music released in 1965

singles released or popular in 1965

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#1 “Like a Rolling Stone” by Bob Dylan (with 36885 votes)

#2 “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” by the Rolling Stones (with 32044 votes)

#3 “Surfin’ U.S.A.” by the Beach Boys (with 28461 votes)

#4 “Yesterday” by the Beatles (with 24938 votes)

#5 “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away (official video)” by the Beatles (with 23966 votes)

#6 “Daytripper” by the Beatles (with 23700 votes)

#7 “Can’t Explain (official video)” by the Who (with 22985 votes)

#8 “Mr. Tambourine Man” by the Byrds (with 22718 votes)

#9 “California Girls” by the Beach Boys (with 22576 votes)

#10 “In My Life” by the Beatles (with 22189 votes)

#11 “We Can Work It Out” by the Beatles (with 21843 votes)

#12 “I Got You (I Feel Good) (live)” by James Brown (with 20592 votes)

#13 “If I Needed Someone” by the Beatles (with 19822 votes)

#14 “Desolation Row” by Bob Dylan (with 19162 votes)

#15 “Drive My Car” by the Beatles (with 19132 votes)

#16 “Tired of Waiting for You” by the Kinks (with 18565 votes)

#17 “Ticket to Ride” by the Beatles (with 15944 votes)

#18 “Help!” by the Beatles (with 15115 votes)

#19 “Pursuance” by John Coltrane (with 13913 votes)

#20 “The Night Before” by the Beatles (with 12861 votes)

#21 “All Day and All of the Night” by the Kinks (with 12716 votes)

#22 “I’m Down” by the Beatles (with 11365 votes)

#23 “Nowhere Man” by the Beatles (with 10711 votes)

#24 “Acknowledgement” by John Coltrane (with 10377 votes)

#25 “Girl” by the Beatles (with 10035 votes)

#26 “The Last Time” by the Rolling Stones (with 9873 votes)

#27 “I Feel Fine” by the Beatles (with 9564 votes)

#28 “I Put A Spell On You” by Nina Simone (with 9479 votes)

#29 “Set Me Free” by the Kinks (with 8936 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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