2025’s most-streamed songs from the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s

Greatest Hits Radio has partnered with the Official Charts Company to present the Top 100 Most Streamed Songs of 2025 from the 70s, 80s and 90s. And whilst the Gallagher brothers might have dominated the news headlines this summer it's another band who have taken top spot in this chart.
 
Iris from the Goo Goo Dolls is at Number 1 - a song originally released in 1998 but finding a new lease of life in 2025 thanks to TikTok and an appearance in smash hit movie Deadpool & Wolverine.
 
Lead vocalist from the band, John Rzeznik said: "It's official  - 2025's most streamed song of the 70s, 80s, and 90s is our song, Iris. Who would have thought? After all these years. I want to thank Greatest Hits Radio for that and the Official Charts Company for this amazing chart, which is great. Merry Christmas, happy New Year, happy holidays to everybody. Hopefully we'll get to see you soon."
 
Guitarist Robbie Takac said: "This is unbelievable, man! Thanks so much to Greatest Hits Radio and the Official Charts Company for this amazing opportunity and to all of our fans and listeners everywhere we salute you and we wish you a Merry Christmas, happy holidays and all the best in 2026."

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Oasis do have two songs in the Top 10 with Wonderwall and Don't Look Back in Anger coming in at Numbers eight and nine respectively. Fleetwood Mac beat the Manchester band though with three songs in the Top 10: Dreams, Everywhere and The Chain and Go Your Own Way just missed out at Number 11.
 
And it was 70s music that proved most popular with eight songs from the chart having been releases in 1977, just ahead of 1997 with seven hits. Overall the 80s came out on top with 37 tracks versus 35 from the 1990s and 28 from the 1970s.
 
Bands dominated the top 100 taking 71 of the spots, 23 went to male solo artists and just 6 to female singers. Whitney Houston is the highest placed artist - in fact the only female in the Top 30 with I Wanna Dance With Somebody at Number 30.

This brand new countdown kicked off on Greatest Hits Radio this weekend [Saturday 20th December] and will conclude just before 1pm today [Sunday 21st December]. You can listen to the whole chart again on the Rayo app with the full list of songs available here after 1pm.
 
Speaking about the chart, Greatest Hits Radio's Jackie Brambles said 'Iris takes you straight back to a moment in time, doesn't it? That late-90s feeling when songs were worn out on the radio and every lyric felt personal. For it to top a chart covering the 70s, 80s and 90s is really special - it reminds us how powerful those songs still are. People aren't just streaming Iris, they're revisiting memories, first loves, long car journeys and a soundtrack that's never really faded.'
 
Martin Talbot, CEO of the Official Charts Company: "Congratulations to Goo Goo Dolls for coming out on top of our Official 70s, 80s & 90s chart. The rundown really highlights what an incredible period for anthems those three decades were - so many bangers, back to back, it is the ultimate road-trip-singalong playlist."