Top Songs Of Our HS Years
Here's the Top 100 List for each of our high school years. Have a great time humming down Memory Lane. Pick a few of your absolute favorites, then click on the "Our Favorite Songs" Survey link to the left and share!
| Rank | Song Title | Artist(s) |
| 1967 | ||
| 1 | To Sir With Love | Lulu |
| 2 | The Letter | The Box Tops |
| 3 | Ode to Billie Joe | Bobbie Gentry |
| 4 | Windy | The Association |
| 5 | I'm a Believer | The Monkees |
| 6 | Light My Fire | The Doors |
| 7 | Somethin' Stupid | Frank & Nancy Sinatra |
| 8 | Happy Together | The Turtles |
| 9 | Groovin' | The Young Rascals |
| 10 | Can't Take My Eyes Off You | Frankie Valli |
| 11 | Little Bit O' Soul | The Music Explosion |
| 12 | I Think We're Alone Now | Tommy James and the Shondells |
| 13 | Respect | Aretha Franklin |
| 14 | I Was Made to Love Her | Stevie Wonder |
| 15 | Come Back When You Grow Up | Bobby Vee |
| 16 | Kind of a Drag | The Buckinghams |
| 17 | Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley |
| 18 | Expressway to Your Heart | Soul Survivors |
| 19 | Soul Man | Sam & Dave |
| 20 | Never My Love | The Association |
| 21 | Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie | Jay & the Techniques |
| 22 | Come On Down to My Boat | Every Mother's Son |
| 23 | Incense and Peppermints | Strawberry Alarm Clock |
| 24 | Ruby Tuesday | The Rolling Stones |
| 25 | It Must Be Him | Vikki Carr |
| 26 | Love Is Here and Now You're Gone | The Supremes |
| 27 | For What It's Worth | Buffalo Springfield |
| 28 | Gimme Little Sign | Brenton Wood |
| 29 | The Happening | The Supremes |
| 30 | All You Need Is Love | The Beatles |
| 31 | Release Me | Engelbert Humperdinck |
| 32 | Your Precious Love | Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell |
| 33 | Somebody to Love | Jefferson Airplane |
| 34 | Get on Up | The Esquires |
| 35 | Brown Eyed Girl | Van Morrison |
| 36 | Jimmy Mack | Martha and the Vandellas |
| 37 | I Got Rhythm | The Happenings |
| 38 | A Whiter Shade of Pale | Procol Harum |
| 39 | Don't You Care | The Buckinghams |
| 40 | Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye | The Casinos |
| 41 | Reflections | The Supremes |
| 42 | On a Carousel | The Hollies |
| 43 | Please Love Me Forever | Bobby Vinton |
| 44 | Alfie | Dionne Warwick |
| 45 | Silence Is Golden | The Tremeloes |
| 46 | My Cup Runneth Over | Ed Ames |
| 47 | Up, Up and Away | The 5th Dimension |
| 48 | San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) | Scott McKenzie |
| 49 | The Rain, the Park & Other Things | The Cowsills |
| 50 | There's a Kind of Hush | Herman's Hermits |
| 51 | Mercy, Mercy, Mercy | The Buckinghams |
| 52 | This Is My Song | Petula Clark |
| 53 | (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher | Jackie Wilson |
| 54 | I've Been Lonely Too Long | The Young Rascals |
| 55 | Penny Lane | The Beatles |
| 56 | You're My Everything | The Temptations |
| 57 | Georgy Girl | The Seekers |
| 58 | Western Union | Five Americans |
| 59 | Baby I Love You | Aretha Franklin |
| 60 | A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You | The Monkees |
| 61 | California Nights | Lesley Gore |
| 62 | Dedicated to the One I Love | The Mamas & the Papas |
| 63 | How Can I Be Sure | The Young Rascals |
| 64 | Carrie Anne | The Hollies |
| 65 | (We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet | Blues Magoos |
| 66 | Friday on My Mind | The Easybeats |
| 67 | Soul Finger | Bar-Kays |
| 68 | Gimme Some Lovin' | The Spencer Davis Group |
| 69 | Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out) | The Hombres |
| 70 | Let's Live for Today | The Grass Roots |
| 71 | Close Your Eyes | Peaches & Herb |
| 72 | Groovin' | Booker T. & the M.G.'s |
| 73 | Funky Broadway | Wilson Pickett |
| 74 | Pleasant Valley Sunday | The Monkees |
| 75 | I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) | Aretha Franklin |
| 76 | Tell It Like It Is | Aaron Neville |
| 77 | Cold Sweat | James Brown |
| 78 | She'd Rather Be with Me | The Turtles |
| 79 | 98.6 | Keith |
| 80 | Here We Go Again | Ray Charles |
| 81 | White Rabbit | Jefferson Airplane |
| 82 | Bernadette | Four Tops |
| 83 | The Beat Goes On | Sonny & Cher |
