Top Songs of 1970 by Vote

The songs in the chart below are the most popular songs of 1970 by vote. All songs that made the weekly charts for 1970 are included here. Voting for these songs began at the end of the year. There are two end year charts, the one below, and the Top 10 Songs of 1970.

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Top Songs of 1970 by Vote -- Chart 1086
Rank	Song	Artist	Votes
1	All The Madmen	David Bowie	1090
2	Question	The Moody Blues	992
3	I Hear You Knocking	Dave Edmunds	840
4	Who Knows (Live)	Jimi Hendrix	839
5	No Sugar Tonight / New Mother Nature	The Guess Who	813
6	Summertime Blues (Live)	The Who	783
7	Lola	The Kinks	751
8	If You Could Read My Mind	Gordon Lightfoot	750
9	Neanderthal Man	Hotlegs	628
10	Feelin' Alright (Live)	Joe Cocker	472
11	Fat Old Sun	Pink Floyd	438
12	Rain-O	Chilliwack	273
13	Oh! Those Sweet Bananas	Hackamore Brick	211
14	War Pigs	Black Sabbath	196
15	Whispering Farewell	Aunt Mary	195
16	Run, Nigger	The Last Poets	178
17	It's Just Begun	The Jimmy Castor Bunch	156
18	Ride A White Swan	T. Rex	149
19	All Things Must Pass	George Harrison	135
20	Eighteen	Alice Cooper	133
21	Ten Thousand Words In A Cardboard Box	Twink	123
22	Almost Cut My Hair	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	119
22	Are You Really Ready For Black Power	Gary Byrd	119
24	Helpless	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	114
25	The Man Who Sold The World	David Bowie	113
26	Bitches Brew	Miles Davis	112
27	American Woman	The Guess Who	105
28	Baby Lemonade	Syd Barrett	104
28	Magic Bus (Live)	The Who	104
30	Make It With You	Bread	103
31	Who'll Pay Reparations On My Soul? (Live)	Gil Scott-Heron	102
32	In The Summertime	Mungo Jerry	101
33	Bridge Over Troubled Water	Simon & Garfunkel	100
34	I Heard It Through The Grapevine	Creedence Clearwater Revival	99
35	Maybe I'm Amazed	Paul McCartney	98
35	Mr. Big	Free	98
35	On The Boards	Taste	98
38	25 Or 6 To 4	Chicago	97
38	Spill The Wine	Eric Burdon & War	97
40	Moon In June	Soft Machine	96
40	Terrapin	Syd Barrett	96
40	War	Edwin Starr	96
43	Machine Gun (Live)	Jimi Hendrix	94
44	Glad	Traffic	91
45	Southern Man	Neil Young	90
46	Across The Universe	The Beatles	88
46	Iron Man	Black Sabbath	88
48	(I Know) I'm Losing You	Rare Earth	87
48	Roadhouse Blues	The Doors	87
50	The Bomber A. Closet Queen B. Bolero C. Cast Your Fate To The Wind	James Gang	85
51	Cecilia	Simon & Garfunkel	83
52	House Of The Rising Sun	Frijid Pink	82
53	All Right Now	Free	81
54	Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen	Santana	77
55	Rock & Roll	The Velvet Underground	76
56	After The Gold Rush	Neil Young	75
56	Introduction / The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Live)	Gil Scott-Heron	75
56	Song To The Siren	Tim Buckley	75
56	Sweet Jane	The Velvet Underground	75
60	What's Going On	Taste	74
61	Animal Zoo	Spirit	71
61	Wild World	Cat Stevens	71
63	As The Years Go By	Mashmakhan	70
63	Sloth	Fairport Convention	70
65	Teach Your Children	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	69
66	Vehicle	The Ides Of March	68
67	ABC	The Jackson 5	67
67	Funky Nassau	The Beginning Of The End	67
69	Back Home	Golden Earring	65
70	Hey Tonight	Creedence Clearwater Revival	64
71	For The Good Times	Kris Kristofferson	63
71	Lonely Days	Bee Gees	63
73	Hand Me Down World	The Guess Who	62
73	Paranoid	Black Sabbath	62
73	Ride Captain Ride	Blues Image	62
73	(They Long To Be) Close To You	Carpenters	62
73	Woodstock	Matthews' Southern Comfort	62
78	In A Broken Dream	Python Lee Jackson	60
79	The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown)	Fleetwood Mac	59
79	Liar	Three Dog Night	59
79	Lucky Man	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	59
82	Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)	Lennon/Ono With The Plastic Ono Band	58
82	Moondance	Van Morrison	58
82	O-o-h Child	The Five Stairsteps	58
82	Our House	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	58
86	Green-Eyed Lady	Sugarloaf	57
