music released in 1965

singles released or popular in 1965

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#1 “Like a Rolling Stone” by Bob Dylan (with 33986 votes)

#2 “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” by the Rolling Stones (with 29671 votes)

#3 “Surfin’ U.S.A.” by the Beach Boys (with 25204 votes)

#4 “Yesterday” by the Beatles (with 22637 votes)

#5 “Mr. Tambourine Man” by the Byrds (with 20013 votes)

#6 “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away (official video)” by the Beatles (with 19694 votes)

#7 “Daytripper” by the Beatles (with 19067 votes)

#8 “California Girls” by the Beach Boys (with 19011 votes)

#9 “Can’t Explain (official video)” by the Who (with 18692 votes)

#10 “In My Life” by the Beatles (with 17747 votes)

#11 “We Can Work It Out” by the Beatles (with 17569 votes)

#12 “Desolation Row” by Bob Dylan (with 16710 votes)

#13 “I Got You (I Feel Good) (live)” by James Brown (with 15883 votes)

#14 “If I Needed Someone” by the Beatles (with 15365 votes)

#15 “Drive My Car” by the Beatles (with 14842 votes)

#16 “Tired of Waiting for You” by the Kinks (with 14470 votes)

#17 “Ticket to Ride” by the Beatles (with 14120 votes)

#18 “Help!” by the Beatles (with 13313 votes)

#19 “Pursuance” by John Coltrane (with 12175 votes)

#20 “The Night Before” by the Beatles (with 10949 votes)

#21 “All Day and All of the Night” by the Kinks (with 10819 votes)

#22 “I’m Down” by the Beatles (with 9206 votes)

#23 “Nowhere Man” by the Beatles (with 8633 votes)

#24 “Acknowledgement” by John Coltrane (with 8581 votes)

#25 “Girl” by the Beatles (with 8052 votes)

#26 “The Last Time” by the Rolling Stones (with 7866 votes)

#27 “I Feel Fine” by the Beatles (with 7803 votes)

#28 “I Put A Spell On You” by Nina Simone (with 7632 votes)

#29 “Set Me Free” by the Kinks (with 7250 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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