YEAR-END UK TOP 150 of 1969 (Singles)
Based on point-system NME Charts (nr. 1 75 points, nr. 2 74 etc)
nr | title | artist | pnts | wks | hp |
1 | My way | Frank Sinatra | 1695 | 38 | 5 |
2 | Gentle on my mind | Dean Martin | 1291 | 24 | 2 |
3 | Je t'aime.. moi non plus | Jane birkin & Serge Gainsbourg | 1265 | 23 | 1 |
4 | Wet dream | Max Romeo | 1136 | 25 | 10 |
5 | Please don't go | Donald Peers | 1063 | 19 | 3 |
6 | Honky tonk women | Rolling Stones | 1049 | 17 | 1 |
7 | Dizzy | Tommy Roe | 1048 | 19 | 1 |
8 | Make me an island | Joe Dolan | 1025 | 19 | 3 |
9 | Get back | Beatles | 1020 | 17 | 1 |
10 | Saved by the bell | Robin Gibb | 1018 | 17 | 2 |
11 | I'll never fall in love again | Bobbie Gentry | 993 | 17 | 1 |
12 | In the ghetto | Elvis Presley | 992 | 17 | 2 |
13 | Time is tight | Booker T & MG's | 974 | 18 | 4 |
14 | Nobody's child | Karen Young | 961 | 16 | 6 |
15 | Albatross | Fleetwood Mac | 945 | 16 | 1 |
16 | Where do you go to my lovely | Peter Sarstedt | 938 | 16 | 1 |
17 | I heard it through the grapevine | Marvin Gaye | 926 | 15 | 1 |
18 | My cherie amour / I don't know why | Stevie Wonder | 918 | 16 | 4 |
19 | Bad moon rising | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 917 | 15 | 1 |
20 | Good morning starshine | Oliver | 903 | 16 | 6 |
21 | Ob la di ob la da | Marmalade | 898 | 16 | 1 |
22 | too busy thinking about my baby | Marvin Gaye | 897 | 16 | 5 |
23 | Don't forget to remember | Bee Gees | 890 | 15 | 2 |
24 | A boy named Sue | Johnny Cash | 873 | 16 | 4 |
25 | I'm gonna make you mine | Lou Christie | 851 | 15 | 2 |
26 | Goodbye | Mary Hopkin | 850 | 14 | 2 |
27 | Lily the pink | Scaffold | 843 | 16 | 1 |
28 | Israelites | Desmond Dekker & Aces | 843 | 15 | 1 |
29 | Man of the world | Fleetwood Mac | 838 | 14 | 2 |
30 | Monsieur Dupont | Sandie Shaw | 832 | 15 | 6 |
31 | In the year 2525 | Zager & Evans | 829 | 13 | 1 |
32 | Viva Bobby Joe | Equals | 813 | 14 | 6 |
33 | The ballad of John & Yoko | Beatles | 804 | 14 | 1 |
34 | Oh well | Fleetwood Mac | 783 | 12 | 2 |
35 | Come back and shake me | Clodagh Rogers | 781 | 14 | 3 |
36 | Windmills of your mind | Noel Harrison | 777 | 14 | 8 |
37 | It's getting better | Mama Cass | 776 | 15 | 8 |
38 | Sugar sugar | Archies | 771 | 11 | 1 |
39 | The way it used to be | Engelbert Humperdinck | 765 | 14 | 3 |
40 | Boom bang-a-bang | Lulu | 763 | 13 | 2 |
41 | Give peace a chance | John Lennon & Plastic Ono Band | 760 | 13 | 2 |
42 | Pinball wizard | Who | 754 | 13 | 4 |
43 | A way of life | Family Dogg | 749 | 14 | 6 |
44 | The boxer | Simon & Garfunkel | 748 | 14 | 6 |
45 | Oh happy day | Edwin Hawkins Singers | 748 | 13 | 2 |
46 | Living in the past | Jethro Tull | 746 | 14 | 3 |
47 | Space oddity | David Bowie | 740 | 14 | 5 |
48 | Something in the air | Thunderclap Newman | 735 | 12 | 1 |
49 | When two worlds collide | Jim Reeves | 727 | 17 | 17 |
50 | Passing strangers | Sarah Vaughan & Billy Ekstine | 727 | 15 | 17 |
51 | Something's happening | Herman's Hermits | 726 | 13 | 6 |
52 | He ain't heavy he's my brother | Hollies | 723 | 12 | 3 |
