The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom. Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical singles. This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 1965, as well as singles which peaked in 1964 and 1966 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!" by The Four Seasons and "My Ship Is Comin' In" by The Walker Brothers were both released in 1965 but did not reach their peak until 1966. "Somewhere" by P. J. Proby, "Terry" by Twinkle and "Yeh, Yeh" by Georgie 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 and The Who were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 1965.
The 1964 Christmas number-one, "I Feel Fine" by The Beatles, remained at number one for the first week of 1965. The first new number-one single of the year was "Yeh, Yeh" by Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames. Overall, twenty-four different singles peaked at number-one in 1965, with The Rolling Stones and The Beatles (3) having the joint most singles hit that position.
Background Multiple entries 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:
"All I Really Want to Do" – The Byrds, Cher "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" – Cilla Black, The Righteous Brothers
Thirty-one artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1965. The Animals, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Gene Pitney and Sandie 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 and Val Doonican were among the other artists who had multiple top 10 entries in 1965.
Chart debuts 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 and The Walker Brothers. The Seekers, The Who and The 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.
Artist Number of top 10s First entry Chart position Other entries1"Go Now"1—Sounds Orchestral1"Cast Your Fate to the Wind"5—1"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"1—3"I'll Never Find Another You"1"A World of Our Own" (3), "The Carnival Is Over" (1)Them2"Baby, Please Don't Go"10"Here Comes the Night" (2)2"Funny How Love Can Be"8"Tossing and Turning" (3)Tom Jones1"It's Not Unusual"1—Unit 4 + 21"Concrete and Clay"1—3"For Your Love"3"Heart Full of Soul" (2), "Evil Hearted You"/"Still I'm Sad" (3)Donovan2"Catch the Wind"4"Colours" (4)3"I Can't Explain" 8"Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" (10), "My Generation" (2)Bob Dylan4"The Times They Are a-Changin'"9"Subterranean Homesick Blues" (9), "Like a Rolling Stone" (4), "Positively 4th Street" (8)Roger Miller1"King of the Road"1—Jackie Trent1"Where Are You Now"1—Shirley Ellis1"The Clapping Song"6—Burt Bacharach1"Trains and Boats and Planes"4—1"Mr. Tambourine Man"1"All I Really Want to Do" (4)2"You've Got Your Troubles"2"Here It Comes Again" (4)Joan Baez1"There but for Fortune"8—Jonathan King1"Everyone's Gone to the Moon"4—Sonny & Cher1"I Got You Babe"1—Cher2"All I Really Want to Do" (9)Sonny"Laugh at Me" (9)Horst Jankowski1"A Walk in the Black Forest"3—Marcello Minerbi1"Zorba's Dance"6—2"Make It Easy on Yourself"1"My Ship Is Comin' In" (3) Barry McGuire1"Eve of Destruction"3—Nini Rosso1"Il Silenzio"8—1"Hang On Sloopy" 5—Hedgehoppers Anonymous1"It's Good News Week"5—Chris Andrews1"Yesterday Man"3—Len Barry1"1-2-3"3—1"A Lover's Concerto"5—
Notes Cher and Sonny Bono made their debut as the duo Sonny 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.
Songs from films 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 film West Side Story, reaching number eight at the end of 1965.
Best-selling singles
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" by Ken Dodd is officially recorded as the biggest-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 10 best-selling singles of the decade.
Top-ten singles Key SymbolMeaning‡Single peaked in 1964 but still in chart in 1965.♦Single released in 1965 but peaked in 1966.(#)Year-end best-selling single.EnteredThe date that the single first appeared in the chart.PeakHighest position that the single reached in the UK Singles Chart.
