5 March 1969
Go-Set’s National Top 40
The 5th of March 1969
#1: The Scaffold
Lily The Pink
A modernisation of an older folk song titled The Ballad of Lydia Pinkham. It was also covered by The Irish Rovers – but with significantly less success.
| 1. | (1) | LILY THE PINK | The Scaffold | 8 | |
| 2. | (4) | BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP | The Foundations | 7 | |
| 3. | (3) | I STARTED A JOKE/KILBURN TOWERS | Bee Gees | 8 | |
| 4. | (5) | EDGE OF REALITY/IF I CAN DREAM | Elvis Presley | 5 | |
| 5. | (2) | ELOISE | Barry Ryan | 12 | |
| 6. | (6) | STAR CROSSED LOVERS | Neil Sedaka | 12 | |
| 7. | (7) | SON OF A PREACHER MAN | Dusty Springfield | 8 | |
| 8. | (8) | GOING UP THE COUNTRY | Canned Heat | 12 | |
| 9. | (-) | OB-LA-DI OB-LA-DA/WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS | The Beatles | 1 | |
| 10. | (12) | FOX ON THE RUN | Manfred Mann | 4 | |
| 11. | (16) | RING OF FIRE | Eric Burdon And the Animals | 3 | |
| 12. | (9) | LILY THE PINK/MRS. CARDINAL’S BOARD HOUSE | The Irish Rovers | 4 | |
| 13. | (14) | SUCH A LOVELY WAY | The Groop | 5 | |
| 14. | (11) | HEY JUDE/REVOLUTION | The Beatles | 23 | |
| 15. | (10) | SCARBOROUGH FAIR/CANTICLE | Sergio Mendes And Brasil ’66 | 12 | |
| 16. | (15) | I AM THE URBAN SPACEMAN | The Bonzo Dog Doodah Band | 6 | |
| 17. | (27) | CRIMSON AND CLOVER | Tommy James And The Shondells | 2 | |
| 18. | (13) | TRY TO REMEMBER | New World | 8 | |
| 19. | (17) | LOVE CHILD | Diana Ross And The Supremes | 16 | |
| 20. | (19) | I’M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME/A PLACE IN THE SUN | Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations | 6 | |
| 21. | (33) | SOMETHING’S HAPPENING/IT’S NICE TO BE OUT | Herman’s Hermits | 2 | |
| 22. | (21) | I WANT TO SING WITH YOUR BAND | Petula Clark | 8 | |
| 23. | (24) | ATLANTIS/I LOVE MY SHIRT | Donovan | 3 | |
| 24. | (23) | WITCHITA LINEMAN | Glen Campbell | 11 | |
| 25. | (36) | STAND BY YOUR MAN | Tammy Wynette | 2 | |
| 26. | (35) | TOUCH ME | The Doors | 2 | |
| 27. | (22) | CHEWY CHEWY | Ohio Express | 15 | |
| 28. | (20) | WHITE ROOM | Cream | 17 | |
| 29. | (40) | ADIOS AMOR | Jose Feliciano | 2 | |
| 30. | (18) | OB-LA-DI OB-LA-DA | Marmelade | 5 | |
| 31. | (29) | FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE | Stevie Wonder | 10 | |
| 32. | (25) | JUST LOVIN’ YOU | Lynn Rodgers | 6 | |
| 33. | (32) | ONE TIMES TWO TIMES THREE TIMES FOUR | Zoot | 4 | |
| 34. | (30) | I’M A TIGER | Lulu | 8 | |
| 35. | (37) | RACE WITH THE DEVIL | Gun | 3 | |
| 36. | (39) | THIS MAGIC MOMENT | Jay And The Americans | 2 | |
| 37. | (26) | MAGIC CARPET RIDE | Steppenwolf | 16 | |
| 38. | (31) | THOSE WERE THE DAYS | Mary Hopkin | 22 | |
| 39. | (-) | DIZZY | Tommy Roe | 1 | |
| 40. | (28) | LITTLE ARROWS | Leapy Lee | 22 |