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	Hocus Pocus *	Focus	1022
2	Jeepster *	T. Rex	990
3	Let's Stay Together *	Al Green	977
4	Life On Mars? *	David Bowie	956
5	Oh! You Pretty Things *	David Bowie	937
6	Walk Away *	James Gang	927
7	Starship Trooper: a. Life Seeker b. Disillusion c. Wurm *	Yes	870
8	I'd Love To Change The World *	Ten Years After	837
9	Changes	David Bowie	741
10	Melody	Serge Gainsbourg	687
11	Fast Train	April Wine	268
12	Reason To Believe	Rod Stewart	248
13	Eagle Rock	Daddy Cool	216
14	Heart Of The Sunrise	Yes	168
15	Evil	Cactus	156
16	Absolutely Right	Five Man Electrical Band	155
17	Cross-Eyed Mary	Jethro Tull	151
18	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised	Gil Scott-Heron	137
19	Jesus Was A Cross Maker	Judee Sill	136
20	Sweet City Woman	Stampeders	134
21	It's Too Late	Carole King	132
22	Circus Mind	The Pretty Things	129
23	Fearless	Pink Floyd	127
24	Baby Blue	Badfinger	126
25	Woman Tamer	Sir Lord Baltimore	114
26	The Changeling	The Doors	113
26	In The Land Of Grey & Pink	Caravan	113
28	Diana	Comus	112
28	Taboo	Santana	112
30	Lonesome Mary	Chilliwack	106
31	10538 Overture	The Electric Light Orchestra	105
32	Famous Blue Raincoat	Leonard Cohen	104
32	Wonder Girl	Halfnelson	104
34	Melting Pot	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	102
35	Summer Of Roses	Willie Nelson	100
36	My Impersonal Life	The Blue Rose	98
37	Cosmic Dancer	T. Rex	97
38	Ah! Melody	Serge Gainsbourg	96
38	Do Your Thing	Isaac Hayes	96
40	Back Street Luv	Curved Air	94
41	Bang A Gong (Get It On)	T. Rex	93
41	What's Going On	Marvin Gaye	93
43	Debris	Faces	92
44	Don't Look Around	Mountain	91
44	The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys	Traffic	91
46	Hot Rod Lincoln	Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen	87
47	Every Picture Tells A Story	Rod Stewart	86
48	Fletcher Honorama	Halfnelson	85
49	20th Century Man	The Kinks	83
50	Life Is A Carnival	The Band	81
50	One Fine Morning	Lighthouse	81
52	Day After Day	Badfinger	80
53	Go Down Gamblin'	Blood, Sweat & Tears	77
53	Simple Sister	Procol Harum	77
55	When The Levee Breaks	Led Zeppelin	76
56	I Am...I Said	Neil Diamond	75
56	Song To Comus	Comus	75
56	Traveling Man	Dolly Parton	75
56	You Could Have Been A Lady	April Wine	75
60	Do It	Pink Fairies	71
60	Echoes	Pink Floyd	71
62	A Horse With No Name	America	70
63	Last Year's Man	Leonard Cohen	69
64	The Snake	The Pink Fairies	68
65	Brown Sugar	The Rolling Stones	67
65	Purple	Shuggie Otis	67
65	Tribute	Manfred Mann	67
65	Wild Eyes	Stampeders	67
69	Abracadabra	Judee Sill	65
70	Me & Bobby McGee	Janis Joplin	64
70	Why Don't You Eat Carrots	Faust	64
72	Aqualung	Jethro Tull	63
72	Carey	Joni Mitchell	63
72	Family Bible	Willie Nelson	63
72	Moment Of Truth	Earth, Wind & Fire	63
72	Related To What	The Last Poets	63
77	Piya Tu Ab To Aja (From "Caravan")	Asha Bhosle & Rahul Dev Burman	62
78	Caroline Goodbye	Colin Blunstone	61
78	Home Dream	Eric Burdon & Jimmy Witherspoon	61
78	Sunshine	Jonathan Edwards	61
81	Baby (1971 Version)	Mutantes	60
81	El Justiciero	Mutantes	60
81	Hold Your Head Up	Argent	60
81	Home Is Where The Hatred Is	Gil Scott-Heron	60
81	Yours Is No Disgrace	Yes	60
86	American Pie	Don McLean	58
