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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 Songs of 1970

1969 <-1970-> 1971

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1.
02/1970

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel

from Bridge Over Troubled Water   Bridge Over Troubled Water
430

✫1
US
✫1
AC




✫1
UK
[Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1971]
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #47]
[Columbia 45079]
written by Paul Simon
2.
08/1970

The Tears of a Clown by The Miracles

from Make It Happen   
429

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
✫1
UK
as Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
[Tamla 54199]
written by Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby (as Hank Cosby) & Smokey Robinson
3.
11/1970

Knock Three Times by Dawn

from Candida   Candida
427

✫1
US
2
AC




✫1
UK
[Bell 938]
written by Irwin Levine & L. Russell Brown
4.
11/1970

My Sweet Lord by George Harrison

from All Things Must Pass   All Things Must Pass
413

✫1
US
10
AC




✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #454]
charted as My Sweet Lord / Isn't It a Pity in US charts
[Apple 2995]
written by George Harrison
5.
03/1970

Let It Be by The Beatles

from Let It Be   Let It Be
402

✫1
US
✫1
AC




2
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #20]
[Apple 2764]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
6.
09/1970

I'll Be There by Jackson 5

from Third Album   Third Album
373

✫1
US
24
AC


✫1
R&B
4
UK
[Motown 1171]
written by Berry Gordy, Bob West, Hal Davis & Willie Hutch
7.
08/1970

Cracklin' Rosie by Neil Diamond

from Tap Root Manuscript   Tap Root Manuscript
370

✫1
US
2
AC




3
UK
[Uni 55250]
written by Neil Diamond
8.
07/1970

War by Edwin Starr

from War and Peace   War and Peace
367

✫1
US




3
R&B
3
UK
[Gordy 7101]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
9.
08/1970

Ain't No Mountain High Enough by Diana Ross

from Ain't No Mountain High Enough   
359

✫1
US
6
AC


✫1
R&B
6
UK
[Motown 1169]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
10.
04/1970

Band of Gold by Freda Payne

from Band of Gold   
353

3
US




20
R&B
✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #391]
[Invictus 9075]
written by Brian Holland (as part of Edythe Wayne), Lamont Dozier (as part of Edythe Wayne), Eddie Holland Jr. (as part of Edythe Wayne) & Ronald Dunbar (as Ron Dunbar)
11.
06/1970

In the Summertime by Mungo Jerry

from Mungo Jerry   
350

3
US
30
AC




✫1
UK
[Janus 125]
written by Ray Dorset
12.
05/1970

Mama Told Me (Not to Come) by Three Dog Night

from It Ain't Easy   It Ain't Easy
347

✫1
US






3
UK
[Dunhill 4239]
written by Randy Newman
13.
02/1970

Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum

from Spirit in the Sky   Spirit in the Sky
345

3
US






✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #333]
[Reprise 0885]
written by Norman Greenbaum
14.
06/1970

Make It with You by Bread

from On the Waters   On the Waters
345

✫1
US
4
AC




5
UK
[Elektra 45686]
written by David Gates
15.
04/1970

Everything Is Beautiful by Ray Stevens

from Everything Is Beautiful   Everything Is Beautiful
344

✫1
US
✫1
AC
39
country


6
UK
[Barnaby 2011]
written by Ray Stevens (as Harold Ragsdale)
16.
06/1970

(They Long to Be) Close to You by The Carpenters

from Close to You   Close to You
344

✫1
US
✫1
AC




6
UK
[A&M 1183]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David
17.
11/1970

I Hear You Knocking by Dave Edmunds

from Rockpile   Rockpile
336

4
US






✫1
UK
[MAM 3601]
written by Dave Bartholomew & Earl King [Earl Johnson] (as Pearl King)
18.
07/1970

Patches by Clarence Carter

from Patches   
332

4
US




2
R&B
2
UK
[Atlantic 2748]
written by General Johnson & Ronald Dunbar
19.
05/1970

The Love You Save by Jackson 5

from ABC   ABC
332

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
7
UK
in the US B side I Found That Girl charted from 1 august 1970
[Motown 1166]
written by Berry Gordy (as part of The Corporation), Freddie Perren (as part of The Corporation), Deke Richards (as part of The Corporation) & Fonce Mizell (as part of The Corporation)
20.
01/1970

Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) by Edison Lighthouse

from Already   
330

5
US
20
AC




✫1
UK
[Bell 858]
written by Tony Macaulay & Barry Mason
21.
11/1970

Rose Garden by Lynn Anderson

from Rose Garden   
330

3
US
5
AC
✫1
country


3
UK
[Columbia 4-45252]
written by Joe South
22.
03/1970

ABC by Jackson 5

from ABC   ABC
323

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
8
UK
[Motown 1163]
written by Berry Gordy (as part of The Corporation), Freddie Perren (as part of The Corporation), Deke Richards (as part of The Corporation) & Fonce Mizell (as part of The Corporation)
23.
05/1970

The Wonder of You by Elvis Presley

from On Stage - February, 1970   
317

9
US
✫1
AC
37
country


✫1
UK
[live]
[RCA Victor 47-9835]
written by Baker Knight
24.
01/1970

Give Me Just a Little More Time by Chairmen of the Board

from The Chairmen of the Board   
303

3
US




8
R&B
3
UK
[Invictus 9074]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr. & Ronald Dunbar (as Ron Dunbar)
25.
09/1970

Indiana Wants Me by R. Dean Taylor

from I Think, Therefore I Am   
296

5
US






2
UK
[Rare Earth 5013]
written by R. Dean Taylor
26.
03/1970

Which Way You Goin' Billy by The Poppy Family

from Which Way You Goin' Billy?   
291

2
US
6
AC




7
UK
featuring Susan Jacks
[London 129]
written by Terry Jacks
27.
11/1970

Stoned Love by The Supremes

from New Ways but Love Stays   
280

7
US
24
AC


✫1
R&B
3
UK
[Motown 1172]
written by Kenny Thomas & Frank Wilson
28.
05/1970

Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) by The Temptations

from Greatest Hits, Vol. 2   
273

3
US




2
R&B
7
UK
[Gordy 7099]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
29.
10/1970

I Think I Love You by The Partridge Family

from The Partridge Family Album   The Partridge Family Album
271

✫1
US
8
AC




18
UK
starring Shirley Jones and featuring David Cassidy
[Bell 910]
written by Tony Romeo
30.
02/1970

Instant Karma (We All Shine On) by John Lennon

270

3
US






5
UK
as John Ono Lennon
written by John Lennon
31.
07/1970

Lola by The Kinks

from Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One   Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One
257

9
US






2
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #422]
[Reprise 0930]
written by Ray Davies
32.
03/1970

American Woman by The Guess Who

from American Woman   American Woman
255

✫1
US






19
UK
B side No Sugar Tonight charted from 4 april 1970 in US Hot 100
written by Burton Cummings, Garry Peterson, Jim Kale & Randy Bachman
33.
09/1970

