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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other • Top 1000

Top Songs of the 1960s

1960-> 1970s
    

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1.
09/1968

Hey Jude by The Beatles

395

✫1
US




✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #8]
[Apple 2276]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
2.
04/1969

Get Back by The Beatles

from Let It Be   
386

✫1
US




✫1
UK
with Billy Preston
[Apple 2490]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
3.
07/1969

Honky Tonk Women by The Rolling Stones

from Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)   
383

✫1
US




✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #116]

[London 910]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
4.
12/1967

Hello, Goodbye by The Beatles

from Magical Mystery Tour   
382

✫1
US




✫1
UK
[Capitol 2056]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
5.
06/1965

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones

from Out of Our Heads [US edition]   
360

✫1
US


19
R&B
✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #2]

written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
6.
10/1965

Get Off of My Cloud by The Rolling Stones

from December's Children (And Everybody's)   
347

✫1
US




✫1
UK

written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
7.
12/1965

We Can Work It Out by The Beatles

from Yesterday ...and Today   
344

✫1
US




✫1
UK
charted as Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out in UK charts
[Capitol 5555]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
8.
07/1967

All You Need Is Love by The Beatles

from Yellow Submarine   
340

✫1
US




✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #362]
[Capitol 5964]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
9.
07/1965

Help! by The Beatles

from Help!   
330

✫1
US




✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #29]
[Capitol 5476]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
10.
07/1965

I Got You Babe by Sonny and Cher

from Look at Us   
330

✫1
US


19
R&B
✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #444]
[Atco 6359]
written by Sonny Bono
11.
05/1966

Paint It Black by The Rolling Stones

from Aftermath   
323

✫1
US




✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #174]

[London 901]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
12.
05/1967

A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum

from Procol Harum   
322

5
US


22
R&B
✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #57]
melody based on the Bach cantata Sleepers Awake
[Deram 7507]
written by Gary Brooker, Keith Reid & Matthew Fisher (uncredited)
13.
06/1966

Paperback Writer by The Beatles

318

✫1
US




✫1
UK

[Capitol 5651]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
14.
10/1966

Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys

from Smiley Smile   
317

✫1
US




✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #6]
[Capitol 5676]
written by Brian Wilson & Mike Love
15.
04/1960

Cathy's Clown by The Everly Brothers

from A Date with the Everly Brothers   
317

✫1
US


✫1
R&B
✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #149]
[Warner 5151]
written by Don Everly & Phil Everly
16.
04/1965

Ticket to Ride by The Beatles

from Help!   
312

✫1
US




✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #384]
[Capitol 5407]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
17.
05/1965

Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds

from Mr. Tambourine Man   
311

✫1
US




✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #79]
[Columbia 43271]
written by Bob Dylan
18.
04/1968

Mrs. Robinson by Simon & Garfunkel

from Bookends   
307

✫1
US
4
AC


4
UK
[Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1969]

[Columbia 44511]
written by Paul Simon
19.
04/1968

Mony Mony by Tommy James & the Shondells

from Mony Mony   
307

3
US




✫1
UK
written by Tommy James, Bo Gentry, Ritchie Cordell (as Richie Cordell) & Bobby Bloom
20.
12/1963

I Want to Hold Your Hand by The Beatles

from Meet the Beatles!   
304

✫1
US




✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #16]
[Capitol 5112]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
21.
05/1969

Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival

from Green River   
302

2
US




✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #355]
[Fantasy 622]
written by John Fogerty
22.
02/1967

Penny Lane by The Beatles

from Magical Mystery Tour [US edition]   
302

✫1
US




2
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #449]
charted as Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever in UK charts
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
23.
06/1968

Fire by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown

from The Crazy World of Arthur Brown   
300

2
US




✫1
UK

written by Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane, Mike Finesilver & Peter Ker
24.
08/1966

Yellow Submarine by The Beatles

from Revolver   
300

2
US




✫1
UK
charted as Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby in UK charts
[Capitol 5715]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
25.
05/1966

Wild Thing by The Troggs

from From Nowhere   
300

✫1
US




2
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #257]
[Atco 6415]
written by Chip Taylor
26.
01/1967

Ruby Tuesday by The Rolling Stones

from Between the Buttons   
298

✫1
US




3
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #303]
charted as Let's Spend The Night Together / Ruby Tuesday in UK charts
[London 904]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
27.
06/1968

