music released in 1965

singles released or popular in 1965

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#1 “Like a Rolling Stone” by Bob Dylan (with 47628 votes)

#2 “Surfin’ U.S.A.” by the Beach Boys (with 43080 votes)

#3 “Daytripper” by the Beatles (with 41884 votes)

#4 “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away (official video)” by the Beatles (with 41405 votes)

#5 “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” by the Rolling Stones (with 40712 votes)

#6 “Can’t Explain (official video)” by the Who (with 40559 votes)

#7 “In My Life” by the Beatles (with 40357 votes)

#8 “I Got You (I Feel Good) (live)” by James Brown (with 40119 votes)

#9 “We Can Work It Out” by the Beatles (with 39598 votes)

#10 “If I Needed Someone” by the Beatles (with 38195 votes)

#11 “Drive My Car” by the Beatles (with 36937 votes)

#12 “California Girls” by the Beach Boys (with 36794 votes)

#13 “Tired of Waiting for You” by the Kinks (with 36132 votes)

#14 “Yesterday” by the Beatles (with 33596 votes)

#15 “Mr. Tambourine Man” by the Byrds (with 33363 votes)

#16 “Desolation Row” by Bob Dylan (with 28496 votes)

#17 “Ticket to Ride” by the Beatles (with 22983 votes)

#18 “Help!” by the Beatles (with 22096 votes)

#19 “Pursuance” by John Coltrane (with 20640 votes)

#20 “All Day and All of the Night” by the Kinks (with 20128 votes)

#21 “The Night Before” by the Beatles (with 19892 votes)

#22 “I’m Down” by the Beatles (with 18904 votes)

#23 “Nowhere Man” by the Beatles (with 18403 votes)

#24 “The Last Time” by the Rolling Stones (with 17386 votes)

#25 “Acknowledgement” by John Coltrane (with 17373 votes)

#26 “Girl” by the Beatles (with 17129 votes)

#27 “I Feel Fine” by the Beatles (with 16509 votes)

#28 “I Put A Spell On You” by Nina Simone (with 16435 votes)

#29 “Set Me Free” by the Kinks (with 15492 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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