The Top Songs of Every Year 1900-2016
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The Top Songs of Every Year 1900-2016 SOURCES Mediabase Powerplay 2016 WABC 1981-1961 Apple Top Selling Songs 2016 Randy Price (Billboard/Cashbox) 1979-1970 Mediabase Big Picture 2016-2015 Ranking the 70s 1979-1970 Billboard Pop Songs 2016-2008 Record World 1979-1970 Billboard Radio Songs 2016-2006 Ranking the 60s 1969-1960 Mediabase Hot AC 2016-2006 Great American Songbook 1969-1968, Mediabase AC 2016-2006 1961-1940 Pop Radio Top 20 HAC 2016-2005 The Elvis Era 1963-1956 Mediabase Top 40 2016-2000 Gilbert & Theroux 1963-1956 American Top 40 2016-1998 Hit Parade 1955-1954 Rock On The Net 2016-1980 Billboard Disc Jockey 1953-1950, Pop Radio Top 20 2016-1941 1948-1947 TSort 2008-1900 Billboard Jukebox 1953-1949 Radio & Records CHR/T40/Pop 2007-2001, Billboard Sales 1953-1946 1995-1974 Cashbox (Barry Kowal) 1953-1945 Radio & Records Hot AC 2005-1996 Hit Parade (Barry Kowal) 1953-1935 Radio & Records AC 2005-1996 Billboard Disc Jockey (BK) 1949, Billboard Hot/Top 100 2005-1954 1946-1945 Tunecaster 2003-1960 Billboard Jukebox (BK) 1948-1944 Playback.FM 1999-1938 Billboard Sales (Barry Kowal) 1945 Rick Dees Top 40 1997-1995 Billboard (Barry Kowal) 1944-1940 Cashbox 1996-1954 Century of Pop (Whitburn) 1937-1900 Rock 100 1991-1954 Pop Culture Madness 1937-1920 AT 40 (Vince revision) 1989-1970 Pop Memories (Kowal/Whitburn) 1934-1920 WCBS Top 500 of the 70s and 80s 2017 Songs highlighted in gold are calculated as one of the Top 100 songs in the USA all-time based on charts, sales, airplay, and awards (TSORT). 1900-2013 Songs highlighted in green are calculated as one of the Top 101-250 songs in the USA all-time based on charts, sales, airplay, and awards (TSORT). 1900-2013 Songs highlighted in green are calculated as one of the Top 251-500 songs in the USA all-time based on charts, sales, airplay, and awards (TSORT). 1900-2013 Songs highlighted in green are calculated as one of the Top 501-1000 songs in the USA all-time based on charts, sales, airplay, and awards (TSORT). 1900-2013 HM = Honorable Mention for songs ranked just below 100 Songs in the TSORT Top 1000 that did not make a yearly Top 40 ranking. 126 Johnny B Goode Chuck Berry 1958 145 Like a Rolling Stone Bob Dylan 1965 151 What'd I Say Ray Charles 1959 181 Layla Derek & The Dominos 1972 202 Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynyrd 1974 215 Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison 1967 341 Dance to the Music Sly & The Family Stone 1968 368 You Really Got Me The Kinks 1964 377 At Last Etta James 1961 397 Ray of Light Madonna 1998 404 The Boys of Summer Don Henley 1985 408 Stardust Hoagy Carmichael 1927 411 I Feel Love Donna Summer 1977 432 Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) Marvin Gaye 1971 445 The Girl From Ipanema Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto 1964 452 White Rabbit Jefferson Airplane 1967 474 Roll Over Beethoven Chuck Berry 1956 477 Rehab Amy Winehouse 2007 487 This Land is Your Land Woody Guthrie 1944 For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey 499 Buffalo Springfield 1967 What's That Sound) 502 Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin 1971 531 I Only Have Eyes For You The Flamingos 1959 557 Walk On By Dionne Warwick 1964 Snoop