This is a summary list of all the top singles in the VG-lista, the official Norwegian hit-chart, from 1964 to 1994. For detailed listings week by week for number-one positions from 1995 onwards, see List of number-one songs in Norway.
1964 The Beatles - "She Loves You" (2 weeks) The Beatles - "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (3 weeks) The Swinging Blue Jeans - "Hippy Hippy Shake" (7 weeks) Wenche Myhre - "La meg være ung" (5 weeks) Jim Reeves - "I Love You Because" (13 weeks) The Beatles - "A Hard Day's Night" (1 week) Jim Reeves - "I Won't Forget You" (9 weeks) The Beatles - "I Should Have Known Better" (2 weeks) Roy Orbison - "Oh Pretty Woman" (5 weeks) The Beatles - "If I Fell" (2 weeks) The Beatles - "I Feel Fine" (6 weeks)
1965 Sven-Ingvars - "Fröken Fräken" (8 weeks) The Beatles - "Rock and Roll Music" (3 weeks) The Rolling Stones - "The Last Time" (1 week) France Gall - "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" (1 week) The Beatles - "Ticket to Ride" (4 weeks) Roger Miller - "King of the Road" (4 weeks) Jailbird Singers - "Där björkarna susa" (1 week) Hep Stars - "Cadillac" (1 week) Elvis Presley - "Crying in the Chapel" (2 weeks) The Spotnicks - "Blue Blue Day" (4 weeks) The Beatles - "Help!" (6 weeks) The Rolling Stones - "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (5 weeks) Barry McGuire - "Eve of Destruction" (2 weeks) The Beatles - "Yesterday" (5 weeks) The Beatles - "Day Tripper" (7 weeks)
1966 Barry McGuire - "You Were on My Mind" (1 week) The Overlanders - "Michelle" (1 week) The Beatles - "Michelle" (9 weeks) The Beach Boys - "Barbara Ann" (4 weeks) The Beach Boys - "Sloop John B" (5 weeks) The Beatles - "Paperback Writer" (4 weeks) The Kinks - "Sunny Afternoon" (4 weeks) The Beatles - "Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby" (7 weeks) Sonny & Cher - "Little Man" (6 weeks) Herman's Hermits - "No Milk Today" (8 weeks)
1967 Tom Jones - "Green, Green Grass of Home" (1 week) The Monkees - "I'm a Believer" (6 weeks) The Beatles - "Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever" (6 weeks) Sandie Shaw - "Puppet on a String" (6 weeks) Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra - "Somethin' Stupid" (3 weeks) The Monkees - "Theme From The Monkees" (4 weeks) The Tremeloes - "Silence Is Golden" (1 week) The Beatles - "All You Need Is Love" (4 weeks) Scott McKenzie - "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" (10 weeks) Box Tops - "The Letter" (3 weeks) Bee Gees - "Massachusetts" (3 weeks) Sven-Ingvars - "Önskebrunnen" (1 week) The Beatles - "Hello, Goodbye" (5 weeks)
1968 Anna-Lena Löfgren - "Lyckliga Gatan" (12 weeks) Cliff Richard - "Congratulations" (9 weeks) Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - "Young Girl" (6 weeks) Gunnar Wicklund - "Vi skal gå hand i hand" (3 weeks) Nancy Sinatra & Dean Martin - "Things" (2 weeks) Inger Lise Andersen - "Romeo og Julie" (3 weeks) The Beatles - "Hey Jude/Revolution" (6 weeks) Mary Hopkin - "Those Were The Days" (2 weeks) Gluntan - "Langs hver en vei" (1 week) Inger Lise Andersen - "Fru Johnsen" (9 weeks)
1969 Marmalade - "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" (8 weeks) Kirsti Sparboe - "Oj, Oj, Oj, Så Glad Jeg Skal Bli" (4 weeks) Lulu - "Boom Bang-a-Bang" (3 weeks) The Beatles - "Get Back" (6 weeks) The Beatles - "The Ballad of John and Yoko" (3 weeks) Elvis Presley - "In the Ghetto" (7 weeks) Zager & Evans - "In the Year 2525" (4 weeks) Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - "Je t'aime... moi non plus" (8 weeks) The Archies - "Sugar, Sugar" (10 weeks)
1970 B.J. Thomas - "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" (4 weeks) Stevie Wonder - "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" (5 weeks) The Beatles - "Let It Be" (5 weeks) Frijid Pink - "The House of the Rising Sun" (7 weeks) Christie - "Yellow River" (3 weeks) Mungo Jerry - "In the Summertime" (7 weeks) The Beach Boys - "Cottonfields" (3 weeks) Anita Hegerland - "Mitt sommarlov" (3 weeks) Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Lookin' Out My Back Door" (4 weeks) Gro Anita Schønn - "En enkel sang om frihet" (8 weeks)
