POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 21, 1968
1

Harper Valley P.T.A.

Jeannie C. Riley

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 13 wks • Prev: 2

2

People Got To Be Free

The Rascals

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 14 wks • Prev: 1

3

Hey Jude

The Beatles

↑ 7

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 10

4

Hush

Deep Purple

↑ 4

Peak: 4 • 10 wks • Prev: 8

5

1, 2, 3, Red Light

1910 Fruitgum Co.

—

Peak: 5 • 13 wks • Prev: 5

6

Light My Fire

Jose Feliciano

↓ 3

Peak: 3 • 12 wks • Prev: 3

7

Born To Be Wild

Steppenwolf

↓ 3

Peak: 2 • 13 wks • Prev: 4

8

The Fool On The Hill

Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66

↑ 3

Peak: 6 • 12 wks • Prev: 11

9

I've Gotta Get A Message To You

Bee Gees

↑ 14

Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 23

10

The House That Jack Built

Aretha Franklin

↓ 4

Peak: 6 • 9 wks • Prev: 6

11

Time Has Come Today

The Chambers Brothers

↑ 16

Peak: 11 • 14 wks • Prev: 27

12

Revolution

The Beatles

↑ 26

Peak: 12 • 11 wks • Prev: 38

13

Slip Away

Clarence Carter

↑ 4

Peak: 6 • 16 wks • Prev: 17

14

I Say A Little Prayer

Aretha Franklin

—

Peak: 10 • 11 wks • Prev: 14

15

Fire

The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown

↑ 45

Peak: 2 • 13 wks • Prev: 60

16

Girl Watcher

The O'Kaysions

↑ 2

Peak: 5 • 14 wks • Prev: 18

17

You're All I Need To Get By

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

↓ 10

Peak: 7 • 12 wks • Prev: 7

18

On The Road Again

Canned Heat

↑ 6

Peak: 16 • 11 wks • Prev: 24

19

My Special Angel

The Vogues

↑ 38

Peak: 7 • 10 wks • Prev: 57

20

Do It Again

The Beach Boys

—

Peak: 20 • 10 wks • Prev: 20

21

Midnight Confessions

The Grass Roots

↑ 31

Peak: 5 • 15 wks • Prev: 52

22

You Keep Me Hangin' On

The Vanilla Fudge

↓ 10

Peak: 6 • 17 wks • Prev: 12

23

Hello, I Love You

The Doors

↓ 14

Peak: 1 • 12 wks • Prev: 9

24

Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)

The Moody Blues

↑ 5

Peak: 24 • 11 wks • Prev: 29

25

Sunshine Of Your Love

Cream

↓ 12

Peak: 5 • 26 wks • Prev: 13

26

Magic Bus

The Who

—

Peak: 25 • 9 wks • Prev: 26

27

Little Green Apples

O.C. Smith

↑ 14

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 41

28

Love Makes A Woman

Barbara Acklin

↓ 7

Peak: 15 • 12 wks • Prev: 21

29

(The Lament Of The Cherokee) Indian Reservation

Don Fardon

↑ 30

Peak: 20 • 9 wks • Prev: 59

30

Classical Gas

Mason Williams

↓ 8

Peak: 2 • 14 wks • Prev: 22

31

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

James Brown

—

Peak: 10 • 11 wks • Prev: 31

32

Turn Around, Look At Me

The Vogues

↓ 17

Peak: 7 • 15 wks • Prev: 15

33

Down At Lulu's

Ohio Express

↑ 1

Peak: 33 • 9 wks • Prev: 34

34

Special Occasion

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

↑ 3

Peak: 26 • 9 wks • Prev: 37

35

Sealed With A Kiss

Gary Lewis And The Playboys

↓ 10

Peak: 19 • 14 wks • Prev: 25

36

Stay In My Corner

The Dells

↓ 17

Peak: 10 • 13 wks • Prev: 19

37

I Can't Stop Dancing

Archie Bell & The Drells

↓ 21

Peak: 9 • 10 wks • Prev: 16

38

Hip City - Pt. 2

Jr. Walker & The All Stars

↑ 1

Peak: 31 • 11 wks • Prev: 39

39

Who Is Gonna Love Me?

Dionne Warwick

↑ 10

Peak: 33 • 9 wks • Prev: 49

40

The Snake

Al Wilson

↑ 4

Peak: 27 • 10 wks • Prev: 44

41

The Eyes Of A New York Woman

B.J. Thomas

↓ 13

Peak: 28 • 14 wks • Prev: 28

42

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

↑ 16

Peak: 30 • 17 wks • Prev: 58

43

Girls Can't Do What The Guys Do

Betty Wright

↓ 10

Peak: 33 • 8 wks • Prev: 33

44

Suzie Q. (Part One)

