POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 12, 1968
1

Hey Jude

The Beatles

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Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 1

2

Harper Valley P.T.A.

Jeannie C. Riley

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Peak: 1 • 13 wks • Prev: 2

3

Fire

The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown

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Peak: 2 • 13 wks • Prev: 3

4

Little Green Apples

O.C. Smith

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Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 4

5

Girl Watcher

The O'Kaysions

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Peak: 5 • 14 wks • Prev: 5

6

Midnight Confessions

The Grass Roots

↑ 11

Peak: 5 • 15 wks • Prev: 17

7

My Special Angel

The Vogues

↑ 11

Peak: 7 • 10 wks • Prev: 18

8

I've Gotta Get A Message To You

Bee Gees

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Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 8

9

Over You

Gary Puckett And The Union Gap

↑ 16

Peak: 7 • 11 wks • Prev: 25

10

Slip Away

Clarence Carter

↓ 4

Peak: 6 • 16 wks • Prev: 6

11

Time Has Come Today

The Chambers Brothers

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Peak: 11 • 14 wks • Prev: 11

12

People Got To Be Free

The Rascals

↓ 5

Peak: 1 • 14 wks • Prev: 7

13

I Say A Little Prayer

Aretha Franklin

↓ 3

Peak: 10 • 11 wks • Prev: 10

14

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

James Brown

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Peak: 10 • 11 wks • Prev: 14

15

Revolution

The Beatles

↓ 3

Peak: 12 • 11 wks • Prev: 12

16

Hush

Deep Purple

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Peak: 4 • 10 wks • Prev: 16

17

Suzie Q. (Part One)

Creedence Clearwater Revival

↑ 9

Peak: 11 • 12 wks • Prev: 26

18

Those Were The Days

Mary Hopkin

↑ 36

Peak: 2 • 14 wks • Prev: 54

19

Piece Of My Heart

Big Brother And The Holding Company

↑ 5

Peak: 12 • 12 wks • Prev: 24

20

(The Lament Of The Cherokee) Indian Reservation

Don Fardon

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Peak: 20 • 9 wks • Prev: 20

21

On The Road Again

Canned Heat

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Peak: 16 • 11 wks • Prev: 21

22

The Fool On The Hill

Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66

↓ 9

Peak: 6 • 12 wks • Prev: 13

23

1, 2, 3, Red Light

1910 Fruitgum Co.

↓ 14

Peak: 5 • 13 wks • Prev: 9

24

Elenore

The Turtles

↑ 20

Peak: 6 • 12 wks • Prev: 44

25

Light My Fire

Jose Feliciano

↓ 6

Peak: 3 • 12 wks • Prev: 19

26

Shape Of Things To Come

Max Frost And The Troopers

↑ 10

Peak: 22 • 12 wks • Prev: 36

27

The Snake

Al Wilson

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Peak: 27 • 10 wks • Prev: 27

28

Hey, Western Union Man

Jerry Butler

↑ 1

Peak: 16 • 13 wks • Prev: 29

29

All Along The Watchtower

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

↑ 2

Peak: 20 • 9 wks • Prev: 31

30

The House That Jack Built

Aretha Franklin

↓ 15

Peak: 6 • 9 wks • Prev: 15

31

Hip City - Pt. 2

Jr. Walker & The All Stars

↑ 4

Peak: 31 • 11 wks • Prev: 35

32

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

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Peak: 30 • 17 wks • Prev: 32

33

You're All I Need To Get By

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

↓ 11

Peak: 7 • 12 wks • Prev: 22

34

Baby, Come Back

The Equals

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Peak: 32 • 9 wks • Prev: 34

35

Help Yourself

Tom Jones

↑ 4

Peak: 35 • 8 wks • Prev: 39

36

Fool For You

The Impressions

↑ 1

Peak: 22 • 12 wks • Prev: 37

37

I Met Her In Church

The Box Tops

↑ 5

Peak: 37 • 6 wks • Prev: 42

38

Hold Me Tight

Johnny Nash

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Peak: 5 • 15 wks • Prev: 38

39

Who Is Gonna Love Me?

Dionne Warwick

↓ 6

Peak: 33 • 9 wks • Prev: 33

40

Break Your Promise

The Delfonics

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Peak: 35 • 10 wks • Prev: 40

41

I Wish It Would Rain

Gladys Knight And The Pips

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Peak: 41 • 10 wks • Prev: 41

42

Special Occasion

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

↓ 14

Peak: 26 • 9 wks • Prev: 28

43

Down On Me

Big Brother And The Holding Company

↑ 4

Peak: 43 • 8 wks • Prev: 47

44

Poor Baby

The Cowsills

↑ 8

Peak: 44 • 6 wks • Prev: 52

45

Shoot'em Up, Baby

Andy Kim

↑ 1

Peak: 31 • 10 wks • Prev: 46

46

Court Of Love

The Unifics

↑ 10

Peak: 25 • 9 wks • Prev: 56

47

Chained

Marvin Gaye

↑ 3

Peak: 32 • 10 wks • Prev: 50

48

Street Fighting Man

The Rolling Stones

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Peak: 48 • 6 wks • Prev: 48

49

I Found A True Love

Wilson Pickett

—

Peak: 42 • 7 wks • Prev: 49

50

White Room

Cream

↑ 8

Peak: 6 • 11 wks • Prev: 58

51

Do The Choo Choo

Archie Bell & The Drells

↑ 8

Peak: 44 • 7 wks • Prev: 59

52

Sweet Blindness

The 5th Dimension

↑ 10

Peak: 13 • 10 wks • Prev: 62

53

Naturally Stoned

The Avant-Garde

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Peak: 40 • 10 wks • Prev: 53

