We normally concentrate on ranking movies….but we thought it would be fun to do a Music Ranking Page. The first thing we did was do a quick mathematical equation that would help statistically rank songs. Parts in that equation include how many weeks the song stayed in the Top 40, what the songs peak position was and how long it stayed at that peak position.
Our main sources of information came from Joel Whitburn and his many Top 40 Hits books. We then figured we should pick a “guinea pig” to be our first subject. After a little debate…we decided to go with The King….Mr. Elvis Presley. Elvis’ Top 40 resume is impressive. He had over 100 Top 40 songs; including 18 number one songs and almost 40 Top 10 songs. So…that was the process…..and the following massive table ranks all of Elvis’s songs from 1st to 107th.
Elvis Presley Songs That Made The Billboard Top 40
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Elvis Presely Songs by our UMR rank
- Sort Elvis Presley Songs by the title of the songs
- Sort Elvis Presley Songs by the date they reached the Billboard charts for the first time
- Sort Elvis Presley Songs by our Ultimate Movie Rankings Score
- Sort Elvis Presley Songs by the peak position on the Billboard charts
- Sort Elvis Presley Songs by the number of weeks on the Billboard Top 40
| Rank | Song | Debut on Charts | UMR Score | Peak Position | Number 1 Weeks | Top 40 Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don't Be Cruel | August 4, 1956 | 99.99 | 1 | 11 | 24 | |
| All Shook Up | April 6, 1957 | 98.66 | 1 | 9 | 22 | |
| Heartbreak Hotel | March 10, 1956 | 97.33 | 1 | 8 | 22 | |
| Jailhouse Rock | October 14, 1957 | 95.00 | 1 | 7 | 19 | |
| Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear | June 24, 1957 | 91.66 | 1 | 7 | 18 | |
| Hound Dog | August 4, 1956 | 90.89 | 1 | 1 | 23 | |
| Love Me Tender | October 20, 1956 | 90.87 | 1 | 5 | 19 | |
| Don't | January 27, 1958 | 86.83 | 1 | 5 | 16 | |
| It's Now Or Never | July 25, 1960 | 86.73 | 1 | 5 | 16 | |
| I Want You, I Need You, I Love You | June 2, 1956 | 85.66 | 1 | 1 | 19 | |
| Are You Lonesome To-night? | November 14, 1960 | 85.56 | 1 | 6 | 14 | |
| Too Much | January 26, 1957 | 81.50 | 1 | 3 | 14 | |
| Stuck On You | April 11, 1960 | 81.45 | 1 | 4 | 13 | |
| Hard Headed Woman | June 30, 1958 | 80.03 | 1 | 2 | 14 | |
| Return To Sender | October 27, 1962 | 80.00 | 2 | 0 | 14 | |
| Suspicious Minds | September 20, 1969 | 79.26 | 1 | 1 | 13 | |
| Love Me | November 24, 1956 | 79.20 | 2 | 0 | 14 | |
| Surrender | February 20, 1961 | 77.26 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |
| Good Luck Charm | March 24, 1962 | 77.03 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |
| Wear My Ring Around Your Neck | April 21, 1958 | 75.32 | 2 | 0 | 13 | |
| A Big Hunk Of Love | July 13, 1959 | 74.66 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
| Can't Help Falling In Love | December 18, 1961 | 73.26 | 2 | 0 | 12 | |
| Burning Love | September 9, 1972 | 73.21 | 2 | 0 | 12 | |
| One Night | November 10, 1958 | 72.94 | 4 | 0 | 14 | |
| Now And Then There's A Fool Such As I | March 30, 1959 | 71.54 | 2 | 0 | 11 | |
| Crying In The Chapel | May 8, 1965 | 70.24 | 3 | 0 | 11 | |
| In The Ghetto | May 17, 1969 | 70.00 | 3 | 0 | 11 | |
| I Need Your Love Tonight | March 30, 1959 | 69.21 | 4 | 0 | 10 | |
