music released in 1965

singles released or popular in 1965

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#1 “Like a Rolling Stone” by Bob Dylan (with 32589 votes)

#2 “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” by the Rolling Stones (with 28500 votes)

#3 “Surfin’ U.S.A.” by the Beach Boys (with 23743 votes)

#4 “Yesterday” by the Beatles (with 21367 votes)

#5 “Mr. Tambourine Man” by the Byrds (with 18709 votes)

#6 “California Girls” by the Beach Boys (with 17111 votes)

#7 “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away (official video)” by the Beatles (with 17042 votes)

#8 “Daytripper” by the Beatles (with 16448 votes)

#9 “Can’t Explain (official video)” by the Who (with 16227 votes)

#10 “Desolation Row” by Bob Dylan (with 15350 votes)

#11 “In My Life” by the Beatles (with 15116 votes)

#12 “We Can Work It Out” by the Beatles (with 14974 votes)

#13 “I Got You (I Feel Good) (live)” by James Brown (with 13112 votes)

#14 “Ticket to Ride” by the Beatles (with 13100 votes)

#15 “If I Needed Someone” by the Beatles (with 12628 votes)

#16 “Drive My Car” by the Beatles (with 12274 votes)

#17 “Help!” by the Beatles (with 12200 votes)

#18 “Tired of Waiting for You” by the Kinks (with 11809 votes)

#19 “Pursuance” by John Coltrane (with 11079 votes)

#20 “The Night Before” by the Beatles (with 9909 votes)

#21 “All Day and All of the Night” by the Kinks (with 9712 votes)

#22 “I’m Down” by the Beatles (with 8019 votes)

#23 “Acknowledgement” by John Coltrane (with 7456 votes)

#24 “Nowhere Man” by the Beatles (with 7420 votes)

#25 “Girl” by the Beatles (with 6988 votes)

#26 “The Last Time” by the Rolling Stones (with 6825 votes)

#27 “I Feel Fine” by the Beatles (with 6756 votes)

#28 “I Put A Spell On You” by Nina Simone (with 6572 votes)

#29 “Set Me Free” by the Kinks (with 6302 votes)

1964 1966

singles released in January 1965

song	artist	album	composer lyricist	producer	genre	U.S. charts British charts	label
My Girl	the Temptations	The Temptations Sing Smokey	William “Smokey” Robinson-Ronald White	Smokey Robinson	R&B	1	Gordy

singles released in May 1965

song	artist	album	composer lyricist	producer	genre	U.S. charts British charts	label
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction	the Rolling Stones	Out of Our Heads	Keith Richards-Mick Jagger	Andrew Loog Oldham	rock	1 1	original London current ABKCO

singles released in August 1965

song	artist	album	composer lyricist	producer	genre	U.S. charts British charts	label
Like a Rolling Stone	Bob Dylan	Highway 61 Revisited	Bob Dylan	Tom Wilson	folk rock	2 4	Columbia

albums released in September 1965

album	artist	genre	U.S. charts British charts	label
Highway 61 Revisited	Bob Dylan	folk rock	3 4	Columbia
Out of Our Heads	the Rolling Stones	rock	1 2	original London current ABKCO

albums released in 1965

album	artist	genre	U.S. charts British charts	label
The Temptations Sing Smokey	the Temptations	R&B		Gordy

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