Below is a list from Billboard magazine’s Top ear-End Hot 100 songs for 1969. Chart © by Billboard, a part of MRC Media and Info, a division of MRC. All Rights Reserved. Learn more about Billboard here.
Top 100 Songs of 1969
1Everyday People – Sly and The Family Stone
2I Can’t Get Next to You – The Temptations
3Hot Fun In the Summertime – Sly and The Family Stone
4(It Looks Like) I’ll Never Fall In Love Again – Tom Jones
5Build Me Up Buttercup – The Foundations
6Crimson and Clover – Tommy James and The Shondells
7One – Three Dog Night
8Crystal Blue Persuasion – Tommy James and The Shondells
9Hair – The Cowsills
10Too Busy Thinking About My Baby – Marvin Gaye
11Love Theme from “Romeo and Juliet” – Henry Mancini and His Orchestra
12Grazing In the Grass – The Friends Of Distinction
13Proud Mary – Creedence Clearwater Revival
14Suspicious Minds – Elvis Presley
15What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) – Jr. Walker & The All Stars
16Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
17It’s Your Thing – The Isley Brothers
18Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival
19Get Back – The Beatles
20In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus) – Zager and Evans
21Spinning Wheel – Blood, Sweat and Tears
22Baby, I Love You – Andy Kim
23Going In Circles – The Friends Of Distinction
24Hurt So Bad – The Lettermen
25Green River – Creedence Clearwater Revival
26My Cherie Amour – Stevie Wonder
27A Boy Named Sue – Johnny Cash
28Baby, Baby Don’t Cry – Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
29Only the Strong Survive – Jerry Butler
30Time of the Season – The Zombies
31Wedding Bell Blues – The Fifth Dimension
32Little Woman – Bobby Sherman
33Good Morning Starshine – Oliver
34These Eyes – The Guess Who
35Do Your Thing, The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
36More Today Than Yesterday – The Spiral Starecase
More 64 Top Songs of 1969
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- Sugar, Sugar – The Archies
- Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In – The Fifth Dimension
- Honky Tonk Women – The Rolling Stones
- Dizzy – Tommy Roe
- Get Together – The Youngbloods
- Jean – Oliver
- Easy to Be Hard – Three Dog Night
- Baby It’s You – Smith
- In the Ghetto – Elvis Presley
- Love Can Make You Happy – Mercy
- You’ve Made Me So Very Happy – Blood, Sweat and Tears
- Put a Little Love In Your Heart – Jackie DeShannon
- I’d Wait a Million Years – The Grass Roots
- Touch Me – The Doors
- I’ve Gotta Be Me – Sammy Davis Jr.
- Lay, Lady, Lay – Bob Dylan
- Atlantis – Donovan
- Traces – Dennis Yost and The Classics IV
- It’s Getting Better – Mama Cass Elliot
- This Magic Moment – Jay and The Americans
- Runaway Child, Running Wild – The Temptations
- Hawaii Five-O – The Ventures
- Galveston – Glen Campbell
- I’m Gonna Make You Mine – Lou Christie
- Gitarzan – Ray Stevens
- Can I Change My Mind – Tyrone Davis
- Time Is Tight – Booker T and The MG’s
- This Girl’s In Love With You – Dionne Warwick
- Color Him Father – The Winstons
- Black Pearl – Sonny Charles and The Checkmates, Ltd.
- Indian Giver – The 1910 Fruitgum Company
- Mother Popcorn, Pt. 1 – James Brown
- Twenty Five Miles – Edwin Starr
- Things I’d Like To Say – New Colony Six
- When I Die – Motherlode
- That’s the Way Love Is – Marvin Gaye
- Everybody’s Talkin’ (From “Midnight Cowboy”) – Nilsson
- Worst That Could Happen – The Brooklyn Bridge
- The Chokin’ Kind – Joe Simon
- Smile a Little Smile for Me – The Flying Machine
- Polk Salad Annie – Tony Joe White
- Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town – Kenny Rogers and The First Edition
- Games People Play – Joe South
- You Showed Me – The Turtles
- Tracy – The Cuff Links
- Oh, What a Night – The Dells
- Something – The Beatles
- This Girl is a Woman Now – Gary Puckett and The Union Gap
- Come Together – The Beatles
- Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man – The Bob Seger System
- I’m Gonna Make You Love Me – Diana Ross and The Supremes
- I Heard It Through the Grapevine – Marvin Gaye
- Gimme Gimme Good Lovin’ – Crazy Elephant
- Hang ‘Em High – Booker T and The MG’s
- Your Good Thing (Is About to End) – Lou Rawls
- Baby, I’m for Real – The Originals
- Oh Happy Day – Edwin Hawkins Singers
- Love Me Tonight – Tom Jones
- Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon – Paul Revere and The Raiders
- Laughing – The Guess Who
- My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me) – David Ruffin
- Soul Deep – The Box Tops
- Hooked On a Feeling – B.J. Thomas
- Sweet Cream Ladies, Forward March – The Box Tops
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Top 100 Songs of 1969 – Final Thoughts
The year 1969 marked the end of a tumultuous decade, and the music of the time reflected the era’s political and cultural upheaval. The top 100 songs of 1969 encompassed a wide range of genres, from rock and pop to soul and R&B. It was a year of musical innovation, with artists experimenting with new sounds and pushing boundaries.
The Vietnam War was a dominant theme in many of the songs, while others explored themes of love, loss, and social change. Looking back, the top 100 songs of 1969 remain a testament to the power of music to reflect and shape the times in which it is created.