Billboard Hot 100 — August 5, 1967
The Billboard Hot 100 for the week of August 5, 1967. "Light My Fire" by The Doors held #1 for a 2nd straight week, on its way to 3 weeks on top. 15 songs entered the chart this week; the highest new entry was "Heroes And Villains" by The Beach Boys at #61, which would go on to peak at #12. The biggest climber was "Fakin' It" by Simon & Garfunkel, up 28 places from #81 to #53.
Chart highlights
- At #1: "Light My Fire" by The Doors — 2 weeks at the top so far, 10 weeks on the chart since debuting June 3, 1967.
- New in the top 10: "All You Need Is Love" by The Beatles (up from #29 to #3); "Pleasant Valley Sunday" by The Monkees (up from #24 to #9).
- Biggest fall: "C'mon Marianne" by The 4 Seasons Featuring the "Sound of Frankie Valli", down 25 places from #10 to #35.
- Longest run on this week's chart: "Come On Down To My Boat" by Every Mothers' Son, 14 weeks and counting (peak #6).
- Gone from the chart: "Let's Live For Today" by The Grass Roots after 12 weeks (peak #8); "The Tracks Of My Tears" by Johnny Rivers after 9 weeks (peak #10).
TW = this week, LW = last week (NEW = first week on the chart), Peak = highest position reached up to this week, Wks = weeks on the chart up to this week.
| TW | LW | Peak | Wks | Song / Artist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | Light My Fire The Doors |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | I Was Made To Love Her Stevie Wonder |
| 3 | 29 | 3 | 3 | All You Need Is Love The Beatles |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | Windy The Association |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | A Whiter Shade Of Pale Procol Harum |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | Can't Take My Eyes Off You Frankie Valli |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | Mercy, Mercy, Mercy The Buckinghams |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | White Rabbit Jefferson Airplane |
| 9 | 24 | 9 | 3 | Pleasant Valley Sunday The Monkees |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | 13 | Little Bit O' Soul The Music Explosion |
| 11 | 19 | 11 | 4 | A Girl Like You The Young Rascals |
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | I Take It Back Sandy Posey |
| 13 | 17 | 13 | 8 | Silence Is Golden The Tremeloes |
| 14 | 14 | 14 | 7 | Jackson Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood |
| 15 | 28 | 15 | 4 | My Mammy The Happenings |
| 16 | 16 | 16 | 8 | Carrie-Anne The Hollies |
| 17 | 11 | 4 | 11 | San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) Scott McKenzie |
| 18 | 18 | 18 | 12 | Soul Finger Bar-Kays |
| 19 | 9 | 7 | 10 | Up -- Up And Away The 5th Dimension |
| 20 | 22 | 20 | 7 | For Your Love Peaches & Herb |
| 21 | 21 | 21 | 12 | Make Me Yours Bettye Swann |
| 22 | 47 | 22 | 3 | Baby I Love You Aretha Franklin |
| 23 | 23 | 23 | 8 | More Love Smokey Robinson & The Miracles |
| 24 | 48 | 24 | 4 | Thank The Lord For The Night Time Neil Diamond |
| 25 | 25 | 25 | 6 | I Like The Way Tommy James And The Shondells |
| 26 | 31 | 26 | 5 | In The Chapel In The Moonlight Dean Martin |
| 27 | 32 | 27 | 4 | To Love Somebody Bee Gees |
| 28 | 30 | 28 | 7 | Hypnotized Linda Jones |
| 29 | 13 | 6 | 14 | Come On Down To My Boat Every Mothers' Son |
| 30 | 35 | 30 | 7 | Let The Good Times Roll & Feel So Good Bunny Sigler |
| 31 | 20 | 20 | 7 | There Goes My Everything Engelbert Humperdinck |
| 32 | 33 | 32 | 5 | The Happening Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass |
| 33 | 37 | 33 | 6 | Your Unchanging Love Marvin Gaye |
| 34 | 46 | 34 | 3 | Words The Monkees |
| 35 | 10 | 9 | 9 | C'mon Marianne The 4 Seasons Featuring the "Sound of Frankie Valli" |
| 36 | 26 | 14 | 11 | Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking) Janis Ian |
| 37 | 43 | 37 | 6 | (I Wanna) Testify The Parliaments |
| 38 | 15 | 15 | 12 | Here We Go Again Ray Charles |
