The Best Songs of the 60s

The 1960s, ranked by how few beers each song needs. The Beatles take up a lot of this chart, which is either a sign of good taste or a sign that nobody wants to be the person who rates Hey Jude an eleven.

Top 17 of 17 songs with at least 10 ratings. Ranked by average beer score on a 0 to 11 scale.

1
Respect
Aretha Franklin
Otis wrote it. Aretha took it. It was never his again.
1.1beers37 ratings
2
Hey Jude
The Beatles
The na-na-nas run four minutes. Pace your beers accordingly.
1.8beers51 ratings
3
Something
The Beatles
Harrison's best song, and the other three knew it.
2.1beers29 ratings
4
Come Together
The Beatles
The bassline does all the work and knows it.
2.1beers40 ratings
5
Light My Fire
The Doors
The organ solo goes on forever and should go on longer.
2.1beers20 ratings
6
Yesterday
The Beatles
The most covered song ever written. There is a reason.
2.5beers33 ratings
7
A Day in the Life
The Beatles
That orchestral build is worth the entire six-pack.
2.5beers33 ratings
8
Ring of Fire
Johnny Cash
June wrote it. Johnny made it burn.
2.7beers38 ratings
9
Here Comes the Sun
The Beatles
The first warm day of the year, in song form.
3.0beers36 ratings
10
Get Back
The Beatles
They played it on a roof and then broke up.
3.0beers37 ratings
11
I Want to Hold Your Hand
The Beatles
Two minutes that comprehensively flattened America.
3.3beers36 ratings
12
It's Now or Never
Elvis Presley
The King doing opera. Somehow it lands.
3.4beers33 ratings
13
Good Vibrations
The Beach Boys
Brian Wilson at his most unhinged and most brilliant.
3.6beers36 ratings
14
My Generation
The Who
Hope I die before I get old, sung by a man now in his eighties.
3.8beers40 ratings
15
Like a Rolling Stone
Bob Dylan
Six minutes of being told off by a man with a harmonica.
3.8beers37 ratings
16
Can't Help Falling in Love
Elvis Presley
Every first dance ever. Bring tissues, not beer.
3.9beers40 ratings
17
Unchained Melody
The Righteous Brothers
Pottery has never recovered.
3.9beers17 ratings