3 Top 10 Hits From 1967 That Every 60s Kid Alive Still Remembers Today

The article revisits three songs that reached the US Top 10 in 1967: Tommy James and the Shondells’ “I Think We’re Alone Now”, Buffalo Springfield’s “For What It’s Worth” and Bobby Vinton’s “Please Love Me Forever”. It highlights their chart success and continued recognition, as well as links between the songs and other artists or recordings.

“I Think We’re Alone Now” was written by Ritchie Cordell and later became a US No. 1 for Tiffany in 1987; Cordell also co-wrote Tommy James and the Shondells’ “Mony Mony”, later a chart-topper for Billy Idol. Stephen Stills wrote “For What It’s Worth”, whose title does not appear in its lyrics. Vinton’s version of “Please Love Me Forever”, first recorded by Tommy Edwards in 1958, was the version that reached the Top 10.