| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Grease | Frankie Valli | 4.3 | 3:22 |
| 2 | Glory of Love- engineer and mixer:
- Terry Christian and John Guess
- producer:
- Michael Omartian
- guest background vocals:
- Kenny Cetera
- lead vocals:
- Peter Cetera
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Warner Bros. Records Inc. (in 1986) and Warner Music International (in 1986)
- recorded at and mixed at:
- Lion Share Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
- recording of:
- Glory of Love
- writer:
- Peter Cetera, David Foster and Diane Nini
- publisher:
- EMI Gold Horizon Music Corp., EMI Golden Torch Music Corp., Rondor Music Publishing, Universal Music–MGB Songs, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. , シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント , ピアーミュージック , ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 , コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30), Air Bear Music (in 1986), Fall Line Orange Music (in 1986), Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (in 1986), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (from 2017-04-01 to present) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
- part of:
- The 59th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1986 nominee)
| Peter Cetera | 4.2 | 4:18 |
| 3 | Disco Inferno | The Trammps | 5 | 3:34 |
| 4 | St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion) | John Parr | 3.8 | 4:12 |
| 5 | Stand by Me- recorded in:
- New York, New York, United States (on 1960-10-27)
- producer:
- Leiber and Stoller
- vocals:
- Ben E. King (on 1960-10-27)
- conductor:
- Stan Applebaum (on 1960-10-27)
- arranger:
- Stan Applebaum
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- HHO Ltd. , WEA International Inc. (in 1960, in 1961) and Atlantic Recording Corporation (in 1986)
- part of:
- Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1961 (number: 1), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 62), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock, Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 121), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 131) and BILLIONS CLUB
- recording of:
- Stand by Me (on 1960-10-27)
- publisher:
- Mike Stoller
- writer:
- Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
- publisher:
- A.D.T. Enterprises, Hornall Brothers Music , Jerry Leiber Music, Leiber Stoller Songs Ltd., Melodie der Welt , Melodie der Welt GmbH & Co. KG , Progressive Music Publishing Company Inc., Rightsong Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Trio Music , Trio Music Co., Inc., Unichappell Music and Universal Music Publishing
| Ben E. King | 4.65 | 2:58 |
| 6 | The Living Daylights | a‐ha | 4 | 4:14 |
| 7 | The Rose | Bette Midler | 4.2 | 3:35 |
| 8 | You Can Leave Your Hat On- engineer:
- Brian Reeves
- producer:
- Richie Zito
- mixer:
- Rik Pekkonen
- bass and synthesizer:
- Arthur Barrow
- guitar:
- Richie Zito
- horn:
- Dick Hyde, Steve Madaio and Joel Peskin
- membranophone:
- Michael Baird
- background vocals:
- Maxine Sharp, Julia Waters and Maxine Waters
- lead vocals:
- Joe Cocker
- recorded at:
- Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
- cover recording of:
- You Can Leave Your Hat On
- lyricist and composer:
- Randy Newman
- publisher:
- Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. , WC Music Corp., Randy Newman (in 1972), Randy Newman Music (in 1972, in 1976) and WB Music Corp. (in 1972, in 1976)
- recording of:
- You Can Leave Your Hat On
- lyricist and composer:
- Randy Newman
- publisher:
- Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. , WC Music Corp., Randy Newman (in 1972), Randy Newman Music (in 1972, in 1976) and WB Music Corp. (in 1972, in 1976)
| Joe Cocker | 3.85 | 4:15 |
| 9 | Calling You | Christian Falk & Jevetta Steele | | 4:33 |
| 10 | You Sexy Thing | Hot Chocolate | 3.85 | 4:05 |
| 11 | Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)- additional engineer:
- John Guess, Lee Herschberg, Mark Linett and Richard Mullen
- assistant engineer:
- Stuart Gitlin and Margaret Gwynne
- producer:
- Michael Omartian
- mixer:
- Chet Himes
- lead vocals:
- Christopher Cross
- conductor:
- Michael Omartian
- strings arranger:
- Michael Omartian
- arranger:
- Christopher Cross , Rob Meurer and Michael Omartian
- concertmaster:
- Assa Drori
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Warner Bros. Records Inc. (in 1981, in 1983)
- recorded at and mixed at:
- Warner Bros. Recording Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
- part of:
- Paste: The 25 Greatest Yacht Rock Songs of All Time (number: 19)
- recording of:
- Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)
- writer:
- Peter Allen , Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager and Christopher Cross
- publisher:
- Begonia Melodies Inc., New Hidden Valley Music Co., Universal Music–MGB Songs, Warner Chappell Music Publishing , Warner Olive Music LLC, Warner-Barham Music LLC, Warner/Chappell North America, Woolnough Music, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
- part of:
