Top Songs of 1971 by Vote

The songs in the chart below are the most popular songs of 1971 by vote. 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 1971. Also see Top 100 Songs by Vote.

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Top Songs of 1971 by Vote -- Chart 1152
Rank	Song	Artist	Votes
1	Echoes *	Pink Floyd	1012
2	Jeepster *	T. Rex	983
3	Life On Mars? *	David Bowie	949
4	Let's Stay Together *	Al Green	935
5	Oh! You Pretty Things *	David Bowie	932
6	Walk Away *	James Gang	926
7	Starship Trooper: a. Life Seeker b. Disillusion c. Wurm *	Yes	865
8	I'd Love To Change The World *	Ten Years After	834
9	Changes	David Bowie	741
10	Melody	Serge Gainsbourg	684
11	Fast Train	April Wine	266
12	Reason To Believe	Rod Stewart	248
13	Eagle Rock	Daddy Cool	215
14	You Know You Know	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	160
15	Absolutely Right	Five Man Electrical Band	152
16	Evil	Cactus	151
17	Cross-Eyed Mary	Jethro Tull	149
18	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised	Gil Scott-Heron	137
19	Sweet City Woman	Stampeders	134
20	Jesus Was A Cross Maker	Judee Sill	133
21	It's Too Late	Carole King	132
22	Circus Mind	The Pretty Things	126
22	Fearless	Pink Floyd	126
24	Baby Blue	Badfinger	125
25	The Changeling	The Doors	113
25	The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down	Joan Baez	113
27	Woman Tamer	Sir Lord Baltimore	112
28	Taboo	Santana	111
29	Diana	Comus	110
30	The Story In Your Eyes	The Moody Blues	105
31	10538 Overture	The Electric Light Orchestra	103
31	Famous Blue Raincoat	Leonard Cohen	103
33	Lonesome Mary	Chilliwack	102
34	Melting Pot	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	101
35	Love Her Madly	The Doors	99
36	Cosmic Dancer	T. Rex	97
37	Do Your Thing	Isaac Hayes	95
38	Ah! Melody	Serge Gainsbourg	94
38	Back Street Luv	Curved Air	94
40	Hocus Pocus	Focus	93
40	What's Going On	Marvin Gaye	93
42	Bang A Gong (Get It On)	T. Rex	92
43	Debris	Faces	90
44	Hot Rod Lincoln	Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen	87
44	My Impersonal Life	The Blue Rose	87
46	Every Picture Tells A Story	Rod Stewart	86
47	Oh What A Feeling	Crowbar	85
48	20th Century Man	The Kinks	82
48	Can't You Hear Me Knocking	The Rolling Stones	82
48	Fletcher Honorama	Halfnelson	82
51	Wonder Girl	Halfnelson	79
52	Day After Day	Badfinger	78
53	Go Down Gamblin'	Blood, Sweat & Tears	77
54	When The Levee Breaks	Led Zeppelin	76
55	I Am...I Said	Neil Diamond	75
56	Simple Sister	Procol Harum	74
56	Traveling Man	Dolly Parton	74
58	You Could Have Been A Lady	April Wine	71
59	A Horse With No Name	America	70
59	Yesterday's Numbers	The Flamin' Groovies	70
61	Do It	Pink Fairies	69
62	Song To Comus	Comus	67
63	Last Year's Man	Leonard Cohen	66
63	Purple	Shuggie Otis	66
65	Abracadabra	Judee Sill	65
65	Tribute	Manfred Mann	65
65	Wild Eyes	Stampeders	65
68	Why Don't You Eat Carrots	Faust	64
69	Me & Bobby McGee	Janis Joplin	63
69	Related To What	The Last Poets	63
71	Moment Of Truth	Earth, Wind & Fire	62
71	The Snake	The Pink Fairies	62
73	Aqualung	Jethro Tull	61
73	Caroline Goodbye	Colin Blunstone	61
73	Home Dream	Eric Burdon & Jimmy Witherspoon	61
73	Piya Tu Ab To Aja (From "Caravan")	Asha Bhosle & Rahul Dev Burman	61
77	Home Is Where The Hatred Is	Gil Scott-Heron	60
78	Baby (1971 Version)	Mutantes	59
78	El Justiciero	Mutantes	59
78	Hold Your Head Up	Argent	59
78	Sunshine	Jonathan Edwards	59
82	L.A. Woman	The Doors	58
83	American Pie	Don McLean	57
83	Carey	Joni Mitchell	57
83	In The Land Of Grey & Pink	Caravan	57
83	Riders On The Storm	The Doors	57
83	Wild Horses	The Rolling Stones	57
83	Yours Is No Disgrace	Yes	57
89	How Do You Do?	Mouth & MacNeal	56
89	Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian)	Raiders	56
89	Rain Dance	The Guess Who	56
89	Right On	Marvin Gaye	56
89	Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes	Kevin Ayers	56
94	George Jackson (Acoustic Version)	Bob Dylan	55
94	Golf Girl	Caravan	55
94	Imagine	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	55
