controversial period of modern history
the revolutions we’re concerned with
here were being staged across our
airwaves
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
decade defining songs of the 1960s for
this list we’ve looked at a combination
of the decades most commercially
successful songs as well as the most
influential records and the tracks that
best reflect the period
number 10 hit the road Jack Ray Charles
our list and the 60s in general begins
with a whole lot of soul released in 61
hit the road jack is the earliest record
to make our countdown and it sets a
silky-smooth standard
Ray Charles had grown up learning
classical piano but always had a
hankering for R&B this record was the
second of his three us number ones major
proof that his genre preferences were
justified
if the road jack is rhythm and attitude
it still gets finger snapping even now
number nine mrs. Robinson Simon &
Garfunkel
first heard on the soundtrack to the
movie the graduate
mrs. Robinson character in the song came
to represent Dustin Hoffman’s older love
interest in the film I love you but it
would never work out
however the 4-minute number was actually
originally written with president FDR’s
wife mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt in mind her
tireless campaign work for equal rights
meant that she was loved by the American
people and this song pays homage to her
also mentions legendary baseball player
Joe DiMaggio as a hero of the past its
folk-rock
and Frank sentiment
mr8 you really got me the kinks you
really got me going jicama Sodom after
their first two singles flopped there
was a lot riding on this record got was
I guess a redneck
ultimately it carried the kinks to
number one in the UK and confirmed them
as major players in the British Invasion
of America
tarus Dave Davies achieved the dirty
distorted sound of the single by
slashing his amp with a razor blade
thus inspiring a wave of technology to
mimic the effect
the song captured exactly what 60s rock
was all about simplicity sexuality and
innovation
number seven respect Aretha Franklin
while it was originally written and
released by Otis Redding it wasn’t until
Aretha Franklin got hold of this track
that respect really caused waves she
added the iconic chorus hook and she
smothered it in sassiness her version
turned the tables on the men showing
women that their voices could be heard
just as loudly gone were the days that
respect and success were male only
privileges we don’t need to spell it out
for you this song was a winner
number six like a rolling stone Bob
Dylan once upon a time it is so fun
bumps a dime in your
one of the most influential musicians of
all time
not just the 60s Bob Dylan’s highest of
high points has to be like a rolling
stone
feel
lyrically it’s lengthy which makes its
chart success a bit unusual but with
words this wise it isn’t hard to see why
people loved it
I
detailing the story of a character
that’s fallen out of high society it’s a
perfect example of Dillon’s ability to
use music as a soapbox to him there was
more to rock than rhythm
number five my generation the hoop
it may have been released in the 60s but
this song is carried through time as
applicable to the next generation as it
was to the one before for a ghetto
stuttering into success in more ways
than one it was their first of 4 efforts
to break into the top 5 in the UK and it
only scraped into the top 75 in the US
the vocally impeded sound was feared to
be offensive upon release but has since
become iconic
and the guitar smashing finale is just
plain awesome
on the wind and if super movie a number
for Good Vibrations the Beach Boys
in 1966 this became the most expensive
record ever produced costing around
$50,000
it also demanded almost 90 hours of
studio time and many of those minutes
passed without the full beach boys
lineup present due to touring
commitments
as a result the original recording is
actually a fantastic melee obsession
performers
they’re expensive vibrations
time-consuming vibrations but ultimately
they’re good and they’re worth it
number three I can’t get no satisfaction
the Rolling Stones
written in America during their first
statewide tour legend has it that
following a less than successful gig
Stones guitarist Keith Richards awoke in
the middle of the night with this riff
fully formed in his head
the band would record and release it
within three weeks scoring themselves at
number one in America and Britain
social frustration sexual frustration
and musical pleasure this is double
negative but do we really care
satisfaction to find this decade in a
big way
you
number two all along the watchtower the
Jimi Hendrix Experience
written and recorded by Bob Dylan Jimi
Hendrix released his version of all
along the watchtower after he heard a
tape recording of the folk singers
original nobody of it
the cover had such an impact the Dylan
himself changed the way he played his
own song to mimic it
a showcase of scintillating guitar music
it’s a brand that was Jimmy’s own
he spent days and weeks in the studio
tweaking and overdubbing the material
until he achieved the classic that we
enjoy today
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
I said
hey what’s that sound everybody look
what’s going
you
number one I want to hold your hand The
Beatles oh yeah their first u.s. number
one this record provoked a British
Invasion of America and turn Beatle
mania into a multinational frenzy
John Lennon and Paul McCartney co-wrote
the songs and they collaborated on the
vocals to produce a sound that became so
beatles and so 60s and when a tool i
feel happy inside the hysteria
surrounding the Liverpool for peace was
so loud that Lennon later admitted to
playfully changing the lyric hand to
gland during live shows
in truth whatever they sang was
successful
they set the 60s trend and shaped modern
music do you agree with our list what’s
your favorite 60 songs
more timeless top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
Oh
