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	1158
2	Question *	The Moody Blues	1102
3	I Hear You Knocking *	Dave Edmunds	919
4	Who Knows (Live) *	Jimi Hendrix	912
5	No Sugar Tonight / New Mother Nature *	The Guess Who	904
6	Summertime Blues (Live)	The Who	803
7	Still Water (Love)	Four Tops	759
8	If You Could Read My Mind	Gordon Lightfoot	754
9	Neanderthal Man	Hotlegs	640
10	Feelin' Alright (Live)	Joe Cocker	475
11	Fat Old Sun	Pink Floyd	443
12	Rain-O	Chilliwack	383
13	Oh! Those Sweet Bananas	Hackamore Brick	236
14	Whispering Farewell	Aunt Mary	225
15	What You Want To Know	Rare Bird	208
16	Run, Nigger	The Last Poets	195
17	Ride A White Swan	T. Rex	168
18	It's Just Begun	The Jimmy Castor Bunch	162
19	All Things Must Pass	George Harrison	140
20	Eighteen	Alice Cooper	136
21	Death Valley Blues	Black Cat Bones	134
22	Ten Thousand Words In A Cardboard Box	Twink	131
23	Mr. Big	Free	126
24	Are You Really Ready For Black Power	Gary Byrd	125
25	On The Boards	Taste	119
26	Baby Lemonade	Syd Barrett	116
27	Helpless	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	115
28	Maybe I'm Amazed	Paul McCartney	114
28	Signs	Five Man Electrical Band	114
30	And I Wish I Were Stoned / Don't Worry	Caravan	113
30	Terrapin	Syd Barrett	113
30	Who'll Pay Reparations On My Soul? (Live)	Gil Scott-Heron	113
33	American Woman	The Guess Who	111
34	Moon In June	Soft Machine	109
35	Make It With You	Bread	106
36	Only You Know & I Know	Dave Mason	105
36	Oye Como Va	Santana	105
36	Spill The Wine	Eric Burdon & War	105
36	War	Edwin Starr	105
40	Drowned My Life In Fear	Leaf Hound	104
40	Las Vegas Tango - Part 1 (Repeat)	Robert Wyatt	104
40	Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down	Kris Kristofferson	104
43	A Child Is Coming	Paul Kantner/Jefferson Starship	103
44	October 26	The Pretty Things	101
45	Medusa	Trapeze	98
46	Run Through The Jungle	Creedence Clearwater Revival	97
47	Roadhouse Blues	The Doors	96
47	Sweet Sir Galahad	Joan Baez	96
47	What's Going On	Taste	96
50	Glad	Traffic	94
51	Across The Universe	The Beatles	93
51	House Of The Rising Sun	Frijid Pink	93
51	(I Know) I'm Losing You	Rare Earth	93
54	The Bomber A. Closet Queen B. Bolero C. Cast Your Fate To The Wind	James Gang	89
54	Rock & Roll	The Velvet Underground	89
54	Sweet Jane	The Velvet Underground	89
57	Cecilia	Simon & Garfunkel	86
57	Scene One: She Was Tall, She Was High	Pretty Things	86
59	Sloth	Fairport Convention	85
60	Only Love Can Break Your Heart	Neil Young	82
61	Wild World	Cat Stevens	81
62	Holiday In Berlin, Full Blown	The Mothers Of Invention	80
62	Introduction / The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Live)	Gil Scott-Heron	80
64	Almost Cut My Hair	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	79
64	Ride Captain Ride	Blues Image	79
66	Vehicle	The Ides Of March	78
67	Animal Zoo	Spirit	77
67	As The Years Go By	Mashmakhan	77
69	Little House I Used To Live In (Live)	The Mothers Of Invention	76
70	Woodstock	Matthews' Southern Comfort	75
71	Paranoid	Black Sabbath	74
72	Hard Rain Fallin'	Sir Lord Baltimore	73
73	Back Home	Golden Earring	72
73	Lucky Man	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	72
73	When The Revolution Comes	The Last Poets	72
76	Hey Tonight	Creedence Clearwater Revival	71
77	In A Broken Dream	Python Lee Jackson	70
77	Teach Your Children	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	70
79	Seafull	Trapeze	68
80	Funky Nassau	The Beginning Of The End	67
80	Moondance	Van Morrison	67
80	T.V. Eye	The Stooges	67
83	ABC	The Jackson 5	66
83	For The Good Times	Kris Kristofferson	66
83	Lonely Days	Bee Gees	66
83	You Better Think Twice	Poco	66
87	Big Yellow Taxi	Joni Mitchell	65
87	Liar	Three Dog Night	65
87	The Stealer	Free	65
90	Calgary	Great Speckled Bird	64
90	Hand Me Down World	The Guess Who	64
90	If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You	Caravan	64
90	Teacher (UK Version)	Jethro Tull	64
90	Whitey On The Moon (Live)	Gil Scott-Heron	64
95	Did You Notice?	Aunt Mary	63
95	Dominoes	Syd Barrett	63
95	The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown)	Fleetwood Mac	63
95	Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)	Lennon/Ono With The Plastic Ono Band	63
95	Proud Mary	Ike & Tina Turner	63
95	Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?	Derek & The Dominos	63
101	Hey, Hey, What Can I Do	Led Zeppelin	62
101	Scene One: The Good Mr. Square	Pretty Things	62
101	We've Only Just Begun	Carpenters	62
104	Chauffeur	Black Cat Bones	61
104	Sickle Clowns	Pretty Things	61
104	(They Long To Be) Close To You	Carpenters	61
104	The Wizard	Black Sabbath	61
108	No Matter What	Badfinger	60
