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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other • Top 1000

Top Adult Contemporary Songs of 1973

1972 <-1973-> 1974

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1.
02/1973

Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree by Dawn

from Tuneweaving   Tuneweaving
463

✫1
US
✫1
AC




✫1
UK
featuring Tony Orlando
[Bell 45318 A]
written by Irwin Levine & L. Russell Brown
2.
09/1973

The Most Beautiful Girl by Charlie Rich

from Behind Closed Doors   Behind Closed Doors
455

✫1
US
✫1
AC
✫1
country


2
UK
[Epic 11040]
written by Rory Michael Bourke, Billy Sherrill & Norro Wilson
3.
06/1973

Yesterday Once More by The Carpenters

from Now & Then   Now & Then
400

2
US
✫1
AC




2
UK
[A&M 1446]
written by John Bettis & Richard Carpenter
4.
01/1973

Killing Me Softly with His Song by Roberta Flack

from Killing Me Softly   Killing Me Softly
391

✫1
US
2
AC


2
R&B
6
UK
[Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1974]
[Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1974]
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #360]
[Atlantic 2940]
written by Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel
5.
12/1973

You're Sixteen by Ringo Starr

from Ringo   Ringo
388

✫1
US
2
AC




4
UK
[Apple 1870]
written by Robert B. Sherman (as Bob Sherman) & Richard M. Sherman (as Dick Sherman)
6.
03/1973

You Are the Sunshine of My Life by Stevie Wonder

from Talking Book   Talking Book
378

✫1
US
✫1
AC


3
R&B
7
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #281]
[Tamla 54232]
written by Stevie Wonder
7.
10/1973

Top of the World by The Carpenters

from A Song for You   A Song for You
376

✫1
US
2
AC




5
UK
[A&M 1468]
written by Richard Carpenter & John Bettis
8.
09/1973

Paper Roses by Marie Osmond

from Paper Roses   
371

5
US
✫1
AC
✫1
country


2
UK
[MGM/Kolob 14609]
written by Fred Spielman & Janice Torre
9.
01/1973

Daniel by Elton John

from Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player   Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player
362

2
US
✫1
AC




4
UK
[MCA 40046]
written by Elton John & Bernie Taupin
10.
06/1973

Touch Me in the Morning by Diana Ross

from Touch Me in the Morning   Touch Me in the Morning
359

✫1
US
✫1
AC


5
R&B
9
UK
[Motown 1239]
written by Michael Masser & Ronald Miller [Ronald Norman Miller] (as Ron Miller)
11.
09/1973

Angie by The Rolling Stones

from Goats Head Soup   Goats Head Soup
352

✫1
US
38
AC




5
UK
[Rolling Stones 19105]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
12.
03/1973

Get Down by Gilbert O'Sullivan

from I'm a Writer, Not a Fighter   I'm a Writer, Not a Fighter
344

7
US
3
AC




✫1
UK
[MAM 3629]
written by Gilbert O'Sullivan
13.
12/1973

Love's Theme by Love Unlimited Orchestra

from Rhapsody in White   Rhapsody in White
344

✫1
US
✫1
AC


10
R&B
10
UK
[instrumental]
[20th Century 2069]
written by Barry White
14.
04/1973

My Love by Paul McCartney

from Red Rose Speedway   Red Rose Speedway
341

✫1
US
✫1
AC




9
UK
as Paul McCartney & Wings
[Apple 1861]
written by Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney
15.
10/1973

Photograph by Ringo Starr

from Ringo   Ringo
338

✫1
US
3
AC




8
UK
[Apple 1865]
written by George Harrison & Ringo Starr (as Richard Starkey)
16.
05/1973

Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) by George Harrison

from Living in the Material World   Living in the Material World
337

✫1
US
4
AC




8
UK
[Apple 1862]
written by George Harrison
17.
03/1973

The Twelfth of Never by Donny Osmond

from Alone Together   
327

8
US
7
AC




✫1
UK
[MGM/Kolob 14503]
written by Jerry Livingston & Paul Francis Webster
18.
09/1973

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road   Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
324

2
US
7
AC




6
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #380]
[MCA 40148]
written by Elton John & Bernie Taupin
19.
02/1973

Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme from 2001) by Deodato

from Prelude   Prelude
314

2
US
5
AC




7
UK
[instrumental]
[CTI 12]
written by Richard Strauss
20.
06/1973

Live and Let Die by Paul McCartney

from Live and Let Die: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack   Live and Let Die: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
293

2
US
8
AC




9
UK
as Paul McCartney & Wings
[Apple 1863]
written by Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney
21.
01/1973

Dueling Banjos by Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell

from Deliverance OST   
291

2
US
✫1
AC
5
country


17
UK
[instrumental]
[from the movie Deliverance]
[Warner 7659]
written by Arthur Guitar Boogie Smith (as Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith) & Don Reno
22.
10/1973

The Way We Were by Barbra Streisand

from The Way We Were: Original Soundtrack Recording   The Way We Were: Original Soundtrack Recording
281

✫1
US
✫1
AC




31
UK
[Academy Award for Best Original Song 1973]
[Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1975]
[Columbia 45944]
written by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch
23.
08/1973

Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Knight & the Pips

from Imagination   Imagination
272

✫1
US
19
AC


✫1
R&B
55
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #432]
[Buddah 383]
written by Jim Weatherly
24.
10/1973

Show and Tell by Al Wilson

from Show and Tell   Show and Tell
269

✫1
US
3
AC


10
R&B
51
UK
[Rocky Road 30073]
written by Jerry Fuller
25.
07/1973

Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose by Dawn

from Dawn's New Ragtime Follies   Dawn's New Ragtime Follies
265

3
US
✫1
AC




12
UK
featuring Tony Orlando
[Bell 45374]
written by Irwin Levine & L. Russell Brown
26.
11/1973

Time in a Bottle by Jim Croce

from You Don't Mess Around with Jim   You Don't Mess Around with Jim
265

✫1
US
✫1
AC




52
UK
[ABC 11405]
written by Jim Croce
27.
03/1973

Pillow Talk by Sylvia Robinson

from Pillow Talk   
262

3
US
27
AC


✫1
R&B
14
UK
as Sylvia
[Vibration 521]
written by Sylvia Robinson & Michael Burton
28.
01/1973

Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye) by Gladys Knight & the Pips

from Neither One of Us   
260

2
US
15
AC


✫1
R&B
31
UK
[Soul 35098]
written by Jim Weatherly
29.
07/1973

Young Love by Donny Osmond

from Alone Together   
258

25
US
26
AC




✫1
UK
charted as Young Love / A Million to One in US AC charts
[MGM/Kolob 14583]
written by Ric Cartey & Carole Joyner
30.
08/1973

Half-Breed by Cher

from Half-Breed   Half-Breed
257

✫1
US
3
AC




53
UK
[MCA 40102]
written by Al Capps & Mary Dean
31.
06/1973

Delta Dawn by Helen Reddy

from Long Hard Climb   
252

✫1
US
✫1
AC






[Capitol 3645]
written by Larry Collins & Alex Harvey
32.
08/1973

Loves Me Like a Rock by Paul Simon

from There Goes Rhymin' Simon   There Goes Rhymin' Simon
241

2
US
✫1
AC




39
UK
featuring The Dixie Hummingbirds
[Columbia 45907]
written by Paul Simon
33.
02/1973

The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia by Vicki Lawrence

from The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia   
240

✫1
US
6
AC
36
country




[Bell 45,303]
written by Bobby Russell
34.
04/1973

I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby by Barry White

from I've Got So Much to Give   I've Got So Much to Give
239

3
US
27
AC


✫1
R&B
23
UK
[20th Century 2018]
written by Barry White
35.
06/1973

The Morning After by Maureen McGovern

from The Morning After   
236

✫1
US
6
AC






[Academy Award for Best Original Song 1972]
[20th Century 2010]
written by Joel Hirschhorn & Al Kasha
36.
11/1973

Spiders and Snakes by Jim Stafford

from Jim Stafford   Jim Stafford
234

3
US
28
AC
66
country


14
UK
[MGM 14648]
written by Jim Stafford & David Bellamy
37.
04/1973

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown by Jim Croce

from Life and Times   Life and Times
234

✫1
US
9
AC






[ABC 11359]
written by Jim Croce
38.
11/1973

Until You Come Back to Me (That's What Im Gonna Do) by Aretha Franklin

from Let Me in Your Life   Let Me in Your Life
233

3
US
33
AC


✫1
R&B
26
UK
[Atlantic 2995]
written by Luvel Broadnax (as Morris Broadnax), Clarence Paul & Stevie Wonder
39.
03/1973