- The 54th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1981 winner)
| Christopher Cross | 5 | 3:54 |
| 12 | Could It Be I’m Falling in Love | The Spinners | 5 | 4:09 |
| 13 | Moon River | Andy Williams | | 4:15 |
| 14 | Boogie Shoes | KC & the Sunshine Band | 4.35 | 2:12 |
| 15 | Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head- cover recording of:
- Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head
- lyricist:
- Hal David
- composer:
- Burt Bacharach
- publisher:
- BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (Hal David) , Casa David, Copyright Control , MCA Music , New Hidden Valley Music Co., PW Arrangements, Rondor Music (Australia) Pty Ltd, Universal Music Corp. , Universal Music Publishing , Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. , Warner Chappell Music , Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd., WB Music Corp. , フジパシフィックミュージック and フジパシフィックミュージック 第2事業部
- part of:
- The 42nd Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1969 winner)
| Dionne Warwick | | 2:59 |
| 16 | I Want to Know What Love Is- additional engineer:
- Josh Abbey, Larry Alexander , Jason Corsaro , Joe Ferla and Howie Lindeman
- assistant engineer:
- Bobby Cohen , Tim Crich and Scott “Abada” Mabuchi
- engineer:
- Frank Filipetti
- producer:
- Mick Jones and Alex Sadkin
- additional keyboard:
- Tom Bailey
- bass guitar:
- Rick Wills
- drums (drum set):
- Dennis Elliott
- electric guitar:
- Mick Jones
- additional vocals:
- Jennifer Holliday
- background vocals:
- Donnie Harper, Mick Jones and Rick Wills
- choir vocals:
- The New Jersey Mass Choir
- lead vocals:
- Lou Gramm
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Atlantic Recording Corporation (in 1984), Warner Music International (in 1984), WEA International Inc. (in 1984, in 2018) and Rhino Entertainment Company (in 2009)
- additionally recorded at:
- Right Track Recording in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
- recorded at:
- The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
- mixed at:
- Right Track Recording in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
- part of:
- VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (number: 65), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 205) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 476)
- recording of:
- I Want to Know What Love Is
- lyricist and composer:
- Mick Jones
- publisher:
- Evansongs Ltd. , Somerset Songs Publishing Inc., Warner Brothers Music Ltd. , Warner Chappell Music , Fujipacific Music inc. (until 2014-12-31) and Fujipacific Music, Inc. (from 2015-01-01 to present)
| Foreigner | 3.95 | 5:05 |
| 17 | Everybody Needs Somebody to Love | The Blues Brothers | 4.3 | 3:25 |
| 18 | True | Spandau Ballet | 3.65 | 5:28 |
| 19 | Can’t Take My Eyes Off You | Frankie Valli | 3.75 | 3:23 |
| 20 | Chariots of Fire: Chariots of Fire | Johan Stengård | | 4:21 |
| 21 | Never Ending Story | Limahl | 3.35 | 3:30 |
| 22 | Goldfinger | Shirley Bassey | 4.25 | 2:49 |
| 23 | The James Bond Theme | The John Barry Seven & Orchestra | | 1:59 |
| 24 | Pure Shores | All Saints | 3.65 | 4:29 |
| 25 | Respect | Aretha Franklin | | 2:26 |
| 26 | Street Life (edit) | Randy Crawford | | 4:49 |
| 27 | La bamba | Los Lobos | 4.15 | 2:54 |
| 28 | Now We Are Free (from “Gladiator”) | Becky Taylor | | 4:51 |
| 29 | We’re Not Gonna Take It- recording engineer and mixer:
- Geoff Workman
- assistant engineer:
- Gary McGachan
- engineer:
- John Agnello , Greg Laney and Geoff Workman
- producer:
- Tom Werman
- bass guitar:
- Mark Mendoza
- drums (drum set):
- A.J. Pero
- electric guitar:
- Jay Jay French and Eddie Ojeda
- background vocals:
- Jay Jay French, Mark Mendoza , Eddie Ojeda, A.J. Pero and Dee Snider
- lead vocals:
- Dee Snider
- arranger:
- Twisted Sister and Tom Werman
- recorded at:
- Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1984-02 until 1984-03), The Record Plant in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1984-02 until 1984-03) and Westlake Audio in Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1984-02 until 1984-03)
- mixed at:
- Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
- part of:
- VH1’s 100 Greatest One‐Hit Wonders of the ’80s (number: 21), VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (number: 47) and Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time (number: 81)
- recording of:
- We’re Not Gonna Take It
- lyricist and composer:
- Dee Snider
- publisher:
- Copyright Control and Universal Tunes
- part of:
- “The Filthy Fifteen” (number: 7)
| Twisted Sister | 4.35 | 3:40 |
| 30 | Falling | Julee Cruise | 4.35 | 5:22 |
| 31 | Mustang Sally- recorded in:
- Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States (on 1966-10-13)
- engineer:
- Tom Dowd and Rick Hall
- producer:
- Rick Hall and Jerry Wexler
- drums (drum set):
- Roger Hawkins (from 1966-10-13 until 1966-10-14)
- electric bass guitar [electric bass]:
- Tommy Cogbill (from 1966-10-13 until 1966-10-14)
- guitar:
- Jimmy Johnson (from 1966-10-13 until 1966-10-14)
- guitar [lead guitar]:
- Lincoln "Chips" Moman (from 1966-10-13 until 1966-10-14)
- keyboard [piano, organ]:
