Global Single Chart 50 years ago
the most popular tracks worldwide
according to the national
single charts
dated to January 11, 1969
compiled and provided by
1 / 1 week 18
Hey Jude - Beatles
Parlophone / Apple - 18 weeks at No.1
2 / 2 week 17
Those Were The Days - Mary
Hopkin Apple
3 / 3 week 6
I Heard It Through The
Grapevine - Marvin Gaye Tamla
5 / 8 week 7
Eloise - Barry Ryan MGM
4 / 5 week 6
For Once In My Life - Stevie
Wonder Tamla
9 / - week 2
I'm Gonna Make You Love Me -
Diana Ross & Supremes Motown
7 / - week 2
Son Of A Preacher Man -
Dusty Springfield Atlantic / Philips
6 / 4 week 10
Love Child -
Diana Ross & Supremes Motown
- / 9 week 3
Wichita Lineman - Glen
Campbell Capitol
8 / 6 week 9
With A Little Help From My
Friends - Joe Cocker
A&M / Regal Zonophone / Polydor
"Hey Jude" by
the Beatles
was one of the most successful smashes of the legendary
British band. The ballad with a length more than seven minutes,
evolved from 'Hey Jules', a song McCartney wrote to comfort John
Lennon's son, Julian, during its parents' divorce. It held the top
position of the Global Chart for sensational 18 weeks and was, of
course, far and away the biggest hit of the year 1968 with a total
of 13,972,000 points.
