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	1118
2	Question *	The Moody Blues	1032
3	Who Knows (Live) *	Jimi Hendrix	884
4	I Hear You Knocking *	Dave Edmunds	877
5	No Sugar Tonight / New Mother Nature	The Guess Who	817
6	Summertime Blues (Live)	The Who	784
7	Lola	The Kinks	752
8	If You Could Read My Mind	Gordon Lightfoot	751
9	Neanderthal Man	Hotlegs	629
10	Feelin' Alright (Live)	Joe Cocker	472
11	Fat Old Sun	Pink Floyd	440
12	Rain-O	Chilliwack	314
13	Oh! Those Sweet Bananas	Hackamore Brick	216
14	Whispering Farewell	Aunt Mary	213
15	What You Want To Know	Rare Bird	201
16	Run, Nigger	The Last Poets	188
17	It's Just Begun	The Jimmy Castor Bunch	158
18	Ride A White Swan	T. Rex	154
19	All Things Must Pass	George Harrison	138
20	Eighteen	Alice Cooper	133
21	Ten Thousand Words In A Cardboard Box	Twink	129
22	Almost Cut My Hair	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	124
23	Are You Really Ready For Black Power	Gary Byrd	121
24	The Man Who Sold The World	David Bowie	115
25	Bitches Brew	Miles Davis	114
25	Helpless	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	114
27	American Woman	The Guess Who	109
27	Scene One: The Good Mr. Square	Pretty Things	109
29	Baby Lemonade	Syd Barrett	107
29	Terrapin	Syd Barrett	107
29	Who'll Pay Reparations On My Soul? (Live)	Gil Scott-Heron	107
32	25 Or 6 To 4	Chicago	106
33	Mr. Big	Free	105
34	In The Summertime	Mungo Jerry	103
34	Make It With You	Bread	103
34	On The Boards	Taste	103
34	War	Edwin Starr	103
38	Bridge Over Troubled Water	Simon & Garfunkel	102
38	Maybe I'm Amazed	Paul McCartney	102
40	Spill The Wine	Eric Burdon & War	100
41	I Heard It Through The Grapevine	Creedence Clearwater Revival	99
42	Moon In June	Soft Machine	98
42	Oye Como Va	Santana	98
44	Machine Gun (Live)	Jimi Hendrix	95
45	All Right Now	Free	94
46	Glad	Traffic	93
47	Across The Universe	The Beatles	91
48	Roadhouse Blues	The Doors	90
49	The Bomber A. Closet Queen B. Bolero C. Cast Your Fate To The Wind	James Gang	88
49	(I Know) I'm Losing You	Rare Earth	88
51	House Of The Rising Sun	Frijid Pink	87
52	What's Going On	Taste	85
53	Cecilia	Simon & Garfunkel	84
53	Sweet Sir Galahad	Joan Baez	84
55	October 26	The Pretty Things	83
56	Rock & Roll	The Velvet Underground	81
56	Scene One: She Was Tall, She Was High	Pretty Things	81
58	Sloth	Fairport Convention	79
59	Only Love Can Break Your Heart	Neil Young	76
59	Sweet Jane	The Velvet Underground	76
59	Vehicle	The Ides Of March	76
62	Holiday In Berlin, Full Blown	The Mothers Of Invention	75
62	Introduction / The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Live)	Gil Scott-Heron	75
62	Wild World	Cat Stevens	75
65	Animal Zoo	Spirit	74
65	Little House I Used To Live In (Live)	The Mothers Of Invention	74
67	ABC	The Jackson 5	71
68	As The Years Go By	Mashmakhan	70
68	Teach Your Children	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	70
70	Woodstock	Matthews' Southern Comfort	68
71	Funky Nassau	The Beginning Of The End	67
71	When The Revolution Comes	The Last Poets	67
73	Hey Tonight	Creedence Clearwater Revival	66
73	(They Long To Be) Close To You	Carpenters	66
75	Back Home	Golden Earring	65
75	For The Good Times	Kris Kristofferson	65
75	Paranoid	Black Sabbath	65
75	Ride Captain Ride	Blues Image	65
79	Lonely Days	Bee Gees	64
79	Signs	Five Man Electrical Band	64
81	In A Broken Dream	Python Lee Jackson	63
82	Hand Me Down World	The Guess Who	62
82	Lucky Man	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	62
82	You Better Think Twice	Poco	62
85	The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown)	Fleetwood Mac	61
85	Liar	Three Dog Night	61
85	We've Only Just Begun	Carpenters	61
88	Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)	Lennon/Ono With The Plastic Ono Band	60
88	Moondance	Van Morrison	60
88	Our House	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	60
91	Calgary	Great Speckled Bird	59
91	Teacher (UK Version)	Jethro Tull	59
91	The Wizard	Black Sabbath	59
94	Proud Mary	Ike & Tina Turner	58
95	Green-Eyed Lady	Sugarloaf	57
95	She's A Lover	Pretty Things	57
95	Whitey On The Moon (Live)	Gil Scott-Heron	57
95	Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?	Derek & The Dominos	57
