The Top Songs from 1969

Rank	All Time Rank	Artist	Single	Sample
1	30	The Jackson 5	I Want You Back
2	56	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Proud Mary	Listen
3	66	Elvis Presley	Suspicious Minds
4	76	Led Zeppelin	Whole Lotta Love	Listen
5	108	David Bowie	Space Oddity
6	115	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Fortunate Son	Listen
7	122	The Rolling Stones	Honky Tonk Women
8	127	The Rolling Stones	Gimme Shelter	Listen
9	166	Jimmy Cliff	Many Rivers to Cross	Listen
10	188	Desmond Dekker	The Israelites
11	279	Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin	Je T'Aime Moi Non Plus
12	290	Sly and the Family Stone	Thank You (Falettime Be Mice Elf Again)
13	293	The Stooges	I Wanna Be Your Dog	Listen
14	316	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Bad Moon Rising	Listen
15	361	MC5	Kick Out the Jams	Listen
16	379	B.B. King	The Thrill Is Gone	Listen
17	393	Fairport Convention	Who Knows Where the Time Goes	Listen
18	473	Led Zeppelin	Dazed and Confused	Listen
19	481	The Beatles	Something
20	535	The Beatles	Come Together
21	560	The Rolling Stones	You Can't Always Get What You Want	Listen
22	639	Elvis Presley	In the Ghetto	Listen
23	650	Simon and Garfunkel	The Boxer	Listen
24	717	The Band	The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down	Listen
25	760	Sly and the Family Stone	Hot Fun in the Summertime
26	772	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Green River	Listen
27	783	The Velvet Underground	Pale Blue Eyes	Listen
28	861	Nick Drake	River Man	Listen
29	875	Thunderclap Newman	Something in the Air
30	956	The Isley Brothers	It's Your Thing
31	1011	Led Zeppelin	Heartbreaker	Listen
32	1019	Sly and the Family Stone	I Want to Take You Higher	Listen
33	1091	The Meters	Cissy Strut
34	1107	King Crimson	21st Century Schizoid Man
35	1136	Miles Davis	Shhh/Peaceful	Listen
36	1138	The Edwin Hawkins Singers	Oh, Happy Day
37	1149	Neil Young	Cinnamon Girl	Listen
38	1162	Fleetwood Mac	Oh Well	Listen
39	1191	Sly and the Family Stone	Everybody Is a Star
40	1230	The Who	Pinball Wizard	Listen
41	1266	Nina Simone	To Be Young, Gifted and Black
42	1268	Neil Young with Crazy Horse	Down by the River	Listen
43	1273	The Flying Burrito Bros	Sin City
44	1282	Cream	Crossroads
45	1294	Crosby, Stills and Nash	Suite: Judy Blue Eyes	Listen
46	1310	Nick Drake	Way to Blue	Listen
47	1339	Plastic Ono Band	Cold Turkey
48	1362	The Beatles	Here Comes the Sun
49	1368	The Allman Brothers Band	Whipping Post	Listen
50	1375	The Band	Up on Cripple Creek	Listen
51	1397	The 5th Dimension	Aquarius - Let the Sun Shine In (Medley)
52	1410	Johnny Cash	A Boy Named Sue
53	1641	Cream	Badge	Listen
54	1663	Blood, Sweat & Tears	Spinning Wheel	Listen
55	1711	Glen Campbell	Galveston
56	1712	Sly and the Family Stone	Stand!	Listen
57	1719	The Beatles	Get Back
58	1796	The Stooges	1969	Listen
59	1821	Peggy Lee	Is That All There Is?
60	1890	The Beatles	Don't Let Me Down
61	1896	Isaac Hayes	By the Time I Get to Phoenix	Listen
62	1915	Jerry Butler	Only the Strong Survive
63	2029	The Flying Burrito Bros	Hot Burrito #1
64	2063	Plastic Ono Band	Give Peace a Chance
65	2151	Badfinger	Come and Get It
66	2177	The Rolling Stones	Love in Vain	Listen
67	2211	Kenny Rogers & the First Edition	Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
68	2242	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Born on the Bayou	Listen
69	2404	Tony Joe White	Polk Salad Annie
70	2418	Joe South	Don't It Make You Want to Go Home
71	2471	The Archies	Sugar, Sugar
72	2479	Neil Diamond	Sweet Caroline
73	2506	Frank Sinatra	My Way
74	2531	Isaac Hayes	Walk On By	Listen
75	2572	Fairport Convention	A Sailor's Life	Listen
76	2645	Harry J. Allstars	Liquidator
77	2722	Merle Haggard	Hungry Eyes
78	2727	Frank Zappa	Willie the Pimp (Parts I and II)	Listen
79	2806	Merle Haggard	Okie from Muskogee
80	2849	The Beatles	Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight
81	2857	Scott Walker	Big Louise
82	2930	The Velvet Underground	What Goes On	Listen
Some songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
		Otis Redding	Love Man
		The Kinks	Shangri-La	Listen
		Booker T. & The MG's	Time Is Tight
		The Beatles	It's All Too Much
		Jefferson Airplane	We Can Be Together
		Diana Ross and The Supremes	Someday We'll Be Together
		The Band	Across the Great Divide	Listen
		Jack Bruce	Theme from an Imaginary Western
		The Band	Rag Mama Rag	Listen
		The Rolling Stones	Midnight Rambler	Listen
		Dusty Springfield	Breakfast in Bed	Listen
		Pentangle	Light Flight
		B.J. Thomas	Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
		The Kinks	Victoria	Listen
		Grateful Dead	China Cat Sunflower	Listen
		The Who	The Acid Queen	Listen
		Bob Dylan	Lay Lady Lay	Listen
		Frank Sinatra	My Way
		Quicksilver Messenger Service	Who Do You Love	Listen
		Joe South	Games People Play
		Fleetwood Mac	Man of the World
		Johnny Cash	Wanted Man	Listen
		Tyrone Davis	Can I Change My Mind
		The Flying Burrito Bros	Hot Burrito #2
		The Impressions	Choice of Colours
		King Crimson	In the Court of the Crimson King
		Clarence Carter	Making Love (At the Dark End of the...)
		Stevie Wonder	My Cherie Amour
		Santana	Evil Ways	Listen
		Joe Cocker	Delta Lady	Listen
		The Box Tops	Soul Deep
		Sonny Charles & The Checkmates Ltd.	Black Pearl