Top 5 Singles 1964-2012
(Listed by year of release instead of chart peak)

 
2012

1. Gotye Featuring Kimbra - "Somebody That I Used To Know"
2. The Wanted - "Chasing the Sun"
3. Train - "Drive By"
4. Nabiha - "Never Played the Bass"
5. Ellie Goulding - "Lights"

 
2011

1. Foster the People - "Pumped Up Kicks"
2. Maroon 5 - "Moves Like Jagger"
3. Ashton Shepherd - "More Cows Than People"
4. Mayer Hawthorne - "The Walk"
5. Beirut - "Santa Fe"

 
2010

1. Broken Bells - "The High Road"
2. Katy Perry - "California Gurls"
3. Kylie Minogue - "Get Outta My Way"
4. Fitz and the Tantrums - "Money Grabber"
5. Janelle Monae - "Tightrope"

 
2009

1. Phoenix - "Fences"
2. Duffy - "Mercy"
3. Miley Cyrus - "Party in the U.S.A."
4. Owl City - "Fireflies"
5. Allison Iraheta - "Friday I'll Be Over U"

 
2008

1. The Stills - "Snow in California"
2. Madonna - "Miles Away"
3. Lady Gaga - "Just Dance"
4. The B-52's - "Eyes Wide Open"
5. Jon McLaughlin - "Beating My Heart"

 
2007

1. Junior Senior - "Can I Get Get Get"
2. Rihanna - "Don't Stop the Music"
3. Junior Senior - "Take My Time"
4. Kate Nash - "Foundations"
5. The Mary Onettes - "Void"

 
2006

1. Madonna - "Jump"
2. Head Automatica - "Laughing at You"
3. Head Automatica - "Curious"
4. The Raconteurs - "Steady, As She Goes"
5. Muse - "Starlight"

 

2005

1. Gorillaz - "Feel Good, Inc."
2. Coldplay - "Talk"
3. Death Cab for Cutie - "Soul Meets Body"
4. The Bravery - "An Honest Mistake"
5. Keane - "Somewhere Only We Know"

 
2004

1. Sheryl Crow - "Light in Your Eyes"
2. Duran Duran - "Reach up for the Sunrise"
3. Maroon 5 - "This Love"
4. Trashcan Sinatras - "Usually"
5. Gretchen Wilson - "Redneck Woman"

 
2003

1. Milky - "Just the Way You Are"
2. Johnny Cash - "Hurt"
3. Junior Senior - "Move Your Feet"
4. Justin Timberlake - "Rock Your Body"
5. Kraftwerk - "Tour de France Etape 2"

 
2002

1. Cher - "A Different Kind of Love Song"
2. Sophie Ellis Bextor - "Murder on the Dance Floor"
3. Kylie Minogue - "Can't Get You Out of My Head"
4. Bananarama - "Love, Leave, Forget"
5. Moony - "Dove (I'll Be Loving You)"

 
2001

1. Cher - "Real Love"
2. Travis - "Sing"
3. Travis - "Side"
4. india.arie - "Video"
5. Shirley Bassey - "Where Do I Begin"

 
2000

1. U2 - "Beautiful Day"
2. Daft Punk - "One More Time"
3. Coldplay - "Yellow"
4. Modjo - "Lady Hear Me Tonight"
5. soulDecision - "Faded"

 
1999

1. Cher - "Dov'รจ L'amore"
2. Cher - "All or Nothing"
3. Everything But the Girl - "The Future of the Future (Stay Gold)"
4. Backstreet Boys - "I Want It That Way"
5. Cher - "Strong Enough"

 
1998

1. Cher - "Believe"
2. Madonna - "Ray of Light"
3. Brandy and Monica - "The Boy is Mine"
4. The Cardigans - "Erase/Rewind"
5. Madonna - "Little Star"

 
1997

1. Shawn Colvin - "Sunny Came Home"
2. Hanson - "MMM Bop"
3. The Verve - "Bitter Sweet Symphony"
4. Mark Morrison - "Return of the Mack"
5. Monaco - "What Do You Want from Me?"

