Top 100 songs for January 2, 1965
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1965 and the 1960s.
This week’s No. 1 is “I Feel Fine” by The Beatles. Meanwhile, “Downtown” by Petula Clark rises from No. 41 to No. 12. 9 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Downtown — Petula Clarkup 29 places, No. 41 → No. 12
- Give Him A Great Big Kiss — The Shangri-Lasup 26 places, No. 83 → No. 57
- You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' — The Righteous Brothersup 20 places, No. 34 → No. 14
New to this week’s Top 10
- Love Potion Number Nine — The SearchersNo. 5
- Amen — The ImpressionsNo. 8
- The Wedding — Julie RogersNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Downtown — Petula ClarkNo. 12
- Don't Forget I Still Love You — Bobbi MartinNo. 31
- Do-Wacka-Do — Roger MillerNo. 39
- Hold What You've Got — Joe TexNo. 40
First-week entries
- Paper Tiger — Sue ThompsonNo. 78
- Lovely, Lovely (Loverly, Loverly) — Chubby CheckerNo. 82
- Blind Man — Little MiltonNo. 88
- Use Your Head — Mary WellsNo. 90
- A Little Bit Of Soap — Garnet MimmsNo. 95
- Laugh, Laugh — The Beau BrummelsNo. 96
- Ode To The Little Brown Shack Out Back — Billy Edd WheelerNo. 98
- Black Night — Bobby BlandNo. 99
- Twine Time — Alvin Cash & The CrawlersNo. 100
First-week entries have one recorded chart week. Climbs and Top 10/Top 40 arrivals use recorded previous positions for consecutive chart weeks; returning songs without a previous position are not classified as debuts.