| Cover | | Date   | Title • Artist
Album | Points
| Charts Peaks | Comment |
|---|
 | 1. | 10/1988 | | 516
 | 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. |
 | 2. | 06/1982 | | 487
| 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 |
 | 3. | 06/1982 | | 452
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC 27
US dance 59
US rock ✫1 | [Scotti Brothers 02912]
written by Frankie Sullivan & Jim Peterik |
 | 4. | 10/1982 | | 433
| 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 |
 | 5. | 08/1981 | | 431
| US 2
UK 7
US dance 14
US rock ✫1 | [Rolling Stones 21003]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards |
 | 6. | 11/1981 | | 417
| 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 |
 | 7. | 12/1981 | | 416
| 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 |
 | 8. | 09/1981 | | 389
| US 3
UK ✫1
US rock ✫1 | written by Sting |
 | 9. | 12/1981 | | 388
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US dance 3
US rock 4 | written by Philip Oakey, Jo Callis & Philip Adrian Wright |
 | 10. | 09/1989 | | 384
| US 2
UK 5
US AC 29
US rock 4
US alt. ✫1 | [Polygram 874710 (Fontana)]
written by Roland Orzabal & Curt Smith |
 | 11. | 10/1988 | | 382
| US 14
UK 9
US AC 38
US rock ✫1
US alt. 3 | [tribute to Billie Holiday]
[Island 7-99254]
written by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr. |
| 12. | 11/1980 | | 361
| US ✫1
UK 7
US rock 9 | [Epic 50953]
written by Kevin Cronin |
| 13. | 05/1982 | | 358
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC 28
US dance 14
US R&B 26
US rock 4 | [Capitol 5126]
written by Steve Miller |
| 14. | 05/1989 | | 357
| US 3
UK 9
US dance 20
US rock 9
US alt. ✫1 | charted as So Alive / Bike Dance in US dance charts
[RCA 8956]
written by Daniel Ash, Kevin Haskins & David J |
 | 15. | 03/1987 | | 357
| US ✫1
UK 4
US AC 23
US rock ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #131]
[Island 7-99469]
written by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr. |
 | 16. | 12/1984 | | 357
| 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) |
 | 17. | 11/1988 | | 353
| UK 28
US rock ✫1
US alt. ✫1 | written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills & Michael Stipe |
 | 18. | 05/1982 | | 352
| US 3
UK 5
US dance 36
US rock ✫1 | [Capitol 5134 (Harvest)]
written by Nick Rhodes, Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, Roger Taylor & Andy Taylor |
 | 19. | 01/1984 | | 348
| US ✫1
UK 7
US dance 17
US rock ✫1 | [Warner 29384]
written by Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen & Michael Anthony |
 | 20. | 11/1980 | | 344
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC 17 | [Geffen 49604]
written by John Lennon |
 | 21. | 07/1982 | | 344
| 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 |
 | 22. | 10/1986 | | 343
| US ✫1
UK 4
US rock ✫1 | [Polygram 888184 (Mercury)]
written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora & Desmond Child |
 | 23. | 02/1984 | | 343
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC 2
US rock ✫1 | [Atlantic 89700 A]
written by Phil Collins |
 | 24. | 04/1986 | | 342
| US ✫1
UK 4
US dance ✫1
US R&B 61
US rock ✫1 |  [MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year 1987]
[Geffen 28718]
written by Peter Gabriel |
 | 25. | 03/1985 | | 340
