Top 100 songs for August 12, 1967
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1967 and the 1960s.
This week’s No. 1 is “Light My Fire” by The Doors. Meanwhile, “Ode To Billie Joe” by Bobbie Gentry rises from No. 71 to No. 21. 19 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Ode To Billie Joe — Bobbie Gentryup 50 places, No. 71 → No. 21
- Heroes And Villains — The Beach Boysup 28 places, No. 61 → No. 33
- Cold Sweat - Part 1 — James Brown And The Famous Flamesup 27 places, No. 47 → No. 20
New to this week’s Top 10
- Carrie-Anne — The HolliesNo. 9
- A Girl Like You — The Young RascalsNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Cold Sweat - Part 1 — James Brown And The Famous FlamesNo. 20
- Ode To Billie Joe — Bobbie GentryNo. 21
- Heroes And Villains — The Beach BoysNo. 33
- Baby You're A Rich Man — The BeatlesNo. 34
- You're My Everything — The TemptationsNo. 35
- Come Back When You Grow Up — Bobby Vee And The StrangersNo. 36
- Fakin' It — Simon & GarfunkelNo. 38
First-week entries
- Reflections — Diana Ross & The SupremesNo. 61
- It's The Little Things — Sonny & CherNo. 70
- (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher — Jackie WilsonNo. 71
- Things I Should Have Said — The Grass RootsNo. 80
- The Letter — The Box TopsNo. 81
- Jill — Gary Lewis And The PlayboysNo. 82
- Gimme Little Sign — Brenton WoodNo. 83
- There Is A Mountain — DonovanNo. 84
- Zip Code — The Five AmericansNo. 85
- Turn On Your Love Light — Oscar Toney, Jr.No. 86
- Sixteen Tons — Tom JonesNo. 87
- Laura, What's He Got That I Ain't Got — Frankie LaineNo. 88
- A Little Bit Now — The Dave Clark FiveNo. 90
- Get The Message — Brian HylandNo. 91
- Knock On Wood — Otis & CarlaNo. 92
- There Must Be A Way — Jimmy RoselliNo. 93
- It's Got To Be Mellow — Leon HaywoodNo. 94
- Little Old Wine Drinker Me — Robert MitchumNo. 98
- Just Once In A Lifetime — Brenda & The TabulationsNo. 99
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.