Top songs of 1965

What was the number one song of 1965?

The number one song of 1965 was “Wooly Bully” by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, the top song on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 1965.

“(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction” by The Rolling Stones and “Yesterday” by The Beatles were each number one for 4 weeks of 1965, the most of any song that year.

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Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 1965, year-end Hot 100 of 1965).

How many songs reached number one in 1965?

25 songs reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in 1965. Counting “I Feel Fine” and “Come See About Me”, which were already at number one when the year began, 27 songs held the top spot across the year's 52 weekly charts.

Of the songs that first reached number one in 1965, “(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction” by The Rolling Stones stayed there longest: 4 weeks in total, from the chart dated July 10, 1965.

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 1965. Dates are chart issue dates.

Which artists had more than one number one in 1965?

5 acts had more than one number one in 1965, counting lead and featured credits. The Beatles had the most, with 5: “I Feel Fine”, “Eight Days a Week”, “Ticket to Ride”, “Help!” and “Yesterday”.

• The Beatles: “I Feel Fine”, “Eight Days a Week”, “Ticket to Ride”, “Help!” and “Yesterday”
• The Supremes: “Come See About Me”, “Stop! In the Name of Love”, “Back in My Arms Again” and “I Hear a Symphony”
• Herman's Hermits: “Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter” and “I'm Henry VIII, I Am”
• The Byrds: “Mr. Tambourine Man” and “Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)”
• The Rolling Stones: “(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction” and “Get Off of My Cloud”

What were the biggest songs of 1965?

The five biggest songs of 1965 on Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 were “Wooly Bully” by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, “I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)” by Four Tops, “(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction” by The Rolling Stones, “You Were on My Mind” by We Five and “You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'” by The Righteous Brothers.

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. “Ticket to Ride” The Beatles
32. “Red Roses for a Blue Lady” Bert Kaempfert
33. “Papa's Got a Brand New Bag” James Brown
34. “Game of Love” Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders
35. “The Name Game” Shirley Ellis
36. “I Know a Place” Petula Clark
37. “Back in My Arms Again” The Supremes
38. “Baby I'm Yours” Barbara Lewis
39. “The Jolly Green Giant” The Kingsmen
40. “Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte” Patti Page
41. “Like a Rolling Stone” Bob Dylan
42. “I'm Telling You Now” Freddie and the Dreamers
43. “Ferry Cross the Mersey” Gerry and the Pacemakers
44. “Just Once in My Life” The Righteous Brothers
45. “The Seventh Son” Johnny Rivers
46. “I'm Henry the Eighth, I Am” Herman's Hermits
47. “A Walk in the Black Forest” Horst Jankowski
48. “For Your Love” The Yardbirds
49. “California Girls” The Beach Boys
50. “Go Now” The Moody Blues
51. “Goldfinger” Shirley Bassey
52. “Down in the Boondocks” Billy Joe Royal
53. “Baby the Rain Must Fall” Glenn Yarbrough
54. “Catch Us If You Can” The Dave Clark Five
55. “Eight Days a Week” The Beatles
56. “Just a Little” The Beau Brummels
57. “You Turn Me On” Ian Whitcomb
58. “I'll Be Doggone” Marvin Gaye
59. “Save Your Heart for Me” Gary Lewis & the Playboys
60. “Tired of Waiting for You” The Kinks
61. “Count Me In” Gary Lewis & the Playboys
62. “All Day and All of the Night” The Kinks
63. “What the World Needs Now Is Love” Jackie DeShannon
64. “It's Not Unusual” Tom Jones
65. “She's About a Mover” Sir Douglas Quintet
66. “Shake” Sam Cooke
67. “Wonderful World” Herman's Hermits
68. “Nowhere to Run” Martha and the Vandellas
69. “Heart Full of Soul” The Yardbirds
70. “Love Potion No. 9” The Searchers
71. “Laurie (Strange Things Happen)” Dickey Lee
72. “Baby Don't Go” Sonny & Cher
73. “It Ain't Me Babe” The Turtles
74. “Tell Her No” The Zombies
75. “I Go to Pieces” Peter and Gordon
76. “Red Roses for a Blue Lady” Vic Dana
77. “Don't Just Stand There” Patty Duke
78. “The Tracks of My Tears” The Miracles
79. “Too Many Rivers” Brenda Lee
80. “I Like It Like That” The Dave Clark Five
81. “Little Things” Bobby Goldsboro
82. “True Love Ways” Peter and Gordon
83. “It's the Same Old Song” Four Tops
84. “You've Got Your Troubles” The Fortunes
85. “Hold What You've Got” Joe Tex
86. “We Gotta Get Out of This Place” The Animals
87. “Laugh, Laugh” The Beau Brummels
88. “The Last Time” The Rolling Stones
89. “Do You Believe in Magic” The Lovin' Spoonful
90. “All I Really Want to Do” Cher
91. “Take Me Back” Little Anthony and the Imperials
92. “I Want Candy” The Strangeloves
93. “Ooo Baby Baby” The Miracles
94. “Laugh at Me” Sonny
95. “Treat Her Right” Roy Head
96. “The Race Is On” Jack Jones
97. “I'm a Fool” Dino, Desi & Billy
98. “The Boy from New York City” The Ad Libs
99. “Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow the Sun)” Del Shannon
100. “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)” Marvin Gaye

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 1965, year-end Hot 100 of 1965).

What songs should go on a 1965 mix CD?

A 1965 mix that fits one 80-minute CD holds 27 of the year's biggest songs, opening with “Wooly Bully” by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs and closing with “What's New Pussycat?” by Tom Jones, for 76:23 of music.

We built it from the year-end top 30 and every number one of 1965, 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 77:17, 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 1965 into a CD. Send us this list, or your own 1965 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).