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 1964, as well as singles which peaked in 1963 and 1965 but were in the top 10 in 1964. 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 fourteen singles were in the top ten in 1964. Ten singles from 1963 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while "Somewhere" by P. J. Proby, "Terry" by Twinkle and "Yeh, Yeh" by Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames were all released in 1964 but did not reach their peak until 1965. "Glad All Over" by The Dave Clark Five, "I Only Want to Be with You" by Dusty Springfield and "Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa" by Gene Pitney were the singles from 1963 to reach their peak in 1964. Twenty-eight artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1964. The Beach Boys, Cilla Black, The Hollies, The Kinks and The Rolling Stones were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 1964.
The 1963 Christmas number-one, "I Want To Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles, remained at number one for the first two weeks of 1964. The first new number-one single of the year was "Glad All Over" by The Dave Clark Five. Overall, twenty-three different singles peaked at number-one in 1964, with The Beatles (3) having the most singles hit that position.
Background Multiple entries One-hundred and fourteen singles charted in the top 10 in 1964, with one-hundred and four singles reaching their peak this year.
Twenty-eight artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1964. Cliff Richard secured the record for most top 10 hits in 1964 with six hit singles, five of which featured his backing group The Shadows.
The Animals were one of a number of artists with two top-ten entries, including the number-one single "The House of the Rising Sun". Brian Poole, Freddie and the Dreamers, The Kinks, Manfred Mann and The Supremes were among the other artists who had multiple top 10 entries in 1964.
Chart debuts Forty artists achieved their first top 10 single in 1964, either as a lead or featured artist. Of these, six went on to record another hit single that year: The Animals, The Kinks, The Nashville Teens, Peter and Gordon, The Supremes and The Swinging Blue Jeans. Cilla Black, Manfred Mann, P. J. Proby and The Rolling Stones all had two more top 10 singles in 1964. The Hollies had three other entries in their 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 entries2"Hippy Hippy Shake"2"You're No Good" (3)Big Dee Irwin1"Swinging on a Star"7—4"Stay"8"Just One Look" (2), "Here I Go Again" (4), "We're Through" (7)Manfred Mann3"5-4-3-2-1"5"Do Wah Diddy Diddy" (1), "Sha La La" (3)1"I Think of You"5—Cilla Black3"Anyone Who Had a Heart"1"You're My World" (1), "It's for You" (7)3"Not Fade Away"3"It's All Over Now" (1), "Little Red Rooster" (1)Peter and Gordon2"A World Without Love"1"Nobody I Know" (10)1"Tell Me When"7—Millie1"My Boy Lollipop"2—1"Everything's Alright"9—1"Mockin' Bird Hill"10—1"Juliet"1—Dionne Warwick1"Walk On By"9—Mary Wells1"My Guy"5—Lulu1"Shout"7—P. J. Proby3"Hold Me"3"Together" (8), "Somewhere" (6) 2"The House of the Rising Sun"1"I'm Crying" (8)The Barron Knights1"Call Up the Groups"3—2"Tobacco Road"6"Google Eye" (10)1"I Get Around"7—1"Have I the Right?"1—2"You Really Got Me"1"All Day and All of the Night" (2)Dave Berry1"The Crying Game"5—Herman's Hermits1"I'm into Something Good"1—Marianne Faithfull1"As Tears Go By"9—2"Where Did Our Love Go"3"Baby Love" (1)Julie Rogers1"The Wedding"3—Sandie Shaw1"(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me"1—Henry Mancini Orchestra1"How Soon"10—Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers1"One Way Love"9—1"He's in Town"3—Wayne Fontana1"Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um"5—Helmut Zacharias1"Tokyo Melody"9—The Pretty Things1"Don't Bring Me Down"10—Val Doonican1"Walk Tall"3—Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames1"Yeh, Yeh"1—Twinkle"1"Terry"4—
Songs from films Original songs from various films entered the top 10 throughout the year. These included "Kissin' Cousins" (from Kissin' Cousins), "Move Over Darling" (Move Over, Darling) and "A Hard Day's Night" and "Can't Buy Me Love" (A Hard Day's Night).
Additionally, the original recording of "Swinging on a Star" by Bing Crosby won the Academy Award for Best Original Song after being used in the 1944 film Going My Way. "Diane" was written for the 1927 silent film Seventh Heaven. P. J. Proby released a cover version of "Somewhere" from the film West Side Story, reaching number six at the beginning 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, "Can't Buy Me Love" by The Beatles is officially recorded as the biggest-selling single of 1964. "Can't Buy Me Love" (4) and "I Feel Fine" (5) both ranked in the top 10 best-selling singles of the decade.