| 84 | Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron | The Royal Guardsmen |
| 85 | Society's Child | Janis Ian |
| 86 | Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon | Neil Diamond |
| 87 | Ain't No Mountain High Enough | Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell |
| 88 | I Take It Back | Sandy Posey |
| 89 | Here Comes My Baby | The Tremeloes |
| 90 | Everlasting Love | Robert Knight |
| 91 | I Dig Rock and Roll Music | Peter, Paul and Mary |
| 92 | Little Ole Man (Uptight, Everything's Alright) | Bill Cosby |
| 93 | I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) | The Electric Prunes |
| 94 | Daydream Believer | The Monkees |
| 95 | Baby I Need Your Lovin' | Johnny Rivers |
| 96 | Mirage | Tommy James and the Shondells |
| 97 | Green, Green Grass of Home | Tom Jones |
| 98 | I Can See for Miles | The Who |
| 99 | Don't Sleep in the Subway | Petula Clark |
| 100 | Thank the Lord for the Night Time | Neil Diamond |
| 1968 | ||
| 1 | Hey Jude | The Beatles |
| 2 | Love is Blue | Paul Mauriat |
| 3 | Honey | Bobby Goldsboro |
| 4 | (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay | Otis Redding |
| 5 | People Got to Be Free | The Rascals |
| 6 | Sunshine of Your Love | Cream |
| 7 | This Guy's in Love with You | Herb Alpert |
| 8 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | Hugo Montenegro |
| 9 | Mrs. Robinson | Simon & Garfunkel |
| 10 | Tighten Up | Archie Bell & the Drells |
| 11 | Harper Valley PTA | Jeannie C. Riley |
| 12 | Little Green Apples | O. C. Smith |
| 13 | Mony Mony | Tommy James and the Shondells |
| 14 | Hello, I Love You | The Doors |
| 15 | Young Girl | Gary Puckett & The Union Gap |
| 16 | Cry Like a Baby | The Box Tops |
| 17 | Stoned Soul Picnic | The 5th Dimension |
| 18 | Grazing in the Grass | Hugh Masekela |
| 19 | Midnight Confessions | The Grass Roots |
| 20 | Dance to the Music | Sly and the Family Stone |
| 21 | The Horse | Cliff Nobles |
| 22 | I Wish It Would Rain | The Temptations |
| 23 | La-La (Means I Love You) | The Delfonics |
| 24 | Turn Around, Look at Me | The Vogues |
| 25 | Judy in Disguise (With Glasses) | John Fred & His Playboy Band |
| 26 | Spooky | Classics IV |
| 27 | Love Child | The Supremes |
| 28 | Angel of the Morning | Merrilee Rush |
| 29 | The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde | Georgie Fame |
| 30 | Those Were the Days | Mary Hopkin |
| 31 | Born to Be Wild | Steppenwolf |
| 32 | Cowboys to Girls | The Intruders |
| 33 | Simon Says | 1910 Fruitgum Company |
| 34 | Lady Willpower | Gary Puckett & The Union Gap |
| 35 | A Beautiful Morning | The Rascals |
| 36 | The Look of Love | Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 |
| 37 | Hold Me Tight | Johnny Nash |
| 38 | Yummy Yummy Yummy | Ohio Express |
| 39 | Fire | The Crazy World of Arthur Brown |
| 40 | Love Is All Around | The Troggs |
| 41 | Playboy | Gene & Debbe |
| 42 | (Theme from) Valley of the Dolls | Dionne Warwick |
| 43 | Classical Gas | Mason Williams |
| 44 | Slip Away | Clarence Carter |
| 45 | Girl Watcher | The O'Kaysions |
| 46 | (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone | Aretha Franklin |
| 47 | Green Tambourine | The Lemon Pipers |
| 48 | 1, 2, 3, Red Light | 1910 Fruitgum Company |
| 49 | Reach Out of the Darkness | Friend & Lover |
| 50 | Jumpin' Jack Flash | The Rolling Stones |
| 51 | MacArthur Park | Richard Harris |
| 52 | Light My Fire | José Feliciano |
| 53 | I Love You | People! |
| 54 | Take Time to Know Her | Percy Sledge |
| 55 | Pictures of Matchstick Men | Status Quo |
| 56 | Summertime Blues | Blue Cheer |
| 57 | Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing | Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell |
| 58 | I Got the Feelin' | James Brown |
| 59 | I've Gotta Get a Message to You | The Bee Gees |
| 60 | Lady Madonna | The Beatles |
| 61 | Hurdy Gurdy Man | Donovan |
| 62 | Magic Carpet Ride | Steppenwolf |
| 63 | Bottle of Wine | The Fireballs |
| 64 | Stay in My Corner | The Dells |
| 65 | Soul Serenade | Willie Mitchell |
| 66 | Delilah | Tom Jones |
| 67 | Nobody but Me | The Human Beinz |
| 68 | I Thank You | Sam & Dave |
