The Top 200 Songs from the 1960s 

Rank	All Time Rank	Artist	Single	Year	Sample
1	1	Bob Dylan	Like a Rolling Stone	1965	Listen
2	2	The Rolling Stones	(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction	1965
3	3	The Beach Boys	Good Vibrations	1966	Listen
4	5	Aretha Franklin	Respect	1967	Listen
5	7	Otis Redding	Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay	1968	Listen
6	8	Marvin Gaye	I Heard It Through the Grapevine	1968
7	11	The Kingsmen	Louie Louie	1963
8	12	The Who	My Generation	1965	Listen
9	13	The Ronettes	Be My Baby	1963	Listen
10	17	The Beatles	Strawberry Fields Forever	1967
11	18	The Kinks	You Really Got Me	1964	Listen
12	20	The Beatles	A Day in the Life	1967
13	22	Ike and Tina Turner	River Deep Mountain High	1966
14	23	The Beatles	I Want to Hold Your Hand	1963
15	24	The Righteous Brothers	You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'	1964
16	31	The Byrds	Mr. Tambourine Man	1965	Listen
17	32	The Jackson 5	I Want You Back	1969
18	33	The Rolling Stones	Sympathy for the Devil	1968	Listen
19	34	The Doors	Light My Fire	1967	Listen
20	35	The Beatles	Hey Jude	1968
21	36	Four Tops	Reach Out (I'll Be There)	1966
22	38	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	Purple Haze	1967	Listen
23	39	The Rolling Stones	Jumpin' Jack Flash	1968
24	40	Smokey Robinson and The Miracles	The Tracks of My Tears	1965
25	51	The Beach Boys	God Only Knows	1966	Listen
26	56	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Proud Mary	1969	Listen
27	57	The Kinks	Waterloo Sunset	1967	Listen
28	58	Martha and The Vandellas	Dancing in the Street	1964
29	61	The Animals	House of the Rising Sun	1964
30	65	Elvis Presley	Suspicious Minds	1969
31	67	Ben E. King	Stand by Me	1961
32	73	Percy Sledge	When a Man Loves a Woman	1966
33	76	Led Zeppelin	Whole Lotta Love	1969	Listen
34	77	Del Shannon	Runaway	1961
35	82	James Brown	Papa's Got a Brand New Bag	1965
36	84	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	All Along the Watchtower	1968	Listen
37	85	Booker T. & The MG's	Green Onions	1962	Listen
38	89	Wilson Pickett	In the Midnight Hour	1965
39	95	Sam Cooke	A Change Is Gonna Come	1965
40	96	The Mamas and the Papas	California Dreamin'	1965	Listen
41	97	Van Morrison	Brown Eyed Girl	1967
42	99	Buffalo Springfield	For What It's Worth	1967	Listen
43	101	The Shirelles	Will You Love Me Tomorrow	1960
44	103	The Beatles	She Loves You	1963
45	104	David Bowie	Space Oddity	1969
46	106	The Temptations	My Girl	1964	Listen
47	109	Dionne Warwick	Walk On By	1964
48	111	Roy Orbison	Oh, Pretty Woman	1964
49	112	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Fortunate Son	1969	Listen
50	115	Them	Gloria	1964	Listen
51	117	Procol Harum	A Whiter Shade of Pale	1967	Listen
52	120	The Beatles	Yesterday	1965
53	122	The Rolling Stones	Honky Tonk Women	1969
54	124	The Byrds	Eight Miles High	1966	Listen
55	130	The Rolling Stones	Gimme Shelter	1969	Listen
56	133	Roy Orbison	Only the Lonely	1960
57	135	Bob Dylan	Subterranean Homesick Blues	1965	Listen
58	139	The Impressions	People Get Ready	1965	Listen
59	142	The Supremes	Stop! In the Name of Love	1965
60	147	Patsy Cline	Crazy	1960
61	149	The Beach Boys	Don't Worry Baby	1964
62	150	The Velvet Underground	I'm Waiting for the Man	1967	Listen
63	163	The Crystals	Da Doo Ron Ron	1963
64	164	The Beatles	Help!	1965
65	167	Jimmy Cliff	Many Rivers to Cross	1969	Listen
66	168	The Troggs	Wild Thing	1966
67	171	The Beatles	In My Life	1965
