POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 7, 1968
1

People Got To Be Free

The Rascals

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Peak: 1 • 14 wks • Prev: 1

2

Born To Be Wild

Steppenwolf

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Peak: 2 • 13 wks • Prev: 2

3

Light My Fire

Jose Feliciano

—

Peak: 3 • 12 wks • Prev: 3

4

Harper Valley P.T.A.

Jeannie C. Riley

↑ 3

Peak: 1 • 13 wks • Prev: 7

5

Hello, I Love You

The Doors

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 12 wks • Prev: 4

6

The House That Jack Built

Aretha Franklin

↑ 14

Peak: 6 • 9 wks • Prev: 20

7

1, 2, 3, Red Light

1910 Fruitgum Co.

↑ 5

Peak: 5 • 13 wks • Prev: 12

8

You're All I Need To Get By

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

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Peak: 7 • 12 wks • Prev: 8

9

I Can't Stop Dancing

Archie Bell & The Drells

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Peak: 9 • 10 wks • Prev: 9

10

Stay In My Corner

The Dells

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Peak: 10 • 13 wks • Prev: 10

11

Sunshine Of Your Love

Cream

↓ 6

Peak: 5 • 26 wks • Prev: 5

12

You Keep Me Hangin' On

The Vanilla Fudge

↓ 6

Peak: 6 • 17 wks • Prev: 6

13

Hush

Deep Purple

↑ 1

Peak: 4 • 10 wks • Prev: 14

14

Turn Around, Look At Me

The Vogues

↓ 3

Peak: 7 • 15 wks • Prev: 11

15

Love Makes A Woman

Barbara Acklin

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Peak: 15 • 12 wks • Prev: 15

16

Classical Gas

Mason Williams

↓ 3

Peak: 2 • 14 wks • Prev: 13

17

The Fool On The Hill

Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66

↑ 1

Peak: 6 • 12 wks • Prev: 18

18

Slip Away

Clarence Carter

↑ 11

Peak: 6 • 16 wks • Prev: 29

19

Journey To The Center Of The Mind

The Amboy Dukes

↓ 3

Peak: 16 • 12 wks • Prev: 16

20

Soul-Limbo

Booker T. & The MG's

↓ 3

Peak: 17 • 10 wks • Prev: 17

21

Sealed With A Kiss

Gary Lewis And The Playboys

↓ 2

Peak: 19 • 14 wks • Prev: 19

22

Do It Again

The Beach Boys

↑ 2

Peak: 20 • 10 wks • Prev: 24

23

I Say A Little Prayer

Aretha Franklin

↑ 2

Peak: 10 • 11 wks • Prev: 25

24

Stoned Soul Picnic

The 5th Dimension

↓ 2

Peak: 3 • 16 wks • Prev: 22

25

Dream A Little Dream Of Me

Mama Cass With The Mamas & The Papas

↓ 4

Peak: 12 • 11 wks • Prev: 21

26

Please Return Your Love To Me

The Temptations

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Peak: 26 • 7 wks • Prev: 26

27

Magic Bus

The Who

↑ 5

Peak: 25 • 9 wks • Prev: 32

28

Mr. Businessman

Ray Stevens

↑ 5

Peak: 28 • 7 wks • Prev: 33

29

Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)

The Moody Blues

↑ 8

Peak: 24 • 11 wks • Prev: 37

30

I've Gotta Get A Message To You

Bee Gees

↑ 12

Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 42

31

Pictures Of Matchstick Men

The Status Quo

↓ 3

Peak: 12 • 17 wks • Prev: 28

32

The Eyes Of A New York Woman

B.J. Thomas

↑ 2

Peak: 28 • 14 wks • Prev: 34

33

Girls Can't Do What The Guys Do

Betty Wright

↑ 18

Peak: 33 • 8 wks • Prev: 51

34

I Get The Sweetest Feeling

Jackie Wilson

↑ 1

Peak: 34 • 8 wks • Prev: 35

35

On The Road Again

Canned Heat

↑ 11

Peak: 16 • 11 wks • Prev: 46

36

Down At Lulu's

Ohio Express

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Peak: 33 • 9 wks • Prev: 36

37

Special Occasion

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

↑ 2

Peak: 26 • 9 wks • Prev: 39

38

Girl Watcher

The O'Kaysions

↑ 22

Peak: 5 • 14 wks • Prev: 60

39

Alice Long (You're Still My Favorite Girlfriend)

Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart

↓ 12

Peak: 27 • 10 wks • Prev: 27

40

I've Never Found A Girl (To Love Me Like You Do)

Eddie Floyd

↑ 1

Peak: 40 • 9 wks • Prev: 41

41

Hurdy Gurdy Man

Donovan

↓ 18

Peak: 5 • 12 wks • Prev: 23

42

I Can't Dance To That Music You're Playin'

Martha Reeves & The Vandellas

↑ 2

Peak: 42 • 8 wks • Prev: 44

43

Give A Damn

Spanky And Our Gang

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Peak: 43 • 8 wks • Prev: 43

44

The Snake

Al Wilson

↑ 21

Peak: 27 • 10 wks • Prev: 65

45

Little Green Apples

O.C. Smith

↑ 24

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 69

46

Hip City - Pt. 2

Jr. Walker & The All Stars

↑ 4

Peak: 31 • 11 wks • Prev: 50

47

Brown Eyed Woman

Bill Medley

↑ 2

Peak: 43 • 11 wks • Prev: 49

48

Six Man Band

The Association

↑ 9

Peak: 47 • 6 wks • Prev: 57

49

I Wish It Would Rain

Gladys Knight And The Pips

↑ 9

Peak: 41 • 10 wks • Prev: 58

50

Help Yourself

Tom Jones

↑ 17

Peak: 35 • 8 wks • Prev: 67

51

Time Has Come Today

The Chambers Brothers

↑ 20

Peak: 11 • 14 wks • Prev: 71

52

Who Is Gonna Love Me?

