All But Forgotten Oldies Top 100 - 2005

Below is our list of the Year 2005 Top 100. There are a total of 108 songs listed below (with 7 ties, including one 3-way tie) which account for 14% of all clicks received in 2005 on individual songs. The bands and artists with the most songs in our Year 2005 Top 100 are the Beach Boys with 7 songs, followed by Ray Charles with 6 songs (including one duet with Betty Carter), followed by Cheech and Chong and Tom Jones, each with 3 songs, followed by Al Wilson, Aretha Franklin, Barry White, Bobby Vinton, David Geddes, Hamilton, Joe Frank And Reynolds, Cass Elliot (including one song with the Mamas and the Papas), Ray Stevens, the Jimmy Castor Bunch, and the Temptations, each with two songs. Many of the 2005 Top 100 are novelty tunes, and there are 63 songs in this year's list which also appeared in last year's list.

  1. Sister Mary Elephant (Shudd-Up!) - Cheech And Chong - 1974
  2. Popcorn - Hot Butter - 1972
  3. Georgia On My Mind - Ray Charles - 1960
  4. Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas - 1974
  5. Hooked On A Feeling - Blue Swede - 1974
  6. Baby It's Cold Outside - Ray Charles And Betty Carter - 1962
  7. Sugar, Sugar - The Archies - 1969
  8. Mr. Lonely - Bobby Vinton - 1964
  9. Patches - Clarence Carter - 1970
  10. Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe - Barry White - 1974
  11. Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean - 1961
  12. Be True To Your School - The Beach Boys - 1963
  13. My Girl - The Temptations - 1965
  14. Joy - Apollo 100 - 1972
  15. Oh, Babe, What Would You Say? - Hurricane Smith - 1973
  16. The Bertha Butt Boogie (Part 1) - The Jimmy Castor Bunch - 1975
  17. Green-Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf - 1970
  18. Sukiyaki - Kyu Sakamoto - 1963
  19. Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations - 1969
  20. The Wedding - Julie Rogers - 1965
  21. Hit The Road Jack - Ray Charles - 1961
  22. They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! - Napoleon XIV - 1966, 1973
  23. Happy Together - The Turtles - 1967
  24. Make Your Own Kind Of Music - Mama Cass Elliot - 1969
  25. Wouldn't It Be Nice - The Beach Boys - 1966
  26. Patches - Dickey Lee - 1962
  27. Do You Believe In Magic - The Lovin' Spoonful - 1965
  28. Something In The Air - Thunderclap Newman - 1969, 1970
  29. Basketball Jones Featuring Tyrone Shoelaces - Cheech And Chong - 1973
  30. The Last Game Of The Season (A Blind Man In The Bleachers) - David Geddes - 1975
  31. Troglodyte (Cave Man) - The Jimmy Castor Bunch - 1972
  32. Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It) - Daddy Dewdrop - 1971
  33. You're The First, The Last, My Everything - Barry White - 1975
  34. The Air That I Breathe - The Hollies - 1974
  35. The Snake - Al Wilson - 1968
  36. 1900 Yesterday - Liz Damon's Orient Express - 1971
  37. Burning Bridges - The Mike Curb Congregation - 1971
  38. ABC - The Jackson 5 - 1970
  39. Respect - Aretha Franklin - 1967
  40. Ain't Too Proud To Beg - The Temptations - 1966
  41. Sunny - Bobby Hebb - 1966
  42. Mr. Jaws - Dickie Goodman - 1975
  43. I Think I Love You - The Partridge Family - 1970
  44. My Boomerang Won't Come Back - Charlie Drake - 1962
  45. Shut Down - The Beach Boys - 1963
  46. Rocky - Austin Roberts - 1975
  47. Nothing But A Heartache - The Flirtations - 1969
    In The Year 2525 (Exordium And Terminus) - Zager And Evans - 1969
  48. Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport - Rolf Harris - 1963
  49. Ahab, The Arab - Ray Stevens - 1962
  50. Jungle Fever - The Chakachas - 1972
  51. Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye And Tammi Terrell - 1967
  52. California Girls - The Beach Boys - 1965
  53. Angel Baby - Rosie And The Originals - 1960
  54. Chevy Van - Sammy Johns - 1975
  55. Last Kiss - J. Frank Wilson And The Cavaliers - 1964, 1974
  56. Hardhearted Hannah - Ray Charles - 1960
  57. Will You Be Staying After Sunday - The Peppermint Rainbow - 1969
  58. The Streak - Ray Stevens - 1974
  59. Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) - The First Edition - 1968
  60. Stranger On The Shore - Mr. Acker Bilk - 1962
    Honey, Honey - ABBA - 1974
  61. Black is Black - Los Bravos - 1966
  62. It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones - 1965
  63. Barbara Ann - The Beach Boys - 1966
  64. Dancing In The Moonlight - King Harvest - 1973
  65. L-O-N-E-L-Y - Bobby Vinton - 1965
  66. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me - Mel Carter - 1965
  67. Love (Can Make You Happy) - Mercy - 1969
  68. Telstar - The Tornadoes - 1962
  69. Where Do You Go To My Lovely - Peter Sarstedt - 1969
  70. Tell Laura I Love Her - Ray Peterson - 1960
    Rock And Roll (Part 2) - Gary Glitter - 1972
  71. House Of The Rising Sun - Frijid Pink - 1970
  72. The Horse - Cliff Nobles And Company - 1968
  73. The Name Game - Shirley Ellis - 1965
    Soulful Strut - Young-Holt Unlimited - 1969
    Show And Tell - Al Wilson - 1974
  74. Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks - 1974
  75. Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphey - 1975
  76. Summer Breeze - Seals And Crofts - 1972
  77. Delilah - Tom Jones - 1968
  78. Danke Schoen - Wayne Newton - 1963
  79. It's Good News Week - Hedgehoppers Anonymous - 1966
  80. Fallin' In Love - Hamilton, Joe Frank And Reynolds - 1975
  81. Let's Stay Together - Al Green - 1972
  82. One Tin Soldier (The Legend Of Billy Jack) - Coven - 1971, 1974
  83. Eso Beso (That Kiss!) - Paul Anka - 1962
  84. Surfin' U.S.A. - The Beach Boys - 1963, 1974
  85. Dream A Little Dream Of Me - Mama Cass With The Mamas And The Papas - 1968
  86. Fun, Fun, Fun - The Beach Boys - 1964
  87. Tobacco Road - The Nashville Teens - 1964
  88. Feelings - Morris Albert - 1975
  89. For The Love Of Money - The O'Jays - 1974
    Ain't No Way - Aretha Franklin - 1968
  90. Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam - 1969
  91. Black Pearl - Sonny Charles And The Checkmates, Ltd. - 1969
  92. I Can't Stop Loving You - Ray Charles - 1962
  93. Mr. Custer - Larry Verne - 1960
  94. Baby, Don't You Cry (The New Swingova Rhythm) - Ray Charles - 1964
  95. Earache My Eye (Featuring Alice Bowie) - Cheech And Chong - 1974
  96. Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream - 1968
  97. Stay Awhile - The Bells - 1971
  98. Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) - The Edison Lighthouse - 1970
    She's A Lady - Tom Jones - 1971
  99. Don't Pull Your Love - Hamilton, Joe Frank And Reynolds - 1971
    I Got A Line On You - Spirit - 1969
  100. Run Joey Run - David Geddes - 1975