Songs from the Year 1968
This page lists the top songs of 1968 in the
source charts. The way that the
various charts are combined to reach this final list is described on the
in the site generation page.
A list of the hit albums of 1968 can be found
here.
This list is compared to the results for North America and Europe
here.
| # |
Artist |
Song Title |
Year |
Chart Entries |
| 1 |
The Beatles |
Hey Jude |
1968 |
UK 1 - Sep 1968 (25 weeks), US Billboard 1 - Sep 1968 (19 weeks), US CashBox 1 of 1968, Record World 1 - 1968, WABC NY 1 of 1968, US Radio 1 of 1968 (peak 1 16 weeks), Canada 1 - Aug 1968 (11 weeks), Holland 1 - Sep 1968 (21 weeks), Brazil 1 of 1968, Switzerland 1 - Sep 1968 (19 weeks), Norway 1 - Sep 1968 (14 weeks), Australia 1 of 1968, Germany 1 - Jan 1969 (5 months), Eire 1 for 3 weeks - Sep 1968, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks - Oct 1968, NZ Listner 1 - Sep 1968 (10 weeks), Australia 1 for 13 weeks - Oct 1968, Australia Goset 1 - Oct 1968 (28 weeks), France 1 for 4 weeks - Nov 1968, Germany 1 for 2 weeks - Sep 1968, Europe 1 of the 1960s (1968), Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001 (1968), RYM 1 of 1968, US 4 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Feb 1999), Denmark 2 of 1968, DDD 2 of 1968, OzNet 2, Grammy in 1968 (Nominated), Virgin 3, DMDB 4 (1968), Switzerland 8 of 1968, Rolling Stone 8, WXPN 9, D.Marsh 9 of 1968, TheQ 20, US BB 23 of 1968, POP 23 of 1968, Vinyl Surrender 23 (1968), Italy 30 of 1968, Scrobulate 32 of classic rock, Acclaimed 32 (1968), Germany 52 of the 1960s (peak 1 19 weeks), Belgium 55 of all time, Poland 84 of all time, UKMIX 151, Global 7 (10 M sold) - 1968 |
| 2 |
The Rolling Stones |
Jumpin' Jack Flash |
1968 |
UK 1 - Jun 1968 (11 weeks), Canada 1 - May 1968 (9 weeks), Germany 1 - Jul 1968 (3 months), New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks - Aug 1968, NZ Listner 1 - Jun 1968 (10 weeks), Australia Goset 1 - Jun 1968 (14 weeks), Germany 1 for 2 weeks - Jul 1968, D.Marsh 1 of 1968, Record World 2 - 1968, Holland 2 - Jun 1968 (10 weeks), Switzerland 2 - May 1968 (12 weeks), US Billboard 3 - Jun 1968 (12 weeks), Norway 3 - Jun 1968 (8 weeks), RYM 4 of 1968, DDD 6 of 1968, US BB 16 of 1968, POP 16 of 1968, Acclaimed 25 (1968), US CashBox 26 of 1968, WABC NY 27 of 1968, US Radio 29 of 1968 (peak 3 9 weeks), Europe 56 of the 1960s (1968), Virgin 73, Brazil 75 of 1968, Italy 84 of 1968, Rolling Stone 124, Vinyl Surrender 134 (1967), Germany 151 of the 1960s (peak 1 13 weeks), WXPN 181, Belgium 189 of all time, OzNet 372 |
| 3 |
Mary Hopkin |
Those Were the Days |
1968 |
UK 1 - Sep 1968 (21 weeks), Record World 1 - 1968, Canada 1 - Sep 1968 (9 weeks), Switzerland 1 - Oct 1968 (15 weeks), Norway 1 - Oct 1968 (13 weeks), Eire 1 for 4 weeks - Oct 1968, France 1 for 5 weeks - Sep 1968, Germany 1 for 2 weeks - Nov 1968, US Billboard 2 - Sep 1968 (14 weeks), Holland 2 - Sep 1968 (14 weeks), Australia 2 of 1968, Germany 2 - Jan 1969 (4 months), Australia Goset 2 - Oct 1968 (22 weeks), NZ Listner 3 - Nov 1968 (8 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Nov 1968), WABC NY 7 of 1968, Switzerland 9 of 1968, Denmark 10 of 1968, US Radio 15 of 1968 (peak 2 11 weeks), US CashBox 22 of 1968, Japan 23 of all time (international songs) (sales 0.467), Brazil 27 of 1969, RYM 33 of 1968, Italy 72 of 1968, DDD 79 of 1968, France (InfoDisc) 90 of the 1960s (peak 1, 24 weeks, 500k sales estimated, 1968), UKMIX 103, Germany 187 of the 1960s (peak 1 15 weeks), Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1968 |
| 4 |
Otis Redding |
(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay |
1968 |
US Billboard 1 - Jan 1968 (16 weeks), US BB 1 of 1968, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 (1968), POP 1 of 1968, Record World 2 - 1968, Canada 2 - Jan 1968 (13 weeks), Norway 2 - Apr 1968 (9 weeks), RYM 2 of 1968, UK 3 - Feb 1968 (15 weeks), US Radio 3 of 1968 (peak 1 12 weeks), France 3 - Jun 1970 (4 weeks), NZ Listner 3 - May 1968 (10 weeks), US CashBox 4 of 1968, US Gold (certified by RIAA in Mar 1968), DDD 4 of 1968, Scrobulate 5 of soul, D.Marsh 5 of 1968, Holland 6 - Feb 1968 (17 weeks), Switzerland 7 - Apr 1968 (6 weeks), Acclaimed 7 (1968), Australia Goset 12 - Apr 1968 (12 weeks), Germany 15 - May 1968 (2 months), RIAA 22, DMDB 25 (1968), Rolling Stone 28, OzNet 29, WABC NY 34 of 1968, Europe 41 of the 1960s (1968), 49 in 2FM list, Brazil 50 of 1968, Vinyl Surrender 75 (1968), WXPN 89 |
| 5 |
The Beatles |
Lady Madonna |
1968 |
UK 1 - Mar 1968 (10 weeks), Canada 1 - Mar 1968 (11 weeks), Switzerland 1 - Mar 1968 (13 weeks), New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks - Apr 1968, NZ Listner 1 - Apr 1968 (9 weeks), Australia 1 for 2 weeks - Apr 1968, Australia Goset 1 - Apr 1968 (13 weeks), Record World 2 - 1968, Norway 2 - Mar 1968 (8 weeks), Germany 2 - Apr 1968 (3 months), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Feb 1999), Holland 3 - Mar 1968 (9 weeks), US Billboard 4 - Mar 1968 (11 weeks), Switzerland 4 of 1968, Denmark 7 of 1968, US BB 11 of 1968, Poland 11 - Nov 2006 (7 weeks), POP 11 of 1968, Australia 16 of 1968, RYM 17 of 1968, WABC NY 21 of 1968, Belgium 23 - Dec 2006 (2 weeks), US CashBox 27 of 1968, US Radio 39 of 1968 (peak 4 8 weeks), Scrobulate 41 of oldies, Italy 49 of 1968, DDD 51 of 1968, OzNet 76, Germany 219 of the 1960s (peak 2 13 weeks) |
| 6 |
Louis Armstrong |
(What A) Wonderful World |
1968 |
UK 1 - Feb 1968 (29 weeks), US BB 1 of 1988, Belgium 1 - Sep 1988 (10 weeks), Australia 1 for 2 weeks - Jun 1988, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 (1967), POP 1 of 1988, Holland 2 - Mar 1968 (23 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in May 2005), Denmark 5 of 1968, Norway 6 - May 1968 (6 weeks), Germany 6 - Jun 1968 (6 months), Switzerland 7 - Jun 1968 (6 weeks), Scrobulate 7 of jazz, Australia 8 of 1988, RYM 9 of 1967, South Africa 11 of 1968, NZ Listner 15 - Jun 1968 (5 weeks), Poland 22 - Apr 1988 (8 weeks), Australia Goset 29 - Jun 1968 (6 weeks), TOTP 31, US Billboard 32 - Feb 1988 (11 weeks), WXPN 34, Poland 50 of all time, Europe 58 of the 1960s (1968), OzNet 67, Italy 72 of 1976, RIAA 84, UKMIX 107, Germany 400 of the 1980s (peak 6 12 weeks), Acclaimed 502 (1967), Party 31 of 2007 |
| 7 |
Bobby Goldsboro |
Honey |
1968 |
