Top 1968 Singles Ranked

 

Rank

Artist

Title

1

 Marvin Gaye

 I Heard It Through the Grapevine

2

 Tammy Wynette

 Stand by Your Man

3

 Loretta Lynn

 Fist City

4

 The Doors

 Hello, I Love You

5

 Diana Ross & the Supremes

 Love Child

6

 The Jimi Hendrix Experience

 All Along the Watchtower

7

 Jeannie C. Riley

 Harper Valley P.T.A.

8

 Cream

 Sunshine of Your Love

9

 The Guess Who

 These Eyes

10

 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

 Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing

11

 Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

 This Guy's in Love with You

12

 Cliff Nobles & Co.

 The Horse

13

 The Beatles

 While My Guitar Gently Weeps

14

 Aretha Franklin

 I Say a Little Prayer

15

 Mason Williams

 Classical Gas

16

 Paul Mauriat

 Love Is Blue

17

 The Zombies

 Time of the Season

18

 Classics IV

 Spooky

19

 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

 You're All I Need to Get By

20

 Tammy Wynette

 D-I-V-O-R-C-E

21

 The Doors

 Spanish Caravan

22

 Sly & The Family Stone

 Dance to the Music

23

 Blood, Sweat & Tears

 Spinning Wheel

24

 Bobby Goldsboro

 Honey

25

 Otis Redding

 (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay

26

 Stevie Wonder

 For Once in My Life

27

 Big Brother and the Holding Company

 Piece of My Heart

28

 The Doors

 The Unknown Soldier

29

 Tommy James & The Shondells

 Mony Mony

30

 Steppenwolf

 Born to Be Wild

31

 Dionne Warwick

 Do You Know the Way to San Jose

32

 The Doors

 Five to One

33

 The Monkees

 Daydream Believer

34

 Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner

 Just Between You and Me

35

 Simon & Garfunkel

 Mrs. Robinson

36

 Aretha Franklin

 The House That Jack Built

37

 The Bee Gees

 I Started a Joke

38

 Tammy Wynette

 Forever Yours

39

 José Feliciano

 Light My Fire

40

 Barbara Lewis

 Make Me Your Baby

41

 The Beatles

 Blackbird

42

 Classics IV

 Stormy

43

 The Monkees

 Valleri

44

 B.J. Thomas

 Hooked on a Feeling

45

 Cream

 White Room

46

 Diana Ross & the Supremes

 Some Things You Never Get Used To

47

 Aretha Franklin

 Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby)

48

 The Doors

 We Could Be So Good Together

49

 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

 I Second That Emotion

50

 Iron Butterfly

 In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

51

 Dion

 Abraham, Martin and John

52

 The Bee Gees

 Words

53

 Tammy Wynette

 If I Were a Little Girl

54

 The Rolling Stones

 Jumpin' Jack Flash

55

 Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner

 Put It Off Until Tomorrow

56

 The Foundations

 Build Me Up Buttercup

57

 Dolly Parton

 Just Because I'm a Woman

58

 Rascals

 People Got to Be Free

59

 Diana Ross & the Supremes & The Temptations

 I'm Gonna Make You Love Me

60

 The Turtles

 Elenore

61

 Lemon Pipers

 Green Tambourine

62

 Cat Stevens

 The First Cut Is the Deepest

63

 Archie Bell & the Drells

 Tighten Up

64

 The Moody Blues

 Ride My See-Saw

65

 The Box Tops

 Cry Like a Baby

66

 The Grass Roots

 Midnight Confessions

67

 The Four Tops

 Walk Away Renee

68

 Ennio Morricone

 Farewell to Cheyenne

69

 Cream

 Tales of Brave Ulysses

70

 Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner

 Two Sides to Every Story

71

 Gary Puckett & The Union Gap

 Young Girl

72

 Glen Campbell

 Wichita Lineman

73

 Steppenwolf

 Magic Carpet Ride

74

 The Doors

 Love Street

75

 Ennio Morricone

 Once Upon a Time in the West

76

 The 5th Dimension

 Stoned Soul Picnic

77

 Sam & Dave

 I Thank You

78

 The Temptations

 Cloud Nine

79

 Ennio Morricone

 As a Judgment

80

 Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner

 We'll Get Ahead Someday

81

 Dionne Warwick

 Promises, Promises

82

 The Beatles

 Back in the USSR

83

 Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner

 Holding on to Nothin'

84

 Clarence Carter

 Slip Away

85

 Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner

 The Last Thing on My Mind

86

 Diana Ross & the Supremes

 Forever Came Today

87

 The Bee Gees

 I've Gotta Get a Message to You

88

 Diana Ross & the Supremes

 In and Out of Love

89

 Rascals

 I've Been Lonely Too Long

90

 The Rolling Stones

 Sympathy for the Devil

91

 Deep Purple

 Hush

92

 Aretha Franklin

 Niki Hoeky

93

 Barbara Lewis

 Thankful for What I Got

94

 The Beatles

 Lady Madonna

95

 Tammy Wynette

 It Keeps Slipping My Mind

96

 The Beatles

 Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

97

 The Delfonics

 La - La - Means I Love You

98

 Dionne Warwick

 Valley of the Dolls

99

 The Doors

 Wintertime Love

100

 The Jimi Hendrix Experience

 Crosstown Traffic

101

 Aretha Franklin

 See Saw

102

 The Intruders

 Cowboys to Girls

103

 Johnnie Taylor

 Who's Making Love?

104

 The Beatles

 Glass Onion

105

 The Ohio Express

 Yummy Yummy Yummy

106

 Hugh Masekela

 Grazing in the Grass

107

 The Mamas & The Papas

 Dream a Little Dream of Me

108

 James Brown

 I Got the Feelin'

109

 Tammy Wynette

 Lonely Street

110

 The Bee Gees

 Massachusetts

111

 Sonny & Cher

 Good Combination

112

 Dolly Parton

 You're Gonna Be Sorry

113

 James Taylor

 Carolina in My Mind

114

 Classics IV

 Soul Train

115

 James Brown

 Licking Stick-Licking Stick

116

 Percy Sledge

 Take Time to Know Her

117

 Tammy Wynette

 I'm Only a Woman

118

 Cream

 Crossroads

119

 Tom Jones

 Delilah

120

 The Bee Gees

 Sir Geoffrey Saved the World

121

 Jerry Butler

 Hey, Western Union Man

122

 Tammy Wynette

 My Arms Stay Open Late

123

 Jerry Butler

 Only the Strong Survive

124

 The Beatles

 Why Don't We Do It in the Road?

125

 Shorty Long

 Devil With the Blue Dress

126

 The Temptations

 I Wish It Would Rain