YEAR-END UK TOP 150 of 1966 (Singles)
Based on point-system NME Charts (nr. 1 75 points, nr. 2 74 etc)
| nr | title | artist | pnts | wks | hp |
| 1 | Distant drums | Jim Reeves | 1328 | 20 | 1 |
| 2 | Strangers in the night | Frank Sinatra | 1196 | 20 | 1 |
| 3 | Spanish flea | Herb Alpert | 1039 | 17 | 3 |
| 4 | Hold tight | Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich | 978 | 17 | 4 |
| 5 | Winchester Cathedral | New Vaudeville Band | 966 | 17 | 4 |
| 6 | Too soon to know | Roy Orbison | 951 | 17 | 3 |
| 7 | Make the world go away | Eddie Arnold | 927 | 17 | 8 |
| 8 | Mama | Dave Berry | 925 | 16 | 5 |
| 9 | When a man loves a woman | Percy Sledge | 914 | 17 | 4 |
| 10 | Sloop John B | Beach Boys | 903 | 15 | 2 |
| 11 | Guantanamera | Sandpipers | 872 | 16 | 7 |
| 12 | A groovy kind of love | Mindbenders | 862 | 14 | 2 |
| 13 | These boots are made for walking | Nancy Sinatra | 855 | 14 | 1 |
| 14 | God only knows / Wouldn't it be nice | Beach Boys | 852 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | Lovers of the world unite | David & Jonathan | 841 | 16 | 7 |
| 16 | Sunny afternoon | Kinks | 816 | 13 | 1 |
| 17 | Yellow submarine / Eleanor Rigby | Beatles | 810 | 13 | 1 |
| 18 | Monday monday | Mama's & Papa's | 796 | 13 | 3 |
| 19 | You were on my mind | Crispian St Peters | 794 | 14 | 2 |
| 20 | Black is black | Los Bravos | 786 | 13 | 2 |
| 21 | Promises | Ken Dodd | 781 | 14 | 6 |
| 22 | You don't have to say you love me | Dusty Springfield | 781 | 13 | 1 |
| 23 | Reach out I'll be there | Four Tops | 779 | 12 | 1 |
| 24 | River deep mountain high | Ike & Tina Turner | 773 | 13 | 3 |
| 25 | The more I see you | Chris Montez | 773 | 13 | 3 |
| 26 | Out of time | Chris Farlowe | 767 | 13 | 1 |
| 27 | Sound of silence | Bachelors | 758 | 13 | 3 |
| 28 | Nobody needs your love | Gene Pitney | 757 | 13 | 2 |
| 29 | I can't control myself | Troggs | 756 | 13 | 2 |
| 30 | Sorrow | Merseys | 753 | 13 | 4 |
| 31 | With a girl like you | Troggs | 746 | 12 | 1 |
| 32 | Somewhere my love | Mike Sammes Singers | 743 | 16 | 22 |
| 33 | Bend it | Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich | 743 | 12 | 2 |
| 34 | Daydream | Lovin' Spoonful | 742 | 13 | 2 |
| 35 | I'm a boy | Who | 740 | 12 | 2 |
| 36 | High time | Paul Jones | 738 | 13 | 4 |
| 37 | Pretty flamingo | Manfred Mann | 738 | 12 | 1 |
| 38 | Pied piper | Crispian St Peters | 726 | 13 | 5 |
| 39 | Substitute | Who | 716 | 13 | 5 |
| 40 | The sun ain't gonna shine anymore | Walker Brothers | 713 | 11 | 1 |
| 41 | All or nothing | Small Faces | 712 | 12 | 1 |
| 42 | Bang bang | Cher | 710 | 12 | 3 |
| 43 | Stop stop stop | Hollies | 703 | 12 | 2 |
| 44 | You can't hurry love | Supremes | 699 | 12 | 3 |
| 45 | Wild thing | Troggs | 692 | 12 | 2 |
| 46 | Sha la la lee | Small Faces | 683 | 11 | 3 |
| 47 | Visions | Cliff Richard | 680 | 12 | 7 |
| 48 | Get away | Georgie Fame | 672 | 11 | 1 |
| 49 | Elusive butterfly | Val Doonican | 669 | 12 | 5 |
| 50 | All I see is you | Dusty Springfield | 665 | 12 | 9 |
| 51 | Homeward bound | Simon & Garfunkel | 657 | 12 | 9 |
