Other Hit Singles
- "1-2-3" – Len Barry
- "A Change Is Gonna Come" – Sam Cooke
- "A Lover's Concerto" – The Toys
- "A Taste of Honey" – Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
- "A World of Our Own" – The Seekers
- "Act Naturally" – The Beatles
- "Ain't That Peculiar" – Marvin Gaye
- "All Day and All of the Night" – The Kinks
- "All I Really Want to Do", recorded by
- The Byrds
- Cher
- "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" – The Who
- "Arriba en la Cordillera" - Patricio Manns
- "As Tears Go By", recorded by
- Marianne Faithfull
- The Rolling Stones
- "Ask the Lonely" – Four Tops
- "At The Club" – The Drifters
- "Baby Don't Go" – Sonny & Cher
- "Baby Please Don't Go" – Them
- "Baby the Rain Must Fall" – Glenn Yarbrough
- "Back in My Arms Again" – The Supremes
- "Barbara Ann" – The Beach Boys
- "The Birds and the Bees" – Jewel Akens
- "The Boy from New York City" – The Ad Libs
- "Bring It On Home to Me" – The Animals
- "Bye Bye Baby" – The Four Seasons
- "California Dreamin'" – The Mamas & the Papas
- "California Girls" – The Beach Boys
- "Capri c'est fini" - Hervé Vilard
- "Cara Mia" – Jay and the Americans
- "The Carnival Is Over" – The Seekers
- "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" – Sounds Orchestral
- "Catch the Wind" – Donovan
- "Catch Us If You Can" – The Dave Clark Five
- "The Clapping Song" – Shirley Ellis
- "Come See About Me" – The Supremes
- "Concrete and Clay" – Unit 4 + 2
- "Crying in the Chapel" – Elvis Presley
- "Dance, Dance, Dance" – The Beach Boys
- "Day Tripper" – The Beatles
- "Do the Clam" – Elvis Presley
- "Do-Wacka-Do – Roger Miller
- "Do You Believe in Magic" – The Lovin' Spoonful
- "Do You Wanna Dance" – The Beach Boys
- "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" – The Animals
- "Don't Mess With Bill" – The Marvelettes
- "Down in the Boondocks" – Billy Joe Royal
- "Downtown" – Petula Clark
- "È frennesia!/'Na catena 'e lacreme" - Mario Trevi
- "Ebb Tide" – The Righteous Brothers
- "Een meisje van 16" - Boudewijn de Groot
- "Eight Days a Week" – The Beatles
- "England Swings" – Roger Miller
- "Eve of Destruction" – Barry McGuire
- "Everybody Loves a Clown" – Gary Lewis and the Playboys
- "Everyone's Gone to the Moon" – Jonathan King
- "Evil Hearted You" – The Yardbirds
- "Ferry Cross The Mersey" – Gerry & the Pacemakers
- "Fever" – The McCoys
- "Five O'Clock World" -The Vogues
- "For Your Love" – The Yardbirds
- "Game of Love" – Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders
- "Get Off of My Cloud" – The Rolling Stones
- "Girl Come Running" – The Four Seasons
- "Go Now" – The Moody Blues
- "Goin' Out of My Head" – Little Anthony & The Imperials (released in 1964, but charted in 1965)
- "Going to a Go-Go" – Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
- "Goldfinger" – Shirley Bassey
- "Got to Get You Off My Mind" – Solomon Burke
- "Hang on Sloopy" – The McCoys
- "Heart Full of Soul" – The Yardbirds
- "Heart of Stone" – The Rolling Stones
- "Help!" – The Beatles
- "Help Me Rhonda" – The Beach Boys
- "Here Comes the Night" – Them
- "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" – Mel Carter
- "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" – Marvin Gaye
- "Hurts So Bad" – Little Anthony & The Imperials
- "I Can't Explain" – The Who
- "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)" – Four Tops
- "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – The Rolling Stones
- "I Do Love You" – Billy Stewart
- "I Feel Fine" – The Beatles
- "I Got You (I Feel Good)" – James Brown
- "I Got You Babe" – Sonny & Cher
- "I Hear a Symphony" – The Supremes
- "I Know a Place" – Petula Clark
- "I Like It Like That" – The Dave Clark Five
- "I Want Candy" – The Strangeloves
- "I'll Be Doggone" – Marvin Gaye
- "I'll Never Find Another You" – The Seekers
- "I'm a Man" – The Yardbirds
- "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" – Herman's Hermits
- "I'm Telling You Now" – Freddie and the Dreamers
- "Iko Iko" – The Dixie Cups
- "Il Silenzio" – Nini Rosso
- "The 'In' Crowd" – Dobie Gray
- "In the Midnight Hour" – Wilson Pickett
- "It Ain't Me Babe" – The Turtles
- "It's Growing" – The Temptations
- "It's My Life" – The Animals
- "It's Not Unusual" – Tom Jones
- "It's the Same Old Song" – Four Tops
