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TheUK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by theOfficial Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom.[1] Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical singles.[2][3] This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of theUK Singles Chart during1965, as well as singles which peaked in1964 and1966 but were in the top 10 in 1965. The entry date is when the single appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
One-hundred and eighteen singles were in the top ten in 1965. Eight singles from 1964 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while "Let's Hang On!" byThe Four Seasons featuringFrankie Valli, and "My Ship Is Comin' In" byThe Walker Brothers were both released in 1965 but did not reach their peak until 1966. "Somewhere" byP. J. Proby, "Terry" byTwinkle and "Yeh, Yeh" byGeorgie Fame and the Blue Flames were the singles from 1964 to reach their peak in 1965. Thirty-one artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1965.Bob Dylan,The Seekers,Sonny & Cher,Tom Jones andThe Who were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 1965.
The 1964Christmas number-one, "I Feel Fine" byThe Beatles, remained at number one for the first week of 1965. The first new number-one single of the year was "Yeh, Yeh" byGeorgie Fame and the Blue Flames. Overall, twenty-four different singles peaked at number-one in 1965, withThe Rolling Stones andThe Beatles (3) having the joint most singles hit that position.
One-hundred and eighteen singles charted in the top 10 in 1965, with one-hundred and ten singles reaching their peak this year. Two songs were recorded by several artists with each version reaching the top 10:
Thirty-one artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1965.The Animals,The Beatles,Bob Dylan,Gene Pitney andSandie Shaw shared the record for most top 10 hits in 1965 with four hit singles each.
Ken Dodd was one of a number of artists with two top-ten entries, including the number-one single "Tears".Cher,Dusty Springfield,Manfred Mann,The Shadows andVal Doonican were among the other artists who had multiple top 10 entries in 1965.
Thirty-three artists achieved their first top 10 single in 1965, either as a lead or featured artist. Of these, seven went on to record another hit single that year:Cher,Donovan,The Fortunes,The Ivy League,Sonny,Them andThe Walker Brothers.The Seekers,The Who andThe Yardbirds all had two more top 10 singles in 1965.Bob Dylan had three other entries in his breakthrough year.
The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo single.
Cher andSonny Bono made their debut as the duoSonny and Cher, reaching number-one with "I Got You Babe". They both had an individual chart entry later in the year - "All I Really Want to Do" and "Laugh at Me" respectively both peaking at number 9.
Original songs from various films entered the top 10 throughout the year. These included "Ferry Cross the Mersey" (Ferry Cross the Mersey), "Help!" and "Ticket to Ride" (Help!) and "Zorba's Dance" (Zorba the Greek).
Additionally,P. J. Proby released a cover version of "Maria" from the filmWest Side Story, reaching number eight at the end of 1965.
Until 1970 there was no universally recognised year-end best-sellers list. However, in 2011 the Official Charts Company released a list of the best-selling single of each year in chart history from 1952 to date. According to the list, "Tears" byKen Dodd is officially recorded as thebiggest-selling single of 1965. "Tears" (3), "The Carnival Is Over" (6) and "Day Tripper"/"We Can Work It Out" (7) all ranked in the top 10best-selling singles of the decade.
