Top 100 songs for December 10, 1966
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1966 and the 1960s.
This week’s No. 1 is “Good Vibrations” by The Beach Boys. Meanwhile, “Words Of Love” by The Mamas & The Papas rises from No. 81 to No. 46. 12 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Words Of Love — The Mamas & The Papasup 35 places, No. 81 → No. 46
- Help Me Girl — Eric Burdon & The Animalsup 30 places, No. 89 → No. 59
- Sugar Town — Nancy Sinatraup 28 places, No. 44 → No. 16
New to this week’s Top 10
- Stop Stop Stop — The HolliesNo. 7
- I'm Ready For Love — Martha & The VandellasNo. 9
- That's Life — Frank SinatraNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Sugar Town — Nancy SinatraNo. 16
- Single Girl — Sandy PoseyNo. 31
- It's Only Love — Tommy James And The ShondellsNo. 32
- I Need Somebody — ? (Question Mark) & The MysteriansNo. 33
- Mustang Sally — Wilson PickettNo. 34
- Cry — Ronnie DoveNo. 35
- Talk Talk — The Music MachineNo. 37
- Help Me Girl — The OutsidersNo. 38
First-week entries
- I'm A Believer — The MonkeesNo. 44
- Blue Autumn — Bobby GoldsboroNo. 80
- Goodnight My Love — The HappeningsNo. 81
- Communication Breakdown — Roy OrbisonNo. 82
- The Girl That Stood Beside Me — Bobby DarinNo. 84
- (We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet — Blues MagoosNo. 89
- 98.6 — KeithNo. 90
- Tell It To The Rain — The 4 Seasons Featuring the "Sound of Frankie Valli"No. 92
- Questions And Answers — The In CrowdNo. 96
- I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) — The Electric PrunesNo. 98
- If You Go Away — Damita JoNo. 99
- Peak Of Love — Bobby McClureNo. 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.