Jumpin' Jack Flash by The Rolling Stones

from Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)   
297

3
US




✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #124]

[London 908]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
28.
04/1967

Groovin' by The Rascals

from Groovin'   
292

✫1
US


3
R&B
8
UK
as The Young Rascals
[Atlantic 2401]
written by Felix Cavaliere & Eddie Brigati
29.
11/1967

Daydream Believer by The Monkees

from The Birds, the Bees & the Monkees   
288

✫1
US




5
UK
[Colgems 1012]
written by John Stewart
30.
10/1969

Come Together by The Beatles

from Abbey Road   
285

✫1
US




4
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #202]
charted as Something / Come Together in UK charts
[Apple 2654]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
31.
07/1966

Sunshine Superman by Donovan

from Sunshine Superman   
285

✫1
US




2
UK
[Epic 10045]
written by Donovan (as Donovan Leitch)
32.
03/1968

Lady Madonna by The Beatles

283

4
US




✫1
UK
[Capitol 2138]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
33.
12/1964

I Feel Fine by The Beatles

from Beatles '65   
277

✫1
US




✫1
UK
[Capitol 5327]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
34.
08/1964

Oh, Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison

from Orbisongs   
276

✫1
US




✫1
UK
as Roy Orbison & The Candymen
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #222]

[Monument 851]
written by Roy Orbison & Bill Dees
35.
02/1966

19th Nervous Breakdown by The Rolling Stones

from Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass)   
274

2
US


32
R&B
2
UK
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
36.
04/1966

Monday, Monday by The Mamas & the Papas

from If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears   
270

✫1
US




3
UK
[Dunhill 4026]
written by John Phillips
37.
12/1961

Can't Help Falling in Love by Elvis Presley

from Blue Hawaii   
266

2
US
✫1
AC


✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #394]
charted as Rock-A-Hula Baby/Can't Help Falling in Love in UK charts
[RCA 47-7968]
written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore & George David Weiss
38.
06/1969

The Ballad of John and Yoko by The Beatles

264

8
US




✫1
UK
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
39.
07/1964

A Hard Day's Night by The Beatles

from A Hard Day's Night   
264

✫1
US




✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #153]
[Capitol 5222]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
40.
12/1965

Day Tripper by The Beatles

from Yesterday ...and Today   
264

5
US




✫1
UK
charted as Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out in UK charts ; in the US, B-Side to We Can Work It Out
[Capitol 5555]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
41.
02/1967

Dedicated to the One I Love by The Mamas & the Papas

from Deliver   
262

2
US




2
UK
[Dunhill 4077]
written by Ralph Bass & Lowman Pauling
42.
03/1964

Can't Buy Me Love by The Beatles

from A Hard Day's Night   
261

✫1
US




✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #289]
[Capitol 5150]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
43.
03/1965

The Last Time by The Rolling Stones

from Out of Our Heads [US edition]   
261

9
US




✫1
UK

[London 9741]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
44.
10/1962

Return to Sender by Elvis Presley

from Girls! Girls! Girls!   
258

2
US


5
R&B
✫1
UK
[RCA 47-8100]
written by Winfield Scott & Otis Blackwell
45.
10/1969

Something by The Beatles

from Abbey Road   
251

3
US
17
AC


4
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #273]
in the US, B-Side to Come Together ; charted as Something / Come Together in UK charts
[Apple 2654]
written by George Harrison
46.
06/1960

Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel) by Roy Orbison

from Lonely and Blue   
250

2
US


14
R&B
✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #232]
[Monument 421]
written by Roy Orbison & Joe Melson
47.
02/1966

Daydream by The Lovin' Spoonful

from Daydream   
250

2
US




2
UK

[Kama Sutra 208]
written by John Sebastian
48.
03/1967

A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You by The Monkees

from Headquarters   
246

2
US




3
UK
[Colgems 1004]
written by Neil Diamond
49.
07/1965

Like a Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan

from Highway 61 Revisited   
245

2
US




4
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #1]
[Columbia 43346]
written by Bob Dylan
50.
01/1966

Barbara Ann by The Beach Boys

from Beach Boys' Party!   
244

2
US




3
UK
written by Fred Fassert
51.
02/1967

Happy Together by The Turtles

from Happy Together   
243

✫1
US




12
UK

[White Whale 244]
written by Garry Bonner & Alan Gordon [Alan Lee Gordon]
52.
12/1969

