# Best #1 single of the year retrospective: 1966

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 10, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1966/698086 "2014-09-10T16:55:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1966/698086/61 "2014-09-30T17:47:59Z")

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Great list. Hard choices. Had to go with “These Boots Are Made For Walking”. That song is too cool.

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**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1966/698086/62 "2014-09-30T18:42:01Z")

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The stand-out for me is Hanky Panky because my teenage sisters would sing it when I got out of the tub. (I was six.)

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**Author:** ![IndianStones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ebca7d/32.png) [@IndianStones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IndianStones)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1966/698086/63 "2014-10-01T00:53:11Z")

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I voted for “Paint it Black” but the Beatles “She Said She Said” definitely should’ve been a number 1 hit in 1966. It’s one of the most amazing songs ever.

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**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1966/698086/64 "2014-10-01T13:34:51Z")

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> [@IndianStones](#):
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> I voted for “Paint it Black” but the Beatles “She Said She Said” definitely should’ve been a number 1 hit in 1966. It’s one of the most amazing songs ever.

I agree, but it was never released as a single, and never intended to be.

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