Stuck in the Middle with You by Stealers Wheel

from Stealers Wheel   Stealers Wheel
232

6
US
13
AC




8
UK
[A&M 1416]
written by Joe Egan & Gerry Rafferty
40.
09/1973

Let Me in by The Osmonds

from The Plan   The Plan
227

36
US
4
AC




2
UK
[MGM 14617]
written by Alan Osmond, Merrill Osmond & Wayne Osmond
41.
05/1973

Welcome Home by Peters & Lee

from Welcome Home   
219

119
US
26
AC
79
country


✫1
UK
[Philips 40729]
written by Jean Alphonse Dupre, Stanislas Beldone & Bryan Blackburn
42.
11/1973

You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me by The New Seekers

from Together   
218



18
AC




✫1
UK
[MGM 14683]
written by Tony Macaulay & Geoff Stephens
43.
03/1973

And I Love You So by Perry Como

from And I Love You So   
217

29
US
✫1
AC




3
UK
[RCA 906]
written by Don McLean
44.
08/1973

Higher Ground by Stevie Wonder

from Innervisions   Innervisions
216

4
US
41
AC


✫1
R&B
29
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #261]
[Tamla 54235]
written by Stevie Wonder
45.
05/1973

Kodachrome by Paul Simon

from There Goes Rhymin' Simon   There Goes Rhymin' Simon
215

2
US
2
AC






[Columbia 45859]
written by Paul Simon
46.
09/1973

Eye Level by The Simon Park Orchestra

from Eye Level   
215



29
AC




✫1
UK
[instrumental]
[theme from the TV Series Van der Valk]
[Vanguard 35175]
written by Jan Stoeckart (as Jack Trombey)
47.
10/1973

Rockin' Roll Baby by The Stylistics

from Rockin' Roll Baby   Rockin' Roll Baby
213

14
US
44
AC


3
R&B
6
UK
[Avco 4625]
written by Linda Creed & Thom Bell
48.
10/1973

Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up by Barry White

from Stone Gon'   Stone Gon'
209

7
US
40
AC


2
R&B
14
UK
[20th Century 2058]
written by Barry White
49.
11/1973

Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress) by Helen Reddy

from Long Hard Climb   
207

3
US
✫1
AC




53
UK
[Capitol 3768]
written by Linda Laurie
50.
03/1973

Playground in My Mind by Clint Holmes

from Playground in My Mind   
206

2
US
7
AC






[Epic 10891]
written by Lee Pockriss & Paul Vance
51.
02/1973

Sing by The Carpenters

from Now & Then   Now & Then
204

3
US
✫1
AC




53
UK
[A&M 1413]
written by Joe Raposo
52.
08/1973

Ramblin' Man by The Allman Brothers Band

from Brothers and Sisters   Brothers and Sisters
200

2
US
12
AC






[Capricorn 0027]
written by Dickey Betts (as Richard Betts)
53.
09/1973

The Love I Lost (Part 1) by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes

from Black & Blue   
192

7
US
48
AC


✫1
R&B
21
UK
[Philadelphia International 3533]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
54.
02/1973

Break Up to Make Up by The Stylistics

from Round 2   Round 2
187

5
US
20
AC


5
R&B
34
UK
[Avco 4611]
written by Thom Bell, Kenny Gamble & Linda Creed
55.
02/1973

Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got) by Four Tops

from Keeper of the Castle   
186

4
US
14
AC


2
R&B


[Dunhill/ABC 4339]
written by Brian Potter & Dennis Lambert
56.
09/1973

Space Race by Billy Preston

from Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music   Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music
184