 
1996

1. Cher - "One by One"
2. George Michael - "Fast Love"
3. Everything But the Girl - "Wrong"
4. Livin' Joy - "Don't Stop Movin'"
5. Ricky Martin - "Maria"

 
1995

1. The 6ths - "Falling Out of Love With You"
2. The Bucketheads - "The Bomb!"
3. Groove Theory - "Tell Me"
4. Chris Isaak - "Somebody's Crying"
5. Folk Implosion - "Natural One"

 
1994

1. Everything But the Girl - "Missing"
2. Crystal Waters - "100% Pure Love"
3. The Pet Shop Boys - "Absolutely Fabulous"
4. Juliet Roberts - "I Want You"
5. Duke - "So in Love With You"

 
1993

1. Carlene Carter - "Every Little Thing"
2. Gloria Estefan - "Mi Tierra"
3. Chris Isaak - "Can't Do a Thing to Stop Me"
4. Adorable - "Sunshine Smile"
5. Sade - "Cherish the Day"

 
1992

1. The KLF Featuring Tammy Wynette - "Justified & Ancient"
2. Meat Beat Manifesto - "Mindstream"
3. Electronic - "Disappointed"
4. Jade - "Don't Walk Away"
5. Meat Beat Manifesto - "Edge of No Control"

 
1991

1. Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
2. Sounds of Blackness - "Optimistic"
3. Consolidated - "This Is Fascism"
4. D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince - "Summertime"
5. P.M. Dawn - "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"

 
1990

1. Madonna - "Vogue"
2. Black Box - "Strike It Up"
3. Renegade Soundwave - "Biting My Nails"
4. C + C Music Factory - "Gonna Make You Sweat"
5. Deee-Lite - "Groove Is in the Heart"

 
1989

1. Soul II Soul - "Keep On Movin'"
2. Soul II Soul - "Back to Life"
3. Chris Isaak - "Wicked Game"
4. Deborah Harry - "He Is So"
5. k.d. lang - "Trail of Broken Hearts"

 
1988

1. James Brown - "I'm Real"
2. Inner City - "Good Life"
3. Rob Base & D.J. E-Z Rock - "It Takes Two"
4. Debbie Harry - "Liar, Liar"
5. Ofra Haza - "Im Nin' Alu"

 
1987

1. Depeche Mode - "Strangelove"
2. George Michael - "Hard Day"
3. Jody Watley - "Looking for a New Love"
4. Bananarama - "I Hear a Rumour"
5. Debbie Harry - "In Love With Love"

 
1986

1. Bananrama - "Venus"
2. The Art of Noise - "Peter Gunn"
3. New Order - "Bizarre Love Triangle"
4. The B-52's - "Summer of Love"
5. Janet Jackson - "Nasty"

 
1985

1. Tears for Fears - "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
2. Propaganda - "Dr. Mabuse"
3. The Art of Noise - "Legs"
4. Madonna - "Into the Groove"
5. Book of Love - "Boy"

 
1984

1. The Art of Noise - "Beatbox"
2. The Art of Noise - "Close (To the Edit)"
3. Band Aid - "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
4. Chaka Khan - "I Feel for You"
5. Sheila E. - "The Glamorous Life"

 
1983

1. The Art of Noise - "Moments in Love"
2. U2 - "New Year's Day"
3. Madonna - "Holiday"
4. New Order - "Blue Monday"
5. Ministry - "Work for Love"

 
1982

1. Bananrama - "Really Saying Something"
2. ABC - "The Look of Love"
3. The The - "Uncertain Smile"
4. George Clinton - "Atomic Dog"
5. Pat Benatar - "Shadows of the Night"

 
1981

1. Kim Carnes - "Bette Davis Eyes"
2. Evelyn King - "I'm in Love"
3. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - "I Love Rock 'n Roll"
4. Juice Newton - "Queen of Hearts"
5. Blondie - "Rapture"

 
1980

1. Yarbrough & Peoples - "Don't Stop the Music"
2. Diana Ross - "Upside Down"
3. Dolly Parton - "9 to 5"
4. Shalamar - "This Is for the Lover in You"
5. Blondie - "Call Me"

