“Act Naturally”
Hot 100 Peak: 47
Peak Date: 10/23/1965
The Beatles’ 50 Top Songs on the Billboard Hot 100
Written by djfrosty on November 3, 2023
On the Billboard Hot 100 dated Jan. 18, 1964, Steve & Eydie, the duo of Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé, and The Beach Boys made room for a new act in between them. The former rose from No. 52 to No. 44 with their track “I Can’t Stop Talking About You” and the latter fell 38-46 with “Be True to Your School.”
At No. 45? “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” its debut marking the first Hot 100 hit for The Beatles. The single by the quartet — George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr — would quickly become the group’s first No. 1, beginning a seven-week stay atop the chart dated Feb. 1, 1964.
Just over six years later, The Beatles had racked up a record total 20 Hot 100 No. 1s. With 71 entries, including 34 top 10s, the most among groups, through the chart dated Nov. 4, 2023, the Fab Four’s impact on the Hot 100 has been so huge that the band reigns as the top-performing act in the survey’s history.
Meanwhile, over 59 years since their debut, The Beatles have released what’s billed as their last single together, “Now and Then.” The song, which premiered in full Nov. 2, 2023, completes what Lennon began as a demo tape, Harrison, McCartney and Starr worked on in the mid-1990s, and McCartney and Starr, with the aid of new technology, turned into the latest intriguing chapter in Beatlemania.
Of all their songs, which stand as The Beatles’ biggest Hot 100 hits? Browse their 50 best-performing singles below.
The Beatles’ 50 Biggest Billboard Hits recap 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 are weighted to account for the difference between turnover rates from those years.
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“I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party”
Hot 100 Peak: 39
Peak Date: 3/20/65
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“Baby You’re a Rich Man”
Hot 100 Peak: 34
Peak Date: 8/12/67
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“Real Love”
Hot 100 Peak: 11
Peak Date: 3/23/96
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“Thank You Girl”
Hot 100 Peak: 35
Peak Date: 5/9/64 -
“My Bonnie (My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean)” with Tony Sheridan
Hot 100 Peak: 26
Peak Date: 3/14/64
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“Slow Down”
Hot 100 Peak: 25
Peak Date: 10/10/64
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“I’ll Cry Instead”
Hot 100 Peak: 25
Peak Date: 8/29/64
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“Rain”
Hot 100 Peak: 23
Peak Date: 7/9/66
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“Ain’t She Sweet”
Hot 100 Peak: 19
Peak Date: 8/22/64
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“Matchbox”
Hot 100 Peak: 17
Peak Date: 10/17/64
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“Free As a Bird”
Hot 100 Peak: 6
Peak Date: 1/6/96
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“Eleanor Rigby”
Hot 100 Peak: 11
Peak Date: 9/24/66
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“And I Love Her”
Hot 100 Peak: 12
Peak Date: 9/5/64
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“I Saw Her Standing There”
Hot 100 Peak: 14
Peak Date: 3/21/64
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“The Beatles’ Movie Medley”
Hot 100 Peak: 12
Peak Date: 5/8/82
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“P.S. I Love You”
Hot 100 Peak: 10
Peak Date: 6/6/64
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“Strawberry Fields Forever”
Hot 100 Peak: 8
Peak Date: 4/1/67
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“Revolution”
Hot 100 Peak: 12
Peak Date: 9/21/68
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“She’s A Woman”
Hot 100 Peak: 4
Peak Date: 12/26/64
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“Something”
Hot 100 Peak: 3
Peak Date: 11/15/69
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“Day Tripper”
Hot 100 Peak: 5
Peak Date: 1/22/66
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“The Ballad of John and Yoko”
Hot 100 Peak: 8
Peak Date: 7/12/69
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“Nowhere Man”
Hot 100 Peak: 3
Peak Date: 3/26/66
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“Do You Want to Know a Secret”
Hot 100 Peak: 2
Peak Date: 5/9/64
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“Yellow Submarine”
Hot 100 Peak: 2
Peak Date: 9/17/66
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“Penny Lane”
Hot 100 Peak: 1
Peak Date: 3/18/67
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“Got to Get You Into My Life”
Hot 100 Peak: 7
Peak Date: 7/24/76
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“Lady Madonna”
Hot 100 Peak: 4
Peak Date: 4/20/68
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“Eight Days a Week”
Hot 100 Peak: 1
Peak Date: 3/13/65
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“The Long and Winding Road”/”For You Blue”
Hot 100 Peak: 1
Peak Date: 6/13/70
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“Paperback Writer”
Hot 100 Peak: 1
Peak Date: 6/25/66
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“Please Please Me”
Hot 100 Peak: 3
Peak Date: 3/14/64
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“Ticket to Ride”
Hot 100 Peak: 1
Peak Date: 5/22/65
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“Love Me Do”
Hot 100 Peak: 1
Peak Date: 5/30/64
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“All You Need Is Love”
Hot 100 Peak: 1
Peak Date: 8/19/67
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“Help!”
Hot 100 Peak: 1
Peak Date: 9/4/65
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“Twist and Shout”
Hot 100 Peak: 2
Peak Date: 4/4/64
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“Yesterday”
Hot 100 Peak: 1
Peak Date: 10/9/65
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“I Feel Fine”
Hot 100 Peak: 1
Peak Date: 12/26/64
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“Can’t Buy Me Love”
Hot 100 Peak: 1
Peak Date: 4/4/64
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“We Can Work It Out”
Hot 100 Peak: 1
Peak Date: 1/8/66
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“A Hard Day’s Night”
Hot 100 Peak: 1
Peak Date: 8/1/64
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“Hello Goodbye”
Hot 100 Peak: 1
Peak Date: 12/30/67
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“Come Together”/”Something”
Hot 100 Peak: 1
Peak Date: 11/29/69
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“Let It Be”
Hot 100 Peak: 1
Peak Date: 4/11/70
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“Get Back” with Billy Preston
Hot 100 Peak: 1
Peak Date: 5/24/69
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“She Loves You”
Hot 100 Peak: 1
Peak Date: 3/21/64
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“I Want to Hold Your Hand”
Hot 100 Peak: 1
Peak Date: 2/1/64
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“Hey Jude”
Hot 100 Peak: 1
Peak Date: 9/28/68