Acclaimed Music - The Top Songs from 1968

The Top Songs from 1968
Rank	All Time Rank	Artist	Song	Sample
1	8	Marvin Gaye	I Heard It Through the Grapevine
2	9	Otis Redding	(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay	Listen
3	31	The Rolling Stones	Sympathy for the Devil	Listen
4	42	The Beatles	Hey Jude
5	46	The Rolling Stones	Jumpin' Jack Flash
6	113	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	All Along the Watchtower	Listen
7	176	Glen Campbell	Wichita Lineman
8	188	Desmond Dekker	Israelites
9	194	Aretha Franklin	I Say a Little Prayer	Listen
10	199	The Band	The Weight	Listen
11	204	Steppenwolf	Born to Be Wild	Listen
12	220	Dusty Springfield	Son-of-a Preacher Man	Listen
13	225	Sly and the Family Stone	Dance to the Music
14	229	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)	Listen
15	303	The Beatles	Revolution
16	347	Sly and the Family Stone	Everyday People	Listen
17	348	The Beatles	While My Guitar Gently Weeps
18	364	Tammy Wynette	Stand by Your Man
19	403	The Beatles	Happiness Is a Warm Gun
20	428	Van Morrison	Madame George	Listen
21	594	The Rolling Stones	Street Fighting Man	Listen
22	610	Tommy James and The Shondells	Crimson and Clover
23	663	Big Brother and The Holding Company	Piece of My Heart	Listen
24	673	Aretha Franklin	Think	Listen
25	695	Nilsson	Everybody's Talkin'
26	723	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	Crosstown Traffic	Listen
27	738	James Brown	Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud
28	740	Grateful Dead	Dark Star	Listen
29	809	Simon and Garfunkel	Mrs. Robinson	Listen
30	814	The Velvet Underground	Sister Ray	Listen
31	847	Archie Bell & The Drells	Tighten Up
32	890	Joe Cocker	With a Little Help from My Friends	Listen
33	959	Merle Haggard	Mama Tried
34	998	The Beatles	Helter Skelter
35	1007	Terry Riley	In C	Listen
36	1087	The Wailers	Stir It Up	Listen
37	1090	Simon and Garfunkel	America	Listen
38	1103	Tammy Wynette	D-I-V-O-R-C-E
39	1348	The Byrds	Hickory Wind	Listen
40	1572	Iron Butterfly	In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida	Listen
41	1636	The Temptations	I Wish It Would Rain
42	1700	Small Faces	Lazy Sunday
43	1910	Cream	Crossroads
44	1970	Fleetwood Mac	Albatross
45	2015	Dion	Abraham, Martin and John
46	2049	Van Morrison	Sweet Thing	Listen
47	2063	The Velvet Underground	White Light White Heat	Listen
48	2099	Nilsson	One
49	2114	Judy Clay and William Bell	Private Number
50	2154	The Zombies	Time of the Season	Listen
51	2180	Dionne Warwick	Do You Know the Way to San Jose
52	2184	The Doors	Hello, I Love You	Listen
53	2247	Jacques Dutronc	(Il est 5 heures) Paris s'�veille
54	2285	Richard Harris	Macarthur Park
55	2304	The Delfonics	La-La-Means I Love You
56	2310	Silver Apples	Oscillations	Listen
57	2376	The Who	Magic Bus
58	2398	Cream	White Room
59	2408	The Rolling Stones	Stray Cat Blues	Listen
60	2473	Jeannie C. Riley	Harper Valley P.T.A.
61	2505	Arthur Brown	Fire
62	2549	The Band	I Shall Be Released	Listen
63	2565	The Byrds	Triad	Listen
64	2676	The Band	Tears of Rage	Listen
65	2783	The Rolling Stones	No Expectations	Listen
66	2814	David Ackles	Down River	Listen
67	2829	The Supremes	Love Child
68	2866	Johnny Cash	Cocaine Blues
69	2927	The Beatles	Back in the U.S.S.R.
70	2985	The Byrds	You Ain't Goin' Nowhere	Listen
Some songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
		The Beatles	I'm So Tired
		Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton	Ball 'n' Chain
		Dr. John	I Walk on Guilded Splinters	Listen
		Aretha Franklin	The House that Jack Built
		The Temptations	Cloud Nine	Listen
		Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell	Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing
		The Foundations	Build Me Up Buttercup
		The Impressions	This Is My Country
		The Beatles	Dear Prudence
		The Pretty Things	S.F. Sorrow is Born	Listen
		Canned Heat	On the Road Again
		Eddie Floyd	Big Bird
		The Beatles	Blackbird
		The Young Rascals	People Got to Be Free
		The Beatles	Lady Madonna
		The Jimi Hendrix Experience	1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)	Listen
		Tyrone Davis	Can I Change My Mind
		Lee Perry	The Upsetter
		Aretha Franklin	Ain't No Way	Listen
		Van Morrison	Beside You	Listen
		The Beatles	Julia
		Van Morrison	Cyprus Avenue	Listen
		Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger & The Trinity	This Wheel's on Fire
		Bee Gees	I Started a Joke
		The Box Tops	Cry Like a Baby
		Johnnie Taylor	Who's Making Love
		Merrilee Rush	Angel of the Morning
		Pink Floyd	Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun	Listen
		Sir Douglas Quintet	Mendocino	Listen
		Sam & Dave	I Thank You
		Clarence Carter	Slip Away
		Randy Newman	Cowboy	Listen
		The Mothers of Invention	Who Needs the Peace Corps?	Listen
		Big Brother and The Holding Company	Ball and Chain	Listen
		The Beatles	Sexy Sadie
		Laura Nyro	Stoned Soul Picnic	Listen
		Bob Seger	Ramblin' Gamblin' Man
		Manfred Mann	Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)
		Stevie Wonder	For Once in My Life
		Aretha Franklin	(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone	Listen
		Booker T. & The MG's	Hang 'Em High
		Fleetwood Mac	Black Magic Woman
		The Beatles	Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
		Judy Collins	Both Sides Now
		Townes Van Zandt	Tecumseh Valley
		The Monkees	Porpoise Song
		Hugh Masekela	Grazing in the Grass
		Otis Redding	I've Got Dreams to Remember
		Percy Sledge	Take Time to Know Her
		Maurice and Mac	You Left the Water Running
		1910 Fruitgum Company	1, 2, 3, Red Light
		Joni Mitchell	Marcie
		Steppenwolf	Magic Carpet Ride
		Jefferson Airplane	Greasy Heart	Listen
		The Chambers Brothers	Time Has Come Today
		The Classics IV and Dennis Yost	Stormy
		The Beatles	I Will
		Elvis Presley	If I Can Dream