 
1979

1. Chic - "Good Times"
2. Michael Jackson - "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"
3. Amii Stewart - "Knock on Wood"
4. Patrice Rushen - "Haven't You Heard"
5. Nick Lowe - "Cruel to Be Kind"

 
1978

1. Chaka Khan - "I'm Every Woman"
2. Blondie - "Heart of Glass"
3. Kraftwerk - "The Model"
4. Cheryl Lynn - "Got to Be Real"
5. George Harrison - "Blow Away"

 
1977

1. Donna Summer - "I Feel Love"
2. Dolly Parton - "Here You Come Again"
3. The Emotions - "Best of My Love"
4. K.C. & The Sunshine Band - "I'm Your Boogie Man"
5. Mary Kay Place & Willie Nelson - "Something to Brag About"

 
1976

1. Diana Ross - "Love Hangover"
2. Stevie Wonder - "I Wish"
3. Mary Kay Place - "Vitamin L"
4. Rose Royce - "Car Wash"
5. Brick - "Dazz"

 
1975

1. Natalie Cole - "This Will Be"
2. K.C. & The Sunshine Band - "That's the Way (I Like It)"
3. Maxine Nightingale - "Right Back Where We Started From"
4. The O'Jays - "I Love Music"
5. Abba - "S.O.S."

 
1974

1. Linda Ronstadt - "You're No Good"
2. Dolly Parton - "I Will Always Love You"
3. Labelle - "Lady Marmalade"
4. Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan - "Tell Me Something Good"
5. Cher - "Dark Lady"

 
1973

1. Dolly Parton - "Jolene"
2. Cher - "Half Breed"
3. The Isley Brothers - "That Lady (Parts 1 & 2)"
4. The O'Jays - "For the Love of Money"
5. Gladys Knight & The Pips - "Midnight Train to Georgia"

 
1972

1. Stevie Wonder - "Superstition"
2. The O'Jays - "Back Stabbers"
3. The Temptations - "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"
4. The O'Jays - "Love Train"
5. Steely Dan - "Do It Again"

 
1971

1. Dolly Parton - "Coat of Many Colors"
2. Cher - "Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves"
3. Marvin Gaye - "What's Going On"
4. Raiders - "Indian Reservation"
5. Dramatics - "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get"

 
1970

1. George Harrison - "My Sweet Lord"
2. The Jackson 5 - "A.B.C."
3. Badfinger - "No Matter What"
4. Three Dog Night - "Liar"
5. Three Dog Night - "Out in the Country"

 
1969

1. Diana Ross & The Supremes - "Someday We'll Be Together"
2. The Shocking Blue - "Venus"
3. The Rolling Stones - "Gimme Shelter"
4. The Doors - "Touch Me"
5. The Temptations - "I Can't Get Next to You"

 
1968

1. Marvin Gaye - "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
2. Tammy Wynette - "Stand By Your Man"
3. Loretta Lynn - "Fist City"
4. The Doors - "Hello, I Love You"
5. Diana Ross & The Supremes - "Love Child"

 
1967

1. The Doors - "Light My Fire"
2. Aretha Franklin - "Respect"
3. Diana Ross & The Supremes - "Reflections"
4. Diana Ross & The Supremes - "The Happening"
5. The Beatles - "A Day in the Life"

 
1966

1. The Hollies - "Bus Stop"
2. Diana Ross & The Supremes - "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart"
3. Nancy Sinatra - "Sugar Town"
4. Dionne Warwick - "What the World Needs Now Is Love"
5. The Beach Boys - "Good Vibrations"

 
1965

1. The Byrds - "Turn! Turn! Turn!"
2. Diana Ross & The Supremes - "Stop! In the Name of Love"
3. Sonny & Cher - "I Got You Babe!"
4. The Beatles - "Day Tripper"
5. The Rolling Stones - "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"

 
1964

1. Diana Ross & The Supremes - "Come See About Me"
2. Diana Ross & The Supremes - "Where Did Our Love Go"
3. Diana Ross & The Supremes - "Baby Love"
4. Martha & The Vandellas - "Dancing in the Street"
5. The Beatles - "I Want to Hold Your Hand"