List of top 25 singles for 1966 in Australia

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The following lists the top 25 (end of year) charting singles on the Australian Singles Charts, for the year of 1966. These were the best charting singles in Australia for 1966. The source for this year is the "Kent Music Report", known from 1987 onwards as the "Australian Music Report".

#TitleArtistHighest pos. reachedweeks at No. 1
1."These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" Nancy Sinatra 18
2."We Can Work It Out" / "Day Tripper" The Beatles 17
3."Yellow Submarine" / "Eleanor Rigby" The Beatles 18
4."Hitch Hiker" Bobby and Laurie 15
5."Somewhere My Love" Ray Conniff and the Singers 2
6."Lady Godiva" Peter and Gordon 13
7."Ooh La La" Normie Rowe 13 (pkd #1 in 1966 & 67)
8."Step Back" / "Cara Lyn" Johnny Young and Kompany 2
9."Winchester Cathedral" The New Vaudeville Band 11
10."Friday on My Mind" The Easybeats 12
11."Strangers in the Night" Frank Sinatra 12
12."Paint It, Black" The Rolling Stones 13
13."Good Vibrations" The Beach Boys 11
14."Mama" B. J. Thomas 11
15."Nowhere Man" / "Norwegian Wood" The Beatles 12
16."No Milk Today" Herman's Hermits 11
17."Easyfever (EP)" The Easybeats 12
18."Let It Be Me" Johnny Young and Kompany 4
19."Born Free" Matt Monro 4
20."Wild Thing" The Troggs 12
21."Sorry" The Easybeats 11
22."Michelle" The Overlanders 2
23."As Tears Go By" / "19th Nervous Breakdown" The Rolling Stones 2
24."Tar and Cement" Verdelle Smith 2
25."Spicks and Specks" Bee Gees 5

These charts are calculated by David Kent of the Kent Music Report and they are based on the number of weeks and position the records reach within the top 100 singles for each week.

source: David Kent's "Australian Chart Book 1940-1969"