86	Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes	Kevin Ayers	58
88	Hats Off (To The Stranger)	Lighthouse	57
88	Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian)	Raiders	57
88	Rain Dance	The Guess Who	57
88	Whiskey Woman	The Flamin' Groovies	57
92	How Do You Do?	Mouth & MacNeal	56
92	Right On	Marvin Gaye	56
92	Some Sing, Some Dance	Pagliaro	56
95	Benedictus	Strawbs	55
95	George Jackson (Acoustic Version)	Bob Dylan	55
95	Golf Girl	Caravan	55
95	Imagine	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	55
99	Black In A White World	The Watts Prophets	54
99	Hello In There	John Prine	54
99	Living Without You	Manfred Mann	54
99	Whipping Post (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	54
103	Crayon Angels	Judee Sill	53
103	I Feel The Earth Move	Carole King	53
103	Vincent	Don McLean	53
106	Everybody's Missin' The Sun	Grin	52
106	Funny How Time Slips Away	Elvis Presley With The Imperials Quartet & The Jordanaires	52
106	Hallelujah	Sweathog	52
109	Never Can Say Goodbye	Isaac Hayes	51
109	Perfection	Badfinger	51
109	She Loves The Way They Love Her	Colin Blunstone	51
109	Witchwood	Strawbs	51
113	Ain't No Sunshine	Bill Withers	50
113	Coconut	Nilsson	50
113	Get Together (Live)	The Youngbloods	50
113	Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'	Charley Pride	50
113	Spoon	CAN	50
113	Sweet Leaf	Black Sabbath	50
113	Take Me Home, Country Roads	John Denver With Fat City	50
113	When I Paint My Masterpiece	The Band	50
121	Bitch	The Rolling Stones	49
121	Cowboy Movie	David Crosby	49
121	Good Love 6-9969	Isaac Hayes	49
121	Happy Xmas (War Is Over)	John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir	49
121	Northern Sky	Nick Drake	49
121	The Witch Queen Of New Orleans	Redbone	49
127	Fire & Brimstone	Link Wray	48
127	Grandma's Hands	Bill Withers	48
127	(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman	Carole King	48
130	Crazy Arms, Crazy Eyes	Brave Belt	47
130	Freelance Fiend	Leaf Hound	47
130	Jealous Guy	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	47
130	Paradise	John Prine	47
130	Stairway To Heaven	Led Zeppelin	47
130	Tupelo Honey	Van Morrison	47
130	Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey	Paul & Linda McCartney	47
137	Baby I'm-A Want You	Bread	46
137	Family Affair	Sly & The Family Stone	46
137	Feel Flows	The Beach Boys	46
137	I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here	David Crosby	46
137	It's Gonna Get Better	Leaf Hound	46
137	Laughing	David Crosby	46
137	My Man On Love	Judee Sill	46
137	One's On The Way	Loretta Lynn	46
137	You've Got A Friend	Carole King	46
146	Draggin' The Line	Tommy James	45
146	Early Morning Breeze	Dolly Parton	45
146	Footstompin' Music	Grand Funk Railroad	45
146	Jump Into The Fire	Nilsson	45
146	Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)	The Temptations	45
146	Lovin' You Ain't Easy	Pagliaro	45
146	Omega Day	Bill Fay	45
146	Too Many People	Paul & Linda McCartney	45
146	Yesterday's Wine	Willie Nelson	45
155	Amerikkka	The Watts Prophets	44
155	Brand New Key	Melanie	44
155	Love Is Life	Earth, Wind & Fire	44
155	Monkberry Moon Delight	Paul & Linda McCartney	44
155	Take Me	Tammy Wynette & George Jones	44