99	After Midnight	Eric Clapton	56
99	Dominoes	Syd Barrett	56
99	Funk #49	James Gang	56
99	Hey, Hey, What Can I Do	Led Zeppelin	56
99	Joy To The World	Three Dog Night	56
99	The Stealer	Free	56
99	T.V. Eye	The Stooges	56
106	Did You Notice?	Aunt Mary	55
106	Freedom Rider	Traffic	55
106	Me & Bobby McGee	Kris Kristofferson	55
109	God	John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band	54
109	Run Through The Jungle	Creedence Clearwater Revival	54
109	Sickle Clowns	Pretty Things	54
109	What Is Life	George Harrison	54
109	Who'll Stop The Rain	Creedence Clearwater Revival	54
114	Cries From The Midnight Circus	Pretty Things	53
114	Up Around The Bend	Creedence Clearwater Revival	53
114	Voices Inside (Everything Is Everything)	Donny Hathaway	53
117	Be My Friend	Free	52
117	Have You Ever Seen The Rain	Creedence Clearwater Revival	52
117	I Believe To My Soul	Donny Hathaway	52
117	I'm Your Captain (Closer To Home)	Grand Funk Railroad	52
121	Apeman	The Kinks	51
121	Casey Jones	Grateful Dead	51
121	Flesh & Blood	Johnny Cash	51
121	Loose	The Stooges	51
121	No Expectations	Joan Baez	51
121	Your Song	Elton John	51
127	Down On The Street	The Stooges	50
127	Effervescing Elephant	Syd Barrett	50
127	Fire & Water	Free	50
127	No Matter What	Badfinger	50
127	Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down	Kris Kristofferson	50
127	Tangerine	Led Zeppelin	50
133	Ain't No Mountain High Enough	Diana Ross	49
133	Iron Man	Black Sabbath	49
133	Knock Three Times	Dawn	49
133	Uncle John's Band	Grateful Dead	49
137	Black Sabbath	Black Sabbath	48
137	Child In Time	Deep Purple	48
137	Colour My World	Chicago	48
137	Crazy Love	Van Morrison	48
137	Dark Globe	Syd Barrett	48
137	Every Brother Ain't A Brother	Gary Byrd	48
137	Flies In The Bottle	Great Speckled Bird	48
137	Gallows Pole	Led Zeppelin	48
137	Long Long Time To Get Old	Great Speckled Bird	48
137	My Sweet Lord	George Harrison	48
137	Since I've Been Loving You	Led Zeppelin	48
148	Big Yellow Taxi	Joni Mitchell	47
148	Border Song	Elton John	47
148	I Think I Love You	The Partridge Family	47
148	The Letter (Live)	Joe Cocker With Leon Russell & The Shelter People	47
148	The Long & Winding Road	The Beatles	47
148	Mama Told Me (Not To Come)	Three Dog Night	47
148	The Only Living Boy In New York	Simon & Garfunkel	47
148	Pretty Woman	Juicy Lucy	47
148	Take Me To The Pilot	Elton John	47
157	The American Ruse	MC5	46
157	Cry Me A River (Live)	Joe Cocker	46
157	Fire & Rain	James Taylor	46
157	Friend Of The Devil	Grateful Dead	46
157	Going To The Country	Bruce Cockburn	46
157	Layla	Derek & The Dominos	46
157	The Love You Save	The Jackson 5	46
157	Make Me Smile	Chicago	46
157	Nature's Way	Spirit	46
157	Ohio	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	46
157	Sugar Magnolia	Grateful Dead	46
168	Dirt	The Stooges	45
168	El Condor Pasa	Simon & Garfunkel	45
168	Into The Mystic	Van Morrison	45
168	Let It Be	The Beatles	45
168	Let It Rain	Eric Clapton	45
168	Love The One You're With	Stephen Stills	45
168	Strangers	The Kinks	45
168	Sunday Morning Coming Down (Live) aka Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down (Live)	Johnny Cash	45
176	Help Me Make It Through The Night	Kris Kristofferson	44
176	Mother	John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band	44
176	Niggers Are Scared Of Revolution	The Last Poets	44
179	Gigolo Aunt	Syd Barrett	42
180	Theme From Burnt Weeny Sandwich	The Mothers Of Invention	25
181	War Pigs	Black Sabbath	20
182	Without You	Badfinger	14
183	Oh! Sweet Nuthin'	The Velvet Underground	10
184	Truckin'	Grateful Dead	9
184	Woodstock	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	9
186	Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen	Santana	8
186	Immigrant Song	Led Zeppelin	8
186	O-o-h Child	The Five Stairsteps	8
186	That's The Way	Led Zeppelin	8
186	Young Man Blues (Live)	The Who	8
191	Domino	Van Morrison	7
191	Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine	James Brown	7
191	Magic Bus (Live)	The Who	7
191	Song To The Siren	Tim Buckley	7
195	After The Gold Rush	Neil Young	6
196	I'll Be There	The Jackson 5	4
196	Southern Man	Neil Young	4

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