17 January 1968
Go-Set’s National Top 40
The 17th of January 1968
#1: The Beatles
Hello Goodbye/I Am The Walrus
Hello, Goodbye met with mixed reception, with some praising the song and others deeming it unadventurous and inconsequential.
1. | (2) | HELLO GOODBYE/I AM THE WALRUS | The Beatles | 6 | |
2. | (1) | SNOOPY’S CHRISTMAS | The Royal Guardsmen | 6 | |
3. | (3) | SADIE (THE CLEANING LADY) | Johnny Farnham | 6 | |
4. | (5) | DAYDREAM BELIEVER | The Monkees | 4 | |
5. | (4) | THE LAST WALTZ | Engelbert Humperdinck | 17 | |
6. | (6) | YOU’VE NOT CHANGED | Sandie Shaw | 8 | |
7. | (10) | THE RAIN, THE PARK AND OTHER THINGS | The Cowsills | 6 | |
8. | (11) | WORLD/SIR GEOFFREY SAVED THE WORLD | Bee Gees | 4 | |
9. | (7) | CATHY COME HOME/THE WAY THEY PLAY | The Twilights | 8 | |
10. | (9) | MASSACHUSETTS | Bee Gees | 14 | |
11. | (15) | ALL MY LOVE | Cliff Richard | 5 | |
12. | (8) | THE TWO OF US | Jackie Trent And Tony Hatch | 13 | |
13. | (19) | SHE’S A RAINBOW | The Rolling Stones | 2 | |
14. | (12) | GIMME LITTLE SIGN | Brenton Wood | 11 | |
15. | (13) | JUDY/THERE’S ALWAYS ME | Elvis Presley | 13 | |
16. | (16) | ALTERNATE TITLE | The Monkees | 11 | |
17. | (14) | MY PRAYER/DON’T LET YOUR LEFT HAND KNOW | The Vibrants | 11 | |
18. | (21) | SUMMER RAIN | Johnny Rivers | 3 | |
19. | (26) | I’M COMING HOME | Tom Jones | 4 | |
20. | (20) | IN THE MISTY MOONLIGHT | Dean Martin | 3 | |
21. | (17) | HUSH | Somebody’s Image | 6 | |
22. | (18) | ITCHYCOO PARK | Small Faces | 17 | |
23. | (36) | SHE (EP) | The Monkees | 2 | |
24. | (32) | THE OTHER MAN’S GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER | Petula Clark | 2 | |
25. | (25) | BABY NOW THAT I’VE FOUND YOU | The Foundations | 2 | |
26. | (30) | THE LETTER | Box Tops | 15 | |
27. | (27) | BIG BOSS MAN | Elvis Presley | 6 | |
28. | (24) | IN AND OUT OF LOVE | Diana Ross | 6 | |
29. | (29) | WILD HONEY | Beach Boys | 4 | |
30. | (22) | SIMON SAYS | The Groove | 13 | |
31. | (23) | TO SIR WITH LOVE | Lulu | 9 | |
32. | (-) | LET THE HEARTACHES BEGIN | Long John Baldry | 1 | |
33. | (33) | ZABADAK | Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky Mick and Tich | 2 | |
34. | (-) | LIVING IN A CHILD’S DREAM | The Twilights | 16 | |
35. | (-) | INCENSE AND PEPPERMINTS | Strawberry Alarm Clock | 1 | |
36. | (37) | THE MUSIC GOES ‘ROUND MY HEAD/COME IN YOU’LL GET PNEUMONIA | The Easybeats | 2 | |
37. | (-) | LET IT OUT | The Hombres | 2 | |
38. | (-) | PAINT IT BLACK | Chris Farlowe | 1 | |
39. | (-) | A DIFFERENT DRUM | Stone Poneys | 1 | |
40. | (31) | DREAM GIRL | Davy Jones | 18 |