155	True Blues	The Last Poets	44
155	With Tomorrow	Gene Clark	44
162	The Animal Trainer & The Toad	Mountain	43
162	Dust Filled Room	Bill Fay	43
162	Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves	Chér	43
162	Long Distance Runaround	Yes	43
162	The Noonward Race	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	43
162	Stone-Hearted Mama	The Pretty Things	43
162	That's How Strong My Love Is	The Youngbloods	43
162	Tiny Dancer	Elton John	43
170	After Forever	Black Sabbath	42
170	Angel From Montgomery	John Prine	42
170	Give Me Some Truth aka Gimme Some Truth	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	42
170	(I Know) I'm Losing You	Rod Stewart	42
170	July Morning	Uriah Heep	42
170	Mercedes Benz	Janis Joplin	42
170	One Of These Days	Ten Years After	42
177	Desperado	Alice Cooper	41
177	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)	Marvin Gaye	41
177	Stay With Me	Faces	41
177	Wild Night	Van Morrison	41
181	Joan Of Arc	Leonard Cohen	40
181	Locomotive Breath	Jethro Tull	40
181	Long Haired Lady	Paul & Linda McCartney	40
181	Luv N' Haight	Sly & The Family Stone	40
181	Medley: Ike's Rap II / Help Me Love	Isaac Hayes	40
181	Merry Christmas Baby	Elvis Presley	40
181	No One To Depend On	Santana	40
181	Snowbird	Elvis Presley	40
181	Without You	Nilsson	40
190	Can You Get To That	Funkadelic	39
190	It Don't Come Easy	Ringo Starr	39
190	The Lamb Ran Away With The Crown	Judee Sill	39
190	Let The Sky Fall	Ten Years After	39
190	Madman Across The Water	Elton John	39
190	Move Over	Janis Joplin	39
190	One Of These Things First	Nick Drake	39
190	Poor Boy	Nick Drake	39
190	They Caught The Devil & Put Him In Jail In Eudora, Arkansas	Tony Joe White	39
199	Dem Niggers Ain't Playing	The Watts Prophets	38
199	Going To California	Led Zeppelin	38
199	High Flyin' Baby	The Flamin' Groovies	38
199	Long Promised Road	The Beach Boys	38
199	Love Ain't For Keeping	The Who	38
199	Man In Black	Johnny Cash	38
199	Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)	Marvin Gaye	38
199	Morning Has Broken	Cat Stevens	38
199	Oh Yeah	CAN	38
199	She Flies On Strange Wings	Golden Earring	38
209	Bangla Desh	George Harrison	37
209	Black Dog	Led Zeppelin	37
209	Dum Maro Dum (From “Haré Rama Haré Krishna”)	Asha Bhosle & Chorus	37
209	How Can You Mend A Broken Heart	Bee Gees	37
209	I Just Want To Celebrate	Rare Earth	37
209	I've Been Driftin' / Once Upon A Time	Eric Burdon & Jimmy Witherspoon	37
209	I've Seen All Good People: a. Your Move b. All Good People	Yes	37
209	Mandolin Wind	Rod Stewart	37
217	California	Joni Mitchell	36
217	Just Like A Baby	Sly & The Family Stone	36
217	Lady Day & John Coltrane	Gil Scott-Heron	36
217	Mambo Sun	T. Rex	36
217	Outa-Space	Billy Preston	36
217	Sam Stone	John Prine	36
217	The Same Old Rock	Roy Harper	36
224	A Case Of You	Joni Mitchell	35
224	Hot Love	T. Rex	35
224	Little Green	Joni Mitchell	35
224	Maggie May	Rod Stewart	35
224	You Know You Know	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	35
229	Light Up Or Leave Me Alone	Traffic	34
229	Roundabout	Yes	34
231	Levon	Elton John	33
231	Save The Children	Marvin Gaye	33
233	'Til I Die	The Beach Boys	29
234	Yesternow	Miles Davis	28
235	Baba O'Riley	The Who	23
