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The Cars: Every Year-End Hit

The Cars has 5 entries on the year-end Top 100 between 1982 and 1986, covering 5 different songs. The biggest was “Shake It Up”, No. 23 of 1982.

Year-end entries55 songs

Best finishNo. 23Shake It Up, 1982

First and last1982–19865 years

Year-end No. 1s0none yet

The Cars’s biggest year was 1984, with 3 songs on the list.

Hits by year

19562025

All 5 entries

Year	#	Song	Credit	Listen
1982	23	Shake It Up	The Cars	▶♪
1984	41	Drive	The Cars	▶♪
1984	65	You Might Think	The Cars	▶♪
1984	97	Magic	The Cars	▶♪
1986	81	Tonight She Comes	The Cars	▶♪

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Counts include songs where The Cars 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.