86	Proud Mary	Ike & Tina Turner	57
88	Calgary	Great Speckled Bird	56
88	Funk #49	James Gang	56
88	I Believe To My Soul	Donny Hathaway	56
88	Joy To The World	Three Dog Night	56
88	Layla	Derek & The Dominos	56
88	T.V. Eye	The Stooges	56
88	Teacher (UK Version)	Jethro Tull	56
95	Did You Notice?	Aunt Mary	55
95	The Stealer	Free	55
95	The Wizard	Black Sabbath	55
98	Immigrant Song	Led Zeppelin	54
99	After Midnight	Eric Clapton	53
99	Freedom Rider	Traffic	53
99	Signs	Five Man Electrical Band	53
99	When The Revolution Comes	The Last Poets	53
99	Woodstock	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	53
104	Be My Friend	Free	52
104	Have You Ever Seen The Rain	Creedence Clearwater Revival	52
104	Hey, Hey, What Can I Do	Led Zeppelin	52
104	We've Only Just Begun	Carpenters	52
108	God	John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band	51
108	Me & Bobby McGee	Kris Kristofferson	51
108	That's The Way	Led Zeppelin	51
111	Apeman	The Kinks	50
111	Casey Jones	Grateful Dead	50
111	Down On The Street	The Stooges	50
111	Flesh & Blood	Johnny Cash	50
111	Loose	The Stooges	50
111	Oh! Sweet Nuthin'	The Velvet Underground	50
111	Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down	Kris Kristofferson	50
111	Truckin'	Grateful Dead	50
119	Fire & Water	Free	49
119	Knock Three Times	Dawn	49
119	Oye Como Va	Santana	49
119	Run Through The Jungle	Creedence Clearwater Revival	49
119	Up Around The Bend	Creedence Clearwater Revival	49
119	Young Man Blues (Live)	The Who	49
125	Child In Time	Deep Purple	48
125	Colour My World	Chicago	48
125	Dark Globe	Syd Barrett	48
125	Every Brother Ain't A Brother	Gary Byrd	48
125	Gallows Pole	Led Zeppelin	48
125	I'll Be There	The Jackson 5	48
125	Tangerine	Led Zeppelin	48
125	Who'll Stop The Rain	Creedence Clearwater Revival	48
133	Crazy Love	Van Morrison	47
133	Domino	Van Morrison	47
133	Flies In The Bottle	Great Speckled Bird	47
133	I'm Your Captain (Closer To Home)	Grand Funk Railroad	47
133	Only Love Can Break Your Heart	Neil Young	47
138	Ain't No Mountain High Enough	Diana Ross	46
138	Big Yellow Taxi	Joni Mitchell	46
138	Border Song	Elton John	46
138	Fire & Rain	James Taylor	46
138	Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine	James Brown	46
138	The Letter (Live)	Joe Cocker With Leon Russell & The Shelter People	46
138	The Long & Winding Road	The Beatles	46
138	Make Me Smile	Chicago	46
138	Mama Told Me (Not To Come)	Three Dog Night	46
138	My Sweet Lord	George Harrison	46
138	Sugar Magnolia	Grateful Dead	46
138	Take Me To The Pilot	Elton John	46
138	What Is Life	George Harrison	46
138	Your Song	Elton John	46
152	The American Ruse	MC5	45
152	Black Sabbath	Black Sabbath	45
152	Cry Me A River (Live)	Joe Cocker	45
152	Dirt	The Stooges	45
152	El Condor Pasa	Simon & Garfunkel	45
152	Friend Of The Devil	Grateful Dead	45
152	Let It Rain	Eric Clapton	45
152	Long Long Time To Get Old	Great Speckled Bird	45
152	The Love You Save	The Jackson 5	45
152	Nature's Way	Spirit	45
152	No Matter What	Badfinger	45
152	Ohio	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	45
152	The Only Living Boy In New York	Simon & Garfunkel	45
152	Since I've Been Loving You	Led Zeppelin	45
152	Strangers	The Kinks	45
152	Sunday Morning Coming Down (Live) aka Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down (Live)	Johnny Cash	45
152	Uncle John's Band	Grateful Dead	45
152	Voices Inside (Everything Is Everything)	Donny Hathaway	45
152	Whitey On The Moon (Live)	Gil Scott-Heron	45
152	Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?	Derek & The Dominos	45
152	Without You	Badfinger	45
173	Help Me Make It Through The Night	Kris Kristofferson	44
173	I Think I Love You	The Partridge Family	44
173	Into The Mystic	Van Morrison	44
173	Let It Be	The Beatles	44
173	Love The One You're With	Stephen Stills	44
173	Mother	John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band	44
173	Niggers Are Scared Of Revolution	The Last Poets	44

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