4
US
34
AC


✫1
R&B


[instrumental]
[A&M 1463]
written by Billy Preston
57.
05/1973

Shambala by Three Dog Night

from Cyan   Cyan
182

3
US
3
AC






[Dunhill/ABC 4352]
written by Daniel Moore
58.
08/1973

Ghetto Child by The Spinners [US band]

from Spinners   Spinners
168

29
US
20
AC


4
R&B
7
UK
[Atlantic 2973]
written by Thom Bell & Linda Creed
59.
02/1973

Behind Closed Doors by Charlie Rich

from Behind Closed Doors   Behind Closed Doors
167

15
US
8
AC
✫1
country


16
UK
[Epic 10950]
written by Kenny O'Dell
60.
09/1973

Just You 'N' Me by Chicago

from Chicago VI   Chicago VI
166

4
US
7
AC






[Columbia 45933]
written by James Pankow
61.
02/1973

Drift Away by Dobie Gray

from Drift Away   
165

5
US
12
AC


42
R&B
52
UK
[Decca 33057]
written by Mentor Williams
62.
09/1973

Knockin' on Heaven's Door by Bob Dylan

from Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid   Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
164

12
US
5
AC




14
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #190]
[Columbia 45913]
written by Bob Dylan
63.
09/1973

Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat by The DeFranco Family

from Heartbeat, It's a Lovebeat   
163

3
US
49
AC






featuring Tony DeFranco
[20th Century 2030]
written by Greg Williams & Michael Kennedy
64.
11/1973

When I Fall in Love by Donny Osmond

from A Time for Us   
161

55
US
31
AC




4
UK
charted as When I Fall in Love / Are You Lonesome Tonight in US AC charts
[MGM/Kolob 14677]
written by Victor Young & Edward Heyman
65.
08/1973

Let Me Be There by Olivia Newton-John

from Let Me Be There   
159

6
US
3
AC
7
country




[MCA 40101]
written by John Rostill
66.
10/1973

Solitaire by Andy Williams

from Solitaire   
149



23
AC




4
UK
[Columbia 45936]
written by Neil Sedaka & Phil Cody
67.
06/1973

Summer (The First Time) by Bobby Goldsboro

from Summer (The First Time)   
149

21
US
18
AC
100
country


9
UK
[United Artists 251]
written by Bobby Goldsboro
68.
10/1973

Hello It's Me by Todd Rundgren

from Something/Anything?   Something/Anything?
145

5
US
17
AC






[Bearsville 0009]
written by Todd Rundgren
69.
05/1973

Diamond Girl by Seals & Crofts

from Diamond Girl   Diamond Girl
145

6
US
4
AC






[Warner 7708]
written by Jim Seals & Dash Crofts
70.
09/1973

All I Know by Art Garfunkel

from Angel Clare   Angel Clare
139

9
US
✫1
AC




51
UK
[Columbia 45926]
written by Jimmy Webb
71.
04/1973

Fool by Elvis Presley

from Elvis [1973 album]   
139

17
US
12
AC
31
country


15
UK
US: B-side to Steamroller Blues
[RCA Victor 74-0910]
written by James Last & Carl Sigman
72.
03/1973

The Right Thing to Do by Carly Simon

from No Secrets   No Secrets
138

17
US
4
AC




17
UK
[Elektra 45843]
written by Carly Simon
73.
04/1973

Natural High by Bloodstone

from Natural High   Natural High
135

10
US
20
AC


4
R&B
40
UK
[London 1046]
written by Charles McCormick
74.
03/1973

I'm Doin' Fine Now by New York City

from I'm Doin' Fine Now   
134

17
US
8
AC


14
R&B
20
UK
[Chelsea 0113]
written by Sherman Marshall & Thom Bell
75.
12/1973

Last Time I Saw Him by Diana Ross

from Last Time I Saw Him   Last Time I Saw Him
134

14
US
✫1
AC


15
R&B
35
UK
[Motown 1278]
written by Michael Masser & Pam Sawyer
76.
05/1973

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy by Bette Midler

from The Divine Miss M   The Divine Miss M
132

8
US
✫1
AC






hit for the Andrews Sisters in 1941; produced by Barry Manilow
[Atlantic 2964]
written by Don Raye & Hughie Prince
77.
03/1973

