POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 28, 1968
1

Hey Jude

The Beatles

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 3

2

Harper Valley P.T.A.

Jeannie C. Riley

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 13 wks • Prev: 1

3

People Got To Be Free

The Rascals

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 14 wks • Prev: 2

4

Hush

Deep Purple

—

Peak: 4 • 10 wks • Prev: 4

5

Fire

The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown

↑ 10

Peak: 2 • 13 wks • Prev: 15

6

The Fool On The Hill

Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66

↑ 2

Peak: 6 • 12 wks • Prev: 8

7

1, 2, 3, Red Light

1910 Fruitgum Co.

↓ 2

Peak: 5 • 13 wks • Prev: 5

8

I've Gotta Get A Message To You

Bee Gees

↑ 1

Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 9

9

Girl Watcher

The O'Kaysions

↑ 7

Peak: 5 • 14 wks • Prev: 16

10

Slip Away

Clarence Carter

↑ 3

Peak: 6 • 16 wks • Prev: 13

11

Time Has Come Today

The Chambers Brothers

—

Peak: 11 • 14 wks • Prev: 11

12

Revolution

The Beatles

—

Peak: 12 • 11 wks • Prev: 12

13

The House That Jack Built

Aretha Franklin

↓ 3

Peak: 6 • 9 wks • Prev: 10

14

I Say A Little Prayer

Aretha Franklin

—

Peak: 10 • 11 wks • Prev: 14

15

Born To Be Wild

Steppenwolf

↓ 8

Peak: 2 • 13 wks • Prev: 7

16

On The Road Again

Canned Heat

↑ 2

Peak: 16 • 11 wks • Prev: 18

17

Light My Fire

Jose Feliciano

↓ 11

Peak: 3 • 12 wks • Prev: 6

18

Midnight Confessions

The Grass Roots

↑ 3

Peak: 5 • 15 wks • Prev: 21

19

My Special Angel

The Vogues

—

Peak: 7 • 10 wks • Prev: 19

20

Little Green Apples

O.C. Smith

↑ 7

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 27

21

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

James Brown

↑ 10

Peak: 10 • 11 wks • Prev: 31

22

You're All I Need To Get By

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

↓ 5

Peak: 7 • 12 wks • Prev: 17

23

You Keep Me Hangin' On

The Vanilla Fudge

↓ 1

Peak: 6 • 17 wks • Prev: 22

24

Piece Of My Heart

Big Brother And The Holding Company

↑ 21

Peak: 12 • 12 wks • Prev: 45

25

Magic Bus

The Who

↑ 1

Peak: 25 • 9 wks • Prev: 26

26

Special Occasion

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

↑ 8

Peak: 26 • 9 wks • Prev: 34

27

Suzie Q. (Part One)

Creedence Clearwater Revival

↑ 17

Peak: 11 • 12 wks • Prev: 44

28

(The Lament Of The Cherokee) Indian Reservation

Don Fardon

↑ 1

Peak: 20 • 9 wks • Prev: 29

29

Over You

Gary Puckett And The Union Gap

↑ 25

Peak: 7 • 11 wks • Prev: 54

30

The Snake

Al Wilson

↑ 10

Peak: 27 • 10 wks • Prev: 40

31

All Along The Watchtower

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

↑ 35

Peak: 20 • 9 wks • Prev: 66

32

Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)

The Moody Blues

↓ 8

Peak: 24 • 11 wks • Prev: 24

33

Who Is Gonna Love Me?

