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	1011
2	Jeepster *	T. Rex	980
3	Life On Mars? *	David Bowie	948
4	Let's Stay Together *	Al Green	934
5	Oh! You Pretty Things *	David Bowie	928
6	Walk Away *	James Gang	924
7	Starship Trooper: a. Life Seeker b. Disillusion c. Wurm *	Yes	863
8	I'd Love To Change The World *	Ten Years After	834
9	Changes	David Bowie	741
10	Melody	Serge Gainsbourg	682
11	Fast Train	April Wine	264
12	Reason To Believe	Rod Stewart	247
13	Eagle Rock	Daddy Cool	214
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	147
18	Jesus Was A Cross Maker	Judee Sill	133
19	It's Too Late	Carole King	131
20	Sweet City Woman	Stampeders	129
21	Circus Mind	The Pretty Things	126
22	Fearless	Pink Floyd	125
23	Baby Blue	Badfinger	124
24	The Changeling	The Doors	113
25	The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down	Joan Baez	112
25	Woman Tamer	Sir Lord Baltimore	112
27	Taboo	Santana	110
28	Diana	Comus	109
29	Theme From Shaft	Isaac Hayes	106
30	The Story In Your Eyes	The Moody Blues	105
31	10538 Overture	The Electric Light Orchestra	103
32	Famous Blue Raincoat	Leonard Cohen	102
33	Lonesome Mary	Chilliwack	101
34	Love Her Madly	The Doors	99
34	Melting Pot	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	99
36	Cosmic Dancer	T. Rex	96
37	Do Your Thing	Isaac Hayes	95
38	Ah! Melody	Serge Gainsbourg	94
39	What's Going On	Marvin Gaye	93
40	Crayon Angels	Judee Sill	91
40	Hocus Pocus	Focus	91
42	Bang A Gong (Get It On)	T. Rex	89
43	Debris	Faces	88
43	'Til I Die	The Beach Boys	88
45	Every Picture Tells A Story	Rod Stewart	86
45	Hot Rod Lincoln	Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen	86
45	My Impersonal Life	The Blue Rose	86
48	Oh What A Feeling	Crowbar	83
49	20th Century Man	The Kinks	82
49	Can't You Hear Me Knocking	The Rolling Stones	82
51	Fletcher Honorama	Halfnelson	81
52	Baba O'Riley	The Who	80
53	Go Down Gamblin'	Blood, Sweat & Tears	77
53	Wonder Girl	Halfnelson	77
55	Day After Day	Badfinger	76
56	When The Levee Breaks	Led Zeppelin	75
57	I Am...I Said	Neil Diamond	74
57	Simple Sister	Procol Harum	74
57	Traveling Man	Dolly Parton	74
60	You Could Have Been A Lady	April Wine	71
61	A Horse With No Name	America	69
62	Do It	Pink Fairies	68
62	Yesterday's Numbers	The Flamin' Groovies	68
64	Song To Comus	Comus	67
65	Last Year's Man	Leonard Cohen	66
66	Abracadabra	Judee Sill	65
66	Tribute	Manfred Mann	65
68	Why Don't You Eat Carrots	Faust	63
68	Wild Eyes	Stampeders	63
70	Related To What	The Last Poets	62
70	The Snake	The Pink Fairies	62
72	Aqualung	Jethro Tull	61
72	Caroline Goodbye	Colin Blunstone	61
74	Me & Bobby McGee	Janis Joplin	60
74	Moment Of Truth	Earth, Wind & Fire	60
74	Piya Tu Ab To Aja (From "Caravan")	Asha Bhosle & Rahul Dev Burman	60
77	Baby (1971 Version)	Mutantes	59
77	El Justiciero	Mutantes	59
77	Home Is Where The Hatred Is	Gil Scott-Heron	59
80	L.A. Woman	The Doors	58
81	American Pie	Don McLean	57
81	Carey	Joni Mitchell	57
81	Hold Your Head Up	Argent	57
81	Riders On The Storm	The Doors	57
81	Yours Is No Disgrace	Yes	57
86	Right On	Marvin Gaye	56
86	Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes	Kevin Ayers	56
86	Sunshine	Jonathan Edwards	56
89	How Do You Do?	Mouth & MacNeal	55
89	Wild Horses	The Rolling Stones	55
91	George Jackson (Acoustic Version)	Bob Dylan	54
91	Golf Girl	Caravan	54
91	Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian)	Raiders	54
91	Rain Dance	The Guess Who	54
95	I Feel The Earth Move	Carole King	53
95	Imagine	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	53
95	Living Without You	Manfred Mann	53
95	Vincent	Don McLean	53
99	Benedictus	Strawbs	52
99	Everybody's Missin' The Sun	Grin	52
99	Hello In There	John Prine	52