US Billboard 1 - Mar 1968 (15 weeks), Record World 1 - 1968, Canada 1 - Mar 1968 (11 weeks), Eire 1 for 4 weeks - Jun 1968, New Zealand 1 for 1 week - Jun 1968, NZ Listner 1 - May 1968 (9 weeks), Australia 1 for 5 weeks - May 1968, Australia Goset 1 - Apr 1968 (18 weeks), UK 2 - Apr 1968 (15 weeks), Grammy in 1968 (Nominated), Norway 4 - Jun 1968 (8 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Apr 1968), US CashBox 6 of 1968, Holland 6 - May 1968 (12 weeks), US Radio 7 of 1968 (peak 1 11 weeks), Australia 10 of 1968, WABC NY 11 of 1968, Germany 11 - Jun 1968 (3 months), US BB 27 of 1968, POP 27 of 1968, Brazil 32 of 1968, TOTP 35, RYM 150 of 1968, UKMIX 163, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1968 |
| 8 |
Marvin Gaye |
I Heard it Through the Grapevine |
1968 |
UK 1 - Feb 1969 (15 weeks), US Billboard 1 - Nov 1968 (15 weeks), Record World 1 - 1968, Canada 1 - Nov 1968 (8 weeks), Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 (1968), DDD 1 of 1968, D.Marsh 3 of 1968, US CashBox 4 of 1969, US Radio 4 of 1968 (peak 1 12 weeks), Scrobulate 4 of soul, US BB 5 of 1968, POP 5 of 1968, Acclaimed 8 (1968), DMDB 9 (1968), RYM 10 of 1968, Belgium 17 - Jun 1986 (4 weeks), Holland 18 - Jan 1969 (13 weeks), RIAA 21, WABC NY 26 of 1969, Australia Goset 40 - Apr 1969 (2 weeks), Brazil 59 of 1969, 64 in 2FM list, Vinyl Surrender 79 (1968), Rolling Stone 80, OzNet 97, Belgium 179 of all time, UKMIX 204, WXPN 604 |
| 9 |
Tom Jones |
Delilah |
1968 |
Switzerland 1 - Apr 1968 (19 weeks), Germany 1 - Apr 1968 (6 months), Eire 1 for 3 weeks - Mar 1968, France 1 for 7 weeks - Apr 1968, Germany 1 for 13 weeks - Apr 1968, UK 2 - Mar 1968 (17 weeks), Canada 2 - Mar 1968 (11 weeks), Holland 2 - Mar 1968 (24 weeks), Norway 2 - Aug 1968 (14 weeks), NZ Listner 2 - Apr 1968 (10 weeks), Australia Goset 3 - Mar 1968 (18 weeks), Switzerland 5 of 1968, South Africa 12 of 1968, US Billboard 15 - Mar 1968 (15 weeks), Denmark 15 of 1968, Germany 15 of the 1960s (peak 1 26 weeks), Australia 19 of 1968, Italy 19 of 1968, Record World 23 - 1968, France (InfoDisc) 54 of the 1960s (peak 1, 36 weeks, 375k sales estimated, 1968), WABC NY 80 of 1968, RYM 97 of 1968, US CashBox 99 of 1968, US Radio 131 of 1968 (peak 15 2 weeks), UKMIX 565 |
| 10 |
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap |
Young Girl |
1968 |
UK 1 - Apr 1968 (17 weeks), Record World 1 - 1968, Canada 1 - Mar 1968 (12 weeks), Norway 1 - Jun 1968 (11 weeks), Eire 1 for 2 weeks - Jun 1968, New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks - May 1968, NZ Listner 1 - May 1968 (11 weeks), US Billboard 2 - Mar 1968 (15 weeks), WABC NY 2 of 1968, Holland 2 - May 1968 (15 weeks), Switzerland 2 - Jun 1968 (12 weeks), Australia Goset 2 - Apr 1968 (17 weeks), US CashBox 3 of 1968, US Gold (certified by RIAA in Apr 1968), Germany 7 - Jun 1968 (5 months), US Radio 10 of 1968 (peak 2 11 weeks), TOTP 18, UKMIX 49, DDD 101 of 1968, Germany 289 of the 1960s (peak 6 17 weeks), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Sep 1974) |
| 11 |
John Fred & The Playboy Band |
Judy in Disguise (With Glasses) |
1968 |
US Billboard 1 - Nov 1967 (16 weeks), Record World 1 - 1968, Switzerland 1 - Jan 1968 (10 weeks), Germany 1 - Feb 1968 (3 months), Australia 1 for 2 weeks - Mar 1968, Australia Goset 1 - Jan 1968 (13 weeks), Germany 1 for 5 weeks - Feb 1968, Holland 2 - Jan 1968 (11 weeks), Switzerland 2 of 1968, UK 3 - Jan 1968 (12 weeks), Norway 3 - Feb 1968 (8 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jan 1968), NZ Listner 12 - Mar 1968 (4 weeks), US CashBox 13 of 1968, US Radio 14 of 1968 (peak 1 10 weeks), South Africa 15 of 1968, WABC NY 18 of 1968, Canada 31 - Nov 1967 (5 weeks), D.Marsh 37 of 1967, Brazil 39 of 1968, DDD 110 of 1967, RYM 120 of 1967, Germany 172 of the 1960s (peak 1 13 weeks) |
| 12 |
Manfred Mann |
Mighty Quinn |
1968 |
UK 1 - Jan 1968 (11 weeks), Canada 1 - Feb 1968 (11 weeks), Germany 1 - Mar 1968 (4 months), Eire 1 for 3 weeks - Feb 1968, New Zealand 1 for 1 week - Apr 1968, Germany 1 for 2 weeks - Mar 1968, Holland 2 - Feb 1968 (11 weeks), Switzerland 2 - Mar 1968 (11 weeks), Norway 2 - Feb 1968 (9 weeks), NZ Listner 2 - Mar 1968 (8 weeks), Record World 5 - 1968, Australia Goset 6 - Mar 1968 (13 weeks), US Billboard 10 - Mar 1968 (11 weeks), South Africa 14 of 1968, D.Marsh 18 of 1968, US CashBox 35 of 1968, WABC NY 54 of 1968, DDD 55 of 1968, RYM 65 of 1968, US Radio 83 of 1968 (peak 10 5 weeks), Italy 92 of 1968, Germany 173 of the 1960s (peak 1 15 weeks), OzNet 864 |
| 13 |
Steppenwolf |
Born to Be Wild |
1968 |
Canada 1 - Jun 1968 (8 weeks), Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002 (1968), US Billboard 2 - Jul 1968 (13 weeks), Record World 2 - 1968, France 3 - Feb 1970 (2 weeks), US BB 4 of 1968, Holland 4 - Oct 1968 (18 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Sep 1968), POP 4 of 1968, DDD 7 of 1968, WABC NY 13 of 1968, NZ Listner 13 - Nov 1968 (4 weeks), Belgium 16 - Nov 1990 (7 weeks), Europe 19 of the 1960s (1968), US Radio 21 of 1968 (peak 2 9 weeks), Germany 23 - Oct 1968 (2 months), TheQ 24, RYM 28 of 1968, AFI 29, UK 30 - Jun 1969 (9 weeks), D.Marsh 34 of 1968, US CashBox 36 of 1968, DMDB 77 (1968), Belgium 93 of all time, Rolling Stone 129, RIAA 133, Acclaimed 165 (1968), OzNet 364, WXPN 776, Party 110 of 1999 |
| 14 |
Barry Ryan |
Eloise |
1968 |
Holland 1 - Nov 1968 (12 weeks), Switzerland 1 - Dec 1968 (13 weeks), Switzerland 1 of 1969, Germany 1 - Jan 1969 (5 months), New Zealand 1 for 1 week - Feb 1969, NZ Listner 1 - Jan 1969 (9 weeks), Australia 1 for 3 weeks - Jan 1969, Australia Goset 1 - Dec 1968 (18 weeks), Germany 1 for 6 weeks - Jan 1969, UK 2 - Oct 1968 (12 weeks), Norway 2 - Dec 1968 (9 weeks), Italy 7 of 1969, RYM 8 of 1968, Australia 11 of 1968, Europe 14 of the 1960s (1968), Germany 42 of the 1960s (peak 1 21 weeks), US Billboard 86 - Dec 1968 (4 weeks) |
| 15 |
Simon & Garfunkel |
Mrs Robinson |
1968 |
US Billboard 1 - Apr 1968 (13 weeks), Record World 1 - 1968, Canada 1 - Apr 1968 (11 weeks), Grammy in 1968, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 (1968), UK 4 - Jul 1968 (12 weeks), WABC NY 4 of 1968, US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jun 1968), US CashBox 5 of 1968, Switzerland 6 - Jun 1968 (9 weeks), AFI 6, Holland 8 - May 1968 (11 weeks), Norway 8 - Aug 1968 (4 weeks), Australia Goset 8 - Jun 1968 (14 weeks), NZ Listner 9 - Aug 1968 (6 weeks), US Radio 11 of 1968 (peak 1 10 weeks), Brazil 14 of 1968, RYM 26 of 1968, DDD 38 of 1968, Scrobulate 45 of folk, Europe 80 of the 1960s (1968), OzNet 581, Acclaimed 702 (1968) |
| 16 |
The Beatles |
Revolution |
1968 |
