Top Songs of 1970 by Vote

The songs in the chart below are the most popular songs of 1970 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 1970.

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Top Songs of 1970 by Vote -- Chart 1086
Rank	Song	Artist	Votes
1	All The Madmen *	David Bowie	1113
2	Question *	The Moody Blues	1019
3	Who Knows (Live)	Jimi Hendrix	851
4	I Hear You Knocking	Dave Edmunds	841
5	No Sugar Tonight / New Mother Nature	The Guess Who	814
6	Summertime Blues (Live)	The Who	784
7	Lola	The Kinks	752
8	If You Could Read My Mind	Gordon Lightfoot	750
9	Neanderthal Man	Hotlegs	629
10	Feelin' Alright (Live)	Joe Cocker	472
11	Fat Old Sun	Pink Floyd	439
12	Rain-O	Chilliwack	300
13	Oh! Those Sweet Bananas	Hackamore Brick	214
14	Whispering Farewell	Aunt Mary	204
15	Immigrant Song	Led Zeppelin	194
16	Run, Nigger	The Last Poets	183
17	It's Just Begun	The Jimmy Castor Bunch	157
18	Ride A White Swan	T. Rex	152
19	All Things Must Pass	George Harrison	137
20	Eighteen	Alice Cooper	133
21	Ten Thousand Words In A Cardboard Box	Twink	126
22	Almost Cut My Hair	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	123
23	Are You Really Ready For Black Power	Gary Byrd	121
24	Bitches Brew	Miles Davis	114
24	Helpless	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	114
24	The Man Who Sold The World	David Bowie	114
27	American Woman	The Guess Who	108
28	Scene One: The Good Mr. Square	Pretty Things	107
29	25 Or 6 To 4	Chicago	106
29	Baby Lemonade	Syd Barrett	106
31	Make It With You	Bread	103
31	Who'll Pay Reparations On My Soul? (Live)	Gil Scott-Heron	103
33	Bridge Over Troubled Water	Simon & Garfunkel	102
33	On The Boards	Taste	102
33	Terrapin	Syd Barrett	102
36	In The Summertime	Mungo Jerry	101
36	Mr. Big	Free	101
38	Maybe I'm Amazed	Paul McCartney	100
38	Spill The Wine	Eric Burdon & War	100
38	War	Edwin Starr	100
41	I Heard It Through The Grapevine	Creedence Clearwater Revival	99
42	Moon In June	Soft Machine	97
43	Machine Gun (Live)	Jimi Hendrix	95
44	Glad	Traffic	93
44	Southern Man	Neil Young	93
46	All Right Now	Free	92
47	Across The Universe	The Beatles	91
48	The Bomber A. Closet Queen B. Bolero C. Cast Your Fate To The Wind	James Gang	88
48	Iron Man	Black Sabbath	88
48	Roadhouse Blues	The Doors	88
51	(I Know) I'm Losing You	Rare Earth	87
52	Cecilia	Simon & Garfunkel	84
53	House Of The Rising Sun	Frijid Pink	82
54	Scene One: She Was Tall, She Was High	Pretty Things	79
54	Song To The Siren	Tim Buckley	79
56	After The Gold Rush	Neil Young	77
56	Rock & Roll	The Velvet Underground	77
58	What's Going On	Taste	76
59	Introduction / The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Live)	Gil Scott-Heron	75
59	Sloth	Fairport Convention	75
59	Sweet Jane	The Velvet Underground	75
62	Animal Zoo	Spirit	74
63	Vehicle	The Ides Of March	73
63	Wild World	Cat Stevens	73
65	ABC	The Jackson 5	71
66	As The Years Go By	Mashmakhan	70
67	Teach Your Children	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	69
68	Funky Nassau	The Beginning Of The End	67
69	Back Home	Golden Earring	65
69	(They Long To Be) Close To You	Carpenters	65
69	Woodstock	Matthews' Southern Comfort	65
72	For The Good Times	Kris Kristofferson	64
72	Hey Tonight	Creedence Clearwater Revival	64
72	Lonely Days	Bee Gees	64
72	Ride Captain Ride	Blues Image	64
76	Paranoid	Black Sabbath	63
77	Hand Me Down World	The Guess Who	62
78	The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown)	Fleetwood Mac	61
78	Lucky Man	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	61
78	Signs	Five Man Electrical Band	61
81	In A Broken Dream	Python Lee Jackson	60
81	Liar	Three Dog Night	60
81	You Better Think Twice	Poco	60
84	Moondance	Van Morrison	59
84	Our House	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	59
86	Calgary	Great Speckled Bird	58
86	Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)	Lennon/Ono With The Plastic Ono Band	58
86	Teacher (UK Version)	Jethro Tull	58
89	Green-Eyed Lady	Sugarloaf	57
89	Proud Mary	Ike & Tina Turner	57
89	When The Revolution Comes	The Last Poets	57
89	The Wizard	Black Sabbath	57
93	After Midnight	Eric Clapton	56