53 | Harlem shuffle | Bob and Earl | 711 | 13 | 7 |
54 | Baby make it soon | Marmalade | 711 | 13 | 9 |
55 | For once in my life | Stevie Wonder | 707 | 11 | 3 |
56 | Wichita lineman | Glenn Campbell | 704 | 13 | 7 |
57 | Surround yourself with sorrow | Cilla Black | 702 | 12 | 3 |
58 | Return of Django - Dollar in the teeth | Upsetters | 695 | 12 | 5 |
59 | Proud Mary | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 688 | 13 | 8 |
60 | My sentimental friend | Herman's Hermits | 688 | 12 | 2 |
61 | Love's been good to me | Frank Sinatra | 686 | 12 | 8 |
62 | Sorry Suzanne | Hollies | 683 | 12 | 3 |
63 | Gimme gimme good loving | Crazy Elephant | 679 | 13 | 12 |
64 | Conversations | Cilla Black | 678 | 12 | 7 |
65 | I can hear music | Beach Boys | 677 | 13 | 10 |
66 | Goodnight midnight | Clodagh Rogers | 677 | 12 | 4 |
67 | I'm gonna make you love me | Diana Ross & Supremes & Temptations | 675 | 12 | 3 |
68 | Lay lady lay | Bob Dylan | 670 | 12 | 5 |
69 | Blackberry way | Move | 670 | 11 | 1 |
70 | Tracks of my tears | Smokey Robinson & Miracles | 666 | 13 | 9 |
71 | Dancing in the street | Martha & Vandella's | 663 | 12 | 4 |
72 | Behind a painted smile | Isley Brothers | 661 | 12 | 5 |
73 | Early in the morning | Vanity Fare | 656 | 12 | 8 |
74 | Games people play | Joe South | 655 | 11 | 6 |
75 | You got soul | Johnny Nash | 652 | 12 | 6 |
76 | Break away | Beach Boys | 646 | 11 | 6 |
77 | (If paradise is) half as nice | Amen Corner | 640 | 11 | 1 |
78 | Love me tonight | Tom Jones | 627 | 12 | 9 |
79 | Cupid | Johnny Nash | 622 | 12 | 6 |
80 | I'd rather go blind | Chicken Shack | 619 | 13 | 14 |
81 | Road runner | Junior Walker & All Stars | 614 | 12 | 12 |
82 | I'm a better man | Engelbert Humperdinck | 611 | 13 | 15 |
83 | First of may | Bee Gees | 609 | 11 | 6 |
84 | Natural born boogie | Humble Pie | 606 | 10 | 4 |
85 | Ragamuffin' man | Manfred Mann | 605 | 11 | 8 |
86 | Good times | Cliff Richard | 605 | 11 | 12 |
87 | Curly | Move | 602 | 12 | 12 |
88 | It mek | Desmond Dekker & Aces | 601 | 11 | 7 |
89 | You've lost that loving feeling | Righteous Brothers | 597 | 11 | 10 |
90 | I'll pick a rose | Marv Johnson | 588 | 11 | 10 |
91 | Hello Suzie | Amen Corner | 581 | 10 | 4 |
92 | In the bad bad old days | Foundations | 576 | 10 | 8 |
93 | Fox on the run | Manfred Mann | 561 | 10 | 5 |
94 | Ruby don't take your love to town | Kenny Rogers & First Edition | 557 | 10 | 2 |
95 | Do what you've gotta do | Four Tops | 554 | 11 | 11 |
96 | Delta lady | Joe Cocker | 553 | 11 | 10 |
97 | Higher and higher | Jackie Wilson | 553 | 11 | 11 |
98 | Aquarius / Let the sunshine in | Fifth Dimension | 553 | 11 | 11 |
99 | Wonderful world beautiful people | Jimmy Cliff | 553 | 9 | 6 |
100 | Call me number one | Tremeloes | 549 | 8 | 2 |
101 | If I can dream | Elvis Presley | 547 | 10 | 11 |
102 | Big ship | Cliff Richard | 541 | 10 | 8 |
103 | Put yourself in my place | Isley Brothers | 540 | 11 | 13 |
104 | Bringing on back the good times | Love Affair | 537 | 10 | 9 |