| 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 |
 | 26. | 09/1980 | | 340
| US 10
UK ✫1
US rock 11 | written by Sting |
 | 27. | 05/1984 | | 337
| US 2
UK 4
US dance 7
US rock ✫1 | [Columbia 04463]
written by Bruce Springsteen |
 | 28. | 06/1985 | | 337
| US ✫1
UK 4
US rock ✫1 | [MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year 1986]
[Warner 28950]
written by Mark Knopfler & Sting |
 | 29. | 12/1989 | | 332
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC 7
US rock ✫1 | [Atlantic 88742]
written by Christopher Ward & David Tyson |
 | 30. | 03/1983 | | 326
| 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 |
 | 31. | 10/1981 | | 325
| US 2
UK 8
US AC 5
US rock ✫1 | [Atlantic 3868]
written by Mick Jones [Foreigner] & Lou Gramm |
 | 32. | 11/1983 | | 322
| US ✫1
UK 28
US dance 3
US R&B 69
US rock ✫1 | [Atco 99817]
written by Trevor Rabin, Jon Anderson, Chris Squire & Trevor Horn |
 | 33. | 07/1983 | | 322
| US 3
UK 17
US AC 33
US rock ✫1 | [A&M 2569]
written by Sting |
 | 34. | 02/1986 | | 322
| US ✫1
UK 5
US dance 36
US rock ✫1 | produced by Bernard Edwards
[Island 7-99570]
written by Robert Palmer |
 | 35. | 09/1989 | | 321
| US 3
UK 2
US dance 7
US alt. ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #243]
[Warner 22817 (Reprise)]
written by Kate Pierson, Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland & Cindy Wilson |
 | 36. | 10/1987 | | 321
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC ✫1
US rock 4 | originally recorded by James Ray in 1962; produced by George Harrison & Jeff Lynne
[Dark Horse 28178]
written by Rudy Clark |
 | 37. | 05/1987 | | 320
| US ✫1
UK 3
US AC 2
US rock 3 | [Capitol 44002]
written by Tom Kelly & Billy Steinberg |
 | 38. | 03/1981 | | 319
| 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 |
 | 39. | 11/1984 | | 318
| US 2
UK ✫1
US AC 15
US dance 7
US R&B 3
US rock 5 | with Phil Collins
written by Philip Bailey, Phil Collins & Nathan East |
 | 40. | 02/1985 | | 318
| US ✫1
UK 7
US AC 36
US dance 9
US rock ✫1 | [A&M 2703]
written by Keith Forsey & Steve Schiff |
 | 41. | 06/1986 | | 317
| US ✫1
UK 13
US AC 7
US rock ✫1 | [Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1987]
[Warner 28710 (Island)]
written by Steve Winwood & Will Jennings |
| 42. | 05/1980 | | 313
| US 5
UK ✫1
US AC 2
US country 6 | [Millennium 11799]
written by Roy Orbison & Joe Melson |
 | 43. | 04/1980 | | 311
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC 48
US dance 64 | [live]
[Columbia 11263+]
written by Paul McCartney |
| 44. | 03/1983 | | 311
| US 4
UK ✫1
US dance 34
US rock 3 | written by Nick Rhodes, Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, Roger Taylor & Andy Taylor |
 | 45. | 06/1988 | | 310
| US ✫1
UK 53
US AC ✫1
US dance 21
US R&B 30
US rock ✫1 | [Atco 99326 (Virgin)]
written by Steve Winwood, Will Jennings, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr. |
 | 46. | 03/1987 | | 309
| US ✫1
UK 6
US AC 16
US rock 2 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #93]
[Island 7-99430]
written by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr. |
 | 47. | 07/1981 | | 309
| US 4
UK 54
US dance 32
US rock ✫1 | featuring Jr. Walker
[Atlantic 3831]
written by Mick Jones [Foreigner] |
 | 48. | 07/1980 | | 308
| US ✫1
UK 3
US AC ✫1 | written by Florrie Palmer |
 | 49. | 06/1984 | | 307
