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Dutch Top 40

1969

In 1969 the Dutch Top 40 had 52 weeks with 326 different records, of which 287 were new entries and 18 reached number 1. The longest run at number 1 was by Ain't Got No / I Got Life by Nina Simone (5 weeks). The longest-charting record was Je t'aime moi non plus by Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin with 29 weeks (peak position 2). The highest new entry was The Ballad Of John And Yoko by The Beatles, at 4 in week 24.

Weeks

Number ones

  1. wk 1–3Hair
    Zen · 3 weeks at 1 · week 1
  2. wk 4–8Ain't Got No / I Got Life
    Nina Simone · 5 weeks at 1 · week 4
  3. wk 9–11Atlantis
    Donovan · 3 weeks at 1 · week 9
  4. wk 12–16Why
    The Cats · 5 weeks at 1 · week 12
  5. wk 17–18Goodbye
    Mary Hopkin · 2 weeks at 1 · week 17
  6. wk 19–20Get Back
    The Beatles · 2 weeks at 1 · week 19
  7. wk 21–22(Poor Mi) Israelites
    Desmond Dekker & The Aces · 2 weeks at 1 · week 21
  8. wk 23–24Oh Happy Day
    The Edwin Hawkins Singers · 2 weeks at 1 · week 23
  9. wk 25–28The Ballad Of John And Yoko
    The Beatles · 4 weeks at 1 · week 25
  10. wk 29I Want To Live
    Aphrodite's Child · 1 week at 1 · week 29
  11. wk 30–31Give Peace A Chance
    John Lennon, Yoko Ono, The Plastic Ono Band, Elephants Memory · 2 weeks at 1 · week 30
  12. wk 32Saved by the Bell
    Robin Gibb · 1 week at 1 · week 32
  13. wk 33–36In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)
    Zager & Evans · 4 weeks at 1 · week 33
  14. wk 37–38Don't Forget To Remember
    Bee Gees · 2 weeks at 1 · week 37
  15. wk 39–41Bloody Mary
    Tom & Dick · 3 weeks at 1 · week 39
  16. wk 42–46My Special Prayer
    Percy Sledge · 5 weeks at 1 · week 42
  17. wk 47–50Oh Well (Pt. 2)
    Fleetwood Mac · 4 weeks at 1 · week 47
  18. wk 51–52Marian
    The Cats · 2 weeks at 1 · week 51

Longest in the chart

  1. 29Je t'aime moi non plus
    Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin · weeks in 1969 · peak position 2 · from week 21
  2. 21Gina Lollobrigida
    Tony Bass · weeks in 1969 · peak position 13 · from week 23
  3. 19Big Bamboo
    The Merrymen · weeks in 1969 · peak position 2 · from week 19
  4. 17My Special Prayer
    Percy Sledge · weeks in 1969 · peak position 1 · from week 36
  5. 16Saved by the Bell
    Robin Gibb · weeks in 1969 · peak position 1 · from week 29
  6. 15Ain't Got No / I Got Life
    Nina Simone · weeks in 1969 · peak position 1 · from week 1
  7. 15Venus
    Shocking Blue · weeks in 1969 · peak position 3 · from week 28
  8. 15Suzanne
    Herman van Veen · weeks in 1969 · peak position 4 · from week 17
  9. 15In the Ghetto
    Elvis Presley · weeks in 1969 · peak position 4 · from week 25
  10. 15Sugar Sugar
    The Archies · weeks in 1969 · peak position 4 · from week 38

Highest new entries

  1. 4The Ballad Of John And Yoko
    The Beatles · new at 4 in week 24
  2. 6First Of May
    Bee Gees · new at 6 in week 11
  3. 6Don't Forget To Remember
    Bee Gees · new at 6 in week 35
  4. 7Scarlet Ribbons
    The Cats · new at 7 in week 35
  5. 8Why
    The Cats · new at 8 in week 11

Source: top40.nl