# List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1966

This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1966.
The Beatles, The Lovin' Spoonful, and The Rolling Stones each had five top-ten hits in 1966, tying them for the most top-ten hits during the year.

## Top-ten singles

| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
| Singles from 1965 ||||||
| December 25 | "The Sound of Silence" | Simon & Garfunkel | 1 | January 1 | 5 |
| December 25 | "Ebb Tide" | The Righteous Brothers | 5 | January 8 | 4 |
| Singles from 1966 ||||||
| January 1 | "We Can Work It Out" | The Beatles | 1 | January 8 | 7 |
| January 8 | "She's Just My Style" | Gary Lewis & the Playboys | 3 | January 8 | 5 |
| January 8 | "Flowers on the Wall" | The Statler Brothers | 4 | January 8 | 2 |
| January 8 | "Five O'Clock World" | The Vogues | 4 | January 15 | 6 |
| January 8 | "Day Tripper" | The Beatles | 5 | January 22 | 3 |
| January 15 | "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)" | The T-Bones | 3 | February 5 | 6 |
| January 15 | "As Tears Go By" | The Rolling Stones | 6 | January 29 | 3 |
| January 15 | "The Men in My Little Girl's Life" | Mike Douglas | 6 | February 5 | 4 |
| January 22 | "A Must to Avoid" | Herman's Hermits | 8 | January 22 | 3 |
| January 22 | "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" | The Lovin' Spoonful | 10 | January 22 | 1 |
| January 29 | "My Love" | Petula Clark | 1 | February 5 | 6 |
| January 29 | "Barbara Ann" | The Beach Boys | 2 | January 29 | 4 |
| January 29 | "Jenny Take a Ride" | Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels | 10 | January 29 | 1 |
| February 5 | "Lightnin' Strikes" | Lou Christie | 1 | February 19 | 6 |
| February 5 | "Crying Time" | Ray Charles | 6 | February 19 | 3 |
| February 12 | "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" | Stevie Wonder | 3 | February 12 | 4 |
| February 12 | "My World Is Empty Without You" | The Supremes | 5 | February 19 | 4 |
| February 12 | "Don't Mess with Bill" | The Marvelettes | 7 | February 26 | 3 |
| February 19 | "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" | Nancy Sinatra | 1 | February 26 | 7 |
| February 19 | "The Ballad of the Green Berets" | S/Sgt. Barry Sadler | 1 | March 5 | 9 |
| February 26 | "California Dreamin'" | The Mamas and the Papas | 4 | March 12 | 7 |
| February 26 | "Elusive Butterfly" | Bob Lind | 5 | March 12 | 5 |
| February 26 | "Working My Way Back to You" | The Four Seasons | 9 | March 5 | 2 |
| March 5 | "Listen People" | Herman's Hermits | 3 | March 12 | 4 |
| March 12 | "19th Nervous Breakdown" | The Rolling Stones | 2 | March 19 | 6 |
| March 12 | "Nowhere Man" | The Beatles | 3 | March 26 | 5 |
| March 12 | "Homeward Bound" | Simon & Garfunkel | 5 | March 26 | 4 |
| March 12 | "I Fought the Law" | The Bobby Fuller Four | 9 | March 12 | 2 |
| March 19 | "Daydream" | The Lovin' Spoonful | 2 | April 9 | 7 |
| March 26 | "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" | The Righteous Brothers | 1 | April 9 | 8 |
| April 2 | "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" | Cher | 2 | April 23 | 6 |
| April 2 | "Sure Gonna Miss Her" | Gary Lewis & the Playboys | 9 | April 9 | 2 |
| April 9 | "Secret Agent Man" | Johnny Rivers | 3 | April 23 | 5 |
| April 9 | "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" | B. J. Thomas | 8 | April 9 | 3 |
| April 16 | "Good Lovin'" | The Young Rascals | 1 | April 30 | 7 |
| April 16 | "Kicks" | Paul Revere & the Raiders | 4 | May 14 | 6 |
| April 16 | "Time Won't Let Me" | The Outsiders | 5 | April 16 | 3 |
| April 23 | "Monday, Monday" | The Mamas and the Papas | 1 | May 7 | 8 |
