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==Billboard Top popular records of 1968==

The 1968 Billboard year-end list is composed of records that entered the [[Billboard Hot 100#History|Billboard Hot 100]] during November–December 1967 (only when the majority of chart weeks were in 1968), January to November–December 1968 (majority of chart weeks in 1968). Records with majority of chart weeks in 1967 or 1969 are included in the year-end charts for those years, respectively, and multiple appearances are not permitted. Each week thirty points were awarded to the number one record, then nineteen points for number two, eighteen points for number three, and so on. The total points a record earned determined its year-end rank. The complete chart life of each record is represented. There are no ties, even when multiple records have the same number of points. The next ranking category is peak chart position, then weeks at peak chart position, weeks in top ten, weeks in top forty, and finally weeks on Hot 100 chart.

The chart can be sorted by Artist, Song title, Recording and Release dates, Cashbox year-end ranking (CB) or units sold (sales) by clicking on the column header. Additional details for each record can be accessed by clicking on the song title, and referring to the Infobox in the right column of the song page. [https://www.billboard.com/charts/ Billboard also has chart summaries] on its website. [https://web.archive.org/web/20081205052839/http://www.cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/1968YESP.html Cashbox rankings] were derived by same process as the Billboard rankings. Sales information was derived from the [https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/ RIAA's Gold and Platinum database], the [https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/ BRIT Certified database]  and The Book of Golden Discs,<ref name=goldendiscs>{{Cite book |last=Murrells |first=Joseph |url=http://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr |title=The book of golden discs |date=1978 |publisher=London : Barrie & Jenkins |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-214-20512-5}}</ref> but numbers listed should be regarded as estimates. [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] and [[National Recording Registry]] information with sources can be found on Wikipedia. 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! [[Billboard Hot 100|Rank]] 
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Release Date
! CB
! Sales
! Charts, Awards
|-
| 1 || [[The Beatles]] || "[[Hey Jude]]" || Apple 2276 || {{Date table sorting|196807}}|July 31, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196808}}|August 26, 1968 || 1 || 8.00<ref>{{cite book|first=Walter|last=Everett|author-link=Walter Everett (musicologist)|year=1999|title=The Beatles as Musicians: Revolver Through the Anthology|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York, NY|isbn=0-19-509553-7}}</ref> || US Billboard 1968 #1, Hot100 #1 for 9 weeks, 19 total weeks, 323 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2001
|-
| 2 || [[Marvin Gaye]] || "[[I Heard It Through the Grapevine]]" || Tamla 54176 || {{Date table sorting|196704}}|April 10, 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196810}}|October 30, 1968 || 3 || 4.00<ref>{{cite book |title=The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History: Folk, pop, mods, and rockers, 1960-1966 |date=2006 |publisher=Greenwood Press |page=33 |isbn=9780313329609 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-CEKAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Heard+It+Through+the+Grapevine%22+%224+million%22 |access-date=31 July 2019}}</ref> || US Billboard 1968 #2, Hot100 #1 for 7 weeks, 15 total weeks, 246 points, '''Top Soul Singles 1968 #1''', Hot Soul Singles #1 for 7 weeks, 14 total weeks, 275 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998
|-
| 3 || [[Paul Mauriat|Paul Mauriat and His Orchestra]] || "[[L'amour est bleu|Love Is Blue (L'Amour Est Bleu)]]" || Philips 40495 || {{Date table sorting|196710}}|October 21, 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196712}}|December 1967 || 2 || 4.00 || US Billboard 1968 #3, Hot100 #1 for 5 weeks, 18 total weeks, 225 points, '''Top Easy Listening Singles 1968 #1''', Easy Listening Singles #1 for 11 weeks, 24 total weeks, 187 points
|-
| 4 || [[Otis Redding]] || "[[(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay]]" || Volt 157 || {{Date table sorting|196711}}|November 22, 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196801}}|January 8, 1968 || 11 || 2.00 || US Billboard 1968 #4, Hot100 #1 for 4 weeks, 16 total weeks, 216 points, Top Soul Singles 1968 #6, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks, 224 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998
