | 71
| US 21
US country ✫1 | |
| 57. | 01/1980 | | 71
| US 19
US AC ✫1
US country 93 | as Tommy James |
| 58. | 01/1981 | | 69
| US 28
UK 43
US country ✫1 | US reissue; remix of 1968-hit |
| 59. | 1984 | | 66
| US 15
US AC ✫1
US country 70 |
written by Kenny Rogers, David Foster & Richard Marx |
| 60. | 09/1980 | | 66
| US 24
US country ✫1 | |
| 61. | 03/1983 | | 63
| US 23
US AC 8
US country 5 | written by Mike Reid |
| 62. | 09/1983 | | 62
| US 26
US AC 10
US country 4 | |
| 63. | 03/1981 | | 62
| US 37
US AC 3
US country ✫1 | |
| 64. | 04/1987 | | 57
| US 33
US AC 3
US country ✫1 | written by Todd Cerney, Mary Ann Kennedy & Pat Bunch |
| 65. | 11/1982 | | 56
| US 25
US AC 4
US country 53 | |
| 66. | 10/1983 | | 55
| US 25
UK 89
US AC 4
US country 86 | |
| 67. | 12/1986 | | 55
| US 27
US country 9
US dance 9
US R&B 17 | as Jeff Lorber featuring Karyn White |
| 68. | 03/1980 | | 51
| US 43
UK 27
US country 10 | [Casablanca 2244] |
| 69. | 09/1980 | | 49
| US 33
US country ✫1 | |
| 70. | 03/1981 | | 49
| US 34
US country ✫1 | |
| 71. | 04/1983 | | 48
| US 55
US AC 2
US country ✫1 | written by David Malloy, Eddie Rabbitt & Even Stevens |
![Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone) [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_22589.jpg "Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone) [article]") | 72. | 06/1981 | | 46
| US 36
US AC 12
US country 10 | written by Dick Feller |
![Seven Bridges Road [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_13295.jpg "Seven Bridges Road [article]") | 73. | 12/1980 | | 46
| US 21
US country 55 | [live]
written by Steve Young |
| 74. | 11/1980 | | 45
| US 28
US country 10 | |
| 75. | 04/1982 | | 45
| US 35
US country 2 | |
![Starting Over Again [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_12520.jpg "Starting Over Again [article]") | 76. | 03/1980 | | 45
| US 36
US country ✫1 | written by Donna Summer & Bruce Sudano |
| 77. | 04/1983 | | 45
| US 37
US AC 2
US country 13 | co-produced by David Foster |
| 78. | 04/1981 | | 43
| US 23
US country 68 | written by Joseph Rock, James Beaumont & Lenny Martin |
![I Will Always Love You [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_12527.jpg "I Will Always Love You [article]") | 79. | 07/1982 | | 43
| US 53
US AC 17
US country ✫1 | [re-recording]
written by Dolly Parton |
| 80. | 01/1986 | | 41
| US 42
US AC 10
US country ✫1 | [EMI 8289]
written by Jennifer Kimball & Paul Davis |
| 81. | 10/1982 | | 41
| US 47
US AC 10
US country 3 | |
| 82. | 08/1982 | | 40
| US 59
US AC 15
US country ✫1 | |
| 83. | 04/1982 | | 40
| US 58
US AC 17
US country ✫1 | |
| 84. | 05/1983 | | 40
| US 38
US country ✫1 | written by J.P. Pennington & Mark Gray |
| 85. | 06/1980 | | 40
| US 25
US country 77 | featuring Nicolette Larson |
| 86. | 08/1982 | | 40
| US 40
US country 2 | written by Gilbert Bécaud, Pierre Delanoë & Mann Curtis |
![But You Know I Love You [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_12524.jpg "But You Know I Love You [article]") | 87. | 04/1981 | | 39
| US 41
US country ✫1 | written by Mike Settle |
| 88. | 05/1983 | | 39
| US 53
US AC 4
US country 6 | written by Kerry Chater & Austin Roberts |
![Save the Last Dance for Me [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_12529.jpg "Save the Last Dance for Me [article]") | 89. | 12/1983 | | 38
| US 45
US AC 12
US country 3 | written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman |
| 90. | 08/1983 | | 38
| US 58
US AC 12
US country ✫1 | |
| 91. | 01/1985 | | 38
| US 79
US AC 5
US country ✫1 | written by Willie Nelson |
| 92. | 01/1982 | | 38
| US 68
US AC 20
US country ✫1 | |
| 93. | 02/1980 | | 37
| US 44
US country ✫1 | |
| 94. | 09/1983 | | 37
| US 74
US AC 11
US country ✫1 | |
| 95. | 07/1981 | | 36
| US 55
US country ✫1 | written by Cindy Walker & Eddy Arnold |
| 96. | 11/1985 | | 36
| US 72
US AC 8
US country ✫1 | |
| 97. | 09/1983 | | 36
| US 83
US AC 9
US country ✫1 | [Warner 29582 A]
written by Josh Leo & Wendy Waldman |
| 98. | 04/1982 | | 36
| US 52
US country ✫1 | |
| 99. | 04/1984 | | 35
| US 72
US AC 8
US country ✫1 | written by Troy Seals & Mentor Williams |
| 100. | 10/1981 | | 35
| US 54
US country ✫1 | |
