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put this code bellow at: wp_includes\general-template.php, then call wp_get_top_archives() from your wordpress theme.
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function wp_get_top_archives() {
	global $wpdb, $wp_locale;
	
	$defaults = array(
		'type' => 'top', 'limit' => '',
		'format' => 'html', 'before' => '',
		'after' => '', 'show_post_count' => false
	);

	$r = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
	extract( $r, EXTR_SKIP );

	// this is what will separate dates on weekly archive links
	$archive_week_separator = '–';

	// over-ride general date format ? 0 = no: use the date format set in Options, 1 = yes: over-ride
	$archive_date_format_over_ride = 0;

	// options for daily archive (only if you over-ride the general date format)
	$archive_day_date_format = 'Y/m/d';

	// options for weekly archive (only if you over-ride the general date format)
	$archive_week_start_date_format = 'Y/m/d';
	$archive_week_end_date_format	= 'Y/m/d';

	if ( !$archive_date_format_over_ride ) {
		$archive_day_date_format = get_option('date_format');
		$archive_week_start_date_format = get_option('date_format');
		$archive_week_end_date_format = get_option('date_format');
	}

	//filters
	$where = apply_filters('getarchives_where', "WHERE post_type = 'post' AND post_status = 'publish'", $r );
	$join = apply_filters('getarchives_join', "", $r);

		$query = "SELECT *, (select count(*) from wp_comments 
where wp_comments.comment_post_ID = id
) as total  FROM $wpdb->posts $join $where ORDER BY total desc $limit";

		$key = md5($query);
		$cache = wp_cache_get( 'wp_get_archives' , 'general');
		if ( !isset( $cache[ $key ] ) ) {
			$arcresults = $wpdb->get_results($query);
			$cache[ $key ] = $arcresults;
			wp_cache_add( 'wp_get_archives', $cache, 'general' );
		} else {
			$arcresults = $cache[ $key ];
		}
		if ( $arcresults ) {
			foreach ( $arcresults as $arcresult ) {
				if ( $arcresult->post_date != '0000-00-00 00:00:00' ) {
					$url  = get_permalink($arcresult);
					$arc_title = $arcresult->post_title;
					if ( $arc_title )
						$text = strip_tags(apply_filters('the_title', $arc_title));
					else
						$text = $arcresult->ID;
					echo get_archives_link($url, $text, $format, $before, $after);
				}
			}
		}
}