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.

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Top Songs of 1971 by Vote -- Chart 1152
Rank	Song	Artist	Votes
1	Echoes *	Pink Floyd	957
2	Jeepster *	T. Rex	948
3	Life On Mars? *	David Bowie	926
4	Let's Stay Together *	Al Green	910
5	Oh! You Pretty Things *	David Bowie	905
6	Walk Away *	James Gang	879
7	Starship Trooper: a. Life Seeker b. Disillusion c. Wurm *	Yes	833
8	Behind Blue Eyes	The Who	781
9	Changes	David Bowie	728
10	Right Off	Miles Davis	679
11	Fast Train	April Wine	244
11	Reason To Believe	Rod Stewart	244
13	Eagle Rock	Daddy Cool	188
14	You Know You Know	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	144
15	Absolutely Right	Five Man Electrical Band	141
16	Cross-Eyed Mary	Jethro Tull	140
17	Evil	Cactus	133
18	It's Too Late	Carole King	125
19	Jesus Was A Cross Maker	Judee Sill	123
20	Baby Blue	Badfinger	121
21	Sweet City Woman	Stampeders	120
22	Circus Mind	The Pretty Things	119
23	Fearless	Pink Floyd	112
24	Love Her Madly	The Doors	109
25	The Changeling	The Doors	108
26	Won't Get Fooled Again	The Who	107
27	Taboo	Santana	103
28	Diana	Comus	101
28	The Story In Your Eyes	The Moody Blues	101
30	Theme From Shaft	Isaac Hayes	98
31	Melting Pot	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	96
32	Avalanche	Leonard Cohen	95
33	Famous Blue Raincoat	Leonard Cohen	94
34	Cosmic Dancer	T. Rex	91
35	Ah! Melody	Serge Gainsbourg	90
36	10538 Overture	The Electric Light Orchestra	89
36	Do Your Thing	Isaac Hayes	89
38	I Feel The Earth Move	Carole King	87
39	Lonesome Mary	Chilliwack	85
40	Debris	Faces	82
41	Bang A Gong (Get It On)	T. Rex	81
41	'Til I Die	The Beach Boys	81
43	Every Picture Tells A Story	Rod Stewart	80
43	Hot Rod Lincoln	Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen	80
45	Can't You Hear Me Knocking	The Rolling Stones	79
46	Hocus Pocus	Focus	78
47	Crayon Angels	Judee Sill	77
48	Oh What A Feeling	Crowbar	76
49	Baba O'Riley	The Who	74
50	Fletcher Honorama	Halfnelson	73
51	My Impersonal Life	The Blue Rose	72
51	When The Levee Breaks	Led Zeppelin	72
53	20th Century Man	The Kinks	70
53	Go Down Gamblin'	Blood, Sweat & Tears	70
55	Day After Day	Badfinger	69
55	Traveling Man	Dolly Parton	69
57	Simple Sister	Procol Harum	66
58	Last Year's Man	Leonard Cohen	62
59	A Horse With No Name	America	61
60	Song To Comus	Comus	60
61	Related To What	The Last Poets	59
61	The Snake	The Pink Fairies	59
61	Surf's Up	The Beach Boys	59
61	Wonder Girl	Halfnelson	59
65	It Don't Come Easy	Ringo Starr	56
66	Caroline Goodbye	Colin Blunstone	55
66	Do It	Pink Fairies	55
66	Moment Of Truth	Earth, Wind & Fire	55
69	Baby (1971 Version)	Mutantes	54
69	Melody	Serge Gainsbourg	54
69	Tribute	Manfred Mann	54
69	Wild Horses	The Rolling Stones	54
73	Home Is Where The Hatred Is	Gil Scott-Heron	53
73	Jealous Guy	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	53
75	American Pie	Don McLean	52
75	Aqualung	Jethro Tull	52
75	Living Without You	Manfred Mann	52
75	Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes	Kevin Ayers	52
79	Abracadabra	Judee Sill	51
79	Wild Eyes	Stampeders	51
81	Ballade de Melody Nelson	Serge Gainsbourg	50
82	Hold Your Head Up	Argent	49
82	Right On	Marvin Gaye	49
84	How Do You Do?	Mouth & MacNeal	48
84	Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian)	Raiders	48
84	Riders On The Storm	The Doors	48
