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Singles Charts by Year (Thanks to AlaskaJim.com) Top Songs of the 1960’s 1 ****  NUMBER ONE **** Hey Jude, The Beatles 1968 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (9 weeks) 2 (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, The Rolling Stones 1965 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (4 weeks) 3 Light My Fire, The Doors 1967 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) 4 Good Vibrations, The Beach Boys 1966 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 5 Yesterday, The Beatles 1965 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (4 weeks) 6 I Want To Hold Your Hand, The Beatles 1964 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (7 weeks) 7 The House Of The Rising Sun, The Animals 1964 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) 8 The Sounds Of Silence, Simon & Garfunkel 1966 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) 9 Suspicious Minds, Elvis Presley 1969 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 10 My Girl, The Temptations 1965 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 11 Oh, Pretty Woman, Roy Orbison 1964 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) 12 Like A Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan 1965 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #2 13 (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay, Otis Redding 1968 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (4 weeks) 14 Paint It, Black, The Rolling Stones 1966 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) 15 Respect, Aretha Franklin 1967 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) 16 Come Together, The Beatles 1969 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 17 Penny Lane, The Beatles 1967 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 18 I’m A Believer, The Monkees 1966 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (7 weeks) 19 Downtown, Petula Clark 1965 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) 20 The Lion Sleeps Tonight, The Tokens 1961 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) 21 Turn! Turn! Turn!, The Byrds 1965 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) 22 She Loves You, The Beatles 1964 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) 23 Purple Haze, Jimi Hendrix Experience 1967 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #65 24 When A Man Loves A Woman, Percy Sledge 1966 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) 25 Honky Tonk Woman, The Rolling Stones 1969 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (4 weeks) 26 Cherish, The Association 1966 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) 27 You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling, The Righteous Brothers 1965 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) 28 California Dreamin’, The Mamas And The Papas 1966 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #4 29 In My Life, The Beatles 1965 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: did not chart 30 A Day In The Life, The Beatles 1967 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: did not chart 31 Can’t Buy Me Love, The Beatles 1964 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (5 weeks) 32 Mrs. Robinson, Simon & Garfunkel 1968 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) 33 Sugar Sugar, The Archies 1969 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (4 weeks) 34 Runaway, Del Shannon 1961 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (4 weeks) 35 I Heard It Through The Gravevine, Marvin Gaye 1968 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (7 weeks) 36 Will You Love Me Tomorrow, The Shirelles 1961 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) 37 Help!, The Beatles 1965 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) 38 Love Child, The Supremes 1968 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) 39 God Only Knows, The Beach Boys 1966 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #39 40 Leaving On A Jet Plane, Peter, Paul & Mary 1969 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 41 Aquarius/Let The Sun Shine In, The Fifth Dimension 1969 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (6 weeks) 42 Mr. Tambourine Man, The Byrds 1965 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 43 Paperback Writer, The Beatles 1966 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) 44 All You Need Is Love, The Beatles 1967 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 45 Leader Of The Pack, Shangri-Las 1964 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 46 Ruby Tuesday, The Rolling Stones 1967 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 47 Wild Thing, The Troggs 1966 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) 48 Hello, I Love You, The Doors 1968 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) 49 Strawberry Fields Forever, The Beatles 1967 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #8 50 White Rabbit, Jefferson Airplane 1967 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #8 51 Daydream Believer, The Monkees 1967 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (4 weeks) 52 A Hard Day’s Night, The Beatles 1964 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) 53 I Got You Babe, Sonny & Cher 1965 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) Top Songs of the 1970’s 1 ****  NUMBER ONE **** Hotel California, The Eagles 1977 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 2 Stairway To Heaven, Led Zeppelin Billboard Hot 100 Peak: did not chart 3 American Pie, Don McLean 1972 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (4 weeks) 4 Stayin’ Alive, Bee Gees 1978 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (4 weeks) 5 Heart Of Glass, Blondie 1979 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 6 Let It Be, The Beatles 1972 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (4 weeks) 7 Dancing Queen, Abba 1977 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 weeks) 8 Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon & Garfunkel 1970 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (6 weeks) 9 Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen 1976 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #9 10 My Sharona, The Knack 1979 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (6 weeks) 11 My Sweet Lord, George Harrison 1970 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (4 weeks) 12 I Will Survive, Gloria Gaynor 1979 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) 13 American Woman, Guess Who 1970 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) 14 Bad Girls, Donna Summer 1979 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (5 weeks) 15 Ain’t No Mountain High Enough, Diana Ross 1970 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) 16 I Want You Back, The Jackson 5 1970 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 17 Imagine, John Lennon 1971 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #3 18 Lady Marmalade, LaBelle 1975 