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ‡ | Single peaked in 1964 but still in chart in 1965. |
| ♦ | Single released in 1965 but peaked in 1966. |
| (#) | Year-end best-selling single. |
| Entered | The date that the single first appeared in the chart. |
| Peak | Highest position that the single reached in the UK Singles Chart. |
| Entered (week ending) | Weeks in top 10 | Single | Artist | Peak | Peak reached (week ending) | Weeks at peak |
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| Singles in 1964 | ||||||
| 26 November 1964 | 7 | "I'm Gonna Be Strong" ‡ | Gene Pitney | 2 | 3 December 1964 | 2 |
| 9 | "Downtown" ‡ | Petula Clark | 2 | 17 December 1964 | 3 | |
| 3 December 1964 | 8 | "I Feel Fine" ‡ | The Beatles | 1 | 10 December 1964 | 5 |
| 10 December 1964 | 7 | "Walk Tall" ‡ | Val Doonican | 3 | 17 December 1964 | 2 |
| 17 December 1964 | 4 | "I Could Easily Fall (In Love with You)" ‡ | Cliff Richard &The Shadows | 6 | 31 December 1964 | 1 |
| 24 December 1964 | 5 | "Somewhere" | P. J. Proby | 6 | 14 January 1965 | 2 |
| 31 December 1964 | 6 | "Yeh, Yeh" | Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames | 1 | 14 January 1965 | 2 |
| 6 | "Terry" | Twinkle | 4 | 7 January 1965 | 3 | |
| Singles in 1965 | ||||||
| 7 January 1965 | 5 | "Girl Don't Come" | Sandie Shaw | 3 | 21 January 1965 | 1 |
| 7 | "Go Now" | The Moody Blues | 1 | 28 January 1965 | 1 | |
| 14 January 1965 | 3 | "Ferry Cross the Mersey" | Gerry and the Pacemakers | 8 | 21 January 1965 | 1 |
| 5 | "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" | Sounds Orchestral | 5 | 21 January 1965 | 1 | |
| 28 January 1965 | 3 | "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" | Cilla Black | 2 | 28 January 1965 | 1 |
| 5 | "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" | The Righteous Brothers | 1 | 4 February 1965 | 2 | |
| 4 | "Come Tomorrow" | Manfred Mann | 4 | 4 February 1965 | 1 | |
| 6 | "Tired of Waiting for You" | The Kinks | 1 | 18 February 1965 | 1 | |
| 4 February 1965 | 4 | "Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow the Sun)" | Del Shannon | 3 | 11 February 1965 | 1 |
| 11 February 1965 | 8 | "I'll Never Find Another You" | The Seekers | 1 | 25 February 1965 | 2 |
| 4 | "The Special Years" | Val Doonican | 7 | 11 February 1965 | 4 | |
| 1 | "Baby, Please Don't Go" | Them | 10 | 11 February 1965 | 1 | |
| 18 February 1965 | 5 | "The Game of Love" | Wayne Fontana &The Mindbenders | 2 | 25 February 1965 | 1 |
| 4 | "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" | The Animals | 3 | 25 February 1965 | 1 | |
| 3 | "Funny How Love Can Be" | The Ivy League | 8 | 4 March 1965 | 1 | |
| 25 February 1965 | 1 | "It Hurts So Much (To See You Go)" | Jim Reeves | 8 | 25 February 1965 | 1 |
| 7 | "It's Not Unusual" | Tom Jones | 1 | 11 March 1965 | 1 | |
| 4 March 1965 | 6 | "Silhouettes" | Herman's Hermits | 3 | 11 March 1965 | 3 |
| 4 | "I Must Be Seeing Things" | Gene Pitney | 6 | 4 March 1965 | 1 | |
| 6 | "Come and Stay with Me" | Marianne Faithfull | 4 | 25 March 1965 | 1 | |
| 11 March 1965 | 3 | "I'll Stop At Nothing" | Sandie Shaw | 4 | 11 March 1965 | 1 |
| 7 | "The Last Time" | The Rolling Stones | 1 | 18 March 1965 | 3 | |
| 2 | "Yes I Will" | The Hollies | 9 | 18 March 1965 | 1 | |
| 18 March 1965 | 3 | "Goodbye My Love" | The Searchers | 4 | 1 April 1965 | 1 |
| 25 March 1965 | 6 | "Concrete and Clay" | Unit 4 + 2 | 1 | 8 April 1965 | 1 |
