Top 1966 Singles Ranked

 

Rank

Artist

Title

1

 The Hollies

 Bus Stop

2

 Diana Ross & the Supremes

 Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart

3

 Nancy Sinatra

 Sugar Town

4

 Dionne Warwick

 What the World Needs Now Is Love

5

 The Beach Boys

 Good Vibrations

6

 Count Five

 Psychotic Reaction

7

 The Beatles

 Paperback Writer

8

 Diana Ross & the Supremes

 You Keep Me Hangin' On

9

 The Four Tops

 Reach Out I'll Be There

10

 Nancy Sinatra

 These Boots Are Made for Walking

11

 Diana Ross & the Supremes

 I Hear a Symphony

12

 The Beach Boys

 God Only Knows

13

 The Mamas & The Papas

 California Dreamin'

14

 Diana Ross & the Supremes

 You Can't Hurry Love

15

 The Rolling Stones

 Under My Thumb

16

 The Mamas & The Papas

 Monday, Monday

17

 Donovan

 Sunshine Superman

18

 The Beatles

 Eleanor Rigby

19

 The Association

 Cherish

20

 Cher

 Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)

21

 Sam & Dave

 Hold On! I'm Comin'

22

 Barbara Lewis

 Baby I'm Yours

23

 Petula Clark

 My Love

24

 The Hollies

 Pay You Back With Interest

25

 The Lovin' Spoonful

 Summer in the City

26

 The Four Tops

 Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)

27

 Loretta Lynn

 You Ain't Woman Enough

28

 Paul Revere & The Raiders

 Kicks

29

 The Four Tops

 Standing in the Shadows of Love

30

 The Monkees

 I'm a Believer

31

 Diana Ross & the Supremes

 My World Is Empty Without You

32

 Barbara Lewis

 Hello Stranger

33

 Donovan

 Mellow Yellow

34

 The Mamas & The Papas

 I Saw Her Again Last Night

35

 Percy Sledge

 When a Man Loves a Woman

36

 The Troggs

 Wild Thing

37

 The Beatles

 Taxman

38

 The Monkees

 Last Train to Clarksville

39

 Johnny Rivers

 Secret Agent Man

40

 Dusty Springfield

 You Don't Have to Say You Love Me

41

 Barbara Lewis

 Think a Little Sugar

42

 The Buckinghams

 Kind of a Drag

43

 The Four Tops

 Bernadette

44

 The Hollies

 Stop, Stop, Stop

45

 Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston

 It Takes Two

46

 Stevie Wonder

 Uptight (Everything's Alright)

47

 Los Bravos

 Black Is Black

48

 The Mindbenders

 A Groovy Kind of Love

49

 The Walker Brothers

 The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)

50

 Bobby Hebb

 Sunny

51

 Cher

 Sunny

52

 James Brown

 It's A Man's Man's Man's World

53

 The Association

 Along Comes Mary

54

 Righteous Brothers

 (You're My) Soul and Inspiration

55

 Rascals

 Good Lovin'

56

 Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

 Working My Way Back to You

57

 Paul Revere & The Raiders

 Hungry

58

 The Rolling Stones

 Get Off of My Cloud

59

 The Monkees

 (Theme From) The Monkees

60

 Ike & Tina Turner

 River Deep - Mountain High

61

 The Beach Boys

 Wouldn't It Be Nice

62

 Aaron Neville

 Tell It Like It Is

63

 Cher

 It's Not Unusual

64

 Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

 The Work Song

65

 Cream

 I Feel Free

66

 The Lovin' Spoonful

 You Didn't Have to Be So Nice

67

 Simon & Garfunkel

 The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)

68

 The Rolling Stones

 19th Nervous Breakdown

69

 The Temptations

 Ain't Too Proud to Beg

70

 Petula Clark

 A Sign of the Times

71

 Ennio Morricone

 The Good, The Bad And The Ugly - Main Title

72

 The Monkees

 (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone

73

 Cher

 The Girl from Ipanema

74

 Dionne Warwick

 I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself

75

 Tommy Roe

 Sweet Pea

76

 The Mamas & The Papas

 Go Where You Wanna Go

77

 The Lovin' Spoonful

 Daydream

78

 Jimmy Ruffin

 What Becomes of the Brokenhearted

79

 Dionne Warwick

 Alfie

80

 Wanda Jackson

 The Box It Came In

81

 Simon & Garfunkel

 I Am a Rock

82

 The Rolling Stones

 Paint It, Black

83

 The Ray Ventura Singers

 C'est Si Bon

84

 The Isley Brothers

 This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)

85

 Donovan

 Season of the Witch

86

 The Byrds

 Eight Miles High

87

 Peter & Gordon

 Woman

88

 The Kinks

 Sunny Afternoon

89

 Dionne Warwick

 I Never Knew What You Were Up To

90

 The Temptations

 Get Ready

91

 The Beatles

 Got to Get You Into My Life

92

 Wilson Pickett

 Mustang Sally

93

 Buck Owens

 Think of Me

94

 The Beatles

 Good Day Sunshine

95

 The Byrds

 Mr. Spaceman

96

 The Easybeats

 Friday on My Mind

97

 Dionne Warwick

 Trains and Boats and Planes

98

 Sam & Dave

 You Don't Know Like I Know

99

 Sonny & Cher

 Leave Me Be

100

 The Elgins

 Heaven Must Have Sent You

101

 The Beach Boys

 Sloop John B

102

 Barbara Lewis

 Straighten Up Your Heart

103

 Otis Redding

 Try a Little Tenderness

104

 Ray Charles

 Crying Time

105

 Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

 What Now My Love

106

 New Vaudeville Band

 Winchester Cathedral

107

 Sonny & Cher

 But You're Mine

108

 Simon & Garfunkel

 Scarborough Fair/Canticle

109

 Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

 Memories of Madrid

110

 Dionne Warwick

 Go With Love

111

 Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels

 Devil with a Blue Dress

112

 The Swingin' Medallions

 Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)

113

 Bob Dylan

 I Want You

114

 Peter & Gordon

 Lady Godiva

115

 The Temptations

 Beauty Is Only Skin Deep

116

 The Who

 Happy Jack

117

 James Brown

 Ain't That a Groove

118

 Otis Redding

 Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)