What's your favorite song from 1968?

[Coventina]

Here's mine:

[FM123]

1. Born to be Wild

Can't really remember the first time I heard it since I was a very small kid in '68, but it stuck and never left me. I still love it!!!

[Moostache]

2. Here's the Billboard Top 20...

Hard to top #1 on this list...

№ Title Artist(s)
1 "Hey Jude" The Beatles
2 "Love is Blue" Paul Mauriat
3 "Honey" Bobby Goldsboro
4 &quot Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" Otis Redding
5 "People Got to Be Free" The Rascals
6 "Sunshine of Your Love" Cream
7 "This Guy's in Love With You" Herb Alpert
8 "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" Hugo Montenegro
9 "Mrs. Robinson" Simon & Garfunkel
10 "Tighten Up" Archie Bell & the Drells
11 "Harper Valley PTA" Jeannie C. Riley
12 "Little Green Apples" O. C. Smith
13 "Mony Mony" Tommy James and the Shondells
14 "Hello, I Love You" The Doors
15 "Young Girl" Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
16 "Cry Like a Baby" The Box Tops
17 "Stoned Soul Picnic" The 5th Dimension
18 "Grazing in the Grass" Hugh Masekela
19 "Midnight Confessions" The Grass Roots
20 "Dance to the Music" Sly & the Family Stone
21 "The Horse" Cliff Nobles
22 "I Wish It Would Rain" The Temptations
23 "La-La (Means I Love You)" The Delfonics
24 "Turn Around, Look at Me" The Vogues
25 "Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)" John Fred & His Playboy Band

[MuseRider]

7. It is so odd

to look at that date and read that list and have every single one of those songs float into your mind. I went back to my little metal desk in my little room with my cream colored radio that I treasured like nothing else doing homework to all those songs. I could not pick one best but I could pick out quite a few that I would be OK if I never heard again.

[freddyvh]

12. Manfred Mann

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[longship]

27. Here...

[frazzled]

21. Oh, I am so Sly

I absolutely loved Sly and the Family Stone in those days, in a major way. Kind of sad what happened to him, but I guess he's had a bit of a minor resurgence.

Dance to the Music was great, and I Want to Take You Higher was pure classic. I still listen to those songs sometimes when I feel happy and want to dance and remember the days. But when things are mellow, it's Que Sera. What a unique performance:

[Iggo]

50. That third sera is what kicks it in for me.

[lkinwi]

3. Definitely "Hey Jude"

[NRaleighLiberal]

4. Revolution!

[madamesilverspurs]

5. 1968 - painful year!

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[FM123]

13. I remember hearing that song right after Hillary lost...really brought tears to my eyes.

[Earth Bound Misfit]

6. Hey Jude

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[lkinwi]

40. Loved the video! Thanks!

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

8. I think it's this one......

even though I didn't know it at the time- Albert's Shuffle

[KT2000]

11. Season of the Witch!!

best ever!

[SalviaBlue]

22. I played the grooves off that album.

Best Album Ever!!!

[femmocrat]

9. Here is the list of the top 120:

https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/bg_hits/bg_hits_68.html Too many great ones to choose from!

In 1968 it was probably "Wichita Lineman," but now I would pick anything by the Beatles or the Temptations.

We still hear those songs all the time. Amazing how well they have held up over time.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

38. "Wichita Lineman" - outstanding choice. Wonderful song.

I had thought Burt Bacharach wrote that, but it was Jimmy Webb, who was all of twenty-two years old.

[Doug the Dem]

57. My All-Time Favorite Country Song

I'm more of a rock person, but that song is great!

[ADX]

10. Sly and the Family Stone - "Dance To The Music"

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[Eugene]

14. "Hey Jude," one of my all time favorites

I like very many songs from that year.

[Skittles]

15. Otis Redding died in 1967

the song must have been released after he passed

[Coventina]

17. That's my understanding.

Gone far too soon!

[Zoonart]

28. Played he grooves off that 45.

[Skittles]

30. I just wish he was known for more than mostly that song

he was REALLY great

[Docreed2003]

35. He did

I read an interview with Steve Cropper, the house guitarist/mixer/etc at STAX in Memphis and there was a really heartbreaking portion of the interview where he talks about hearing the news of Otis's plane crash and how he went in the studio in the days following to lay down the background music and add in the ocean sounds in the song. He knew it was going to be a massive hit for Redding and he felt like he needed to finish the work to honor his friend.