99	In The Land Of Grey & Pink	Caravan	52
99	Whipping Post (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	52
104	Some Sing, Some Dance	Pagliaro	51
105	Get Together (Live)	The Youngbloods	50
105	Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)	The Hollies	50
105	She Loves The Way They Love Her	Colin Blunstone	50
108	Ain't No Sunshine	Bill Withers	49
108	Good Love 6-9969	Isaac Hayes	49
108	Take Me Home, Country Roads	John Denver With Fat City	49
111	Cowboy Movie	David Crosby	48
111	Hallelujah	Sweathog	48
111	Never Been To Spain	Three Dog Night	48
111	Never Can Say Goodbye	Isaac Hayes	48
111	When I Paint My Masterpiece	The Band	48
116	Bitch	The Rolling Stones	47
116	Coconut	Nilsson	47
116	Perfection	Badfinger	47
116	Spoon	CAN	47
116	Sweet Leaf	Black Sabbath	47
116	Witchwood	Strawbs	47
122	Fallin' Rain	Link Wray	46
122	Freelance Fiend	Leaf Hound	46
122	Grandma's Hands	Bill Withers	46
122	Happy Xmas (War Is Over)	John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir	46
122	Heart Of The Sunrise	Yes	46
122	I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here	David Crosby	46
128	Baby I'm-A Want You	Bread	45
128	Back Street Luv	Curved Air	45
128	Black In A White World	The Watts Prophets	45
128	Early Morning Breeze	Dolly Parton	45
128	It's Gonna Get Better	Leaf Hound	45
128	Monkberry Moon Delight	Paul & Linda McCartney	45
128	Tupelo Honey	Van Morrison	45
128	The Witch Queen Of New Orleans	Redbone	45
136	Family Affair	Sly & The Family Stone	44
136	Feel Flows	The Beach Boys	44
136	Jump Into The Fire	Nilsson	44
136	Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)	The Temptations	44
136	Lovin' You Ain't Easy	Pagliaro	44
136	Northern Sky	Nick Drake	44
136	One Of These Days	Ten Years After	44
136	Paradise	John Prine	44
144	Long Distance Runaround	Yes	43
144	Love Is Life	Earth, Wind & Fire	43
144	One's On The Way	Loretta Lynn	43
144	Stairway To Heaven	Led Zeppelin	43
144	Too Many People	Paul & Linda McCartney	43
144	(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman	Carole King	43
150	After Forever	Black Sabbath	42
150	Amerikkka	The Watts Prophets	42
150	Angel From Montgomery	John Prine	42
150	Brand New Key	Melanie	42
150	Draggin' The Line	Tommy James	42
150	Give Me Some Truth aka Gimme Some Truth	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	42
150	(I Know) I'm Losing You	Rod Stewart	42
150	Into The Void	Black Sabbath	42
150	My Man On Love	Judee Sill	42
150	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	42
150	Tarkus 1. Eruption 2. Stones Of Years 3. Iconoclast 4. Mass 5. Manticore 6. Battlefield 7. Aquatarkus	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	42
150	That's How Strong My Love Is	The Youngbloods	42
150	Tiny Dancer	Elton John	42
150	True Blues	The Last Poets	42
164	Bangla Desh	George Harrison	41
164	July Morning	Uriah Heep	41
164	Laughing	David Crosby	41
164	With Tomorrow	Gene Clark	41
168	Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves	Chér	40
168	Long Haired Lady	Paul & Linda McCartney	40
168	The Noonward Race	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	40
168	Without You	Nilsson	40
172	Bargain	The Who	39
172	Brown Sugar	The Rolling Stones	39
172	Children Of The Grave	Black Sabbath	39
172	Desperado	Alice Cooper	39
172	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)	Marvin Gaye	39
172	Joan Of Arc	Leonard Cohen	39
172	Locomotive Breath	Jethro Tull	39
172	Luv N' Haight	Sly & The Family Stone	39
172	Move Over	Janis Joplin	39
172	Slippin' Into Darkness	War	39
172	Smiling Faces Sometimes	The Undisputed Truth	39
172	Stay With Me	Faces	39
172	Stone-Hearted Mama	The Pretty Things	39
172	Wild Night	Van Morrison	39