105 | Galveston | Glenn Campbell | 532 | 10 | 14 |
106 | I don't know why | Stevie Wonder | 519 | 10 | 14 |
107 | One doesn't take | Junior Walker & All Stars | 518 | 10 | 13 |
108 | Penny arcade | Roy Orbison | 516 | 14 | 27 |
109 | Lights of Cincinatti | Scott Walker | 513 | 10 | 13 |
110 | The liquidator | Harry J. & All Stars | 513 | 9 | 9 |
111 | Love at first sight | Sounds Nice | 510 | 11 | 18 |
112 | Build me up buttercup | Foundations | 510 | 9 | 2 |
113 | That's the way God planned it | Billy Preston | 504 | 10 | 11 |
114 | Throw down a line | Cliff Richard & Hank B. Marvin | 504 | 9 | 7 |
115 | What is a man | Four Tops | 501 | 11 | 16 |
116 | Private number | Judy Clay & William Bell | 492 | 8 | 8 |
117 | Cloud nine | Temptations | 491 | 10 | 15 |
118 | Tears won't wash away my heart | Ken Dodd | 489 | 11 | 22 |
119 | Get ready | Temptations | 489 | 9 | 10 |
120 | A minute of your life | Tom Jones | 488 | 10 | 17 |
121 | I'm living in shame | Diana Ross & Supremes | 486 | 10 | 14 |
122 | People | Tymes | 485 | 10 | 16 |
123 | Dick-a-dum-dum | Des O'Connor | 481 | 10 | 14 |
124 | Badge | Cream | 480 | 10 | 18 |
125 | Frozen orange juice | Peter Sarstedt | 480 | 9 | 10 |
126 | To love somebody | Nina Simone | 473 | 9 | 5 |
127 | Sweet dream | Jethro Tull | 472 | 8 | 7 |
128 | I guess I'll always love you | Isley Brothers | 470 | 9 | 11 |
129 | Hare krishna mantra | Radha Krishna Temple | 470 | 9 | 12 |
130 | Going up the country | Canned Heat | 465 | 10 | 19 |
131 | Sabre dance | Love Sculpture | 464 | 9 | 6 |
132 | Something / Come together | Beatles | 464 | 7 | 4 |
133 | Love is blue / Can I sing a rainbow | Dells | 450 | 9 | 15 |
134 | S.O.S. - Headline news | Edwin Starr | 446 | 8 | 11 |
135 | Long shut / Kick the bucket | Pioneers | 441 | 10 | 21 |
136 | One road | Love Affair | 439 | 9 | 16 |
137 | Happy heart | Andy Williams | 435 | 10 | 19 |
138 | Barabajagal | Donovan | 435 | 9 | 12 |
139 | Cold turkey | Plastic Ono Band | 431 | 8 | 14 |
140 | For once in my life | Dorothy Squires | 427 | 11 | 24 |
141 | Sanctus | Baudonin Les Troubadours du Roi | 423 | 11 | 28 |
142 | Soul deep | Box Tops | 422 | 9 | 22 |
143 | Hello world | Tremeloes | 420 | 8 | 14 |
144 | Soul sister brown sugar | Sam & Dave | 417 | 8 | 15 |
145 | The good the bad and the ugly | Hugo Montenegro | 412 | 9 | 15 |
146 | Love child | Diana Ross & Supremes | 409 | 8 | 15 |
147 | Everybody's talking | Nilsson | 406 | 10 | 23 |
148 | Quick Joe small | Kasenatz Katz | 404 | 9 | 19 |
149 | Ain't got no I got life | Nina Simone | 403 | 7 | 7 |
150 | Yester -me yester -you yesterday | Stevie Wonder | 402 | 6 | 2 |
Bubbling under | |||||
152 | Marrakesh Express | Crosby Stills & Nash | 394 | 9 | 17 |
153 | Heather honey | Tommy Roe | 392 | 9 | 24 |
156 | Si tu dois partir | Fairport Convention | 381 | 9 | 21 |
157 | Don Juan | Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich | 374 | 9 | 23 |
158 | All the love in the world | Consortium | 371 | 9 | 22 |
159 | Urban spaceman | Bozo Dog Doo Dah Band | 369 | 6 | 5 |