Top-ten singles Key SymbolMeaning‡Single peaked in 1963 but still in chart in 1964.♦Single released in 1964 but peaked in 1965.(#)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 1963 21"She Loves You" ‡ 1 6 8"Don't Talk to Him" ‡Cliff Richard & The Shadows 2 1 8"Secret Love" ‡Kathy Kirby 4 2 8"You Were Made for Me" ‡Freddie and the Dreamers 3 4 6"María Elena" ‡Los Indios Tabajaras 5 1 12"Glad All Over" 1 2 9"I Only Want to Be with You"Dusty Springfield 4 3 10"I Want to Hold Your Hand" ‡ 1 5 6"Dominique" ‡The Singing Nun (Sœur Sourire) 7 2 8"Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa"Gene Pitney 5 2Singles in 1964 7"Hippy Hippy Shake" 2 1 3"Swinging on a Star" Big Dee Irwin 7 2 2"Stay" 8 2 9"Needles and Pins" 1 3 7"As Usual"Brenda Lee 5 1 7"I'm the One"Gerry and the Pacemakers 2 2 3"Don't Blame Me"Frank Ifield 8 1 9"Diane" 1 1 5"5-4-3-2-1"Manfred Mann 5 2 6"I Think of You" 5 2 8"Anyone Who Had a Heart"Cilla Black 1 3 2"I'm the Lonely One"Cliff Richard & The Shadows 8 1 7"Bits and Pieces" 2 3 2"Candy Man"Brian Poole & The Tremeloes 6 1 8"Little Children"Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas 1 2 7"Not Fade Away" 3 1 7"Just One Look" 2 1 3"Boys Cry"Eden Kane 8 1 1"Let Me Go, Lover!"Kathy Kirby 10 1 10"I Love You Because"Jim Reeves 5 3 4"That Girl Belongs to Yesterday"Gene Pitney 7 1 7"Can't Buy Me Love" (#1) 1 3 9"I Believe" 2 1 6"A World Without Love"Peter and Gordon 1 2 3"Tell Me When" 7 2 8"My Boy Lollipop"Millie 2 1 6"Don't Throw Your Love Away" 1 2 4"Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying"Gerry and the Pacemakers 6 1 2"Move Over Darling"Doris Day 8 2 1"Everything's Alright" 9 1 1"Mockin' Bird Hill" 10 1 6"Juliet" 1 1 2"Walk On By" Dionne Warwick 9 1 11"It's Over"Roy Orbison 1 2 6"Constantly"Cliff Richard 4 1 4"A Little Loving" 6 1 7"You're My World"Cilla Black 1 4 4"The Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt" 5 1 4"No Particular Place to Go"Chuck Berry 3 1 7"Someone, Someone"Brian Poole & The Tremeloes 2 2 3"Here I Go Again" 4 1 4"My Guy"Mary Wells 5 2 3"Shout"Lulu & The Luvvers 7 1 4"Hello, Dolly!"Louis Armstrong 4 1 3"Ramona" 4 1 4"You're No Good" 3 1 1"Can't You See That She's Mine" 10 1 5"Hold Me"P. J. Proby 3 1 6"The House of the Rising Sun" 1 1 1"Nobody I Know"Peter and Gordon 10 1 9"It's All Over Now" 1 1 15"I Won't Forget You"Jim Reeves 3 3 1"Kissin' Cousins"Elvis Presley 10 1 9"A Hard Day's Night" 1 3 6"I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself"Dusty Springfield 3 2 5"On the Beach"Cliff Richard & The Shadows 7 1 6"Call Up the Groups"The Barron Knights 3 2 9"Do Wah Diddy Diddy"Manfred Mann 1 2 5"Tobacco Road" 6 4 5"I Get Around" 7 1 1"It's Only Make Believe"Billy Fury 10 1 7"Have I the Right?" 1 2 1"From a Window"Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas 10 1 6"You Really Got Me" 1 2 2"It's for You"Cilla Black 7 1 4"The Crying Game"Dave Berry 5 2 7"I Wouldn't Trade You for the World" 4 1 8"I'm into Something Good"Herman's Hermits 1 2 6"Rag Doll" 2 2 4"As Tears Go By"Marianne Faithfull 9 3 8"Where Did Our Love Go" 3 3 10"Oh, Pretty Woman"Roy Orbison 1 3 7"The Wedding"Julie Rogers 3 2 1"Together"P. J. Proby 8 1 5"When You Walk in the Room" 3 1 3"I'm Crying" 8 1 4"We're Through" 7 1 5"(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me"Sandie Shaw 1 3 5"Walk Away"Matt Monro 4 2 1"How Soon"Henry Mancini Orchestra 10 1 2"The Twelfth of Never"Cliff Richard 8 2 1"One Way Love"Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers 9 1 3"Sha La La"Manfred Mann 3 1 7"Baby Love" 1 2 4"He's in Town" 3 1 5"All Day and All of the Night" 2 2 5"Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um"Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders 5 1 1"Google Eye" 10 1 1"Tokyo Melody"Helmut Zacharias 9 1 1"Don't Bring Me Down"The Pretty Things 10 1 5"Little Red Rooster" 1 1 7"I'm Gonna Be Strong"Gene Pitney 2 2 3"There's A Heartache Following Me"Jim Reeves 6 1 9"Downtown"Petula Clark 2 3 2"Losing You"Dusty Springfield 9 1 8"I Feel Fine" 1 5 7"Walk Tall"Val Doonican 3 2 3"Pretty Paper"Roy Orbison 6 2 3"I Understand"Freddie and the Dreamers 5 2 3"No Arms Can Ever Hold You" 7 1 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 3
Entries by artist
The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 1964, including singles that reached their peak in 1963 or 1965. The figures include both main artists and featured artists. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 1964 is also shown.