Dionne Warwick

↑ 1

Peak: 33 • 9 wks • Prev: 53

53

Morning Dew

Lulu

↑ 6

Peak: 52 • 8 wks • Prev: 59

54

And Suddenly

The Cherry People

↓ 9

Peak: 45 • 8 wks • Prev: 45

55

Can't You Find Another Way (Of Doing It)

Sam & Dave

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Peak: 54 • 6 wks • Prev: 55

56

To Wait For Love

Herb Alpert

↑ 7

Peak: 51 • 6 wks • Prev: 63

57

Listen Here

Eddie Harris

↑ 5

Peak: 45 • 13 wks • Prev: 62

58

Keep The One You Got

Joe Tex

↓ 6

Peak: 52 • 5 wks • Prev: 52

59

Piece Of My Heart

Big Brother And The Holding Company

↑ 21

Peak: 12 • 12 wks • Prev: 80

60

Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud (Part 1)

James Brown

★ NEW

Peak: 10 • 11 wks

61

(The Lament Of The Cherokee) Indian Reservation

Don Fardon

↑ 11

Peak: 20 • 9 wks • Prev: 72

62

My Special Angel

The Vogues

★ NEW

Peak: 7 • 10 wks

63

Workin' On A Groovy Thing

Patti Drew

↑ 7

Peak: 62 • 11 wks • Prev: 70

64

Midnight Confessions

The Grass Roots

↑ 10

Peak: 5 • 15 wks • Prev: 74

65

The Weight

Jackie DeShannon

↑ 3

Peak: 55 • 8 wks • Prev: 68

66

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

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Peak: 30 • 17 wks • Prev: 66

67

Barefoot In Baltimore

Strawberry Alarm Clock

↑ 8

Peak: 67 • 4 wks • Prev: 75

68

I Loved And I Lost

The Impressions

↓ 7

Peak: 61 • 8 wks • Prev: 61

69

Down On Me

Big Brother And The Holding Company

↑ 7

Peak: 43 • 8 wks • Prev: 76

70

(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me

Dionne Warwick

↑ 15

Peak: 65 • 5 wks • Prev: 85

71

Break Your Promise

The Delfonics

↑ 15

Peak: 35 • 10 wks • Prev: 86

72

Baby, Come Back

The Equals

★ NEW

Peak: 32 • 9 wks

73

Fly Me To The Moon

Bobby Womack

↑ 9

Peak: 52 • 13 wks • Prev: 82

74

Down Here On The Ground

Lou Rawls

↑ 5

Peak: 69 • 5 wks • Prev: 79

75

Private Number

Judy Clay & William Bell

↑ 6

Peak: 75 • 6 wks • Prev: 81

76

The Weight

The Band

↑ 8

Peak: 63 • 7 wks • Prev: 84

77

Unchained Melody

The Sweet Inspirations

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Peak: 73 • 5 wks • Prev: 77

78

My Way Of Life

Frank Sinatra

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Peak: 64 • 6 wks • Prev: 78

79

Hey, Western Union Man

Jerry Butler

↑ 4

Peak: 16 • 13 wks • Prev: 83

80

That Kind Of Woman

Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts

↑ 9

Peak: 76 • 6 wks • Prev: 89

81

Fire

The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown

★ NEW

Peak: 2 • 13 wks

82

The Mule

The James Boys

↑ 8

Peak: 82 • 4 wks • Prev: 90

83

Don't Change Your Love

Five Stairsteps & Cubie

↑ 5

Peak: 59 • 9 wks • Prev: 88

84

Street Fighting Man

The Rolling Stones

★ NEW

Peak: 48 • 6 wks

85

Do What You Gotta Do

Bobby Vee

↑ 2

Peak: 83 • 4 wks • Prev: 87

86

If Love Is In Your Heart

Friend And Lover

↑ 11

Peak: 86 • 2 wks • Prev: 97

87

Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye

Eddy Arnold

★ NEW

Peak: 84 • 4 wks

88

Shoot'em Up, Baby

Andy Kim

★ NEW

Peak: 31 • 10 wks

89

Naturally Stoned

The Avant-Garde

↑ 11

Peak: 40 • 10 wks • Prev: 100

90

Shape Of Things To Come

Max Frost And The Troopers

★ NEW

Peak: 22 • 12 wks

91

Light My Fire

The Doors

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Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 91

92

Suzie Q. (Part One)

Creedence Clearwater Revival

★ NEW

Peak: 11 • 12 wks

93

The Funky Judge

Bull & The Matadors

—

Peak: 39 • 14 wks • Prev: 93

94

The Woman I Love

B.B. King

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Peak: 94 • 3 wks • Prev: 94

95

Sally Had A Party

Flavor

★ NEW

Peak: 95 • 5 wks

96

Help Yourself (To All Of My Lovin')

James & Bobby Purify

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Peak: 94 • 3 wks • Prev: 96

97

She's About A Mover

Otis Clay

↑ 2

Peak: 97 • 3 wks • Prev: 99

98

Since You've Been Gone

Ramsey Lewis

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Peak: 98 • 2 wks • Prev: 98

99

Fool For You

The Impressions

★ NEW

Peak: 22 • 12 wks

100

Lady Madonna

Fats Domino

★ NEW

Peak: 100 • 2 wks

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