54

Gentle On My Mind

Glen Campbell

↑ 10

Peak: 39 • 16 wks • Prev: 64

55

I've Got Dreams To Remember

Otis Redding

↑ 2

Peak: 41 • 7 wks • Prev: 57

56

Magic Carpet Ride

Steppenwolf

↑ 30

Peak: 3 • 16 wks • Prev: 86

57

Lalena

Donovan

↑ 16

Peak: 33 • 6 wks • Prev: 73

58

Take Me For A Little While

Vanilla Fudge

↑ 26

Peak: 38 • 8 wks • Prev: 84

59

Don't Change Your Love

Five Stairsteps & Cubie

↑ 1

Peak: 59 • 9 wks • Prev: 60

60

Bang-Shang-A-Lang

The Archies

↑ 11

Peak: 22 • 13 wks • Prev: 71

61

The Funky Judge

Bull & The Matadors

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Peak: 39 • 14 wks • Prev: 61

62

Brown Eyed Woman

Bill Medley

↓ 19

Peak: 43 • 11 wks • Prev: 43

63

Fly Me To The Moon

Bobby Womack

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Peak: 52 • 13 wks • Prev: 63

64

The Weight

Jackie DeShannon

↓ 9

Peak: 55 • 8 wks • Prev: 55

65

Peace Of Mind

Nancy Wilson

↑ 4

Peak: 55 • 7 wks • Prev: 69

66

Workin' On A Groovy Thing

Patti Drew

↓ 1

Peak: 62 • 11 wks • Prev: 65

67

I Ain't Got To Love Nobody Else

The Masqueraders

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Peak: 57 • 5 wks • Prev: 67

68

Horse Fever

Cliff Nobles & Co.

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Peak: 68 • 5 wks • Prev: 68

69

Keep On Lovin' Me Honey

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

★ NEW

Peak: 24 • 7 wks

70

Ice In The Sun

The Status Quo

↑ 2

Peak: 70 • 3 wks • Prev: 72

71

Puffin' On Down The Track

Hugh Masekela

↑ 3

Peak: 71 • 5 wks • Prev: 74

72

I'm In A Different World

Four Tops

↑ 26

Peak: 51 • 6 wks • Prev: 98

73

The Weight

The Band

↓ 7

Peak: 63 • 7 wks • Prev: 66

74

Listen Here

Eddie Harris

↓ 29

Peak: 45 • 13 wks • Prev: 45

75

Message From Maria

Joe Simon

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Peak: 75 • 4 wks • Prev: 75

76

Destination: Anywhere

The Marvelettes

—

Peak: 63 • 5 wks • Prev: 76

77

Always Together

The Dells

★ NEW

Peak: 18 • 8 wks

78

Smell Of Incense

Southwest F.O.B.

↑ 21

Peak: 56 • 5 wks • Prev: 99

79

I Love You Madly

Fantastic Four

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Peak: 56 • 9 wks • Prev: 79

80

Oh Lord, Why Lord

Los Pop Tops

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Peak: 78 • 4 wks • Prev: 80

81

For The Love Of Ivy

The Mamas & The Papas

—

Peak: 81 • 5 wks • Prev: 81

82

Hitchcock Railway

Jose Feliciano

★ NEW

Peak: 77 • 3 wks

83

A Little Less Conversation

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

★ NEW

Peak: 69 • 4 wks

84

Alfie

Eivets Rednow

↑ 1

Peak: 66 • 6 wks • Prev: 85

85

Cinderella Sunshine

Paul Revere & The Raiders Featuring Mark Lindsay

★ NEW

Peak: 58 • 6 wks

86

Quick Joey Small (Run Joey Run)

Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus

↑ 3

Peak: 25 • 11 wks • Prev: 89

87

On The Way Home

Buffalo Springfield

★ NEW

Peak: 82 • 3 wks

88

You Got The Love

Professor Morrison's Lollipop

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Peak: 88 • 3 wks • Prev: 88

89

Porpoise Song

The Monkees

★ NEW

Peak: 62 • 6 wks

90

You Put It On Me

B.B. King

—

Peak: 82 • 5 wks • Prev: 90

91

The Biplane, Ever More

The Irish Rovers

↑ 1

Peak: 91 • 5 wks • Prev: 92

92

Up-Hard

Willie Mitchell

↑ 1

Peak: 91 • 4 wks • Prev: 93

93

Harper Valley P.T.A.

King Curtis & The Kingpins

★ NEW

Peak: 93 • 2 wks

94

Cycles

Frank Sinatra

★ NEW

Peak: 23 • 10 wks

95

Nitty Gritty

Ricardo Ray

↑ 2

Peak: 90 • 3 wks • Prev: 97

96

Baroque-A-Nova

Mason Williams

★ NEW

Peak: 96 • 2 wks

97

Little Arrows

Leapy Lee

★ NEW

Peak: 16 • 14 wks

98

Do Something To Me

Tommy James And The Shondells

★ NEW

Peak: 38 • 9 wks

99

You Need Me, Baby

Joe Tex

★ NEW

Peak: 81 • 3 wks

100

Ride My See-Saw

The Moody Blues

★ NEW

Peak: 61 • 5 wks

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