It's Only Make Believe by Glen Campbell

from The Glen Campbell Goodtime Album   
253

10
US
2
AC
3
country


4
UK
[Capitol 2905]
written by Jack Nance & Conway Twitty
34.
09/1970

Woodstock by Matthews' Southern Comfort

from Later That Same Year   
247

23
US
17
AC




✫1
UK
[Decca 32774]
written by Joni Mitchell
35.
07/1970

Candida by Dawn

from Candida   Candida
246

3
US
8
AC




9
UK
[Bell 903]
written by Toni Wine & Irwin Levine
36.
05/1970

Yellow River by Christie

from Yellow River   
245

23
US
22
AC




✫1
UK
[Epic 10626]
written by Jeff Christie
37.
08/1970

Montego Bay by Bobby Bloom

from The Bobby Bloom Album   
245

8
US
18
AC




3
UK
[L & R 157]
written by Bobby Bloom & Jeff Barry
38.
10/1970

It's Impossible by Perry Como

from It's Impossible   
244

10
US
✫1
AC




4
UK
[RCA 74-0387]
written by Armando Manzanero & Sid Wayne
39.
07/1970

25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago

from Chicago   
239

4
US






7
UK
[Columbia 45194 A]
written by Robert Lamm
40.
01/1970

Come and Get It by Badfinger

from Magic Christian Music   Magic Christian Music
238

7
US






4
UK
[Apple 1815]
written by Paul McCartney
41.
02/1970

House of the Rising Sun by Frijid Pink

from Frijid Pink   Frijid Pink
237

7
US






4
UK
[Parrot 341]
written by traditional
42.
06/1970

Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours by Stevie Wonder

from Signed, Sealed & Delivered   Signed, Sealed & Delivered
237

3
US




✫1
R&B
15
UK
[Tamla 54196]
written by Stevie Wonder, Lee Garrett, Syreeta & Lula Mae Hardaway
43.
09/1970

We've Only Just Begun by The Carpenters

from Close to You   Close to You
237

2
US
✫1
AC




28
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #405]
[A&M 1217]
written by Paul Williams & Roger Nichols
44.
01/1970

Thank You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Agin)/Everybody Is a Star by Sly & the Family Stone

from There's a Riot Goin' On   There's a Riot Goin' On
232

✫1
US




✫1
R&B


[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #402]
[Epic 10555]
written by Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart)
45.
05/1970

The Long and Winding Road by The Beatles

from Let It Be   Let It Be
228

✫1
US
2
AC






[Apple 2832]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
46.
10/1970

One Less Bell to Answer by The 5th Dimension

from Portrait   Portrait
225

2
US
✫1
AC


4
R&B


[Bell 940]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David
47.
01/1970

Honey Come Back by Glen Campbell

from Try a Little Kindness   
223

19
US
4
AC
2
country


4
UK
[Capitol 2718]
written by Jimmy Webb
48.
04/1970

Daughter of Darkness by Tom Jones

from I Who Have Nothing   
217

13
US
✫1
AC




5
UK
[Parrot 40048]
written by Geoff Stephens & Les Reed
49.
10/1970

No Matter What by Badfinger

from No Dice   No Dice
216

8
US






5
UK
[Apple 1822]
written by Pete Ham
50.
05/1970

Question by The Moody Blues

from A Question of Balance   A Question of Balance
215

21
US






2
UK
[Threshold 67004]
written by Justin Hayward
51.
07/1970

Neanderthal Man by Hotlegs

from Thinks: School Stinks   Thinks: School Stinks
213

22
US






2
UK
[Capitol 2886]
written by Kevin Godley, Lol Creme & Eric Stewart
52.
03/1970

Up the Ladder to the Roof by The Supremes

from Right On   
212

10
US
28
AC


5
R&B
6
UK
[Motown 1162]
written by Frank Wilson & Vincent DiMirco
53.
11/1970

Your Song by Elton John

from Elton John   Elton John
207

8
US
9
AC




7
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #136]
[Uni 55265]
written by Elton John & Bernie Taupin
54.
01/1970

Let's Work Together by Canned Heat

from Future Blues   Future Blues
206

26
US






2
UK
[Liberty 56151]
written by Wilbert Harrison
55.
03/1970

Gimme Dat Ding by The Pipkins

from Gimme Dat Ding   
204

9
US
20
AC




6
UK
[novelty]
[Capitol 2819]
written by Albert Hammond & Mike Hazlewood
56.
03/1970

Vehicle by The Ides of March

from Vehicle   Vehicle
203

2
US






31
UK
written by Jim Peterik
57.
12/1970

Amazing Grace by Judy Collins

from Whales & Nightingales   Whales & Nightingales
202

15
US
5
AC




5
UK
[recorded at st. paul's chapel, columbia university]
[Elektra 45709]
written by traditional & John Newton
58.
02/1970

Wand'rin' Star by Lee Marvin

196









✫1
UK
written by Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay Lerner
59.
11/1970

