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.[1] Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical singles.[2][3] This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 1967, as well as singles which peaked in 1966 and 1968 but were in the top 10 in 1967. 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 sixteen singles charted in the top 10 in 1967, with one-hundred and five singles reaching their peak this year. "This is My Song" was recorded by Petula Clark and Harry Secombe and both versions reached the top 10.
Twenty-nine artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1967. Tom Jones secured the record for most top 10 hits in 1967 with five hit singles.
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.
Harry Secombe had previously achieved two top 10 singles as a member of The Goons, but his cover version of "This is My Song" marked his first and only top 10 appearance as a solo artist. Dave Davies was the lead guitarist for the rock band The Kinks. "Death of a Clown" was his debut solo single, peaking at number three. "Reflections" was the first single for The Supremes under their new name, Diana Ross & the Supremes. "San Franciscan Nights" was billed as Eric Burdon and The Animals - Burdon was a vocalist in the group.
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, "Release Me" by Engelbert Humperdinck is officially recorded as the biggest-selling single of 1967. "Release Me" (8) also ranked in the top 10 best-selling singles of the decade.
Top-ten singles
Key
Symbol
Meaning
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Single peaked in 1966 but still in chart in 1967.
♦
Single released in 1967 but peaked in 1968.
(#)
Year-end best-selling single.
Entered
The date that the single first appeared in the chart.
Peak
Highest position that the single reached in the UK Singles Chart.
Procol Harum achieved two top 10 entries this year, including their debut single and best-known song "A Whiter Shade of Pale", which spent six weeks at number-one and became one of the defining anthems of the Summer of Love.Nancy Sinatra and her father Frank Sinatra spent two weeks at number-one in April 1967 with their duet "Somethin' Stupid". Nancy had already reached the top 10 earlier in the year with "Sugar Town", which peaked at number eight.Long John Baldry secured his only UK top 10 single in November this year with "Let the Heartaches Begin", which spent two weeks at number-one.
The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 1967, including singles that reached their peak in 1966 or 1968. The figures include both main artists and featured artists. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 1967 is also shown.
g "Alternate Title" was originally known as "Randy Scouse Git" but The Monkees' record label (RCA) asked for it to be changed. "Randy Scouse Git" was a reference from the sitcom Till Death Us Do Part.
h "All You Need Is Love" was used as the UK's contribution to the first live global television programme, Our World. For the show it was performed over a pre-recorded backing track.
i "Up, Up and Away" re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 15 August 1967 (week ending) for 3 weeks.
j "There Must Be a Way" re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 14 November 1967 (week ending).
k "All My Love" re-entered the top 10 at number 7 on 26 December 1967 (week ending) for 2 weeks.
l "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush" re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 16 January 1968 (week ending).
"The Last Waltz" is a ballad, written by Barry Mason and Les Reed. It was one of Engelbert Humperdinck's biggest hits, spending five weeks at number 1 on the UK Singles Chart, from September 1967 to October 1967, and has since sold over 1.17 million copies in the United Kingdom.
"Release Me" is a popular song written by Eddie Miller and Robert Yount in 1949. Four years later it was recorded by Jimmy Heap & the Melody Masters, and with even better success by Patti Page (1954), Ray Price (1954), and Kitty Wells (1954). Jivin' Gene [Bourgeois] & the Jokers recorded the tune in 1960, and that version served as an inspiration for Little Esther Phillips, who reached number one on the R&B chart and number eight on the pop chart with her big-selling cover. The Everly Brothers followed in 1963, along with Lucille Starr including a translation in French (1964), Jerry Wallace (1966), Dean Martin (1967), Engelbert Humperdinck (1967) who was number one on the UK Singles Chart and many others in the years after such as Jewels Renauld (2022).
"Am I That Easy to Forget" is a popular song written by country music singer Country Johnny Mathis who later sold the publishing rights to W.S. Stevenson and published in 1958. Carl Belew recorded his song in Nashville on December 17, 1958, and released the single in March 1959, when it reached number nine on the U.S. country music chart. Other country music artists who have recorded cover versions of the song include Skeeter Davis, Ernest Tubb (1960), Jerry Wallace (1962), Gene Vincent (1966), George Jones (1967), Patti Page (1968), Ann-Margret & Lee Hazlewood (1969), Jim Reeves and Prairie Oyster (1991).
"Moon Over Naples" is a 1965 instrumental composed and recorded by German bandleader Bert Kaempfert. The instrumental version reached No. 6 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. It won a BMI Award in 1968.
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