| You're The - Devil In Disguise | July 13, 1963 | 66.32 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |
| Little Sister | August 28, 1961 | 66.26 | 5 | 0 | 10 | |
| Don't Cry Daddy | December 13, 1969 | 66.12 | 6 | 0 | 11 | |
| She's Not You | August 11, 1962 | 65.13 | 5 | 0 | 9 | |
| I Got Stung | November 10, 1958 | 65.08 | 8 | 0 | 12 | |
| Marie's The Name - His Latest Flame | September 4, 1961 | 63.88 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
| I Feel So Bad | May 22, 1961 | 62.54 | 5 | 0 | 7 | |
| The Wonder Of You | May 23, 1970 | 62.47 | 9 | 0 | 11 | |
| I Beg Of You | February 3, 1958 | 62.29 | 8 | 0 | 7 | |
| Bossa Nova Baby | November 2, 1963 | 62.08 | 8 | 0 | 7 | |
| If I Can Dream | December 14, 1968 | 62.02 | 12 | 0 | 11 | |
| My Wish Come True | July 13, 1959 | 61.52 | 12 | 0 | 10 | |
| You Don't Have To Say You Love Me | November 7, 1970 | 60.88 | 11 | 0 | 8 | |
| One Broken Heart For Sale | February 23, 1963 | 59.62 | 11 | 0 | 7 | |
| I'm Yours | September 18, 1965 | 59.42 | 11 | 0 | 7 | |
| Ask Me | October 24, 1964 | 59.34 | 12 | 0 | 8 | |
| Such An - Easy Question | July 3, 1965 | 58.77 | 11 | 0 | 6 | |
| Kissin' Cousins | March 7, 1964 | 58.62 | 12 | 0 | 7 | |
| Promised Land | November 9, 1974 | 58.15 | 14 | 0 | 9 | |
| Way Down | July 16, 1977 | 57.66 | 18 | 0 | 12 | |
| Loving You | July 8, 1957 | 56.21 | 20 | 0 | 13 | |
| Puppet On A String | December 4, 1965 | 55.24 | 14 | 0 | 6 | |
| Follow That Dream | May 19, 1962 | 55.14 | 15 | 0 | 7 | |
| Ain't That Loving Baby | October 24, 1964 | 54.49 | 16 | 0 | 8 | |
| Kentucky Rain | February 21, 1970 | 54.32 | 16 | 0 | 8 | |
| Flaming Star | April 24, 1961 | 53.22 | 14 | 0 | 5 | |
| I Was The One | March 17, 1956 | 53.01 | 19 | 0 | 10 | |
| Such A Night | August 8, 1964 | 52.41 | 16 | 0 | 6 | |
| Fame and Fortune | April 25, 1960 | 52.15 | 17 | 0 | 7 | |
| Steamroller Blues | May 5, 1973 | 52.13 | 17 | 0 | 7 | |
| If You Talk In Your Sleep | June 29, 1974 | 52.00 | 17 | 0 | 7 | |
| Treat Me Nice | October 21, 1957 | 51.44 | 18 | 0 | 6 | |
| I Gotta Know | November 24, 1960 | 51.43 | 20 | 0 | 8 | |
| Separate Ways | December 23, 1972 | 51.33 | 20 | 0 | 8 | |
| Doncha' Think It's Time | May 5, 1958 | 50.66 | 15 | 0 | 2 | |
| I Really Don't Want To Know | January 2, 1971 | 50.48 | 21 | 0 | 8 | |
| There Goes My Everything | January 2, 1971 | 50.02 | 21 | 0 | 8 | |
| Love Letters | July 9, 1966 | 49.88 | 19 | 0 | 5 | |
| My Boy | February 15, 1975 | 49.56 | 20 | 0 | 6 | |
| When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold | December 29, 1956 | 48.22 | 19 | 0 | 4 | |
| Blue Suede Shoes | April 28, 1956 | 48.14 | 20 | 0 | 5 | |
| Do The Clam | March 13, 1965 | 47.98 | 21 | 0 | 6 | |
| My Way | December 3, 1977 | 47.96 | 22 | 0 | 7 | |
| Anyway You Want Me | November 10, 1956 | 45.66 | 20 | 0 | 4 | |
| What'd I Say | May 30, 1964 | 45.41 | 21 | 0 | 5 | |
| Playing For Keeps | February 9, 1957 | 44.88 | 21 | 0 | 4 | |
| Rock-A-Hula Baby | December 18, 1961 | 43.26 | 23 | 0 | 5 | |
| Frankie And Johnny | April 9, 1966 | 42.78 | 25 | 0 | 5 | |
| Poor Boy | January 5, 1957 | 40.66 | 24 | 0 | 3 | |
| Don't Ask Me Why | July 14, 1958 | 40.13 | 25 | 0 | 4 | |
| Hurt | May 1, 1976 | 39.56 | 28 | 0 | 5 | |
| Guitar Man | February 28, 1981 | 39.42 | 28 | 0 | 5 | |
