This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1966."Top Records of 1966", Billboard, December 24, 1966. p. 34, Retrieved April 17, 2018. The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 24, 1966, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of January 1 through December 10, 1966.
No. Title Artist(s)1 "California Dreamin'" The Mamas & the Papas2 "96 Tears" ? and the Mysterians3 "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" Jimmy Ruffin4 "Last Train to Clarksville" The Monkees5 "Reach Out I'll Be There" Four Tops6 "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" Nancy Sinatra7 "Cherish" The Association8 "Strangers in the Night" Frank Sinatra9 "Kicks" Paul Revere & the Raiders10 "The Ballad of the Green Berets" Barry Sadler11 "Good Lovin'" The Young Rascals12 "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" The Righteous Brothers13 "You Can't Hurry Love" The Supremes14 "Sunny" Bobby Hebb15 "See You in September" The Happenings16 "Li'l Red Riding Hood" Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs17 "Lightnin' Strikes" Lou Christie18 "Poor Side of Town" Johnny Rivers19 "Working in the Coal Mine" Lee Dorsey20 "A Groovy Kind of Love" The Mindbenders21 "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" Dusty Springfield22 "Sunshine Superman" Donovan23 "Born a Woman" Sandy Posey24 "Monday, Monday" The Mamas & the Papas25 "Red Rubber Ball" The Cyrkle26 "Born Free" Roger Williams27 "Walk Away Renée" The Left Banke28 "Cool Jerk" The Capitols29 "B-A-B-Y" Carla Thomas30 "Hanky Panky" Tommy James and the Shondells31 "When a Man Loves a Woman" Percy Sledge32 "Time Won't Let Me" The Outsiders33 "Bus Stop" The Hollies34 "Paint It Black" The Rolling Stones35 "Summer in the City" The Lovin' Spoonful36 "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" B. J. Thomas & the Triumphs37 "My Love" Petula Clark38 "Daydream" The Lovin' Spoonful39 "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" The Temptations 40 "Wild Thing" The Troggs41 "Elusive Butterfly" Bob Lind42 "I Am a Rock" Simon & Garfunkel43 "Dirty Water" The Standells44 "Hooray for Hazel" Tommy Roe45 "Crying Time" Ray Charles46 "Sweet Pea" Tommy Roe47 "Secret Agent Man" Johnny Rivers48 "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?" The Lovin' Spoonful49 "We Can Work It Out" The Beatles50 "Homeward Bound" Simon & Garfunkel51 "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" Stevie Wonder52 "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" Cher53 "Sloop John B" The Beach Boys54 "19th Nervous Breakdown" The Rolling Stones55 "Wipe Out" The Surfaris56 "Psychotic Reaction" Count Five57 "Paperback Writer" The Beatles58 "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" The Temptations59 "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)" The T-Bones60 "Barefootin'" Robert Parker 61 "Just Like Me" Paul Revere & the Raiders62 "Love Makes the World Go Round" Deon Jackson63 "The Pied Piper" Crispian St. Peters64 "Somewhere My Love" Ray Conniff Singers65 "Almost Persuaded" David Houston66 "If I Were a Carpenter" Bobby Darin67 "Don't Mess with Bill" The Marvelettes68 "Cherry, Cherry" Neil Diamond69 "Message to Michael" Dionne Warwick70 "Love Is a Hurtin' Thing" Lou Rawls71 "Gloria" The Shadows of Knight72 "My World Is Empty Without You" The Supremes73 "Barbara Ann" The Beach Boys74 "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" Bob Dylan75 "Guantanamera" The Sandpipers76 "I'm Your Puppet" James & Bobby Purify77 "Land of 1000 Dances" Wilson Pickett78 "Oh How Happy" The Shades of Blue79 "Woman" Peter and Gordon80 "You Baby" The Turtles81 "Sweet Talkin' Guy" The Chiffons82 "Five O'Clock World" The Vogues83 "Black Is Black" Los Bravos84 "Nowhere Man" The Beatles85 "Dandy" Herman's Hermits86 "Baby Scratch My Back" Slim Harpo87 "She's Just My Style" Gary Lewis & the Playboys88 "The More I See You" Chris Montez89 "I Fought the Law" The Bobby Fuller Four90 "Yellow Submarine" The Beatles91 "Hungry" Paul Revere & the Raiders92 "Zorba the Greek" Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass93 "Shapes of Things" The Yardbirds94 "Along Comes Mary" The Association95 "634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)" Wilson Pickett96 "Devil with a Blue Dress On/Good Golly, Miss Molly" Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels97 "Wouldn't It Be Nice" The Beach Boys98 "This Old Heart of Mine" The Isley Brothers99 "Green Grass" Gary Lewis & the Playboys100 "A Well Respected Man" The Kinks
See also 1966 in music List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1966 List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1966
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