Creedence Clearwater Revival

↑ 44

Peak: 11 • 12 wks • Prev: 88

45

Piece Of My Heart

Big Brother And The Holding Company

↑ 11

Peak: 12 • 12 wks • Prev: 56

46

Brown Eyed Woman

Bill Medley

—

Peak: 43 • 11 wks • Prev: 46

47

Baby, Come Back

The Equals

↑ 19

Peak: 32 • 9 wks • Prev: 66

48

Help Yourself

Tom Jones

—

Peak: 35 • 8 wks • Prev: 48

49

Give A Damn

Spanky And Our Gang

↓ 6

Peak: 43 • 8 wks • Prev: 43

50

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

Martha Reeves & The Vandellas

↓ 8

Peak: 42 • 8 wks • Prev: 42

51

To Wait For Love

Herb Alpert

↑ 3

Peak: 51 • 6 wks • Prev: 54

52

Morning Dew

Lulu

↑ 1

Peak: 52 • 8 wks • Prev: 53

53

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

Eddie Floyd

↓ 13

Peak: 40 • 9 wks • Prev: 40

54

Over You

Gary Puckett And The Union Gap

★ NEW

Peak: 7 • 11 wks

55

Listen Here

Eddie Harris

—

Peak: 45 • 13 wks • Prev: 55

56

The Weight

Jackie DeShannon

↑ 5

Peak: 55 • 8 wks • Prev: 61

57

Street Fighting Man

The Rolling Stones

↑ 6

Peak: 48 • 6 wks • Prev: 63

58

Six Man Band

The Association

↓ 11

Peak: 47 • 6 wks • Prev: 47

59

I Wish It Would Rain

Gladys Knight And The Pips

↓ 14

Peak: 41 • 10 wks • Prev: 45

60

Hey, Western Union Man

Jerry Butler

↑ 4

Peak: 16 • 13 wks • Prev: 64

61

Down On Me

Big Brother And The Holding Company

↑ 7

Peak: 43 • 8 wks • Prev: 68

62

Workin' On A Groovy Thing

Patti Drew

—

Peak: 62 • 11 wks • Prev: 62

63

Shape Of Things To Come

Max Frost And The Troopers

↑ 21

Peak: 22 • 12 wks • Prev: 84

64

Break Your Promise

The Delfonics

↑ 1

Peak: 35 • 10 wks • Prev: 65

65

(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me

Dionne Warwick

↑ 4

Peak: 65 • 5 wks • Prev: 69

66

All Along The Watchtower

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

★ NEW

Peak: 20 • 9 wks

67

Barefoot In Baltimore

Strawberry Alarm Clock

—

Peak: 67 • 4 wks • Prev: 67

68

I Met Her In Church

The Box Tops

↑ 12

Peak: 37 • 6 wks • Prev: 80

69

Down Here On The Ground

Lou Rawls

↑ 3

Peak: 69 • 5 wks • Prev: 72

70

The Weight

The Band

—

Peak: 63 • 7 wks • Prev: 70

71

My Way Of Life

Frank Sinatra

—

Peak: 64 • 6 wks • Prev: 71

72

Chained

Marvin Gaye

↑ 7

Peak: 32 • 10 wks • Prev: 79

73

Fly Me To The Moon

Bobby Womack

—

Peak: 52 • 13 wks • Prev: 73

74

Unchained Melody

The Sweet Inspirations

—

Peak: 73 • 5 wks • Prev: 74

75

Private Number

Judy Clay & William Bell

—

Peak: 75 • 6 wks • Prev: 75

76

That Kind Of Woman

Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts

—

Peak: 76 • 6 wks • Prev: 76

77

Fool For You

The Impressions

—

Peak: 22 • 12 wks • Prev: 77

78

Don't Change Your Love

Five Stairsteps & Cubie

—

Peak: 59 • 9 wks • Prev: 78

79

Gentle On My Mind

Glen Campbell

↑ 10

Peak: 39 • 16 wks • Prev: 89

80

Naturally Stoned

The Avant-Garde

↑ 1

Peak: 40 • 10 wks • Prev: 81

81

For The Love Of Ivy

The Mamas & The Papas

↑ 10

Peak: 81 • 5 wks • Prev: 91

82

The Mule

The James Boys

—

Peak: 82 • 4 wks • Prev: 82

83

Do What You Gotta Do

Bobby Vee

—

Peak: 83 • 4 wks • Prev: 83

84

Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye

Eddy Arnold

↑ 1

Peak: 84 • 4 wks • Prev: 85

85

Shoot'em Up, Baby

Andy Kim

↑ 1

Peak: 31 • 10 wks • Prev: 86

86

Poor Baby

The Cowsills

↑ 1

Peak: 44 • 6 wks • Prev: 87

87

I Found A True Love

Wilson Pickett

★ NEW

Peak: 42 • 7 wks

88

Horse Fever

Cliff Nobles & Co.

↑ 11

Peak: 68 • 5 wks • Prev: 99

89

Light My Fire

The Doors

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 90

90

Hold Me Tight

Johnny Nash

↑ 8

Peak: 5 • 15 wks • Prev: 98

91

The Funky Judge

Bull & The Matadors

↑ 1

Peak: 39 • 14 wks • Prev: 92

92

The Biplane, Ever More

The Irish Rovers

↑ 4

Peak: 91 • 5 wks • Prev: 96

93

San Francisco Girls (Return of the Native)

Fever Tree

★ NEW

Peak: 91 • 6 wks

94

There Was A Time

Gene Chandler

★ NEW

Peak: 82 • 3 wks

95

Battle Of New Orleans

Harpers Bizarre

★ NEW

Peak: 95 • 2 wks

96

The Choice

The O'Jays

★ NEW

Peak: 94 • 3 wks

97

Elenore

The Turtles

★ NEW

Peak: 6 • 12 wks

98

Tomboy

Ronnie Dove

★ NEW

Peak: 96 • 3 wks

99

I Love You Madly

Fantastic Four

★ NEW

Peak: 56 • 9 wks

100

Court Of Love

The Unifics

★ NEW

Peak: 25 • 9 wks

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