Top 100 songs for September 25, 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 “Eve Of Destruction” by Barry McGuire. Meanwhile, “Make Me Your Baby” by Barbara Lewis rises from No. 88 to No. 60. 15 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Make Me Your Baby — Barbara Lewisup 28 places, No. 88 → No. 60
- A Lover's Concerto — The Toysup 27 places, No. 93 → No. 66
- Keep On Dancing — The Gentrysup 25 places, No. 59 → No. 34
New to this week’s Top 10
- Laugh At Me — SonnyNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Some Enchanted Evening — Jay & The AmericansNo. 20
- Just You — Sonny & CherNo. 32
- Mohair Sam — Charlie RichNo. 33
- Keep On Dancing — The GentrysNo. 34
- Home Of The Brave — Jody MillerNo. 37
- Just A Little Bit Better — Herman's HermitsNo. 40
First-week entries
- Yesterday — The BeatlesNo. 45
- Everyone's Gone To The Moon — Jonathan KingNo. 79
- Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl — The BarbariansNo. 83
- Universal Soldier — DonovanNo. 84
- Everybody Loves A Clown — Gary Lewis And The PlayboysNo. 85
- Act Naturally — The BeatlesNo. 87
- Funny Little Butterflies — Patty DukeNo. 88
- Taste Of Honey — Herb Alpert & The Tijuana BrassNo. 89
- The Universal Soldier — Glen CampbellNo. 90
- If You've Got A Heart — Bobby GoldsboroNo. 92
- 1-2-3 — Len BarryNo. 93
- The Sins Of A Family — P.F. SloanNo. 94
- Road Runner — The GantsNo. 98
- You Can't Take It Away — Fred HughesNo. 99
- Let's Move & Groove (Together) — Johnny NashNo. 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.