Top 100 songs for May 18, 1968
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1968 and the 1960s.
This week’s No. 1 is “Tighten Up” by Archie Bell & The Drells. Meanwhile, “She's A Heartbreaker” by Gene Pitney rises from No. 100 to No. 65. 14 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- She's A Heartbreaker — Gene Pitneyup 35 places, No. 100 → No. 65
- A Man Without Love (Quando M'innamoro) — Engelbert Humperdinckup 34 places, No. 87 → No. 53
- I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You) — The Temptationsup 31 places, No. 56 → No. 25
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Like To Get To Know You — Spanky And Our GangNo. 20
- I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You) — The TemptationsNo. 25
- Does Your Mama Know About Me — Bobby Taylor & The VancouversNo. 30
- Master Jack — Four Jacks And A JillNo. 31
- Yummy Yummy Yummy — Ohio ExpressNo. 32
- My Girl/Hey Girl — Bobby VeeNo. 36
- Jennifer Eccles — The HolliesNo. 40
First-week entries
- Think — Aretha FranklinNo. 67
- Jelly Jungle (Of Orange Marmalade) — Lemon PipersNo. 70
- This Guy's In Love With You — Herb AlpertNo. 72
- Time For Livin' — The AssociationNo. 73
- I'll Never Do You Wrong — Joe TexNo. 81
- Tip-Toe Thru' The Tulips With Me — Tiny TimNo. 83
- My Shy Violet — The Mills BrothersNo. 84
- I Got You Babe — Etta JamesNo. 88
- United — Peaches & HerbNo. 89
- It's Over — Eddy ArnoldNo. 96
- Reach Out Of The Darkness — Friend And LoverNo. 97
- I Can't Make It Alone — Bill MedleyNo. 98
- Pictures Of Matchstick Men — The Status QuoNo. 99
- The Doctor — Mary WellsNo. 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.