The DPG Songs of the Year are based on my personal favourites. For a less biased look at this year, review the Chartjunkie Top Songs of 1964
| 1 | The Beatles | Can't Buy Me Love | YouTube |
| 2 | Jay & The Americans | Come A Little Bit Closer | YouTube |
| 3 | The Beatles | I'm Happy Just To Dance With You | YouTube |
| 4 | The Beatles | Twist And Shout | YouTube |
| 5 | The Animals | House Of The Rising Sun | YouTube |
| 6 | Drifters | Under The Boardwalk | YouTube |
| 7 | Manfred Mann | Do Wah Diddy Diddy | YouTube |
| 8 | Beach Boys | I Get Around | YouTube |
| 9 | Honeycombs | Have I The Right | YouTube |
| 10 | Kinks | You Really Got Me | YouTube |
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| 11 | Shirley Mathews | Big Town Boy | YouTube |
| 12 | The Beatles | All My Loving | YouTube |
| 13 | Herman's Hermits | I'm Into Something Good | YouTube |
| 14 | The Beatles | Tell Me Why | YouTube |
| 15 | The Beatles | I Should Have Known Better | YouTube |
| 16 | Peter & Gordon | A World Without Love | YouTube |
| 17 | The Beatles | I Saw Her Standing There | YouTube |
| 18 | Shangri-Las | Leader Of The Pack | YouTube |
| 19 | The Beatles | A Hard Days Night | YouTube |
| 20 | Dave Clark Five | Do You Love Me | YouTube |
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| 21 | Roy Orbison | Oh, Pretty Woman | YouTube |
| 22 | The Beatles | I Want To Hold Your Hand | YouTube |
| 23 | The Beatles | And I Love Her | YouTube |
| 24 | The Beatles | Things We Said Today | YouTube |
| 25 | The Beatles | I'm A Loser | YouTube |
| 26 | Rivieras | California Sun | YouTube |
| 27 | Jan & Dean | Little Old Lady (From Pasadena) | YouTube |
| 28 | The Beatles | I Feel Fine | YouTube |
| 29 | Ronettes | Baby, I Love You | YouTube |
| 30 | Dave Clark Five | Bits And Pieces | YouTube |
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| 31 | The Beatles | If I Fell | YouTube |
| 32 | The Beatles | Please Please Me | YouTube |
| 33 | Zombies | She's Not There | YouTube |
| 34 | The Beatles | She Loves You | YouTube |
| 35 | Bob Dylan | The Times They Are A Changin | YouTube |
| 36 | Supremes | Where Did Our Love Go | YouTube |
| 37 | Gerry & The Pacemakers | Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying | YouTube |
| 38 | The Beatles | I'll Cry Instead | YouTube |
| 39 | Supremes | Baby Love | YouTube |
| 40 | Dave Clark Five | Glad All Over | YouTube |
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| 41 | Chad And Jeremy | A Summer Song | YouTube |
| 42 | Swinging Blue Jeans | Hippy Hippy Shake | YouTube |
| 43 | Chuck Berry | No Particular Place To Go | YouTube |
| 44 | The Beatles | Love Me Do | YouTube |
| 45 | Martha & The Vandellas | Dancing In The Street | YouTube |
| 46 | Beach Boys | Fun, Fun, Fun | YouTube |
| 47 | Johnny Rivers | Memphis | YouTube |
| 48 | The Beatles | I'll Follow The Sun | YouTube |
| 49 | Searchers | Needles And Pins | YouTube |
| 50 | Millie Small | My Boy Lollipop | YouTube |
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| 51 | The Beatles | Do You Want To Know A Secret | YouTube |
| 52 | J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers | Last Kiss | YouTube |
| 53 | Drifters | Saturday Night At The Movies | YouTube |
| 54 | Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto | The Girl From Ipanema | YouTube |
| 55 | Four Tops | Baby I Need Your Loving | YouTube |
| 56 | Rolling Stones | Time Is On My Side | YouTube |
| 57 | The Beatles | She's A Woman | YouTube |
| 58 | The Beatles | From Me To You | YouTube |
| 59 | Jan & Dean | Dead Man's Curve | YouTube |
| 60 | Beach Boys | Don't Worry, Baby | YouTube |
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| 61 | New Christy Minstrels | Today | YouTube |
| 62 | Shangri-Las | Remember (Walking In The Sand) | YouTube |
| 63 | Dave Clark Five | Because | YouTube |
| 64 | Mary Wells | My Guy | YouTube |
| 65 | The Beatles | This Boy | YouTube |
| 66 | Dusty Springfield | Wishin' And Hopin' | YouTube |
| 67 | Temptations | The Way You Do The Things You Do | YouTube |
| 68 | Jackie Ross | Selfish One | YouTube |
| 69 | Dusty Springfield | I Only Want To Be With You | YouTube |
| 70 | Al Hirt | Java | YouTube |
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| 71 | The Beatles | P.S. I Love You | YouTube |
| 72 | Supremes | Come See About Me | YouTube |
| 73 | Lesley Gore | That's The Way Boys Are | YouTube |
| 74 | Nashville Teens | Tobacco Road | YouTube |
| 75 | Dionne Warwick | Walk On By | YouTube |
| 76 | Beach Boys | Dance, Dance, Dance | YouTube |
| 77 | Rip Chords | Hey, Little Cobra | YouTube |
| 78 | Newbeats | Bread And Butter | YouTube |
| 79 | Richie Knight And The Mid-Knights | Charlena | YouTube |
| 80 | Little Anthony & Imperials | Goin' Out Of My Head | YouTube |
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| 81 | Reflections | (Just Like) Romeo And Juliet | YouTube |
| 82 | Tommy Tucker | Hi-Heel Sneakers | YouTube |
| 83 | Terry Stafford | Suspicion | YouTube |
| 84 | Sam Cooke | Good Times | YouTube |
| 85 | The Beatles | Rock And Roll Music | YouTube |
| 86 | Trashmen | Surfin' Bird | YouTube |
| 87 | Four Seasons | Rag Doll | YouTube |
| 88 | Gale Garnett | Well Sing In The Sunshine | YouTube |
| 89 | Hondells | Little Honda | YouTube |
| 90 | Chuck Berry | You Never Can Tell | YouTube |
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| 91 | Dixie Cups | Chapel Of Love | YouTube |
| 92 | Roger Miller | Dang Me | YouTube |
| 93 | Four Seasons | Dawn | YouTube |
| 94 | Gene Pitney | It Hurts To Be In Love | YouTube |
| 95 | Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas | Bad To Me | YouTube |
| 96 | Betty Everett | The Shoop Shoop Song | YouTube |
| 97 | Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires | Viva Las Vegas | YouTube |
| 98 | Major Lance | Um, Um, Um, Um, Um | YouTube |
| 99 | Lesley Gore | Maybe I Know | YouTube |
| 100 | Martha & Vandellas | Quicksand | YouTube |
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