Venus by Shocking Blue

from At Home   
241

✫1
US




8
UK

[Colossus 108]
written by Robbie van Leeuwen
53.
08/1968

I've Gotta Get a Message to You by Bee Gees

from Idea   
236

8
US




✫1
UK
[Atco 6603 A]
written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb
54.
01/1965

Tired of Waiting for You by The Kinks

from Kinda Kinks   
232

6
US




✫1
UK
[Reprise 0347]
written by Ray Davies
55.
02/1967

Strawberry Fields Forever by The Beatles

from Magical Mystery Tour [US edition]   
229

8
US




2
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #76]
in the US, B-Side to Penny Lane ; charted as Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever in UK charts
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
56.
07/1968

Hello, I Love You by The Doors

from Waiting for the Sun   
229

✫1
US




15
UK
[Elektra 45635]
written by Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger & John Densmore
57.
07/1966

Summer in the City by The Lovin' Spoonful

from Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful   
229

✫1
US




8
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #393]
[Kama Sutra 211]
written by Steve Boone, John Sebastian & Mark Sebastian
58.
02/1965

It's Not Unusual by Tom Jones

from Along Came Jones   
227

10
US
3
AC
26
R&B
✫1
UK

[Parrot 9737]
written by Les Reed & Gordon Mills
59.
03/1965

For Your Love by The Yardbirds

from For Your Love   
227

6
US




3
UK
[Epic 9790]
written by Graham Gouldman
60.
06/1965

Heart Full of Soul by The Yardbirds

from Having a Rave Up   
225

9
US




2
UK
[Epic 9823]
written by Graham Gouldman
61.
09/1967

(The Lights Went Out in) Massachusetts by Bee Gees

from Horizontal   
223

11
US




✫1
UK
[Atco 6532]
written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb
62.
07/1968

People Got to Be Free by The Rascals

from Freedom Suite   
222

✫1
US


14
R&B


written by Eddie Brigati & Felix Cavaliere
63.
06/1968

Hurdy Gurdy Man by Donovan

from The Hurdy Gurdy Man   
221

5
US




4
UK

[Epic 10345]
written by Donovan
64.
06/1967

Light My Fire by The Doors

from The Doors   
214

✫1
US




49
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #35]
[Elektra 45615]
written by Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger & John Densmore
65.
04/1966

Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 by Bob Dylan

from Blonde on Blonde   
214

2
US




7
UK
written by Bob Dylan
66.
05/1967

She'd Rather Be with Me by The Turtles

from Happy Together   
212

3
US




4
UK
[White Whale 249]
written by Garry Bonner & Alan Gordon [Alan Lee Gordon]
67.
04/1969

The Boxer by Simon & Garfunkel

from Bridge Over Troubled Water   
212

7
US
3
AC


6
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #105]
[Columbia 44785]
written by Paul Simon
68.
01/1969

Proud Mary by Creedence Clearwater Revival

from Bayou Country   
211

2
US




8
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #155]
[Fantasy 619]
written by John Fogerty
69.
10/1965

Turn! Turn! Turn! by The Byrds

from Turn! Turn! Turn!   
209

✫1
US




26
UK
lyrics adapted from the Book of Ecclesiastes
[Columbia 43424]
written by Pete Seeger
70.
07/1969

Lay Lady Lay by Bob Dylan

from Nashville Skyline   
209

7
US
19
AC


5
UK
[Columbia 4-44926]
written by Bob Dylan
71.
08/1966

Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles

from Revolver   
209

11
US




✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #137]
in the US, B-Side to Yellow Submarine ; charted as Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby in UK charts
[Capitol 5715]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
72.
11/1966