68	178	Glen Campbell	Wichita Lineman	1968
69	180	The Beatles	Penny Lane	1967
70	186	The Lovin' Spoonful	Summer in the City	1966
71	187	The Velvet Underground	Heroin	1967	Listen
72	188	Aretha Franklin	I Say a Little Prayer	1968	Listen
73	189	Desmond Dekker	The Israelites	1969
74	190	The Band	The Weight	1968	Listen
75	191	Spencer Davis Group	Gimme Some Lovin'	1966
76	195	The Rolling Stones	Paint It, Black	1966
77	202	Steppenwolf	Born to Be Wild	1968	Listen
78	205	Dusty Springfield	Son of a Preacher Man	1968	Listen
79	212	Chubby Checker	The Twist	1960
80	213	Question Mark and the Mysterians	96 Tears	1966
81	214	The Who	I Can't Explain	1965
82	219	The Supremes	Where Did Our Love Go	1964
83	221	Love	Alone Again Or	1967	Listen
84	223	Jefferson Airplane	White Rabbit	1967	Listen
85	224	Simon and Garfunkel	The Sound of Silence	1965	Listen
86	225	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)	1968	Listen
87	229	Jimi Hendrix	Hey Joe	1966	Listen
88	230	The Beatles	Tomorrow Never Knows	1966
89	232	Otis Redding	Try a Little Tenderness	1966	Listen
90	233	Johnny Cash	Ring of Fire	1963
91	234	James Brown	It's a Man's Man's Man's World	1966
92	243	James Brown	I Got You (I Feel Good)	1965
93	249	Sly and the Family Stone	Dance to the Music	1968
94	250	The Beach Boys	I Get Around	1964
95	251	Pink Floyd	See Emily Play	1967
96	255	The Everly Brothers	Cathy's Clown	1960	Listen
97	272	Jackie Wilson	(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher	1967
98	276	The Beatles	Paperback Writer	1966
99	279	Bob Dylan	Blowin' in the Wind	1963	Listen
100	285	Tammy Wynette	Stand by Your Man	1968
101	286	The Beatles	Ticket to Ride	1965
102	287	Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin	Je T'Aime Moi Non Plus	1969
103	298	Aretha Franklin	Chain of Fools	1967	Listen
104	302	The Stooges	I Wanna Be Your Dog	1969	Listen
105	304	Sly and the Family Stone	Thank You (Falettime Be Mice Elf Again)	1969
106	312	The Box Tops	The Letter	1967
107	315	Dion	Runaround Sue	1961
108	316	The Shangri-La's	Leader of the Pack	1964
109	317	The Beatles	Revolution	1968
110	320	Roy Orbison	Crying	1961
111	321	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Bad Moon Rising	1969	Listen
112	325	The Crystals	He's a Rebel	1962
113	336	Smokey Robinson and The Miracles	The Tears of a Clown	1967
114	337	The Beatles	Happiness Is a Warm Gun	1968
115	341	Ray Charles	Georgia on My Mind	1960
116	347	The Beatles	Eleanor Rigby	1966
117	351	The Beatles	I Am the Walrus	1967
118	352	Sly and the Family Stone	Everyday People	1968	Listen
119	354	Sam & Dave	Soul Man	1967
120	358	Little Eva	The Loco-Motion	1962
121	368	MC5	Kick Out the Jams	1969	Listen
122	373	The Who	I Can See for Miles	1967	Listen
123	377	The Monkees	I'm a Believer	1966
124	388	The Beatles	While My Guitar Gently Weeps	1968
125	398	B.B. King	The Thrill Is Gone	1969	Listen
126	401	Fairport Convention	Who Knows Where the Time Goes	1969	Listen
127	415	The Supremes	You Can't Hurry Love	1966
128	424	Patsy Cline	I Fall to Pieces	1961
129	430	Mary Wells	My Guy	1964
130	432	Bob Dylan	Positively 4th Street	1965
131	434	The Beatles	A Hard Day's Night	1964
132	438	Stevie Wonder	Uptight (Everything's Alright)	1965
133	444	John Coltrane	A Love Supreme, Part 1: Acknowledgement	1965	Listen
134	446	Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs	Wooly Bully	1965
135	455	Bobbie Gentry	Ode to Billie Joe	1967
136	459	Otis Redding	I've Been Loving You Too Long	1965	Listen
