Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs

The Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs is a list of the Hot 100's top 100 songs from the chart's first 50 years, August 1958 through July 2008.

How they are determined

The songs are based on actual performance on the weekly Billboard Hot 100. They are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at No. 100 earning the least.

Prior to the Hot 100's implementation in 1991 of enhanced radio and sales information from Nielsen BDS and Nielsen SoundScan, songs had shorter reigns at No. 1 and shorter chart lives. To ensure equitable representation of the biggest hits from all 50 years, earlier time frames were each weighted to compensate for the differences in the faster turnover rates from those earlier decades, compared to the slower churn the Hot 100 has seen since the advent of Nielsen Music data.

All-time top 100 songs - Top 10

1. "The Twist" – Chubby Checker
2. "Smooth" – Santana featuring Rob Thomas
3. "Mack the Knife" – Bobby Darin
4. "How Do I Live" – LeAnn Rimes
5. "Macarena" (Bayside Boys Mix) – Los del Río
6. "Physical" – Olivia Newton-John
7. "You Light Up My Life" – Debby Boone
8. "Hey Jude" – The Beatles
9. "We Belong Together" – Mariah Carey
10. "Un-Break My Heart" – Toni Braxton