84	Some Sing, Some Dance	Pagliaro	48
88	El Justiciero	Mutantes	47
88	She Loves The Way They Love Her	Colin Blunstone	47
88	Sunshine	Jonathan Edwards	47
88	Whipping Post (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	47
92	With Tomorrow	Gene Clark	46
92	Yesterday's Numbers	The Flamin' Groovies	46
92	You Could Have Been A Lady	April Wine	46
95	George Jackson (Acoustic Version)	Bob Dylan	45
95	Rain Dance	The Guess Who	45
95	Witchwood	Strawbs	45
98	Yesternow	Miles Davis	44
98	You & Your Folks, Me & My Folks	Funkadelic	44
100	Cowboy Movie	David Crosby	43
100	Everybody's Missin' The Sun	Grin	43
100	Good Love 6-9969	Isaac Hayes	43
100	Spoon	CAN	43
100	That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be	Carly Simon	43
100	The Witch Queen Of New Orleans	Redbone	43
106	Baby I'm-A Want You	Bread	42
106	Imagine	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	42
106	Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)	The Hollies	42
106	Love Is Life	Earth, Wind & Fire	42
106	Lovin' You Ain't Easy	Pagliaro	42
106	Me & Bobby McGee	Janis Joplin	42
106	Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)	Marvin Gaye	42
106	Perfection	Badfinger	42
114	Benedictus	Strawbs	41
114	Hello In There	John Prine	41
114	One Of These Days	Ten Years After	41
114	What's Going On	Marvin Gaye	41
114	When I Paint My Masterpiece	The Band	41
114	You've Got A Friend	Carole King	41
120	Coconut	Nilsson	40
120	Early Morning Breeze	Dolly Parton	40
120	Never Can Say Goodbye	Isaac Hayes	40
120	Vincent	Don McLean	40
120	Yours Is No Disgrace	Yes	40
125	Back Street Luv	Curved Air	39
125	Grandma's Hands	Bill Withers	39
125	One's On The Way	Loretta Lynn	39
125	Spanish Harlem	Aretha Franklin	39
125	Sweet Leaf	Black Sabbath	39
125	Wild Night	Van Morrison	39
131	After Forever	Black Sabbath	38
131	Give Me Some Truth aka Gimme Some Truth	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	38
131	(I Know) I'm Losing You	Rod Stewart	38
131	Jump Into The Fire	Nilsson	38
131	Monkberry Moon Delight	Paul & Linda McCartney	38
131	Never Been To Spain	Three Dog Night	38
131	Paradise	John Prine	38
131	Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey	Paul & Linda McCartney	38
139	Ain't No Sunshine	Bill Withers	37
139	Bangla Desh	George Harrison	37
139	Because Of You	Gene Clark	37
139	Bitch	The Rolling Stones	37
139	Hallelujah	Sweathog	37
139	Medley: Ike's Rap II / Help Me Love	Isaac Hayes	37
139	True Blues	The Last Poets	37
146	Angel From Montgomery	John Prine	36
146	Brand New Key	Melanie	36
146	Family Affair	Sly & The Family Stone	36
146	Happy Xmas (War Is Over)	John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir	36
146	Long Distance Runaround	Yes	36
146	Luv N' Haight	Sly & The Family Stone	36
146	Tupelo Honey	Van Morrison	36
146	Without You	Nilsson	36
146	(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman	Carole King	36
155	Bargain	The Who	35
155	Fallin' Rain	Link Wray	35
155	Halleluwah aka Halleluhwah	CAN	35
155	L.A. Woman	The Doors	35
155	Laughing	David Crosby	35
155	Let The Sky Fall	Ten Years After	35
155	Love Ain't For Keeping	The Who	35
155	Madman Across The Water	Elton John	35
155	Mercedes Benz	Janis Joplin	35
155	Northern Sky	Nick Drake	35
155	Stairway To Heaven	Led Zeppelin	35
155	Stay With Me	Faces	35
155	Stone-Hearted Mama	The Pretty Things	35
