HEY DJ 4Uheydj4u.com“People Got To Be Free” by The Rascals
“People Got To Be Free” by The Rascals finished No. 5 on the year-end Top 100 of 1968, the chart of the songs that did best over the whole year, making it one of the ten biggest hits of the year.
Year-end peakNo. 51968
Year-end charts11968
ArtistThe Rascals2 year-end hits
Decade1960ssee the decade’s Top 100
The No. 1 song of 1968 was “Hey Jude” by The Beatles. The Rascals had 2 different songs on the year-end charts.
Play “People Got To Be Free”. Hear it on the Hey DJ 4U decks, then mix it with the rest of the 1968 chart.
▶ Play it♪ Apple MusicAround it on the 1968 chart
| # | Song | Artist | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Love Is Blue | Paul Mauriat | ▶♪ |
| 3 | Honey | Bobby Goldsboro | ▶♪ |
| 4 | (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay | Otis Redding | ▶♪ |
| 5 | People Got To Be Free | The Rascals | ▶♪ |
| 6 | Sunshine Of Your Love | Cream | ▶♪ |
| 7 | This Guy's In Love With You | Herb Alpert | ▶♪ |
| 8 | The Good, The Bad And The Ugly | Hugo Montenegro | ▶♪ |
More hits by The Rascals
| # | Song | Artist | Year-end | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Beautiful Morning | The Rascals | 1968 #35 | ▶♪ |
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Source: Billboard’s year-end singles chart, as compiled on Wikipedia. Hey DJ 4U is an independent site, not affiliated with Billboard. Spotted an error? Tell us.