# 3 Top 10 Hits From 1965 That Every 60s Kid Alive Still Remembers Today

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/3-top-10-hits-from-1965-that-every-60s-kid-alive-still-remembers-today/
- Published: 2026-11-04T01:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T07:39:22+00:00
- Original publisher: American Songwriter
- Original article: https://americansongwriter.com/3-top-10-hits-from-1965-that-every-60s-kid-alive-still-remembers-today/
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- Three 1965 hits remain closely associated with the decade.
- Tom Jones was initially unconvinced by “What’s New Pussycat?”
- A radio comment helped inspire the Four Tops’ song title.

## Summary

The article highlights three 1965 Top 10 hits that it says remain familiar to many people who grew up in the 1960s: Tom Jones’s “What’s New Pussycat?”, the Dave Clark Five’s “Catch Us If You Can” and the Four Tops’ “It’s the Same Old Song”. It presents them as examples of the era’s enduring pop music and recalls how each was made or received.

Burt Bacharach and Hal David wrote “What’s New Pussycat?”, which Jones initially thought was a poor idea before Bacharach persuaded him to record it; it became his second US Top 10 single. Dave Clark and Lenny Davidson wrote “Catch Us If You Can”, a single under two minutes long, followed by the group’s first US No. 1, “Over and Over”. Holland-Dozier-Holland wrote the Four Tops’ song, whose title reportedly came from Lamont Dozier’s comment while changing radio stations.

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