- Dewey "Spooner" Oldham (from 1966-10-13 until 1966-10-14)
- tenor saxophone:
- Gilbert Caples (from 1966-10-13 until 1966-10-14), Charles Chalmers (from 1966-10-13 until 1966-10-14) and Eddie Logan (from 1966-10-13 until 1966-10-14)
- trumpet:
- Gene “Bowlegs” Miller (from 1966-10-13 until 1966-10-14)
- vocals:
- Wilson Pickett (from 1966-10-13 until 1966-10-14)
- recorded at:
- Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States (from 1966-10-13 until 1966-10-14)
- part of:
- Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 434)
- cover recording of:
- Mustang Sally (from 1966-10-13 until 1966-10-14)
- lyricist and composer:
- Sir Mack Rice
- publisher:
- EMI Music Publishing Ltd. , EMI Songs Australia Pty. Ltd., Fourteenth Hour Music, Inc., Springtime Music, Inc. and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部
| Wilson Pickett | 4 | 3:07 |
| 32 | Drive- recording engineer:
- Nigel Green
- producer:
- The Cars and Robert John “Mutt” Lange
- mixer:
- Mike Shipley
- bass:
- Benjamin Orr
- drums (drum set):
- David Robinson
- guitar:
- Elliot Easton and Ric Ocasek
- keyboard:
- Greg Hawkes
- vocals:
- Elliot Easton, Greg Hawkes, Ric Ocasek and Benjamin Orr
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Elektra/Asylum Records (in 1984) and WEA International Inc. (in 1984)
- recorded at:
- Battery Studios in London , England, United Kingdom
- mixed at:
- Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States
- music videos:
- Drive by The Cars
- recording of:
- Drive
- publisher:
- Ric Ocasek
- lyricist and composer:
- Ric Ocasek
- publisher:
- Carlin Music Corp., Gallo Music Publishing, Lido Music, Inc., Universal Music Corp. , Universal Music Publishing, Inc., Universal‐MCA Music Publishing and Warner/Chappell Music Ltd.
| The Cars | 4 | 3:54 |
| 33 | Baby, I Love Your Way | Big Mountain | 3 | 4:10 |
| 34 | Alfie | Cilla Black | | 2:40 |
| 35 | Le Freak | Chic | 4.45 | 3:30 |
| 36 | Blitzkrieg Bop (single version) | Ramones | | 2:12 |
| 37 | (Where Do I Begin) Love Story | Shirley Bassey | | 3:15 |
| 38 | For What It’s Worth | Buffalo Springfield | 4.25 | 2:34 |
| 39 | She’s Gone | Daryl Hall & John Oates | 3.65 | 5:15 |
| 40 | Don’t Let Go (Love) | En Vogue | 4 | 4:52 |
| 41 | Windmills of Your Mind | Noel Harrison | | 2:21 |
| 42 | Gloria | Laura Branigan | | 4:51 |
| 43 | Unchained Melody | Sonny & Cher | 3 | 3:55 |
| 44 | What a Wonderful World | Etta Cameron | | 3:24 |
| 45 | From Russia With Love | Matt Monro | 3.35 | 2:35 |
| 46 | Conquest of Paradise | Vangelis | 4.2 | 4:38 |
| 47 | (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay- producer:
- Jerry Bruckheimer, Steve Cropper and Don Simpson
- bass guitar:
- Donald “Duck” Dunn (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07)
- drums (drum set):
- Al Jackson, Jr. (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07)
- guitar:
- Steve Cropper (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07)
- keyboard:
- Isaac Hayes (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07) and Booker T. Jones (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07)
- trumpet:
- Wayne Jackson (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07)
- vocals:
- Otis Redding (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07)
- whistling:
- Otis Redding (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- WEA International Inc. and Atlantic Recording Corporation (in 1968)
- part of:
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock, Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 26), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 38), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 44) and Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (number: 45)
- recording of:
- (Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07)
- writer:
- Steve Cropper and Otis Redding
- publisher:
- East Publishing Inc., East/Memphis Music Corp., Irving Music , Irving Music, Inc., Rondor Music (Australia), Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division, Warner Bros. , Warner Bros. Music Ltd. , Warner Chappell Music , Warner/Chappell Music Japan, Synch division , Yamaha Music EH(CM) and Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
| Otis Redding | 4.45 | 2:44 |
| 48 | Nobody Does It Better | David Sanborn | | 4:41 |
| 49 | When a Man Loves a Woman- recorded in:
- Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States (on 1966-02-17)
- vocals:
- Percy Sledge (on 1966-02-17)
- recording of:
- When a Man Loves a Woman
- writer:
- Calvin Lewis, Percy Sledge and Andrew Wright
- publisher:
- Mijac Music, Warner Bros. Music Ltd. , Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music , Warner Chappell Music Ltd. , Warner Chappell North America, Warner/Chappell , Pronto Music, Inc. (from 1966 to present), Quinvy Music Publishing Company, Inc. (from 1966 to present), Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (from 1966 to present), Pronto (in 1972) and Quinvy (in 1972)
| Percy Sledge | | 2:54 |
| 50 | Med Suntrip mot solen (Ur Lasse Åbergs film “Sällskapsresan”) | Bengt Palmers | | 2:19 |