Pretenders: Every Year-End Hit
Pretenders has 4 entries on the year-end Top 100 between 1980 and 1995, covering 4 different songs. The biggest was “Back On The Chain Gang”, No. 26 of 1983.
Year-end entries44 songs
Best finishNo. 26Back On The Chain Gang, 1983
First and last1980–199516 years
Year-end No. 1s0none yet
Those hits span 16 years of year-end charts.
Hits by year
19562025
All 4 entries
| Year | # | Song | Credit | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 41 | Brass In Pocket | Pretenders | ▶♪ |
| 1983 | 26 | Back On The Chain Gang | Pretenders | ▶♪ |
| 1987 | 92 | Don't Get Me Wrong | Pretenders | ▶♪ |
| 1995 | 95 | I'll Stand By You | Pretenders | ▶♪ |
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Counts include songs where Pretenders was a lead or featured artist on the year-end Top 100 (1956–2025). A song that charted in two years counts once per year.