music released in 1965

singles released or popular in 1965

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#1 “Like a Rolling Stone” by Bob Dylan (with 45846 votes)

#2 “Surfin’ U.S.A.” by the Beach Boys (with 41086 votes)

#3 “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” by the Rolling Stones (with 39183 votes)

#4 “Daytripper” by the Beatles (with 38468 votes)

#5 “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away (official video)” by the Beatles (with 38158 votes)

#6 “Can’t Explain (official video)” by the Who (with 37364 votes)

#7 “In My Life” by the Beatles (with 37043 votes)

#8 “I Got You (I Feel Good) (live)” by James Brown (with 36558 votes)

#9 “We Can Work It Out” by the Beatles (with 36266 votes)

#10 “If I Needed Someone” by the Beatles (with 34761 votes)

#11 “California Girls” by the Beach Boys (with 34142 votes)

#12 “Drive My Car” by the Beatles (with 33462 votes)

#13 “Tired of Waiting for You” by the Kinks (with 32850 votes)

#14 “Yesterday” by the Beatles (with 32120 votes)

#15 “Mr. Tambourine Man” by the Byrds (with 31749 votes)

#16 “Desolation Row” by Bob Dylan (with 26985 votes)

#17 “Ticket to Ride” by the Beatles (with 21683 votes)

#18 “Help!” by the Beatles (with 20750 votes)

#19 “Pursuance” by John Coltrane (with 19403 votes)

#20 “All Day and All of the Night” by the Kinks (with 18842 votes)

#21 “The Night Before” by the Beatles (with 18599 votes)

#22 “I’m Down” by the Beatles (with 17549 votes)

#23 “Nowhere Man” by the Beatles (with 17008 votes)

#24 “Acknowledgement” by John Coltrane (with 16111 votes)

#25 “The Last Time” by the Rolling Stones (with 16037 votes)

#26 “Girl” by the Beatles (with 15791 votes)

#27 “I Feel Fine” by the Beatles (with 15276 votes)

#28 “I Put A Spell On You” by Nina Simone (with 15187 votes)

#29 “Set Me Free” by the Kinks (with 14258 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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