Top Songs of 1965

List of Billboard magazine’s Top Hot 100 songs of 1965 as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 25, 1965, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of January 2 through October 30, 1965.

No.TitleArtist(s)
1Wooly BullySam the Sham and the Pharaohs
2I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)Four Tops
3(I Can’t Get No) SatisfactionThe Rolling Stones
4You Were on My MindWe Five
5You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’The Righteous Brothers
6DowntownPetula Clark
7Help!The Beatles
8Can’t You Hear My HeartbeatHerman’s Hermits
9Crying in the ChapelElvis Presley
10My GirlThe Temptations
11Help Me, RhondaThe Beach Boys
12King of the RoadRoger Miller
13The Birds and the BeesJewel Akens
14Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss MeMel Carter
15ShotgunJunior Walker & the All Stars
16I Got You BabeSonny & Cher
17This Diamond RingGary Lewis & the Playboys
18The ‘In’ CrowdRamsey Lewis Trio
19Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely DaughterHerman’s Hermits
20Stop! In the Name of LoveThe Supremes
21Unchained MelodyThe Righteous Brothers
22SilhouettesHerman’s Hermits
23I’ll Never Find Another YouThe Seekers
24Cara MiaJay and the Americans
25Mr. Tambourine ManThe Byrds
26Cast Your Fate to the WindSounds Orchestral
27Yes, I’m ReadyBarbara Mason
28What’s New Pussycat?Tom Jones
29Eve of DestructionBarry McGuire
30Hang On SloopyThe McCoys
31Ticket to RideThe Beatles
32Red Roses for a Blue LadyBert Kaempfert
33Papa’s Got a Brand New BagJames Brown
34Game of LoveWayne Fontana & The Mindbenders
35The Name GameShirley Ellis
36I Know a PlacePetula Clark
37Back in My Arms AgainThe Supremes
38Baby I’m YoursBarbara Lewis
39The Jolly Green GiantThe Kingsmen
40Hush, Hush, Sweet CharlottePatti Page
41Like a Rolling StoneBob Dylan
42I’m Telling You NowFreddie and the Dreamers
43Ferry Cross the MerseyGerry and the Pacemakers
44Just Once in My LifeThe Righteous Brothers
45The Seventh SonJohnny Rivers
46I’m Henry the Eighth, I AmHerman’s Hermits
47“A Walk in the Black Forest”Horst Jankowski
48For Your LoveThe Yardbirds
49California GirlsThe Beach Boys
50Go NowThe Moody Blues
51GoldfingerShirley Bassey
52Down in the BoondocksBilly Joe Royal
53Baby the Rain Must FallGlenn Yarbrough
54Catch Us If You CanThe Dave Clark Five
55Eight Days a WeekThe Beatles
56Just a LittleThe Beau Brummels
57You Turn Me OnIan Whitcomb
58I’ll Be DoggoneMarvin Gaye
59Save Your Heart for MeGary Lewis & the Playboys
60Tired of Waiting for YouThe Kinks
61Count Me InGary Lewis & the Playboys
62All Day and All of the NightThe Kinks
63What the World Needs Now Is LoveJackie DeShannon
64It’s Not UnusualTom Jones
65She’s About a MoverSir Douglas Quintet
66ShakeSam Cooke
67Wonderful WorldHerman’s Hermits
68Nowhere to RunMartha and the Vandellas
69Heart Full of SoulThe Yardbirds
70Love Potion No. 9The Searchers
71“Laurie (Strange Things Happen)”Dickey Lee
72Baby Don’t GoSonny & Cher
73It Ain’t Me BabeThe Turtles
74Tell Her NoThe Zombies
75I Go to PiecesPeter and Gordon
76Red Roses for a Blue LadyVic Dana
77“Don’t Just Stand There”Patty Duke
78The Tracks of My TearsThe Miracles
79Too Many RiversBrenda Lee
80I Like It Like ThatThe Dave Clark Five
81Little ThingsBobby Goldsboro
82True Love WaysPeter and Gordon
83It’s the Same Old SongFour Tops
84You’ve Got Your TroublesThe Fortunes
85Hold What You’ve GotJoe Tex
86We Gotta Get out of This PlaceThe Animals
87Laugh, LaughThe Beau Brummels
88The Last TimeThe Rolling Stones
89Do You Believe in MagicThe Lovin’ Spoonful
90All I Really Want to DoCher
91Take Me BackLittle Anthony and the Imperials
92I Want CandyThe Strangeloves
93Ooo Baby BabyThe Miracles
94Laugh at MeSonny
95Treat Her RightRoy Head
96The Race Is OnGeorge Jones
97“I’m a Fool”Dino, Desi & Billy
98The Boy from New York CityThe Ad Libs
99Keep Searchin’ (We’ll Follow the Sun)Del Shannon
100How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)Marvin Gaye