Mellow Yellow by Donovan

from Mellow Yellow   
208

2
US




8
UK
featuring Paul McCartney

[Epic 10098]
written by Donovan
73.
05/1967

Windy by The Association

from Insight Out   
208

✫1
US






written by Ruthann Friedman
74.
02/1965

Silhouettes by Herman's Hermits

from Herman's Hermits on Tour   
208

5
US




3
UK
[MGM 13332]
written by Bob Crewe & Frank Slay
75.
04/1965

Help Me, Rhonda by The Beach Boys

from Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!)   
207

✫1
US




27
UK
[Capitol 5395]
written by Brian Wilson & Mike Love
76.
05/1964

I Get Around by The Beach Boys

from All Summer Long   
200

✫1
US




7
UK
[Capitol 5174]
written by Brian Wilson & Mike Love
77.
12/1968

Crimson and Clover by Tommy James & the Shondells

from Crimson and Clover   
198

✫1
US






written by Tommy James & Peter Lucia (as Peter Lucia Jr.)
78.
11/1965

The Sounds of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel

from Sounds of Silence   
195

✫1
US






[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #156]
[Columbia 43396]
written by Paul Simon
79.
09/1966

Last Train to Clarksville by The Monkees

from The Monkees   
194

✫1
US




23
UK
[Colgems 1001]
written by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
80.
04/1961

Running Scared by Roy Orbison

from Crying   
194

✫1
US




9
UK
[Monument 438]
written by Roy Orbison & Joe Melson
81.
06/1966

Sunny Afternoon by The Kinks

from Face to Face   
193

14
US




✫1
UK
[Reprise 0497]
written by Ray Davies
82.
08/1964

You Really Got Me by The Kinks

from Kinks   
189

7
US




✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #82]
[Reprise 0306]
written by Ray Davies
83.
08/1966

Cherish by The Association

from And Then…Along Comes the Association   
188

✫1
US
38
AC




written by Terry Kirkman
84.
08/1969

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

from Green River   
187

2
US




19
UK
[Fantasy 625]
written by John Fogerty
85.
02/1966

Homeward Bound by Simon & Garfunkel

from Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme   
187

5
US




9
UK
[Columbia 43511]
written by Paul Simon
86.
07/1968

Born to Be Wild by Steppenwolf

from Steppenwolf   
186

2
US




30
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #129]
[Dunhill 4138]
written by Mars Bonfire
87.
02/1967

There's a Kind of Hush by Herman's Hermits

from There's a Kind of Hush All Over the World   
186

4
US




7
UK

[MGM 13681]
written by Geoff Stephens & Les Reed
88.
07/1968

Do It Again by The Beach Boys

from 20/20   
185

20
US




✫1
UK
[Capitol 2239]
written by Brian Wilson & Mike Love
89.
03/1969

You've Made Me So Very Happy by Blood, Sweat & Tears

from Blood, Sweat & Tears   
184

2
US
18
AC
46
R&B
35
UK
[Columbia 44776]
written by Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, Frank Wilson & Berry Gordy
90.
09/1966

96 Tears by Question Mark & the Mysterians

from 96 Tears   
183

✫1
US




37
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #210]
[Cameo 428]
written by Rudy Martinez
91.
03/1966

Good Lovin' by The Rascals

from The Young Rascals   
182

✫1
US






as The Young Rascals
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #325]
written by Rudy Clark & Arthur Resnick
92.
10/1966

Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow? by The Rolling Stones

from Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) [UK release]   
182

9
US




5
UK
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
93.
05/1966

I Am a Rock by Simon & Garfunkel

from Sounds of Silence   
180

3
US




17
UK
[Columbia 43617]
written by Paul Simon
94.
02/1965

Eight Days a Week by The Beatles

from Beatles for Sale   
180

✫1
US






[Capitol 5371]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
95.
05/1969

Spinning Wheel by Blood, Sweat & Tears

from Blood, Sweat & Tears   
180

2
US
✫1
AC
45
R&B


[Columbia 44871]
written by David Clayton-Thomas
96.
05/1965

Wonderful World by Herman's Hermits

from Herman's Hermits   
180

4
US




7
UK
[MGM 13354]
written by Sam Cooke, Herb Alpert & Lou Adler
97.
09/1965

Yesterday by The Beatles

from Help!   
177

✫1
US






[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #13]
[Capitol 5498]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
98.
04/1965

Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter by Herman's Hermits

from Herman's Hermits   
177

✫1
US






[MGM 13341]
written by Trevor Peacock
99.
10/1969

And When I Die by Blood, Sweat & Tears

from Blood, Sweat & Tears   
173

2
US
4
AC




written by Laura Nyro
100.
06/1969

Crystal Blue Persuasion by Tommy James & the Shondells

from Crimson and Clover   
173

2
US
27
AC




written by Eddie Gray, Tommy James & Mike Vale
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