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Top Songs of 1969

1968 <-

1969

-> 1970

Video playlist

Cover

Date

Title

Album

Comment

Video

06/1969

In the Year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus) by Zager & Evans

from 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)

436

✫1
US

✫1
AC

✫1
UK

[RCA Victor 0174]
written by Rick Evans

07/1969

Sugar, Sugar by The Archies

from Everything's Archies

415

✫1
US

22
AC

✫1
UK

[Calendar 1008]
written by Andy Kim & Jeff Barry

07/1969

Honky Tonk Women by The Rolling Stones

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

408

✫1
US

✫1
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #116]

[London 910]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

04/1969

Get Back by The Beatles

from Let It Be

408

✫1
US

✫1
UK

with Billy Preston
[Apple 2490]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

02/1969

Dizzy by Tommy Roe

from Dizzy

407

✫1
US

✫1
UK

[ABC 11164]
written by Tommy Roe & Freddy Weller

10/1969

Leaving on a Jet Plane by Peter, Paul & Mary

from Album 1700

407

✫1
US

✫1
AC

2
UK

[Warner 7340]
written by John Denver

11/1969

I Want You Back by Jackson 5

from Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5

406

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

2
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #120]
charted as I Want You Back / Who's Lovin' You in US R&B charts
[Motown 1157]
written by Berry Gordy (as part of The Corporation), Freddie Perren (as part of The Corporation), Deke Richards (as part of The Corporation) & Fonce Mizell (as part of The Corporation)

09/1969

Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley

from Elvis in Person

397

✫1
US

4
AC

2
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #91]
[RCA 47-9764]
written by Mark James [songwriter]

05/1969

Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival

from Green River

376

2
US

✫1
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #355]
[Fantasy 622]
written by John Fogerty

10.

07/1969

A Boy Named Sue by Johnny Cash

from Johnny Cash at San Quentin

363

2
US

✫1
AC

✫1
country

4
UK

[recorded live at san quentin prison]
[noverly]
[Columbia 4-44944]
written by Shel Silverstein

11.

04/1969

Oh Happy Day by The Edwin Hawkins Singers

from Let Us Go into the House of the Lord

343

4
US

22
AC

2
R&B

2
UK

featuring Dorothy Combs Morrison
[Pavilion 20,001]
written by traditional & Edwin Hawkins

12.

10/1969

Come Together by The Beatles

from Abbey Road

342

✫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

13.

05/1969

In the Ghetto by Elvis Presley

from From Elvis in Memphis

337

3
US

8
AC

60
country

2
UK

[RCA Victor 47-9741]
written by Mac Davis

14.

03/1969

Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In by The 5th Dimension

from The Age of Aquarius

327

✫1
US

✫1
AC

6
R&B

11
UK

[Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1970]
[Soul City 772]
written by Galt MacDermot, James Rado & Gerome Ragni

15.

05/1969

My Cherie Amour by Stevie Wonder

from My Cherie Amour

317

4
US

3
AC

4
R&B

4
UK

[Tamla 54180]
written by Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby (as Hank Cosby) & Sylvia Moy

16.

11/1969

Someday We'll Be Together by The Supremes

from Cream of the Crop

311

✫1
US

12
AC

✫1
R&B

13
UK

as Diana Ross & the Supremes
[Motown 1156]
written by Johnny Bristol, Jackey Beavers & Harvey Fuqua

17.

06/1969

Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town by Kenny Rogers

from Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town

307

6
US

6
AC

39
country

2
UK

as Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
[Reprise 0829]
written by Mel Tillis

18.

10/1969

Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday by Stevie Wonder

from My Cherie Amour

306

7
US

10
AC

5
R&B

2
UK

[Tamla 54188]
written by Ronald Miller [Ronald Norman Miller] (as Ron Miller) & Bryan Wells

19.

08/1969

I Can't Get Next to You by The Temptations

from Puzzle People

302

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

13
UK

[Gordy 7093]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

20.

09/1969

Wedding Bell Blues by The 5th Dimension

from The Age of Aquarius

299

✫1
US

✫1
AC

23
R&B

16
UK

[Soul City 779]
written by Laura Nyro

21.

10/1969

Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye by Steam

298

✫1
US

20
R&B

9
UK

featuring Garrett Scott
[Fontana 1667]
written by Paul Leka, Gary DeCarlo & Dale Frashuer

22.

12/1969

Venus by Shocking Blue

from At Home

298

✫1
US

8
UK

[Colossus 108]
written by Robbie van Leeuwen

23.

06/1969

The Ballad of John and Yoko by The Beatles

296

8
US

✫1
UK

written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

24.

