1971 in Music - Top Hit Singles

Top Hit Singles

• "Ain't No Sunshine" – Bill Withers
• "All Day Music" – War
• "All I Ever Need Is You" – Sonny & Cher
• "Another Day" – Paul and Linda McCartney
• "Baby I'm-a Want You" – Bread
• "Baby Jump" – Mungo Jerry
• "Back Street Luv" – Curved Air
• "Bangla Desh" – George Harrison
• "Banks of the Ohio" – Olivia Newton-John
• "Banner Man" – Blue Mink
• "Beginnings" – Chicago
• "Behind Blue Eyes" – The Who
• "Black & White" – Greyhound
• "Black Dog" – Led Zeppelin
• "Black Magic Woman" – Santana
• "Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys" – The Equals
• "Blue Money" – Van Morrison
• "Brand New Key" – Melanie
• "Brandy" – Scott English
• "Bridge Over Troubled Water" – Aretha Franklin
• "Bridget the Midget (The Queen of the Blues)" – Ray Stevens
• "Bring the Boys Home" – Freda Payne
• "Brown Sugar/Bitch/Let It Rock" – The Rolling Stones
• "Butterfly" – Danyel Gérard
• "Cherish" – David Cassidy
• "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" – Middle of the Road
• "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" – Mac and Katie Kissoon (Lally Stott's original was dubbed into French)
• "Co-Co" – The Sweet
• "Colour My World" – Chicago
• "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need" – Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
• "Country Road" – James Taylor
• "Cousin Norman" – Marmalade
• "Coz I Luv You" – Slade
• "Crazy Love" – Helen Reddy
• "Cried Like a Baby" – Bobby Sherman
• "Day After Day" – Badfinger
• "Desiderata" – Les Crane
• "Did You Ever...?" – Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood
• "Do You Know What I Mean?" – Lee Michaels
• "DOA" – Bloodrock
• "Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted" – The Partridge Family
• "Don't Knock My Love, Part 1" – Wilson Pickett
• "Don't Let It Die" – Hurricane Smith
• "Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You" – Wilson Pickett
• "Don't Pull Your Love" – Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
• "Double Barrel" – Dave and Ansell Collins
• "Draggin' the Line" – Tommy James
• "Ernie" – Walter Matthau
• "Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)" – Benny Hill
• "Everybody's Everything" – Santana
• "Everything's Tuesday" – Chairmen of the Board
• "Family Affair" – Sly & the Family Stone
• "Fly Little White Dove Fly" – The Bells
• "Flying Machine" – Cliff Richard
• "For All We Know" – The Carpenters
• "Forget Me Not" – Martha and the Vandellas
• "Friends" – Elton John
• "Funky Nassau" – The Beginning of the End
• "Get Down and Get With It" – Slade
• "Get It On" – T.Rex
• "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved Pt. 1" – James Brown
• "Girls Are Out to Get You" – The Fascinations
• "Go Away Little Girl" – Donny Osmond
• "Got to Be There" – Michael Jackson
• "Grandad" – Clive Dunn
• "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" – Cher
• "Hallelujah" – Sweathog
• "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" – Creedence Clearwater Revival
• "Have You Seen Her" – The Chi-Lites
• "He's Gonna Step On You Again" – John Kongos
• "Heaven Must Have Sent You" – The Elgins
• "Help Me Make It Through the Night" – Sammi Smith
• "Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again" – The Fortunes
• "Here Comes the Sun" – Richie Havens
• "Hey Big Brother" – Rare Earth
• "Hey Girl Don't Bother Me" – The Tams
• "Hey Mister, That's Me Up On the Jukebox" – James Taylor
• "Hey Tonight" – Creedence Clearwater Revival
• "Hot Love" – T. Rex
• "Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get Just What She Wants)" – James Brown
• "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" – Bee Gees
• "I Am...I Said" – Neil Diamond
• "I Believe (In Love)" – Hot Chocolate
• "I Did What I Did for Maria" – Tony Christie
• "I Don't Blame You At All" – Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
• "I Don't Know How to Love Him" – Helen Reddy
