This is a list of Billboard magazine's ranking of the top country singles of 1968.
The ranking was based on performance on the Billboard Country Chart during the period from January 6, 1968, to August 31, 1968. Accordingly, the list excludes songs like (i) "Stand by Your Man", which was released in September 1968 and held the No. 1 spot for three consecutive weeks from November 23 to December 7, and (ii) "Mama Tried", which held the No. 1 spot for four consecutive weeks from August 31 to September 21.
Rank PeakThis column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts. Title Artist(s) Label1 1 "Skip a Rope" Henson Cargill Monument2 1 "A World of Our Own" Sonny James Capitol3 1 "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" Tammy Wynette Epic4 1 "I Wanna Live" Glen Campbell Capitol5 1 "Folsom Prison Blues" Johnny Cash Columbia6 1 "Honey" Bobby Goldsboro United Artists7 2 "Wild Week-End" Bill Anderson Decca8 1 "Fist City" Loretta Lynn Decca9 1 "The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde" Merle Haggard Capitol10 5 "Image of Me" Conway Twitty Decca11 1 "Take Me to Your World" Tammy Wynette Epic12 3 "With Pen in Hand" Johnny Darrell United Artists13 1 "Sing Me Back Home" Merle Haggard Capitol14 4 "Another Time, Another Place" Jerry Lee Lewis Smash15 4 "The Day the World Stood Still Charley Pride RCA16 1 "How Long Will My Baby Be Gone" Buck Owens Capitol17 1 "Heaven Says Hello" Sonny James Capitol18 1 "Just for You" Ferlin Husky Capitol19 7 "I'm Gonna Move On" Warner Mack Decca20 1 "Have a Little Faith" David Houston Epic21 1 "You Are My Treasure" Jack Greene Decca22 2 "The Easy Part's Over" Charley Pride RCA Victor23 5 "Walk on Out of My Mind" Waylon Jennings RCA Victor24 2 "Sweet Rosie Jones" Buck Owens Capitol25 10 "Run Away Little Tears" Connie Smith RCA Victor26 10 "Love Is in the Air" Marty Robbins Columbia27 4 "I Got You" Waylon Jennings and Anita Carter RCA Victor28 14 "She Went a Little Bit Further" Faron Young Mercury29 2 "Rosanna's Going Wild" Johnny Cash Columbia30 7 "Holding on to Nothin'" Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton RCA Victor31 2 "What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)" Jerry Lee Lewis Smash32 4 "Here Comes the Rain, Baby" Eddy Arnold RCA Victor33 11 "I've Been There Before" Ray Price Columbia34 4 "Promises, Promises" Lynn Anderson Chart35 8 "Take Me As I Am (Or Let Me Go)" Ray Price Columbia36 1 "For Loving You" Bill Anderson and Jan Howard Decca37 1 "Already It's Heaven" David Houston Epic38 6 "Little Green Apples" Roger Miller Smash39 14 "Remembering" Jerry Reed RCA Victor40 11 "It's All Over" David Houston and Tammy Wynette Epic41 10 "Repeat After Me" Jack Reno Jab42 8 "Say It's Not You" George Jones Musicor43 2 "You've Just Stepped In (From Stepping Out on Me)" Loretta Lynn Decca44 13 "Stop the Sun" Bonnie Guitar Dot45 7 "The Last Thing on My Mind" Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton RCA Victor46 7 "Baby's Back Again" Connie Smith RCA Victor47 10 "There Ain't No Easy Run" Dave Dudley Mercury48 4 "It's Over" Eddy Arnold RCA Victor49 9 "That's When I See the Blues (In Your Pretty Brown Eyes)" Jim Reeves RCA Victor50 10 "I Believe in Love" Bonnie Guitar Dot68 15 "Country Girl" Dottie West RCA Victor
See also List of Hot Country Singles number ones of 1968 List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1968 1968 in country music
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