10/1969

Something by The Beatles

from Abbey Road

294

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

25.

04/1969

Too Busy Thinking About My Baby by Marvin Gaye

from M.P.G.

293

4
US

✫1
R&B

5
UK

[Tamla 54181]
written by Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong & Janie Bradford

26.

03/1969

The Israelites by Desmond Dekker

from Intensified

288

9
US

✫1
UK

as Desmond Dekker & the Aces
written by Desmond Dekker & Leslie Kong

27.

05/1969

Good Morning Starshine by Oliver

284

3
US

3
AC

6
UK

[Jubilee 5659]
written by Galt MacDermot, James Rado & Gerome Ragni

28.

03/1969

Time Is Tight by Booker T. & the MG's

from Uptight

279

6
US

9
AC

7
R&B

4
UK

[instrumental]
[Stax 0028]
written by Booker T. Jones

29.

01/1969

Proud Mary by Creedence Clearwater Revival

from Bayou Country

270

2
US

8
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #155]
[Fantasy 619]
written by John Fogerty

30.

10/1969

Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head by B.J. Thomas

from Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head

259

✫1
US

✫1
AC

38
UK

[from the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]
[Scepter 12265]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David

31.

04/1969

Goodbye by Mary Hopkin

256

13
US

6
AC

2
UK

[Apple 1806]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

32.

03/1969

Galveston by Glen Campbell

from Galveston

255

4
US

✫1
AC

✫1
country

14
UK

[Capitol 2428]
written by Jimmy Webb

33.

08/1969

I'm Gonna Make You Mine by Lou Christie

from I'm Gonna Make You Mine

251

10
US

2
UK

[Buddah 116]
written by Tony Romeo

34.

10/1969

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother by The Hollies

from He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother

250

7
US

3
UK

[Epic 10532 A]
written by Bob Russell & Bobby Scott

35.

09/1969

Tracy by The Cuff Links

from Tracy

242

9
US

5
AC

4
UK

[Decca 32533]
written by Lee Pockriss & Paul Vance

36.

04/1969

The Boxer by Simon & Garfunkel

from Bridge Over Troubled Water

239

7
US

3
AC

6
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #105]
[Columbia 44785]
written by Paul Simon

37.

11/1969

Don't Cry Daddy by Elvis Presley

238

6
US

3
AC

13
country

8
UK

[RCA Victor 47-9768]
written by Scott Davis

38.

05/1969

Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet by Henry Mancini

237

✫1
US

✫1
AC

[instrumental]
[RCA 74-0131]
written by Nino Rota

39.

07/1969

Lay Lady Lay by Bob Dylan

from Nashville Skyline

236

7
US

19
AC

5
UK

[Columbia 4-44926]
written by Bob Dylan

40.

07/1969

Give Peace a Chance by John Lennon

236

14
US

2
UK

as John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band
recorded in a hotel suite in montreal, Canada
written by John Lennon

41.

05/1969

What Does It Take (to Win Your Love) by Jr. Walker & The All-Stars

from Home Cookin'

236

4
US

✫1
R&B

13
UK

[Soul 35062]
written by Johnny Bristol, Harvey Fuqua & Vernon Bullock

42.

12/1969

Without Love (There Is Nothing) by Tom Jones

from Tom

235

5
US

✫1
AC

41
R&B

10
UK

[Parrot 40045]
written by Danny Small

43.

03/1969

It's Your Thing by The Isley Brothers

from It's Our Thing

235

2
US

✫1
R&B

30
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #420]
[T-Neck 901]
written by Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley & Rudolph Isley

44.

12/1969

Reflections of My Life by The Marmalade

232

10
US

21
AC

3
UK

[London 20058]
written by Junior Campbell & Dean Ford (as Thomas McAleese)

45.

08/1969

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

from Green River

229

2
US

19
UK

[Fantasy 625]
written by John Fogerty

46.

06/1969

Something in the Air by Thunderclap Newman

from Hollywood Dream

221

37
US

✫1
UK

[Atlantic 2656 (Track)]
written by Speedy Keen (as John "Speedy" Keen)

47.

02/1969

Where Do You Go to (My Lovely) by Peter Sarstedt

from Peter Sarstedt

212

70
US

29
AC

✫1
UK

[World Pacific 77911]
written by Peter Sarstedt

48.

03/1969

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

from Blood, Sweat & Tears

212

2
US

18
AC

46
R&B

35
UK

[Columbia 44776]
written by Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, Frank Wilson & Berry Gordy

49.

12/1969

All I Have to Do Is Dream by Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell

211

27
US

4
AC

6
country

3
UK

[Capitol 2745]
written by Felice Bryant & Boudleaux Bryant

50.

