Top songs of 1967

What was the number one song of 1967?

The number one song of 1967 was “To Sir With Love” by Lulu, the top song on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 1967. It spent 5 weeks at number one on the weekly chart, starting with the chart dated October 21, 1967.

“I'm a Believer” by The Monkees was number one for the most weeks of 1967: 6 of the year's 52 weekly charts, starting with the chart dated January 7, 1967.

Born in 1967? The birthday number one finder shows the song at number one in the exact week of your birthday, and the number one on every birthday since.

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 1967, year-end Hot 100 of 1967).

How many songs reached number one in 1967?

18 songs reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in 1967. Counting “I'm a Believer”, which was already at number one when the year began, 19 songs held the top spot across the year's 52 weekly charts.

Of the songs that first reached number one in 1967, “To Sir With Love” by Lulu stayed there longest: 5 weeks in total, from the chart dated October 21, 1967.

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 1967. Dates are chart issue dates.

Which artists had more than one number one in 1967?

3 acts had more than one number one in 1967, counting lead and featured credits. The Beatles had the most, with 3: “Penny Lane”, “All You Need Is Love” and “Hello, Goodbye”.

• The Beatles: “Penny Lane”, “All You Need Is Love” and “Hello, Goodbye”
• The Monkees: “I'm a Believer” and “Daydream Believer”
• The Supremes: “Love Is Here and Now You're Gone” and “The Happening”

What were the biggest songs of 1967?

The five biggest songs of 1967 on Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 were “To Sir With Love” by Lulu, “The Letter” by The Box Tops, “Ode to Billie Joe” by Bobbie Gentry, “Windy” by The Association and “I'm a Believer” by The Monkees.

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. “Release Me” Engelbert Humperdinck
32. “Your Precious Love” Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
33. “Somebody to Love” Jefferson Airplane
34. “Get on Up” The Esquires
35. “Brown Eyed Girl” Van Morrison
36. “Jimmy Mack” Martha and the Vandellas
37. “I Got Rhythm” The Happenings
38. “A Whiter Shade of Pale” Procol Harum
39. “Don't You Care” The Buckinghams
40. “Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye” The Casinos
41. “Reflections” The Supremes
42. “On a Carousel” The Hollies
43. “Please Love Me Forever” Bobby Vinton
44. “Alfie” Dionne Warwick
45. “Silence Is Golden” The Tremeloes
46. “My Cup Runneth Over” Ed Ames
47. “Up, Up and Away” The 5th Dimension
48. “San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)” Scott McKenzie
49. “The Rain, the Park & Other Things” The Cowsills
50. “There's a Kind of Hush” Herman's Hermits
51. “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” The Buckinghams
52. “This Is My Song” Petula Clark
53. “(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher” Jackie Wilson
54. “I've Been Lonely Too Long” The Young Rascals
55. “Penny Lane” The Beatles
56. “You're My Everything” The Temptations
57. “Georgy Girl” The Seekers
58. “Western Union” Five Americans
59. “Baby I Love You” Aretha Franklin
60. “A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You” The Monkees
61. “California Nights” Lesley Gore
62. “Dedicated to the One I Love” The Mamas & the Papas
63. “How Can I Be Sure” The Young Rascals
64. “Carrie Anne” The Hollies
65. “(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet” Blues Magoos
66. “Friday on My Mind” The Easybeats
67. “Soul Finger” Bar-Kays
68. “Gimme Some Lovin'” The Spencer Davis Group
69. “Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)” The Hombres
70. “Let's Live for Today” The Grass Roots
71. “Close Your Eyes” Peaches & Herb
72. “Groovin'” Booker T. & the M.G.'s
73. “Funky Broadway” Wilson Pickett
74. “Pleasant Valley Sunday” The Monkees
75. “I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)” Aretha Franklin
76. “Tell It Like It Is” Aaron Neville
77. “Cold Sweat” James Brown
78. “She'd Rather Be with Me” The Turtles
79. “98.6” Keith
80. “Here We Go Again” Ray Charles
81. “White Rabbit” Jefferson Airplane
82. “Bernadette” Four Tops
83. “The Beat Goes On” Sonny & Cher
84. “Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron” The Royal Guardsmen
85. “Society's Child” Janis Ian
86. “Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon” Neil Diamond
87. “Ain't No Mountain High Enough” Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
88. “I Take It Back” Sandy Posey
89. “Here Comes My Baby” The Tremeloes
90. “Everlasting Love” Robert Knight
91. “I Dig Rock and Roll Music” Peter, Paul and Mary
92. “Little Ole Man (Uptight, Everything's Alright)” Bill Cosby
93. “I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)” The Electric Prunes
94. “Daydream Believer” The Monkees
95. “Baby I Need Your Lovin'” Johnny Rivers
96. “Mirage” Tommy James and the Shondells
97. “Green, Green Grass of Home” Tom Jones
98. “I Can See for Miles” The Who
99. “Don't Sleep in the Subway” Petula Clark
100. “Thank the Lord for the Night Time” Neil Diamond

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 1967, year-end Hot 100 of 1967).

What songs should go on a 1967 mix CD?

A 1967 mix that fits one 80-minute CD holds 27 of the year's biggest songs, opening with “Somethin' Stupid” by Frank & Nancy Sinatra and closing with “Gimme Little Sign” by Brenton Wood, for 77:09 of music.

We built it from the year-end top 30 and every number one of 1967, 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 78:03, 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 1967 into a CD. Send us this list, or your own 1967 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).