The songs in the chart below are the most popular songs of 1971 by vote. There are two end year charts, the one below, and the Top 10 Songs of 1971.

Top Songs of 1971 by Vote -- Chart 1152
Rank	Song	Artist	Votes
1	Echoes	Pink Floyd	861
2	Jeepster	T. Rex	855
3	Life On Mars?	David Bowie	848
4	Bang A Gong (Get It On)	T. Rex	846
5	Let's Stay Together	Al Green	835
6	Oh! You Pretty Things	David Bowie	833
7	I Feel The Earth Move	Carole King	793
8	Behind Blue Eyes	The Who	724
9	Changes	David Bowie	703
10	Aqualung	Jethro Tull	669
11	Ain't No Sunshine	Bill Withers	239
12	Fast Train	April Wine	212
13	Eagle Rock	Daddy Cool	142
14	Family Affair	Sly & The Family Stone	140
15	What's Going On	Marvin Gaye	121
16	Absolutely Right	Five Man Electrical Band	119
17	Cross-Eyed Mary	Jethro Tull	115
18	Tiny Dancer	Elton John	108
19	Baby Blue	Badfinger	107
20	Fearless	Pink Floyd	100
21	The Changeling	The Doors	93
22	Evil	Cactus	91
23	Whipping Post (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	88
24	Ballade de Melody Nelson	Serge Gainsbourg	87
25	Famous Blue Raincoat	Leonard Cohen	84
26	Do Your Thing	Isaac Hayes	83
27	Theme From Shaft	Isaac Hayes	82
28	Melting Pot	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	79
28	Taboo	Santana	79
28	Won't Get Fooled Again	The Who	79
31	Cosmic Dancer	T. Rex	73
32	Ah! Melody	Serge Gainsbourg	68
33	Back Street Luv	Curved Air	67
33	Love Her Madly	The Doors	67
35	Baba O'Riley	The Who	66
35	Diana	Comus	66
35	Every Picture Tells A Story	Rod Stewart	66
35	Signs	Five Man Electrical Band	66
39	Oh What A Feeling	Crowbar	60
40	L.A. Woman	The Doors	57
41	'Til I Die	The Beach Boys	56
41	Sour Suite	The Guess Who	56
43	Traveling Man	Dolly Parton	55
44	10538 Overture	Electric Light Orchestra	53
44	Coat Of Many Colors	Dolly Parton	53
44	Last Year's Man	Leonard Cohen	53
47	A Horse With No Name	America	49
47	Debris	Faces	49
47	Little Green	Joni Mitchell	49
50	When The Levee Breaks	Led Zeppelin	46
51	Draggin' The Line	Tommy James	45
52	Crayon Angels	Judee Sill	44
52	Lonesome Mary	Chilliwack	44
54	Day After Day	Badfinger	43
54	Living Without You	Manfred Mann	43
56	Me & Bobby McGee	Janis Joplin	42
57	Riders On The Storm	The Doors	41
57	Simple Sister	Procol Harum	41
59	Avalanche	Leonard Cohen	39
59	Caroline Goodbye	Colin Blunstone	39
59	Wild Horses	The Rolling Stones	39
62	Hocus Pocus	Focus	38
62	Home Is Where The Hatred Is	Gil Scott-Heron	38
64	20th Century Man	The Kinks	37
64	Go Down Gamblin'	Blood, Sweat & Tears	37
64	How Do You Do?	Mouth & MacNeal	37
64	Right On	Marvin Gaye	37
68	Jealous Guy	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	36
68	Tribute	Manfred Mann	36
70	You've Got A Friend	Carole King	35
71	Baby I'm-A Want You	Bread	34
71	Song To Comus	Comus	34
71	Spanish Harlem	Aretha Franklin	34
74	Early Morning Breeze	Dolly Parton	33
74	Going To California	Led Zeppelin	33
74	Yours Is No Disgrace	Yes	33
77	Maggie May	Rod Stewart	31
77	She Loves The Way They Love Her	Colin Blunstone	31
77	Yesterday's Numbers	The Flamin' Groovies	31
80	An Old Fashioned Love Song	Three Dog Night	30
80	Imagine	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	30
80	It Don't Come Easy	Ringo Starr	30
80	Without You	Nilsson	30
80	You Could Have Been A Lady	April Wine	30
85	Hold Your Head Up	Argent	29
85	You & Your Folks, Me & My Folks	Funkadelic	29
87	A Case Of You	Joni Mitchell	28
87	American Pie	Don McLean	28
87	Laughing	David Crosby	28
87	Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes	Kevin Ayers	28
87	Wild Night	Van Morrison	28
92	(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman	Carole King	27
92	Give Me Some Truth aka Gimme Some Truth	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	27
92	Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian)	Raiders	27
92	Rain Dance	The Guess Who	27
96	Angel From Montgomery	John Prine	26
96	Because Of You	Gene Clark	26
96	Bitch	The Rolling Stones	26
96	Cowboy Movie	David Crosby	26
96	Do You Know What I Mean	Lee Michaels	26
96	Locomotive Breath	Jethro Tull	26
96	Melody	Serge Gainsbourg	26
96	River	Joni Mitchell	26
96	Some Sing, Some Dance	Pagliaro	26
96	Spoon	CAN	26
96	Stay With Me	Faces	26
96	Surf's Up	The Beach Boys	26
