This list was determined by using Billboard's album rock charts. Tha album rock charts started in 1981. The positions on this chart were determined by the following:

1 peak position (all these songs went #1)
2 weeks at peak position
3 weeks top 10
4 weeks top 20
5 weeks charted

There were no ties after that

50 Money for nothing-Dire Straits
49 Centerfold-J Geils Band
48 Shakedown-Bob Seger
47 Just like Paradise-David Lee Roth
46 Say you will-Foreigner
45 The end of the innocence-Don Henley
44 Hate to lose your lovin'-Little Feat
43 Roll with it-Steve Winwood
42 Jammin' me-Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
41 All the king'd horses-The Firm
40 Love is a battlefield-Pat Benetar
39 Tall cool one-Robert Plant
38 Driven out-The Fixx
37 Higher love-Steve Winwood
36 Run to you-Bryan Adams
35 If I'd been the one-.38 Special
34 Tunnel of love-Bruce Springsteen
33 Owner of a lonely heart-Yes
32 Seperate ways (world's apart)-Journey
31 Urgent-Foreigner
30 The voice-Moody Blues
29 On the dark side-John Fogerty and the Beaver Brown Band
28 Mixed emotions-Rolling Stones
27 Paper in fire-John Cougar Mellencamp
26 Desire-U2
25 I won't back down-Tom Petty
24 Down under-Men at Work
23 With or without you-U2
22 Lonely ol' night-John Cougar Mellencamp
21 Midnight blue-Lou Gramm
20 You better you bet-Who
19 Eye of the tiger-Survivor
18 Rock and a hard place-Rolling Stones
17 She's a beauty-The Tubes
16 The boys of summer-Don Henley
15 Silent running (on dangerous ground)-Mike + the Mechanics
14 I love Rock-N-Roll-Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
13 King of pain-Police
12 Heaven knows-Robert Plant
11 I want to make the world turn around-Steve Miller Band
10 Dancing in the dark-Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
9 The waiting-Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
8 Heat of the moment-Asia
7 Pretending-Eric Clapton
6 Angel of Harlem-U2
5 Everybody wants you-Billy Squire
4 Photograph-Def Leppard
3 Jump-Van Halen
2 Every breath you take-Police
1 Start me up-Rolling Stones

Now there's a great chart listing....really can't go wrong at all with this one...I have no complaints :lol:

Interesting...thanks for posting it :)

Great songs! Now I know all of these. :D

Just bumping this one for Prefab to look through.