| US ✫1
UK 9
US AC 7
US dance 27
US rock ✫1 | [EMI America 8212]
written by John Waite, Mark Leonard & Chas Sandford |
 | 50. | 05/1986 | | 307
| US ✫1
UK 15
US AC 3
US rock ✫1 | [Atlantic 89407]
written by Tony Banks, Phil Collins & Mike Rutherford |
 | 51. | 10/1983 | | 304
| 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 |
| 52. | 10/1981 | | 302
| US 3
UK 49
US AC 41
US rock ✫1 | [Geffen 49824]
written by Marv Ross |
 | 53. | 06/1987 | | 300
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC 4
US country 57
US rock 11 | [Slash 28336]
written by traditional |
 | 54. | 04/1982 | | 300
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1
US R&B 8
US rock 34 | [Columbia 02860]
written by Paul McCartney |
 | 55. | 10/1983 | | 299
| US 3
UK 3
US dance 33
US rock 2 | [Capitol 5290]
written by Nick Rhodes, Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, Roger Taylor & Andy Taylor |
 | 56. | 03/1989 | | 299
| US ✫1
UK 7
US AC 12
US dance 20
US rock 39
US alt. 2 | [MCA 53639]
written by Roland Gift, David Steele & Andy Cox |
| 57. | 08/1985 | | 298
| US ✫1
UK 4
US AC 3
US rock 4 | [RCA 14136]
written by Richard Page, Steve George & John Lang |
 | 58. | 04/1982 | | 295
| US 4
UK 46
US rock ✫1 | [Warner 50040 (Geffen)]
written by Geoff Downes & John Wetton |
 | 59. | 07/1980 | | 293
| US 2
UK 2
US AC ✫1 | [Warner 49565]
written by Sonny Curtis & Jerry Allison |
 | 60. | 01/1984 | | 293
| US ✫1
UK 6
US rock 2 | [Columbia 04310]
written by Kenny Loggins & Dean Pitchford |
 | 61. | 03/1986 | | 292
| US 3
UK 8
US rock ✫1 | [Warner 28740]
written by Michael Anthony, Sammy Hagar, Eddie Van Halen & Alex Van Halen |
 | 62. | 12/1985 | | 292
| US ✫1
UK 11
US AC 11
US rock ✫1 | [RCA 14258]
written by Richard Page, Steve George & John Lang |
 | 63. | 08/1986 | | 291
| US ✫1
UK 4
US AC 24
US dance 37
US rock 4 | [Virgin 99481]
written by Nick Van Eede |
 | 64. | 01/1987 | | 291
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1
US rock 16 | [Grunt 5109-7]
written by Diane Warren & Albert Hammond |
 | 65. | 09/1988 | | 291
| US 7
UK 31
US AC 30
US rock 9
US alt. 4 | as Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
written by Edie Brickell & Kenny Withrow |
 | 66. | 06/1985 | | 291
| US ✫1
UK 6
US AC 4
US rock 2 | produced by David Foster
[Atlantic 7-89541]
written by David Foster & John Parr |
| 67. | 02/1985 | | 291
| US ✫1
UK 4
US AC ✫1
US R&B 80
US rock 4 | [Atlantic 89588]
written by Phil Collins |
 | 68. | 08/1986 | | 289
| US ✫1
UK 12
US AC ✫1
US rock 2 | [Chrysalis 43019]
written by Chris Hayes & Huey Lewis |
 | 69. | 02/1989 | | 289
| US 51
US rock ✫1
US alt. ✫1 | [Warner 22992 (Sire)]
written by Paul Westerberg |
 | 70. | 12/1983 | | 287
| US ✫1
UK 3
US AC ✫1
US rock 10 | [Portrait 04432]
written by Rob Hyman & Cyndi Lauper |
| 71. | 11/1981 | | 286
| US 4
US rock ✫1 | written by Alex Call & Jim Keller |
 | 72. | 12/1984 | | 285
| US ✫1
UK 4
US dance ✫1
US R&B 56
US rock 6 | written by Roland Orzabal & Ian Stanley |
 | 73. | 01/1989 | | 285
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC ✫1
US rock 5 | [Atlantic 7-88964]
written by Mike Rutherford & B. A. Robertson |
 | 74. | 06/1986 | | 284
| US 4
UK 22
US AC ✫1
US rock ✫1 | [Atlantic 89372]
written by Tony Banks, Phil Collins & Mike Rutherford |
| 75. | 07/1981 | | 284
| US 10
