Below is a list from Billboard magazine’s Top ear-End Hot 100 songs for 1969. Chart © by Billboard, a part of MRC Media and Info, a division of MRC. All Rights Reserved. Learn more about Billboard here.
- 1. Sugar, Sugar – The Archies
- 2. Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In – The Fifth Dimension
- 3. I Can’t Get Next to You – The Temptations
- 4. Honky Tonk Women – The Rolling Stones
- 5. Everyday People – Sly and The Family Stone
- 6. Dizzy – Tommy Roe
- 7. Hot Fun In the Summertime – Sly and The Family Stone
- 8. (It Looks Like) I’ll Never Fall In Love Again – Tom Jones
- 9. Build Me Up Buttercup – The Foundations
- 10. Crimson and Clover – Tommy James and The Shondells
- 11. One – Three Dog Night
- 12. Crystal Blue Persuasion – Tommy James and The Shondells
- 13. Hair – The Cowsills
- 14. Too Busy Thinking About My Baby – Marvin Gaye
- 15. Love Theme from “Romeo and Juliet” – Henry Mancini and His Orchestra
- 16. Get Together – The Youngbloods
- 17. Grazing In the Grass – The Friends Of Distinction
- 18. Suspicious Minds – Elvis Presley
- 19. Proud Mary – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- 20. What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) – Jr. Walker & The All Stars
- 21. It’s Your Thing – The Isley Brothers
- 22. Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
- 23. Jean – Oliver
- 24. Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- 25. Get Back – The Beatles
- 26. In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus) – Zager and Evans
- 27. Spinning Wheel – Blood, Sweat and Tears
- 28. Baby, I Love You – Andy Kim
- 29. Going In Circles – The Friends Of Distinction
- 30. Hurt So Bad – The Lettermen
- 31. Green River – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- 32. My Cherie Amour – Stevie Wonder
- 33. Easy to Be Hard – Three Dog Night
- 34. Baby It’s You – Smith
- 35. In the Ghetto – Elvis Presley
- 36. A Boy Named Sue – Johnny Cash
- 37. Baby, Baby Don’t Cry – Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
- 38. Only the Strong Survive – Jerry Butler
- 39. Time of the Season – The Zombies
- 40. Wedding Bell Blues – The Fifth Dimension
- 41. Little Woman – Bobby Sherman
- 42. Love Can Make You Happy – Mercy
- 43. Good Morning Starshine – Oliver
- 44. These Eyes – The Guess Who
- 45. You’ve Made Me So Very Happy – Blood, Sweat and Tears
- 46. Put a Little Love In Your Heart – Jackie DeShannon
- 47. Do Your Thing, The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
- 48. I’d Wait a Million Years – The Grass Roots
- 49. Touch Me – The Doors
- 50. More Today Than Yesterday – The Spiral Starecase
- 51. I’ve Gotta Be Me – Sammy Davis Jr.
- 52. Lay, Lady, Lay – Bob Dylan
- 53. Atlantis – Donovan
- 54. Traces – Dennis Yost and The Classics IV
- 55. It’s Getting Better – Mama Cass Elliot
- 56. This Magic Moment – Jay and The Americans
- 57. Runaway Child, Running Wild – The Temptations
- 58. Hawaii Five-O – The Ventures
- 59. Galveston – Glen Campbell
- 60. I’m Gonna Make You Mine – Lou Christie
- 61. Gitarzan – Ray Stevens
- 62. Can I Change My Mind – Tyrone Davis
- 63. Time Is Tight – Booker T and The MG’s
- 64. This Girl’s In Love With You – Dionne Warwick
- 65. Color Him Father – The Winstons
- 66. Black Pearl – Sonny Charles and The Checkmates, Ltd.
- 67. Indian Giver – The 1910 Fruitgum Company
- 68. Mother Popcorn, Pt. 1 – James Brown
- 69. Twenty Five Miles – Edwin Starr
- 70. Things I’d Like To Say – New Colony Six
- 71. When I Die – Motherlode
- 72. That’s the Way Love Is – Marvin Gaye
- 73. Everybody’s Talkin’ (From “Midnight Cowboy”) – Nilsson
- 74. Worst That Could Happen – The Brooklyn Bridge
- 75. The Chokin’ Kind – Joe Simon
- 76. Smile a Little Smile for Me – The Flying Machine
- 77. Polk Salad Annie – Tony Joe White
- 78. Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town – Kenny Rogers and The First Edition
- 79. Games People Play – Joe South
- 80. You Showed Me – The Turtles
- 81. Tracy – The Cuff Links
- 82. Oh, What a Night – The Dells
- 83. Something – The Beatles
- 84. This Girl is a Woman Now – Gary Puckett and The Union Gap
- 85. Come Together – The Beatles
- 86. Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man – The Bob Seger System
- 87. I’m Gonna Make You Love Me – Diana Ross and The Supremes
- 88. I Heard It Through the Grapevine – Marvin Gaye
- 89. Gimme Gimme Good Lovin’ – Crazy Elephant
- 90. Hang ‘Em High – Booker T and The MG’s
- 91. Your Good Thing (Is About to End) – Lou Rawls
- 92. Baby, I’m for Real – The Originals
- 93. Oh Happy Day – Edwin Hawkins Singers
- 94. Love Me Tonight – Tom Jones
- 95. Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon – Paul Revere and The Raiders
- 96. Laughing – The Guess Who
- 97. My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me) – David Ruffin
- 98. Soul Deep – The Box Tops
- 99. Hooked On a Feeling – B.J. Thomas
- 100. Sweet Cream Ladies, Forward March – The Box Tops