The British Invasion was marked by the infiltration of the United States pop charts by a slew of British artists in the mid-‘60s. The most prominent acts were the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who, and the Kinks.
This list was compiled by aggregating multiple lists. Those songs which made 3 or more lists were then ranked based on their overall status in Dave’s Music Database.
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1. The Rolling Stones “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (1965)
2. The Beatles “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (1963)
3. The Beatles “Yesterday” (1965)
4. The Animals “The House of the Rising Sun” (1964)
5. Procol Harum “A Whiter Shade of Pale” (1967)
6. The Who “My Generation” (1965)
7. The Kinks “You Really Got Me” (1964)
8. The Beatles “She Loves You” (1963)
9. The Moody Blues “Nights in White Satin” (1967)
10. The Rolling Stones “Paint It Black” (1966)
11. The Beatles “Help!” (1965)
12. The Beatles “Twist and Shout” (1963)
13. The Beatles “Can’t Buy Me Love” (1964)
14. The Beatles “A Hard Day’s Night” (1964)
15. The Beatles “Penny Lane” (1967)
16. The Beatles “All You Need Is Love” (1967)
17. The Troggs “Wild Thing” (1966)
18. Petula Clark “Downtown” (1964)
19. The Beatles “I Feel Fine” (1964)
20. The Beatles “We Can Work It Out” (1965)
21. Spencer Davis Group “Gimme Some Lovin’” (1966)
22. The Beatles “Ticket to Ride” (1965)
23. The Rolling Stones “Get Off of My Cloud” (1965)
24. The Beatles “Day Tripper” (1965)
25. Manfred Mann “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” (1964)
26. The Beatles Paperback Writer” (1966)
27. The Beatles “I Saw Her Standing There” (1963)
28. The Rolling Stones “Ruby Tuesday” (167)
29. Them “Gloria” (1965)
30. The Who “I Can See for Miles” (1967)
31. The Tornadoes “Telstar” (1962)
32. The Beatles “Hello Goodbye” (1967)
33. The Beatles “Love Me Do” (1962)
34. Lulu “To Sir with Love” (1967)
35. The Zombies “She’s Not There” (1964)
36. Donovan “Sunshine Superman” (1966)
37. The Yardbirds “For Your Love” (1965)
38. The Who “I Can’t Explain” (1965)
39. The Kinks “All Day and All of the Night” (1964)
40. Engelbert Humperdinck “Release Me” (1967)
41. The Small Faces “Itchycoo Park” (1967)
42. The Easybeats “Friday on My Mind” (1966)
43. The Beatles “Please Please Me” (1963)
44. The Beatles “Yellow Submarine” (1966)
45. The Searchers “Needles and Pins” (1964)
46. The Animals “We Gotta Get Out of This Place” (1965)
47. Dave Clark Five “Glad All Over” (1963)
48. The Beatles “Eight Days a Week” (1964)
49. Donovan “Mellow Yellow” (1966)
50. The Beatles “Nowhere Man” (1965)
51. Donovan “Catch the Wind” (1965)
52. The Animals “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” (1965)
53. Peter & Gordon “World Without Love” (1964)
54. The Yardbirds “Heart Full of Soul” (1965)
55. The Rolling Stones “19th Nervous Breakdown” (1966)
56. The Yardbirds “Shapes of Things” (1966)
57. Herman’s Hermits “Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter” (1965)
58. The Hollies “Bus Stop” (1966)
59. Tom Jones “It’s Not Unsual” (1965)
60. The Rolling Stones “Mother’s Little Helper” (1966)
61. The Rolling Stones “The Last Time” (1965)
62. The Beatles “Do You Want to Know a Secret” (1963)
63. The Rolling Stones “Time Is on My Side” (1964)
64. The Moody Blues “Go Now” (1964)
65. The Rolling Stones “As Tears Go By” (1965)
66. The Hollies “Carrie Anne” (1967)
67. Dusty Springfield “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me” (1966)
68. The Mindbenders “A Groovy Kind of Love” (1966)
69. The Kinks “Tired of Waiting for You” (1965)
70. The Kinks “Sunny Afternoon” (1966)
71. The Zombies “Tell Her No” (1965)
72. Gerry & the Pacemakers “You’ll Never Walk Alone” (1963)
73. Herman’s Hermits “I’m into Something Good” (1964)
74. The Mindbenders “Game of Love” (1964)
75. Freddie & the Dreamers “I’m Telling You Now” (1963)
76. Gerry & the Pacemakers “Ferry Cross the Mersey” (1964)
77. Spencer Davis Group “I’m a Man” (1967)
78. The Kinks “A Well Respected Man” (1965)
79. Herman’s Hermits “I’m Henry VIII, I Am” (1965)
80. Dave Clark Five “Bits and Pieces” (1964)
81. Petula Clark “My Love” (1965)
82. Spencer Davis Group “Keep on Runnin’” (1965)
83. Them “Here Comes the Night” (1965)
84. Shirley Bassey “Goldfinger” (1964)
85. Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas “Bad to Me” (1963)
86. Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas “Little Children” (1964)
87. The Swinging Blue Jeans “Hippy Hippy Shake” (1963)
88. Dave Clark Five “Catch Us if You Can” (1965)
89. Dave Clark Five “Over and Over” (1965)
90. Dave Clark Five “Because” (1964)
91. The Beatles “She’s a Woman” (1964)
92. Dusty Springfield “I Only Want to Be with You” (1963)
93. Gerry & the Pacemakers “Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying” (1964)
94. The Hollies “Stop Stop Stop” (1966)
95. The Searchers “Love Potion No. 9” (1964)
96. Chad & Jeremy “A Summer Song” (1964)
97. The Honeycombs “Have I the Right?” (1964)
98. Dusty Springfield “Wishin’ and Hopin’” (1964)
99. The Bachelors “Diane” (1964)
100. Dave Clark Five “Can’t You See That She’s Mine” (1964)
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