| 52 | Keep on running | Spencer Davis Group | 656 | 10 | 1 |
| 53 | If I were a carpenter | Bobby Darin | 654 | 12 | 9 |
| 54 | Walk with me | Seekers | 651 | 12 | 10 |
| 55 | Paperback writer | Beatles | 649 | 11 | 1 |
| 56 | Dedicated follower of fashion | Kinks | 648 | 11 | 4 |
| 57 | Hi-lili hi-lo | Alan Price Set | 633 | 12 | 11 |
| 58 | Semi-detached suburban Mr James | Manfred Mann | 633 | 10 | 2 |
| 59 | Good vibrations | Beach Boys | 633 | 9 | 1 |
| 60 | I couldn't live without your love | Petula Clark | 629 | 11 | 6 |
| 61 | Somebody help me | Spencer Davis Group | 628 | 10 | 1 |
| 62 | Alfie | Cilla Black | 626 | 12 | 9 |
| 63 | Barbara Ann | Beach Boys | 626 | 10 | 3 |
| 64 | Second hand rose | Barbra Streisand | 621 | 13 | 14 |
| 65 | Summer in the city | Lovin' Spoonful | 616 | 11 | 8 |
| 66 | Paint it black | Rolling Stones | 615 | 10 | 1 |
| 67 | No milk today | Herman's Hermits | 611 | 11 | 7 |
| 68 | Shotgun wedding | Roy C | 608 | 11 | 6 |
| 69 | Hideaway | Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich | 606 | 11 | 10 |
| 70 | My girl | Otis Redding | 603 | 11 | 11 |
| 71 | Love's just a broken heart | Cilla Black | 602 | 11 | 5 |
| 72 | Holy cow | Lee Dorsey | 600 | 10 | 6 |
| 73 | Michelle | Overlanders | 599 | 10 | 1 |
| 74 | Let's hang on | Four Seasons | 596 | 10 | 4 |
| 75 | Don't answer me | Cilla Black | 595 | 10 | 6 |
| 76 | Gimme some lovin' | Spencer Davis Group | 592 | 9 | 2 |
| 77 | Come on home | Wayne Fontana | 591 | 12 | 16 |
| 78 | I can't let go | Hollies | 590 | 10 | 2 |
| 79 | Working in the coal mine | Lee Dorsey | 589 | 11 | 8 |
| 80 | A must to avoid | Herman's Hermits | 587 | 10 | 6 |
| 81 | I saw her again | Mama's & Papa's | 583 | 11 | 11 |
| 82 | Day tripper / We can work it out | Beatles | 582 | 9 | 1 |
| 83 | Love letters | Elvis Presley | 581 | 10 | 6 |
| 84 | Someday one day | Seekers | 580 | 11 | 11 |
| 85 | Little man | Sonny & Cher | 580 | 10 | 4 |
| 86 | They're coming to take me away ha-ha! | Napoleon XIV | 575 | 10 | 4 |
| 87 | Got to get you into my life | Cliff Bennett | 569 | 11 | 6 |
| 88 | What now my love | Sonny & Cher | 565 | 11 | 13 |
| 89 | Goin' back | Dusty Springfield | 564 | 10 | 10 |
| 90 | Friday on my mind | Easybeats | 563 | 10 | 6 |
| 91 | What would I be | Val Doonican | 563 | 9 | 2 |
| 92 | Backstage | Gene Pitney | 562 | 10 | 4 |
| 93 | I've got you under my skin | Four Seasons | 558 | 11 | 12 |
| 94 | Mirror mirror | Pinkerton's Assorted Colours | 557 | 11 | 9 |
| 95 | Shapes of things | Yardbirds | 557 | 9 | 3 |
| 96 | Time drags by | Cliff Richard | 556 | 11 | 10 |
| 97 | Green green grass of home | Tom Jones | 555 | 8 | 1 |
| 98 | More than love | Ken Dodd | 548 | 11 | 14 |
| 99 | Just like a woman | Manfred Mann | 548 | 10 | 7 |
| 100 | Bus stop | Hollies | 543 | 9 | 5 |
| 101 | Lady Godiva | Peter & Gordon | 533 | 11 | 16 |
| 102 | My love | Petula Clark | 531 | 9 | 4 |
| 103 | Girl | St Louis Union | 526 | 10 | 11 |
| 104 | What becomes of the broken hearted | Jimmy Ruffin | 525 | 10 | 8 |
| 105 | My ship is coming in | Walker Brothers | 524 | 8 | 3 |
| 106 | I put a spell on you | Alan Price | 522 | 10 | 9 |