08/1969

Je t'aime... moi non plus by Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg

from Jane Birkin - Serge Gainsbourg

210

58
US

✫1
UK

[R]
written by Serge Gainsbourg

51.

05/1969

Spinning Wheel by Blood, Sweat & Tears

from Blood, Sweat & Tears

210

2
US

✫1
AC

45
R&B

[Columbia 44871]
written by David Clayton-Thomas

52.

11/1969

Two Little Boys by Rolf Harris

209

119
US

19
AC

✫1
UK

[MGM 14103]
written by Theodore F. Morse (as Theodore Morse) & Edward Madden

53.

08/1969

Jean by Oliver

208

2
US

✫1
AC

[from the film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie]
[Crewe 334]
written by Rod McKuen

54.

02/1969

Traces by Classics IV

from Traces

203

2
US

2
AC

featuring Dennis Yost
[Imperial 66352]
written by Buddy Buie, J. R. Cobb (as James Cobb) & Emory Gordy Jr. (as Emory Gordy)

55.

04/1969

Love (Can Make You Happy) by Mercy

from Love Can Make You Happy

202

2
US

2
AC

[Sundi 6811]
written by Jack Sigler

56.

08/1969

Hot Fun in the Summertime by Sly & the Family Stone

from Greatest Hits

201

2
US

3
R&B

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #247]
[Epic 10497]
written by Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart)

57.

12/1969

Hey There Lonely Girl by Eddie Holman

from I Love You

200

2
US

36
AC

4
R&B

[ABC 11240]
written by Leon Carr & Earl Shuman

58.

10/1969

And When I Die by Blood, Sweat & Tears

from Blood, Sweat & Tears

199

2
US

4
AC

[Columbia 45008]
written by Laura Nyro

59.

10/1969

Take a Letter, Maria by R.B. Greaves

from R.B. Greaves

198

2
US

21
AC

10
R&B

[Atco 6714]
written by R.B. Greaves

60.

02/1969

(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice by Amen Corner

from The National Welsh Coast Live Explosion Company

197

✫1
UK

written by Lucio Battisti & Jack Fishman

61.

08/1969

I'll Never Fall in Love Again by Bobbie Gentry

from Touch 'Em with Love

197

✫1
UK

written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David

62.

12/1969

Hitchin' a Ride by Vanity Fare

from Early in the Morning

192

5
US

22
AC

16
UK

[Page One 21,029]
written by Mitch Murray & Peter Callander

63.

03/1969

Pinball Wizard by The Who

from Tommy

187

19
US

4
UK

[Decca 32465]
written by Pete Townshend

64.

03/1969

Hair by The Cowsills

from The Cowsills in Concert

187

2
US

19
AC

[MGM 14026]
written by Galt MacDermot, James Rado & Gerome Ragni

65.

02/1969

Gentle on My Mind by Dean Martin

from Gentle on My Mind

185

103
US

9
AC

2
UK

[Reprise 0812]
written by John Hartford

66.

06/1969

Crystal Blue Persuasion by Tommy James & the Shondells

from Crimson and Clover

185

2
US

27
AC

[Roulette 7050]
written by Eddie Gray, Tommy James & Mike Vale

67.

01/1969

Games People Play by Joe South

from Games People Play

185

12
US

6
UK

[Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1970]
[Capitol 2248]
written by Joe South

68.

08/1969

Everybody's Talkin' by Nilsson

from Aerial Ballet

184

6
US

2
AC

23
UK

[R]
[RCA 74-0161]
written by Fred Neil

69.

10/1969

Oh Well by Fleetwood Mac

from Then Play On

184

55
US

2
UK

written by Peter Green

70.

07/1969

Early in the Morning by Vanity Fare

from Early in the Morning

184

12
US

4
AC

8
UK

[Page One 21,027]
written by Mike Leander & Eddie Seago (as Ed Seago)

71.

03/1969

My Way by Frank Sinatra

from My Way

182

27
US

2
AC

5
UK

[Reprise 0817]
written by Claude François, Jacques Revaux & Paul Anka

72.

02/1969

The Way It Used to Be by Engelbert Humperdinck

181

42
US

4
AC

3
UK

[Parrot 40036]
written by Roger Cook & Roger Greenaway

73.

11/1969

Winter World of Love by Engelbert Humperdinck

181

16
US

3
AC

7
UK

[Parrot 40044]
written by Barry Mason & Les Reed

74.

08/1969

Don't Forget to Remember by Bee Gees

from Cucumber Castle

179

73
US

2
UK

[Atco 6702]
written by Barry Gibb & Maurice Gibb

75.

