How Many No. 1 Singles Have the Rolling Stones Had on the Billboard Hot 100?

The Rolling Stones have scored eight No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 — a surprisingly modest number for a band with their stature, though it says more about the chart’s competition in the 1960s and ’70s than any lack of hits. The 1960s produced the most, with five chart-toppers: “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” “Get Off of My Cloud,” “Paint It Black,” “Ruby Tuesday,” and “Honky Tonk Women.”

The 1970s added two (“Brown Sugar” and “Miss You”), and the 1980s contributed one more (“Start Me Up”). That five-decade gap between 1978 and 1981 wasn’t a drought — the band simply stopped dominating the Hot 100 as albums and FM radio took over, but they continued racking up No. 1s on rock and album charts. So the 1960s was the decade that defined their Hot 100 peak, powered by the raw Jagger/Richards songwriting engine.