• "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from the original studio cast recording of Jesus Christ Superstar – Yvonne Elliman
• "I Don't Want to Do Wrong" – Gladys Knight & the Pips
• "I Hear You Knocking" – Dave Edmunds
• "I Just Can't Help Believing" – Elvis Presley
• "I Just Can't Help Believing" – Sacha Distel (Dubbed)
• "I Just Want to Celebrate" – Rare Earth
• "I Love You For All Seasons" – The Fuzz
• "I Will Return" – Springwater
• "I Woke Up In Love This Morning" – The Partridge Family
• "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" – The New Seekers
• "I'd Love to Change the World" – Ten Years After
• "I'll Meet You Halfway" – The Partridge Family
• "I'm a Greedy Man, Part 1" – James Brown
• "I'm Eighteen" – Alice Cooper
• "I'm Gonna Run Away From You" – Tami Lynn
• "(I Know) I'm Losing You" – Rod Stewart
• "I'm Still Waiting" – Diana Ross
• "I've Found Someone of My Own" – Free Movement
• "If" – Bread
• "If I Were Your Woman" – Gladys Knight & the Pips
• "If Not For You" – Olivia Newton-John
• "If You Could Read My Mind" – Gordon Lightfoot
• "If You Really Love Me" – Stevie Wonder
• "Imagine" – John Lennon
• "In My Own Time" – Family
• "Indian Reservation" – Paul Revere & the Raiders
• "Indiana Wants Me" – R. Dean Taylor
• "Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler)" – Marvin Gaye
• "Iron Man" – Black Sabbath
• "Is This the Way to Amarillo" – Tony Christie
• "It Don't Come Easy" – Ringo Starr
• "It's Impossible" – Perry Como
• "It's The Same Old Song – The Weathermen
• "It's Too Late" – Carole King
• "Jack in the Box" – Clodagh Rodgers
• "Jeepster" – T. Rex
• "Johnny Reggae" – The Piglets
• "Joy to the World" – Three Dog Night
• "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" – The Temptations
• "K- Jee" – The Nite- Liters, see (New Birth)
• "Knock Three Times" – Tony Orlando and Dawn
• "L.A. International Airport" – Susan Raye
• "L.A. Woman" – The Doors
• "Lady Rose" – Mungo Jerry
• "Legend In Your Own Time" – Carly Simon
• "Let Your Yeah Be Yeah" – The Pioneers
• "Levon" – Elton John
• "Liar" – Three Dog Night
• "Locomotive Breath" – Jethro Tull
• "Lonely Days" – The Bee Gees
• "Look Wot You Dun" – Slade
• "Love Her Madly" – The Doors
• "Love Means (You Never Have To Say You’re Sorry)" – Sounds of Sunshine
• "Love the One You're With" – The Isley Brothers
• "Love the One You're With" – Stephen Stills
• "Maggie May" – Rod Stewart
• "Malt and Barley Blues" – McGuinness Flint
• "Make It With You" – Sacha Distel (dubbed)
• "Mama's Pearl" – The Jackson 5
• "Marianne" – Stephen Stills
• "Me And Bobby McGee" – Janis Joplin
• "Me and My Arrow" – Harry Nilsson
• "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" – Lobo
• "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" – Marvin Gaye
• "Mighty Clouds of Joy" – B. J. Thomas
• "Mr. Big Stuff" – Jean Knight
• "Mr. Bojangles" – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
• "Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor K550 1st movement (Allegro molto)" – Waldo de los Ríos
• "My Brother Jake" – Free
• "My Sweet Lord" – George Harrison
• "Nathan Jones" – The Supremes
• "Never Can Say Goodbye" – The Jackson 5
• "Never Ending Song of Love" – The New Seekers
• "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" – Joan Baez
• "No Matter What" – Badfinger
• "An Old Fashioned Love Song" – Three Dog Night
• "Once You Understand" – Think
• "One Bad Apple" – The Osmonds
• "One Less Bell to Answer" – The 5th Dimension
• "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Part 1)" – Honey Cone
• "One Tin Soldier" – Coven (apocalyptic statement)
• "One Toke Over the Line" – Brewer & Shipley
• "Only You Know and I Know" – Delaney and Bonnie
• "Oye Como Va" – Santana
• "Paint it Black" – Eric Burdon & War
• "Pay to the Piper" – Chairmen of the Board
• "Peace Train" – Cat Stevens
• "The Pied Piper" – Bob and Marcia
• "Power to the People" – John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
• "Proud Mary" – Ike & Tina Turner
