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	944
2	Jeepster *	T. Rex	934
3	Life On Mars? *	David Bowie	914
4	Let's Stay Together *	Al Green	897
5	Oh! You Pretty Things *	David Bowie	894
6	Walk Away *	James Gang	865
7	Starship Trooper: a. Life Seeker b. Disillusion c. Wurm *	Yes	823
8	Behind Blue Eyes	The Who	777
9	Changes	David Bowie	728
10	Right Off	Miles Davis	679
11	Reason To Believe	Rod Stewart	244
12	Fast Train	April Wine	240
13	Eagle Rock	Daddy Cool	187
14	You Know You Know	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	143
15	Absolutely Right	Five Man Electrical Band	141
16	Cross-Eyed Mary	Jethro Tull	140
17	Evil	Cactus	131
18	It's Too Late	Carole King	124
19	Jesus Was A Cross Maker	Judee Sill	123
20	Baby Blue	Badfinger	120
20	Sweet City Woman	Stampeders	120
22	Circus Mind	The Pretty Things	118
23	Fearless	Pink Floyd	111
24	The Changeling	The Doors	108
24	Love Her Madly	The Doors	108
26	Won't Get Fooled Again	The Who	106
27	Taboo	Santana	103
28	The Story In Your Eyes	The Moody Blues	101
29	Diana	Comus	100
30	Theme From Shaft	Isaac Hayes	98
31	Melting Pot	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	96
32	Avalanche	Leonard Cohen	94
32	Famous Blue Raincoat	Leonard Cohen	94
34	Cosmic Dancer	T. Rex	91
35	Ah! Melody	Serge Gainsbourg	90
36	Do Your Thing	Isaac Hayes	89
37	10538 Overture	The Electric Light Orchestra	87
38	I Feel The Earth Move	Carole King	86
39	'Til I Die	The Beach Boys	81
40	Hot Rod Lincoln	Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen	80
41	Bang A Gong (Get It On)	T. Rex	79
41	Can't You Hear Me Knocking	The Rolling Stones	79
41	Debris	Faces	79
41	Every Picture Tells A Story	Rod Stewart	79
41	Lonesome Mary	Chilliwack	79
46	Hocus Pocus	Focus	78
47	Oh What A Feeling	Crowbar	75
48	Baba O'Riley	The Who	73
48	Fletcher Honorama	Halfnelson	73
50	My Impersonal Life	The Blue Rose	72
51	Crayon Angels	Judee Sill	71
52	Go Down Gamblin'	Blood, Sweat & Tears	69
52	When The Levee Breaks	Led Zeppelin	69
54	20th Century Man	The Kinks	68
54	Traveling Man	Dolly Parton	68
56	Simple Sister	Procol Harum	66
57	Day After Day	Badfinger	65
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
64	Wonder Girl	Halfnelson	57
65	Caroline Goodbye	Colin Blunstone	55
65	It Don't Come Easy	Ringo Starr	55
65	Moment Of Truth	Earth, Wind & Fire	55
68	Melody	Serge Gainsbourg	54
69	Baby (1971 Version)	Mutantes	53
69	Do It	Pink Fairies	53
69	Home Is Where The Hatred Is	Gil Scott-Heron	53
69	Tribute	Manfred Mann	53
73	American Pie	Don McLean	52
73	Aqualung	Jethro Tull	52
73	Jealous Guy	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	52
73	Living Without You	Manfred Mann	52
73	Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes	Kevin Ayers	52
73	Wild Horses	The Rolling Stones	52
79	Abracadabra	Judee Sill	50
79	Wild Eyes	Stampeders	50
81	Ballade de Melody Nelson	Serge Gainsbourg	49
81	Hold Your Head Up	Argent	49
81	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	She Loves The Way They Love Her	Colin Blunstone	47
88	Sunshine	Jonathan Edwards	47
90	Whipping Post (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	46
91	Rain Dance	The Guess Who	45
92	El Justiciero	Mutantes	44
92	George Jackson (Acoustic Version)	Bob Dylan	44
92	Yesterday's Numbers	The Flamin' Groovies	44
95	A Case Of You	Joni Mitchell	43
95	Cowboy Movie	David Crosby	43
95	Little Green	Joni Mitchell	43
95	Spoon	CAN	43
95	That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be	Carly Simon	43
95	With Tomorrow	Gene Clark	43
101	Everybody's Missin' The Sun	Grin	42
101	Good Love 6-9969	Isaac Hayes	42
101	Imagine	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	42
101	Love Is Life	Earth, Wind & Fire	42
101	Lovin' You Ain't Easy	Pagliaro	42
101	Me & Bobby McGee	Janis Joplin	42
101	Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)	Marvin Gaye	42
101	Perfection	Badfinger	42
101	Yesternow	Miles Davis	42
101	You & Your Folks, Me & My Folks	Funkadelic	42
101	You Could Have Been A Lady	April Wine	42
112	Baby I'm-A Want You	Bread	41
112	Hello In There	John Prine	41
112	One Of These Days	Ten Years After	41
112	What's Going On	Marvin Gaye	41
112	The Witch Queen Of New Orleans	Redbone	41
112	You've Got A Friend	Carole King	41
118	Early Morning Breeze	Dolly Parton	40
118	Never Can Say Goodbye	Isaac Hayes	40
120	Coconut	Nilsson	39
120	Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)	The Hollies	39
120	One's On The Way	Loretta Lynn	39
120	Spanish Harlem	Aretha Franklin	39
120	Sweet Leaf	Black Sabbath	39
120	Yours Is No Disgrace	Yes	39
126	After Forever	Black Sabbath	38
126	Back Street Luv	Curved Air	38
126	Give Me Some Truth aka Gimme Some Truth	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	38
