The best songs of 1965, according to Ultimate Classic Rock

Evergreen For sixty years. The Ultimate Classic Rock magazine has carved over time, looking for those that he believes the 40 best songs of 1965, therefore destined to turn 60 during this 2025. “Only a few years in the history of pop and rock are so memorable as to have traced indelible and significant paths – underlines Michael Gallucci in the introduction – 1955 could be the first and most monumental of these years, the Big Bang of Rock music; Also 1977 and 1991, the years in which punk and alternative rock have created new revolutions, are part of this chronology.
Here then is the list of the 40 best songs of 1965 according to Ultimate Classic Rock (here the complete service).

40. The Righteous Brothers – “Unchained Melody” (from Just Once in My Life)
39. The Byrds – “Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season)” (from Turn! Turn!)
38. The Animals – “We Gotta Get Out of this place” (single)
37. The Who – “The Kids Are Alright” (from My Generation)
36. Bob Dylan – “Desolation Row” (from Highway 61 Revisited)
35. The Beatles – “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown
34. Nancy Sinatra – “These boots are made for walkin '” (from boots)
33. The Beatles – “In My Life” (from Rubber Soul)
32. James Brown – “I Got You (I Feel Good)” (from I Got You [I Feel Good])
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29. The Mamas and the Papas – “California Dreamin '” (from If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears)
28. The Beatles – “Ticket to Ride” (from Help!)
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26. The Beatles – “Yesterday” (single)
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24. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles – “Ooo Baby Baby” (from Going to a Go -Go)
23. The Standells – “Dirty Water” (from Dirty Water)
22. The Seeds – “Pushin 'Too Hard” (from The Seeds)
21. The Impressions – “People Get Ready” (from People Get Ready)
20. Bob Dylan – “Subterranean homesick blues” (from bringing it all back home)
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18. Rolling Stones – “Get off of My Cloud” (single)
17. Yardbirds – “for your love” (single)
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15. Sonny and Cher – “I Got You Babe” (from Look at US)
14. The Beach Boys – “California Girls” (from Summer Days [And Summer Nights!!])
13. The Beatles – “Help!” (from Help!)
12. The Supremes – “Stop! In The Name of Love” (from More Hits by the Supremes)
11. James Brown – “Pap's Got to Brand New Bag” (Single)
10. Simon and Garfunkel – “The sound of silence” (from sounds of silence)
9. The Byrds – “I'm Feel a Whole Lot Better” (from Mr. Tambourine Man)
8. Bob Dylan – “Positively 4th Street” (single)
7. Bobby Fuller Four – “I Foodt the Law” (from I Foodt the Law)
6. The Lovin 'Spoonful – “Do you Believe in Magic” (single)
5. The Who – “My Generation” (from My Generation)
4. The Byrds – “Mr. Tambourine Man” (by Mr. Tambourine Man)
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1. Bob Dylan – “Like a Rolling Stone” (from Highway 61 Revisited)

Recently, Ultimate Classic Rock has also released its top 25 of the best rock albums published so far in the new millennium. “The first 25 years of the 21st century began with a bang for rock music after the genre had undergone a serious blow in the late 90s, when Boy Band, rapper and pop star dominated the radio and the rankings – says UCR in the introduction – But something changed precisely in the early 2000s: rock music started to return popular. Not that it had ever disappeared; the grunge and new forms of metal have kept the scene, With new shades, while more mainstream styles gained ground. XXI century. Rock music, despite the occasional setbacks along the way, continues to thrive 70 years after its birth “, he triumphantly concludes UCR.
Here is his ranking of the 25 best rock albums released from 2000 onwards (here the complete service):

25. Judas Priest – “Invincible Shield” (2024)
24. Iron Maiden – “Brave New World” (2000)
23. Vampire Weekend – “Modern Vampires of the City” (2013)
22. Green Day – “American Idiot” (2004)
21. The Black Crowes – “Happiness Bastards” (2024)
20. My Chemical Romance – “The Black Parade” (2006)
19. Radiohead – “In Rainbows” (2007)
18. The Cure – “Songs of a Lost World” (2024)
17. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss – “Raising Sand” (2007)
16. AC/DC – “Power up” (2020)
15. Drive -by Truckers – “The Dirty South” (2004)
14. Van Halen – “A different Kind of Truth” (2012)
13. The Black Keys – “Brothers” (2010)
12. Drive -by Truckers – “Decoration Day” (2003)
11. Bob Dylan – “Modern Times” (2006)
10. Queens of the Stone Age – “Songs for the Deaf” (2002)
9. Bob Dylan – “Love and theft” (2001)
8. Bruce Springsteen – “The Rising” (2002)
7. White Stripes – “Elephant” (2003)
6. U2 – “All that you can't leave behind” (2000)
5. Strokes – “Is This It” (2001)
4. Killers – “Hot Fuss” (2004)
3. Wilco – “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” (2002)
2. Radiohead – “Kid A” (2000)
1. David Bowie – “Blackstar” (2016)