| 69 | The Fool on the Hill | Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 |
| 70 | Sky Pilot | The Animals |
| 71 | Indian Lake | The Cowsills |
| 72 | I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight | Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart |
| 73 | Over You | Gary Puckett & The Union Gap |
| 74 | Goin' Out of My Head/Can't Take My Eyes Off You | The Lettermen |
| 75 | Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day | Stevie Wonder |
| 76 | The Unicorn | The Irish Rovers |
| 77 | You Keep Me Hangin' On | Vanilla Fudge |
| 78 | Revolution | The Beatles |
| 79 | Woman, Woman | Gary Puckett & The Union Gap |
| 80 | Elenore | The Turtles |
| 81 | White Room | Cream |
| 82 | You're All I Need to Get By | Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell |
| 83 | Baby, Now That I've Found You | The Foundations |
| 84 | Sweet Inspiration | The Sweet Inspirations |
| 85 | If You Can Want | Smokey Robinson and the Miracles |
| 86 | Cab Driver | The Mills Brothers |
| 87 | Time Has Come Today | The Chambers Brothers |
| 88 | Do You Know the Way to San Jose | Dionne Warwick |
| 89 | Scarborough Fair | Simon & Garfunkel |
| 90 | Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud | James Brown |
| 91 | The Mighty Quinn | Manfred Mann |
| 92 | Here Comes the Judge | Shorty Long |
| 93 | I Say a Little Prayer | Aretha Franklin |
| 94 | Think | Aretha Franklin |
| 95 | Sealed with a Kiss | Gary Lewis & the Playboys |
| 96 | Piece of My Heart | Big Brother and the Holding Company |
| 97 | Suzie Q. | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| 98 | Bend Me, Shape Me | The American Breed |
| 99 | Hey, Western Union Man | Jerry Butler |
| 100 | Never Give You Up | Jerry Butler |
| 1969 | ||
| 1 | Sugar, Sugar | The Archies |
| 2 | Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In | The 5th 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 | 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 |
| 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 with Billy Preston |
| 26 | In the Year 2525 | Zager & Evans |
| 27 | Spinning Wheel | Blood, Sweat & 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 | The Miracles |
| 38 | Only the Strong Survive | Jerry Butler |
| 39 | Time of the Season | The Zombies |
| 40 | Wedding Bell Blues | The 5th 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 & Tears |
| 46 | Put a Little Love in Your Heart | Jackie DeShannon |
| 47 | Do Your Thing | Charles Wright & 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 | Spiral Starecase |
| 51 | I've Gotta Be Me | Sammy Davis Jr. |
| 52 | Lay Lady Lay | Bob Dylan |
| 53 | Atlantis | Donovan |
| 54 | Traces | 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. & the M.G.'s |
| 64 | This Girl's in Love With You | Dionne Warwick |
| 65 | Color Him Father | The Winstons |
| 66 | Black Pearl | Checkmates, Ltd. |
| 67 | Indian Giver | 1910 Fruitgum Company |
| 68 | Mother Popcorn | 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' | Harry 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 & The Union Gap |
| 85 | Come Together | The Beatles |
| 86 | Ramblin' Gamblin' Man | Bob Seger System |
| 87 | I'm Gonna Make You Love Me | The Supremes & The Temptations |
| 88 | I Heard It Through the Grapevine | Marvin Gaye |
| 89 | Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' | Crazy Elephant |
| 90 | Hang 'Em High | Booker T. & the M.G.'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 & 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 | Let Me | Paul Revere & the Raiders |
| 100 | Sweet Cream Ladies | The Box Tops |
| 1970 | ||
| 1 | Bridge Over Troubled Water | Simon & Garfunkel |
| 2 | (They Long to Be) Close to You | The Carpenters |
| 3 | American Woman | The Guess Who |
| 4 | Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head | B.J. Thomas |
| 5 | War | Edwin Starr |
| 6 | Ain't No Mountain High Enough | Diana Ross |
| 7 | I'll Be There | The Jackson 5 |
| 8 | Get Ready | Rare Earth |
| 9 | Let It Be | The Beatles |
| 10 | Band of Gold | Freda Payne |
| 11 | Mama Told Me (Not to Come) | Three Dog Night |
| 12 | Everything Is Beautiful | Ray Stevens |
| 13 | Make It with You | Bread |
