Rank, Title, Artist, Peak Position, Peak Date

 

60. "High Enough," Damn Yankees, No. 3, Jan. 12, 1991

59. "Don't Know Much," Linda Ronstadt feat. Aaron Neville, No. 2, Dec. 23, 1989

58. "Pump Up the Jam," Technotronic feat. Felly, No. 2, Jan. 20, 1990

57. "Don't Let Go (Love)," En Vogue, No. 2, Jan. 18, 1997

56. "Donna," Ritchie Valens, No. 2, Feb. 23, 1959

55. "The Rubberband Man," The Spinners, No. 2, Dec. 4, 1976
54. "I'm Yours," Jason Mraz, No. 6, Sept. 20, 2008

53. "Party All the Time," Eddie Murphy, No. 2, Dec. 28, 1985

52. "Harden My Heart," Quarterflash, No. 3, Feb. 13, 1982

51. "Get Up and Boogie (That's Right)," Silver Convention, No. 2, June 12, 1976

50. "Bird Dog," The Everly Brothers, No. 2, Sept. 15, 1958

49. "Bad Romance," Lady Gaga, No. 2, Dec. 5, 2009
48. "Exodus," Ferrante & Teicher, No. 2, Jan. 23, 1961

47. "All That She Wants," Ace of Base, No. 2, Nov. 6, 1993

46. "1, 2, Step," Ciara feat. Missy Elliott, No. 2, Jan. 8, 2005

45. "Where My Girls At?," 702, No. 4, June 19, 1999

44. "How to Save a Life," The Fray, No. 3, Oct. 7, 2006

43. "Stay With Me," Sam Smith, No. 2, Aug. 16, 2014

42. "Woman," John Lennon, No. 2, March 21, 1981

41. "Some Nights," fun., No. 3, Sept. 29, 2012
40. "It's All Coming Back to Me Now," Celine Dion, No. 2, Oct. 26, 1996

39. "Gloria," Laura Branigan, No. 2, Nov. 27, 1982

38. "The Way I Are," Timbaland feat. Keri Hilson, No. 3, Aug. 25, 2007

37. "I Love You Always Forever," Donna Lewis, No. 2, Aug. 24, 1996

36. "Dancing Machine," Jackson 5, No. 2, May 18, 1974

35. "Twisted," Keith Sweat, No. 2, Aug. 17, 1996

34. "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here," Deborah Cox, No. 2, Dec. 5, 1998

33. "If I Ain't Got You," Alicia Keys, No. 4, July 3, 2004

32. "You Belong With Me," Taylor Swift, No. 2, Aug. 22, 2009
31. "Limbo Rock," Chubby Checker, No. 2, Dec. 22, 1962

30. "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)," Backstreet Boys, No. 2, Sept. 6, 1997

29. "Since U Been Gone," Kelly Clarkson, No. 2, April 9, 2005

28. "Y.M.C.A.," Village People, No. 2, Feb. 3, 1979
27. "Don't Let Me Down," The Chainsmokers feat. Daya, No. 3, July 16, 2016

26. "Wake Me Up!," Avicii, No. 4, Oct. 5, 2013

25. "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight," England Dan & John Ford Coley, No. 2, Sept. 25, 1976

24. "Poison," Bell Biv DeVoe, No. 3, June 9, 1990

23. "Kryptonite," 3 Doors Down, No. 3, Nov. 11, 2000

22. "Hey, Soul Sister," Train, No.3, April 10, 2010

21. "Dynamite," Taio Cruz, No. 2, Aug. 21, 2010

20. "From a Distance," Bette Midler, No. 2, Dec. 15, 1990

19. "Thinking Out Loud," Ed Sheeran, No. 2, Jan. 31, 2015
18. "I Wanna Sex You Up," Color Me Badd, No. 2, June 8, 1991

17. "Need You Now," Lady Antebellum, No. 2, March 20, 2010

16. "He'll Have to Go," Jim Reeves, No. 2, March 7, 1960

15. "Trap Queen," Fetty Wap, No. 2, May 16, 2015

14. "Hanging by a Moment," Lifehouse, No. 2, June 16, 2001

13. "Breathe," Faith Hill, No. 2, April 22, 2000

12. "Counting Stars," OneRepublic, No. 2, Jan. 18, 2014

11. "Radioactive," Imagine Dragons, No. 3, July 6, 2013
10. "Nobody Knows," The Tony Rich Project, No. 2, March 23, 1996
9. "Another Night," Real McCoy, No. 3, Nov. 12, 1994

