Top 100 songs for August 2, 1969
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1969 and the 1960s.
This week’s No. 1 is “In The Year 2525” by Zager & Evans. Meanwhile, “I'll Never Fall In Love Again” by Tom Jones rises from No. 86 to No. 52. 19 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- I'll Never Fall In Love Again — Tom Jonesup 34 places, No. 86 → No. 52
- Your Good Thing (Is About To End) — Lou Rawlsup 26 places, No. 87 → No. 61
- I'm Free — The Whoup 25 places, No. 85 → No. 60
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- A Boy Named Sue — Johnny CashNo. 20
- Get Together — The YoungbloodsNo. 29
- Lay Lady Lay — Bob DylanNo. 35
- It's Getting Better — Mama CassNo. 36
- Clean Up Your Own Back Yard — Elvis PresleyNo. 37
- Marrakesh Express — Crosby, Stills & NashNo. 38
First-week entries
- Share Your Love With Me — Aretha FranklinNo. 55
- Green River — Creedence Clearwater RevivalNo. 70
- Commotion — Creedence Clearwater RevivalNo. 71
- Nobody But You Babe — Clarence ReidNo. 77
- Simple Song Of Freedom — Tim HardinNo. 81
- Change Of Heart — Dennis Yost And The Classics IVNo. 82
- That's The Way God Planned It — Billy PrestonNo. 84
- Goo Goo Barabajagal (Love Is Hot) — Donovan/Jeff Beck GroupNo. 86
- Dynamite Woman — Sir Douglas QuintetNo. 87
- The Young Folks — Diana Ross & The SupremesNo. 88
- In My Room — SagittariusNo. 89
- By The Time I Get To Phoenix — The Mad LadsNo. 90
- Keem-O-Sabe — The Electric IndianNo. 91
- Let's Call It A Day Girl — Bobby VeeNo. 92
- The Hunter — Ike & Tina TurnerNo. 93
- Hook And Sling-Part I — Eddie BoNo. 95
- You Made A Believer (Out Of Me) — Ruby AndrewsNo. 96
- Let Me Be The Man My Daddy Was — The Chi-litesNo. 97
- In A Moment — The IntriguesNo. 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.