Canada 1 - Aug 1968 (11 weeks), New Zealand 1 for 1 week - Nov 1968, NZ Listner 1 - Oct 1968 (11 weeks), Australia 1 for 13 weeks - Oct 1968, Australia Goset 1 - Oct 1968 (28 weeks), RYM 1 of 1968, Record World 2 - 1968, D.Marsh 9 of 1968, DDD 10 of 1968, US Billboard 12 - Sep 1968 (11 weeks), Brazil 83 of 1968, US Radio 91 of 1968 (peak 12 9 weeks), Scrobulate 96 of political, US CashBox 98 of 1968, WXPN 230, OzNet 231, TheQ 232, Acclaimed 321 (1968) |
| 17 |
Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra |
Love Is Blue (L'Amour Est Bleu) |
1968 |
US Billboard 1 - Jan 1968 (18 weeks), Record World 1 - 1968, Canada 1 - Jan 1968 (13 weeks), Australia 1 for 5 weeks - Mar 1968, Australia Goset 1 - Feb 1968 (20 weeks), US CashBox 2 of 1968, US Radio 2 of 1968 (peak 1 13 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Feb 1968), WABC NY 5 of 1968, Brazil 5 of 1968, Australia 5 of 1968, UK 12 - Feb 1968 (14 weeks), Holland 13 - Mar 1968 (9 weeks), South Africa 13 of 1968, Italy 22 of 1968, RYM 197 of 1967 |
| 18 |
1910 Fruitgum Co |
Simon Says |
1968 |
Record World 1 - 1968, Canada 1 - Jan 1968 (11 weeks), UK 2 - Mar 1968 (16 weeks), Australia Goset 2 - Mar 1968 (14 weeks), Switzerland 3 - May 1968 (12 weeks), Norway 3 - May 1968 (8 weeks), US Billboard 4 - Jan 1968 (14 weeks), NZ Listner 4 - Apr 1968 (8 weeks), South Africa 4 of 1968, US Gold (certified by RIAA in Mar 1968), Germany 8 - May 1968 (3 months), WABC NY 10 of 1968, Italy 15 of 1968, Holland 16 - Mar 1968 (7 weeks), US CashBox 24 of 1968, US Radio 30 of 1968 (peak 4 9 weeks), Brazil 52 of 1968, RYM 87 of 1967, Germany 377 of the 1960s (peak 6 10 weeks), UKMIX 993 |
| 19 |
Cream |
White Room |
1968 |
Canada 1 - Oct 1968 (6 weeks), Australia 1 for 2 weeks - Jan 1969, Australia Goset 1 - Nov 1968 (18 weeks), NZ Listner 2 - Jan 1969 (9 weeks), Holland 4 - Oct 1968 (11 weeks), US Billboard 6 - Oct 1968 (11 weeks), Australia 6 of 1968, Record World 7 - 1968, DDD 8 of 1968, RYM 9 of 1969, UK 28 - Jan 1969 (8 weeks), US CashBox 48 of 1968, WABC NY 59 of 1968, US Radio 60 of 1968 (peak 6 7 weeks), Europe 62 of the 1960s (1968), TheQ 93, Belgium 257 of all time, WXPN 366, Rolling Stone 367, OzNet 501, Acclaimed 1958 (1968) |
| 20 |
Tommy James & the Shondells |
Mony Mony |
1968 |
UK 1 - Jun 1968 (18 weeks), Canada 2 - Apr 1968 (10 weeks), Switzerland 2 - Aug 1968 (10 weeks), US Billboard 3 - Apr 1968 (17 weeks), US BB 3 of 1968, Record World 3 - 1968, Germany 3 - Aug 1968 (4 months), POP 3 of 1968, DDD 5 of 1968, Norway 8 - Aug 1968 (4 weeks), NZ Listner 11 - Aug 1968 (5 weeks), US CashBox 23 of 1968, Holland 24 - Jun 1968 (10 weeks), Australia Goset 25 - Jun 1968 (6 weeks), WABC NY 31 of 1968, Brazil 36 of 1968, US Radio 41 of 1968 (peak 3 9 weeks), RYM 46 of 1968, Germany 248 of the 1960s (peak 3 15 weeks), UKMIX 342, OzNet 431 |
| 21 |
Bee Gees |
I've Gotta Get a Message to You |
1968 |
UK 1 - Aug 1968 (15 weeks), Eire 1 for 1 week - Sep 1968, Canada 2 - Aug 1968 (10 weeks), NZ Listner 2 - Oct 1968 (9 weeks), Holland 3 - Aug 1968 (13 weeks), Germany 4 - Sep 1968 (3 months), Australia Goset 4 - Sep 1968 (14 weeks), Switzerland 6 - Aug 1968 (8 weeks), Norway 6 - Sep 1968 (7 weeks), Record World 7 - 1968, US Billboard 8 - Aug 1968 (13 weeks), South Africa 8 of 1968, US CashBox 16 of 1968, WABC NY 43 of 1968, RYM 59 of 1968, US Radio 61 of 1968 (peak 8 7 weeks), DDD 61 of 1968, Germany 249 of the 1960s (peak 3 13 weeks), UKMIX 689, OzNet 806 |
| 22 |
Crazy World of Arthur Brown |
Fire |
1968 |
UK 1 - Jun 1968 (14 weeks), US Billboard 2 - Sep 1968 (13 weeks), Record World 2 - 1968, Canada 2 - Sep 1968 (9 weeks), France 2 - Jan 1970 (3 weeks), Switzerland 3 - Sep 1968 (7 weeks), Germany 3 - Sep 1968 (4 months), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Dec 1968), NZ Listner 5 - Oct 1968 (6 weeks), Holland 6 - Aug 1968 (12 weeks), D.Marsh 12 of 1968, US Radio 18 of 1968 (peak 2 10 weeks), RYM 21 of 1968, Australia Goset 25 - Oct 1968 (7 weeks), US CashBox 32 of 1968, WABC NY 47 of 1968, Italy 52 of 1968, DDD 77 of 1968, Germany 223 of the 1960s (peak 3 15 weeks), UKMIX 698 |
| 23 |
Tom Jones |
Help Yourself |
1968 |
Germany 1 - Aug 1968 (5 months), Eire 1 for 3 weeks - Aug 1968, Australia 1 for 2 weeks - Sep 1968, Australia Goset 1 - Aug 1968 (15 weeks), Germany 1 for 7 weeks - Aug 1968, Switzerland 3 - Jul 1968 (13 weeks), NZ Listner 3 - Sep 1968 (9 weeks), Norway 4 - Sep 1968 (7 weeks), UK 5 - Jul 1968 (26 weeks), Holland 7 - Jul 1968 (14 weeks), South Africa 7 of 1968, Canada 12 - Aug 1968 (11 weeks), US Billboard 35 - Aug 1968 (8 weeks), Record World 36 - 1968, Germany 43 of the 1960s (peak 1 21 weeks), UKMIX 417 |
| 24 |
Diana Ross & The Supremes |
Love Child |
1968 |
US Billboard 1 - Oct 1968 (16 weeks), Record World 1 - 1968, Canada 1 - Oct 1968 (12 weeks), New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks - Jan 1969, NZ Listner 1 - Dec 1968 (9 weeks), Australia Goset 4 - Nov 1968 (19 weeks), US Radio 6 of 1968 (peak 1 13 weeks), Switzerland 7 - Jan 1969 (3 weeks), Australia 9 of 1968, WABC NY 14 of 1968, UK 15 - Nov 1968 (14 weeks), Holland 18 - Nov 1968 (8 weeks), D.Marsh 29 of 1968, US CashBox 30 of 1969, DDD 56 of 1968, RYM 74 of 1968, Scrobulate 93 of 60s |
| 25 |
Jimi Hendrix |
All Along the Watchtower |
1968 |
Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001 (1968), RYM 2 of 1970, DDD 3 of 1968, UK 5 - Oct 1968 (14 weeks), Canada 5 - Oct 1968 (7 weeks), NZ Listner 6 - Jan 1969 (7 weeks), D.Marsh 6 of 1968, Australia Goset 9 - Nov 1968 (14 weeks), Holland 10 - Oct 1968 (8 weeks), Record World 18 - 1968, WXPN 18, US Billboard 20 - Sep 1968 (9 weeks), Scrobulate 22 of classic rock, DMDB 32 (1968), Europe 46 of the 1960s (1968), Rolling Stone 48, Acclaimed 61 (1968), Poland 93 of all time, Belgium 104 of all time, TheQ 143, US Radio 155 of 1968 (peak 20 2 weeks), RIAA 365 |
| 26 |
Joe Cocker |
With a Little Help From My Friends |
1968 |
UK 1 - Oct 1968 (13 weeks), Switzerland 1 - Nov 1968 (13 weeks), Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001 (1969), Holland 2 - Oct 1968 (17 weeks), Norway 5 - Nov 1968 (7 weeks), Germany 6 - Jan 1969 (3 months), Australia Goset 8 - Nov 1968 (11 weeks), Switzerland 10 of 1968, NZ Listner 12 - Jan 1969 (5 weeks), Europe 16 of the 1960s (1968), RYM 20 of 1968, Scrobulate 52 of 60s, DDD 57 of 1968, US Billboard 68 - Nov 1968 (6 weeks), Belgium 114 of all time, Germany 364 of the 1960s (peak 3 8 weeks), Acclaimed 553 (1968), OzNet 629, WXPN 768 |