|-
| 5 || [[Bobby Goldsboro]] || "[[Honey (Bobby Goldsboro song)|Honey]]" || United Artists 50283 || {{Date table sorting|196801}}|January 30, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196802}}|February 17, 1968 || 6 || 3.00 || US Billboard 1968 #5, Hot100 #1 for 5 weeks, 15 total weeks, 210 points, Top Country Singles 1968 #10, Country Singles #1 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks, 200 points
|-
| 6 || [[Herb Alpert]] || "[[This Guy's in Love with You]]" ||  A&M Records 929 ||  {{Date table sorting|196804}}|April 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196804}}|April 10, 1968 || 4 || 2.50 || US Billboard 1968 #6, Hot100 #1 for 4 weeks, 14 total weeks, 204 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1968 #2, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 10 weeks, 17 total weeks, 185 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998
|-
| 7 || [[The Rascals]] || "[[People Got to Be Free]]" || Atlantic 2537 || {{Date table sorting|196805}}|May 14, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196807}}|July 1, 1968 || 8 || 1.50  || US Billboard 1968 #7, Hot100 #1 for 5 weeks, 14 total weeks, 201 points
|-
| 8 || [[The Supremes|Diana Ross and the Supremes]] || "[[Love Child (song)|Love Child]]" || Motown 1135 || {{Date table sorting|196809}}|September 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196809}}|September 30, 1968 || 5 || 2.00 || US Billboard 1968 #8, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks, US R&B 1968 #24, R&B #2 for 3 weeks, 13 total weeks, 200 points
|-
| 9 || [[Simon & Garfunkel|Simon and Garfunkel]] || "[[Mrs. Robinson]]" || Columbia 44511 || {{Date table sorting|196802}}|February 2, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196804}}|April 5, 1968 || 7 || 1.50 || US Billboard 1968 #9, Hot100 #1 for 3 weeks, 13 total weeks, 173 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1999
|-
| 10 || The Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett || "[[Young Girl (song)|Young Girl]]" || Columbia 44450 || {{Date table sorting|196801}}|January 9, 1968<ref name=GaryPuckett/> || {{Date table sorting|196802}}|February 1968 || 9 || 1.25 || US Billboard 1968 #10, Hot100 #2 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks, 162 points
|-
| 11 || [[Archie Bell & the Drells]] || "[[Tighten Up (Archie Bell & the Drells song)|Tighten Up]]" || Atlantic 2478 || {{Date table sorting|196708}}|August 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196802}}|February 1968 || 14 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #11, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 160 points, Top Soul Singles 1968 #10, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 197 points
|-
| 12 || [[Jeannie C. Riley]] || "[[Harper Valley PTA|Harper Valley P.T.A.]]" || RCA Victor 20-1759 || {{Date table sorting|1968}}|1968 || {{Date table sorting|196808}}|August 1968 || 21 || 5.50 || US Billboard 1968 #12, Hot100 #1 for 1 week, 13 total weeks, 160 points, Top Country Singles 1968 #8, Country Singles #1 for 3 weeks, 14 total weeks, 208 points, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2019
|-
| 13 || [[John Fred|John Fred and His Playboy Band]] || "[[Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)]]" || Paula 282 || {{Date table sorting|196709}}|September 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196710}}|October  1967 || 12 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #13, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks, 159 points
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| 14 || [[The Doors]] || "[[Hello, I Love You]]" || Elektra 45635 || {{Date table sorting|196804}}|February to May 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196806}}|June 11, 1968 || 16 || 1.50 || US Billboard 1968 #14, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 156 points
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| 15 || [[Gary Puckett & The Union Gap|The Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett]] || "[[Woman, Woman]]" || Columbia 37095 || {{Date table sorting|196708}}|August 16, 1967<ref name=GaryPuckett>{{Cite AV media notes |title = The Best Of Gary Puckett And The Union Gap |last = Gary Puckett & The Union Gap |first =Scan of Official Cover  |url = https://i.discogs.com/WsSn8kEgQmd8e7xT4AJfXOMH4h4EMQkLntAR8DCDLvI/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:593/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE0MTY1/MTExLTE1NjkwNzI2/NDYtMjU1Ni5qcGVn.jpeg |date  = 2004 |access-date = 2023-02-04| page  = 10 |type = booklet |publisher   = Sony, Columbia|id = CK 90626}}</ref><!--This is not user-generated content--> || {{Date table sorting|196709}}|September 19, 1967 || 17 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #15, Hot100 #4 for 3 weeks, 17 total weeks, 150 points