• "Pushbike Song" – Mixtures
• "Put Your Hand in the Hand" – Ocean
• "Rain Dance" – The Guess Who
• "Rainy Days and Mondays" – The Carpenters
• "Remember Me" – Diana Ross
• "Resurrection Shuffle" – Ashton, Gardner and Dyke
• "Ride a White Swan" – T. Rex
• "Riders on the Storm" – The Doors
• "Right on the Tip of My Tongue" – Brenda & The Tabulations
• "River Deep - Mountain High" – The Supremes and Four Tops
• "Rock and Roll" – Led Zeppelin
• "Rock Steady" – Aretha Franklin
• "Rose Garden" – Lynn Anderson
• "Run Baby Run (Back Into My Arms)" – The Newbeats
• "She Didn't Do Magic" – Lobo
• "She's a Lady" – Tom Jones
• "She's Not Just Another Woman" – 8th Day
• "Signs" – Five Man Electrical Band
• "Silvery Rain" – Cliff Richard
• "Simple Game" – The Four Tops
• "Sing a Song of Freedom" – Cliff Richard
• "Smiling Faces Sometimes" – Undisputed Truth
• "So Far Away" – Carole King
• "Softly Whispering I Love You" – The Congregation
• "Soldier Blue" – Buffy Sainte-Marie
• "Soley, Soley" – Middle of the Road
• "Something Old, Something New" – The Fantastics
• "Something Tells Me (Something's Gonna Happen Tonight)" – Cilla Black
• "Sooner or Later" – The Grass Roots
• "Soul Power Pt. 1" – James Brown
• "Spanish Harlem" – Aretha Franklin
• "Stay Awhile" – The Bells
• "Stay With Me" – The Faces
• "Stairway to Heaven" – Led Zeppelin
• "Stick Up" – Honey Cone
• "Stoned Love" – The Supremes
• "Stoney End" – Barbra Streisand
• "Stop, Look, Listen" – The Stylistics
• "The Story In Your Eyes" – The Moody Blues
• "Strange Kind of Woman" – Deep Purple
• "Sugar, Sugar" – Sakkarin
• "Sultana" – Titanic
• "Summer of '42" – Peter Nero
• "Sunny Honey Girl" – Cliff Richard
• "Superstar" – The Carpenters
• ""Superstar" (from Jesus Christ Superstar) – Murray Head
• "Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)" – The Temptations
• "Surrender" – Diana Ross
• "Sweet and Innocent" – Donny Osmond
• "Sweet City Woman" – The Stampeders
• "Sweet Hitch-Hiker" – Creedence Clearwater Revival
• "Sweet Mary" – Wadsworth Mansion
• "Take Me Home Country Roads" – John Denver and Fat City
• "Tap Turns On the Water" – C.C.S.
• "Temptation Eyes" – The Grass Roots
• "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" – Carly Simon
• "Theme from Shaft" – Isaac Hayes
• "They Can't Take Away Our Music" – Eric Burdon & War
• "Thin Line Between Love and Hate" – The Persuaders
• "Timothy" – The Buoys
• "Till" – Tom Jones
• "Tiny Dancer" – Elton John
• "Tired of Being Alone" – Al Green
• "Toast and Marmalade for Tea" – Tin Tin
• "Tokoloshe Man" – John Kongos
• "Trapped By a Thing Called Love" – Denise LaSalle
• "Treat Her Like a Lady" – Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
• "Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum" – Middle of the Road
• "Two Divided By Love" – The Grass Roots
• "Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue" – Séverine
• "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" – Paul and Linda McCartney
• "Walkin'" – C.C.S.
• "Want Ads" – Honey Cone
• "Watching Scotty Grow" – Bobby Goldsboro
• "We Can Work It Out" – Stevie Wonder
• "What Are You Doing Sunday" – Dawn
• "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get" – The Dramatics
• "What's Going On" – Marvin Gaye
• "What is Life" – George Harrison
• "When You're Hot, You're Hot" – Jerry Reed
• "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story" – Andy Williams; also Henry Mancini
• "White Lies, Blue Eyes" – Bullet
• "Wild Horses" – The Rolling Stones
• "Wild Night" – Van Morrison
• "Wild World" – Cat Stevens
• "Witch Queen of New Orleans" – Redbone
• "Who put the Lights Out" – Dana
• "Won't Get Fooled Again" – The Who
• "Yo-Yo" – The Osmonds
• "You Are Everything" – The Stylistics
• "You Can Close Your Eyes" – James Taylor
• "Your Move" – Yes
• "Your Song" – Elton John
• "You're All I Need to Get By – Aretha Franklin
• "You've Got a Friend" – James Taylor
• "You've Got to Crawl (Before You Walk)" – 8th Day