| 8 | "The Minute You're Gone" | Cliff Richard | 1 | 15 April 1965 | 1 | |
| 1 April 1965 | 4 | "For Your Love" | The Yardbirds | 3 | 8 April 1965 | 2 |
| 6 | "Catch the Wind" | Donovan | 4 | 15 April 1965 | 1 | |
| 8 April 1965 | 6 | "Here Comes the Night" | Them | 2 | 22 April 1965 | 1 |
| 2 | "I Can't Explain" | The Who | 8 | 15 April 1965 | 1 | |
| 15 April 1965 | 2 | "Stop! In the Name of Love"[B] | The Supremes | 7 | 15 April 1965 | 1 |
| 1 | "The Times They Are a-Changin'" | Bob Dylan | 9 | 15 April 1965 | 1 | |
| 6 | "Pop Go the Workers" | The Barron Knights | 5 | 29 April 1965 | 1 | |
| 22 April 1965 | 7 | "Ticket to Ride" | The Beatles | 1 | 22 April 1965 | 3 |
| 3 | "Little Things" | Dave Berry | 5 | 22 April 1965 | 1 | |
| 7 | "King of the Road" | Roger Miller | 1 | 13 May 1965 | 1 | |
| 29 April 1965 | 3 | "Bring It On Home to Me" | The Animals | 7 | 29 April 1965 | 2 |
| 6 May 1965 | 7 | "A World of Our Own" | The Seekers | 3 | 13 May 1965 | 3 |
| 5 | "True Love Ways" | Peter and Gordon | 2 | 20 May 1965 | 1 | |
| 13 May 1965 | 5 | "Where Are You Now"[C] | Jackie Trent | 1 | 20 May 1965 | 1 |
| 3 | "Subterranean Homesick Blues" | Bob Dylan | 9 | 20 May 1965 | 2 | |
| 20 May 1965 | 4 | "This Little Bird" | Marianne Faithfull | 6 | 20 May 1965 | 3 |
| 1 | "Wonderful World" | Herman's Hermits | 7 | 20 May 1965 | 1 | |
| 7 | "Long Live Love" | Sandie Shaw | 1 | 27 May 1965 | 3 | |
| 27 May 1965 | 5 | "Poor Man's Son" | The Rockin' Berries | 5 | 3 June 1965 | 2 |
| 6 | "The Clapping Song" | Shirley Ellis | 6 | 24 June 1965 | 1 | |
| 3 June 1965 | 5 | "Trains and Boats and Planes" | Burt Bacharach, His Orchestra & Chorus | 4 | 24 June 1965 | 1 |
| 10 June 1965 | 7 | "Crying in the Chapel" | Elvis Presley | 1 | 17 June 1965 | 2 |
| 6 | "The Price of Love" | The Everly Brothers | 2 | 17 June 1965 | 1 | |
| 9 | "I'm Alive" | The Hollies | 1 | 24 June 1965 | 3 | |
| 17 June 1965 | 1 | "Marie" | The Bachelors | 9 | 17 June 1965 | 1 |
| 4 | "Colours" | Donovan | 4 | 1 July 1965 | 1 | |
| 24 June 1965 | 2 | "Set Me Free"[D] | The Kinks | 9 | 24 June 1965 | 2 |
| 5 | "Looking Through the Eyes of Love" | Gene Pitney | 3 | 8 July 1965 | 1 | |
| 1 July 1965 | 1 | "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" | The Who | 10 | 1 July 1965 | 1 |
| 8 July 1965 | 5 | "Heart Full of Soul" | The Yardbirds | 2 | 15 July 1965 | 3 |
| 4 | "To Know You Is to Love You" | Peter and Gordon | 5 | 8 July 1965 | 2 | |
| 7 | "Mr. Tambourine Man" | The Byrds | 1 | 22 July 1965 | 2 | |
| 3 | "Leave a Little Love" | Lulu | 8 | 15 July 1965 | 2 | |
| 6 | "Tossing and Turning" | The Ivy League | 3 | 22 July 1965 | 1 | |
| 15 July 1965 | 4 | "In the Middle of Nowhere" | Dusty Springfield | 8 | 29 July 1965 | 1 |
| 22 July 1965 | 6 | "You've Got Your Troubles" | The Fortunes | 2 | 19 August 1965 | 1 |
| 29 July 1965 | 8 | "Help!" | The Beatles | 1 | 5 August 1965 | 3 |
| 5 | "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" | The Animals | 2 | 12 August 1965 | 1 | |
| 3 | "There but for Fortune" | Joan Baez | 8 | 5 August 1965 | 2 | |
| 5 August 1965 | 4 | "Catch Us If You Can" | The Dave Clark Five | 5 | 12 August 1965 | 1 |
| 12 August 1965 | 4 | "Everyone's Gone to the Moon" | Jonathan King | 4 | 26 August 1965 | 1 |
| 2 | "In Thoughts of You" | Billy Fury | 9 | 12 August 1965 | 1 | |
| 1 | "Summer Nights" | Marianne Faithfull | 10 | 12 August 1965 | 1 | |
