Sire’s Top 100 Hits ranking is based on actual performance on the weekly Billboard Hot 100 chart. Songs 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. To ensure equitable representation of the biggest hits from each era, certain time frames were weighted to account for the difference between turnover rates from those years.
1 – LIKE A VIRGIN
Madonna Sire/Warner Bros.
2 – VOGUE
Madonna Sire/Warner Bros.
3 – TAKE A BOW
Madonna Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.
4 – KISS FROM A ROSE (FROM “BATMAN FOREVER”)
Seal ZTT/Sire/Warner Bros.
5 – JUSTIFY MY LOVE
Madonna Sire/Warner Bros.
6 – LIKE A PRAYER
Madonna Sire/Warner Bros.
7 – PAPA DON’T PREACH
Madonna Sire/Warner Bros.
8 – LIVE TO TELL
Madonna Sire/Warner Bros.
9 – POP MUZIK
M Sire/Warner Bros.
10 – OPEN YOUR HEART
Madonna Sire/Warner Bros.
11 – WHO’S THAT GIRL
Madonna Sire/Warner Bros.
12 – MATERIAL GIRL
Madonna Sire/Warner Bros.
13 – I’LL BE YOUR EVERYTHING
Tommy Page Sire/Warner Bros.
14 – I’LL REMEMBER (FROM “WITH HONORS”)
Madonna Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.
15 – CAUSING A COMMOTION
Madonna Sire/Warner Bros.
16 – EXPRESS YOURSELF
Madonna Sire/Warner Bros.
17 – TRUE BLUE
Madonna Sire/Warner Bros.
18 – CHERISH
Madonna Sire/Warner Bros.
19 – LA ISLA BONITA
Madonna Sire/Warner Bros.
20 – SECRET
Madonna Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.
21 – COULDN’T GET IT RIGHT
Climax Blues Band Sire/ABC
22 – BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG
The Pretenders Sire/Warner Bros.
23 – ANGEL
Madonna Sire/Warner Bros.
24 – THIS USED TO BE MY PLAYGROUND
Madonna Sire/Warner Bros.
25 – DRESS YOU UP
Madonna Sire/Warner Bros.
26 – LUCKY STAR
Madonna Sire/Warner Bros.
27 – ENJOY THE SILENCE
Depeche Mode Sire/Reprise
28 – TAINTED LOVE
Soft Cell Sire/Warner Bros.
29 – CRAZY
Seal Sire/Warner Bros.
30 – HOCUS POCUS
Focus Sire/Famous
31 – DON’T GET ME WRONG
The Pretenders Sire/Warner Bros.
32 – BORDERLINE
Madonna Sire/Warner Bros.
33 – KEEP IT TOGETHER
Madonna Sire/Warner Bros.
34 – DEEPER AND DEEPER
Madonna Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.
35 – BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE
Talking Heads Sire/Warner Bros.
36 – PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE
Depeche Mode Sire/Warner Bros.
37 – EROTICA
Madonna Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.
38 – CHAINS OF LOVE
Erasure Sire/Reprise
39 – BRASS IN POCKET (I’M SPECIAL)
The Pretenders Sire/Warner Bros.
40 – I’LL STAND BY YOU
The Pretenders Sire/Warner Bros.
41 – A LITTLE RESPECT
Erasure Sire/Reprise
42 – POLICY OF TRUTH
Depeche Mode Sire/Reprise
43 – RESCUE ME
Madonna Sire/Warner Bros.
44 – HANKY PANKY
Madonna Sire/Warner Bros.
45 – HOLIDAY
Madonna Sire/Warner Bros.
46 – GET OVER YOURSELF
Eden’s Crush 143/London-Sire
47 – WILD WILD LIFE
Talking Heads Sire/Warner Bros.
48 – OH FATHER
Madonna Sire/Warner Bros.
49 – MIDDLE OF THE ROAD
The Pretenders Sire/Warner Bros.
