The songs below are the number 1 songs for each week of 1974. The date below each song is the weekly chart date when the song peaked at #1.
| Sweet Thing Bowie |
| Rebel Rebel Bowie |
| Can't Get Enough Bad Company |
| Bad Company Bad Company |
| I Will Always Love You Dolly Parton |
| Lovin' You Minnie Riperton |
| How Long Ace |
| I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight Richard & Linda Thompson |
| September Gurls Big Star |
| Pick Up The Pieces Average White Band |
| You're No Good Linda Ronstadt |
| Rikki Don't Lose That Number Steely Dan |
| What Goes On (Live 1969) Velvet Underground |
| Baby's On Fire Eno |
| Love Hurts Gram Parsons |
| Dreamer Supertramp |
| Sundown Gordon Lightfoot |