|-
| 16 || [[Glen Campbell]] || "[[Wichita Lineman]]" || Capitol 2302 || {{Date table sorting|196808}}|August 4, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196810}}|October 1968 || 19 || 3.00 || US Billboard 1968 #16, Hot100 #3 for 1 weeks, 15 total weeks, 149 points, Top Country Singles 1968 #11, Country Singles #1 for 2 weeks, 19 total weeks, 194 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1968 #3, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 6 weeks, 18 total weeks, 172 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2019, National Recording Registry 2019
|-
| 17 || [[Stevie Wonder]] || "[[For Once in My Life]]" || Tamla 54174 || {{Date table sorting|196804}}|April 10, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196810}}|October 1968 || 27 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #17, Hot100 #2 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 148 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2009
|-
| 18 || [[Hugo Montenegro|Hugo Montenegro, His Orchestra And Chorus]] || "[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (song)|The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]" || RCA Victor 47-9423 || {{Date table sorting|196711}}|November 22, 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196801}}|January 1968 || 25 || 2.00 || US Billboard 1968 #18, Hot100 #2 for 1 weeks, 22 total weeks, 148 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1968 #4, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 3 weeks, 26 total weeks, 167 points
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| 19 || [[Mary Hopkin]] || "[[Those Were The Days (song)|Those Were The Days]]" || Apple 8526 || {{Date table sorting|196807}}|July 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196808}}|August 26, 1968 || 10 || 8.00 || US Billboard 1968 #19, Hot100 #2 for 3 weeks, 13 total weeks, 146 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1968 #6, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 6 weeks, 13 total weeks, 167 points
|-
| 20  || [[The Lemon Pipers]] || "[[Green Tambourine]]" || Buddah 23 || {{Date table sorting|196708}}|August 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196711}}|November 1967 || 13 || 2.00 || US Billboard 1968 #20, Hot100 #1 for 1 week, 13 total weeks, 139 points
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| 21 || [[Dionne Warwick]] || "[[(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls]]" || Scepter 12203 || {{Date table sorting|196708}}|1967 || {{Date table sorting|196710}}|October 1967 || 49 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #21, Hot100 #2 for 4 weeks, 13 total weeks, 139 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998
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| 22 || [[O. C. Smith]] || "[[Little Green Apples]]" || Columbia 44616 || {{Date table sorting|196808}}|August 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196809}}|September 1968 || 35 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #22, Hot100 #2 for 1 weeks, 17 total weeks, 137 points 
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| 23 || [[Hugh Masekela]]  || "[[Grazing in the Grass]]" || Uni 55066 || {{Date table sorting|196803}}|March 12, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196805}}|May 1968 || 47 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #23, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 134 points, Top Soul Singles 1968 #7, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 4 weeks, 14 total weeks, 215 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2018
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| 24 || [[The Rolling Stones]] || "[[Jumpin' Jack Flash]]" || London 908 || {{Date table sorting|196804}}|April 20, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196806}}|June 1, 1968 || 15 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #24, Hot100 #3 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks, 131 points
|-
| 25 || Gary Puckett and the Union Gap || "[[Lady Willpower]]" || Columbia 44547 || {{Date table sorting|196804}}|April 9, 1968<ref name=GaryPuckett/><!--This is not user-generated content--> || {{Date table sorting|196806}}|June 1, 1968 || 20 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #25, Hot100 #2 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 130 points
|-