Never, Never, Never (Grande, Grande, Grande) by Shirley Bassey

from Never, Never, Never   
130

48
US
8
AC


67
R&B
8
UK
[United Artists 211]
written by Alberto Testa (as Al Testa), Tony Renis & Norman Newell
78.
11/1973

I Love by Tom T. Hall

from For the People in the Last Hard Town   
127

12
US
2
AC
✫1
country




[Mercury 73436]
written by Tom T. Hall
79.
07/1973

My Maria by B.W. Stevenson

from B. W. Stevenson   
124

9
US
✫1
AC






[RCA Victor 0030]
written by Daniel Moore & B.W. Stevenson
80.
12/1973

A Love Song by Anne Murray

from Love Song   
123

12
US
✫1
AC
5
country




[Capitol 3776]
written by Dona Lynn George & Kenny Loggins
81.
04/1973

One of a Kind (Love Affair) by The Spinners [US band]

from Spinners   Spinners
120

11
US
19
AC


✫1
R&B


[Atlantic 2962]
written by Joe Jefferson
82.
09/1973

You're a Special Part of Me by Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye

from Diana & Marvin   Diana & Marvin
116

12
US
43
AC


4
R&B
51
UK
[Motown 1280]
written by Harold Johnson, Andrew Porter & Gregg Wright
83.
02/1973

Wildflower by Skylark [Canadian band]

from Skylark   
114

9
US
5
AC






[Capitol 3511]
written by Doug Edwards & David Richardson
84.
11/1973

Eres Tú (Touch the Wind) by Mocedades

from Eres Tú   
109

9
US
8
AC






[Tara 100]
written by Juan Carlos Calderón
85.
07/1973

Angel by Aretha Franklin

from Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)   Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)
108

20
US
44
AC


✫1
R&B
37
UK
[Atlantic 2969]
written by Carolyn Franklin & Sonny Saunders
86.
09/1973

I Got a Name by Jim Croce

from I Got a Name   I Got a Name
107

10
US
4
AC






[ABC 11389]
written by Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox
87.
02/1973

Peaceful by Helen Reddy

from I Am Woman   
104

12
US
2
AC






[Capitol 3527]
written by Kenny Rankin
88.
09/1973

Ooh Baby by Gilbert O'Sullivan

from I'm a Writer, Not a Fighter   I'm a Writer, Not a Fighter
102

25
US
29
AC




18
UK
[MAM 3633]
written by Gilbert O'Sullivan
89.
11/1973

Mind Games by John Lennon

from Mind Games   Mind Games
101

18
US
33
AC




26
UK
[Apple 1868]
written by John Lennon
90.
02/1973

Pinball Wizard/See Me, Feel Me by The New Seekers

from Pinball Wizards   
99

29
US
34
AC




16
UK
[MGM/Verve 10709]
written by Pete Townshend
91.
06/1973

Uneasy Rider by The Charlie Daniels Band

from Honey in the Rock   
99

9
US
37
AC
67
country




[novelty]
[Kama Sutra 576]
written by Charlie Daniels
92.
04/1973

Why Me by Kris Kristofferson

from Jesus Was a Capricorn   Jesus Was a Capricorn
95

16
US
28
AC
✫1
country




[Monument 8571]
written by Kris Kristofferson
93.
01/1973

Daisy a Day by Jud Strunk

from Daisy a Day   
94

14
US
4
AC
33
country





[MGM 14463]
written by Jud Strunk
94.
12/1973

There Won't Be Anymore by Charlie Rich

from There Won't Be Anymore   
91

18
US
15
AC
✫1
country




[RCA Victor APB0-0195]
written by Charlie Rich
95.
02/1973

Aubrey by Bread

from Guitar Man   Guitar Man
88

15
US
4
AC






[Elektra 45832]
written by David Gates
96.
03/1973

Out of the Question by Gilbert O'Sullivan

from Back to Front   Back to Front
86

17
US
2
AC






[MAM 3628]
written by Gilbert O'Sullivan
97.
11/1973

Who's in the Strawberry Patch with Sally by Dawn

from Dawn's New Ragtime Follies   Dawn's New Ragtime Follies
83

27
US
3
AC




37
UK
as Tony Orlando & Dawn
[Bell 45,424]
written by Irwin Levine & L. Russell Brown
98.
05/1973

You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart) by The Stylistics

from Round 2   Round 2
80

23
US
4
AC


8
R&B


[Avco 4618]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David
99.
09/1973

We May Never Pass This Way (Again) by Seals & Crofts

from Diamond Girl   Diamond Girl
76

21
US
2
AC






[Warner 7740]
written by Jim Seals & Dash Crofts
100.
11/1973

My Music by Kenny Loggins & Jim Messina

from Full Sail   Full Sail
76

16
US
10
AC






[Columbia 45952]
written by Kenny Loggins & Jim Messina
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