| 27 |
Cream |
Sunshine of Your Love |
1968 |
Canada 1 - Jul 1968 (8 weeks), France 3 - Sep 1971 (2 weeks), DDD 3 of 1967, Record World 4 - 1968, US Gold (certified by RIAA in Sep 1968), US Billboard 5 - Jan 1968 (26 weeks), RYM 12 of 1968, Australia Goset 22 - Mar 1968 (8 weeks), D.Marsh 23 of 1968, US BB 24 of 1968, POP 24 of 1968, UK 25 - Oct 1968 (9 weeks), Holland 27 - Feb 1968 (6 weeks), US CashBox 28 of 1968, WABC NY 36 of 1968, Scrobulate 44 of classic rock, US Radio 54 of 1968 (peak 5 8 weeks), Rolling Stone 65, TheQ 138, OzNet 315, WXPN 372, Acclaimed 381 (1967) |
| 28 |
Bee Gees |
Words |
1968 |
Holland 1 - Feb 1968 (9 weeks), Switzerland 1 - Feb 1968 (13 weeks), Germany 1 - Mar 1968 (3 months), Germany 1 for 2 weeks - Apr 1968, Switzerland 3 of 1968, Canada 4 - Jan 1968 (9 weeks), Norway 7 - Mar 1968 (2 weeks), UK 8 - Feb 1968 (10 weeks), NZ Listner 9 - Apr 1968 (6 weeks), Australia Goset 11 - Feb 1968 (8 weeks), US Billboard 15 - Jan 1968 (11 weeks), Record World 20 - 1968, Italy 57 of 1968, Europe 75 of the 1960s (1968), RYM 91 of 1968, US Radio 121 of 1968 (peak 15 4 weeks), Germany 188 of the 1960s (peak 1 13 weeks) |
| 29 |
Herb Alpert |
This Guy's in Love With You |
1968 |
US Billboard 1 - May 1968 (14 weeks), Record World 1 - 1968, Canada 1 - May 1968 (9 weeks), Australia 1 for 2 weeks - Jul 1968, Australia Goset 1 - May 1968 (16 weeks), UK 3 - Jul 1968 (19 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jul 1968), US CashBox 9 of 1968, WABC NY 9 of 1968, US Radio 9 of 1968 (peak 1 11 weeks), Holland 11 - Jun 1968 (9 weeks), Australia 15 of 1968, NZ Listner 15 - Jul 1968 (3 weeks), RYM 92 of 1968, UKMIX 762, NY Daily Love list 38 |
| 30 |
Ohio Express |
Yummy Yummy Yummy |
1968 |
New Zealand 1 for 1 week - Aug 1968, NZ Listner 1 - Jul 1968 (9 weeks), Germany 3 - Aug 1968 (3 months), US Billboard 4 - May 1968 (14 weeks), Record World 4 - 1968, UK 5 - Jun 1968 (15 weeks), Canada 5 - Apr 1968 (9 weeks), Australia Goset 6 - Jun 1968 (12 weeks), Switzerland 8 - Aug 1968 (7 weeks), US CashBox 11 of 1968, South Africa 20 of 1968, Holland 27 - Jun 1968 (7 weeks), WABC NY 37 of 1968, D.Marsh 40 of 1968, US Radio 45 of 1968 (peak 4 8 weeks), Brazil 92 of 1968, DDD 102 of 1968, RYM 124 of 1968, Germany 195 of the 1960s (peak 3 13 weeks) |
| 31 |
Leapy Lee |
Little Arrows |
1968 |
Canada 1 - Oct 1968 (11 weeks), New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks - Dec 1968, NZ Listner 1 - Nov 1968 (7 weeks), Australia Goset 1 - Oct 1968 (22 weeks), UK 2 - Aug 1968 (21 weeks), Switzerland 2 - Oct 1968 (16 weeks), Norway 4 - Oct 1968 (6 weeks), Germany 6 - Jan 1969 (4 months), Record World 12 - 1968, US Billboard 16 - Oct 1968 (14 weeks), Australia 17 of 1968, Holland 25 - Nov 1968 (7 weeks), US Radio 139 of 1968 (peak 16 2 weeks), Germany 329 of the 1960s (peak 5 15 weeks), UKMIX 455 |
| 32 |
Glen Campbell |
Wichita Lineman |
1968 |
Canada RPM 1 for 4 weeks - Dec 1969, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000 (1968), Grammy in 1968 (Nominated), US Billboard 3 - Nov 1968 (15 weeks), Record World 3 - 1969, Canada 3 - Nov 1968 (9 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jan 1969), UK 7 - Feb 1969 (13 weeks), NZ Listner 10 - Dec 1968 (9 weeks), US CashBox 13 of 1969, Australia Goset 15 - Dec 1968 (15 weeks), US Radio 24 of 1969 (peak 3 10 weeks), DDD 43 of 1968, RYM 51 of 1968, WABC NY 58 of 1969, Acclaimed 161 (1968), Rolling Stone 192, WXPN 788 |
| 33 |
The Lemon Pipers |
Green Tambourine |
1968 |
US Billboard 1 - Dec 1967 (13 weeks), Record World 1 - 1968, Canada 1 - Dec 1967 (10 weeks), NZ Listner 3 - Mar 1968 (6 weeks), Australia Goset 3 - Feb 1968 (11 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Feb 1968), UK 7 - Feb 1968 (11 weeks), Switzerland 7 - Feb 1968 (5 weeks), US CashBox 8 of 1968, Holland 9 - Feb 1968 (7 weeks), Germany 15 - Mar 1968 (2 months), WABC NY 17 of 1968, US Radio 24 of 1968 (peak 1 8 weeks), RYM 73 of 1967, DDD 86 of 1967, Brazil 98 of 1968 |
| 34 |
Engelbert Humperdinck |
A Man Without Love |
1968 |
Canada 1 - May 1968 (10 weeks), Switzerland 1 - May 1968 (14 weeks), Eire 1 for 2 weeks - May 1968, UK 2 - Apr 1968 (15 weeks), Norway 3 - Jun 1968 (15 weeks), NZ Listner 4 - Jun 1968 (7 weeks), Holland 6 - May 1968 (12 weeks), Switzerland 6 of 1968, Germany 6 - Jun 1968 (4 months), Australia Goset 6 - May 1968 (17 weeks), Record World 13 - 1968, US Billboard 19 - May 1968 (9 weeks), US Radio 153 of 1968 (peak 19 1 week), Germany 356 of the 1960s (peak 6 13 weeks), UKMIX 945 |
| 35 |
Merrilee Rush |
Angel of the Morning |
1968 |
New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks - Aug 1968, NZ Listner 1 - Jul 1968 (12 weeks), Australia 1 for 2 weeks - Jul 1968, Australia Goset 1 - Jun 1968 (18 weeks), Canada 2 - May 1968 (10 weeks), Record World 3 - 1968, Holland 4 - Jul 1968 (12 weeks), US Billboard 7 - May 1968 (16 weeks), Brazil 37 of 1968, D.Marsh 37 of 1968, WABC NY 39 of 1968, US CashBox 45 of 1968, US Radio 59 of 1968 (peak 7 8 weeks), DDD 95 of 1968 |
| 36 |
American Breed |
Bend Me Shape Me |
1968 |
Record World 1 - 1968, New Zealand 1 for 1 week - Mar 1968, NZ Listner 1 - Mar 1968 (7 weeks), Canada 3 - Dec 1967 (9 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jan 1968), US Billboard 5 - Dec 1967 (14 weeks), Holland 6 - Jan 1968 (10 weeks), Germany 12 - Mar 1968 (2 months), UK 24 - Feb 1968 (6 weeks), US CashBox 25 of 1968, WABC NY 32 of 1968, Australia Goset 33 - Mar 1968 (8 weeks), US BB 35 of 1968, POP 35 of 1968, US Radio 43 of 1968 (peak 5 9 weeks), RYM 164 of 1967 |
| 37 |
Sly & The Family Stone |
Dance to the Music |
1968 |
Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 (1968), US BB 2 of 1968, POP 2 of 1968, D.Marsh 2 of 1968, Record World 5 - 1968, UK 7 - Jul 1968 (14 weeks), US Billboard 8 - Feb 1968 (15 weeks), RYM 16 of 1968, DDD 17 of 1967, Canada 20 - Feb 1968 (7 weeks), Japan (Tokyo) 34 - Feb 2006 (4 weeks), US CashBox 59 of 1968, 60 in 2FM list, WABC NY 62 of 1968, Scrobulate 66 of funk, US Radio 70 of 1968 (peak 8 9 weeks), Acclaimed 213 (1968), Rolling Stone 223 |
| 38 |
The Doors |
Hello, I Love You, Won't You Tell Me Your Name? |
1968 |
US Billboard 1 - Jul 1968 (12 weeks), Record World 1 - 1968, Canada 3 - Jul 1968 (7 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Aug 1968), Switzerland 10 - Sep 1968 (1 week), NZ Listner 12 - Sep 1968 (4 weeks), US Radio 13 of 1968 (peak 1 9 weeks), Holland 14 - Aug 1968 (9 weeks), UK 15 - Aug 1968 (12 weeks), US CashBox 15 of 1968, WABC NY 22 of 1968, US BB 26 of 1968, POP 26 of 1968, DDD 34 of 1968, RYM 44 of 1968, Scrobulate 70 of psychedelic, TheQ 222, Acclaimed 1281 (1968) |
