American Songwriter's latest instalment in its recurring "The List" series revisits three chart hits from 1968 that were staples of teenagers' car radios at the time. The piece is a nostalgic, opinion-led retrospective rather than a news story, aimed at readers who came of age driving to school with these songs on the dial.

The three songs highlighted are The Beatles' "Hey Jude", which topped charts worldwide after being written by Paul McCartney; The Rolling Stones' "Jumpin' Jack Flash", which reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 in the UK; and The Doors' "Hello, I Love You", a US No. 1 that was later dogged by claims from The Kinks' Ray Davies that its riff was lifted from "All Day and All of the Night", a dispute reportedly settled out of court.