1971 Neil Diamond - "Cracklin' Rosie" (5 weeks) George Harrison - "My Sweet Lord" (8 weeks) Lynn Anderson - "(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden" (14 weeks) Middle of the Road - "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" (11 weeks) Ocean - "Put Your Hand in the Hand" (6 weeks) Pop Tops - "Mamy Blue" (5 weeks) Middle of the Road - "Soley Soley" (7 weeks)
1972 Middle of the Road - "Sacramento" (9 weeks) New Seekers - "Beg, Steal or Borrow" (8 weeks) Ann-Louise Hanson - "Tag emot en utsträckt hand" (5 weeks) Stein Ingebrigtsen - "Cento Campane" (6 weeks) Daniel Boone - "Beautiful Sunday" (1 week) Hot Butter - "Popcorn" (9 weeks) Gilbert O'Sullivan - "Matrimony" (1 week) Gilbert O'Sullivan - "Clair" (9 weeks)
1973 Wenche Myhre - "Jeg og du og vi to" (14 weeks) Cliff Richard - "Power to All Our Friends" (8 weeks) Dawn - "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" (8 weeks) Stein Ingebrigtsen - "Bare du" (3 weeks) Albert Hammond - "Free Electric Band" (7 weeks) Lillebjørn Nilsen - "Barn av regnbuen" (11 weeks)
1974 The Rolling Stones - "Angie" (2 weeks) Inger Lise Rypdal - "En spennende dag for Josefine" (8 weeks) Suzi Quatro - "Devil Gate Drive" (1 week) ABBA - "Waterloo" (8 weeks) Terry Jacks - "Seasons in the Sun" (12 weeks) Terry Jacks - "If You Go Away" (4 weeks) George McCrae - "Rock Your Baby" (2 weeks) Hans Petter Hansen - "Jeg kommer snart igjen" (15 weeks)
1975 Slade - "Far Far Away" (4 weeks) Billy Swan - "I Can Help" (10 weeks) Teach-In - "Ding-A-Dong" (8 weeks) Nazareth - "Love Hurts" (14 weeks) George Baker Selection - "Paloma Blanca" (8 weeks) Rod Stewart - "Sailing" (18 weeks)
1976 Roger Whittaker - "The Last Farewell" (3 weeks) Harpo - "Movie Star" (11 weeks) Brotherhood of Man - "Save Your Kisses for Me" (10 weeks) ABBA - "Dancing Queen" (12 weeks) Pussycat - "Mississippi" (8 weeks)
1977 Boney M. - "Daddy Cool" (10 weeks) Smokie - "Living Next Door To Alice" (12 weeks) Boney M - "Ma Baker" (9 weeks) The Manhattan Transfer - "Chanson D'Amour" (2 weeks) Baccara - "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" (22 weeks) Baccara - "Sorry, I'm a Lady" (1 week)
1978 Baccara - "Darling" (2 weeks) Bonnie Tyler - "It's a Heartache" (13 weeks) Jahn Teigen - "Mil etter mil" (5 weeks) Boney M - "Rivers of Babylon" (6 weeks) John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - "You're the One That I Want" (18 weeks) Geir Børresen & Smurfene - "Smurfesangen" (9 weeks)
1979 Bee Gees - "Too Much Heaven" (8 weeks) Frankie Miller - "Darlin'" (3 weeks) Milk and Honey - "Hallelujah" (11 weeks) Anita Ward - "Ring My Bell" (3 weeks) Patrick Hernandez - "Born to Be Alive" (4 weeks) Frank Zappa - "Bobby Brown" (11 weeks) Cliff Richard - "We Don't Talk Anymore" (11 weeks)
1980 Michael Jackson - "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" (2 weeks) Pink Floyd - "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" (10 weeks) Sverre Kjelsberg & Mattis Hætta - "Sámiid Ædnan" (4 weeks) Johnny Logan - "What's Another Year" (8 weeks) Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra - "Xanadu" (6 weeks) Lipps Inc - "Funkytown" (2 weeks) The Kids - "Hun er forelska i lærer'n" (7 weeks) Diana Ross - "Upside Down" (2 weeks) Ottawan - "D.I.S.C.O." (2 weeks) Barbra Streisand - "Woman in Love" (12 weeks)
1981 Lars Kilevold - "Livet er for kjipt" (5 weeks) Gyllene Tider - "När vi två blir en" (3 weeks) Jannicke - "Svake mennesker" (14 weeks) Jon English and Mario Millo - "Against the Wind"/"Six Ribbons" (6 weeks) Beranek - "Dra til hælvete" (1 week) Caramba - "Hubba Hubba Zoot-Zoot" (4 weeks) Kim Carnes - "Bette Davis Eyes" (1 week) Sheena Easton - "For Your Eyes Only" (7 weeks) Ottawan - "Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)" (4 weeks)
1982 Casino Steel & Gary Holton - "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" (4 weeks) Electronicas - "Dance Little Bird" (4 weeks) Shakin' Stevens - "Oh Julie" (6 weeks) Christopher Cross - "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" (2 weeks) The Human League - "Don't You Want Me" (2 weeks) Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder - "Ebony and Ivory" (8 weeks) Nicole - "Ein Bißchen Frieden" (1 week) David Bowie - "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" (9 weeks) Survivor - "Eye of the Tiger" (8 weeks) Bolland & Bolland - "You're In the Army Now" (6 weeks) F. R. David - "Words" (14 weeks)
