List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1967

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The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart published since August 1958 by Billboard magazine which ranks the best-performing singles in the United States.[1] In 1967, it was compiled based on a combination of sales and airplay data sourced from surveys of retail outlets and playlists submitted by radio stations respectively,[1] and 19 different singles spent time at number one.

The pop singer Lulu
Lulu spent five weeks at number one with "To Sir with Love".

On the chart dated January 7, the Monkees were at number one with "I'm a Believer", the song's second week in the top spot.[2] It occupied the peak position for the first six weeks of 1967 for a final total of seven weeks at number one, the longest unbroken run atop the chart since 1964.[2] The group returned to number one later in the year with "Daydream Believer" and their total of ten weeks in the top spot was the most achieved by any act in 1967. Their popularity began to decline the following year, however; the final episode of the television sitcom for which the group had been assembled aired in March 1968,[3] after which they achieved no further top 10 entries.[4] "I'm a Believer" was replaced at number one by "Kind of a Drag" by the Buckinghams, the first of eight acts that topped the Hot 100 for the first time in their careers in 1967.[5] The Turtles had their first number one in March with "Happy Together"; both the Buckinghams and the Turtles achieved no further Hot 100 number ones.[6]

In June, Aretha Franklin, known as the "Queen of Soul",[7] gained the only solo Hot 100 number one of her career with "Respect".[8] In 2024, Rolling Stone magazine placed the song at number one on the latest iteration of its list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.[9] Although Franklin achieved a record-breaking 20 number ones on Billboard's R&B chart,[10] her only other appearance in the top spot on the Hot 100 came twenty years later when she duetted with George Michael on the song "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)".[11] Later in 1967, the Doors, Bobbie Gentry, the Box Tops, Lulu, and Strawberry Alarm Clock each achieved their first Hot 100 number one; of these, only the Doors achieved a second.[12] Both the Doors' "Light My Fire" and Strawberry Alarm Clock's "Incense and Peppermints" are considered representative of the psychedelia movement which flourished in the late 1960s, particularly during the so-called Summer of Love of 1967.[13][14] The Scottish singer Lulu's single "To Sir with Love", the title track from the film of the same name, was the biggest-selling single in the United States in 1967,[15] and spent five weeks at number one, but did not chart at all in her native United Kingdom as it was not released as a single there.[16] The year's final number one on the Hot 100 was "Hello, Goodbye" by the Beatles, which moved into the peak position on the chart dated December 30, making the British group the only act with three number ones during 1967. For the second consecutive year, the Beatles, the Monkees, and the Supremes were the only acts to have more than one song reach number one.[2]

Chart history

The pop group The Monkees
The Monkees reached number one twice in 1967 with "I'm a Believer" and "Daydream Believer".
The singer Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin scored her first chart-topper with "Respect" in 1967.
The pop group The Beatles
The Beatles were the only act with three number ones during the year.
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No.[a] Issue date Title Artist(s) Ref.
177 January 7 "I'm a Believer" The Monkees [17]
January 14 [18]
January 21 [19]
January 28 [20]
February 4 [21]
February 11 [22]
178 February 18 "Kind of a Drag" The Buckinghams [23]
February 25 [24]
179 March 4 "Ruby Tuesday" The Rolling Stones [25]
180 March 11 "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" The Supremes [26]
181 March 18 "Penny Lane" The Beatles [27]
182 March 25 "Happy Together" The Turtles [28]
April 1 [29]
April 8 [30]
183 April 15 "Somethin' Stupid" Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra [31]
April 22 [32]
April 29 [33]
May 6 [34]
184 May 13 "The Happening" The Supremes [35]
185 May 20 "Groovin'" The Young Rascals [36]
May 27 [37]
186 June 3 "Respect" Aretha Franklin [38]
June 10 [39]
185 (re) June 17 "Groovin'" The Young Rascals [40]
June 24 [41]
187 July 1 "Windy" The Association [42]
July 8 [43]
July 15 [44]
July 22 [45]
188 July 29 "Light My Fire" The Doors [46]
August 5 [47]
August 12 [48]
189 August 19 "All You Need Is Love" The Beatles [49]
190 August 26 "Ode to Billie Joe" Bobbie Gentry [50]
September 2 [51]
September 9 [52]
September 16 [53]
191 September 23 "The Letter" The Box Tops [54]
September 30 [55]
October 7 [56]
October 14 [57]
192 October 21 "To Sir With Love" Lulu [58]
October 28 [59]
November 4 [60]
November 11 [61]
November 18 [62]
193 November 25 "Incense and Peppermints" Strawberry Alarm Clock [63]
194 December 2 "Daydream Believer" The Monkees [64]
December 9 [65]
December 16 [66]
December 23 [67]
195 December 30 "Hello, Goodbye" The Beatles [68]
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Notes

  1. The "No." column indicates the numerical sequence of number ones in Hot 100 history. "Re" indicates a single returning to number one.[2]

Number-one artists

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