Get Back is My Favorite Song of 1969I was only 12 back in 1969. The biggest event of that year was the manned landing on the moon by Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins.
Music wise 1969 was another year of great rock and pop music that wrapped the decade of the 1960s up. We had some great big classic hits by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Creedence Clearwater Revival and many others.
In retrospect my favorite songs from 1969 are those by The Beatles. My #1 song of the year is "Get Back" and I list it with its 45 rpm B-side "Don't Let Me Down". My #2 song of the year is another Beatles song that was never released as a single. It is George Harrison's greatest song of all time... "Here Comes The Sun" from the Abbey Road album. He also showed up with The Beatles at #12 with "Something". John Lennon had Beatles tracks on my top 100 with "The Ballad of John & Yoko" at #9, "Come Together" at #21 and his first solo track, "Give Peace a Chance" at #58, which is shown on the record's label at John Lennon / The Plastic Ono Band.
The Rolling Stones had a couple of big hits in 1969, with my favorite being "Honky Tonk Woman" at #3 for the year.
Several songs in my Top 100 of 1969 were not in the Billboard Top 100 of 1969. They include It's a Beautiful Day's "White Bird" at #4, The Youngbloods' "Get Together" at #11 (originally released in 1967), and "The Boxer" and "Baby Driver" 45 from Simon & Garfunkel. Several other songs that did not score high enough on the year end Billboard Chart of 1969 made this chart.
All of the songs on this chart can be streamed on my Spotify playlist. The Top 100 Hits of 1969 list is posted below. Enjoy!
| Rank | Title | Artist |
| 1 | Get Back / Don't Let Me Down | The Beatles |
| 2 | Here Comes The Sun | The Beatles |
| 3 | Honky Tonk Women | The Rolling Stones |
| 4 | White Bird | It's A Beautiful Day |
| 5 | In the Year 2525 | Zager & Evans |
| 6 | One | Three Dog Night |
| 7 | Crimson and Clover (album version) | Tommy James and the Shondells |
| 8 | Bad Moon Rising / Lodi | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| 9 | The Ballad of John & Yoko / Old Brown Shoe | The Beatles |
| 10 | Time of the Season | The Zombies |
| 11 | Get Together | The Youngbloods |
| 12 | Something | The Beatles |
| 13 | Everyday People | Sly and the Family Stone |
| 14 | Fortunate Son / Down on the Corner | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| 15 | Dizzy | Tommy Roe |
| 16 | Hair | The Cowsills |
| 17 | Crystal Blue Persuasion | Tommy James and the Shondells |
| 18 | Green River / Commotion | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| 19 | Eli's Coming | Three Dog Night |
| 20 | I Heard It Through the Grapevine | Marvin Gaye |
| 21 | Come Together | The Beatles |
| 22 | Proud Mary / Born on the Bayou | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| 23 | Love (Can Make You Happy) | Mercy |
| 24 | Suspicious Minds | Elvis Presley |
| 25 | Put a Little Love in Your Heart | Jackie DeShannon |
| 26 | Someday, We'll Be Together | Diana Ross & The Supremes |
| 27 | It's Your Thing | The Isley Brothers |
| 28 | Sugar, Sugar | The Archies |
| 29 | These Eyes | The Guess Who |
| 30 | Sympathy for the Devil | The Rolling Stones |
| 31 | Hawaii Five-O | The Ventures |
| 32 | Touch Me | The Doors |
| 33 | Lay Lady Lay | Bob Dylan |
| 34 | Easy to Be Hard | Three Dog Night |
| 35 | Hot Fun in the Summertime | Sly and the Family Stone |
| 36 | Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye | Steam |
| 37 | A Boy Named Sue | Johnny Cash |
| 38 | Soul Deep | The Box Tops |
| 39 | Time Is Tight | Booker T. & the M.G.'s |
| 40 | More Today Than Yesterday | Spiral Starecase |
| 41 | Sugar on Sunday | The Clique |
| 42 | Spinning Wheel | Blood, Sweat & Tears |
| 43 | The Boxer / Baby Driver | Simon & Garfunkel |
| 44 | Whole Lotta Love | Led Zeppelin |
| 45 | Marakesh Express / Helplessly Hoping | Crosby, Stills & Nash |
| 46 | Atlantis | Donovan |
| 47 | Laughing | The Guess Who |
| 48 | I'd Wait a Million Years | The Grass Roots |
| 49 | I Can Hear Music | The Beach Boys |
| 50 | My Cherie Amour | Stevie Wonder |
| 51 | What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) | Jr. Walker & The All Stars |
| 52 | You've Made Me So Very Happy | Blood, Sweat & Tears |
| 53 | You Showed Me | The Turtles |
| 54 | Smile a Little Smile for Me | The Flying Machine |
| 55 | Traces | Classics IV |
| 56 | Ramblin' Gamblin' Man | Bob Seger System |
| 57 | Tell All The People | The Doors |
| 58 | Give Peace A Chance | John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Band |
| 59 | Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | Kenny Rogers and The First Edition |
| 60 | Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In | The 5th Dimension |
| 61 | Backfield in Motion | Mel and Tim |
| 62 | I Can't Get Next to You | The Temptations |
| 63 | Wishful Sinful | The Doors |
| 64 | Build Me Up Buttercup | The Foundations |
| 65 | This Magic Moment | Jay and the Americans |
| 66 | Maxwell's Silver Hammer | The Beatles |
| 67 | In the Ghetto | Elvis Presley |
| 68 | Everybody's Talkin' | Harry Nilsson |
| 69 | Baby It's You | Smith |
| 70 | The River is Wide | The Grass Roots |
| 71 | Too Busy Thinking About My Baby | Marvin Gaye |
| 72 | Good Morning Starshine | Oliver |
| 73 | Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' | Crazy Elephant |
| 74 | Wedding Bell Blues | The 5th Dimension |
| 75 | It's Getting Better | Mama Cass Elliot |
| 76 | Sweet Caroline | Neil Diamond |
| 77 | Games People Play | Joe South |
| 78 | Baby, Baby Don't Cry | The Miracles |
| 79 | Take A Letter Maria | R.B. Greaves |
| 80 | Israelites | Desmond Decker & The Aces |
| 81 | Jingle Jangle | The Archies |
| 82 | Galveston | Glen Campbell |
| 83 | Undun | The Guess Who |
| 84 | Octopus's Garden | The Beatles |
| 85 | Goodbye | Mary Hopkin |
| 86 | I'm Gonna Make You Love Me | The Supremes & The Temptations |
| 87 | Bella Linda | The Grass Roots |
| 88 | That's the Way Love Is | Marvin Gaye |
| 89 | Hooked on a Feeling | B.J. Thomas |
| 90 | This Girl Is a Woman Now | Gary Puckett & The Union Gap |
| 91 | Only The Strong Survive | Jerry Butler |
| 92 | Ruben James | Kenny Rogers and The First Edition |
| 93 | Time Machine | Grand Funk Railroad |
| 94 | Try A Little Tenderness | Three Dog Night |
| 95 | Baby, I Love You | Andy Kim |
| 96 | Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon | Paul Revere & the Raiders |
| 97 | Can I Change My Mind | Tyronne Davis |
| 98 | Gitarzan | Ray Stevens |
| 99 | Grazing in the Grass | The Friends of Distinction |
| 100 | Keem-O-Sabe | Electric Indian |