Dogg & Pharrell 559 Drop it Like It's Hot 2004 Williams 564 Ring of Fire Johnny Cash 1963 573 Walk This Way Run DMC & Aerosmith 1986 581 Your Song Elton John 1971 582 Oh Happy Day Edwin Hawkins Singers 1969 588 Whip It Devo 1980 609 Won't Get Fooled Again The Who 1971 630 Lola The Kinks 1970 644 Nights in White Satin The Moody Blues 1968 655 Born in the USA Bruce Springsteen 1985 660 Eight Days a Week The Beatles 1965 665 Ain't Misbehavin' Fats Waller 1929 672 Love to Love You Baby Donna Summer 1976 674 Born to Run Bruce Springsteen 1975 679 Groove is in the Heart Deee-Lite 1990 680 Gimme Some Lovin' Spencer Davis Group 1967 681 Beautiful Day U2 2000 684 Fortunate Son Creedence Clearwater Revival 1969 691 I Walk the Line Johnny Cash 1956 696 Revolution The Beatles 1968 700 Living For the City Stevie Wonder 1974 701 School's Out Alice Cooper 1972 703 Riders On the Storm The Doors 1971 713 Mr Brightside The Killers 2004 725 The Tracks of My Tears The Miracles 1965 729 Long Tall Sally Little Richard 1956 739 Ain't No Mountain High Enough Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell 1967 741 Beauty & the Beast Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson 1992 747 Freebird Lynyrd Skynyrd 1974 750 California Girls The Beach Boys 1965 755 Smoke On the Water Deep Purple 1973 756 Hungry Heart Bruce Springsteen 1980 767 Piano Man Billy Joel 1973 784 Strawberry Fields Forever The Beatles 1967 788 All Along the Watchtower Jimi Hendrix 1968 790 Fast Car Tracy Chapman 1988 801 Behind Closed Doors Charlie Rich 1973 808 Go Your Own Way Fleetwood Mac 1977 814 Spanish Harlem Aretha Franklin 1971 815 Wicked Game Chris Isaak 1991 818 Somebody to Love Jefferson Airplane 1967 Every Little Thing She Does is 839 The Police 1981 Magic 846 Rock the Casbah The Clash 1982 859 Papa's Got a Brand New Bag James Brown 1965 871 Summertime Blues Eddie Cochran 1958 878 Rag Mop The Ames Brothers 1950 880 Up Around the Bend Creedence Clearwater Revival 1970 Da Doo Ron Ron (When He 887 The Crystals 1963 Walked Me Home) 888 If You Don't Know Me By Now Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes 1972 902 Walk On the Wild Side Lou Reed 1973 917 Bitter Sweet Symphony The Verve 1997 919 More Than a Feeling Boston 1976 Caldonia Boogie (What Makes 930 Louis Jordan 1945 Your Big Head So Hard) 934 West End Blues Louis Armstrong 1928 (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) 940 Jackie Wilson 1967 Higher & Higher Don't Let the Sun Go Down On 944 Elton John 1974 Me 956 Purple Haze Jimi Hendrix 1967 962 1999 Prince 1983 972 Up Up & Away Fifth Dimension 1967 1000 Paper Planes MIA 2008 2016 1 LOVE YOURSELF Justin Bieber 2 CLOSER The Chainsmokers f/ Halsey 3 STRESSED OUT Twenty One Pilots 4 CHEAP THRILLS Sia 5 HELLO Adele 6 DON ’T LET ME DOWN The Chainsmokers f/ Daya 7 CAN ’T STOP THE FEELING Justin Timberlake 8 SORRY Justin Bieber 9 ONE DANCE Drake w/ Wiz Kid & Kyla 10 CAKE BY THE OCEAN DNCE 11 THIS IS WHAT YOU CAME FOR Calvin Harris f/ Rihanna 12 I TOOK A PILL IN IBIZA Mike Posner 13 RIDE Twenty One Pilots 14 MY HOUSE Flo Rida 15 7 YEARS Lukas Graham 16 TREAT YOU BETTER Shawn Mendes 17 HERE Alessia Cara 18 PILLOWTALK Zayn 19 SEND MY LOVE (T O YOUR NEW LOVER ) Adele 20 SAME OLD LOVE Selenda Gomez 21 JUST LIKE FIRE Pink 22 LIKE I’ M GONNA LOSE YOU Meghan Trainor 23 HEATHENS Twenty One