the revolutions we’re concerned with
here were being staged across our
airwaves
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
decade defining songs of the 1960s for
this list we’ve looked at a combination
of the decades most commercially
successful songs as well as the most
influential records and the tracks that
best reflect the period
number 10 hit the road Jack Ray Charles
our list and the 60s in general begins
with a whole lot of soul released in 61
hit the road jack is the earliest record
to make our countdown and it sets a
silky-smooth standard
Ray Charles had grown up learning
classical piano but always had a
hankering for R&B this record was the
second of his three us number ones major
proof that his genre preferences were
justified
if the road jack is rhythm and attitude
it still gets finger snapping even now
number nine mrs. Robinson Simon &
Garfunkel
first heard on the soundtrack to the
movie the graduate
mrs. Robinson character in the song came
to represent Dustin Hoffman’s older love
interest in the film I love you but it
would never work out
however the 4-minute number was actually
originally written with president FDR’s
wife mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt in mind her
tireless campaign work for equal rights
meant that she was loved by the American
people and this song pays homage to her
also mentions legendary baseball player
Joe DiMaggio as a hero of the past its
folk-rock
and Frank sentiment
mr8 you really got me the kinks you
really got me going jicama Sodom after
their first two singles flopped there
was a lot riding on this record got was
I guess a redneck
ultimately it carried the kinks to
number one in the UK and confirmed them
as major players in the British Invasion
of America
tarus Dave Davies achieved the dirty
distorted sound of the single by
slashing his amp with a razor blade
thus inspiring a wave of technology to
mimic the effect
the song captured exactly what 60s rock
was all about simplicity sexuality and
innovation
number seven respect Aretha Franklin
while it was originally written and
released by Otis Redding it wasn’t until
Aretha Franklin got hold of this track
that respect really caused waves she
added the iconic chorus hook and she
smothered it in sassiness her version
turned the tables on the men showing
women that their voices could be heard
just as loudly gone were the days that
respect and success were male only
privileges we don’t need to spell it out
for you this song was a winner
number six like a rolling stone Bob
Dylan once upon a time it is so fun
bumps a dime in your
one of the most influential musicians of
all time
not just the 60s Bob Dylan’s highest of
high points has to be like a rolling
stone
feel
lyrically it’s lengthy which makes its
chart success a bit unusual but with
words this wise it isn’t hard to see why
people loved it
I
detailing the story of a character
that’s fallen out of high society it’s a
perfect example of Dillon’s ability to
use music as a soapbox to him there was
more to rock than rhythm
number five my generation the hoop
it may have been released in the 60s but
this song is carried through time as
applicable to the next generation as it
was to the one before for a ghetto
stuttering into success in more ways
than one it was their first of 4 efforts
to break into the top 5 in the UK and it
only scraped into the top 75 in the US
the vocally impeded sound was feared to
be offensive upon release but has since
become iconic
and the guitar smashing finale is just
plain awesome
on the wind and if super movie a number
for Good Vibrations the Beach Boys
in 1966 this became the most expensive
record ever produced costing around
$50,000
it also demanded almost 90 hours of
studio time and many of those minutes
passed without the full beach boys
lineup present due to touring
commitments
as a result the original recording is
actually a fantastic melee obsession
performers
they’re expensive vibrations
time-consuming vibrations but ultimately
they’re good and they’re worth it
number three I can’t get no satisfaction
the Rolling Stones
written in America during their first
statewide tour legend has it that
following a less than successful gig
Stones guitarist Keith Richards awoke in
the middle of the night with this riff
fully formed in his head
the band would record and release it
within three weeks scoring themselves at
number one in America and Britain
social frustration sexual frustration
and musical pleasure this is double
negative but do we really care
satisfaction to find this decade in a
big way
you
number two all along the watchtower the
Jimi Hendrix Experience
written and recorded by Bob Dylan Jimi
Hendrix released his version of all
along the watchtower after he heard a
tape recording of the folk singers
original nobody of it
the cover had such an impact the Dylan
himself changed the way he played his
own song to mimic it
a showcase of scintillating guitar music
it’s a brand that was Jimmy’s own
he spent days and weeks in the studio
tweaking and overdubbing the material
until he achieved the classic that we
enjoy today
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
I said
hey what’s that sound everybody look
what’s going
you
number one I want to hold your hand The
Beatles oh yeah their first u.s. number
one this record provoked a British
Invasion of America and turn Beatle
mania into a multinational frenzy
John Lennon and Paul McCartney co-wrote
the songs and they collaborated on the
vocals to produce a sound that became so
beatles and so 60s and when a tool i
feel happy inside the hysteria
surrounding the Liverpool for peace was
so loud that Lennon later admitted to
playfully changing the lyric hand to
gland during live shows
in truth whatever they sang was
successful
they set the 60s trend and shaped modern
music do you agree with our list what’s
your favorite 60 songs
more timeless top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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