Top Songs of 1971 by Vote

The songs in the chart below are the most popular songs of 1971 by vote. All songs that made the weekly charts for 1971 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 1971.

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Top Songs of 1971 by Vote -- Chart 1152
Rank	Song	Artist	Votes
1	Echoes	Pink Floyd	874
2	Jeepster	T. Rex	873
3	Life On Mars?	David Bowie	853
4	Bang A Gong (Get It On)	T. Rex	848
5	Let's Stay Together	Al Green	838
6	Oh! You Pretty Things	David Bowie	836
7	Starship Trooper: a. Life Seeker b. Disillusion c. Wurm	Yes	801
8	Behind Blue Eyes	The Who	725
9	Changes	David Bowie	707
10	Right Off	Miles Davis	674
11	Ain't No Sunshine	Bill Withers	241
12	Fast Train	April Wine	224
13	Eagle Rock	Daddy Cool	157
14	Family Affair	Sly & The Family Stone	144
15	Absolutely Right	Five Man Electrical Band	126
16	It's Too Late	Carole King	124
17	Cross-Eyed Mary	Jethro Tull	122
18	Baby Blue	Badfinger	112
19	Tiny Dancer	Elton John	111
20	Evil	Cactus	109
21	The Changeling	The Doors	106
22	Fearless	Pink Floyd	104
23	Whipping Post (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	93
24	Ballade de Melody Nelson	Serge Gainsbourg	91
24	Taboo	Santana	91
26	Famous Blue Raincoat	Leonard Cohen	90
27	Won't Get Fooled Again	The Who	89
28	Do Your Thing	Isaac Hayes	87
28	Melting Pot	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	87
28	Theme From Shaft	Isaac Hayes	87
31	Diana	Comus	80
32	Cosmic Dancer	T. Rex	78
33	Love Her Madly	The Doors	77
34	Every Picture Tells A Story	Rod Stewart	74
35	Signs	Five Man Electrical Band	73
36	Ah! Melody	Serge Gainsbourg	72
36	L.A. Woman	The Doors	72
38	Back Street Luv	Curved Air	70
39	Baba O'Riley	The Who	69
40	'Til I Die	The Beach Boys	68
41	Oh What A Feeling	Crowbar	67
42	10538 Overture	The Electric Light Orchestra	66
43	Coat Of Many Colors	Dolly Parton	60
43	Lonesome Mary	Chilliwack	60
43	Traveling Man	Dolly Parton	60
46	Hocus Pocus	Focus	58
46	Sour Suite	The Guess Who	58
48	Debris	Faces	57
49	Last Year's Man	Leonard Cohen	56
50	A Horse With No Name	America	55
51	Draggin' The Line	Tommy James	54
52	When The Levee Breaks	Led Zeppelin	53
53	Crayon Angels	Judee Sill	52
54	Home Is Where The Hatred Is	Gil Scott-Heron	51
54	Jealous Guy	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	51
56	It Don't Come Easy	Ringo Starr	50
56	The Snake	The Pink Fairies	50
58	20th Century Man	The Kinks	49
58	Day After Day	Badfinger	49
58	Related To What	The Last Poets	49
61	Simple Sister	Procol Harum	48
62	Baby (1971 Version)	Mutantes	47
63	How Do You Do?	Mouth & MacNeal	46
63	Living Without You	Manfred Mann	46
65	Caroline Goodbye	Colin Blunstone	44
65	Go Down Gamblin'	Blood, Sweat & Tears	44
67	Hold Your Head Up	Argent	43
67	Riders On The Storm	The Doors	43
67	Right On	Marvin Gaye	43
70	Maggot Brain	Funkadelic	42
70	Melody	Serge Gainsbourg	42
70	Tribute	Manfred Mann	42
73	Wild Horses	The Rolling Stones	41
74	Avalanche	Leonard Cohen	40
74	Tarkus 1. Eruption 2. Stones Of Years 3. Iconoclast 4. Mass 5. Manticore 6. Battlefield 7. Aquatarkus	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	40
74	You've Got A Friend	Carole King	40
77	Everybody's Missin' The Sun	Grin	39
77	Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian)	Raiders	39
79	Early Morning Breeze	Dolly Parton	37
79	Going To California	Led Zeppelin	37
79	Lovin' You Ain't Easy	Pagliaro	37
79	Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)	Marvin Gaye	37
79	Without You	Nilsson	37
84	I Feel The Earth Move	Carole King	36
84	Imagine	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	36
84	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)	Marvin Gaye	36
84	She Loves The Way They Love Her	Colin Blunstone	36
84	Song To Comus	Comus	36
84	You & Your Folks, Me & My Folks	Funkadelic	36
84	You Could Have Been A Lady	April Wine	36
91	Baby I'm-A Want You	Bread	35
91	Do It	Pink Fairies	35
91	El Justiciero	Mutantes	35
91	Me & Bobby McGee	Janis Joplin	35
91	That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be	Carly Simon	35
91	Yesternow	Miles Davis	35
97	Hello In There	John Prine	34
97	Maggie May	Rod Stewart	34
97	Rain Dance	The Guess Who	34
97	Spanish Harlem	Aretha Franklin	34
97	Yours Is No Disgrace	Yes	34
102	A Case Of You	Joni Mitchell	32
102	Halleluwah aka Halleluhwah	CAN	32
102	Mercedes Benz	Janis Joplin	32
102	Monkberry Moon Delight	Paul & Linda McCartney	32
102	One Of These Days	Ten Years After	32