Grandad by Clive Dunn

196









✫1
UK
written by Herbie Flowers & Kenny Pickett
60.
04/1970

Back Home by The England World Cup Squad

196









✫1
UK
written by Bill Martin & Phil Coulter
61.
04/1970

All Kinds of Everything by Dana [Dana Rosemary Scallon]

from All Kinds of Everything   
195









✫1
UK
[1970 Eurovision Song Contest winner]
written by Derry Lindsay & Jackie Smith
62.
11/1970

Voodoo Chile by Jimi Hendrix Experience

from Electric Ladyland   Electric Ladyland
195









✫1
UK
written by Jimi Hendrix
63.
01/1970

Rainy Night in Georgia by Brook Benton

from Brook Benton Today   
192

4
US
2
AC


✫1
R&B


[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #498]
[Cotillion 44057]
written by Tony Joe White
64.
12/1970

There Goes My Everything by Elvis Presley

190

21
US
2
AC
9
country


6
UK
US: B-side to I Really Don't Want to Know ; charted as I Really Don't Want to Know / There Goes My Everything in US AC and US Hot 100 charts
[RCA Victor 47-9960]
written by Dallas Frazier
65.
10/1970

You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Elvis Presley

from That's the Way It Is   That's the Way It Is
189

11
US
✫1
AC
56
country


9
UK
[RCA Victor 47-9916]
written by Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavicini, Vicki Wickham & Simon Napier-Bell
66.
11/1970

When I'm Dead and Gone by McGuinness Flint

from McGuinness Flint   
185

47
US






2
UK
written by Benny Gallagher & Graham Lyle
67.
06/1970

The Stealer by Free

from Highway   
184

49
US






2
UK
[A&M 1230]
written by Andy Fraser, Paul Rodgers & Paul Kossoff
68.
12/1970

Bridget the Midget (The Queen of the Blues) by Ray Stevens

from Ray Stevens Greatest Hits   
184

50
US






2
UK
[Barnaby 2024]
written by Ray Stevens (as Harold Ragsdale)
69.
08/1970

Julie, Do Ya Love Me? by Bobby Sherman

from With Love, Bobby   
183

5
US
2
AC




28
UK
[Metromedia 194]
written by Tom Bahler
70.
12/1970

If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot

from Sit Down Stranger   Sit Down Stranger
183

5
US
✫1
AC




30
UK
[Reprise 0974]
written by Gordon Lightfoot
71.
09/1970

Fire and Rain by James Taylor

from Sweet Baby James   Sweet Baby James
182

3
US
7
AC




42
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #227]
[Warner 7423]
written by James Taylor
72.
04/1970

It's All in the Game by Four Tops

from Still Waters Run Deep   Still Waters Run Deep
180

24
US
39
AC


6
R&B
5
UK
[Motown 1164]
written by Carl Sigman & Charles Dawes
73.
08/1970

Black Night by Deep Purple

179

66
US






2
UK
[Warner 7405]
written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord & Ian Paice
74.
12/1970

Lonely Days by Bee Gees

from 2 Years On   2 Years On
178

3
US
28
AC




33
UK
[Atco 6795]
written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb
75.
10/1970

Ride a White Swan by T. Rex

from T. Rex   
177

76
US






2
UK
written by Marc Bolan
76.
08/1970

Lookin' Out My Back Door/Long as I Can See the Light by Creedence Clearwater Revival