| 39 |
Jeannie C Riley |
Harper Valley PTA |
1968 |
US Billboard 1 - Aug 1968 (13 weeks), Record World 1 - 1968, Canada 1 - Aug 1968 (7 weeks), Australia 1 for 1 week - Sep 1968, Australia Goset 2 - Sep 1968 (17 weeks), Grammy in 1968 (Nominated), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Aug 1968), US Radio 8 of 1968 (peak 1 11 weeks), UK 12 - Oct 1968 (15 weeks), US CashBox 12 of 1968, NZ Listner 13 - Oct 1968 (4 weeks), WABC NY 20 of 1968, RYM 148 of 1968, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1968 |
| 40 |
Cliff Richard |
Congratulations |
1968 |
UK 1 - Mar 1968 (13 weeks), Holland 1 - Mar 1968 (14 weeks), Norway 1 - Apr 1968 (15 weeks), Eire 1 for 2 weeks - Apr 1968, Switzerland 2 - Apr 1968 (12 weeks), NZ Listner 2 - May 1968 (9 weeks), Germany 3 - May 1968 (3 months), Australia Goset 4 - Apr 1968 (12 weeks), Denmark 19 of 1968, US Billboard 99 - Jun 1968 (3 weeks), RYM 108 of 1968, Germany 247 of the 1960s (peak 3 13 weeks) |
| 41 |
The Beach Boys |
Do it Again |
1968 |
UK 1 - Jul 1968 (14 weeks), Australia Goset 3 - Aug 1968 (15 weeks), Canada 5 - Jul 1968 (9 weeks), Holland 5 - Jul 1968 (14 weeks), Norway 5 - Sep 1968 (6 weeks), Germany 5 - Sep 1968 (4 months), Record World 7 - 1968, Switzerland 7 - Oct 1968 (4 weeks), NZ Listner 14 - Sep 1968 (4 weeks), US Billboard 20 - Jul 1968 (10 weeks), RYM 76 of 1968, DDD 78 of 1968, US CashBox 81 of 1968, WABC NY 100 of 1968, US Radio 155 of 1968 (peak 20 2 weeks), Germany 228 of the 1960s (peak 4 15 weeks), OzNet 623, UKMIX 825 |
| 42 |
The Monkees |
Valleri |
1968 |
Record World 1 - 1968, Canada 1 - Mar 1968 (9 weeks), US Billboard 3 - Mar 1968 (10 weeks), NZ Listner 4 - Apr 1968 (9 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Feb 1968), Australia Goset 5 - Apr 1968 (11 weeks), Norway 9 - Apr 1968 (3 weeks), UK 12 - Mar 1968 (8 weeks), Holland 15 - Apr 1968 (6 weeks), Germany 16 - May 1968 (1 month), WABC NY 24 of 1968, US BB 33 of 1968, POP 33 of 1968, US Radio 56 of 1968 (peak 3 6 weeks), RYM 105 of 1968, DDD 108 of 1968 |
| 43 |
Donovan |
Hurdy Gurdy Man |
1968 |
Canada 1 - Jun 1968 (9 weeks), France 2 - Jul 1970 (5 weeks), NZ Listner 2 - Aug 1968 (8 weeks), Record World 3 - 1968, UK 4 - Jun 1968 (10 weeks), US Billboard 5 - Jun 1968 (12 weeks), Switzerland 5 - Jul 1968 (5 weeks), Australia Goset 8 - Jul 1968 (12 weeks), Holland 9 - Jun 1968 (8 weeks), Germany 12 - Aug 1968 (2 months), WABC NY 28 of 1968, Brazil 35 of 1968, RYM 48 of 1968, US CashBox 49 of 1968, US Radio 55 of 1968 (peak 5 7 weeks), DDD 90 of 1968 |
| 44 |
Hugo Montenegro |
The Good the Bad & the Ugly |
1968 |
UK 1 - Sep 1968 (25 weeks), Eire 1 for 4 weeks - Nov 1968, US Billboard 2 - Feb 1968 (22 weeks), Australia Goset 2 - May 1968 (17 weeks), Record World 4 - 1968, Canada 4 - Apr 1968 (8 weeks), Holland 19 - May 1968 (7 weeks), Germany 19 - Jan 1969 (2 months), US Radio 26 of 1968 (peak 2 10 weeks), US CashBox 31 of 1968, Brazil 48 of 1968, WABC NY 49 of 1968, RYM 112 of 1968, UKMIX 116, France (InfoDisc) 225 of the 1960s (peak 20, 41 weeks, 450k sales estimated, 1968) |
| 45 |
Steppenwolf |
Magic Carpet Ride |
1968 |
Canada 2 - Oct 1968 (9 weeks), US Billboard 3 - Oct 1968 (16 weeks), Record World 3 - 1968, US Gold (certified by RIAA in Mar 1969), NZ Listner 5 - Dec 1968 (7 weeks), US BB 8 of 1968, POP 8 of 1968, Australia Goset 12 - Nov 1968 (16 weeks), Germany 17 - Jan 1969 (1 month), DDD 19 of 1968, RYM 31 of 1968, US Radio 32 of 1968 (peak 3 9 weeks), WABC NY 41 of 1968, US CashBox 60 of 1968, Scrobulate 64 of 60s, TheQ 75, Brazil 82 of 1969, WXPN 695 |
| 46 |
Georgie Fame |
Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde |
1968 |
UK 1 - Dec 1967 (13 weeks), Switzerland 2 - Feb 1968 (11 weeks), NZ Listner 2 - Mar 1968 (5 weeks), Holland 5 - Jan 1968 (12 weeks), Australia Goset 5 - Feb 1968 (15 weeks), US Billboard 7 - Feb 1968 (14 weeks), Record World 7 - 1968, Norway 7 - Feb 1968 (4 weeks), Canada 9 - Feb 1968 (9 weeks), Germany 12 - Mar 1968 (2 months), US CashBox 19 of 1968, Italy 26 of 1968, Brazil 46 of 1968, US Radio 53 of 1968 (peak 7 9 weeks), WABC NY 71 of 1968, RYM 193 of 1968, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1968 |
| 47 |
Richard Harris |
MacArthur Park |
1968 |
Australia 1 for 2 weeks - Aug 1968, US Billboard 2 - May 1968 (13 weeks), Record World 2 - 1968, Australia Goset 2 - Jul 1968 (17 weeks), UK 4 - Jun 1968 (12 weeks), Canada 4 - May 1968 (7 weeks), Australia 7 of 1968, WABC NY 8 of 1968, Brazil 8 of 1968, Holland 12 - Jul 1968 (9 weeks), RYM 32 of 1968, US CashBox 33 of 1968, US Radio 46 of 1968 (peak 2 8 weeks), DDD 76 of 1968, Europe 85 of the 1960s (1968) |
| 48 |
The Box Tops |
Cry Like a Baby |
1968 |
US Billboard 2 - Mar 1968 (15 weeks), Record World 2 - 1968, US Gold (certified by RIAA in May 1968), D.Marsh 10 of 1968, WABC NY 12 of 1968, Canada 14 - Mar 1968 (9 weeks), UK 15 - Mar 1968 (12 weeks), NZ Listner 16 - May 1968 (3 weeks), US CashBox 18 of 1968, Germany 18 - Jun 1968 (1 month), US BB 20 of 1968, POP 20 of 1968, US Radio 25 of 1968 (peak 2 10 weeks), Australia Goset 38 - May 1968 (1 week), Brazil 59 of 1968, DDD 72 of 1968, RYM 191 of 1968 |
| 49 |
The Small Faces |
Lazy Sunday |
1968 |
Holland 1 - May 1968 (12 weeks), New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks - Jun 1968, NZ Listner 1 - Jun 1968 (12 weeks), UK 2 - Apr 1968 (11 weeks), Switzerland 2 - May 1968 (11 weeks), Germany 2 - Jun 1968 (4 months), Australia Goset 4 - May 1968 (13 weeks), Norway 7 - May 1968 (3 weeks), RYM 39 of 1968, Germany 174 of the 1960s (peak 2 15 weeks), Acclaimed 1646 (1968) |
| 50 |
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich |
Legend of Xanadu |
1968 |
UK 1 - Feb 1968 (12 weeks), Eire 1 for 1 week - Mar 1968, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks - May 1968, NZ Listner 1 - Apr 1968 (10 weeks), Norway 3 - Mar 1968 (8 weeks), Germany 4 - Apr 1968 (3 months), Holland 5 - Feb 1968 (11 weeks), Australia Goset 6 - Apr 1968 (16 weeks), Canada 7 - Mar 1968 (8 weeks), Germany 317 of the 1960s (peak 5 10 weeks) |
| 51 |
The Tremeloes |
My Little Lady |
1968 |
Switzerland 1 - Nov 1968 (16 weeks), Eire 1 for 2 weeks - Nov 1968, New Zealand 1 for 1 week - Dec 1968, NZ Listner 1 - Dec 1968 (9 weeks), Holland 3 - Oct 1968 (15 weeks), Germany 4 - Jan 1969 (4 months), Norway 5 - Nov 1968 (9 weeks), UK 6 - Sep 1968 (12 weeks), South Africa 19 of 1968, Germany 162 of the 1960s (peak 3 15 weeks) |