8. "You Make Me Wanna," Usher, No. 2, Oct. 25, 1997
7. "Hurts So Good," John Mellencamp, No. 2, Aug. 7, 1982
6. "Waiting for a Girl Like You," Foreigner, No. 2, Nov. 28, 1981
5. "You're Still the One," Shania Twain, No. 2, May 2, 1998
4. "Whoomp! (There It Is)," Tag Team, No. 2, July 31, 1993
3. "Apologize," Timbaland feat. OneRepublic, No. 2, Nov. 10, 2007
2. "You Were Meant for Me"/"Foolish Games," Jewel, No. 2, April 19, 1997
1. "How Do I Live," LeAnn Rimes, No. 2, Dec. 13, 1997

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/hot-100-turns-60/8468200/hot-100-top-60-songs-never-number-one

1 minute ago, umich said:

32. "You Belong With Me," Taylor Swift, No. 2, Aug. 22, 2009

17. "Need You Now," Lady Antebellum, No. 2, March 20, 2010

13. "Breathe," Faith Hill, No. 2, April 22, 2000
5. "You're Still the One," Shania Twain, No. 2, May 2, 1998
1. "How Do I Live," LeAnn Rimes, No. 2, Dec. 13, 1997

Is there like a law that country crossover smashes have to peak at #2?  

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49. "Bad Romance," Lady Gaga, No. 2, Dec. 5, 2009

Queen.

 

wheres Wide Awake

"Bad Romance" barely making the top fifty?

 

Interesting.

 

- You Were Meant For Me. 

- You Make Me Wanna. 

- Whoomp: There It Is. 

- Another Night. 

- Waiting For A Girl Like You. 

- Hurts So Good. 

- Kryptonite. 

12 minutes ago, umich said:

27. "Don't Let Me Down," The Chainsmokers feat. Daya, No. 3, July 16, 2016

 

23 minutes ago, umich said:

15. "Trap Queen," Fetty Wap, No. 2, May 16, 2015

Mess at Trap Queen being THAT big

 

27 minutes ago, Lennox. said:

"Bad Romance" barely making the top fifty?

 

Interesting.

 

- You Were Meant For Me. 

- You Make Me Wanna. 

- Whoomp: There It Is. 

- Another Night. 

- Waiting For A Girl Like You. 

- Hurts So Good. 

- Kryptonite. 

based on chart performance  BR is still bigger than most of these combined.  So is YMCA and a few others that are not even top 10/20/30 etc. 

2 minutes ago, Mariano said:

based on chart performance  BR is still bigger than most of these combined.  So is YMCA and a few others that are not even top 10/20/30 etc. 

"Bigger than most of these combined"?

 

In what metric exactly?

 

Digital Sales?

 

There are songs on this list of which were far bigger in radio airplay, recurrent YouTube views, recurrent audio streams etc. Moreover, more than a third of the songs on this list are over twenty years old and were successful in vastly different chart/commercial climates.

 

How do we and can we deduce what is "bigger" than another exactly?

 

I honestly wasn't "shading" Bad Romance, I was just curious as to why it was 'barely' ranked in the top fifty. I honestly thought it's chart performance was far greater, especially considering it peaked at #2 for 6-8 weeks or so.

Just now, Lennox. said:

"Bigger than most of these combined"?

 

In what metric exactly?

 

Digital Sales?

 

There are songs on this list of which were far bigger in radio airplay, recurrent YouTube views, recurrent audio streams etc. Moreover, more than a third of the songs on this list are over twenty years old and were successful in vastly different chart/commercial climates.

 

How do we and can we deduce what is "bigger" than another exactly?

 

I honestly wasn't "shading" Bad Romance, I was just curious as to why it was 'barely' ranked in the top fifty. I honestly thought it's chart performance was far greater, especially considering it peaked at #2 for 6-8 weeks or so.

because most of the other songs were hits when Airplay was everything and airplay used to keep songs forever on the charts. Hence why We Belong Together by Mariah was "the biggest song of the 2000s"  even tho it's literally one of the most forgotten number 1s of the 2000s  

Just now, Mariano said:

because most of the other songs were hits when Airplay was everything and airplay used to keep songs forever on the charts. Hence why We Belong Together by Mariah was "the biggest song of the 2000s"  even tho it's literally one of the most forgotten number 1s of the 2000s  

"We Belong Together" has more recurrent streams than many other #1s of the 2000's decade, including some of which outsold two or three times over or more.