96	Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey	Paul & Linda McCartney	26
109	After Forever	Black Sabbath	25
109	It's Too Late	Carole King	25
109	Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)	Marvin Gaye	25
109	Starship Trooper: a. Life Seeker b. Disillusion c. Wurm	Yes	25
109	Sunshine	Jonathan Edwards	25
114	Halleluwah aka Halleluhwah	CAN	24
114	Let The Sky Fall	Ten Years After	24
114	Lovin' You Ain't Easy	Pagliaro	24
114	Stairway To Heaven	Led Zeppelin	24
114	Vincent	Don McLean	24
119	Brand New Key	Melanie	23
119	California	Joni Mitchell	23
119	I'd Love To Change The World	Ten Years After	23
119	July Morning	Uriah Heep	23
119	Maggot Brain	Funkadelic	23
119	Perfection	Badfinger	23
119	Slippin' Into Darkness	War	23
119	Walk Away	James Gang	23
127	Happy Xmas (War Is Over)	John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir	22
127	I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here	David Crosby	22
127	I've Seen All Good People: a. Your Move b. All Good People	Yes	22
127	Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)	The Hollies	22
127	Tarkus 1. Eruption 2. Stones Of Years 3. Iconoclast 4. Mass 5. Manticore 6. Battlefield 7. Aquatarkus	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	22
132	Can You Get To That	Funkadelic	21
132	Desperado	Alice Cooper	21
132	Grandma's Hands	Bill Withers	21
132	Hello In There	John Prine	21
132	Jump Into The Fire	Nilsson	21
132	One Of These Days	Ten Years After	21
132	Poor Boy	Nick Drake	21
132	Statesboro Blues (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	21
132	The Story In Your Eyes	The Moody Blues	21
141	Levon	Elton John	20
141	Long Haired Lady	Paul & Linda McCartney	20
141	Oh Yeah	CAN	20
141	The Witch Queen Of New Orleans	Redbone	20
145	Brown Sugar	The Rolling Stones	19
145	Children Of The Grave	Black Sabbath	19
145	Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves	Cher	19
145	Heart Of The Sunrise	Yes	19
145	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)	Marvin Gaye	19
145	Mambo Sun	T. Rex	19
145	Never Been To Spain	Three Dog Night	19
145	Respect Yourself	The Staple Singers	19
145	Roundabout	Yes	19
145	Sam Stone	John Prine	19
145	She Flies On Strange Wings	Golden Earring	19
145	Smiling Faces Sometimes	The Undisputed Truth	19
145	The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys	Traffic	19
145	With Tomorrow	Gene Clark	19
159	Bargain	The Who	18
159	Black Dog	Led Zeppelin	18
159	How Can You Mend A Broken Heart	Bee Gees	18
159	I Just Want To Celebrate	Rare Earth	18
159	In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	18
159	Joan Of Arc	Leonard Cohen	18
159	Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)	The Temptations	18
159	Light Up Or Leave Me Alone	Traffic	18
159	Long Distance Runaround	Yes	18
159	Sweet Leaf	Black Sabbath	18
159	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised	Gil Scott-Heron	18
159	Tired Of Being Alone	Al Green	18
159	When I Paint My Masterpiece	The Band	18
172	Can't You Hear Me Knocking	The Rolling Stones	17
172	Cry Baby	Janis Joplin	17
172	Feel Flows	The Beach Boys	17
172	Just Like A Baby	Sly & The Family Stone	17
172	Madman Across The Water	Elton John	17
172	Mandolin Wind	Rod Stewart	17
172	Me & My Woman	Roy Harper	17
172	Monkberry Moon Delight	Paul & Linda McCartney	17
172	No One To Depend On	Santana	17
172	Northern Sky	Nick Drake	17
172	Paperhouse	CAN	17
172	Paradise	John Prine	17
172	Save The Children	Marvin Gaye	17
172	The Same Old Rock	Roy Harper	17
172	Too Many People	Paul & Linda McCartney	17
172	Tupelo Honey	Van Morrison	17
188	Coconut	Nilsson	16
188	Into The Void	Black Sabbath	16
188	Lady Day & John Coltrane	Gil Scott-Heron	16
188	Long Promised Road	The Beach Boys	16
188	Love Ain't For Keeping	The Who	16
188	Luv N' Haight	Sly & The Family Stone	16
188	Mercedes Benz	Janis Joplin	16
188	Morning Has Broken	Cat Stevens	16
188	Move Over	Janis Joplin	16
188	One Of These Things First	Nick Drake	16
188	One's On The Way	Loretta Lynn	16
188	Reason To Believe	Rod Stewart	16
188	That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be	Carly Simon	16
188	The Last Time I Saw Richard	Joni Mitchell	16