Dionne Warwick

↑ 6

Peak: 33 • 9 wks • Prev: 39

34

Baby, Come Back

The Equals

↑ 13

Peak: 32 • 9 wks • Prev: 47

35

Hip City - Pt. 2

Jr. Walker & The All Stars

↑ 3

Peak: 31 • 11 wks • Prev: 38

36

Shape Of Things To Come

Max Frost And The Troopers

↑ 27

Peak: 22 • 12 wks • Prev: 63

37

Love Makes A Woman

Barbara Acklin

↓ 9

Peak: 15 • 12 wks • Prev: 28

38

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

↑ 4

Peak: 30 • 17 wks • Prev: 42

39

Do It Again

The Beach Boys

↓ 19

Peak: 20 • 10 wks • Prev: 20

40

Down At Lulu's

Ohio Express

↓ 7

Peak: 33 • 9 wks • Prev: 33

41

I Wish It Would Rain

Gladys Knight And The Pips

↑ 18

Peak: 41 • 10 wks • Prev: 59

42

Hey, Western Union Man

Jerry Butler

↑ 18

Peak: 16 • 13 wks • Prev: 60

43

I Met Her In Church

The Box Tops

↑ 25

Peak: 37 • 6 wks • Prev: 68

44

Break Your Promise

The Delfonics

↑ 20

Peak: 35 • 10 wks • Prev: 64

45

Listen Here

Eddie Harris

↑ 10

Peak: 45 • 13 wks • Prev: 55

46

Brown Eyed Woman

Bill Medley

—

Peak: 43 • 11 wks • Prev: 46

47

Down On Me

Big Brother And The Holding Company

↑ 14

Peak: 43 • 8 wks • Prev: 61

48

Help Yourself

Tom Jones

—

Peak: 35 • 8 wks • Prev: 48

49

I Found A True Love

Wilson Pickett

↑ 38

Peak: 42 • 7 wks • Prev: 87

50

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

Martha Reeves & The Vandellas

—

Peak: 42 • 8 wks • Prev: 50

51

To Wait For Love

Herb Alpert

—

Peak: 51 • 6 wks • Prev: 51

52

Chained

Marvin Gaye

↑ 20

Peak: 32 • 10 wks • Prev: 72

53

Poor Baby

The Cowsills

↑ 33

Peak: 44 • 6 wks • Prev: 86

54

Elenore

The Turtles

↑ 43

Peak: 6 • 12 wks • Prev: 97

55

The Weight

Jackie DeShannon

↑ 1

Peak: 55 • 8 wks • Prev: 56

56

Street Fighting Man

The Rolling Stones

↑ 1

Peak: 48 • 6 wks • Prev: 57

57

Naturally Stoned

The Avant-Garde

↑ 23

Peak: 40 • 10 wks • Prev: 80

58

Morning Dew

Lulu

↓ 6

Peak: 52 • 8 wks • Prev: 52

59

Hold Me Tight

Johnny Nash

↑ 31

Peak: 5 • 15 wks • Prev: 90

60

Six Man Band

The Association

↓ 2

Peak: 47 • 6 wks • Prev: 58

61

Fool For You

The Impressions

↑ 16

Peak: 22 • 12 wks • Prev: 77

62

Shoot'em Up, Baby

Andy Kim

↑ 23

Peak: 31 • 10 wks • Prev: 85

63

The Weight

The Band

↑ 7

Peak: 63 • 7 wks • Prev: 70

64

My Way Of Life

Frank Sinatra

↑ 7

Peak: 64 • 6 wks • Prev: 71

65

Workin' On A Groovy Thing

Patti Drew

↓ 3

Peak: 62 • 11 wks • Prev: 62

66

Fly Me To The Moon

Bobby Womack

↑ 7

Peak: 52 • 13 wks • Prev: 73

67

(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me

Dionne Warwick

↓ 2

Peak: 65 • 5 wks • Prev: 65

68

The Funky Judge

Bull & The Matadors

↑ 23

Peak: 39 • 14 wks • Prev: 91

69

I've Got Dreams To Remember

Otis Redding

★ NEW

Peak: 41 • 7 wks

70

Those Were The Days

Mary Hopkin

★ NEW

Peak: 2 • 14 wks

71

Bang-Shang-A-Lang

The Archies

★ NEW

Peak: 22 • 13 wks

72

Ice In The Sun

The Status Quo

★ NEW

Peak: 70 • 3 wks

73

Unchained Melody

The Sweet Inspirations

↑ 1

Peak: 73 • 5 wks • Prev: 74

74

Down Here On The Ground

Lou Rawls

↓ 5

Peak: 69 • 5 wks • Prev: 69

75

Don't Change Your Love

Five Stairsteps & Cubie

↑ 3

Peak: 59 • 9 wks • Prev: 78

76

Court Of Love

The Unifics

↑ 24

Peak: 25 • 9 wks • Prev: 100

77

Private Number

Judy Clay & William Bell

↓ 2

Peak: 75 • 6 wks • Prev: 75

78

That Kind Of Woman

Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts

↓ 2

Peak: 76 • 6 wks • Prev: 76

79

Gentle On My Mind

Glen Campbell

—

Peak: 39 • 16 wks • Prev: 79

80

Oh Lord, Why Lord

Los Pop Tops

★ NEW

Peak: 78 • 4 wks

81

For The Love Of Ivy

The Mamas & The Papas

—

Peak: 81 • 5 wks • Prev: 81

82

Message From Maria

Joe Simon

★ NEW

Peak: 75 • 4 wks

83

There Was A Time

Gene Chandler

↑ 11

Peak: 82 • 3 wks • Prev: 94

84

Horse Fever

Cliff Nobles & Co.

↑ 4

Peak: 68 • 5 wks • Prev: 88

85

Do The Choo Choo

Archie Bell & The Drells

★ NEW

Peak: 44 • 7 wks

86

Sweet Young Thing Like You

Ray Charles

★ NEW

Peak: 83 • 2 wks

87

Light My Fire

The Doors

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 89

88

I Ain't Got To Love Nobody Else

The Masqueraders

★ NEW

Peak: 57 • 5 wks

89

Sweet Blindness

The 5th Dimension

★ NEW

Peak: 13 • 10 wks

90

Puffin' On Down The Track

Hugh Masekela

★ NEW

Peak: 71 • 5 wks

91

I Love You Madly

Fantastic Four

↑ 8

Peak: 56 • 9 wks • Prev: 99

92

The Biplane, Ever More

The Irish Rovers

—

Peak: 91 • 5 wks • Prev: 92

93

San Francisco Girls (Return of the Native)

Fever Tree

—

Peak: 91 • 6 wks • Prev: 93

94

Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye

Eddy Arnold

↓ 10

Peak: 84 • 4 wks • Prev: 84

95

Battle Of New Orleans

Harpers Bizarre

—

Peak: 95 • 2 wks • Prev: 95

96

The Choice

The O'Jays

—

Peak: 94 • 3 wks • Prev: 96

97

Tomboy

Ronnie Dove

↑ 1

Peak: 96 • 3 wks • Prev: 98

98

The B.B. Jones

B.B. King

★ NEW

Peak: 98 • 1 wks

99

Almost In Love

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

★ NEW

Peak: 95 • 2 wks

100

Peace Of Mind

Nancy Wilson

★ NEW

Peak: 55 • 7 wks

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