137	461	Cream	Sunshine of Your Love	1967	Listen
138	462	Bob Dylan	The Times They Are A-Changin'	1964	Listen
139	466	The Beatles	Something	1969
140	476	Jefferson Airplane	Somebody to Love	1967	Listen
141	477	The Shadows	Apache	1960
142	479	The Marvelettes	Please Mr. Postman	1961
143	480	Led Zeppelin	Dazed and Confused	1969	Listen
144	483	Van Morrison	Madame George	1968	Listen
145	491	Aretha Franklin	I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You	1967	Listen
146	494	Etta James	At Last	1960	Listen
147	496	Gene Chandler	Duke of Earl	1962
148	497	The Beach Boys	Surfin' U.S.A.	1963	Listen
149	525	Simon and Garfunkel	Mrs. Robinson	1968	Listen
150	539	Louis Armstrong	What a Wonderful World	1967
151	549	Henry Mancini	Moon River	1961	Listen
152	551	The Miracles	You've Really Got a Hold on Me	1962
153	553	Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto	The Girl from Ipanema	1964	Listen
154	564	The Doors	The End	1967	Listen
155	565	Bobby Fuller Four	I Fought the Law	1966
156	566	Roy Orbison	In Dreams	1963
157	567	Sam Cooke	Shake	1965
158	568	The Beatles	Rain	1966
159	575	The Beatles	Come Together	1969
160	576	The Walker Brothers	The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore	1966
161	578	The Beatles	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	1965
162	581	Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell	Ain't No Mountain High Enough	1967
163	582	Nilsson	Everybody's Talkin'	1968
164	584	The Left Banke	Walk Away Renée	1966
165	588	The Easybeats	Friday on My Mind	1966
166	591	The Searchers	Needles and Pins	1964
167	592	The Young Rascals	Groovin'	1967
168	594	The Chiffons	He's So Fine	1963
169	596	Bob Dylan	Visions of Johanna	1966	Listen
170	606	The Rolling Stones	You Can't Always Get What You Want	1969	Listen
171	614	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	Crosstown Traffic	1968	Listen
172	621	Ben E. King	Spanish Harlem	1961
173	626	The Zombies	She's Not There	1964
174	630	Aretha Franklin	Think	1968	Listen
175	632	James Carr	The Dark End of the Street	1966	Listen
176	638	The Lovin' Spoonful	Do You Believe in Magic	1965	Listen
177	639	Roger Miller	King of the Road	1965
178	649	Ray Charles	I Can't Stop Loving You	1962	Listen
179	652	George Jones	She Thinks I Still Care	1962
180	654	Elvis Presley	In the Ghetto	1969	Listen
181	657	Simon and Garfunkel	The Boxer	1969	Listen
182	665	Martha and The Vandellas	Heatwave	1963
183	667	Pink Floyd	Arnold Layne	1967
184	668	The Young Rascals	Good Lovin'	1966
185	671	Aretha Franklin	(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman	1967	Listen
186	682	The Rolling Stones	The Last Time	1965
187	684	Grateful Dead	Dark Star	1968	Listen
188	685	Bob Dylan	Just Like a Woman	1966	Listen
189	694	The Drifters	Save the Last Dance for Me	1960
190	696	The Beach Boys	California Girls	1965	Listen
191	705	The Rolling Stones	Street Fightin' Man	1968	Listen
192	729	Bob Dylan	Desolation Row	1965	Listen
193	731	The Byrds	Turn! Turn! Turn!	1965	Listen
194	737	The Supremes	Baby Love	1964
195	742	The Tornados	Telstar	1962
196	745	The Band	The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down	1969	Listen
197	749	13th Floor Elevators	You're Gonna Miss Me	1966
198	753	Big Brother and The Holding Company	Piece of My Heart	1968	Listen
199	757	Small Faces	Itchycoo Park	1967
200	764	Sam & Dave	Hold On, I'm Comin'	1966	Listen

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