| April 23 | "Sloop John B" | The Beach Boys | 3 | May 7 | 5 |
| April 30 | "Leaning on the Lamp Post" | Herman's Hermits | 9 | May 7 | 2 |
| May 7 | "Rainy Day Women ♯12 & 35" | Bob Dylan | 2 | May 21 | 5 |
| May 7 | "Gloria" | The Shadows of Knight | 10 | May 7 | 2 |
| May 14 | "When a Man Loves a Woman" | Percy Sledge | 1 | May 28 | 6 |
| May 14 | "How Does That Grab You, Darlin'?" | Nancy Sinatra | 7 | May 14 | 2 |
| May 14 | "Message to Michael" | Dionne Warwick | 8 | May 14 | 2 |
| May 21 | "A Groovy Kind of Love" | The Mindbenders | 2 | May 28 | 5 |
| May 21 | "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart" | The Supremes | 9 | May 28 | 2 |
| May 28 | "Paint It, Black" | The Rolling Stones | 1 | June 11 | 7 |
| May 28 | "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?" | The Lovin' Spoonful | 2 | June 11 | 6 |
| May 28 | "I Am a Rock" | Simon & Garfunkel | 3 | June 11 | 6 |
| May 28 | "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" | James Brown | 8 | June 4 | 3 |
| June 4 | "Green Grass" | Gary Lewis & The Playboys | 8 | June 18 | 3 |
| June 4 | "Strangers in the Night" | Frank Sinatra | 1 | July 2 | 7 |
| June 11 | "Barefootin'" | Robert Parker | 7 | June 18 | 4 |
| June 18 | "Red Rubber Ball" | The Cyrkle | 2 | July 9 | 6 |
| June 18 | "Cool Jerk" | The Capitols | 7 | July 2 | 4 |
| June 25 | "Paperback Writer" | The Beatles | 1 | June 25 | 5 |
| June 25 | "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" | Dusty Springfield | 4 | July 16 | 5 |
| June 25 | "Sweet Talking Guy" | The Chiffons | 10 | June 25 | 1 |
| July 2 | "Hanky Panky" | Tommy James and the Shondells | 1 | July 16 | 6 |
| July 9 | "Wild Thing" | The Troggs | 1 | July 30 | 8 |
| July 9 | "Along Comes Mary" | The Association | 7 | July 16 | 2 |
| July 9 | "Little Girl" | Syndicate of Sound | 8 | July 9 | 2 |
| July 16 | "Li'l Red Riding Hood" | Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs | 2 | August 6 | 7 |
| July 16 | "Hungry" | Paul Revere & the Raiders | 6 | July 30 | 3 |
| July 23 | "The Pied Piper" | Crispian St. Peters | 4 | July 23 | 5 |
| July 23 | "I Saw Her Again" | The Mamas and the Papas | 5 | July 30 | 4 |
| July 23 | "Sweet Pea" | Tommy Roe | 8 | July 30 | 4 |
| July 30 | "Summer in the City" | The Lovin' Spoonful | 1 | August 13 | 7 |
| July 30 | "Mother's Little Helper" | The Rolling Stones | 8 | August 13 | 4 |
| July 30 | "Somewhere, My Love" | Ray Conniff | 9 | August 13 | 3 |
| August 6 | "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" | Napoleon XIV | 3 | August 13 | 3 |
| August 13 | "Sunny" | Bobby Hebb | 2 | August 20 | 6 |
| August 20 | "Sunshine Superman" | Donovan | 1 | September 3 | 7 |
| August 20 | "See You in September" | The Happenings | 3 | August 27 | 5 |
| August 20 | "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love" | Petula Clark | 9 | August 20 | 2 |
| August 27 | "You Can't Hurry Love" | The Supremes | 1 | September 10 | 8 |
| August 27 | "Yellow Submarine" | The Beatles | 2 | September 17 | 6 |
| August 27 | "Summertime" | Billy Stewart | 10 | August 27 | 2 |
| September 3 | "Land of a Thousand Dances" | Wilson Pickett | 6 | September 10 | 3 |
| September 3 | "Working in the Coal Mine" | Lee Dorsey | 8 | September 3 | 2 |
| September 3 | "Blowin' in the Wind" | Stevie Wonder | 9 | September 3 | 1 |
| September 10 | "Bus Stop" | The Hollies | 5 | September 17 | 4 |
| September 10 | "Guantanamera" | The Sandpipers | 9 | September 17 | 2 |
| September 17 | "Cherish" | The Association | 1 | September 24 | 6 |
| September 17 | "Wouldn't It Be Nice" | The Beach Boys | 8 | September 17 | 2 |