97	Benedictus	Strawbs	54
97	Hello In There	John Prine	54
97	Whipping Post (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	54
100	I Feel The Earth Move	Carole King	53
100	Living Without You	Manfred Mann	53
100	Vincent	Don McLean	53
103	Everybody's Missin' The Sun	Grin	52
104	Hallelujah	Sweathog	51
104	Some Sing, Some Dance	Pagliaro	51
106	Get Together (Live)	The Youngbloods	50
106	Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)	The Hollies	50
106	She Loves The Way They Love Her	Colin Blunstone	50
106	When I Paint My Masterpiece	The Band	50
106	Witchwood	Strawbs	50
111	Ain't No Sunshine	Bill Withers	49
111	Cowboy Movie	David Crosby	49
111	Crayon Angels	Judee Sill	49
111	Good Love 6-9969	Isaac Hayes	49
111	Perfection	Badfinger	49
111	Sweet Leaf	Black Sabbath	49
111	Take Me Home, Country Roads	John Denver With Fat City	49
118	Bitch	The Rolling Stones	48
118	Black In A White World	The Watts Prophets	48
118	Coconut	Nilsson	48
118	Grandma's Hands	Bill Withers	48
118	Happy Xmas (War Is Over)	John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir	48
118	Heart Of The Sunrise	Yes	48
118	Never Can Say Goodbye	Isaac Hayes	48
125	Freelance Fiend	Leaf Hound	47
125	Monkberry Moon Delight	Paul & Linda McCartney	47
125	Spoon	CAN	47
125	The Witch Queen Of New Orleans	Redbone	47
129	Baby I'm-A Want You	Bread	46
129	Fallin' Rain	Link Wray	46
129	I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here	David Crosby	46
129	It's Gonna Get Better	Leaf Hound	46
129	Paradise	John Prine	46
134	Early Morning Breeze	Dolly Parton	45
134	Lovin' You Ain't Easy	Pagliaro	45
134	Northern Sky	Nick Drake	45
134	One Of These Days	Ten Years After	45
134	Tupelo Honey	Van Morrison	45
139	Family Affair	Sly & The Family Stone	44
139	Feel Flows	The Beach Boys	44
139	Footstompin' Music	Grand Funk Railroad	44
139	Jealous Guy	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	44
139	Jump Into The Fire	Nilsson	44
139	Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)	The Temptations	44
139	Love Is Life	Earth, Wind & Fire	44
146	Brand New Key	Melanie	43
146	Draggin' The Line	Tommy James	43
146	Dust Filled Room	Bill Fay	43
146	Long Distance Runaround	Yes	43
146	Nine Feet Underground: Nigel Blows A Tune; Love's A Friend; Make It 76; Dance Of The Seven Paper Hankies; Hold Grandad By The Nose; Honest I Did!; Disassociation; 100% Proof	Caravan	43
146	One's On The Way	Loretta Lynn	43
146	Stairway To Heaven	Led Zeppelin	43
146	Tiny Dancer	Elton John	43
146	Too Many People	Paul & Linda McCartney	43
146	(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman	Carole King	43
156	After Forever	Black Sabbath	42
156	Amerikkka	The Watts Prophets	42
156	Angel From Montgomery	John Prine	42
156	Bargain	The Who	42
156	Give Me Some Truth aka Gimme Some Truth	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	42
156	Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves	Chér	42
156	(I Know) I'm Losing You	Rod Stewart	42
156	My Man On Love	Judee Sill	42
156	The Noonward Race	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	42
156	Tarkus 1. Eruption 2. Stones Of Years 3. Iconoclast 4. Mass 5. Manticore 6. Battlefield 7. Aquatarkus	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	42
156	That's How Strong My Love Is	The Youngbloods	42
156	True Blues	The Last Poets	42
156	With Tomorrow	Gene Clark	42
169	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)	Marvin Gaye	41
169	July Morning	Uriah Heep	41
169	Laughing	David Crosby	41
169	Wild Night	Van Morrison	41
173	Brown Sugar	The Rolling Stones	40
173	Desperado	Alice Cooper	40
173	Long Haired Lady	Paul & Linda McCartney	40
173	Luv N' Haight	Sly & The Family Stone	40
173	Maggot Brain	Funkadelic	40
173	Mercedes Benz	Janis Joplin	40
173	Omega Day	Bill Fay	40
173	Stay With Me	Faces	40
173	Stone-Hearted Mama	The Pretty Things	40
173	Without You	Nilsson	40
183	Joan Of Arc	Leonard Cohen	39
183	Locomotive Breath	Jethro Tull	39
183	Madman Across The Water	Elton John	39
183	Move Over	Janis Joplin	39