50 – FAR BEHIND
Candlebox Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.
51 – PERSONAL JESUS
Depeche Mode Sire/Reprise
52 – RAIN
Madonna Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.
53 – A SHOULDER TO CRY ON
Tommy Page Sire/Warner Bros.
54 – PRAYER FOR THE DYING
Seal ZTT/Sire/Warner Bros.
55 – TAKE ME TO THE RIVER
Talking Heads Sire/Warner Bros.
56 – UNTOUCHED
The Veronicas Engine Room/Sire/Warner Bros.
57 – RIVERS OF BABYLON
Boney M Sire/Hansa/Warner Bros.
58 – WHITE HORSE
Laid Back Sire/Warner Bros.
59 – LOVE LIKE WOE
The Ready Set Sire/Decaydance/Reprise
60 – GENIUS OF LOVE
Tom Tom Club Sire/Warner Bros.
61 – SHOW ME
The Pretenders Sire/Warner Bros.
62 – SOMETHING’S GOIN’ ON
U.N.V. Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.
63 – GROOVY TRAIN
The Farm Sire/Reprise
64 – FIRE WOMAN
The Cult Sire/Reprise
65 – AND SHE WAS
Talking Heads Sire/Warner Bros.
66 – IN THE MEANTIME
Spacehog HiFi/Sire/EEG
67 – WHEN I DREAM OF YOU
Tommy Page Sire/Warner Bros.
68 – STRANGELOVE
Depeche Mode Sire/Warner Bros.
69 – PUSHBIKE SONG
The Mixtures Sire/Polydor
70 – CONSTANT CRAVING
k.d. lang Sire/Warner Bros.
71 – WORLD IN MY EYES
Depeche Mode Sire/Reprise
72 – YOUR LOVING ARMS
Billie Ray Martin Sire/EEG
73 – HUMAN NATURE
Madonna Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.
74 – I’LL BE YOU
The Replacements Sire/Reprise
75 – CA PLANE POUR MOI
Plastic Bertrand Sire/Warner Bros.
76 – THE MORE YOU IGNORE ME, THE CLOSER I GET
Morrissey Sire/Reprise
77 – I FEEL YOU
Depeche Mode Mute/Sire/Reprise
78 – ROUTE 66/BEHIND THE WHEEL
Depeche Mode Sire/Warner Bros.
79 – BAD GIRL
Madonna Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.
80 – ROCKAWAY BEACH
The Ramones Sire/Warner Bros.
81 – NEVER LET ME DOWN AGAIN
Depeche Mode Sire/Warner Bros.
82 – FIDELITY
Regina Spektor Sire/Warner Bros.
83 – CHORUS
Erasure Sire/Reprise
84 – MY BABY
The Pretenders Sire/Warner Bros.
85 – STAND UP
Underworld Sire/Warner Bros.
86 – SHEENA IS A PUNK ROCKER
The Ramones Sire/Warner Bros.
87 – THIS MUST BE THE PLACE
Talking Heads Sire/Warner Bros.
88 – UNDERNEATH THE RADAR
Underworld Sire/Warner Bros.
89 – YOU
Candlebox Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.
90 – YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHING YET
Figures on a Beach Sire/Warner Bros.
91 – ONLY YOU
Yaz Sire/Warner Bros.
92 – COLORS
Ice-T Sire/Warner Bros.
93 – SITUATION
Yaz Sire/Warner Bros.
94 – BEDTIME STORY
Madonna Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.
95 – STOP YOUR SOBBING
The Pretenders Sire/Warner Bros.
96 – I MELT WITH YOU
Modern English Sire/Warner Bros.
97 – WALKING IN MY SHOES
Depeche Mode Mute/Sire/Reprise
98 – HATE TO SAY I TOLD YOU SO
The Hives Epitaph/Sire/Gearhead/Reprise
99 – NIGHT IN MY VEINS
The Pretenders Sire/Warner Bros.
100 – SYLVIA
Focus Sire/Famous