| 52 |
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap |
Lady Willpower |
1968 |
Record World 1 - 1968, Canada 1 - Jun 1968 (8 weeks), US Billboard 2 - Jun 1968 (13 weeks), NZ Listner 3 - Aug 1968 (9 weeks), Australia Goset 3 - Jul 1968 (12 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jul 1968), UK 5 - Aug 1968 (16 weeks), Holland 8 - Aug 1968 (8 weeks), Germany 14 - Sep 1968 (2 months), WABC NY 19 of 1968, US CashBox 21 of 1968, US Radio 28 of 1968 (peak 2 10 weeks) |
| 53 |
The Turtles |
Elenore |
1968 |
New Zealand 1 for 1 week - Dec 1968, NZ Listner 1 - Nov 1968 (10 weeks), Record World 5 - 1968, US Billboard 6 - Sep 1968 (12 weeks), Canada 6 - Sep 1968 (10 weeks), UK 7 - Nov 1968 (12 weeks), Australia Goset 8 - Oct 1968 (17 weeks), WABC NY 56 of 1968, US CashBox 64 of 1968, US Radio 66 of 1968 (peak 6 7 weeks), Brazil 71 of 1969, RYM 71 of 1968, DDD 93 of 1968, OzNet 575 |
| 54 |
Aretha Franklin |
Think |
1968 |
US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jul 1968), US Billboard 7 - May 1968 (10 weeks), Record World 7 - 1968, Canada 7 - May 1968 (7 weeks), Holland 12 - Jun 1968 (9 weeks), Scrobulate 12 of soul, DDD 22 of 1968, US BB 25 of 1968, POP 25 of 1968, UK 26 - May 1968 (9 weeks), RYM 50 of 1968, Europe 53 of the 1960s (1968), US Radio 63 of 1968 (peak 7 8 weeks), Vinyl Surrender 65 (1968), WABC NY 77 of 1968, US CashBox 89 of 1968, Acclaimed 1422 (1968) |
| 55 |
Canned Heat |
On the Road Again |
1968 |
Switzerland 3 - Sep 1968 (12 weeks), Canada 4 - Aug 1968 (10 weeks), Holland 5 - Sep 1968 (10 weeks), NZ Listner 5 - Nov 1968 (8 weeks), UK 8 - Jul 1968 (15 weeks), Australia Goset 9 - Oct 1968 (17 weeks), Record World 10 - 1968, Germany 14 - Nov 1968 (2 months), US Billboard 16 - Aug 1968 (11 weeks), US BB 32 of 1968, POP 32 of 1968, RYM 53 of 1968, US CashBox 96 of 1968, US Radio 136 of 1968 (peak 16 2 weeks), WXPN 515, OzNet 837 |
| 56 |
Bee Gees |
World |
1968 |
Holland 1 - Dec 1967 (13 weeks), Germany 1 - Jan 1968 (4 months), Germany 1 for 2 weeks - Feb 1968, Switzerland 2 - Jan 1968 (12 weeks), NZ Listner 2 - Feb 1968 (8 weeks), Australia Goset 5 - Dec 1967 (11 weeks), Norway 6 - Jan 1968 (4 weeks), UK 9 - Nov 1967 (16 weeks), RYM 129 of 1967, Germany 176 of the 1960s (peak 1 13 weeks) |
| 57 |
The Troggs |
Love is All Around |
1968 |
Canada 3 - Mar 1968 (13 weeks), NZ Listner 3 - Dec 1967 (9 weeks), UK 5 - Oct 1967 (14 weeks), US Billboard 7 - Feb 1968 (16 weeks), Record World 10 - 1968, Germany 15 - Jan 1968 (2 months), South Africa 16 of 1968, Holland 19 - Nov 1967 (9 weeks), US BB 34 of 1968, POP 34 of 1968, Australia Goset 37 - Jan 1968 (8 weeks), RYM 52 of 1967, US CashBox 56 of 1968, WABC NY 60 of 1968, US Radio 92 of 1968 (peak 7 5 weeks), DDD 94 of 1967 |
| 58 |
Irish Rovers |
The Unicorn |
1968 |
Australia 1 for 4 weeks - Jun 1968, Australia Goset 1 - May 1968 (19 weeks), Canada 2 - Feb 1968 (12 weeks), Record World 4 - 1968, NZ Listner 5 - May 1968 (8 weeks), US Billboard 7 - Mar 1968 (12 weeks), Australia 18 of 1968, US BB 19 of 1968, POP 19 of 1968, US CashBox 50 of 1968, WABC NY 63 of 1968, US Radio 73 of 1968 (peak 7 7 weeks) |
| 59 |
Archie Bell & The Drells |
Tighten Up |
1968 |
US Billboard 1 - Mar 1968 (15 weeks), Record World 1 - 1968, US Gold (certified by RIAA in May 1968), US CashBox 10 of 1968, US Radio 12 of 1968 (peak 1 9 weeks), US BB 14 of 1968, POP 14 of 1968, WABC NY 15 of 1968, Canada 16 - Apr 1968 (7 weeks), D.Marsh 20 of 1968, DDD 50 of 1967, Rolling Stone 265, Acclaimed 921 (1968) |
| 60 |
Stevie Wonder |
For Once in My Life |
1968 |
Record World 1 - 1968, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2009 (1968), US Billboard 2 - Nov 1968 (14 weeks), UK 3 - Dec 1968 (13 weeks), Canada 5 - Nov 1968 (8 weeks), US Radio 17 of 1968 (peak 2 10 weeks), Australia Goset 20 - Jan 1969 (12 weeks), DDD 42 of 1968, Brazil 44 of 1969, US CashBox 48 of 1969, WABC NY 61 of 1969, RYM 132 of 1968 |
| 61 |
Status Quo |
Pictures of Matchstick Men |
1968 |
France 2 - Feb 1970 (2 weeks), Holland 4 - Feb 1968 (9 weeks), Switzerland 5 - Apr 1968 (11 weeks), UK 7 - Jan 1968 (12 weeks), NZ Listner 7 - Mar 1968 (7 weeks), Germany 8 - Apr 1968 (2 months), Canada 10 - Aug 1968 (5 weeks), US Billboard 12 - May 1968 (17 weeks), Record World 17 - 1968, Australia Goset 22 - May 1968 (15 weeks), RYM 37 of 1968, DDD 80 of 1967, US CashBox 88 of 1968, WABC NY 95 of 1968, US Radio 112 of 1968 (peak 12 4 weeks) |
| 62 |
Dion |
Abraham, Martin & John |
1968 |
Record World 2 - 1968, US Billboard 4 - Oct 1968 (14 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jan 1969), Canada 5 - Oct 1968 (9 weeks), D.Marsh 11 of 1968, NZ Listner 12 - Dec 1968 (6 weeks), Australia Goset 15 - Nov 1968 (12 weeks), US Radio 34 of 1968 (peak 4 9 weeks), US BB 40 of 1968, POP 40 of 1968, RYM 62 of 1968, WABC NY 70 of 1968, DDD 70 of 1968, RIAA 248, Acclaimed 2086 (1968) |
| 63 |
Deep Purple |
Hush |
1968 |
Canada 2 - Aug 1968 (10 weeks), US Billboard 4 - Aug 1968 (10 weeks), Record World 4 - 1968, NZ Listner 6 - Nov 1968 (7 weeks), Switzerland 7 - Oct 1968 (4 weeks), DDD 25 of 1968, Australia Goset 27 - Dec 1968 (9 weeks), US BB 31 of 1968, POP 31 of 1968, WABC NY 38 of 1968, US CashBox 53 of 1968, UK 62 - Jun 1988 (2 weeks), US Radio 68 of 1968 (peak 4 7 weeks), RYM 75 of 1968, Italy 77 of 1968 |
| 64 |
The Equals |
Baby Come Back |
1968 |
UK 1 - May 1968 (18 weeks), Norway 4 - Aug 1968 (7 weeks), NZ Listner 4 - Jul 1968 (8 weeks), Canada 6 - Aug 1968 (6 weeks), Holland 6 - Jan 1968 (11 weeks), South Africa 6 of 1968, Australia Goset 11 - Sep 1968 (12 weeks), France (InfoDisc) 14 of the 1960s (peak 2, 42 weeks, 425k sales estimated, 1968), Germany 15 - Aug 1967 (2 months), Record World 30 - 1968, US Billboard 32 - Sep 1968 (9 weeks), RYM 96 of 1967, UKMIX 379 |
| 65 |
The Young Rascals |
People Got to Be Free |
1968 |
US Billboard 1 - Jul 1968 (14 weeks), Record World 1 - 1968, Canada 2 - Jul 1968 (8 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Aug 1968), US CashBox 7 of 1968, D.Marsh 7 of 1968, Australia Goset 10 - Aug 1968 (12 weeks), US BB 29 of 1968, POP 29 of 1968, DDD 60 of 1968, Acclaimed 1500 (1968) |
| 66 |
Aretha Franklin |
I Say a Little Prayer |
1968 |