| There'll Be Peace in the Valley For Me | April 29, 1957 | 38.03 | 25 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wild In The Country | June 19, 1961 | 37.96 | 26 | 0 | 2 | |
| U.S. Male | April 20, 1968 | 37.90 | 28 | 0 | 4 | |
| It Hurts Me | March 14, 1964 | 37.23 | 29 | 0 | 4 | |
| Viva Las Vegas | May 30, 1964 | 37.22 | 29 | 0 | 4 | |
| King Of The Whole Wide World | October 6, 1962 | 36.51 | 30 | 0 | 4 | |
| Anthing That's Part Of You | April 7, 1962 | 36.46 | 31 | 0 | 5 | |
| Moody Blue | February 5, 1977 | 36.40 | 31 | 0 | 5 | |
| My Baby Left Me | June 9, 1956 | 35.02 | 31 | 0 | 3 | |
| Witchcraft | November 9, 1963 | 33.55 | 32 | 0 | 3 | |
| I've Lost You | August 22, 1970 | 33.41 | 32 | 0 | 3 | |
| Next Step Is Love | August 22, 1970 | 33.14 | 32 | 0 | 3 | |
| Indescribably Blue | February 18, 1967 | 33.00 | 33 | 0 | 4 | |
| Where Did They Go, Lord | March 27, 1971 | 32.94 | 33 | 0 | 4 | |
| Rags To Riches | March 27, 1971 | 32.87 | 33 | 0 | 4 | |
| A Mess Of Blues | August 1, 1960 | 26.55 | 32 | 0 | 2 | |
| Lonely Man | March 13, 1961 | 26.41 | 32 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tell Me Why | January 22, 1966 | 26.32 | 33 | 0 | 3 | |
| Clean Up Your Own Back Yard | August 2, 1969 | 24.22 | 35 | 0 | 4 | |
| Kiss Me Quick | May 23, 1964 | 23.22 | 34 | 0 | 2 | |
| T-R-O-U-B-L-E | June 7, 1975 | 22.61 | 35 | 0 | 3 | |
| Memories | April 12, 1969 | 22.13 | 35 | 0 | 2 | |
| I'm Leavin' | August 24, 1971 | 21.88 | 36 | 0 | 2 | |
| Big Boss Man | November 4, 1967 | 20.77 | 38 | 0 | 2 | |
| I've Got A Thing About You Baby | March 23, 1974 | 20.34 | 39 | 0 | 2 | |
| Spinout | November 5, 1966 | 19.55 | 40 | 0 | 2 | |
| Until It's Time For You To Go | March 11, 1972 | 19.42 | 40 | 0 | 1 |
If you are interested in seeing Elvis’ movies ranked….then we have just the page for you. Ranking 32 Elvis Movies Best to Worst.
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Thank you so much. Great to see these songs again. My altime favourite Cant help falling in love with you. Words mean a lot.
Good to know our ranking system put Can’t Help Falling In Love With You in a nice 22nd spot. This was fun to do. Thanks for the feedback.
Very confused. Is this Ultimate MOVIE Rankings? I am here a lot but never have I seen such page. Just trying to get my bearings. Where are the movies?
Hey SteinHoF ’16……
“There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Ultimate Ranking Zone”.
Just doing a small experiment……don’t worry I am sticking with movies….lol.
Bruce I see the sortable charts but where is the ‘unique’ UMR ranking?
As a long time Elvis fan I have all of these on LP and CD.
My favorite Elvis rock n roll song? Probably Jailhouse Rock.
Hey Steve….this was an experiment….currently have not worked out a UMR (UltimateMusicRanking) Score…,but the songs are ranked in the left hand column….I just forgot to label the heading….I will fix that soon. I figured you would like our first music subject.
I see, so it looks like Don’t Be Cruel is the current no.1? But after you click on the other charts you lose the default lineup.
Hey Steve…..added some extra columns…the information should sort better.
Awesome albums!
Thank you Betty H.
Very interesting thanks Bruce, totally enjoyed seeing this much appreciated
Thanks Siobhan Nolan……it was an experiment…and I figuredI would start with the best.