10/1969

Down on the Corner by Creedence Clearwater Revival

from Willy and the Poor Boys

179

3
US

31
UK

[Fantasy 634]
written by John Fogerty

76.

05/1969

Love Me Tonight by Tom Jones

178

13
US

2
AC

9
UK

[Parrot 45-40038]
written by Lorenzo Pilat, Mario Panzeri & Barry Mason

77.

07/1969

Saved by the Bell by Robin Gibb

from Robin's Reign

170

2
UK

written by Robin Gibb

78.

04/1969

My Sentimental Friend by Herman's Hermits

170

2
UK

[MGM 14060]
written by Geoff Stephens & John Carter

79.

04/1969

Man of the World by Fleetwood Mac

170

2
UK

written by Peter Green

80.

03/1969

Boom Bang-a-Bang by Lulu

170

2
UK

[1969 Eurovision Song Contest winner]
written by Alan Moorhouse & Peter Warne

81.

11/1969

(Call Me) Number One by The Tremeloes

170

2
UK

written by Alan Blaikley & Len Hawkes

82.

03/1969

Only the Strong Survive by Jerry Butler

from The Ice Man Cometh

169

4
US

✫1
R&B

[Mercury 72898]
written by Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff & Jerry Butler

83.

04/1969

Grazing in the Grass by The Friends of Distinction

from Grazin'

168

3
US

5
R&B

[RCA Victor 0107]
written by Philemon Hou & Harry Elston

84.

06/1969

Put a Little Love in Your Heart by Jackie DeShannon

from Put a Little Love in Your Heart

165

4
US

2
AC

[Imperial 66385]
written by Jackie DeShannon, Jimmy Holiday & Randy Myers

85.

06/1969

Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good) by Neil Diamond

from Neil Diamond/Gold

163

4
US

3
AC

[Uni 55136]
written by Neil Diamond

86.

02/1969

Twenty-Five Miles by Edwin Starr

from 25 Miles

157

6
US

6
R&B

36
UK

[Gordy 7083]
written by Johnny Bristol, Harvey Fuqua & Edwin Starr

87.

03/1969

Sorry Suzanne by The Hollies

157

56
US

3
UK

[Epic 10454]
written by Geoff Stephens & Tony Macaulay

88.

03/1969

Hawaii Five-O by The Ventures

from Hawaii Five-O

156

4
US

8
AC

[Liberty 56068]
written by Morton Stevens

89.

01/1969

I'm Livin' in Shame by The Supremes

from Let the Sunshine In

156

10
US

8
R&B

14
UK

as Diana Ross & the Supremes
[Motown 1139]
written by Pam Sawyer, R. Dean Taylor, Frank E. Wilson, Berry Gordy & Henry Cosby

90.

08/1969

Little Woman by Bobby Sherman

from Bobby Sherman

152

3
US

[Metromedia 121]
written by Danny Janssen

91.

12/1969

I'll Never Fall in Love Again by Dionne Warwick

from I'll Never Fall in Love Again

152

6
US

✫1
AC

17
R&B

[Scepter 12273]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David

92.

10/1969

Wonderful World, Beautiful People by Jimmy Cliff

from Wonderful World, Beautiful People

151

25
US

6
UK

[A&M 1146]
written by Jimmy Cliff

93.

02/1969

Time of the Season by The Zombies

from Odessey and Oracle

150

3
US

[recorded in 1967]
[Date 2-1628]
written by Rod Argent

94.

02/1969

Runaway Child, Running Wild by The Temptations

from The Temptations Show

147

6
US

✫1
R&B

[Gordy 7084]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

95.

02/1969

This Girl's in Love with You by Dionne Warwick

from Promises, Promises

146

7
US

2
AC

7
R&B

[Scepter 12241]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David

96.

10/1969

Smile a Little Smile for Me by The Flying Machine

from The Flying Machine

146

5
US

6
AC

[Congress 6000]
written by Tony Macaulay & Geoff Stephens (as Geoffrey Stephens)

97.

07/1969

I'll Never Fall in Love Again by Tom Jones

145

6
US

✫1
AC

[R]
[Parrot 45-40018]
written by Lonnie Donegan & Jimmy Currie

98.

06/1969

Make Me an Island by Joe Dolan

143

3
UK

[Decca 32504]
written by Albert Hammond & Mike Hazlewood

99.

05/1969

Living in the Past by Jethro Tull

from Stand Up [remastered edition]

143

3
UK

[Reprise 0845]
written by Ian Anderson

100.

03/1969

Come Back and Shake Me by Clodagh Rodgers

from Clodagh Rodgers

143

3
UK

[RCA 47-9742]
written by Kenny Young

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