| 39 | 55 | 39 | 4 | Out & About Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart |
| 40 | 50 | 40 | 5 | Don't Let The Rain Fall Down On Me The Critters |
| 41 | 64 | 41 | 2 | Baby You're A Rich Man The Beatles |
| 42 | 27 | 5 | 10 | Don't Sleep In The Subway Petula Clark |
| 43 | 54 | 43 | 4 | I Take What I Want James & Bobby Purify |
| 44 | 44 | 44 | 7 | You Only Live Twice Nancy Sinatra |
| 45 | 45 | 45 | 6 | Show Business Lou Rawls |
| 46 | 51 | 46 | 5 | The River Is Wide The Forum |
| 47 | 58 | 47 | 4 | Cold Sweat - Part 1 James Brown And The Famous Flames |
| 48 | 34 | 18 | 7 | Don't Go Out Into The Rain (You're Going To Melt) Herman's Hermits |
| 49 | 36 | 36 | 6 | You Were On My Mind Crispian St. Peters |
| 50 | 66 | 50 | 3 | The Sweetest Thing This Side Of Heaven Chris Bartley |
| 51 | 52 | 51 | 6 | Pictures Of Lily The Who |
| 52 | 74 | 52 | 2 | You're My Everything The Temptations |
| 53 | 81 | 53 | 2 | Fakin' It Simon & Garfunkel |
| 54 | 68 | 54 | 3 | Shoot Your Shot Jr. Walker & The All Stars |
| 55 | 71 | 55 | 3 | Come Back When You Grow Up Bobby Vee And The Strangers |
| 56 | 59 | 56 | 5 | Everybody Needs Love Gladys Knight And The Pips |
| 57 | 62 | 57 | 6 | Washed Ashore (On A Lonely Island In The Sea) The Platters |
| 58 | 60 | 58 | 4 | Bluebird Buffalo Springfield |
| 59 | 61 | 59 | 7 | Lonely Drifter Pieces Of Eight |
| 60 | 75 | 60 | 2 | Glory Of Love Otis Redding |
| 61 | NEW | 61 | 1 | Heroes And Villains The Beach Boys |
| 62 | 65 | 62 | 5 | Gentle On My Mind Glen Campbell |
| 63 | 41 | 41 | 6 | Joy Mitch Ryder |
| 64 | 79 | 64 | 2 | The Windows Of The World Dionne Warwick |
| 65 | 80 | 65 | 2 | Cry Softly Lonely One Roy Orbison |
| 66 | 78 | 66 | 4 | Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison |
| 67 | 69 | 67 | 9 | Blue's Theme Davie Allan And The Arrows |
| 68 | 83 | 68 | 4 | Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie Jay And The Techniques |
| 69 | 70 | 69 | 3 | It's A Happening World The Tokens |
| 70 | 73 | 70 | 3 | Don't You Miss Me A Little Bit Baby Jimmy Ruffin |
| 71 | NEW | 71 | 1 | Ode To Billie Joe Bobbie Gentry |
| 72 | 72 | 72 | 4 | A Thousand Shadows The Seeds |
| 73 | NEW | 73 | 1 | San Franciscan Nights Eric Burdon & The Animals |
| 74 | 67 | 67 | 5 | You Keep Me Hangin' On The Vanilla Fudge |
| 75 | NEW | 75 | 1 | You Know What I Mean The Turtles |
| 76 | 76 | 76 | 2 | Slim Jenkin's Place Booker T. & The MG's |
| 77 | 77 | 77 | 4 | I'll Turn To Stone Four Tops |
| 78 | NEW | 78 | 1 | The World We Knew (Over And Over) Frank Sinatra |
| 79 | 88 | 79 | 4 | Happy The Sunshine Company |
| 80 | NEW | 80 | 1 | Ha Ha Said The Clown The Yardbirds |
| 81 | 82 | 81 | 11 | Funky Broadway Part I Dyke And The Blazers |
| 82 | NEW | 82 | 1 | I Want To Love You For What You Are Ronnie Dove |
| 83 | NEW | 83 | 1 | A Woman's Hands Joe Tex |
| 84 | 84 | 74 | 7 | Groovy Summertime The Love Generation |
| 85 | 85 | 85 | 2 | Nearer To You Betty Harris |
| 86 | NEW | 86 | 1 | Groovin' Booker T. & The MG's |
| 87 | 87 | 87 | 4 | Happy The Blades Of Grass |
| 88 | 91 | 88 | 4 | More And More Andy Williams |
| 89 | 89 | 89 | 5 | My Elusive Dreams David Houston & Tammy Wynette |
| 90 | 90 | 90 | 2 | Pearl Time Andre Williams |
| 91 | 99 | 91 | 2 | Lonesome Road The Wonder Who? |
| 92 | NEW | 92 | 1 | Funky Broadway Wilson Pickett |
| 93 | 93 | 93 | 2 | Darling Be Home Soon Bobby Darin |
| 94 | 95 | 94 | 3 | The Look Of Love Dusty Springfield |
| 95 | NEW | 95 | 1 | Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine Country Joe & The Fish |
| 96 | NEW | 96 | 1 | Along Comes Mary Baja Marimba Band |
| 97 | 100 | 97 | 3 | I'll Never Find Another You Sonny James |
| 98 | NEW | 98 | 1 | Run, Run, Run The Third Rail |
| 99 | NEW | 99 | 1 | It Could Be We're In Love The Cryan' Shames |
| 100 | NEW | 100 | 1 | Good Day Sunshine Claudine Longet |
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