155	Too Many People	Paul & Linda McCartney	35
169	Black Dog	Led Zeppelin	34
169	Feel Flows	The Beach Boys	34
169	Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves	Chér	34
169	Heart Of The Sunrise	Yes	34
169	I'd Love To Change The World	Ten Years After	34
169	July Morning	Uriah Heep	34
169	La De Da	Link Wray	34
169	The Lamb Ran Away With The Crown	Judee Sill	34
169	Long Haired Lady	Paul & Linda McCartney	34
169	Long Promised Road	The Beach Boys	34
169	Mandolin Wind	Rod Stewart	34
169	The Noonward Race	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	34
169	She Flies On Strange Wings	Golden Earring	34
169	Slippin' Into Darkness	War	34
169	Smiling Faces Sometimes	The Undisputed Truth	34
169	Tiny Dancer	Elton John	34
185	Brown Sugar	The Rolling Stones	33
185	Can You Get To That	Funkadelic	33
185	Children Of The Grave	Black Sabbath	33
185	Do You Know What I Mean	Lee Michaels	33
185	Going To California	Led Zeppelin	33
185	I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here	David Crosby	33
185	Into The Void	Black Sabbath	33
185	Lady Day & John Coltrane	Gil Scott-Heron	33
185	Little Green	Joni Mitchell	33
185	Locomotive Breath	Jethro Tull	33
185	The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys	Traffic	33
185	Maggot Brain	Funkadelic	33
185	Man In Black	Johnny Cash	33
185	My Man On Love	Judee Sill	33
185	One Of These Things First	Nick Drake	33
185	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised	Gil Scott-Heron	33
185	The Same Old Rock	Roy Harper	33
202	California	Joni Mitchell	32
202	A Case Of You	Joni Mitchell	32
202	Cry Baby	Janis Joplin	32
202	Desperado	Alice Cooper	32
202	I Just Want To Celebrate	Rare Earth	32
202	Joan Of Arc	Leonard Cohen	32
202	Just Like A Baby	Sly & The Family Stone	32
202	Levon	Elton John	32
202	Mambo Sun	T. Rex	32
202	Morning Has Broken	Cat Stevens	32
202	Move Over	Janis Joplin	32
202	No One To Depend On	Santana	32
202	Oh Yeah	CAN	32
202	Paperhouse	CAN	32
202	Poor Boy	Nick Drake	32
202	Respect Yourself	The Staple Singers	32
202	Sam Stone	John Prine	32
202	Save The Children	Marvin Gaye	32
202	Tarkus 1. Eruption 2. Stones Of Years 3. Iconoclast 4. Mass 5. Manticore 6. Battlefield 7. Aquatarkus	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	32
202	Tired Of Being Alone	Al Green	32
222	Draggin' The Line	Tommy James	31
222	Fire & Brimstone	Link Wray	31
222	Hot Love	T. Rex	31
222	How Can You Mend A Broken Heart	Bee Gees	31
222	I've Seen All Good People: a. Your Move b. All Good People	Yes	31
222	In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	31
222	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)	Marvin Gaye	31
222	Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)	The Temptations	31
222	Light Up Or Leave Me Alone	Traffic	31
222	Me & My Woman	Roy Harper	31
222	Meeting Of The Spirits	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	31
222	Roundabout	Yes	31
234	Maggie May	Rod Stewart	30
235	Coat Of Many Colors	Dolly Parton	7
235	Where Evil Grows	The Poppy Family	7
237	River	Joni Mitchell	6
238	Sour Suite	The Guess Who	5
239	Just For Me & You	Poco	4
239	An Old Fashioned Love Song	Three Dog Night	4
239	Statesboro Blues (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	4
242	The Last Time I Saw Richard	Joni Mitchell	3
243	Bad Weather	Poco	2

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