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“Surfin' U.S.A.” by The Beach Boys

“Surfin' U.S.A.” by The Beach Boys finished No. 2 on the year-end Top 100 of 1963, 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. 21963
Year-end charts11963
ArtistThe Beach Boys13 year-end hits
Decade1960ssee the decade’s Top 100

The No. 1 song of 1963 was “Sugar Shack” by Jimmy Gilmer and The Fireballs. The Beach Boys had 13 different songs on the year-end charts (see them all).

Play “Surfin' U.S.A.”. Hear it on the Hey DJ 4U decks, then mix it with the rest of the 1963 chart.

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Around it on the 1963 chart

#SongArtistListen
1Sugar ShackJimmy Gilmer and The Fireballs▶♪
2Surfin' U.S.A.The Beach Boys▶♪
3The End Of The WorldSkeeter Davis▶♪
4Rhythm Of The RainCascades▶♪
5He's So FineThe Chiffons▶♪

More hits by The Beach Boys

#SongArtistYear-endListen
1I Get AroundThe Beach Boys1964 #5▶♪
2Help Me, RhondaThe Beach Boys1965 #11▶♪
3Good VibrationsThe Beach Boys1966 #33▶♪
4Surfer GirlThe Beach Boys1963 #36▶♪
5KokomoThe Beach Boys1988 #42▶♪
6California GirlsThe Beach Boys1965 #49▶♪
7Sloop John BThe Beach Boys1966 #61▶♪
8Barbara AnnThe Beach Boys1966 #79▶♪

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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.