| 107 | Elusive butterfly | Bob Lind | 519 | 9 | 5 |
| 108 | 19th nervous breakdown | Rolling Stones | 515 | 8 | 2 |
| 109 | Hey girl | Small Faces | 509 | 9 | 10 |
| 110 | Have you seen your mother baby … | Rolling Stones | 507 | 9 | 5 |
| 111 | Over under sideways down | Yardbirds | 505 | 9 | 10 |
| 112 | I don't care | Los Bravos | 502 | 11 | 16 |
| 113 | Wind me up | Cliff Richard | 502 | 8 | 2 |
| 114 | Till the end of the day | Kinks | 500 | 8 | 8 |
| 115 | Soul and inspiration | Righteous Brothers | 497 | 10 | 15 |
| 116 | The river | Ken Dodd | 497 | 8 | 3 |
| 117 | I am a rock | Simon & Garfunkel | 496 | 10 | 17 |
| 118 | Like a baby | Len Barry | 490 | 10 | 10 |
| 119 | The carnival is over | Seekers | 489 | 9 | 3 |
| 120 | That's nice | Neil Christian | 488 | 10 | 14 |
| 121 | A love like yours | Ike & Tina Turner | 488 | 10 | 16 |
| 122 | Loving you is sweeter than ever | Four Tops | 486 | 12 | 21 |
| 123 | Don't bring me down | Animals | 486 | 8 | 6 |
| 124 | Beauty is only skin deep | Temptations | 479 | 10 | 18 |
| 125 | A fool am I | Cilla Black | 476 | 9 | 13 |
| 126 | Tomorrow | Sandie Shaw | 475 | 9 | 9 |
| 127 | Blue turns to grey | Cliff Richard | 473 | 9 | 15 |
| 128 | Ain't too proud to beg | Temptations | 471 | 11 | 23 |
| 129 | Lana | Roy Orbison | 468 | 9 | 15 |
| 130 | Take me to your heart again | Vince Hill | 466 | 11 | 13 |
| 131 | Uptight | Stevie Wonder | 463 | 10 | 14 |
| 132 | Nothing comes easy | Sandie Shaw | 462 | 9 | 14 |
| 133 | I want you | Bob Dylan | 462 | 9 | 16 |
| 134 | When I come home | Spencer Davis Group | 459 | 9 | 12 |
| 135 | Rainy day women nos. 12 & 35 | Bob Dylan | 458 | 8 | 7 |
| 136 | Born a woman | Sandy Posey | 455 | 11 | 24 |
| 137 | Just one smile | Gene Pitney | 451 | 8 | 8 |
| 138 | My mind's eye | Small Faces | 447 | 7 | 4 |
| 139 | Sunny afternoon | Bobby Hebb | 446 | 9 | 12 |
| 140 | Help me girl | Eric Burdon | 446 | 9 | 14 |
| 141 | Lightning strikes | Lou Christie | 439 | 8 | 11 |
| 142 | Once there was a time | Tom Jones | 437 | 9 | 18 |
| 143 | It's a man's man's world | James Brown | 433 | 9 | 13 |
| 144 | Ashes to ashes | Mindbenders | 427 | 9 | 14 |
| 145 | Inside looking out | Animals | 426 | 8 | 12 |
| 146 | Frankie and Johnny | Elvis Presley | 425 | 9 | 21 |
| 147 | Little by little | Dusty Springfield | 421 | 9 | 17 |
| 148 | How sweet it is | Jr Walker & All Stars | 414 | 10 | 22 |
| 149 | Sunny | Georgie Fame | 412 | 8 | 13 |
| 150 | Tears | Ken Dodd | 412 | 7 | 5 |
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| 152 | Land of a thousand dances | Wilson Pickett | 408 | 9 | 22 |
| 153 | Another tear falls | Walker Brothers | 402 | 8 | 12 |
| 154 | This golden ring | Fortunes | 396 | 9 | 15 |
| 155 | Sittin' on a fence | Twice as Much | 396 | 9 | 25 |
| 157 | You don't have to tell me | Walker Brothers | 394 | 8 | 13 |
| 158 | California dreamin' | Mama's & Papa's | 391 | 9 | 23 |
| 161 | Dead End Street | Kinks | 379 | 6 | 5 |
| 162 | Dear Mrs Applebee | David Garrick | 377 | 9 | 22 |
| 170 | Eight miles high | Byrds | 356 | 9 | 24 |
| 174 | You won't be leavin' | Herman's Hermits | 342 | 7 | 20 |