Holland 3 - Sep 1968 (14 weeks), UK 4 - Aug 1968 (14 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Oct 1968), Canada 6 - Aug 1968 (7 weeks), RYM 6 of 1968, US Billboard 10 - Aug 1968 (11 weeks), Australia Goset 10 - Sep 1968 (12 weeks), Record World 15 - 1968, Scrobulate 17 of soul, Vinyl Surrender 17 (1968), Brazil 42 of 1968, Europe 70 of the 1960s (1968), US Radio 97 of 1968 (peak 10 5 weeks), Acclaimed 227 (1968) |
| 67 |
Mason Williams |
Classical Gas |
1968 |
US Billboard 2 - Jun 1968 (14 weeks), Record World 2 - 1968, Canada 2 - Jul 1968 (8 weeks), Australia Goset 6 - Aug 1968 (15 weeks), UK 9 - Aug 1968 (13 weeks), Australia 13 of 1968, NZ Listner 13 - Sep 1968 (5 weeks), Holland 25 - Aug 1968 (6 weeks), RYM 35 of 1968, US Radio 36 of 1968 (peak 2 8 weeks), WABC NY 50 of 1968, US CashBox 58 of 1968, Scrobulate 71 of instrumental |
| 68 |
The Who |
Magic Bus |
1968 |
Canada 1 - Jul 1968 (8 weeks), D.Marsh 8 of 1968, Record World 13 - 1968, NZ Listner 13 - Nov 1968 (4 weeks), Australia Goset 21 - Sep 1968 (8 weeks), Germany 24 - Dec 1968 (1 month), RYM 24 of 1968, US Billboard 25 - Aug 1968 (9 weeks), UK 26 - Oct 1968 (6 weeks), DDD 48 of 1968, US CashBox 84 of 1968, TheQ 361, WXPN 879, Acclaimed 2371 (1968) |
| 69 |
Blue Cheer |
Summertime Blues |
1968 |
Holland 1 - May 1968 (13 weeks), Peel list 1 of 1967, Canada 7 - Mar 1968 (10 weeks), Record World 8 - 1968, US Billboard 14 - Mar 1968 (13 weeks), DDD 24 of 1968, US BB 37 of 1968, POP 39 of 1968, US CashBox 65 of 1968, WABC NY 84 of 1968, US Radio 107 of 1968 (peak 14 6 weeks), RYM 171 of 1968 |
| 70 |
Esther & Abi Ofarim |
Cinderella Rockefella |
1968 |
UK 1 - Feb 1968 (13 weeks), Holland 1 - Mar 1968 (14 weeks), Switzerland 3 - Mar 1968 (10 weeks), Germany 7 - Apr 1968 (3 months), Norway 8 - Mar 1968 (3 weeks), NZ Listner 12 - May 1968 (4 weeks), Australia Goset 14 - Apr 1968 (11 weeks), Canada 30 - Mar 1968 (4 weeks), US Billboard 68 - Mar 1968 (6 weeks), Germany 353 of the 1960s (peak 5 10 weeks), UKMIX 819 |
| 71 |
The Beatles |
While my Guitar Gently Weeps |
1968 |
Australia 1 for 6 weeks - Mar 1969, Australia Goset 1 - Mar 1969 (19 weeks), France 8 - Jan 1970 (1 week), DDD 18 of 1968, RYM 29 of 1968, WXPN 46, Scrobulate 84 of classic rock, Vinyl Surrender 92 (1968), Virgin 93, Rolling Stone 135, TheQ 436, Acclaimed 485 (1968) |
| 72 |
Grass Roots |
Midnight Confessions |
1968 |
Record World 3 - 1968, US Gold (certified by RIAA in Dec 1968), US Billboard 5 - Aug 1968 (15 weeks), Canada 7 - Aug 1968 (6 weeks), US BB 18 of 1968, POP 18 of 1968, Australia Goset 21 - Nov 1968 (15 weeks), US CashBox 30 of 1968, WABC NY 30 of 1968, D.Marsh 36 of 1968, US Radio 50 of 1968 (peak 5 10 weeks), DDD 59 of 1968, RYM 89 of 1968, Brazil 94 of 1969 |
| 73 |
The Cowsills |
Indian Lake |
1968 |
New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks - Sep 1968, NZ Listner 1 - Aug 1968 (10 weeks), Canada 2 - May 1968 (8 weeks), Australia Goset 3 - Jul 1968 (19 weeks), Record World 6 - 1968, US Billboard 10 - Jun 1968 (13 weeks), US CashBox 51 of 1968, WABC NY 93 of 1968, US Radio 93 of 1968 (peak 10 5 weeks), RYM 141 of 1968 |
| 74 |
Casuals |
Jesamine |
1968 |
New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks - Nov 1968, NZ Listner 1 - Nov 1968 (9 weeks), UK 2 - Aug 1968 (18 weeks), Norway 6 - Oct 1968 (4 weeks), Holland 8 - Oct 1968 (11 weeks), Germany 10 - Jan 1969 (3 months), South Africa 10 of 1969, Australia Goset 21 - Nov 1968 (12 weeks), RYM 96 of 1968, UKMIX 530 |
| 75 |
The Rolling Stones |
Street Fighting Man |
1968 |
Switzerland 4 - Sep 1968 (5 weeks), Canada 5 - Aug 1968 (7 weeks), Germany 7 - Oct 1968 (2 months), Holland 8 - Sep 1968 (5 weeks), Australia Goset 10 - Oct 1968 (8 weeks), RYM 18 of 1968, UK 21 - Jul 1971 (8 weeks), DDD 23 of 1968, Record World 28 - 1968, US Billboard 48 - Sep 1968 (6 weeks), TheQ 241, Rolling Stone 295, Germany 391 of the 1960s (peak 7 8 weeks), Acclaimed 1602 (1968) |
| 76 |
Johnny Cash |
Folsom Prison Blues |
1968 |
Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001 (1956), RYM 4 of 1955, Scrobulate 4 of country, DDD 7 of 1955, Canada 8 - Jun 1968 (8 weeks), US BB 15 of 1968, POP 15 of 1968, US Billboard 32 - May 1968 (12 weeks), Record World 32 - 1968, WXPN 158, Acclaimed 159 (1956), Rolling Stone 164 |
| 77 |
Johnny Nash |
Hold Me Tight |
1968 |
Canada 3 - Sep 1968 (10 weeks), Record World 4 - 1968, UK 5 - Aug 1968 (16 weeks), US Billboard 5 - Sep 1968 (15 weeks), Australia Goset 5 - Oct 1968 (17 weeks), NZ Listner 10 - Nov 1968 (4 weeks), Holland 12 - Oct 1968 (8 weeks), D.Marsh 39 of 1968, US Radio 49 of 1968 (peak 5 9 weeks), Brazil 57 of 1969, US CashBox 69 of 1968, WABC NY 92 of 1968, DDD 109 of 1968 |
| 78 |
The Delphonics |
La La La (Means I Love You) |
1968 |
Record World 3 - 1968, US Billboard 4 - Feb 1968 (15 weeks), Canada 8 - Feb 1968 (7 weeks), US BB 10 of 1968, POP 10 of 1968, UK 19 - Jul 1971 (10 weeks), D.Marsh 30 of 1968, DDD 41 of 1968, US Radio 42 of 1968 (peak 4 9 weeks), US CashBox 54 of 1968, RYM 77 of 1968, WABC NY 89 of 1968, Acclaimed 1727 (1968) |
| 79 |
The Temptations |
I Wish it Would Rain |
1968 |
Record World 2 - 1968, Canada 3 - Jan 1968 (10 weeks), US Billboard 4 - Jan 1968 (14 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Oct 1999), D.Marsh 14 of 1968, US CashBox 20 of 1968, US Radio 33 of 1968 (peak 4 9 weeks), UK 45 - Mar 1968 (1 week), WABC NY 55 of 1968, DDD 62 of 1967, RYM 72 of 1967, Acclaimed 1091 (1968) |
| 80 |
Judy Collins |
Both Sides Now |
1968 |
Grammy Hall of Fame in 2003 (1968), Canada 3 - Nov 1968 (7 weeks), NZ Listner 7 - Feb 1969 (7 weeks), US Billboard 8 - Nov 1968 (11 weeks), Record World 8 - 1968, UK 14 - Jan 1970 (11 weeks), Australia Goset 34 - Jan 1969 (3 weeks), WABC NY 83 of 1968, US Radio 84 of 1968 (peak 8 6 weeks), US CashBox 89 of 1969, RYM 126 of 1967 |
| 81 |
Iron Butterfly |
In-A-Godda-Da-Vida |
1968 |
France 1 - Mar 1970 (7 weeks), Holland 9 - Aug 1970 (10 weeks), DDD 14 of 1968, US Billboard 30 - Aug 1968 (12 weeks), Record World 35 - 1968, POP 37 of 1968, US BB 39 of 1968, Europe 63 of the 1960s (1968), Scrobulate 72 of psychedelic, RYM 145 of 1968, WXPN 706, Acclaimed 1423 (1968) |
| 82 |
Jose Feliciano |
Light My Fire |
1968 |
Canada 2 - Jul 1968 (9 weeks), US Billboard 3 - Jul 1968 (12 weeks), Record World 3 - 1968, UK 6 - Sep 1968 (16 weeks), Brazil 6 of 1968, Australia Goset 15 - Sep 1968 (16 weeks), NZ Listner 16 - Oct 1968 (2 weeks), WABC NY 23 of 1968, Holland 24 - Sep 1968 (8 weeks), US CashBox 37 of 1968, US Radio 38 of 1968 (peak 3 9 weeks) |
| 83 |
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell |
Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing |
