music released in 1965

singles released or popular in 1965

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#1 “Like a Rolling Stone” by Bob Dylan (with 34279 votes)

#2 “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” by the Rolling Stones (with 29910 votes)

#3 “Surfin’ U.S.A.” by the Beach Boys (with 25455 votes)

#4 “Yesterday” by the Beatles (with 22886 votes)

#5 “Mr. Tambourine Man” by the Byrds (with 20274 votes)

#6 “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away (official video)” by the Beatles (with 20181 votes)

#7 “Daytripper” by the Beatles (with 19607 votes)

#8 “California Girls” by the Beach Boys (with 19410 votes)

#9 “Can’t Explain (official video)” by the Who (with 19165 votes)

#10 “In My Life” by the Beatles (with 18220 votes)

#11 “We Can Work It Out” by the Beatles (with 18066 votes)

#12 “Desolation Row” by Bob Dylan (with 16942 votes)

#13 “I Got You (I Feel Good) (live)” by James Brown (with 16378 votes)

#14 “If I Needed Someone” by the Beatles (with 15876 votes)

#15 “Drive My Car” by the Beatles (with 15298 votes)

#16 “Tired of Waiting for You” by the Kinks (with 14976 votes)

#17 “Ticket to Ride” by the Beatles (with 14324 votes)

#18 “Help!” by the Beatles (with 13510 votes)

#19 “Pursuance” by John Coltrane (with 12395 votes)

#20 “The Night Before” by the Beatles (with 11153 votes)

#21 “All Day and All of the Night” by the Kinks (with 11013 votes)

#22 “I’m Down” by the Beatles (with 9449 votes)

#23 “Nowhere Man” by the Beatles (with 8843 votes)

#24 “Acknowledgement” by John Coltrane (with 8777 votes)

#25 “Girl” by the Beatles (with 8270 votes)

#26 “The Last Time” by the Rolling Stones (with 8076 votes)

#27 “I Feel Fine” by the Beatles (with 8003 votes)

#28 “I Put A Spell On You” by Nina Simone (with 7891 votes)

#29 “Set Me Free” by the Kinks (with 7476 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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