| 26 || [[Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf]] || "[[Born To Be Wild]]" || Dunhill 4138 || {{Date table sorting|196704}}|April 10, 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196810}}|October 1968 || 26 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #26, Hot100 #2 for 3 week, 13 total weeks, 129 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2002
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| 27 || [[The Rascals]] || "[[A Beautiful Morning]]" || Atlantic 2493 || {{Date table sorting|196803}}|March 6, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196803}}|March 22, 1968 || 18 || 1.50  || US Billboard 1968 #27, Hot100 #3 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 128 points
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| 28 || [[Classics IV]] || "[[Spooky (Classics IV song)|Spooky]]" || Imperial 66259 || {{Date table sorting|196708}}|August 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196712}}|December 1967 || 40 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #28, Hot100 #3 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks, 127 points
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| 29 || The Crazy World of Arthur Brown || "[[Fire (Arthur Brown song)|Fire]]" || Atlantic 2556 || {{Date table sorting|196809}}|September 1, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196809}}|September 7, 1968 || 33 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #29, Hot100 #2 for 1 weeks, 13 total weeks, 126 points
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| 30 || [[The Box Tops]] || "[[Cry Like a Baby]]" || Mala 593 || {{Date table sorting|196708}}|August 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196802}}|February 1968 || 34 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #30, Hot100 #2 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 125 points
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| 31 || [[Aretha Franklin]] || "[[Chain Of Fools]]" || Atlantic 2464 || {{Date table sorting|196708}}|August 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196711}}|November 1967 || 29 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #31, Hot100 #2 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 124 points, Top Soul Singles 1968 #4, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 4 weeks, 14 total weeks, 238 points
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| 32 || [[Richard Harris]] || "[[MacArthur Park (song)|MacArthur Park]]" || Dunhill 4134 || {{Date table sorting|196712}}|December 21, 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196804}}|April 1968 || 31 || 2.00 || US Billboard 1968 #32, Hot100 #2 for 1 weeks, 13 total weeks, 122 points
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| 33 || [[The Beatles]] || "[[Lady Madonna]]" || Capitol 2138 || {{Date table sorting|196802}}|February 6, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196803}}|March 18, 1968 || 30 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #33, Hot100 #4 for 3 week, 11 total weeks, 121 points
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| 34 || [[Mason Williams]] || "[[Classical Gas]]" || Warner Bros./Seven Arts 7190 || {{Date table sorting|196708}}|August 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196802}}|February 1968 || 22 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #34, Hot100 #2 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 120 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1968 #7, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 3 weeks, 17 total weeks, 161 points
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| 35 || [[Dion DiMucci|Dion]] || "[[Abraham, Martin and John]]" || Laurie 3464 || {{Date table sorting|196807}}|1968 || {{Date table sorting|196808}}|August 1968 || 32 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #35, Hot100 #4 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 120 points
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| 37 || Steppenwolf || "[[Magic Carpet Ride (Steppenwolf song)|Magic Carpet Ride]]" || Dunhill 4161 || {{Date table sorting|196803}}|March 1, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196809}}|September 1968 || 48 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #37, Hot100 #3 for 1 week, 16 total weeks, 119 points
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| 149 || [[Tiny Tim (musician)|Tiny Tim]] || "[[Tiptoe Through the Tulips|Tiptoe Thru’ the Tulips with Me]]" || Reprise 0679 || {{Date table sorting|196712}}|December 21, 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196804}}|April 1968 || 170 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #149, Hot100 #17 for 1 weeks, 9 total weeks, 4 points
