music released in 1965

singles released or popular in 1965

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#1 “Like a Rolling Stone” by Bob Dylan (with 43468 votes)

#2 “Surfin’ U.S.A.” by the Beach Boys (with 38170 votes)

#3 “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” by the Rolling Stones (with 37376 votes)

#4 “Daytripper” by the Beatles (with 34582 votes)

#5 “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away (official video)” by the Beatles (with 34404 votes)

#6 “Can’t Explain (official video)” by the Who (with 33552 votes)

#7 “In My Life” by the Beatles (with 33006 votes)

#8 “We Can Work It Out” by the Beatles (with 32371 votes)

#9 “I Got You (I Feel Good) (live)” by James Brown (with 32182 votes)

#10 “California Girls” by the Beach Boys (with 31060 votes)

#11 “If I Needed Someone” by the Beatles (with 30881 votes)

#12 “Yesterday” by the Beatles (with 30296 votes)

#13 “Mr. Tambourine Man” by the Byrds (with 29623 votes)

#14 “Drive My Car” by the Beatles (with 29599 votes)

#15 “Tired of Waiting for You” by the Kinks (with 29077 votes)

#16 “Desolation Row” by Bob Dylan (with 24958 votes)

#17 “Ticket to Ride” by the Beatles (with 20147 votes)

#18 “Help!” by the Beatles (with 19246 votes)

#19 “Pursuance” by John Coltrane (with 17936 votes)

#20 “All Day and All of the Night” by the Kinks (with 17319 votes)

#21 “The Night Before” by the Beatles (with 17120 votes)

#22 “I’m Down” by the Beatles (with 16007 votes)

#23 “Nowhere Man” by the Beatles (with 15348 votes)

#24 “Acknowledgement” by John Coltrane (with 14617 votes)

#25 “The Last Time” by the Rolling Stones (with 14492 votes)

#26 “Girl” by the Beatles (with 14280 votes)

#27 “I Feel Fine” by the Beatles (with 13815 votes)

#28 “I Put A Spell On You” by Nina Simone (with 13688 votes)

#29 “Set Me Free” by the Kinks (with 12851 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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