Top 20 Song Chart for October 12, 1968 |
| LW | TW | peak |
| 1 | 1 | Hey Jude | ▲ |
| The Beatles |
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| 2 | 2 | Little Green Apples | ▲ |
| O.C. Smith |
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| 9 | 3 | Those Were The Days | 1 |
| Mary Hopkin |
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| 4 | 4 | I've Gotta Get A Message To You | 3 |
| Bee Gees |
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| 10 | 5 | Midnight Confessions | 2 |
| The Grass Roots |
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| 5 | 6 | Fire | 3 |
| The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown |
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| 11 | 7 | Over You | 4 |
| Gary Puckett And The Union Gap |
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| 3 | 8 | Hush | 2 |
| Deep Purple |
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| 13 | 9 | My Special Angel | ▲ |
| The Vogues |
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| 7 | 10 | Girl Watcher | 6 |
| The O'Kaysions |
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| 14 | 11 | Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud | ▲ |
| James Brown |
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| 12 | 12 | Revolution | 10 |
| The Beatles |
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| 18 | 13 | Piece Of My Heart | 12 |
| Big Brother And The Holding Company |
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| - | 14 | Elenore | 3 |
| The Turtles |
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| 8 | 15 | People Got To Be Free | 1 |
| The Rascals |
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| 16 | 16 | Sweet Blindness | 11 |
| The 5th Dimension |
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| - | 17 | Hold Me Tight | 4 |
| Johnny Nash |
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| - | 18 | Hey, Western Union Man | 9 |
| Jerry Butler |
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| - | 19 | Court Of Love | 6 |
| The Unifics |
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| 6 | 20 | Harper Valley P.T.A. | 1 |
| Jeannie C. Riley |
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