| 175 | 1-2-3 | Len Barry | 341 | 6 | 8 |
| 178 | Rescue me | Fontella Bass | 337 | 6 | 11 |
| 179 | Michelle | David & Jonathan | 334 | 6 | 11 |
| 184 | You keep me hanging on | Supremes | 309 | 5 | 8 |
| 186 | To whom it concerns | Chris Andrews | 304 | 6 | 13 |
| 187 | I love my dog | Cat Stevens | 302 | 7 | 28 |
| 188 | Sweet talking guy | Chiffons | 301 | 8 | 31 |
| 189 | Take me for what I'm worth | Searchers | 301 | 6 | 20 |
| 195 | If I needed someone | Hollies | 292 | 6 | 20 |
| 199 | Fa fa fa (Sad song) | Otis Redding | 285 | 6 | 23 |
| 200 | My generation | Who | 282 | 5 | 7 |
| 202 | You make it move | Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich | 280 | 7 | 26 |
| 205 | Lady Jane | David Garrick | 272 | 7 | 28 |
| 207 | Woman | Peter & Gordon | 271 | 7 | 28 |
| 212 | A lover's concerto | Toys | 261 | 5 | 9 |
| 217 | Sunshine superman | Donovan | 254 | 4 | 2 |
| 221 | Hanky panky | Tommy James & Shondells | 249 | 7 | 38 |
| 223 | Save me | Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich | 246 | 4 | 3 |
| 224 | Don't make me over | Swinging Blue Jeans | 245 | 7 | 31 |
| 227 | A legal matter | Who | 234 | 6 | 32 |
| 229 | Take it or leave it | Searchers | 224 | 6 | 31 |
| 231 | Maria | PJ Proby | 223 | 4 | 12 |
| 243 | Blowin' in the wind | Stevie Wonder | 190 | 5 | 36 |
| 249 | Sunny | Cher | 184 | 5 | 32 |
| 254 | East west | Herman's Hermits | 172 | 5 | 33 |
| 256 | Happy Jack | Who | 168 | 3 | 13 |
| 257 | Pamela Pamela | Wayne Fontana | 167 | 4 | 23 |
| 264 | In the country | Cliff Richard | 154 | 3 | 17 |
| 267 | Yesterday man | Chris Andrews | 152 | 3 | 20 |
| 269 | You gave me somebody to love | Manfred Mann | 146 | 4 | 36 |
| 270 | Positively 4th Street | Bob Dylan | 146 | 3 | 17 |
| 273 | Anyway that you want me | Troggs | 145 | 3 | 19 |
| 274 | Thunderball | Tom Jones | 142 | 4 | 35 |
| 275 | Get off my cloud | Rolling Stones | 141 | 3 | 23 |
| 277 | 96 tears | Question Mark & Mysterians | 139 | 4 | 37 |
| 280 | I fought the law | Bobby Fuller Four | 137 | 4 | 33 |
| 285 | Missy missy | Paul & Barry Ryan | 123 | 4 | 43 |
| 293 | Changes | Crispian St Peters | 112 | 4 | 47 |
| 294 | I feel free | Cream | 111 | 3 | 27 |
| 307 | I hear a symphony | Supremes | 94 | 3 | 39 |
| 308 | The kids are alright | Who | 93 | 3 | 41 |
| 319 | Lil' red riding hood | Sam the Sham & Pharaoh's | 85 | 3 | 46 |
| 323 | It's my life | Animals | 78 | 2 | 28 |
| 324 | Painter man | Creation | 78 | 2 | 36 |
| 326 | Here it comes again | Fortunes | 70 | 2 | 34 |
| 331 | Summertime | Billy Stewart | 67 | 2 | 39 |
| 343 | Have you ever loved somebody | Searchers | 55 | 2 | 48 |
| 348 | You're the one | Petula Clark | 38 | 1 | 38 |
| 349 | Hey Joe | Jimi Hendrix Experience | 38 | 1 | 38 |
| 353 | Midnight to six man | Pretty Things | 30 | 1 | 46 |
| 357 | Turn turn turn | Byrds | 28 | 1 | 48 |
| 368 | Crying time | Ray Charles | 26 | 1 | 50 |
| 369 | Dobn't stop lovin'me baby | Pinkertons (Assorted) Colours | 26 | 1 | 50 |
| 370 | Look before you leap | Dave Clark Five | 26 | 1 | 50 |
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