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“Surfin' Safari” by The Beach Boys

“Surfin' Safari” by The Beach Boys finished No. 100 on the year-end Top 100 of 1962, the chart of the songs that did best over the whole year.

Year-end peakNo. 1001962
Year-end charts11962
ArtistThe Beach Boys13 year-end hits
Decade1960ssee the decade’s Top 100

The No. 1 song of 1962 was “Stranger On The Shore” by Mr. Acker Bilk. The Beach Boys had 13 different songs on the year-end charts (see them all).

Play “Surfin' Safari”. Hear it on the Hey DJ 4U decks, then mix it with the rest of the 1962 chart.

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Around it on the 1962 chart

#SongArtistListen
97Town Without PityGene Pitney▶♪
98If I Had A HammerPeter, Paul and Mary▶♪
99I Wish That We Were MarriedRonnie and The Hi-lites▶♪
100Surfin' SafariThe Beach Boys▶♪

More hits by The Beach Boys

#SongArtistYear-endListen
1Surfin' U.S.A.The Beach Boys1963 #2▶♪
2I Get AroundThe Beach Boys1964 #5▶♪
3Help Me, RhondaThe Beach Boys1965 #11▶♪
4Good VibrationsThe Beach Boys1966 #33▶♪
5Surfer GirlThe Beach Boys1963 #36▶♪
6KokomoThe Beach Boys1988 #42▶♪
7California GirlsThe Beach Boys1965 #49▶♪
8Sloop John BThe Beach Boys1966 #61▶♪

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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.