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 19 ABC, The Jackson 5 1970 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) 20 One Way Or Another, Blondie 1979 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #24 21 The Joker, Steve Miller Band 1974 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 22 More Than A Feeling, Boston 1976 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #5 23 I’ll Be There, The Jackson 5 1970 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (5 weeks) 24 You’re So Vain, Carly Simon 1973 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) 25 Dreams, Fleetwood Mac 1977 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 26 Night Fever, Bee Gees 1978 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (8 weeks) 27 Angie, The Rolling Stones 1973 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 28 Grease, Frankie Vallie 1977 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 29 Killing Me Softly With His Song, Roberta Flack 1973 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (5 weeks) 30 Maggie May, Rod Stewart 1971 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (5 weeks) 31 Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough, Michael Jackson 1979 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 32 The Long And Winding Road, The Beatles 1970 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) 33 Best Of My Love, The Emotions 1977 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (5 weeks) 34 Band On The Run, Paul McCartney & Wings 1974 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 35 (They Long To Be) Close To You, The Carpenters 1970 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (4 weeks) 36 If You Leave Me Now, Chicago 1976 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) 37 Let’s Get It On, Marvin Gaye 1973 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) 38 Smoke On The Water, Deep Purple 1978 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #4 39 Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head, B.J. Thomas 1970 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (4 weeks) 40 Free Bird, Lynyrd Skynyrd 1975 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #19 41 Get Used To It, Roger Voudouris 1979 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #21 42 A Horse With No Name, America 1972 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) 43 Good Times, Chic 1979 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 44 Brown Sugar, The Rolling Stones 1971 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) 45 Kashmir, Led Zeppelin 1975 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: did not chart 46 Venus, Shocking Blue 1970 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 47 Ben, Michael Jackson 1972 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 48 Pop Muzik, M 1979 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 49 Cat’s In The Cradle, Harry Chapin 1974 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 50 Sweet Home Alabama, Lynyrd Skynyrd 1974 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #8 51 How Deep Is Your Love, Bee Gees 1977 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) 52 Superstition, Stevie Wonder 1973 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 53 Me And Bobby McGee, Janis Joplin 1971 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) 54 Love Will Keep Us Together, Captain & Tennille 1975 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (4 weeks) 55 I Think I Love You, The Partridge Family 1970 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) 56 Crocodile Rock, Elton John 1973 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) 57 It’s Too Late, Carole King 1971 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (5 weeks) 58 You Light Up My Life, Debby Boone 1977 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (10 weeks) 59 Thunder Island, Jay Ferguson 1978 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #9 60 You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet, Bachman-Turner Overdrive 1974 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 61 Dream On, Aerosmith 1973 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #6 62 (Don’t Fear) The Reaper, Blue Oyster Cult 1976 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #12 63 You’ve Got A Friend, James Taylor 1971 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 64 I Just Want To Be Your Everything, Andy Gibb 1977 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (4 weeks) 65 Born To Run, Bruce Springsteen 1975 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #23 66 I Can See Clearly Now, Johnny Nash 1972 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (4 weeks) 67 Le Freak, Chic 1978 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (6 weeks) 68 Joy To The World, Three Dog Night 1971 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (6 weeks) 69 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Roberta Flack 1972 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (6 weeks) 70 What A Fool Believes, Doobie Brothers 1979 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 71 Half The Way, Crystal Gayle 1979 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #15 72 That’s The Way (I Like It), KC & The Sunshine Band 1975 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) 73 Fame, David Bowie 1975 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) 74 I Just Want To Celebrate, Rare Earth 1971 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #7 75 Your Song, Elton John 1971 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #8 76 Blinded By The Light, Manfred Mann 1977 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 77 Play That Funky Music, Wild Cherry 1976 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) 78 Cruel To Be Kind, Nick Lowe 1979 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #12 79 Alone Again (Naturally), Gilbert O’Sullivan 1972 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (6 weeks) 80 Rock Your Baby, George McRae 1974 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) 81 War, Edwin Starr 1970 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) 82 Anarchy In The U.K., The Sex Pistols 1978 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: did not chart 83 You’re The One That I Want, John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 1978 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 84 Brandy (You’re A Fine Girl), Looking Glass 1972 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 85 Theme From Shaft, Isaac Hayes 1971 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) 86 Heart Of Gold, Neil Young 1972 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 87 Hot Stuff, Donna Summer 1979 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) 88 Y.M.C.A., The Village People 1979 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #2 (3 weeks) 89 Summer Nights, John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 1978 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #5 90 Seasons In The Sun, Terry