3 July 1968
Go-Set’s National Top 40
The 3rd of July 1968
#1: The Irish Rovers
The Unicorn
The most well-known cover of a song written and originally recorded by children’s book writer, cartoonist and songwriter Shel Silverstein.
| 1. | (1) | THE UNICORN | The Irish Rovers | 9 | |
| 2. | (3) | THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY | Hugo Montenegro | 9 | |
| 3. | (2) | HONEY | Bobby Goldsboro | 11 | |
| 4. | (4) | THIS GUY’S IN LOVE WITH YOU | Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass | 6 | |
| 5. | (5) | LAZY SUNDAY | Small Faces | 6 | |
| 6. | (6) | A MAN WITHOUT LOVE | Engelbert Humperdinck | 8 | |
| 7. | (7) | IF I WERE A CARPENTER | Four Tops | 7 | |
| 8. | (9) | MRS. ROBINSON | Simon And Garfunkel | 5 | |
| 9. | (17) | JUMPING JACK FLASH | The Rolling Stones | 3 | |
| 10. | (14) | LOVE MACHINE | Pastoral Symphony | 5 | |
| 11. | (8) | SON OF HICKORY HOLLER’S TRAMP | O. C. Smith | 9 | |
| 12. | (13) | DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE? | Dionne Warwick | 5 | |
| 13. | (11) | YOUNG GIRL | The Union Gap | 13 | |
| 14. | (12) | IF I ONLY HAD TIME | John Rowles | 11 | |
| 15. | (15) | CUDDLY TOY (EP) | The Monkees | 5 | |
| 16. | (19) | ANGEL OF THE MORNING | Merrilee Rush | 2 | |
| 17. | (10) | U.S. MALE/STAY AWAY | Elvis Presley | 7 | |
| 18. | (18) | MASTER JACK | Four Jacks And A Jill | 11 | |
| 19. | (22) | SLEEPY JOE | Herman’s Hermits | 4 | |
| 20. | (20) | THE DOCK OF THE BAY | Otis Redding | 11 | |
| 21. | (16) | CONGRATULATIONS | Cliff Richard | 11 | |
| 22. | (23) | PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN | Status Quo | 8 | |
| 23. | (24) | HELULE HELULE | The Tremeloes | 4 | |
| 24. | (25) | THE LEGEND OF XANADU | Dave Dee, Beaky, Mick And Tich | 14 | |
| 25. | (26) | THE UNICORN | The Bachelors | 7 | |
| 26. | (36) | YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY | Ohio Express | 2 | |
| 27. | (21) | DELILAH | Tom Jones | 16 | |
| 28. | (27) | LADY MADONNA/THE INNER LIGHT | The Beatles | 13 | |
| 29. | (-) | LADY WILLPOWER | The Union Gap | 1 | |
| 30. | (28) | TO SIR WITH LOVE | Lulu | 33 | |
| 31. | (29) | WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD | Louis Armstrong | 3 | |
| 32. | (-) | SOFTLY WHISPERING I LOVE YOU | David And Jonathan | 1 | |
| 33. | (33) | MAY I TAKE A GIANT STEP? | 1910 Fruitgum Co. | 4 | |
| 34. | (-) | THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY | Leroy Holmes | 1 | |
| 35. | (35) | HIDE AND SEEK | Somebody’s Image | 7 | |
| 36. | (32) | LOVE IS BLUE | Paul Mauriat | 20 | |
| 37. | (37) | MONY MONY | Tommy James & The Shondells | 2 | |
| 38. | (30) | ME THE PEACEFUL HEART | Lulu | 10 | |
| 39. | (-) | BRIGETTE | Masters Apprentices | 1 | |
| 40. | (-) | JELLY JUNGLE | Lemon Pipers | 1 |