UK 4
US rock 2 | [Columbia 02408 (Jet)]
written by Jeff Lynne |
 | 76. | 08/1985 | | 282
| US 7
UK ✫1
US dance 4
US rock 3 | written by Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson & Ivy Jo Hunter |
 | 77. | 11/1989 | | 282
| 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 |
 | 78. | 09/1982 | | 282
| US 3
UK 59
US dance 47
US rock ✫1 | [Elektra 69894 (Asylum)]
written by Don Henley & Danny Kootch (as Danny Kortchmar) |
| 79. | 04/1982 | | 281
| US 2
US rock ✫1 | as John Cougar
written by John Mellencamp & George M. Green |
 | 80. | 05/1987 | | 281
| US ✫1
UK 9
US rock 4 | [R]
[Warner 28339 (Geffen)]
written by David Coverdale & Bernie Marsden |
 | 81. | 09/1985 | | 281
| US ✫1
UK 12
US AC 37
US dance 37
US rock ✫1 | [Grunt 14170]
written by Bernie Taupin, Martin Page, Dennis Lambert & Peter Wolf |
 | 82. | 02/1983 | | 280
| 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] |
 | 83. | 02/1983 | | 280
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC 7
US rock 23 | produced by Jim Steinman
[Columbia 03906]
written by Jim Steinman |
 | 84. | 09/1982 | | 280
| 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 |
 | 85. | 06/1984 | | 278
| US 3
UK 5
US AC ✫1
US rock 3 | [Elektra 69706]
written by Ric Ocasek |
 | 86. | 11/1984 | | 277
| US 5
UK 12
US AC 33
US rock ✫1 | [MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year 1985]
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #416]
[Warner 29141]
written by Don Henley & Mike Campbell |
 | 87. | 10/1987 | | 277
| US ✫1
UK 2
US dance 7
US R&B 73
US rock 12 | charted as Need You Tonight / Mediate in US dance charts
[Atlantic 89188]
written by Andrew Farriss & Michael Hutchence |
| 88. | 07/1986 | | 276
| US ✫1
UK 15
US AC ✫1
US rock 3 | [RCA Victor 5023]
written by Bruce Hornsby |
 | 89. | 03/1985 | | 276
| 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 |
 | 90. | 05/1987 | | 275
| US ✫1
UK 88
US rock ✫1 | [MCA 53094]
written by Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey & Bob Seger |
 | 91. | 01/1981 | | 275
| US 19
UK 2
US rock 2 | [Atlantic 3824]
written by Phil Collins |
| 92. | 08/1981 | | 273
| US 8
UK ✫1
US dance 4
US rock 12 | |
 | 93. | 07/1989 | | 273
| US 2
UK 18
US dance 8
US rock 30
US alt. 2 | written by Simon Gallup, Roger O'Donnell, Robert Smith, Porl Thompson (as Paul S. Thompson), Lol Tolhurst (as Laurence Tolhurst) & Boris Williams |
| 94. | 01/1983 | | 273
| US 2
UK 2
US dance 6
US R&B 18
US rock 12 | [Columbia 03793 (Portrait)]
written by Eddy Grant |
 | 95. | 06/1982 | | 273
| US ✫1
UK 25
US rock 3 | as John Cougar
written by John Mellencamp |
 | 96. | 06/1985 | | 272
| US 7
UK 2
US AC 4
US rock 6 | written by Mark Knopfler |
 | 97. | 02/1983 | | 271
| 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 |
 | 98. | 05/1983 | | 271
| US 10
UK 2
US dance 51
US rock 3 | co-produced by Nile Rodgers; charted as China Girl / Shake In in US dance charts
[EMI America 8165]
written by David Bowie & Iggy Pop |
 | 99. | 01/1989 | | 271
| US ✫1
UK 5
US dance ✫1
US R&B 54
US alt. 5 | [MCA 53483]
written by Roland Gift, David Steele & Andy Cox |
| 100. | 09/1989 | | 271
| US 5
UK 36
US rock ✫1
US alt. 22 | [Columbia 69008 (Rolling Stone)]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards |
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