| 14 | Hitchin' a Ride | Vanity Fare |
| 15 | ABC | The Jackson 5 |
| 16 | The Love You Save | |
| 17 | Cracklin' Rosie | Neil Diamond |
| 18 | Candida | Dawn |
| 19 | Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) | Sly & the Family Stone |
| 20 | Spill the Wine | Eric Burdon & War |
| 21 | O-o-h Child | Five Stairsteps |
| 22 | Spirit in the Sky | Norman Greenbaum |
| 23 | Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) | Melanie |
| 24 | Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) | The Temptations |
| 25 | Love on a Two-Way Street | The Moments |
| 26 | Which Way You Goin' Billy? | The Poppy Family |
| 27 | All Right Now | Free |
| 28 | I Want You Back | The Jackson 5 |
| 29 | Julie, Do Ya Love Me | Bobby Sherman |
| 30 | Green-Eyed Lady | Sugarloaf |
| 31 | Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours | Stevie Wonder |
| 32 | Ride Captain Ride | Blues Image |
| 33 | Venus | Shocking Blue |
| 34 | Instant Karma! | John Lennon |
| 35 | Patches | Clarence Carter |
| 36 | Lookin' out My Back Door | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| 37 | Rainy Night in Georgia | Brook Benton |
| 38 | Something's Burning | Kenny Rogers & The First Edition |
| 39 | Give Me Just a Little More Time | Chairmen of the Board |
| 40 | Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) | Edison Lighthouse |
| 41 | The Long and Winding Road | The Beatles |
| 42 | Snowbird | Anne Murray |
| 43 | Reflections of My Life | Marmalade |
| 44 | Hey There Lonely Girl | Eddie Holman |
| 45 | The Rapper | The Jaggerz |
| 46 | He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother | The Hollies |
| 47 | Tighter, Tighter | Alive N Kickin' |
| 48 | Come and Get It | Badfinger |
| 49 | Cecilia | Simon & Garfunkel |
| 50 | Love Land | Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band |
| 51 | Turn Back the Hands of Time | Tyrone Davis |
| 52 | Lola | The Kinks |
| 53 | In the Summertime | Mungo Jerry |
| 54 | Indiana Wants Me | R. Dean Taylor |
| 55 | (I Know) I'm Losing You | Rare Earth |
| 56 | Easy Come, Easy Go | Bobby Sherman |
| 57 | Express Yourself | Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band |
| 58 | Still Water (Love) | The Four Tops |
| 59 | Make Me Smile | Chicago |
| 60 | The House of the Rising Sun | Frijid Pink |
| 61 | 25 or 6 to 4 | Chicago |
| 62 | My Baby Loves Lovin' | White Plains |
| 63 | Love or Let Me Be Lonely | The Friends of Distinction |
| 64 | United We Stand | The Brotherhood of Man |
| 65 | We've Only Just Begun | The Carpenters |
| 66 | Arizona | Mark Lindsay |
| 67 | Fire and Rain | James Taylor |
| 68 | Groovy Situation | Gene Chandler |
| 69 | Evil Ways | Santana |
| 70 | No Time | The Guess Who |
| 71 | Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) | The Delfonics |
| 72 | The Wonder of You | Elvis Presley |
| 73 | Up Around the Bend | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| 74 | (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You? | Ronnie Dyson |
| 75 | I Just Can't Help Believing | B.J. Thomas |
| 76 | It's a Shame | The Spinners |
| 77 | For the Love of Him | Bobbi Martin |
| 78 | Mississippi Queen | Mountain |
| 79 | I Want to Take You Higher | Ike & Tina Turner |
| 80 | The Letter | Joe Cocker |
| 81 | Ma Belle Amie | Tee-Set |
| 82 | The Bells | The Originals |
| 83 | Yellow River | Christie |
| 84 | Somebody's Been Sleeping | 100 Proof (Aged in Soul) |
| 85 | Vehicle | The Ides of March |
| 86 | Gimme Dat Ding | The Pipkins |
| 87 | Lay a Little Lovin' on Me | Robin McNamara |
| 88 | Up the Ladder to the Roof | The Supremes |
| 89 | Travelin' Band | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| 90 | Come Saturday Morning | The Sandpipers |
| 91 | Psychedelic Shack | The Temptations |
| 92 | Without Love (There Is Nothing) | Tom Jones |
| 93 | Are You Ready? | Pacific Gas & Electric |
| 94 | Woodstock | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
| 95 | I'll Never Fall in Love Again | Dionne Warwick |
| 96 | Look What They've Done to My Song Ma | The New Seekers |
| 97 | Walk A Mile In My Shoes | Joe South |
| 98 | The Thrill Is Gone | B.B. King |
| 99 | It's Only Make Believe | Glen Campbell |
| 100 | Call Me | Aretha Franklin |