Top 100 songs for August 16, 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, “Easy To Be Hard” by Three Dog Night rises from No. 77 to No. 40. 15 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Easy To Be Hard — Three Dog Nightup 37 places, No. 77 → No. 40
- Green River — Creedence Clearwater Revivalup 33 places, No. 48 → No. 15
- Keem-O-Sabe — The Electric Indianup 27 places, No. 78 → No. 51
New to this week’s Top 40
- Green River — Creedence Clearwater RevivalNo. 15
- Sugar, Sugar — The ArchiesNo. 24
- Hurt So Bad — The LettermenNo. 37
- Easy To Be Hard — Three Dog NightNo. 40
First-week entries
- Oh, What A Night — The DellsNo. 65
- Jean — OliverNo. 72
- I Do — The MomentsNo. 76
- Move Over — SteppenwolfNo. 77
- Everybody's Talkin' — NilssonNo. 79
- I Can't Get Next To You — The TemptationsNo. 84
- Let Me Be The One — Peaches & HerbNo. 85
- The Colour Of My Love — JeffersonNo. 86
- What Kind Of Fool Do You Think I Am — Bill Deal & The RhondelsNo. 87
- Maybe The Rain Will Fall — The CascadesNo. 89
- Muddy Mississippi Line — Bobby GoldsboroNo. 91
- Going In Circles — The Friends Of DistinctionNo. 92
- You Got Yours And I'll Get Mine — The DelfonicsNo. 97
- Oh How Happy — Blinky & Edwin StarrNo. 99
- Any Way That You Want Me — Evie SandsNo. 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.