236	Keep On Keeping On	Curtis Mayfield	22
237	Cry Baby	Janis Joplin	21
237	Halleluwah aka Halleluhwah	CAN	21
239	Strawberry Letter 23	Shuggie Otis	20
240	Sweet Thang	Shuggie Otis	18
241	Coat Of Many Colors	Dolly Parton	17
242	Sour Suite	The Guess Who	16
242	Teenage Head	The Flamin' Groovies	16
244	Ballade de Melody Nelson	Serge Gainsbourg	15
245	Do You Know What I Mean	Lee Michaels	14
245	Folk Song	Jack Bruce	14
245	It's Your Baby, You Rock It	Elvis Presley	14
248	Scarecrow	Brave Belt	13
248	You & Your Folks, Me & My Folks	Funkadelic	13
250	Avalanche	Leonard Cohen	12
250	Have You Seen Her	The Chi-Lites	12
250	I Hear You Calling	Bill Fay	12
250	Mr. Big Stuff	Jean Knight	12
250	River	Joni Mitchell	12
255	Behind Blue Eyes	The Who	11
255	Dirty Business	New Riders Of The Purple Sage	11
255	From A Dry Camel	Dust	11
255	L.A. Woman	The Doors	11
255	Statesboro Blues (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	11
260	Because Of You	Gene Clark	10
260	Get Down	Curtis Mayfield	10
260	Just For Me & You	Poco	10
260	Midsummer New York	Yoko Ono	10
260	Nantucket Sleighride (For Owen Coffin) aka Nantucket Sleighride (To Owen Coffin)	Mountain	10
260	Riders On The Storm	The Doors	10
260	She's A Lady	Tom Jones	10
260	Superstar	Carpenters	10
260	That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be	Carly Simon	10
269	Bad Weather	Poco	9
269	Children Of The Grave	Black Sabbath	9
269	Fallin' Rain	Link Wray	9
269	The Last Time I Saw Richard	Joni Mitchell	9
269	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	9
269	Oh What A Feeling	Crowbar	9
269	An Old Fashioned Love Song	Three Dog Night	9
269	Right Off	Miles Davis	9
269	Surf's Up	The Beach Boys	9
278	I Don't Know You	New Riders Of The Purple Sage	8
278	Love Her Madly	The Doors	8
278	Never Been To Spain	Three Dog Night	8
278	Slippin' Into Darkness	War	8
278	We Got To Have Peace	Curtis Mayfield	8
278	Where Evil Grows	The Poppy Family	8
278	Wild Horses	The Rolling Stones	8
285	Bargain	The Who	7
285	Golden Thread	Renaissance	7
285	In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	7
285	Into The Void	Black Sabbath	7
285	La De Da	Link Wray	7
285	Maggot Brain	Funkadelic	7
285	Me & My Woman	Roy Harper	7
285	Meeting Of The Spirits	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	7
285	Paperhouse	CAN	7
285	Rainy Days & Mondays	Carpenters	7
285	Smiling Faces Sometimes	The Undisputed Truth	7
285	Spanish Harlem	Aretha Franklin	7
285	The Story In Your Eyes	The Moody Blues	7
285	Tarkus 1. Eruption 2. Stones Of Years 3. Iconoclast 4. Mass 5. Manticore 6. Battlefield 7. Aquatarkus	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	7
285	Theme From Shaft	Isaac Hayes	7
285	Tired Of Being Alone	Al Green	7
285	Won't Get Fooled Again	The Who	7
285	Yesterday's Numbers	The Flamin' Groovies	7
285	You've Got A Friend	James Taylor	7
304	4% Pantomime	The Band	6
304	Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)	The Hollies	6
304	Respect Yourself	The Staple Singers	6
307	Can't You Hear Me Knocking	The Rolling Stones	5
307	Me & Paul	Willie Nelson	5
307	The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down	Joan Baez	5

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