Jacks 1974 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) 91 Lean On Me, Bill Withers 1972 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) 92 Mama Told Me (Not To Come), Three Dog Night 1970 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) 93 Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd 1975 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: did not chart 94 Come Sail Away, Styx 1978 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #8 95 Ebony Eyes, Bob Welch 1978 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #14 96 How Can You Mend A Broken Heart, Bee Gees 1971 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (4 weeks) 97 Desperado, The Eagles 1973 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: did not chart 98 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John 1973 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #2 (3 weeks) 99 The Love You Save, The Jackson 5 1970 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) 100 Gypsys, Tramps And Thieves, Cher 1971 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) 101 One Of These Nights, The Eagles 1975 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 102 I Shot The Sheriff, Eric Clapton 1974 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 103 What’s Going On, Marvin Gaye 1971 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #2 (3 weeks) 104 Tiny Dancer, Elton John 1972 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #41 105 I Honestly Love You, Olivia Newton-John 1974 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) 106 Escape (The Pina Colada Song), Rupert Holmes 1979 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) 107 Get Down Tonight, KC & The Sunshine Band 1975 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 108 Afternoon Delight, Starlight Vocal Band 1976 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) 109 Kung Fu Fighting, Carl Douglas 1974 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) 110 Fernando, ABBA 1976 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #13 111 Let’s Stay Together, Al Green 1972 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) 112 Rock And Roll All Nite, Kiss 1976 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #12 113 Me And Mrs. Jones, Billy Paul 1972 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) 114 We Are The Champions, Queen 1978 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #4 115 Shadow Dancing, Andy Gibb 1978 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (7 weeks) Top Songs of the early 1980s 1 ****  NUMBER ONE **** Billie Jean, Michael Jackson 1983 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (7 weeks) CD/Album 2 Every Breath You Take, The Police 1983 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (8 weeks) CD/Album |  MP3 3 Take On Me, A-Ha 1985 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) CD/Album |  MP3 4 Like A Virgin, Madonna 1984 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (6 weeks) CD/Album |  MP3 5 Beat It, Michael Jackson 1983 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) CD/Album 6 Call Me, Blondie 1980 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (6 weeks) CD/Album |  MP3 7 Careless Whisper, Wham! featuring George Michael 1984 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) CD/Album 8 Time After Time, Cyndi Lauper 1984 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) CD/Album 9 Come On Eileen, Dexy’s Midnight Runners 1983 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) CD/Album 10 Another Brick In The Wall Part II, Pink Floyd 1980 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (4 weeks) CD/Album |  MP3 11 Don’t You (Forget About Me), Simple Minds 1985 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) CD/Album |  MP3 12 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1984 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #4 CD/Album 13 When Doves Cry, Prince 1984 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (5 weeks) CD/Album |  MP3 14 Total Eclipse Of The Heart, Bonnie Tyler 1983 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (4 weeks) CD/Album 15 Another One Bites The Dust, Queen 1980 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) CD/Album 16 I Love Rock & Roll, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts 1982 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (7 weeks) CD/Album 17 Rapture, Blondie 1981 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) CD/Album |  MP3 18 Eye Of The Tiger, Survivor 1982 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (6 weeks) CD/Album 19 Jessie’s Girl, Rick Springfield 1981 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) CD/Album 20 Don’t You Want Me, The Human League 1982 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) CD/Album |  MP3 21 Money For Nothing, Dire Straits 1985 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) CD/Album |  MP3 22 What’s Love Got To Do With It, Tina Turner 1984 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) CD/Album |  MP3 23 Jump, Van Halen 1984 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (5 weeks) CD/Album |  MP3 24 Bette Davis Eyes, Kim Carnes 1981 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (9 weeks) CD/Album |  MP3 25 Endless Love, Dianna Ross & Lionel Richie 1981 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (9 weeks) CD/Album |  MP3 26 We Built This City, Starship 1985 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) CD/Album |  MP3 27 Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Cyndi Lauper 1984 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #3 (2 weeks) CD/Album 28 Physical, Olivia Newton-John 1981 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (10 weeks) CD/Album |  MP3 29 Down Under, Men At Work 1983 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (4 weeks) CD/Album 30 Jack And Diane, John Couger 1982 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (4 weeks) CD/Album 31 Rock With You, Michael Jackson 1980 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (4 weeks) CD/Album 32 Flashdance…What A Feeling, Irene Cara 1983 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (6 weeks) CD/Album |  MP3 33 Lady, Kenny Rogers 1980 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (6 weeks) CD/Album |  MP3 34 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Wham! 1984 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) CD/Album 35 Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Queen 1980 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (4 weeks) CD/Album 36 Africa, Toto 1983 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week) CD/Album 37 Upside Down, Diana Ross 1980 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (4 weeks) CD/Album |  MP3 38 Footloose, Kenny Loggins 1984 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) CD/Album 39 Can’t Fight This Feeling, REO Speedwagon 1985 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) CD/Album 40 Purple Rain, Prince 1984 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #2 CD/Album |  MP3