|}


    Billboard Top Soul Singles 1968
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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| 1 || Marvin Gaye || "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" || || || || || || [[#Billboard Top popular records of 1968|see number 2]]
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| 2 || [[Johnnie Taylor]] || "[[Who's Making Love]]" || Stax 0009 || {{Date table sorting|196808}}|August 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196810}}|October 1968 || 52 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #43, Hot100 #5 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 113 points, Top Soul Singles 1968 #2, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 3 weeks, 16 total weeks, 258 points
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| 3 || [[James Brown|James Brown & His Famous Flames]] || "[[Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud]]" || King 6187 || {{Date table sorting|196808}}|August 7, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196808}}|August 1968 || 160 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #84, Hot100 #10 for 1 week, 11 total weeks, 59 points, Top Soul Singles 1968 #3, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 6 weeks, 12 total weeks, 240 points
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| 4 || Aretha Franklin || "Chain Of Fools" || || || || || || [[#Billboard Top popular records of 1968|see number 31]]
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| 5 || Marvin Gaye and [[Tammi Terrell]] || "[[You're All I Need To Get By]]" || Tamla 54169 || {{Date table sorting|196704}}|April 10, 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196807}}|July 9, 1968 || 44 || 2.00 || US Billboard 1968 #75, Hot100 #7 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, 67 points, Top Soul Singles 1968 #5, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 5 weeks, 13 total weeks, 227 points
|}


    Billboard Top Country Singles 1968
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| 1 || [[Henson Cargill]] || "[[Skip a Rope]]" || Monument 1041 || {{Date table sorting|196709}}|September 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196711}}|November 1967 || 187 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #188, Hot100 #25 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, '''Top Country Singles 1968 #1''', Country Singles #1 for 5 weeks, 19 total weeks, 261 points
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| 2 || [[Tammy Wynette]] || "[[Stand By Your Man]]" || Epic 10398 || {{Date table sorting|196808}}|August 28, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196809}}|September 20, 1968 || 179 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #155, Hot100 #19 for 1 week, 16 total weeks, 4 points, Top Country Singles 1968 #2, Country Singles #1 for 5 weeks, 19 total weeks, 244 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1999, National Recording Registry 2010
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| 3 || Tammy Wynette || "[[D-I-V-O-R-C-E]]" || Epic 10315 || {{Date table sorting|196803}}|March 22, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196805}}|May 1, 1968 || 179 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #427, Hot100 #63 for 1 week, 6 total weeks, Top Country Singles 1968 #3, Country Singles #1 for 3 weeks, 17 total weeks, 241 points
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| 4 || [[Johnny Cash]] || "[[Folsom Prison Blues]]" || Columbia 44513 || {{Date table sorting|196801}}|January 13, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196804}}|April 30, 1968 || 187 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #230, Hot100 #32 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks, Top Country Singles 1968 #4, Country Singles #1 for 4 weeks, 18 total weeks, 240 points, National Recording Registry 2003
|}


    Billboard Top Easy Listening Singles 1968
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| 1 || Paul Mauriat and His Orchestra || "Love Is Blue (L'Amour Est Bleu)" || || || || || || [[#Billboard Top popular records of 1968|see number 3]]
|-
| 2  || Herb Alpert || "This Guy's in Love with You" || || || || || || [[#Billboard Top popular records of 1968|see number 6]]
|-
| 3 || Glen Campbell || "Wichita Lineman" || || || || || || [[#Billboard Top popular records of 1968|see number 16]]
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| 4 || Hugo Montenegro, His Orchestra And Chorus || "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" || || || || || || [[#Billboard Top popular records of 1968|see number 18]]
|-
