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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

Video playlist

Cover

Date

Title

Album

Comment

Video

02/1970

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel

from Bridge Over Troubled Water

430

✫1
US

✫1
AC

✫1
UK

[Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1971]
rolling stone logo

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #47]
[Columbia 45079]
written by Paul Simon

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

11/1970

Knock Three Times by Dawn

from Candida

427

✫1
US

2
AC

✫1
UK

[Bell 938]
written by Irwin Levine & L. Russell Brown

11/1970

My Sweet Lord by George Harrison

from 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

03/1970

Let It Be by The Beatles

from Let It Be

402

✫1
US

✫1
AC

2
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #20]
[Apple 2764]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

09/1970

I'll Be There by Jackson 5

from Third Album

373

✫1
US

24
AC

✫1
R&B

4
UK

[Motown 1171]
written by Berry Gordy, Bob West, Hal Davis & Willie Hutch

08/1970

Cracklin' Rosie by Neil Diamond

from Tap Root Manuscript

370

✫1
US

2
AC

3
UK

[Uni 55250]
written by Neil Diamond

07/1970

War by Edwin Starr

from War and Peace

367

✫1
US

3
R&B

3
UK

[Gordy 7101]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

216

8
US

5
UK

[Apple 1822]
written by Pete Ham

50.

05/1970

Question by The Moody Blues

from 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

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

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

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

203

2
US

31
UK

written by Jim Peterik

57.

12/1970

Amazing Grace by Judy Collins

from 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

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