Greatest Songs of the 1960s | The Greatest Music

Rank	Song	Artist	Year
#1	I Heard It Through the Grapevine	Marvin Gaye	1968
#2	God Only Knows	The Beach Boys	1966
#3	Be My Baby	The Ronettes	1963
#6	Like a Rolling Stone	Bob Dylan	1965
#7	Good Vibrations	The Beach Boys	1966
#10	Respect	Aretha Franklin	1967
#13	Waterloo Sunset	The Kinks	1967
#14	Hey Jude	The Beatles	1968
#15	I Want You Back	The Jacksons	1969
#19	Suspicious Minds	Elvis Presley	1969
#20	Louie Louie	The Kingsmen	1963
#22	You Really Got Me	The Kinks	1964
#26	Strawberry Fields Forever	The Beatles	1967
#30	My Generation	The Who	1965
#31	A Change Is Gonna Come	Sam Cooke	1964
#33	Eleanor Rigby	The Beatles	1966
#34	Stand by Me	Ben E. King	1962
#35	Whole Lotta Love	Led Zeppelin	1969
#36	Yesterday	The Beatles	1965
#37	Something	The Beatles	1969
#39	The Weight	The Band	1968
#42	A Day in the Life	The Beatles	1967
#44	Eight Miles High	The Byrds	1966
#45	Paint It Black	The Rolling Stones	1966
#46	(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay	Otis Redding	1964
#49	All Along the Watchtower	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	1968
#51	Gimme Shelter	The Rolling Stones	1969
#58	Proud Mary	Creedence Clearwater Revival	1969
#59	I Want to Hold Your Hand	The Beatles	1963
#61	Sympathy for the Devil	The Rolling Stones	1968
#63	Jumpin' Jack Flash	The Rolling Stones	1968
#65	Suzanne	Leonard Cohen	1967
#67	I Wanna Be Your Dog	The Stooges	1969
#69	Subterranean Homesick Blues	Bob Dylan	1965
#72	Space Oddity	David Bowie	1969
#76	Wouldn't It Be Nice	The Beach Boys	1966
#84	White Rabbit	Jefferson Airplane	1967
#86	Penny Lane	The Beatles	1967
#87	(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction	The Rolling Stones	1965
#89	Dancing in the Street	Martha Reeves and the Vandellas	1964
#93	In My Life	The Beatles	1965
#96	Ring of Fire	Johnny Cash	1963
#98	A Whiter Shade of Pale	Procol Harum	1967
#102	Crying	Roy Orbison	1961
#103	My Girl	The Temptations	1964
#106	Venus in Furs	The Velvet Underground	1967
#110	Alone Again Or	Love	1967
#115	What a Wonderful World	Louis Armstrong	1967
#126	Reach Out I'll Be There	Four Tops	1967
#130	Green Onions	Booker T. & the MG's	1962
#132	Stop! In the Name of Love	The Supremes	1965
#133	She Loves You	The Beatles	1963
#136	You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'	The Righteous Brothers	1964
#137	Leader of the Pack	The Shangri‐Las	1964
#138	The Tracks of My Tears	The Miracles	1965
#141	Wichita Lineman	Glen Campbell	1968
#142	Gloria	Them	1964
#148	Walk On By	Dionne Warwick	1964
#150	Crazy	Patsy Cline	1961
#152	People Get Ready	The Impressions	1965
#157	The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down	The Band	1969
#159	Wild Thing	The Troggs	1966
#160	Little Wing	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	1967
#163	Son of a Preacher Man	Dusty Springfield	1968
#166	Light My Fire	The Doors	1967
#167	The Times They Are A‐Changin'	Bob Dylan	1964
#169	I Say a Little Prayer	Aretha Franklin	1968
#170	In the Ghetto	Elvis Presley	1969
#172	Mr. Tambourine Man	The Byrds	1965
#176	Suite: Judy Blue Eyes	Crosby, Stills & Nash	1969
#194	Georgia on My Mind	Ray Charles	1960
#201	Kick Out The Jams	MC5	1969
#207	I Walk the Line	Johnny Cash	1969
#217	Da Doo Ron Ron	The Crystals	1963
#221	All I Have to Do Is Dream	The Everly Brothers	1965
#222	Visions of Johanna	Bob Dylan	1966
#233	Many Rivers to Cross	Jimmy Cliff	1969
#238	You Keep Me Hangin' On	The Supremes	1966
#240	Will You Love Me Tomorrow	The Shirelles	1960
#242	What'd I Say	Ray Charles	1965
#247	(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman	Aretha Franklin	1967
#249	Ode to Billie Joe	Bobbie Gentry	1967
#250	See Emily Play	Pink Floyd	1967
#251	96 Tears	? and the Mysterians	1966
#252	Sunny Afternoon	The Kinks	1966
#255	I Want You	Bob Dylan	1966
#261	Masters Of War	Bob Dylan	1963
#263	Street Fighting Man	The Rolling Stones	1968
#274	For What It's Worth	Buffalo Springfield	1966
#277	Hey Joe	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	1966
#280	Mrs. Robinson	Simon & Garfunkel	1968
#282	Honky Tonk Women	The Rolling Stones	1969
#283	I Am the Walrus	The Beatles	1967
#287	Who Knows Where the Time Goes?	Fairport Convention	1969
#288	Spoonful	Howlin' Wolf	1960
#289	Born to Be Wild	Steppenwolf	1968
#290	Dance to the Music	Sly & the Family Stone	1967
#291	Everyday People	Sly & the Family Stone	1968
#292	Come Together	The Beatles	1969
#304	Where Did Our Love Go	The Supremes	1964

#1

I Heard It Through the Grapevine

Marvin Gaye

1968

#2

God Only Knows

The Beach Boys

1966

#3

Be My Baby

The Ronettes

1963