1968 |
US BB 7 of 1968, Record World 7 - 1968, POP 7 of 1968, US Billboard 8 - Apr 1968 (13 weeks), D.Marsh 15 of 1968, Canada 26 - Apr 1968 (4 weeks), UK 34 - Jun 1968 (7 weeks), DDD 39 of 1968, US CashBox 70 of 1968, US Radio 82 of 1968 (peak 8 5 weeks), WABC NY 90 of 1968, RYM 151 of 1968, Acclaimed 2285 (1968) |
| 84 |
Aphrodite's Child |
Rain & Tears |
1968 |
France 1 for 14 weeks - Jun 1968, Holland 2 - Aug 1968 (14 weeks), Switzerland 2 - Jun 1968 (13 weeks), Norway 2 - Dec 1968 (9 weeks), Italy 9 of 1968, France (InfoDisc) 21 of the 1960s (peak 1, 26 weeks, 510k sales estimated, 1968), UK 29 - Nov 1968 (7 weeks), Europe 57 of the 1960s (1968), RYM 81 of 1968 |
| 85 |
Big Brother & the Holding Company |
Piece of My Heart |
1968 |
Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 (1968), Canada 3 - Sep 1968 (7 weeks), US Billboard 12 - Aug 1968 (12 weeks), Record World 14 - 1968, DDD 16 of 1968, US BB 21 of 1968, POP 21 of 1968, RYM 38 of 1968, US Radio 104 of 1968 (peak 12 5 weeks), Rolling Stone 344, Acclaimed 482 (1968) |
| 86 |
1910 Fruitgum Co |
1, 2, 3, Red Light |
1968 |
Record World 3 - 1968, Canada 3 - Jul 1968 (9 weeks), NZ Listner 3 - Oct 1968 (8 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Sep 1968), US Billboard 5 - Jul 1968 (13 weeks), Australia Goset 7 - Sep 1968 (19 weeks), US CashBox 39 of 1968, WABC NY 42 of 1968, US Radio 58 of 1968 (peak 5 6 weeks), Brazil 84 of 1969, RYM 85 of 1968 |
| 87 |
Canned Heat |
Going Up the Country |
1968 |
Australia Goset 1 - Dec 1968 (14 weeks), Canada 2 - Dec 1968 (8 weeks), NZ Listner 4 - Mar 1969 (6 weeks), Holland 7 - Dec 1968 (6 weeks), Record World 10 - 1969, US Billboard 11 - Dec 1968 (11 weeks), UK 19 - Jan 1969 (10 weeks), RYM 52 of 1968, DDD 65 of 1968, US Radio 99 of 1969 (peak 11 6 weeks) |
| 88 |
The Mamas & The Papas |
Dream a Little Dream of Me |
1968 |
Australia 1 for 8 weeks - Sep 1968, Australia Goset 1 - Aug 1968 (16 weeks), Germany 5 - Apr 1992 (4 months), Canada 7 - Jul 1968 (5 weeks), Australia 14 of 1968, Switzerland 22 - Jul 1992 (5 weeks), RYM 36 of 1968, US CashBox 85 of 1968, Germany 188 of the 1990s (peak 5 16 weeks) |
| 89 |
Vanilla Fudge |
(You Keep Me) Hangin' On |
1968 |
Canada 5 - Jul 1968 (8 weeks), US Billboard 6 - Jul 1968 (12 weeks), Record World 7 - 1968, Australia Goset 9 - Dec 1967 (15 weeks), Australia 12 of 1968, Holland 13 - Oct 1967 (11 weeks), NZ Listner 13 - Jan 1968 (6 weeks), UK 18 - Aug 1967 (11 weeks), DDD 26 of 1967, US Radio 74 of 1968 (peak 6 7 weeks), US CashBox 99 of 1968, RYM 190 of 1967 |
| 90 |
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap |
Woman Woman |
1968 |
Canada 1 - Nov 1967 (13 weeks), Record World 2 - 1968, US Billboard 4 - Nov 1967 (17 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Feb 1968), Australia Goset 7 - Feb 1968 (15 weeks), NZ Listner 10 - Feb 1968 (7 weeks), US Radio 19 of 1968 (peak 4 10 weeks), WABC NY 26 of 1968, UK 48 - Aug 1968 (1 week) |
| 91 |
Ohio Express |
Chewy Chewy |
1968 |
NZ Listner 3 - Jan 1969 (6 weeks), Canada 4 - Nov 1968 (6 weeks), Australia Goset 5 - Nov 1968 (16 weeks), Record World 8 - 1968, Holland 8 - Nov 1968 (8 weeks), Germany 9 - Jan 1969 (3 months), US Billboard 15 - Oct 1968 (13 weeks), WABC NY 68 of 1968, US CashBox 91 of 1969, Brazil 100 of 1969, US Radio 108 of 1968 (peak 15 7 weeks) |
| 92 |
Johnnie Taylor |
Who's Making Love |
1968 |
Record World 4 - 1968, US Gold (certified by RIAA in Nov 1968), US Billboard 5 - Oct 1968 (14 weeks), US BB 9 of 1968, POP 9 of 1968, Canada 13 - Nov 1968 (4 weeks), D.Marsh 22 of 1968, US Radio 44 of 1968 (peak 5 8 weeks), DDD 47 of 1968, WABC NY 66 of 1968, US CashBox 77 of 1969 |
| 93 |
O C Smith |
The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp |
1968 |
UK 2 - Jun 1968 (15 weeks), Norway 2 - Jul 1968 (6 weeks), Canada 5 - Feb 1968 (9 weeks), Australia Goset 8 - May 1968 (14 weeks), Holland 14 - Aug 1968 (7 weeks), NZ Listner 16 - Aug 1968 (3 weeks), Germany 23 - Sep 1968 (1 month), Record World 38 - 1968, US Billboard 40 - Feb 1968 (14 weeks), UKMIX 930 |
| 94 |
Sam & Dave |
I Thank You |
1968 |
US Billboard 9 - Jan 1968 (13 weeks), Record World 9 - 1968, Canada 12 - Feb 1968 (7 weeks), D.Marsh 17 of 1968, Holland 22 - Feb 1968 (9 weeks), UK 34 - Mar 1968 (9 weeks), POP 36 of 1968, US BB 38 of 1968, US CashBox 61 of 1968, DDD 97 of 1968, US Radio 99 of 1968 (peak 9 5 weeks), RYM 114 of 1968 |
| 95 |
Heintje |
Heidschi Bumbeidschi |
1968 |
Holland 1 - Oct 1968 (13 weeks), Germany 1 - Jan 1969 (7 months), Germany 1 for 9 weeks - Oct 1968, Switzerland 5 - Oct 1968 (14 weeks), Denmark 5 of 1969, Germany 19 of the 1960s (peak 1 26 weeks) |
| 96 |
Aretha Franklin |
Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby) |
1968 |
Record World 4 - 1968, US Gold (certified by RIAA in Apr 1968), US Billboard 5 - Mar 1968 (12 weeks), Canada 19 - Mar 1968 (6 weeks), Holland 22 - Apr 1968 (7 weeks), DDD 31 of 1968, US Radio 40 of 1968 (peak 5 8 weeks), WABC NY 46 of 1968, UK 47 - Mar 1968 (1 week), US CashBox 62 of 1968, RYM 118 of 1968 |
| 97 |
Classics IV |
Spooky |
1968 |
Canada 2 - Jan 1968 (10 weeks), US Billboard 3 - Dec 1967 (15 weeks), Record World 3 - 1968, NZ Listner 19 - May 1968 (1 week), US Radio 22 of 1968 (peak 3 9 weeks), US BB 30 of 1968, POP 30 of 1968, WABC NY 35 of 1968, UK 46 - Mar 1968 (1 week), DDD 74 of 1967 |
| 98 |
Engelbert Humperdinck |
Am I That Easy to Forget |
1968 |
Eire 1 for 3 weeks - Jan 1968, UK 3 - Jan 1968 (13 weeks), Canada 7 - Dec 1967 (8 weeks), Australia Goset 8 - Feb 1968 (11 weeks), Record World 13 - 1968, NZ Listner 13 - Mar 1968 (4 weeks), US Billboard 18 - Dec 1967 (10 weeks), Holland 23 - Jan 1968 (5 weeks), US Radio 138 of 1968 (peak 18 3 weeks) |
| 99 |
The Small Faces |
Tin Soldier |
1968 |
NZ Listner 3 - Jan 1968 (9 weeks), Australia Goset 3 - Jan 1968 (13 weeks), Holland 5 - Jan 1968 (11 weeks), Switzerland 7 - Jan 1968 (5 weeks), Germany 7 - Feb 1968 (3 months), UK 9 - Dec 1967 (12 weeks), US Billboard 73 - Mar 1968 (5 weeks), RYM 93 of 1967, OzNet 484, Acclaimed 1942 (1967) |
| 100 |
Creedence Clearwater Revival |
Susie Q |
1968 |
US Gold (certified by RIAA in Dec 1990), US Billboard 11 - Sep 1968 (12 weeks), Record World 11 - 1968, US BB 12 of 1968, POP 12 of 1968, Canada 15 - Sep 1968 (5 weeks), RYM 57 of 1968, Scrobulate 60 of southern rock, DDD 89 of 1968, US CashBox 94 of 1968, US Radio 95 of 1968 (peak 11 6 weeks) |
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