108	River Deep - Mountain High	The Supremes & Four Tops	60
110	Black Cloud	Trapeze	59
110	Green-Eyed Lady	Sugarloaf	59
110	Ohio	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	59
110	Tangerine	Led Zeppelin	59
110	What Is Life	George Harrison	59
115	After Midnight	Eric Clapton	58
115	Effervescing Elephant	Syd Barrett	58
115	I'm Your Captain (Closer To Home)	Grand Funk Railroad	58
115	Sunday Morning Coming Down (Live) aka Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down (Live)	Johnny Cash	58
119	Loose	The Stooges	57
119	The Man Who Sold The World	David Bowie	57
119	Master Heartache	Sir Lord Baltimore	57
119	Take Me To The Pilot	Elton John	57
123	Freedom Rider	Traffic	56
123	Funk #49	James Gang	56
123	Pretty Woman	Juicy Lucy	56
123	Sugar Magnolia	Grateful Dead	56
127	Apeman	The Kinks	55
127	Flesh & Blood	Johnny Cash	55
127	Layla	Derek & The Dominos	55
127	No Expectations	Joan Baez	55
127	Strangers	The Kinks	55
127	Up Around The Bend	Creedence Clearwater Revival	55
133	Be My Friend	Free	54
133	Fire & Water	Free	54
133	Have You Ever Seen The Rain	Creedence Clearwater Revival	54
133	Knock Three Times	Dawn	54
133	Long Long Time To Get Old	Great Speckled Bird	54
133	The Only Living Boy In New York	Simon & Garfunkel	54
133	Voices Inside (Everything Is Everything)	Donny Hathaway	54
140	All Right Now	Free	53
140	Casey Jones	Grateful Dead	53
140	Iron Man	Black Sabbath	53
140	Look At You Look At Me	Dave Mason	53
144	Dark Globe	Syd Barrett	52
144	Hijack	Paul Kantner/Jefferson Starship	52
144	I Think I Love You	The Partridge Family	52
144	My Sweet Lord	George Harrison	52
144	Nature's Way	Spirit	52
144	Since I've Been Loving You	Led Zeppelin	52
144	Uncle John's Band	Grateful Dead	52
151	Ain't No Mountain High Enough	Diana Ross	51
151	Child In Time	Deep Purple	51
151	Every Brother Ain't A Brother	Gary Byrd	51
151	Going To The Country	Bruce Cockburn	51
151	Mama Told Me (Not To Come)	Three Dog Night	51
151	Niggers Are Scared Of Revolution	The Last Poets	51
157	Crazy Love	Van Morrison	50
157	Dirt	The Stooges	50
157	Fire & Rain	James Taylor	50
157	Flies In The Bottle	Great Speckled Bird	50
157	The Letter (Live)	Joe Cocker With Leon Russell & The Shelter People	50
157	Love The One You're With	Stephen Stills	50
157	Mother	John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band	50
164	Colour My World	Chicago	49
164	Let It Rain	Eric Clapton	49
164	Make Me Smile	Chicago	49
167	Black Sabbath	Black Sabbath	48
167	Border Song	Elton John	48
167	Cry Me A River (Live)	Joe Cocker	48
167	El Condor Pasa	Simon & Garfunkel	48
167	Gallows Pole	Led Zeppelin	48
167	Into The Mystic	Van Morrison	48
173	The American Ruse	MC5	47
173	Shouldn't Have Took More Than You Gave	Dave Mason	47
175	Friend Of The Devil	Grateful Dead	46
175	Your Song	Elton John	46
177	Help Me Make It Through The Night	Kris Kristofferson	45
177	I Heard It Through The Grapevine	Creedence Clearwater Revival	45
179	Gigolo Aunt	Syd Barrett	44
180	Theme From Burnt Weeny Sandwich	The Mothers Of Invention	28
181	Oh! Sweet Nuthin'	The Velvet Underground	24
181	War Pigs	Black Sabbath	24
183	O-o-h Child	The Five Stairsteps	23
184	Without You	Badfinger	20
185	She's A Lover	Pretty Things	17
186	Feelin' Good	Black Cat Bones	16
186	Lola	The Kinks	16
188	Domino	Van Morrison	15
189	Have You Seen The Stars Tonite	Paul Kantner/Jefferson Starship	14
189	Magic Bus (Live)	The Who	14
191	Immigrant Song	Led Zeppelin	12
191	Our House	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	12
191	Southern Man	Neil Young	12
191	Truckin'	Grateful Dead	12
195	Joy To The World	Three Dog Night	11
195	Song To The Siren	Tim Buckley	11
195	Young Man Blues (Live)	The Who	11
198	After The Gold Rush	Neil Young	10
198	I'll Be There	The Jackson 5	10
198	Kingdom Come	Sir Lord Baltimore	10
198	That's The Way	Led Zeppelin	10
202	Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen	Santana	9
202	Bridge Over Troubled Water	Simon & Garfunkel	9
202	Machine Gun (Live)	Jimi Hendrix	9
205	25 Or 6 To 4	Chicago	8
205	Cries From The Midnight Circus	Pretty Things	8
205	Down On The Street	The Stooges	8
205	Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine	James Brown	8
205	God	John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band	8
205	In The Summertime	Mungo Jerry	8
205	The Long & Winding Road	The Beatles	8
205	Woodstock	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	8
213	I Believe To My Soul	Donny Hathaway	7
213	Who'll Stop The Rain	Creedence Clearwater Revival	7
215	Bitches Brew	Miles Davis	6
215	Let It Be	The Beatles	6
215	The Love You Save	The Jackson 5	6

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