US Top 40 Singles Week Ending October 5th, 1968

These are all the US Top 40 singles for Week Ending October 5th, 1968.

Check out the top 100 artists of 1960s here.

You can also view the entire 1968 chart here.

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This Week’s Top 40
This Week’s Drops
Power Plays
New This Week
To Next or Previous Week

US TOP 40 – OCTOBER 5TH, 1968

#1
HEY JUDE
The Beatles

The Beatles - Hey Jude 7-inch label

TW LW TITLE ЉۢРArtist (Label)-Weeks on Chart (Peak To Date)

1 1 HEY JUDE –•– The Beatles (Apple)-4 (2 weeks at #1) (1)
2 2 HARPER VALLEY P.T.A. –•– Jeannie C. Riley (Plantation)-7 (1)
3 5 FIRE –•– The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown (Atlantic)-5 (3)
4 20 LITTLE GREEN APPLES –•– O.C. Smith (Columbia)-8 (4)
5 9 GIRL WATCHER –•– The O’Kaysions (ABC)-8 (5)
6 10 SLIP AWAY –•– Clarence Carter (Atlantic)-13 (6)
7 3 PEOPLE GOT TO BE FREE –•– The Rascals (Atlantic)-12 (1)
8 8 I’VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU –•– The Bee Gees (Atco)-8 (8)
9 7 1, 2, 3, RED LIGHT –•– 1910 Fruitgum Co. (Buddah)-11 (5)
10 14 I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER –•– Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)-8 (10)

11 11 TIME HAS COME TODAY –•– The Chambers Brothers (Columbia)-9 (11)
12 12 REVOLUTION –•– The Beatles (Apple)-4 (12)
13 6 THE FOOL ON THE HILL –•– Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66 (A&M)-9 (6)
14 21 SAY IT LOUD – I’M BLACK AND I’M PROUD (Part 1) –•– James Brown (King)-5 (14)
15 13 THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT –•– Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)-8 (6)
16 4 HUSH –•– Deep Purple (Tetragrammaton)-8 (4)
17 18 MIDNIGHT CONFESSIONS –•– The Grass Roots (Dunhill)-6 (17)
18 19 MY SPECIAL ANGEL –•– The Vogues (Reprise)-5 (18)
19 17 LIGHT MY FIRE –•– Jose Feliciano (RCA Victor)-11 (3)
20 28 (The Lament Of the Cherokee) INDIAN RESERVATION –•– Don Fardon (GNP Crescendo)-6 (20)

21 16 ON THE ROAD AGAIN –•– Canned Heat (Liberty)-9 (16)
22 22 YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY –•– Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell (Tamla)-11 (7)
23 15 BORN TO BE WILD –•– Steppenwolf (Dunhill)-13 (2)
24 24 PIECE OF MY HEART –•– Big Brother and the Holding Company (Columbia)-6 (24)
25 29 OVER YOU –•– Gary Puckett and the Union Gap (Columbia)-3 (25)
26 27 SUZIE Q. (Part 1) –•– Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)-5 (26)
27 30 THE SNAKE –•– Al Wilson (Soul City)-8 (27)
28 26 SPECIAL OCCASION –•– Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (Tamla)-8 (26)
29 42 HEY, WESTERN UNION MAN –•– Jerry Butler (Mercury)-6 (29)
30 25 MAGIC BUS –•– The Who (Decca)-9 (25)

31 31 ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER –•– The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Reprise)-3 (31)
32 38 IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA –•– Iron Butterfly (Atco)-7 (32)
33 33 WHO IS GONNA LOVE ME –•– Dionne Warwick (Scepter)-7 (33)
34 34 BABY, COME BACK –•– The Equals (RCA Victor)-5 (34)
35 35 HIP CITY (Part 2) –•– Jr. Walker and the All Stars (Soul)-9 (35)
36 36 SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME –•– Max Frost and the Troopers (Tower)-5 (36)
37 61 FOOL FOR YOU –•– The Impressions (Curtom)-5 (37)
38 59 HOLD ME TIGHT –•– Johnny Nash (JAD)-4 (38)
39 48 HELP YOURSELF –•– Tom Jones (Parrot)-6 (39)
40 44 BREAK YOUR PROMISE –•– The Delfonics (Philly Groove)-6 (40)

THIS WEEK’S DROP – OCTOBER 5TH, 1968

This section is vacant because no Top 40 item from last week’s chart fell to position #41-#100 this week. While this is a rare occurrence, it does happen from time to time.

POWER PLAYS – OCTOBER 5TH, 1968

41 41 I WISH IT WOULD RAIN –•– Gladys Knight and the Pips (Soul)-7 (41)
42 43 I MET HER IN CHURCH –•– The Box Tops (Mala)-4 (42)
43 46 BROWN EYED WOMAN –•– Bill Medley (MGM)-10 (43)
44 54 ELENORE –•– The Turtles (White Whale)-3 (44)
45 45 LISTEN HERE –•– Eddie Harris (Atlantic)-12 (45)
46 62 SHOOT’EM UP, BABY –•– Andy Kim (Steed)-5 (46)
47 47 DOWN ON ME –•– Big Brother and the Holding Company (Mainstream)-6 (47)
48 56 STREET FIGHTING MAN –•– The Rolling Stones (London)-5 (48)
49 49 I FOUND A TRUE LOVE –•– Wilson Pickett (Atlantic)-3 (49)
50 52 CHAINED –•– Marvin Gaye (Tamla)-4 (50)

NEW THIS WEEK – OCTOBER 5TH, 1968

58 — WHITE ROOM –•– Cream (Atco)-1 (58)
73 — LALENA –•– Donovan (Epic)-1 (73)
76 — DESTINATION: ANYWHERE –•– The Marvelettes (Tamla)-1 (76)
84 — TAKE ME FOR A LITTLE WHILE –•– Vanilla Fudge (Atco)-1 (84)
85 — ALFIE –•– Eivets Rednow (Stevie Wonder) (Gordy)-1 (85)
86 — MAGIC CARPET RIDE –•– Steppenwolf (Dunhill)-1 (86)
88 — YOU GOT THE LOVE –•– Professor Morrison’s Lollipop (White Whale)-1 (88)
89 — QUICK JOEY SMALL (Run Joey Run) –•– The Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus (Buddah)-1 (89)
90 — YOU PUT IT ON ME –•– B.B. King (Bluesway)-1 (90)
93 — UP-HARD –•– Willie Mitchell (Hi)-1 (93)
97 — NITTY GRITTY –•– Ricardo Ray (Alegre)-1 (97)
98 — I’M IN A DIFFERENT WORLD –•– The Four Tops (Motown)-1 (98)
99 — SMELL OF INCENSE –•– Southwest F.O.B. (HIP)-1 (99)
100 — SUNDAY SUN –•– Neil Diamond (Uni)-1 (100)