102	Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes	Kevin Ayers	32
102	The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys	Traffic	32
109	Do You Know What I Mean	Lee Michaels	31
109	Happy Xmas (War Is Over)	John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir	31
109	Jump Into The Fire	Nilsson	31
109	Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)	The Hollies	31
109	Some Sing, Some Dance	Pagliaro	31
109	The Last Time I Saw Richard	Joni Mitchell	31
109	True Blues	The Last Poets	31
116	An Old Fashioned Love Song	Three Dog Night	30
116	Bitch	The Rolling Stones	30
116	Cowboy Movie	David Crosby	30
116	Give Me Some Truth aka Gimme Some Truth	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	30
116	Luv N' Haight	Sly & The Family Stone	30
116	Northern Sky	Nick Drake	30
116	Surf's Up	The Beach Boys	30
116	Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey	Paul & Linda McCartney	30
124	(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman	Carole King	29
124	American Pie	Don McLean	29
124	Aqualung	Jethro Tull	29
124	How Can You Mend A Broken Heart	Bee Gees	29
124	July Morning	Uriah Heep	29
124	Let The Sky Fall	Ten Years After	29
124	Mandolin Wind	Rod Stewart	29
124	Perfection	Badfinger	29
124	River	Joni Mitchell	29
124	Spoon	CAN	29
124	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised	Gil Scott-Heron	29
124	Wild Night	Van Morrison	29
124	Yesterday's Numbers	The Flamin' Groovies	29
137	After Forever	Black Sabbath	28
137	I'd Love To Change The World	Ten Years After	28
137	Just Like A Baby	Sly & The Family Stone	28
137	Madman Across The Water	Elton John	28
137	Mambo Sun	T. Rex	28
137	Me & My Woman	Roy Harper	28
137	Slippin' Into Darkness	War	28
137	Vincent	Don McLean	28
145	Angel From Montgomery	John Prine	27
145	Because Of You	Gene Clark	27
145	Heart Of The Sunrise	Yes	27
145	Hot Love	T. Rex	27
145	Into The Void	Black Sabbath	27
145	Long Distance Runaround	Yes	27
145	Man In Black	Johnny Cash	27
145	Never Been To Spain	Three Dog Night	27
145	Stay With Me	Faces	27
145	Sunshine	Jonathan Edwards	27
145	The Witch Queen Of New Orleans	Redbone	27
145	Walk Away	James Gang	27
157	California	Joni Mitchell	26
157	Can You Get To That	Funkadelic	26
157	I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here	David Crosby	26
157	Joan Of Arc	Leonard Cohen	26
157	Long Haired Lady	Paul & Linda McCartney	26
157	Love Ain't For Keeping	The Who	26
157	One's On The Way	Loretta Lynn	26
157	Roundabout	Yes	26
157	Sam Stone	John Prine	26
157	Stairway To Heaven	Led Zeppelin	26
157	The Story In Your Eyes	The Moody Blues	26
168	Brand New Key	Melanie	25
168	Children Of The Grave	Black Sabbath	25
168	Coconut	Nilsson	25
168	Grandma's Hands	Bill Withers	25
168	Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves	Cher	25
168	I Just Want To Celebrate	Rare Earth	25
168	I've Seen All Good People: a. Your Move b. All Good People	Yes	25
168	In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	25
168	Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)	The Temptations	25
168	Laughing	David Crosby	25
168	Locomotive Breath	Jethro Tull	25
168	Morning Has Broken	Cat Stevens	25
168	Poor Boy	Nick Drake	25
168	She Flies On Strange Wings	Golden Earring	25
168	The Same Old Rock	Roy Harper	25
168	Too Many People	Paul & Linda McCartney	25
168	What's Going On	Marvin Gaye	25
185	Brown Sugar	The Rolling Stones	24
185	Cry Baby	Janis Joplin	24
185	Levon	Elton John	24
185	Light Up Or Leave Me Alone	Traffic	24
185	Little Green	Joni Mitchell	24
185	Long Promised Road	The Beach Boys	24
185	Move Over	Janis Joplin	24
185	No One To Depend On	Santana	24
185	Oh Yeah	CAN	24
185	One Of These Things First	Nick Drake	24
185	Paperhouse	CAN	24
185	Paradise	John Prine	24
185	Reason To Believe	Rod Stewart	24
185	Respect Yourself	The Staple Singers	24
185	Save The Children	Marvin Gaye	24
185	Smiling Faces Sometimes	The Undisputed Truth	24
185	Statesboro Blues (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	24
185	Sweet Leaf	Black Sabbath	24
185	Tired Of Being Alone	Al Green	24
185	Tupelo Honey	Van Morrison	24
185	When I Paint My Masterpiece	The Band	24
185	With Tomorrow	Gene Clark	24
207	Bargain	The Who	23
207	Black Dog	Led Zeppelin	23
207	Can't You Hear Me Knocking	The Rolling Stones	23
207	Desperado	Alice Cooper	23
207	Feel Flows	The Beach Boys	23
207	Lady Day & John Coltrane	Gil Scott-Heron	23

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