| September 24 | "Reach Out I'll Be There" | Four Tops | 1 | October 15 | 7 |
| September 24 | "96 Tears" | ? and the Mysterians | 1 | October 29 | 9 |
| September 24 | "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" | The Temptations | 3 | October 1 | 3 |
| September 24 | "Black Is Black" | Los Bravos | 4 | October 1 | 3 |
| October 1 | "Cherry, Cherry" | Neil Diamond | 6 | October 15 | 3 |
| October 8 | "Last Train to Clarksville" | The Monkees | 1 | November 5 | 9 |
| October 8 | "Psychotic Reaction" | Count Five | 5 | October 15 | 3 |
| October 8 | "I've Got You Under My Skin" | The Four Seasons | 9 | October 15 | 2 |
| October 15 | "Walk Away Renée" | The Left Banke | 5 | October 29 | 4 |
| October 15 | "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" | Jimmy Ruffin | 7 | October 29 | 4 |
| October 22 | "Poor Side of Town" | Johnny Rivers | 1 | November 12 | 7 |
| October 22 | "Dandy" | Herman's Hermits | 5 | November 5 | 4 |
| October 22 | "See See Rider" | The Animals | 10 | October 22 | 2 |
| October 29 | "Hooray for Hazel" | Tommy Roe | 6 | November 5 | 2 |
| October 29 | "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" | The Rolling Stones | 9 | October 29 | 2 |
| November 5 | "If I Were a Carpenter" | Bobby Darin | 8 | November 5 | 3 |
| November 12 | "You Keep Me Hangin' On" | The Supremes | 1 | November 19 | 6 |
| November 12 | "Winchester Cathedral" | The New Vaudeville Band | 1 | December 3 | 10 |
| November 12 | "Good Vibrations" | The Beach Boys | 1 | December 10 | 7 |
| November 12 | "Devil with a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly" | Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels | 4 | November 26 | 7 |
| November 12 | "I'm Your Puppet" | James & Bobby Purify | 6 | November 26 | 4 |
| November 19 | "Rain on the Roof" | The Lovin' Spoonful | 10 | November 19 | 1 |
| November 26 | "Mellow Yellow" | Donovan | 2 | December 10 | 7 |
| November 26 | "Lady Godiva" | Peter and Gordon | 6 | December 10 | 3 |
| November 26 | "Born Free" | Roger Williams | 7 | December 17 | 4 |
| December 10 | "That's Life" | Frank Sinatra | 4 | December 24 | 6 |
| December 10 | "Stop Stop Stop" | The Hollies | 7 | December 10 | 1 |
| December 10 | "I'm Ready for Love" | Martha and the Vandellas | 9 | December 10 | 1 |
| December 17 | "I'm a Believer" | The Monkees | 1 | December 31 | 12 |
| December 17 | "Sugar Town" | Nancy Sinatra | 5 | December 31 | 6 |
| December 17 | "A Place in the Sun" | Stevie Wonder | 9 | December 24 | 3 |
| December 24 | "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" | The Royal Guardsmen | 2 | December 31 | 8 |
| December 24 | "(I Know) I'm Losing You" | The Temptations | 8 | December 31 | 2 |

### 1965 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1966 which peaked in 1965 :
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
| November 13 | "Let's Hang On!" | The Four Seasons | 3 | December 11 | 8 |
| November 20 | "Turn! Turn! Turn!" | The Byrds | 1 | December 4 | 8 |
| November 27 | "I Got You (I Feel Good)" | James Brown | 3 | December 18 | 7 |
| December 4 | "Over and Over" | The Dave Clark Five | 1 | December 25 | 6 |
| December 18 | "Fever" | The McCoys | 7 | December 25 | 3 |
| December 18 | "England Swings" | Roger Miller | 8 | December 18 | 3 |
| December 18 | "Make the World Go Away" | Eddy Arnold | 6 | December 25 | 3 |

### 1967 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1966 which peaked in 1967 :
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
| December 31 | "Tell It Like It Is" | Aaron Neville | 2 | January 28 | 8 |
| December 31 | "Good Thing" | Paul Revere & the Raiders | 4 | January 14 | 6 |