1983 Renée and Renato - "Save Your Love" (6 weeks) David Bowie - "Let's Dance" (6 weeks) Carola - "Främling" (1 week) Bonnie Tyler - "Total Eclipse of the Heart" (5 weeks) Agnetha Fältskog - "The Heat is On" (2 weeks) Mike Oldfield - "Moonlight Shadow" (6 weeks) Irene Cara - "Flashdance... What a Feeling" (4 weeks) The Monroes - "Sunday People" (5 weeks) Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson - "Say Say Say" (5 weeks) Culture Club - "Karma Chameleon" ( 1 week) Tracey Ullman - "They Don't Know" (8 weeks)
1984 Matthew Wilder - "Break My Stride" (3 weeks) Slade - "My Oh My" (4 weeks) Cyndi Lauper - "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (2 weeks) Mel Brooks - "To Be or Not To Be" (4 weeks) Break Machine - "Street Dance" (5 weeks) Phil Collins - "Against All Odds" (4 weeks) Wham! - "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" (9 weeks) Stevie Wonder - "I Just Called to Say I Love You" (10 weeks) Wham! - "Freedom" (1 week) Limahl - "Neverending Story" (8 weeks)
1985 Band Aid - "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (3 weeks) Foreigner - "I Want to Know What Love Is" (5 weeks) VideoKids - "Woodpeckers from Space" (2 weeks) USA for Africa - "We Are the World" (10 weeks) Bobbysocks - "La det swinge" (1 week) Paul Hardcastle - "19" (7 weeks) Sandra - "Maria Magdalena" (4 weeks) Eurythmics - "There Must Be An Angel" (1 week) The Monroes - "Cheerio" (7 weeks) a-ha - "Take On Me" (2 weeks) Modern Talking - "Cheri Cheri Lady" (1 week) Jennifer Rush - "Power of Love" (4 weeks) Lionel Richie - "Say You, Say Me" (9 weeks)
1986 Pet Shop Boys - "West End Girls" (2 weeks) Bobbysocks - "Waiting for the Morning" (1 week) Billy Ocean - "When the Going Gets Tough" (8 weeks) Mr. Mister - "Kyrie" (1 week) George Michael - "A Different Corner" (3 weeks) Hear 'n Aid - "Stars" (2 weeks) Falco - "Jeanny" (4 weeks) Samantha Fox - "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" (4 weeks) Madonna - "Papa Don't Preach" (4 weeks) Lionel Richie - "Dancing on the Ceiling" (1 week) Chris de Burgh - "The Lady in Red" (5 weeks) a-ha - "I've Been Losing You" (4 weeks) Cutting Crew - "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" (4 weeks) Bob Geldof - "This is the World Calling" (7 weeks)
1987 Bon Jovi - "Livin' on a Prayer" (3 weeks) Kim Wilde - "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (3 weeks) Gary Moore - "Over the Hills and Far Away" (7 weeks) Boy George - "Everything I Own" (2 weeks) Ferry Aid - "Let It Be" (4 weeks) Whitney Houston - "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" (7 weeks) a-ha - "The Living Daylights" (3 weeks) Michael Jackson - "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (7 weeks) Pet Shop Boys - "It's a Sin" (1 week) Desireless - "Voyage Voyage" (2 weeks) Bruce Springsteen - "Brilliant Disguise" (2 weeks) Rick Astley - "Never Gonna Give You Up" (1 week) Bee Gees - "You Win Again" (5 weeks) T'Pau - "China in Your Hand" (7 weeks)
1988 Belinda Carlisle - "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" (4 weeks) Billy Ocean - "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" (4 weeks) a-ha - "Stay on These Roads" (6 weeks) Prince - "Alphabet St." (6 weeks) Ofra Haza - "Im Nin'Alu" (4 weeks) Tindrum - "Drums of War" (2 weeks) Viggo Sandvik - "Fisking i Valdres" (3 weeks) Europe - "Superstitious" (3 weeks) Transvision Vamp - "I Want Your Love" (1 week) Vidar Theisen & The Retrievers - "Heavy Metal" (4 weeks) Koreana - "Hand in Hand" (4 weeks) One 2 Many - "Downtown" (5 weeks) Sam Brown - "Stop!" (1 week)
1989 Robin Beck - "First Time" (4 weeks) Will To Power - "Baby, I Love Your Way" (7 weeks) Paula Abdul - "Straight Up" (1 week) Madonna - "Like a Prayer" (5 weeks) Roxette - "The Look" (8 weeks) The Bangles - "Eternal Flame" (2 weeks) Prince - "Batdance" (2 weeks) Franklin - "Bombadilla Life" (8 weeks) Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers - "Swing the Mood" (6 weeks)