| 19 August 1965 | 7 | "I Got You Babe" | Sonny & Cher | 1 | 26 August 1965 | 2 |
| 7 | "A Walk in the Black Forest" | Horst Jankowski, His Orchestra & Chorus | 3 | 26 August 1965 | 1 | |
| 6 | "Zorba's Dance" | Marcello Minerbi | 6 | 2 September 1965 | 1 | |
| 26 August 1965 | 3 | "All I Really Want to Do" | The Byrds | 4 | 2 September 1965 | 1 |
| 1 | "Don't Make My Baby Blue" | The Shadows | 10 | 26 August 1965 | 1 | |
| 2 September 1965 | 7 | "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" | The Rolling Stones | 1 | 9 September 1965 | 2 |
| 8 | "Make It Easy on Yourself" | The Walker Brothers | 1 | 23 September 1965 | 1 | |
| 6 | "Like a Rolling Stone" | Bob Dylan | 4 | 16 September 1965 | 1 | |
| 1 | "See My Friends" | The Kinks | 10 | 2 September 1965 | 1 | |
| 9 September 1965 | 1 | "All I Really Want to Do" | Cher | 9 | 9 September 1965 | 1 |
| 3 | "Laugh at Me" | Sonny | 9 | 16 September 1965 | 1 | |
| 16 September 1965 | 5 | "Look Through Any Window" | The Hollies | 4 | 30 September 1965 | 1 |
| 17 | "Tears"(#1) | Ken Dodd | 1 | 30 September 1965 | 5 | |
| 23 September 1965 | 7 | "Eve of Destruction" | Barry McGuire | 3 | 28 October 1965 | 1 |
| 30 September 1965 | 5 | "If You Gotta Go, Go Now" | Manfred Mann | 2 | 7 October 1965 | 1 |
| 3 | "Il Silenzio" | Nini Rosso | 8 | 14 October 1965 | 1 | |
| 7 October 1965 | 6 | "Almost There" | Andy Williams | 2 | 14 October 1965 | 3 |
| 4 | "Hang On Sloopy" | The McCoys | 5 | 14 October 1965 | 2 | |
| 14 October 1965 | 2 | "Message Understood" | Sandie Shaw | 6 | 21 October 1965 | 1 |
| 21 October 1965 | 1 | "Some of Your Lovin'" | Dusty Springfield | 8 | 21 October 1965 | 1 |
| 5 | "Evil Hearted You"/"Still I'm Sad" | The Yardbirds | 3 | 4 November 1965 | 1 | |
| 4 | "It's Good News Week" | Hedgehoppers Anonymous | 5 | 4 November 1965 | 1 | |
| 28 October 1965 | 6 | "Yesterday Man" | Chris Andrews | 3 | 11 November 1965 | 2 |
| 5 | "Here It Comes Again" | The Fortunes | 4 | 11 November 1965 | 1 | |
| 3 | "Yesterday" | Matt Monro | 8 | 4 November 1965 | 2 | |
| 4 November 1965 | 6 | "Get Off of My Cloud" | The Rolling Stones | 1 | 4 November 1965 | 3 |
| 4 | "It's My Life" | The Animals | 7 | 11 November 1965 | 3 | |
| 11 November 1965 | 11 | "The Carnival Is Over" | The Seekers | 1 | 25 November 1965 | 3 |
| 18 November 1965 | 7 | "My Generation" | The Who | 2 | 25 November 1965 | 2 |
| 7 | "1-2-3" | Len Barry | 3 | 2 December 1965 | 1 | |
| 3 | "Positively 4th Street" | Bob Dylan | 8 | 2 December 1965 | 1 | |
| 25 November 1965 | 9 | "Wind Me Up (Let Me Go)" | Cliff Richard | 2 | 23 December 1965 | 3 |
| 2 December 1965 | 5 | "A Lover's Concerto" | The Toys | 5 | 2 December 1965 | 2 |
| 2 | "Princess in Rags" | Gene Pitney | 9 | 2 December 1965 | 1 | |
| 9 December 1965 | 9 | "Day Tripper"/"We Can Work It Out" | The Beatles | 1 | 16 December 1965 | 5 |
| 8 | "The River" | Ken Dodd | 3 | 23 December 1965 | 2 | |
| 16 December 1965 | 1 | "Maria" | P. J. Proby | 8 | 16 December 1965 | 1 |
| 8 | "My Ship Is Comin' In" ♦ | The Walker Brothers | 3 | 20 January 1966 | 1 | |
| 23 December 1965 | 7 | "Let's Hang On!" ♦ | The Four Seasons | 4 | 20 January 1966 | 1 |
The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 1965, including singles that reached their peak in 1964 or 1966. The figures include both main artists and featured artists. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 1965 is also shown.
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