The Top Songs from 1965

Rank	All Time Rank	Artist	Single	Sample
1	1	Bob Dylan	Like a Rolling Stone	Listen
2	2	The Rolling Stones	(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
3	13	The Who	My Generation	Listen
4	31	The Byrds	Mr. Tambourine Man	Listen
5	39	Smokey Robinson and The Miracles	The Tracks of My Tears
6	82	James Brown	Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
7	89	Wilson Pickett	In the Midnight Hour
8	91	Sam Cooke	A Change Is Gonna Come
9	97	The Mamas and the Papas	California Dreamin'	Listen
10	114	The Beatles	Yesterday
11	132	The Beatles	In My Life
12	137	Bob Dylan	Subterranean Homesick Blues	Listen
13	138	The Impressions	People Get Ready	Listen
14	143	The Supremes	Stop! In the Name of Love
15	156	The Beatles	Help!
16	202	The Who	I Can't Explain
17	218	Simon and Garfunkel	The Sound of Silence	Listen
18	238	James Brown	I Got You (I Feel Good)
19	283	The Beatles	Ticket to Ride
20	425	Stevie Wonder	Uptight
21	435	Bob Dylan	Positively 4th Street
22	443	Sam the Sham and The Pharaos	Wooly Bully
23	453	Otis Redding	I've Been Loving You Too Long	Listen
24	475	John Coltrane	A Love Supreme (Part I: Acknowledgement)	Listen
25	564	The Beatles	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
26	575	Sam Cooke	Shake
27	606	The Lovin' Spoonful	Do You Believe in Magic	Listen
28	621	Roger Miller	King of the Road
29	632	The Rolling Stones	The Last Time
30	686	The Beach Boys	California Girls	Listen
31	692	The Byrds	Turn! Turn! Turn!	Listen
32	715	Bob Dylan	Desolation Row	Listen
33	793	The Righteous Brothers	Unchained Melody
34	806	Sonny and Cher	I Got You Babe
35	814	The Animals	We Gotta Get Out of This Place
36	900	Bob Dylan	Mr. Tambourine Man	Listen
37	1031	The Beatles	Day Tripper
38	1046	Martha and The Vandellas	Nowhere to Run
39	1047	The Who	The Kids Are Alright	Listen
40	1095	Bob Dylan	It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)	Listen
41	1179	Smokey Robinson and The Miracles	Going to a Go-Go
42	1207	The Yardbirds	For Your Love
43	1208	The Byrds	I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better	Listen
44	1225	The Rolling Stones	Get Off My Cloud
45	1279	Bob Dylan	Ballad of a Thin Man	Listen
46	1315	Smokey Robinson and The Miracles	Oooh, Baby Baby
47	1371	The Animals	Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
48	1372	Bob Dylan	It's All Over Now, Baby Blue	Listen
49	1401	The Four Tops	I Can't Help Myself
50	1514	Elvis Presley	Crying in the Chapel
51	1529	Junior Walker & The All-Stars	Shotgun
52	1553	Marvin Gaye	Ain't That Peculiar
53	1581	The Four Tops	It's the Same Old Song
54	1597	The Beatles	We Can Work It Out
55	1602	Paul Revere & The Raiders	Just Like Me
56	1662	The Shangri-La's	I Can Never Go Home Anymore
57	1740	The Kinks	See My Friend
58	1761	The Beatles	Nowhere Man
59	1827	Phil Ochs	I Ain't Marchin' Anymore	Listen
60	1841	Jackie DeShannon	What the World Needs Now Is Love
61	1864	Bob Dylan	Highway 61 Revisited	Listen
62	1931	The Rolling Stones	Play with Fire
63	1958	The Rolling Stones	That's How Strong My Love Is
64	1970	The Shangri-La's	Out in the Streets
65	1999	The Beatles	You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
66	2148	The Beach Boys	Help Me, Rhonda	Listen
67	2201	Barry McGuire	Eve of Destruction
68	2207	Tom Jones	It's Not Unusual
69	2218	The Knickerbockers	Lies
70	2239	Eddy Arnold	Make the World Go Away
71	2254	The Dixie Cups	Iko Iko
72	2282	Ramsey Lewis Trio	The "In" Crowd	Listen
73	2337	The Beatles	Girl
74	2373	Del Shannon	Stranger in Town
75	2385	The Walker Brothers	Make It Easy on Yourself
76	2399	John Coltrane	Pursuance/Part 4 - Psalm	Listen
77	2562	The Rolling Stones	Heart of Stone
78	2590	Otis Redding	Respect	Listen
79	2679	Bob Dylan	Love Minus Zero/No Limit	Listen
80	2690	The Castaways	Liar, Liar
81	2752	Howlin' Wolf	The Killing Floor
82	2778	Sir Douglas Quintet	She's About a Mover
83	2893	The Contours	First I Look at the Purse
84	2907	The Dells	Stay in My Corner
85	2967	Spencer Davis Group	Keep On Running
86	2997	Bob Dylan	Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues	Listen
87	3000	Otis Redding	My Girl	Listen
Some songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
		The Sonics	Strychnine	Listen
		The Sonics	Boss Boss	Listen
		Buck Owens	I've Got a Tiger By the Tail
		The Sonics	Psycho	Listen
		The Beau Brummels	Laugh Laugh
		Frank Sinatra	It Was a Very Good Year
		The Beatles	Drive My Car
		Bob Dylan	Gates of Eden	Listen
		Little Richard	I Don't Know What You Got, But It's Got Me
		The Kinks	Tired of Waiting for You
		The Supremes	I Hear a Symphony
		Lou Christie	Lightnin' Strikes
		The Four Tops	Ask the Lonely
		The Beatles	You're Going to Lose That Girl
		The Animals	It's My Life
		Little Anthony and The Imperials	Hurt So Bad
		Fontella Bass	Rescue Me
		The Yardbirds	Stroll On
		Cannibal & The Headhunters	Land of 1,000 Dances
		The Kinks	A Well Respected Man
		The Beatles	Run for Your Life
		Bob Dylan	She Belongs to Me	Listen
		The Lovin' Spoonful	You Didn’t Have to Be So Nice	Listen
		The Young Rascals	I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore
		The Marvelows	I Do
		Otis Redding	Mr. Pitiful	Listen
		Bob Dylan	I'll Keep It With Mine