- "The Jerk" – The Larks
- "Just a Little" – The Beau Brummels
- "Just Once In My Life" – The Righteous Brothers
- "King of the Road" – Roger Miller
- "Land of a Thousand Dances" – Cannibal and the Headhunters
- "The Last Time" – The Rolling Stones
- "Laugh, Laugh" – The Beau Brummels
- "Laurie (Strange Things Happen)" – Dickie Lee
- "Lemon Tree" – Trini Lopez
- "Letkiss" (Several versions)
- "Let's Hang On" – The Four Seasons
- "Let's Lock the Door (And Throw Away the Key)" – Jay and the Americans
- "Liar, Liar" – The Castaways
- "Like a Rolling Stone" – Bob Dylan
- "The Little Girl I Once Knew" – The Beach Boys
- "Love Potion #9" – The Searchers
- "A Lover's Concerto" – The Toys
- "Make the World Go Away" – Eddy Arnold
- "Mr. Lonely" – Bobby Vinton
- "Mr. Tambourine Man" – The Byrds
- "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter" – Herman's Hermits
- "My Baby" – The Temptations
- "My Generation" – The Who
- "My Girl" – The Temptations
- "My Love" – Petula Clark
- "My World Is Empty Without You" – The Supremes
- "The Name Game" – Shirley Ellis
- "Nothing but Heartaches" – The Supremes
- "Nowhere to Run" – Martha and the Vandellas
- "Ooo Baby Baby" – Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
- "Over and Over" – The Dave Clark Five
- "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" – James Brown
- "Positively 4th Street" – Bob Dylan
- "The Race Is On" – Jack Jones
- "Red Roses for a Blue Lady", recorded by
- Bert Kaempfert
- Vic Dana
- "Rescue Me" – Fontella Bass
- "Respect" – Otis Redding
- "Save Your Heart for Me" – Gary Lewis and the Playboys
- "See My Friends" – The Kinks
- "Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On" – Dean Martin
- "Set Me Free" – The Kinks
- "Seventh Son" – Johnny Rivers
- "She's a Woman" – The Beatles
- "She's Just My Style" – Gary Lewis and the Playboys
- "Shotgun" – Jr. Walker & The All Stars
- "Silhouettes" – Herman's Hermits
- "Since I Lost My Baby" – The Temptations
- "Sitting in the Park" – Billy Stewart
- "Some Enchanted Evening" – Jay and the Americans
- "The Sound of Silence" – Simon & Garfunkel
- "Spanish Flea" – Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
- "Stop! In the Name of Love" – The Supremes
- "Subterranean Homesick Blues" – Bob Dylan
- "Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows" – Lesley Gore
- "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" – Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke and The Pearls
- "Take Me Back" – Little Anthony & The Imperials
- "Tears" – Ken Dodd (This became the biggest selling UK single of 1965, a #1 for 5 weeks selling over two million copies—all in 10-inch 78-rpm shellac format)
- "Tell Her No" – The Zombies
- "This Diamond Ring" – Gary Lewis and the Playboys
- "Thunderball" – Tom Jones
- "Ticket to Ride" – The Beatles
- "Till the End of the Day" – The Kinks
- "Tired of Waiting for You" – The Kinks
- "The Tracks of My Tears" – Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
- "Treat Her Right" – Roy Head and the Traits
- "Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is a Season)" – The Byrds
- "Unchained Melody" – The Righteous Brothers
- "Universal Soldier" – Donovan
- "We Can Work It Out" – The Beatles
- "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" – The Animals
- "A Well Respected Man" – The Kinks
- "What Have They Done to the Rain" – The Searchers
- "What the World Needs Now Is Love" – Jackie DeShannon
- "What's New, Pussycat?" – Tom Jones
- "Wooly Bully" – Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs
- "Wonderful World" – Herman's Hermits
- "Yes, I'm Ready" – Barbara Mason
- "Yes It Is" – The Beatles
- "Yesterday" – The Beatles
- "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" – The Lovin' Spoonful
- "You Turn Me On" – Ian Whitcomb
- "You Were Made For Me" – Freddie and the Dreamers
- "You Were On My Mind" – We Five
- "You're the One" – The Vogues
- "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" – The Silkie
- "You've Got Your Troubles" – The Fortunes
- "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" – The Righteous Brothers
- "Zorba the Greek" – Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1965
Read more about this topic: 1965 In Music
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