[Skittles]

45. Cropper co-wrote the song with Otis Redding

what a legacy

[TexasProgresive]

16. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" Rolling Stones

I was going to add a couple of Peter, Paul and Mary songs, "Leaving on a Jet Plane" and "House Song" but they came out 1969.
"I Heard it Through the Grapevine" sung by Marvin Gaye is 1968 is a song I love to hate as it was true in my life. Every time I hear it I get a bit of heartache all these years later.

The "Happy Trails" LP by Quick Silver Messenger Service was 1969 but it was the sound track for my circle of friends along with "Sargent Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."

This years from 1967 to 1972 all tend to blend together in my mind and heart.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

18. "Pictures of Matchstick Men" was the first one that popped into my mind

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[mahatmakanejeeves]

37. My choice too. Great song. Thanks. NT

[Jim__]

19. Favorite? I can't remember. I liked "Hurdy Gurdy Man"

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[jpak]

36. Yup - at the local roller rink holding hands backward skating

[Brother Buzz]

20. Going Up the Country - Canned Heat

[lunamagica]

23. Hey Jude is my favorite. But what a great year for music! That list is fantastic!

[Little Star]

24. This is one of mine........

[longship]

25. "Volunteers", Jefferson Airplane

Technically from 1967, but it was still a hot number in 1968.

[JuJuYoshida]

26. "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"

so chill...

[Eliot Rosewater]

29. this one

[dhol82]

31. Yup, 'Sittin on the Dock of the Bay'

Had a boyfriend that year who owned a bar. Kept playing that song.
Memories.

[DBoon]

32. Fire - crazy world of Arthur brown

Nt

[Mike__M]

33. Quicksilver: Pride of Man

[livetohike]

34. So many! I loved this one. Steppenwolf "Magic Carpet Ride"

[mahatmakanejeeves]

39. Can we get a "MacArthur Park"? It's not my favorite, but it was a monster hit.

I'll never understand the dislike for this song. Like "Wichita Lineman," it's by Jimmy Webb. He had a good year.

MacArthur Park (song)

"MacArthur Park" is a song written and composed by Jimmy Webb. Richard Harris was the first to record the song in 1968: his version peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number four on the UK Singles Chart. "MacArthur Park" was subsequently covered by numerous artists, including a hit version in 1969 by country music singer Waylon Jennings. Among the best-known covers is Donna Summer's disco arrangement from 1978 which topped the Billboard Hot 100.

"MacArthur Park" has been called the worst song ever written.
....

Oh, come on; it is not.

[Chipper Chat]

44. Wichita Lineman is unique.

It has no tonic chord.

[LuvLoogie]

41. This album has several candidates...

[CountAllVotes]

42. Janis Joplin - Summertime 1968

Even my late mother thought she had "a hell of a good voice". She knew.

May the Queen RIP. There will never be another.

[Chipper Chat]

43. any song by Country Joe and the Fish.

The album "Electric Music for the Mind And Body"

[Tikki]

46. "Oscillations"...Silver Apples..

I liked all the numbers on that album... released in 1968.

Tikki

[central scrutinizer]

47. Surprised this isn't on the list

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[BluesRunTheGame]

48. The Weight

[LeftInTX]

49. Heard it Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye

[CanonRay]

51. Crystal Blue Persuasion

Used to hear it on the beach.

[The Polack MSgt]

52. This one

[democratisphere]

53. Summertime Blues by Blue Cheer

One of my all time favorites!

[GP6971]

54. I'm a huge fan of the Moody Blues

Their 1968 album "In Search of the Lost Chord", but my favorites are later than 1968.

[Rhiannon12866]

55. Abraham, Martin and John. Dion. (1968)

[NBachers]

56. The Chambers Brothers - The Time Has Come Today

[Doug the Dem]

58. Not sure this is from 1968, but here goes

[Skittles]

59. Mary Hopkins Those Were The Days

[Docreed2003]

60. Well for the sake of avoiding repeats here goes:

From my friend Johnny Cash, top song on the country charts for this week in 68:

And from later that year from Merle Haggard:

[red dog 1]

61. Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel

Also,

Born To Be Wild - Stepenwolf
Hello I Love You - The Doors
Lady Madonna - The Beatles