183	No One To Depend On	Santana	39
183	Poor Boy	Nick Drake	39
183	Slippin' Into Darkness	War	39
183	Smiling Faces Sometimes	The Undisputed Truth	39
183	You've Got A Friend	Carole King	39
192	Can You Get To That	Funkadelic	38
192	Going To California	Led Zeppelin	38
192	It Don't Come Easy	Ringo Starr	38
192	Let The Sky Fall	Ten Years After	38
192	Long Promised Road	The Beach Boys	38
192	Love Ain't For Keeping	The Who	38
192	Man In Black	Johnny Cash	38
192	Medley: Ike's Rap II / Help Me Love	Isaac Hayes	38
192	Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)	Marvin Gaye	38
192	Morning Has Broken	Cat Stevens	38
192	Oh Yeah	CAN	38
192	One Of These Things First	Nick Drake	38
192	Statesboro Blues (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	38
205	Dem Niggers Ain't Playing	The Watts Prophets	37
205	Dum Maro Dum (From “Haré Rama Haré Krishna”)	Asha Bhosle & Chorus	37
205	How Can You Mend A Broken Heart	Bee Gees	37
205	I Just Want To Celebrate	Rare Earth	37
205	I've Been Driftin' / Once Upon A Time	Eric Burdon & Jimmy Witherspoon	37
205	I've Seen All Good People: a. Your Move b. All Good People	Yes	37
205	The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys	Traffic	37
205	Mandolin Wind	Rod Stewart	37
205	She Flies On Strange Wings	Golden Earring	37
214	La De Da	Link Wray	36
214	The Lamb Ran Away With The Crown	Judee Sill	36
214	Outa-Space	Billy Preston	36
214	Sam Stone	John Prine	36
214	The Same Old Rock	Roy Harper	36
219	Black Dog	Led Zeppelin	35
219	California	Joni Mitchell	35
219	A Case Of You	Joni Mitchell	35
219	Hot Love	T. Rex	35
219	Just Like A Baby	Sly & The Family Stone	35
219	Little Green	Joni Mitchell	35
219	Mambo Sun	T. Rex	35
219	Meeting Of The Spirits	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	35
227	Lady Day & John Coltrane	Gil Scott-Heron	34
227	Light Up Or Leave Me Alone	Traffic	34
227	Maggie May	Rod Stewart	34
227	Roundabout	Yes	34
231	Levon	Elton John	33
231	Save The Children	Marvin Gaye	33
233	Children Of The Grave	Black Sabbath	31
234	'Til I Die	The Beach Boys	29
235	Baba O'Riley	The Who	23
235	Yesternow	Miles Davis	23
237	Halleluwah aka Halleluhwah	CAN	20
238	Cry Baby	Janis Joplin	19
238	Keep On Keeping On	Curtis Mayfield	19
240	Strawberry Letter 23	Shuggie Otis	18
241	Sweet Thang	Shuggie Otis	17
242	Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey	Paul & Linda McCartney	16
243	Ballade de Melody Nelson	Serge Gainsbourg	14
244	Avalanche	Leonard Cohen	12
244	Coat Of Many Colors	Dolly Parton	12
244	Do You Know What I Mean	Lee Michaels	12
244	I Hear You Calling	Bill Fay	12
244	River	Joni Mitchell	12
249	From A Dry Camel	Dust	11
249	Have You Seen Her	The Chi-Lites	11
249	Sour Suite	The Guess Who	11
249	Won't Get Fooled Again	The Who	11
253	Behind Blue Eyes	The Who	10
253	Get Down	Curtis Mayfield	10
253	That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be	Carly Simon	10
256	Bad Weather	Poco	9
256	Because Of You	Gene Clark	9
256	Dirty Business	New Riders Of The Purple Sage	9
256	Just For Me & You	Poco	9
256	Midsummer New York	Yoko Ono	9
256	An Old Fashioned Love Song	Three Dog Night	9
256	Right Off	Miles Davis	9
256	Superstar	Carpenters	9
256	You & Your Folks, Me & My Folks	Funkadelic	9
265	I Don't Know You	New Riders Of The Purple Sage	8
265	Mr. Big Stuff	Jean Knight	8
265	Surf's Up	The Beach Boys	8
265	We Got To Have Peace	Curtis Mayfield	8
269	Golden Thread	Renaissance	7
269	In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	7
269	Into The Void	Black Sabbath	7
269	The Last Time I Saw Richard	Joni Mitchell	7
269	Rainy Days & Mondays	Carpenters	7
269	She's A Lady	Tom Jones	7
269	Tired Of Being Alone	Al Green	7
269	Where Evil Grows	The Poppy Family	7
269	You've Got A Friend	James Taylor	7
278	Me & My Woman	Roy Harper	6
278	Paperhouse	CAN	6
278	Respect Yourself	The Staple Singers	6
281	Bangla Desh	George Harrison	5
281	Never Been To Spain	Three Dog Night	5
281	Theme From Shaft	Isaac Hayes	5

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