Pilots 24 WORK FROM HOME Fifth Harmony f/ Ty Dolla $ign 25 ME, MYSELF , & I G-Eazy f/ Bebe Rexha 26 LET ME LOVE YOU DJ Snake f/ Justin Bieber 27 EX’S AND OH’S Elle King 28 COLD WATER Major Lazer f/ Justin Bieber & Mo 29 LET IT GO James Bay 30 ROSES The Chainsmokers f/ Rozes 31 ONE CALL AWAY Charlie Puth 32 DANGEROUS WOMAN Ariana Grande 33 WORK Rihanna f/ Drake 34 ON MY MIND Ellie Goulding 35 IN THE NIGHT The Weeknd 36 HANDS TO MYSELF Selena Gomez 37 HOTLINE BLING Drake 38 NEVER FORGET YOU Zara Larsson & Mnek 39 GOLD Kiiara 40 UNSTEADY X Ambassadors Subject to change once 2017 rankings arrive for songs that peaked in late 2016 2015 1 UPTOWN FUNK ! Mark Ronson f/ Bruno Mars 2 SHUT UP + DANCE Walk The Moon 3 STITCHES Shawn Mendes 4 BLANK SPACE Taylor Swift 5 SUGAR Maroon 5 6 THINKING OUT LOUD Ed Sheeran 7 LOVE ME LIKE YOU DO Ellie Goulding 8 STYLE Taylor Swift 9 WANT TO WANT ME Jason Derülo 10 CAN 'T FEEL MY FACE The Weeknd 11 BAD BLOOD Taylor Swift f/ Kendrick Lamar 12 SEE YOU AGAIN Wiz Khalifa f/ Charlie Puth 13 CHEERLEADER OMI 14 TAKE ME TO CHURCH Hozier 15 JEALOUS Nick Jonas 16 PHOTOGRAPH Ed Sheeran 17 I' M NOT THE ONLY ONE Sam Smith 18 WILDEST DREAMS Taylor Swift 19 LEAN ON Major Lazer f/ DJ Snake & MO David Guetta f/ Nicki Minaj, Bebe 20 HEY MAMA Rexha & Afrojack 21 ANIMALS Maroon 5 22 EARNED IT The Weeknd 23 TALKING BODY Tove Lo 24 GOOD FOR YOU Selena Gomez 25 WHAT DO YOU MEAN ? Justin Bieber 26 WORTH IT Fifth Harmony f/ Kid Ink 27 SOMEBODY Natalie La Rose f/ Jeremih 28 HONEY , I' M GOOD Andy Grammer 29 LOCKED AWAY R. City f/ Adam Levine 30 LIPS ARE MOVIN ' Meghan Trainor 31 FIGHT SONG Rachel Patten 32 THE HILLS The Weeknd 33 TIME OF OUR LIVES Pitbull f/ Ne-Yo 34 WHERE ARE U NOW Skrillex & Diplo f/ Justin Bieber 35 LOVE ME HARDER Ariana Grande f/ The Weeknd 36 COOL FOR THE SUMMER Demi Lovato 37 RENEGADES X Ambassadors 38 CHAINS Nick Jonas 39 UMA THURMAN Fall Out Boy 40 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 2014 1 DARK HORSE Katy Perry 2 COUNTING STARS OneRepublic 3 ALL OF ME John Legend 4 AM I WRONG Nico and Vinz 5 HAPPY Pharrell 6 STAY WITH ME Sam Smith 7 RUDE Magic! 8 SHAKE IT OFF Taylor Swift 9 POMPEII Bastille 10 TEAM Lorde 11 TALK DIRTY Jason Derulo 12 ALL ABOUT THAT BASS Meghan Trainor 13 TIMBER Pitbull f/ Kesha 14 THE MONSTER Eminem f/ Rihanna 15 PROBLEM Ariana Grande f/ Iggy Azalea 16 FANCY Iggy Azalea 17 BOOM CLAP Charlie XCX 18 BURN Elle Goulding 19 BEST DAY OF MY LIFE American Authors 20 LATCH Disclosure f/ Sam Smith 21 DEMONS Imagine Dragons 22 NOT A BAD THING Justin Timberlake 23 STORY OF MY LIFE One Direction 24 MAPS Maroon 5 25 LET HER GO Passenger 26 AIN ’T IT FUN Paramore 27 BANG BANG Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj 28 HABITS (S TAY HIGH ) Tove Lo 29 BLACK WIDOW Iggy Azalea f/ Rita Ora 30 SUMMER Calvin Harris 31 ME AND MY BROKEN HEART Rixton 32 DON ’T Ed Sheeran 33 SAY SOMETHING A Great Big World 34 RATHER BE Clean Bandit f/ Jess Glynne 35 TURN DOWN FOR WHAT DJ Snake 36 HOLD ON, WE’RE GOING HOME Drake 37 BREAK FREE Ariana Grande 38 LOVE RUNS OUT OneRepublic 39 STAY THE NIGHT Zedd 40 CLASSIC MKTO 2013 1 BLURRED LINES Robin Thicke 314 2 LOCKED OUT OF HEAVEN Bruno Mars 415 3 WAKE ME UP Avicii 4 I KNEW YOU WERE TROUBLE Taylor Swift 5 MIRRORS Justin Timberlake 6 HO HEY Lumineers 7 CAN ’T HOLD US DOWN Macklemore & Ryan Lewis