List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1968

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This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1968.

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Aretha Franklin scored five top ten hits during the year with "Chain of Fools", "(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone", "Think", "The House That Jack Built", and "I Say a Little Prayer", the most among all other artists.

Top-ten singles

Top ten
entry date		SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
Singles from 1967
December 23"Woman, Woman" Gary Puckett & The Union Gap 4January 138
December 30"Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)" John Fred and his Playboy Band 1January 208
"Chain of Fools" Aretha Franklin 2January 207
"Bend Me, Shape Me" The American Breed 5January 277
Singles from 1968
January 13"Green Tambourine" The Lemon Pipers 1February 37
January 20"If I Could Build My Whole World Around You" Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell 10January 202
January 27"Spooky" Classics IV 3February 107
February 3"Love Is Blue" Paul Mauriat 1February 1010
"I Wish It Would Rain" The Temptations 4February 177
"Goin' Out of My Head/Can't Take My Eyes Off You" The Lettermen 7February 104
"Nobody but Me" The Human Beinz 8February 34
February 17"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" Otis Redding 1March 1611
"(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls" Dionne Warwick 2February 247
"I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight" Boyce and Hart 8February 244
February 24"Simon Says" 1910 Fruitgum Company 4March 96
March 2"Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" The First Edition 5March 164
"Bottle of Wine" The Fireballs 9March 21
"Everything That Touches You" The Association 10March 22
March 9"La-La (Means I Love You)" The Delfonics 4April 66
March 16"Valleri" The Monkees 3March 305
"(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone" Aretha Franklin 5March 307
"I Thank You" Sam & Dave 9March 232
March 23"The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" Georgie Fame 7April 136
March 30"Young Girl" Gary Puckett & The Union Gap 2April 68
"Lady Madonna" The Beatles 4April 207
April 6"Honey" Bobby Goldsboro 1April 1310
"Cry Like a Baby" The Box Tops 2April 276
April 13"Quinn the Eskimo (Mighty Quinn)" Manfred Mann 10April 132
April 20"Dance to the Music" Sly and the Family Stone 8April 202
"I Got the Feelin'" James Brown 6April 273
April 27"Tighten Up" Archie Bell & the Drells 1May 189
May 4"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" Hugo Montenegro 2June 17
"A Beautiful Morning" The Rascals 3May 257
"Cowboys to Girls" The Intruders 6May 185
"The Unicorn" The Irish Rovers 7May 254
May 11"Mrs. Robinson" Simon & Garfunkel 1June 17
May 18"Love Is All Around" The Troggs 7May 181
"Do You Know the Way to San Jose" Dionne Warwick 10May 183
May 25"Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell 8May 252
"Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" Stevie Wonder 9May 251
June 1"Mony Mony" Tommy James and the Shondells 3June 155
"Yummy Yummy Yummy" Ohio Express 4June 155
June 8"This Guy's in Love with You" Herb Alpert 1June 228
"MacArthur Park" Richard Harris 2June 225
"Think" Aretha Franklin 7June 154
June 15"The Look of Love" Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '664July 65
June 22"Angel of the Morning" Merrilee Rush & the Turnabouts7June 294
"Reach out of the Darkness" Friend & Lover 10June 223
June 29"The Horse" Cliff Nobles & Co.2June 296
"Here Comes the Judge" Shorty Long 8July 63
July 6"Grazing in the Grass" Hugh Masekela 1July 207
"Lady Willpower" Gary Puckett & The Union Gap 2July 206
"Jumpin' Jack Flash" The Rolling Stones 3July 66
July 13"Stoned Soul Picnic" The 5th Dimension 3July 277
"Indian Lake" The Cowsills 10July 133
July 20"Hello, I Love You" The Doors 1August 39
"Classical Gas" Mason Williams 2August 36
"Hurdy Gurdy Man" Donovan 5August 35
August 3"Sunshine of Your Love" Cream 5August 315
"Turn Around, Look at Me" The Vogues 7August 174
August 10"People Got to Be Free" The Rascals 1August 179
August 17"Born to Be Wild" Steppenwolf 2August 246
"Light My Fire" José Feliciano 3August 316
August 24"I Can't Stop Dancing" Archie Bell & the Drells 9August 243
"Stay in My Corner" The Dells 10August 243
August 31"Harper Valley PTA" Jeannie C. Riley 1September 219
"You Keep Me Hangin' On" Vanilla Fudge 6August 311
"You're All I Need to Get By" Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell 7September 143
September 7"1, 2, 3, Red Light" 1910 Fruitgum Company 5September 145
"The House That Jack Built" Aretha Franklin 6September 73
September 14"Hey Jude" † The Beatles 1September 2814
"Hush" Deep Purple 4September 213
September 21"The Fool on the Hill" Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '666September 282
"I've Gotta Get a Message to You" Bee Gees 8September 286
September 28"Fire" The Crazy World of Arthur Brown 2October 197
"Girl Watcher" The O'Kaysions 5October 55
"Slip Away" Clarence Carter 6October 53
October 5"Little Green Apples" O. C. Smith 2October 268
"I Say a Little Prayer" Aretha Franklin 10October 51
October 12"Midnight Confessions" The Grass Roots 5November 25
"My Special Angel" The Vogues 7October 122
"Over You" Gary Puckett & The Union Gap 7October 264
October 19"Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud" James Brown 10October 191
October 26"Those Were the Days" Mary Hopkin 2November 27
"Elenore" The Turtles 6November 24
November 2"Love Child" Diana Ross & The Supremes 1November 3011
"Hold Me Tight" Johnny Nash 5November 95
"White Room" Cream 6November 95
November 9"Magic Carpet Ride" Steppenwolf 3November 307
November 16"Abraham, Martin and John" Dion 4December 147
"Who's Making Love" Johnnie Taylor 5December 78
November 30"For Once in My Life" Stevie Wonder 2December 288
December 7"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Marvin Gaye 1December 1411
"Stormy" Classics IV 5December 285
December 14"I Love How You Love Me" Bobby Vinton 9December 144
December 21"Both Sides, Now" Judy Collins 8December 211

† — "Hey Jude" also made its Hot 100 debut on September 14.

1967 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1968 which peaked in 1967
Top ten
entry date		SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
November 25"Daydream Believer" The Monkees 1December 210
December 2"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Gladys Knight & the Pips 2December 169
December 9"I Second That Emotion" Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 4December 167
"Hello, Goodbye" The Beatles 1December 308
December 16"Boogaloo Down Broadway" The Fantastic Johnny C 7December 234
December 30"Skinny Legs and All" Joe Tex 10December 303

1969 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1968 which peaked in 1969
Top ten
entry date		SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
November 23"Wichita Lineman" Glen Campbell 3January 119
December 28"I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations 2January 118
"Cloud Nine" The Temptations 6January 43

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