from Cosmo's Factory   Cosmo's Factory
177

2
US








written by John Fogerty
77.
03/1970

Love on a Two-Way Street by The Moments

177

3
US




✫1
R&B


[Stang 5012]
written by Sylvia Robinson & Bert Keyes
78.
03/1970

Turn Back the Hands of Time by Tyrone Davis

from Turn Back the Hands of Time   
177

3
US




✫1
R&B


[Dakar 616]
written by Jack Daniels & Bonnie Thompson
79.
12/1970

Remember Me by Diana Ross

from Surrender   Surrender
176

16
US
20
AC


10
R&B
7
UK
[Motown 1176]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
80.
01/1970

The Rapper by The Jaggerz

from We Went to Different Schools Together   
176

2
US








[Kama Sutra 502]
written by Donnie Iris (as Dominic Ierace)
81.
01/1970

Travellin' Band / Who'll Stop the Rain by Creedence Clearwater Revival

from Cosmo's Factory   Cosmo's Factory
176

2
US








written by John Fogerty
82.
10/1970

Stoney End by Barbra Streisand

from Stoney End   Stoney End
174

6
US
2
AC




27
UK
[Columbia 45236]
written by Laura Nyro
83.
07/1970

Snowbird by Anne Murray

from This Way Is My Way   
172

8
US
✫1
AC
10
country


23
UK
[Capitol 2738]
written by Gene MacLellan
84.
08/1970

You Can Get It If You Really Want by Desmond Dekker

from You Can Get It If You Really Want   
172

103
US






2
UK
[Uni 55261]
written by Jimmy Cliff
85.
08/1970

Still Water (Love) by Four Tops

from Still Waters Run Deep   Still Waters Run Deep
172

11
US




4
R&B
10
UK
[Motown 1170]
written by Smokey Robinson & Frank Wilson
86.
07/1970

Rainbow by The Marmalade

171

51
US
7
AC




3
UK
[London 20059]
written by Junior Campbell & Dean Ford (as Thomas McAleese)
87.
08/1970

Don't Play That Song (You Lied) by Aretha Franklin

from Spirit in the Dark   Spirit in the Dark
169

11
US




✫1
R&B
13
UK
with The Dixie Flyers
written by Ahmet Ertegun (as Ahmet Ertegün) & Betty Nelson
88.
03/1970

Knock, Knock Who's There? by Mary Hopkin

168









2
UK
written by Geoff Stephens & John Carter
89.
05/1970

Groovin' with Mr. Bloe by Mr. Bloe

168









2
UK
written by Bo Gentry, Paul Naumann & Kenny Laguna
90.
09/1970

Gypsy Woman by Brian Hyland

from Brian Hyland   Brian Hyland
168

3
US






42
UK
produced by Del Shannon
[Uni 55240]
written by Curtis Mayfield
91.
02/1970

Something's Burning by Kenny Rogers

from Something's Burning   
167

11
US






8
UK
as Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
[Reprise 0888]
written by Mac Davis
92.
06/1970

Something by Shirley Bassey

from Something   Something
162

55
US
6
AC




4
UK
[United Artists 50698]
written by George Harrison
93.
02/1970

Never Had a Dream Come True by Stevie Wonder

from Signed, Sealed & Delivered   Signed, Sealed & Delivered
161

26
US
31
AC


11
R&B
6
UK
[Tamla 54191]
written by Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby & Sylvia Moy
94.
10/1970

Groove Me by King Floyd

from King Floyd   
159

6
US




✫1
R&B
51
UK
[Chimneyville 435]
written by King Floyd
95.
04/1970

Cecilia by Simon & Garfunkel

from Bridge Over Troubled Water   Bridge Over Troubled Water
158

4
US
31
AC




51
UK
[Columbia 45133]
written by Paul Simon
96.
02/1970

United We Stand by Brotherhood of Man

from United We Stand   
154

13
US
15
AC




10
UK
[Deram 85059]
written by John Goodison (as Peter Simons) & Tony Hiller
97.
01/1970

Psychedelic Shack by The Temptations

from Psychedelic Shack   Psychedelic Shack
153

7
US




2
R&B
33
UK
[Gordy 7096]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
98.
02/1970

Can't Help Falling in Love with You by Andy Williams

153

88
US
28
AC




3
UK
[Columbia 45094]
written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore & George David Weiss
99.
02/1970

My Baby Loves Lovin' by White Plains

from White Plains   
153

13
US






9
UK
[Deram 85058]
written by Roger Cook & Roger Greenaway
100.
11/1970

River Deep - Mountain High by The Supremes & Four Tops

from The Magnificent 7   
152

14
US




7
R&B
11
UK
[Motown 1173]
written by Phil Spector, Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich
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