Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1966

This is a list of Billboard magazine’s Top Hot 100 songs of 1966. The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 24, 1966, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of January 1 through December 10, 1966.

TitleArtist(s)
1California Dreamin’The Mamas & the Papas
296 Tears? and the Mysterians
3What Becomes of the BrokenheartedJimmy Ruffin
4Last Train to ClarksvilleThe Monkees
5Reach Out I’ll Be ThereFour Tops
6These Boots Are Made for Walkin’Nancy Sinatra
7CherishThe Association
8Strangers in the NightFrank Sinatra
9KicksPaul Revere & the Raiders
10The Ballad of the Green BeretsSSgt Barry Sadler
11Good Lovin’The Young Rascals
12(You’re My) Soul and InspirationThe Righteous Brothers
13You Can’t Hurry LoveThe Supremes
14SunnyBobby Hebb
15See You In SeptemberThe Happenings
16Li’l Red Riding HoodSam the Sham and the Pharaohs
17Lightnin’ StrikesLou Christie
18Poor Side of TownJohnny Rivers
19Working In The Coal MineLee Dorsey
20A Groovy Kind of LoveThe Mindbenders
21You Don’t Have To Say You Love MeDusty Springfield
22Sunshine SupermanDonovan
23Born a WomanSandy Posey
24Monday, MondayThe Mamas & the Papas
25Red Rubber BallThe Cyrkle
26Born FreeRoger Williams
27Walk Away RenéeThe Left Banke
28Cool JerkThe Capitols
29B-A-B-YCarla Thomas
30Hanky PankyTommy James and the Shondells
31When a Man Loves a WomanPercy Sledge
32Time Won’t Let MeThe Outsiders
33Bus StopThe Hollies
34Paint It BlackThe Rolling Stones
35Summer in the CityThe Lovin’ Spoonful
36I’m So Lonesome I Could CryB. J. Thomas & the Triumphs
37My LovePetula Clark
38DaydreamThe Lovin’ Spoonful
39Ain’t Too Proud to BegThe Temptations
40Wild ThingThe Troggs
41Elusive ButterflyBob Lind
42I Am a RockSimon & Garfunkel
43Dirty WaterThe Standells
44Hooray for HazelTommy Roe
45Crying TimeRay Charles
46Sweet PeaTommy Roe
47Secret Agent ManJohnny Rivers
48Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?The Lovin’ Spoonful
49We Can Work It OutThe Beatles
50Homeward BoundSimon & Garfunkel
51Uptight (Everything’s Alright)Stevie Wonder
52Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)Cher
53Sloop John BThe Beach Boys
5419th Nervous BreakdownThe Rolling Stones
55Wipe OutThe Surfaris
56Psychotic ReactionCount Five
57Paperback WriterThe Beatles
58Beauty Is Only Skin DeepThe Temptations
59No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach’s In)The T-Bones
60Barefootin‘”Robert Parker
61Just Like MePaul Revere & the Raiders
62Love Makes the World Go RoundDeon Jackson
63The Pied PiperCrispian St. Peters
64Somewhere My LoveRay Conniff Singers
65Almost PersuadedDavid Houston
66If I Were a CarpenterBobby Darin
67Don’t Mess with BillThe Marvelettes
68Cherry, CherryNeil Diamond
69Message to MichaelDionne Warwick
70Love Is a Hurtin’ ThingLou Rawls
71GloriaThe Shadows of Knight
72My World Is Empty Without YouThe Supremes
73Barbara AnnThe Beach Boys
74Rainy Day Women #12 & 35Bob Dylan
75GuantanameraThe Sandpipers
76I’m Your PuppetJames & Bobby Purify
77Land of 1000 DancesWilson Pickett
78Oh How HappyThe Shades of Blue
79WomanPeter and Gordon
80You BabyThe Turtles
81Sweet Talkin’ GuyThe Chiffons
82Five O’Clock WorldThe Vogues
83Black Is BlackLos Bravos
84Nowhere ManThe Beatles
85DandyHerman’s Hermits
86Baby Scratch My BackSlim Harpo
87She’s Just My StyleGary Lewis & The Playboys
88The More I See YouChris Montez
89I Fought the LawBobby Fuller Four
90Yellow SubmarineThe Beatles
91HungryPaul Revere & the Raiders
92Zorba the GreekHerb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
93Shapes of ThingsThe Yardbirds
94Along Comes MaryThe Association
95634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)Wilson Pickett
96Devil with a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss MollyMitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
97Wouldn’t It Be NiceThe Beach Boys
98This Old Heart of MineThe Isley Brothers
99Green GrassGary Lewis & The Playboys
100A Well Respected ManThe Kinks