CBS-FM’s Top 500 Labor Day Weekend Countdown went off without a hitch, mostly in part to your submissions and votes of this year’s Top 20 songs. The music played on CBS-FM is timeless, but some artists and their music resonates with future generations better than others.

This point can be illustrated perfectly when we compare 2012′s Top 20 and the Top 500 pamphlet from 1983 (yes, before the internet we used to print them on pamphlets) we dug up from our archives. Many great songs stay in the listener voted Top 500 each year, but when you look carefully at the Top 20 lists from 1983 and 2012, you’ll see just one song stood the test of time.

2012

20. Margaritville – Jimmy Buffet
19. My Girl – Temptations
18. Livin’ On a Prayer – Bon Jovi
17. More Than a Feeling – Boston
16. Maggie May – Rod Stewart
15. Stayin Alive – Bee Gees
14. Get Down Tonight – KC And The Sunshine Band
13. Piano Man – Billy Joel
12. Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
11. December 1963 – Four Seasons
10. Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
9. American Pie – Don McClean
8. Don’t Stop Believin’ – Journey
7. Satisfaction – Rolling Stones
6. Your Song – Elton John
5. Respect – Aretha Franklin
4. Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
3. Sherry – Four Seasons
2. Hotel California – Eagles
1. Hey Jude – Beatles

1983

20. That’s My Desire – Dion & The Belmonts
19. Hey Jude – The Beatles
18. I Believe – Earls
17. Rock Around The Clock
16. Precious And Few – Climax
15. In The Year 2525 – Zaeger & Evans
14. Don’t Be Cruel – Elvis Presley
13. Mack The Knife – Bobby Darin
12. Dedicated To The One I Love – Shirelles
11. The Wonder Of You – Elvis Presely
10. See You In September – Happenings
9. Since I Don’t Have You – Skyliners
8. The Things I Love – Fidelitys
7. Soldier Boy – Shirelles
6. Can’t Help Falling In Love – Elvis Presely
5. Tonight Tonight – Mello-Kings
4. My Way – Elvis Presley
3. Will You Love Me Tomorrow – Shirelles
2. Earth Angel – Penguins
1. In The Still Of The Night – Five Satins

“Hey Jude” by The Beatles is the only song to make an appearance in CBS-FM’s Top 20 almost thirty years apart. When the track was released in 1968, it topped the charts at #1 in seven different countries. Proving that the classic Beatles track has transcended generations, it also entered the charts in the UK during three other decades; in 1976, 1988 and again in 2010.

Paul McCartney revived “Hey Jude” once more this Summer when he performed the song during the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics … to a standing room crowd at the Olympic Stadium, of course.

Will “Hey Jude” make it into the Top 20 thirty years from now? It certainly will, if history is any indicator.

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