This is a list of singles which topped the Irish Singles Chart in 1968.
Prior to 1992, the Irish singles chart was compiled from trade shipments from the labels to record stores, rather than on consumer sales. The chart release day changed from Thursday to Saturday at the beginning of February.
Issue date Song ArtistRef. 4 January "Treat Me Daughter Kindly" Pat Lynch 11 January "Daydream Believer" The Monkees 18 January 25 January "Am I That Easy to Forget" Engelbert Humperdinck 3 February 10 February 17 February "Mighty Quinn" Manfred Mann 24 February "Mary From Dungloe" Emmet Spiceland 3 March "Mighty Quinn" Manfred Mann 10 March 17 March "Nora" Johnny McEvoy 24 March "The Legend of Xanadu" Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 31 March "Delilah" Tom Jones 6 April 13 April 20 April "Chance Of A Lifetime" Pat McGeegan 27 April "Congratulations" Cliff Richard 4 May 11 May "Simon Says" Dickie Rock 18 May "A Man Without Love" Engelbert Humperdinck 25 May 1 June "Young Girl" Gary Puckett & The Union Gap 8 June 15 June "Honey" Bobby Goldsboro 22 June 29 June 6 July 13 July "Blue Eyes" Don Partridge 20 July 27 July 3 August "I Pretend" Des O'Connor 10 August 17 August "Help Yourself" Tom Jones 24 August 31 August 7 September "Little Arrows" Brendan O'Brien / Dixies 14 September "Hey Jude" The Beatles 21 September "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" The Bee Gees 28 September "Hey Jude" The Beatles 5 October 12 October "Those Were the Days" Mary Hopkin 19 October 26 October 2 November 9 November "My Little Lady" The Tremeloes 16 November 23 November "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" Hugo Montenegro 30 November 7 December 14 December 21 December "Lily the Pink" The Scaffold 28 December
See also 1968 in music Irish Singles Chart List of artists who reached number one in Ireland
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