162 | Colour of my love | Jefferson | 355 | 8 | 22 |
164 | Snake in the grass | Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich | 350 | 8 | 23 |
165 | Winterworld of love | Engelbert Humperdinck | 349 | 6 | 7 |
166 | Melting pot | Blue Mink | 348 | 6 | 5 |
169 | Born to be wild | Steppenwolf | 332 | 9 | 30 |
172 | White room | Cream | 324 | 8 | 28 |
174 | Tomorrow tomorrow | Bee Gees | 321 | 8 | 23 |
175 | Need your love so bad | Fleetwood Mac | 319 | 9 | 32 |
176 | Son of a preacher man | Dusty Springfield | 317 | 5 | 9 |
177 | Michael and the slipper tree | Equals | 316 | 7 | 24 |
180 | Teresa | Joe Dolan | 305 | 7 | 20 |
181 | Green river | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 300 | 6 | 20 |
185 | Move in a little closer | Harmony Grass | 291 | 7 | 24 |
188 | I'm a tiger | Lulu | 285 | 5 | 11 |
194 | Race with the devil | Gun | 275 | 5 | 11 |
197 | Gin gan goolie | Scaffold | 258 | 8 | 39 |
199 | Mrs Robinson EP | Simon & Garfunkel | 254 | 5 | 9 |
200 | Here comes the star | Herman's Hermits | 253 | 7 | 33 |
202 | The walls fell down | Marbles | 244 | 6 | 28 |
204 | Suspicious minds | Elvis Presley | 241 | 4 | 6 |
205 | Soul limbo | Booker T & MG's | 240 | 6 | 30 |
207 | I threw it all away | Bob Dylan | 236 | 6 | 30 |
208 | River deep mountain high | Ike & Tina Turner | 229 | 7 | 33 |
209 | Proud Mary | Checkmates Ltd | 229 | 6 | 30 |
210 | You're all I need to get by | Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell | 225 | 6 | 29 |
212 | Tracy | Cuff-Links | 216 | 4 | 10 |
214 | You've made me so very happy | Blood Sweat & Tears | 210 | 6 | 35 |
217 | Harper Valley PTA | Jeannie C Riley | 199 | 4 | 21 |
221 | The hunt | Barry Ryan | 188 | 5 | 34 |
224 | Ring of fire | Eric Burdon | 182 | 5 | 35 |
228 | Love is love | Barry Ryan | 181 | 4 | 25 |
229 | She's not there | Neil MacArthur | 179 | 5 | 34 |
233 | Everyday people | Sly & Family Stone | 170 | 5 | 36 |
234 | Plastic man | Kinks | 161 | 4 | 31 |
237 | Atlantis | Donovan | 155 | 4 | 28 |
239 | Toy | Casuals | 154 | 4 | 30 |
240 | Blue birds over the mountain | Beach Boys | 154 | 4 | 33 |
245 | Those were the days | Mary Hopkin | 140 | 4 | 29 |
250 | Elenore | Turtles | 132 | 3 | 25 |
251 | Think it all over | Sandie Shaw | 125 | 4 | 42 |
257 | Crosstown traffic | Jimi Hendrix Experience | 106 | 3 | 37 |
260 | A salty dog | Procol Harum | 95 | 3 | 44 |
265 | This guy's in love with you | Herb Alpert | 82 | 3 | 47 |
267 | Swan lake | Cats | 80 | 3 | 48 |
270 | I shall be released | Tremeloes | 75 | 2 | 36 |
271 | Eloise | Barry Ryan | 73 | 2 | 35 |
274 | Help yourself | Tom Jones | 67 | 2 | 37 |
281 | Little arrows | Leapy Lee | 53 | 2 | 49 |
283 | Afterglow of your love | Small Faces | 40 | 1 | 36 |
284 | Reflections of my life | Marmalade | 36 | 1 | 40 |
292 | All along the watchtower | Jimi Hendrix Experience | 30 | 1 | 46 |
296 | Light my fire | José Feliciano | 28 | 1 | 48 |
298 | Les bicyclettes de belsize | Engelbert Humperdinck | 27 | 1 | 49 |
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