 

How did you come to the conclusion that it's "one of the most forgotten songs of the 2000's"?

 

Clearly you didn't read the rest of my previous post also.

2 minutes ago, Mariano said:

because most of the other songs were hits when Airplay was everything and airplay used to keep songs forever on the charts. Hence why We Belong Together by Mariah was "the biggest song of the 2000s"  even tho it's literally one of the most forgotten number 1s of the 2000s  

BB literally ranking the songs and you're still saying Bad Romance is bigger than those songs in the US combined

 

I don't get your logic

no Work It

 

Where is Wide Awake tho? It was #1 in sales and airplay for a long time.

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Just now, Sinister said:

BB literally ranking the songs and you're still saying Bad Romance is bigger than those songs in the US combined

 

I don't get your logic

Do you know how BB all time charts work? 

 

A song that never hit number 1 could easily be bigger than a number 1 song.

Example: Bad Romance > S&M by Rihanna for example. 

But S&M will get more points than BR cuz it was number 1 a few weeks etc.  and that's how their chart works it's based on peaks.

 

A song having more competition and peaking lower can still be bigger than a song peaking at number 1 etc.  

 

This is how flawed BB's all time charts are   Most of these songs have been overplayed on radio at their time of release and stayed for months in the hot 100, that's hte only reason they are on this list   Do you honestly think all these 48 songs are bigger than BR ?  I mean if you do, fine... 

How to Save a Life, Some Nights, The Way I Are, Kryptonite bigger than Bad Romance?  Sure Jan.

58 minutes ago, umich said:

37. "I Love You Always Forever," Donna Lewis, No. 2, Aug. 24, 1996

Ugh we love a classic!

31 minutes ago, Sinister said:

BB literally ranking the songs and you're still saying Bad Romance is bigger than those songs in the US combined

 

I don't get your logic

 

Exactly. This is based on the Billboard Hot 100 chart performance and there are 48 songs that couldn't reach the #1 that are bigger than Bad Romance. Period.

Weird that Work It, Shake It Off, and Party in the USA are absent. 

56 minutes ago, Achilles. said:

Is there like a law that country crossover smashes have to peak at #2?  

Amazed by Lonestar was a #1 hit.

I'm surprised Bad Romance is so low 

53 minutes ago, JBJT2786 said:

Mess at Trap Queen being THAT big

 

dxdx

 

it was inescapable in 2015

19 minutes ago, Mariano said:

Do you know how BB all time charts work? 

 

A song that never hit number 1 could easily be bigger than a number 1 song.

Example: Bad Romance > S&M by Rihanna for example. 

But S&M will get more points than BR cuz it was number 1 a few weeks etc.  and that's how their chart works it's based on peaks.

 

A song having more competition and peaking lower can still be bigger than a song peaking at number 1 etc.  

 

This is how flawed BB's all time charts are   Most of these songs have been overplayed on radio at their time of release and stayed for months in the hot 100, that's hte only reason they are on this list   Do you honestly think all these 48 songs are bigger than BR ?  I mean if you do, fine... 

Then I guess The Fame isn't the 12th biggest album of all time 

Mess @ at the meltdown from that one Monster

 

31 minutes ago, Lennox. said:

"Bigger than most of these combined"?

 

In what metric exactly?

 

Digital Sales?

 

There are songs on this list of which were far bigger in radio airplay, recurrent YouTube views, recurrent audio streams etc. Moreover, more than a third of the songs on this list are over twenty years old and were successful in vastly different chart/commercial climates.

 

How do we and can we deduce what is "bigger" than another exactly?

 

I honestly wasn't "shading" Bad Romance, I was just curious as to why it was 'barely' ranked in the top fifty. I honestly thought it's chart performance was far greater, especially considering it peaked at #2 for 6-8 weeks or so.

It simply didn't have the same staying power (on the charts) that "Just Dance" and "Poker Face" had. Outside of charts though, it did have an impact, for sure.

 

18 minutes ago, Divine said:

Amazed by Lonestar was a #1 hit.

"Cruise" by Florida Georgia Line peaked at #3. Had to be remixed though.