126	Grandma's Hands	Bill Withers	38
126	(I Know) I'm Losing You	Rod Stewart	38
126	Monkberry Moon Delight	Paul & Linda McCartney	38
126	Never Been To Spain	Three Dog Night	38
126	Paradise	John Prine	38
126	Wild Night	Van Morrison	38
135	Ain't No Sunshine	Bill Withers	37
135	Because Of You	Gene Clark	37
135	Bitch	The Rolling Stones	37
135	Hallelujah	Sweathog	37
135	Medley: Ike's Rap II / Help Me Love	Isaac Hayes	37
135	Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey	Paul & Linda McCartney	37
135	Vincent	Don McLean	37
135	When I Paint My Masterpiece	The Band	37
143	Bangla Desh	George Harrison	36
143	Brand New Key	Melanie	36
143	Family Affair	Sly & The Family Stone	36
143	Happy Xmas (War Is Over)	John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir	36
143	Jump Into The Fire	Nilsson	36
143	Luv N' Haight	Sly & The Family Stone	36
143	True Blues	The Last Poets	36
143	Tupelo Honey	Van Morrison	36
143	Without You	Nilsson	36
152	Angel From Montgomery	John Prine	35
152	Halleluwah aka Halleluhwah	CAN	35
152	Laughing	David Crosby	35
152	Let The Sky Fall	Ten Years After	35
152	Long Distance Runaround	Yes	35
152	Madman Across The Water	Elton John	35
152	Mercedes Benz	Janis Joplin	35
152	Northern Sky	Nick Drake	35
152	Stairway To Heaven	Led Zeppelin	35
152	Stay With Me	Faces	35
152	Stone-Hearted Mama	The Pretty Things	35
152	(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman	Carole King	35
164	Bargain	The Who	34
164	Black Dog	Led Zeppelin	34
164	Fallin' Rain	Link Wray	34
164	Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves	Chér	34
164	Heart Of The Sunrise	Yes	34
164	I'd Love To Change The World	Ten Years After	34
164	Love Ain't For Keeping	The Who	34
164	Mandolin Wind	Rod Stewart	34
164	The Noonward Race	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	34
164	She Flies On Strange Wings	Golden Earring	34
164	Slippin' Into Darkness	War	34
164	Smiling Faces Sometimes	The Undisputed Truth	34
164	Tiny Dancer	Elton John	34
164	Too Many People	Paul & Linda McCartney	34
178	Brown Sugar	The Rolling Stones	33
178	Can You Get To That	Funkadelic	33
178	Children Of The Grave	Black Sabbath	33
178	Do You Know What I Mean	Lee Michaels	33
178	Feel Flows	The Beach Boys	33
178	Going To California	Led Zeppelin	33
178	I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here	David Crosby	33
178	July Morning	Uriah Heep	33
178	L.A. Woman	The Doors	33
178	Locomotive Breath	Jethro Tull	33
178	Long Haired Lady	Paul & Linda McCartney	33
178	Long Promised Road	The Beach Boys	33
178	The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys	Traffic	33
178	Maggot Brain	Funkadelic	33
178	Man In Black	Johnny Cash	33
178	My Man On Love	Judee Sill	33
178	One Of These Things First	Nick Drake	33
178	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised	Gil Scott-Heron	33
178	River	Joni Mitchell	33
178	The Same Old Rock	Roy Harper	33
198	California	Joni Mitchell	32
198	Cry Baby	Janis Joplin	32
198	I Just Want To Celebrate	Rare Earth	32
198	Into The Void	Black Sabbath	32
198	Joan Of Arc	Leonard Cohen	32
198	Just Like A Baby	Sly & The Family Stone	32
198	La De Da	Link Wray	32
198	The Lamb Ran Away With The Crown	Judee Sill	32
198	Levon	Elton John	32
198	Maggie May	Rod Stewart	32
198	Mambo Sun	T. Rex	32
198	Morning Has Broken	Cat Stevens	32
198	Move Over	Janis Joplin	32
198	No One To Depend On	Santana	32
198	Oh Yeah	CAN	32
198	Paperhouse	CAN	32
198	Poor Boy	Nick Drake	32
198	Respect Yourself	The Staple Singers	32
198	Sam Stone	John Prine	32
198	Save The Children	Marvin Gaye	32
198	Tarkus 1. Eruption 2. Stones Of Years 3. Iconoclast 4. Mass 5. Manticore 6. Battlefield 7. Aquatarkus	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	32
198	Tired Of Being Alone	Al Green	32
220	Desperado	Alice Cooper	31
220	Draggin' The Line	Tommy James	31
220	Fire & Brimstone	Link Wray	31
220	Hot Love	T. Rex	31
220	How Can You Mend A Broken Heart	Bee Gees	31
220	I've Seen All Good People: a. Your Move b. All Good People	Yes	31
220	In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	31
220	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)	Marvin Gaye	31
220	Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)	The Temptations	31
220	Lady Day & John Coltrane	Gil Scott-Heron	31
220	The Last Time I Saw Richard	Joni Mitchell	31
220	Light Up Or Leave Me Alone	Traffic	31
220	Me & My Woman	Roy Harper	31
220	Meeting Of The Spirits	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	31
220	Roundabout	Yes	31
235	Coat Of Many Colors	Dolly Parton	6
236	Sour Suite	The Guess Who	5
237	An Old Fashioned Love Song	Three Dog Night	4
237	Statesboro Blues (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	4

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