List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1971
Appearance
This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1971.
Top-ten singles
Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
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Singles from 1970 | |||||
December 12 | "Black Magic Woman" | Santana | 4 | January 9 | 7 |
December 12 | "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" | Chicago | 7 | January 2 | 5 |
December 12 | "Knock Three Times" | Tony Orlando and Dawn | 1 | January 23 | 11 |
Singles from 1971 | |||||
January 2 | "Domino" | Van Morrison | 9 | January 2 | 1 |
January 9 | "Lonely Days" | Bee Gees | 3 | January 30 | 7 |
January 9 | "Stoney End" | Barbra Streisand | 6 | January 23 | 4 |
January 16 | "Groove Me" | King Floyd | 6 | January 30 | 6 |
January 23 | "Rose Garden" | Lynn Anderson | 3 | February 13 | 6 |
January 23 | "Your Song" | Elton John | 8 | January 23 | 4 |
January 23 | "It's Impossible" | Perry Como | 10 | January 23 | 1 |
January 30 | "One Bad Apple" | The Osmonds | 1 | February 13 | 9 |
January 30 | "I Hear You Knocking" | Dave Edmunds | 4 | February 13 | 5 |
February 6 | "If I Were Your Woman" | Gladys Knight & the Pips | 9 | February 13 | 2 |
February 13 | "Mama's Pearl" | The Jackson 5 | 2 | February 27 | 5 |
February 20 | "If You Could Read My Mind" | Gordon Lightfoot | 5 | February 20 | 5 |
February 20 | "Sweet Mary" | Wadsworth Mansion | 7 | February 27 | 3 |
February 20 | "Mr. Bojangles" | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | 9 | February 20 | 3 |
February 27 | "Me and Bobby McGee" | Janis Joplin | 1 | March 20 | 8 |
February 27 | "Amos Moses" | Jerry Reed | 8 | February 27 | 2 |
March 6 | "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" | The Temptations | 1 | April 3 | 9 |
March 6 | "She's a Lady" | Tom Jones | 2 | March 20 | 8 |
March 6 | "For All We Know" | The Carpenters | 3 | March 13 | 7 |
March 13 | "Proud Mary" | Ike & Tina Turner | 4 | March 27 | 5 |
March 13 | "Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted" | The Partridge Family | 6 | March 27 | 6 |
March 13 | "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" / "Hey Tonight" | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 8 | March 13 | 1 |
March 20 | "What's Going On" | Marvin Gaye | 2 | April 10 | 8 |
March 20 | "Help Me Make It Through the Night" | Sammi Smith | 8 | March 27 | 3 |
March 27 | "What Is Life" | George Harrison | 10 | March 27 | 1 |
April 3 | "Another Day" / "Oh Woman, Oh Why" | Paul McCartney | 5 | April 17 | 5 |
April 3 | "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story" | Andy Williams | 9 | April 3 | 1 |
April 10 | "Joy to the World" | Three Dog Night | 1 | April 17 | 11 |
April 10 | "One Toke Over the Line" | Brewer & Shipley | 10 | April 10 | 2 |
April 17 | "Put Your Hand in the Hand" | Ocean | 2 | May 1 | 7 |
April 24 | "Never Can Say Goodbye" | The Jackson 5 | 2 | May 8 | 7 |
April 24 | "I Am... I Said" | Neil Diamond | 4 | May 8 | 4 |
April 24 | "If" | Bread | 4 | May 15 | 5 |
April 24 | "Stay Awhile" | The Bells | 7 | May 1 | 4 |
May 1 | "Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)" | Daddy Dewdrop | 9 | May 8 | 5 |
May 8 | "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" | Lobo | 5 | May 15 | 5 |
May 8 | "Bridge over Troubled Water" / "A Brand New Me" | Aretha Franklin | 6 | June 5 | 6 |
May 15 | "Brown Sugar" | The Rolling Stones | 1 | May 29 | 8 |
May 22 | "Want Ads" | Honey Cone | 1 | June 12 | 8 |
May 22 | "It Don't Come Easy" | Ringo Starr | 4 | June 5 | 7 |
May 29 | "Sweet and Innocent" | Donny Osmond | 7 | June 5 | 5 |
June 5 | "It's Too Late" / "I Feel the Earth Move" | Carole King | 1 | June 19 | 10 |
June 5 | "Rainy Days and Mondays" | The Carpenters | 2 | June 19 | 7 |
June 12 | "Treat Her Like a Lady" | Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose | 3 | July 3 | 7 |
June 12 | "I'll Meet You Halfway" | The Partridge Family | 9 | June 12 | 2 |
June 19 | "Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)" | The Raiders | 1 | July 24 | 9 |
June 26 | "Don't Pull Your Love" | Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds | 4 | July 17 | 6 |
June 26 | "When You're Hot, You're Hot" | Jerry Reed | 9 | June 26 | 3 |
July 3 | "You've Got a Friend" | James Taylor | 1 | July 31 | 8 |