172	You've Got A Friend	Carole King	39
187	Going To California	Led Zeppelin	38
187	In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	38
187	Let The Sky Fall	Ten Years After	38
187	Long Promised Road	The Beach Boys	38
187	Love Ain't For Keeping	The Who	38
187	Madman Across The Water	Elton John	38
187	Medley: Ike's Rap II / Help Me Love	Isaac Hayes	38
187	Mercedes Benz	Janis Joplin	38
187	No One To Depend On	Santana	38
187	Poor Boy	Nick Drake	38
197	Dum Maro Dum (From “Haré Rama Haré Krishna”)	Asha Bhosle & Chorus	37
197	I Just Want To Celebrate	Rare Earth	37
197	I've Seen All Good People: a. Your Move b. All Good People	Yes	37
197	It Don't Come Easy	Ringo Starr	37
197	Morning Has Broken	Cat Stevens	37
197	One Of These Things First	Nick Drake	37
197	She Flies On Strange Wings	Golden Earring	37
204	Can You Get To That	Funkadelic	36
204	How Can You Mend A Broken Heart	Bee Gees	36
204	La De Da	Link Wray	36
204	The Lamb Ran Away With The Crown	Judee Sill	36
204	The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys	Traffic	36
204	Maggot Brain	Funkadelic	36
204	Man In Black	Johnny Cash	36
204	Mandolin Wind	Rod Stewart	36
204	Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)	Marvin Gaye	36
204	Oh Yeah	CAN	36
204	Paperhouse	CAN	36
204	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised	Gil Scott-Heron	36
216	California	Joni Mitchell	35
216	A Case Of You	Joni Mitchell	35
216	Dem Niggers Ain't Playing	The Watts Prophets	35
216	Just Like A Baby	Sly & The Family Stone	35
216	Little Green	Joni Mitchell	35
216	Sam Stone	John Prine	35
216	The Same Old Rock	Roy Harper	35
223	Black Dog	Led Zeppelin	34
223	Hot Love	T. Rex	34
223	Lady Day & John Coltrane	Gil Scott-Heron	34
223	Light Up Or Leave Me Alone	Traffic	34
223	Mambo Sun	T. Rex	34
223	Outa-Space	Billy Preston	34
223	Roundabout	Yes	34
230	Levon	Elton John	33
230	Meeting Of The Spirits	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	33
232	Maggie May	Rod Stewart	32
232	Me & My Woman	Roy Harper	32
232	Save The Children	Marvin Gaye	32
235	Yesternow	Miles Davis	21
236	Keep On Keeping On	Curtis Mayfield	19
237	Cry Baby	Janis Joplin	17
238	Jealous Guy	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	16
238	Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey	Paul & Linda McCartney	16
240	Surf's Up	The Beach Boys	14
241	Halleluwah aka Halleluhwah	CAN	13
242	Coat Of Many Colors	Dolly Parton	12
242	Do You Know What I Mean	Lee Michaels	12
244	Avalanche	Leonard Cohen	11
244	Ballade de Melody Nelson	Serge Gainsbourg	11
244	River	Joni Mitchell	11
244	Sour Suite	The Guess Who	11
244	Statesboro Blues (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	11
244	Won't Get Fooled Again	The Who	11
250	From A Dry Camel	Dust	10
250	Get Down	Curtis Mayfield	10
250	That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be	Carly Simon	10
253	Behind Blue Eyes	The Who	9
253	Have You Seen Her	The Chi-Lites	9
253	Just For Me & You	Poco	9
253	An Old Fashioned Love Song	Three Dog Night	9
253	Right Off	Miles Davis	9
258	Bad Weather	Poco	8
258	Dirty Business	New Riders Of The Purple Sage	8
258	Mr. Big Stuff	Jean Knight	8
258	Superstar	Carpenters	8
258	We Got To Have Peace	Curtis Mayfield	8
263	Because Of You	Gene Clark	7
263	Golden Thread	Renaissance	7
263	I Don't Know You	New Riders Of The Purple Sage	7
263	The Last Time I Saw Richard	Joni Mitchell	7
263	Midsummer New York	Yoko Ono	7
263	She's A Lady	Tom Jones	7
263	Tired Of Being Alone	Al Green	7
263	You & Your Folks, Me & My Folks	Funkadelic	7
263	You've Got A Friend	James Taylor	7
272	Rainy Days & Mondays	Carpenters	6
272	Respect Yourself	The Staple Singers	6

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