Top songs of 1964

What was the number one song of 1964?

The number one song of 1964 was “I Want to Hold Your Hand” by The Beatles, the top song on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 1964. It spent 7 weeks at number one on the weekly chart, starting with the chart dated February 1, 1964.

“I Want to Hold Your Hand” by The Beatles was number one for the most weeks of 1964: 7 of the year's 52 weekly charts, starting with the chart dated February 1, 1964.

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Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 1964, year-end Hot 100 of 1964).

How many songs reached number one in 1964?

23 songs reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964, across the year's 52 weekly charts.

Of the songs that first reached number one in 1964, “I Want to Hold Your Hand” by The Beatles stayed there longest: 7 weeks in total, from the chart dated February 1, 1964.

Weeks at No. 1 counts every week the song spent at the top, including weeks in other years; the number in brackets is the weeks on charts dated 1964. Dates are chart issue dates.

Which artists had more than one number one in 1964?

3 acts had more than one number one in 1964, counting lead and featured credits. The Beatles had the most, with 6: “I Want to Hold Your Hand”, “She Loves You”, “Can't Buy Me Love”, “Love Me Do”, “A Hard Day's Night” and “I Feel Fine”.

• The Beatles: “I Want to Hold Your Hand”, “She Loves You”, “Can't Buy Me Love”, “Love Me Do”, “A Hard Day's Night” and “I Feel Fine”
• The Supremes: “Where Did Our Love Go”, “Baby Love” and “Come See About Me”
• Bobby Vinton: “There! I've Said It Again” and “Mr. Lonely”

What were the biggest songs of 1964?

The five biggest songs of 1964 on Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 were “I Want to Hold Your Hand” by The Beatles, “She Loves You” by The Beatles, “Hello, Dolly!” by Louis Armstrong, “Oh, Pretty Woman” by Roy Orbison and “I Get Around” by The Beach Boys.

The year-end chart ranks songs by how they performed on the weekly Hot 100 across Billboard’s chart year, so a song that peaked late in the year can rank lower than its weekly peak suggests, or count toward the next year’s list. The top 30 below show each song’s length where we could match the recording.

Numbers 31 to 100

31. “Have I the Right?” The Honeycombs
32. “Don't Let the Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man)” The Serendipity Singers
33. “Baby Love” The Supremes
34. “Let It Be Me” Betty Everett & Jerry Butler
35. “Wishin' and Hopin'” Dusty Springfield
36. “You Don't Own Me” Lesley Gore
37. “Walk On By” Dionne Warwick
38. “The House of the Rising Sun” The Animals
39. “G.T.O.” Ronny & the Daytonas
40. “Twist and Shout” The Beatles
41. “Memphis” Johnny Rivers
42. “White on White” Danny Williams
43. “Hey Little Cobra” The Rip Chords
44. “The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)” Betty Everett
45. “Bits and Pieces” The Dave Clark Five
46. “My Boy Lollipop” Millie Small
47. “Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um” Major Lance
48. “The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)” Jan and Dean
49. “Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying” Gerry and the Pacemakers
50. “A Summer Song” Chad & Jeremy
51. “The Girl from Ipanema” Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto
52. “Can't Buy Me Love” The Beatles
53. “Remember (Walking in the Sand)” The Shangri-Las
54. “C'mon and Swim” Bobby Freeman
55. “Do You Want to Know a Secret” The Beatles
56. “Keep On Pushing” The Impressions
57. “Baby I Need Your Loving” Four Tops
58. “Navy Blue” Diane Renay
59. “Diane” The Bachelors
60. “Out of Limits” The Marketts
61. “Little Honda” The Hondells
62. “Chug-a-Lug” Roger Miller
63. “See the Funny Little Clown” Bobby Goldsboro
64. “Because” The Dave Clark Five
65. “(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet” The Reflections
66. “For You” Rick Nelson
67. “Today” The New Christy Minstrels
68. “Can't You See That She's Mine” The Dave Clark Five
69. “Leader of the Pack” The Shangri-Las
70. “Funny How Time Slips Away” Joe Hinton
71. “The Way You Do the Things You Do” The Temptations
72. “Anyone Who Had a Heart” Dionne Warwick
73. “I Love You More and More Every Day” Al Martino
74. “It's Over” Roy Orbison
75. “Ronnie” The Four Seasons
76. “Surfin' Bird” The Trashmen
77. “What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)” The Tams
78. “The Door Is Still Open to My Heart” Dean Martin
79. “You Really Got Me” The Kinks
80. “The Shelter of Your Arms” Sammy Davis Jr.
81. “I'm So Proud” The Impressions
82. “I Wanna Love Him So Bad” The Jelly Beans
83. “Dang Me” Roger Miller
84. “Cotton Candy” Al Hirt
85. “(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am” Nancy Wilson
86. “Money (That's What I Want)” The Kingsmen
87. “Don't Throw Your Love Away” The Searchers
88. “Hi-Heel Sneakers” Tommy Tucker
89. “How Do You Do It?” Gerry and the Pacemakers
90. “Walk, Don't Run '64” The Ventures
91. “Do You Love Me” The Dave Clark Five
92. “Shangri-La” Robert Maxwell
93. “Haunted House” Jumpin' Gene Simmons
94. “Steal Away” Jimmy Hughes
95. “I Saw Her Standing There” The Beatles
96. “A Fool Never Learns” Andy Williams
97. “Bad to Me” Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas
98. “There! I've Said It Again” Bobby Vinton
99. “Louie Louie” The Kingsmen
100. “Needles and Pins” The Searchers

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 1964, year-end Hot 100 of 1964).

What songs should go on a 1964 mix CD?

A 1964 mix that fits one 80-minute CD holds 28 of the year's biggest songs, opening with “I Want to Hold Your Hand” by The Beatles and closing with “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” by Manfred Mann, for 77:54 of music.

We built it from the year-end top 30 and every number one of 1964, taking songs in year-end order until the disc was full, then sequenced it to follow the year: the number ones in the order they reached the top, with the year’s other big hits placed between them. With a 2-second gap before each track it runs 78:50, under the 79 minutes we fill a CD to.

Lengths are the recordings matched in Deezer’s catalog. Single edits, album versions and remasters can run a little longer or shorter, so check your own playlist before you burn it.

Turn 1964 into a CD. Send us this list, or your own 1964 songs, and we burn it to a real audio CD, test-play it and post it. It makes a good gift for a birth year, a graduation year or a wedding year.

To change the songs, paste the list into the playlist length calculator to keep it under 80 minutes, then print an insert with the CD case template. Our guide to making a mixtape covers sequencing, and nostalgic gift ideas has more ways to give a year as a present.

What was popular music like in the 1960s?

Popular music in the 1960s moved from teen idols, girl groups and dance crazes to the British Invasion, Motown and folk rock. The Beatles' first US number one, "I Want to Hold Your Hand", topped the chart dated February 1, 1964, and Motown acts such as the Supremes and the Temptations reached number one through the rest of the decade.

From 1960 to 1969, 203 songs reached number one on the Hot 100, and no song stayed there for 10 weeks or more. Of those 203, “Theme from A Summer Place” by Percy Faith and his orchestra and “Hey Jude” by The Beatles spent the most weeks at number one, 9 each. The Beatles had the most number ones that reached the top in these years, with 18. The typical number one of these years ran 2:41 (the median of the 184 with a known length).