July 10 | "Mr. Big Stuff" | Jean Knight | 2 | August 14 | 8 |
July 10 | "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" | Carly Simon | 10 | July 10 | 2 |
July 17 | "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" | Bee Gees | 1 | August 7 | 10 |
July 17 | "Draggin' the Line" | Tommy James | 4 | August 14 | 6 |
July 24 | "Take Me Home, Country Roads" | John Denver | 2 | August 28 | 8 |
July 24 | "Sooner or Later" | The Grass Roots | 9 | July 31 | 2 |
July 31 | "What the World Needs Now Is Love/Abraham, Martin and John" | Tom Clay | 8 | August 14 | 3 |
August 7 | "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" | Marvin Gaye | 4 | August 21 | 4 |
August 7 | "Beginnings" / "Colour My World" | Chicago | 7 | August 14 | 3 |
August 14 | "Signs" | Five Man Electrical Band | 3 | August 28 | 5 |
August 21 | "Sweet Hitch-Hiker" | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 6 | August 21 | 2 |
August 21 | "Liar" | Three Dog Night | 7 | August 28 | 3 |
August 28 | "Go Away Little Girl" | Donny Osmond | 1 | September 11 | 9 |
August 28 | "Spanish Harlem" | Aretha Franklin | 2 | September 11 | 6 |
August 28 | "Smiling Faces Sometimes" | The Undisputed Truth | 3 | September 4 | 6 |
September 4 | "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" | Paul and Linda McCartney | 1 | September 4 | 7 |
September 4 | "Ain't No Sunshine" | Bill Withers | 3 | September 18 | 6 |
September 4 | "I Just Want to Celebrate" | Rare Earth | 7 | September 11 | 4 |
September 11 | "Maggie May" / "Reason to Believe" | Rod Stewart | 1 | October 2 | 11 |
September 18 | "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" | Joan Baez | 3 | October 2 | 8 |
September 18 | "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get" | The Dramatics | 9 | September 25 | 2 |
September 25 | "Superstar" | The Carpenters | 2 | October 16 | 8 |
October 2 | "Yo-Yo" | The Osmonds | 3 | October 16 | 8 |
October 2 | "Do You Know What I Mean" | Lee Michaels | 6 | October 9 | 5 |
October 9 | "If You Really Love Me" | Stevie Wonder | 8 | October 16 | 3 |
October 9 | "Sweet City Woman" | The Stampeders | 8 | October 23 | 3 |
October 16 | "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" | Cher | 1 | November 6 | 9 |
October 23 | "Theme from Shaft" | Isaac Hayes | 1 | November 20 | 9 |
October 30 | "Imagine" | John Lennon | 3 | November 13 | 6 |
October 30 | "Peace Train" | Cat Stevens | 7 | November 6 | 5 |
October 30 | "I've Found Someone Of My Own" | The Free Movement | 5 | November 13 | 3 |
November 6 | "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" | Marvin Gaye | 9 | November 6 | 2 |
November 13 | "Have You Seen Her" | The Chi-Lites | 3 | December 11 | 8 |
November 20 | "Family Affair" | Sly and the Family Stone | 1 | December 4 | 9 |
November 20 | "Baby I'm-a Want You" | Bread | 3 | November 27 | 5 |
November 20 | "Got to Be There" | Michael Jackson | 4 | December 11 | 9 |
November 27 | "Desiderata" | Les Crane | 8 | December 4 | 3 |
November 27 | "Rock Steady" | Aretha Franklin | 9 | November 27 | 2 |
December 4 | "An Old Fashioned Love Song" | Three Dog Night | 4 | December 18 | 5 |
December 11 | "Brand New Key" | Melanie | 1 | December 25 | 10 |
December 11 | "All I Ever Need Is You" | Sonny & Cher | 7 | December 25 | 3 |
December 18 | "Cherish" | David Cassidy | 9 | December 25 | 4 |
1970 peaks
Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
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November 7 | "I Think I Love You" | The Partridge Family | 1 | November 21 | 11 |
November 14 | "The Tears of a Clown" | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | 1 | December 12 | 10 |
November 14 | "Gypsy Woman" | Brian Hyland | 3 | December 5 | 8 |
December 5 | "One Less Bell to Answer" | The 5th Dimension | 2 | December 26 | 10 |
December 12 | "My Sweet Lord" / "Isn't It a Pity" | George Harrison | 1 | December 26 | 10 |
December 19 | "Stoned Love" | The Supremes | 7 | December 19 | 5 |
1972 peaks
Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
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December 18 | "American Pie" | Don McLean | 1 | January 15 | 11 |
December 25 | "Scorpio" | Dennis Coffey | 6 | January 8 | 6 |
December 25 | "Hey Girl" / "I Knew You When" | Donny Osmond | 9 | January 15 | 4 |