93	Dominoes	Syd Barrett	56
93	Funk #49	James Gang	56
93	Joy To The World	Three Dog Night	56
93	The Stealer	Free	56
93	T.V. Eye	The Stooges	56
93	We've Only Just Begun	Carpenters	56
100	Did You Notice?	Aunt Mary	55
101	Freedom Rider	Traffic	54
101	God	John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band	54
103	Cries From The Midnight Circus	Pretty Things	53
103	Magic Bus (Live)	The Who	53
103	She's A Lover	Pretty Things	53
103	Young Man Blues (Live)	The Who	53
107	Be My Friend	Free	52
107	Have You Ever Seen The Rain	Creedence Clearwater Revival	52
107	Hey, Hey, What Can I Do	Led Zeppelin	52
107	I Believe To My Soul	Donny Hathaway	52
107	Me & Bobby McGee	Kris Kristofferson	52
107	Sickle Clowns	Pretty Things	52
113	Apeman	The Kinks	51
113	Casey Jones	Grateful Dead	51
113	Loose	The Stooges	51
113	Run Through The Jungle	Creedence Clearwater Revival	51
113	Who'll Stop The Rain	Creedence Clearwater Revival	51
118	Down On The Street	The Stooges	50
118	Effervescing Elephant	Syd Barrett	50
118	Flesh & Blood	Johnny Cash	50
118	No Matter What	Badfinger	50
118	Oh! Sweet Nuthin'	The Velvet Underground	50
118	Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down	Kris Kristofferson	50
118	Up Around The Bend	Creedence Clearwater Revival	50
125	Ain't No Mountain High Enough	Diana Ross	49
125	Fire & Water	Free	49
125	I'll Be There	The Jackson 5	49
125	Knock Three Times	Dawn	49
125	Oye Como Va	Santana	49
125	Tangerine	Led Zeppelin	49
125	Uncle John's Band	Grateful Dead	49
125	Whitey On The Moon (Live)	Gil Scott-Heron	49
133	Black Sabbath	Black Sabbath	48
133	Child In Time	Deep Purple	48
133	Colour My World	Chicago	48
133	Crazy Love	Van Morrison	48
133	Dark Globe	Syd Barrett	48
133	Every Brother Ain't A Brother	Gary Byrd	48
133	Gallows Pole	Led Zeppelin	48
133	My Sweet Lord	George Harrison	48
133	Only Love Can Break Your Heart	Neil Young	48
133	Since I've Been Loving You	Led Zeppelin	48
133	Voices Inside (Everything Is Everything)	Donny Hathaway	48
133	What Is Life	George Harrison	48
133	Your Song	Elton John	48
146	Big Yellow Taxi	Joni Mitchell	47
146	Border Song	Elton John	47
146	Flies In The Bottle	Great Speckled Bird	47
146	I'm Your Captain (Closer To Home)	Grand Funk Railroad	47
146	The Letter (Live)	Joe Cocker With Leon Russell & The Shelter People	47
146	The Long & Winding Road	The Beatles	47
152	The American Ruse	MC5	46
152	Cry Me A River (Live)	Joe Cocker	46
152	Fire & Rain	James Taylor	46
152	Friend Of The Devil	Grateful Dead	46
152	Layla	Derek & The Dominos	46
152	Long Long Time To Get Old	Great Speckled Bird	46
152	The Love You Save	The Jackson 5	46
152	Make Me Smile	Chicago	46
152	Mama Told Me (Not To Come)	Three Dog Night	46
152	Nature's Way	Spirit	46
152	The Only Living Boy In New York	Simon & Garfunkel	46
152	Sugar Magnolia	Grateful Dead	46
152	Take Me To The Pilot	Elton John	46
152	Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?	Derek & The Dominos	46
166	Dirt	The Stooges	45
166	El Condor Pasa	Simon & Garfunkel	45
166	I Think I Love You	The Partridge Family	45
166	Let It Be	The Beatles	45
166	Let It Rain	Eric Clapton	45
166	Love The One You're With	Stephen Stills	45
166	Ohio	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	45
166	Strangers	The Kinks	45
166	Sunday Morning Coming Down (Live) aka Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down (Live)	Johnny Cash	45
175	Help Me Make It Through The Night	Kris Kristofferson	44
175	Into The Mystic	Van Morrison	44
175	Mother	John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band	44
175	Niggers Are Scared Of Revolution	The Last Poets	44
179	Gigolo Aunt	Syd Barrett	42
180	War Pigs	Black Sabbath	15
181	Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen	Santana	8
181	O-o-h Child	The Five Stairsteps	8
181	Without You	Badfinger	8
184	Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine	James Brown	7
184	That's The Way	Led Zeppelin	7
184	Truckin'	Grateful Dead	7
187	Domino	Van Morrison	6
188	Woodstock	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	5

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