100 Greatest Songs From 1967

record cover art for Respect by Aretha Franklin and Light My Fire by the Doors
Criteria: These songs were chosen and ranked based on their initial and lasting popularity, and on their impact on the overall scope of musical history.

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Note: Yearly song lists go by earliest 'release date' (Single, Album, or Country of first release).
Not necessarily the year a song peaked in the U.S. charts.
No.
Song
Artist
1 Respect Aretha Franklin
2 Light My Fire Doors
3 Sunshine Of Your Love Cream
4 Purple Haze Jimi Hendrix
5 A Day In The Life Beatles
6 A Whiter Shade Of Pale Procol Harum
7 Somebody To Love Jefferson Airplane
8 Soul Man Sam & Dave
9 Strawberry Fields Forever Beatles
10 Nights In White Satin Moody Blues
11 The Letter Box Tops
12 Waterloo Sunset Kinks
13 I Can See For Miles The Who
14 My Back Pages Byrds
15 White Rabbit Jefferson Airplane
16 Time Has Come Today Chambers Brothers
17 Dance To The Music Sly & the Family Stone
18 Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison
19 A Natural Woman Aretha Franklin
20 Happy Together Turtles
21 Tears Of A Clown Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
22 (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher Jackie Wilson
23 Penny Lane Beatles
24 I Second That Emotion Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
25 You Keep Me Hangin' On Vanilla Fudge
26 The End Doors
27 Cold Sweat James Brown
28 Get Together Youngbloods
29 Different Drum Stone Poneys
30 Chain Of Fools Aretha Franklin
31 I Never Loved A Man Aretha Franklin
32 Sweet Soul Music Arthur Conley
33 Let's Spend The Night Together Rolling Stones
34 Darlin' Beach Boys
35 Hello Goodbye Beatles
36 Groovin' Young Rascals
37 To Love Somebody Bee Gees
38 Foxey Lady Jimi Hendrix
39 Ain't No Mountain High Enough Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
40 With A Little Help From My Friends Beatles
41 People Are Strange Doors
42 I Think We're Alone Now Tommy James & the Shondells
43 I Heard It Through The Grapevine Gladys Knight & the Pips
44 Your Precious Love Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
45 Bernadette Four Tops
46 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds Beatles
47 Gentle On My Mind Glen Campbell
48 San Francisco Scott McKenzie
49 Tighten Up Archie Bell & the Drells
50 La-La Means I Love You Delfonics
51 Little Wing Jimi Hendrix
52 All You Need Is Love Beatles
53 Break On Through Doors
54 I'd Rather Go Blind Etta James
55 Funky Broadway Wilson Pickett
56 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Beatles
57 There Is Dells
58 Love Me Two Times Doors
59 I'm Waiting For The Man Velvet Underground
60 The Wind Cries Mary Jimi Hendrix
61 Incense And Peppermints Strawberry Alarm Clock
62 I Wish It Would Rain Temptations
63 Creeque Alley The Mamas and The Papas
64 Mr. Soul Buffalo Springfield
65 Magical Mystery Tour Beatles
66 Tramp Otis Redding & Carla Thomas
67 Alone Again Or Love
68 Nobody But Me Human Beinz
69 She'd Rather Be With Me Turtles
70 Expressway To Your Heart Soul Survivors
71 Let's Live For Today Grass Roots
72 I Am The Walrus Beatles
73 Ode To Billy Joe Bobbie Gentry
74 Spooky Classics IV
75 Never My Love Association
76 By The Time I Get To Phoenix Glen Campbell
77 Tuesday Afternoon Moody Blues
78 A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You Monkees
79 Strange Brew Cream
80 Pictures Of Matchstick Men Status Quo
81 Heroes And Villains Beach Boys
82 I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die-Rag Country Joe & the Fish
83 Getting Better Beatles
84 You're My Everything Temptations
85 Can't Take My Eyes Off You Frankie Valli
86 Green Tambourine Lemon Pipers
87 (I Wanna) Testify Parliaments
88 So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star Byrds
89 I've Been Lonely Too Long Young Rascals
90 Alice's Restaurant Massacree Arlo Guthrie
91 Reflections Diana Ross & the Supremes
92 Jimmy Mack Martha & the Vandellas
93 Baby, Now That I've Found You Foundations
94 Love Is All Around Troggs
95 The Rain, The Park, And Other Things Cowsills
96 To Sir With Love Lulu
97 Windy Association
98 Ruby Tuesday Rolling Stones
99 Pleasant Valley Sunday Monkees
100 Little Bit O' Soul Music Explosion
20 more worth mentioning.
101 Itchycoo Park Small Faces
102 Heroin Velvet Underground
103 New York Mining Disaster 1941 Bee Gees
104 Western Union Five Americans
105 I'm A Man Spencer Davis Group
106 Carrie-Anne Hollies
107 See Emily Play Pink Floyd
108 I Was Made To Love Her Stevie Wonder
109 Summer Rain Johnny Rivers
110 Judy In Disguise John Fred & the Playboy Band
111 Baby I Love You Aretha Franklin
112 Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) First Edition
113 Both Sides Now Judy Collins
114 Soul Finger Bar-Kays
115 Seven Rooms Of Gloom Four Tops
116 Daydream Believer Monkees
117 How Can I Be Sure Young Rascals
118 Up, Up And Away 5th Dimension
119 All I Need Temptations
120 Tell Mama Etta James
DigitalDreamDoor Editor Picks for 1967
Bruce's Choice: An unheralded great record from 1967
* Greasy Spoon Rufus Thomas
Lew's Choice:
* Dear Mr. Fantasy Traffic
Adam's Choice:
* She Loves Me (She Don't Love You) Waylon Jennings
Brett's Choice:
* Flying On The Ground Is Wrong Buffalo Springfield