| 5 || [[Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66]] || "[[The Fool On The Hill]]" || A&M 961 || {{Date table sorting|196806}}|June 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196807}}|July 1968 || 84 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #91, Hot100 #6 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, 53 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1968 #5, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 6 weeks, 15 total weeks, 294 points
|}


    Top Rock Tracks 1968''' (unofficial)'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| 1 || [[Cream (band)|Cream]] || "[[Sunshine of Your Love]]" || Atco 6544 || {{Date table sorting|196705}}|May 30, 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196711}}|November 2, 1967 || 44 || 2.00 || US Billboard 1968 #38, Hot100 #5 for 1 week, 26 total weeks, 119 points, '''Top Rock Tracks 1968 #1''', from [[Disraeli Gears|Disraeli Gears - Atco 232]]
|-
| 2  || [[The Jimi Hendrix Experience]] || "[[All Along the Watchtower]]" || Reprise 0767 || {{Date table sorting|196801}}|January 21, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196809}}|September 2, 1968 || 169 || 2.00 || US Billboard 1968 #163, Hot100 #20 for 2 weeks, 9 total weeks, 4 points, Top Rock Tracks 1968 #2, from [[Electric Ladyland|Electric Ladyland - Reprise 6307]], Grammy Hall of Fame 2001
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| 3 || [[The Rolling Stones]] || "[[Sympathy For The Devil]]" || London 33 || {{Date table sorting|196807}}|July 25, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196812}}|December 6, 1968 ||  || 1.00 || Top Rock Tracks 1968 #3, from [[Beggars Banquet|Beggars Banquet - London 33]]
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| 4 || [[The Beatles]] || "[[While My Guitar Gently Weeps]]" || Apple 101 || {{Date table sorting|196809}}|September 5–6, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196811}}|November 22, 1968 ||  || 1.00 || Top Rock Tracks 1968 #4, from [[The Beatles (album)|The Beatles (White Album) - Apple 101]]
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| 5 || [[The Band]] || "[[The Weight]]" || Capitol 2269 || {{Date table sorting|196801}}|January 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196808}}|August 8, 1968 || 422 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #424, Hot100 #63 for 1 week, 7 total weeks, Top Rock Tracks 1968 #5, from [[Music From Big Pink|Music From Big Pink - Capitol 2955]]
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| 6 || The Doors || "[[Love Me Two Times]]" || Elektra 45624 || {{Date table sorting|196704}}|April 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196711}}|November 1967 || 221 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #194, Hot100 #25 for 1 week, 7 total weeks, Top Rock Tracks 1968 #6, from [[Strange Days (The Doors album)|Strange Days - Elektra 74014]].
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| 7 || Cream || "[[White Room]]" || Atco 6617 || {{Date table sorting|196804}}|June 1967-April 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196809}}|September 1968 || 46 || 2.00 || US Billboard 1968 #54, Hot100 #6 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks, 96 points, Top Rock Tracks 1968 #7, from [[Wheels of Fire|Wheels of Fire - Atco 700]]
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| 8 || [[The Rolling Stones]] || "[[Stray Cat Blues]]" || London 33 || {{Date table sorting|196807}}|July 25, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196812}}|December 6, 1968 ||  ||  || Top Rock Tracks 1968 #8, from [[Beggars Banquet|Beggars Banquet - London 33]]
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| 9 || [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]] || "[[Pictures Of Matchstick Men]]" || Cadet Concept 7001 || {{Date table sorting|196711}}|November 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196809}}|January 5, 1968 || 116 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #113, Hot100 #12 for 1 week, 17 total weeks, 28 points, Top Rock Tracks 1968 #9, from [[Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo|Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo - Cadet Concept single 7001]]
|-
| 10 || [[Big Brother and the Holding Company]] || "[[Piece Of My Heart]]" || Columbia 44626 || {{Date table sorting|196805}}|March 2-May 20, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196808}}|August 12, 1968 || 132 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #111, Hot100 #12 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, 33 points, Top Rock Tracks 1968 #10, from [[Cheap Thrills (Big Brother and the Holding Company album)|Cheap Thrills - Columbia 9700]]
|}