Entered(week ending) Weeksintop10 Single Artist Peak Peak reached(week ending) WeeksatpeakSingles in 1964 7"I'm Gonna Be Strong" ‡Gene Pitney 2 2 9"Downtown" ‡Petula Clark 2 3 8"I Feel Fine" ‡ 1 5 7"Walk Tall" ‡Val Doonican 3 2 4"I Could Easily Fall (in Love with You)" ‡Cliff Richard & The Shadows 6 1 5"Somewhere"P. J. Proby 6 2 6"Yeh, Yeh"Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames 1 2 6"Terry"Twinkle 4 3Singles in 1965 5"Girl Don't Come"Sandie Shaw 3 1 7"Go Now" 1 1 3"Ferry Cross the Mersey"Gerry and the Pacemakers 8 1 5"Cast Your Fate to the Wind"Sounds Orchestral 5 1 3"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"Cilla Black 2 1 5"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" 1 2 4"Come Tomorrow"Manfred Mann 4 1 6"Tired of Waiting for You" 1 1 4"Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow the Sun)"Del Shannon 3 1 8"I'll Never Find Another You" 1 2 4"The Special Years"Val Doonican 7 4 1"Baby, Please Don't Go"Them 10 1 5"The Game of Love"Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders 2 1 4"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" 3 1 3"Funny How Love Can Be" 8 1 1"It Hurts So Much (To See You Go)"Jim Reeves 8 1 7"It's Not Unusual"Tom Jones 1 1 6"Silhouettes"Herman's Hermits 3 3 4"I Must Be Seeing Things"Gene Pitney 6 1 6"Come and Stay with Me"Marianne Faithfull 4 1 3"I'll Stop At Nothing"Sandie Shaw 4 1 7"The Last Time" 1 3 2"Yes I Will" 9 1 3"Goodbye My Love"The Searchers 4 1 6"Concrete and Clay"Unit 4 + 2 1 1 8"The Minute You're Gone"Cliff Richard 1 1 4"For Your Love" 3 2 6"Catch the Wind"Donovan 4 1 6"Here Comes the Night"Them 2 1 2"I Can't Explain" 8 1 2"Stop! In the Name of Love" 7 1 1"The Times They Are a-Changin'"Bob Dylan 9 1 6"Pop Go the Workers"The Barron Knights 5 1 7"Ticket to Ride" 1 3 3"Little Things"Dave Berry 5 1 7"King of the Road"Roger Miller 1 1 3"Bring It On Home to Me" 7 2 7"A World of Our Own" 3 3 5"True Love Ways"Peter and Gordon 2 1 5"Where Are You Now" Jackie Trent 1 1 3"Subterranean Homesick Blues"Bob Dylan 9 2 4"This Little Bird"Marianne Faithfull 6 3 1"Wonderful World"Herman's Hermits 7 1 7"Long Live Love"Sandie Shaw 1 3 5"Poor Man's Son" 5 2 6"The Clapping Song"Shirley Ellis 6 1 5"Trains and Boats and Planes"Burt Bacharach 4 1 7"Crying in the Chapel"Elvis Presley 1 2 6"The Price of Love" 2 1 9"I'm Alive" 1 3 1"Marie" 9 1 4"Colours"Donovan 4 1 2"Set Me Free" 9 2 5"Looking Through the Eyes of Love"Gene Pitney 3 1 1"Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" 10 1 5"Heart Full of Soul" 2 3 4"To Know You Is to Love You"Peter and Gordon 5 2 7"Mr. Tambourine Man" 1 2 3"Leave a Little Love"Lulu 8 2 6"Tossing and Turning" 3 1 4"In the Middle of Nowhere"Dusty Springfield 8 1 6"You've Got Your Troubles" 2 1 8"Help!" 1 3 5"We Gotta Get Out of This Place" 2 1 3"There but for Fortune"Joan Baez 8 2 4"Catch Us If You Can" 5 1 4"Everyone's Gone to the Moon"Jonathan King 4 1 2"In Thoughts of You"Billy Fury 9 1 1"Summer Nights"Marianne Faithfull 10 1 7"I Got You Babe"Sonny & Cher 1 2 7"A Walk in the Black Forest"Horst Jankowski 3 1 6"Zorba's Dance"Marcello Minerbi 6 1 3"All I Really Want to Do" 4 1 1"Don't Make My Baby Blue" 10 1 7"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" 1 2 8"Make It Easy on Yourself" 1 1 6"Like a Rolling Stone"Bob Dylan 4 1 1"See My Friends" 10 1 1"All I Really Want to Do"Cher 9 1 3"Laugh at Me"Sonny 9 1 5"Look Through Any Window" 4 1 17"Tears" (#1)Ken Dodd 1 5 7"Eve of Destruction"Barry McGuire 3 1 5"If You Gotta Go, Go Now"Manfred Mann 2 1 3"Il Silenzio"Nini Rosso 8 1 6"Almost There"Andy Williams 2 3 4"Hang On Sloopy" 5 2 2"Message Understood"Sandie Shaw 6 1 1"Some of Your Lovin'"Dusty Springfield 8 1 5"Evil Hearted You"/"Still I'm Sad" 3 1 4"It's Good News Week"Hedgehoppers Anonymous 5 1 6"Yesterday Man"Chris Andrews 3 2 5"Here It Comes Again" 4 1 3"Yesterday"Matt Monro 8 2 6"Get Off of My Cloud" 1 3 4"It's My Life" 7 3 11"The Carnival Is Over" 1 3 7"My Generation" 2 2 7"1-2-3"Len Barry 3 1 3"Positively 4th Street"Bob Dylan 8 1 9"Wind Me Up (Let Me Go)"Cliff Richard 2 3 5"A Lover's Concerto" 5 2 2"Princess in Rags"Gene Pitney 9 1 9"Day Tripper"/"We Can Work It Out" 1 5 8"The River"Ken Dodd 3 2 1"Maria"P. J. Proby 8 1 8"My Ship Is Comin' In" ♦ 3 1 7"Let's Hang On!" ♦ 4 1
Entries by artist
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.