Top Songs of 1971 by Vote

The songs in the chart below are the most popular songs of 1971 by vote. All songs that made the weekly charts for 1971 are included here. 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.

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Top Songs of 1971 by Vote -- Chart 1152
Rank	Song	Artist	Votes
1	Echoes	Pink Floyd	873
2	Jeepster	T. Rex	867
3	Life On Mars?	David Bowie	852
4	Bang A Gong (Get It On)	T. Rex	848
5	Let's Stay Together	Al Green	838
6	Oh! You Pretty Things	David Bowie	836
7	I Feel The Earth Move	Carole King	797
8	Behind Blue Eyes	The Who	724
9	Changes	David Bowie	705
10	Aqualung	Jethro Tull	672
11	Ain't No Sunshine	Bill Withers	240
12	Fast Train	April Wine	222
13	Eagle Rock	Daddy Cool	155
14	Family Affair	Sly & The Family Stone	143
15	Absolutely Right	Five Man Electrical Band	125
15	What's Going On	Marvin Gaye	125
17	Cross-Eyed Mary	Jethro Tull	119
18	Baby Blue	Badfinger	112
19	Tiny Dancer	Elton John	111
20	Evil	Cactus	106
20	The Changeling	The Doors	106
22	Fearless	Pink Floyd	102
23	Whipping Post (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	92
24	Ballade de Melody Nelson	Serge Gainsbourg	91
24	Taboo	Santana	91
26	Famous Blue Raincoat	Leonard Cohen	88
27	Melting Pot	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	87
28	Do Your Thing	Isaac Hayes	86
28	Theme From Shaft	Isaac Hayes	86
28	Won't Get Fooled Again	The Who	86
31	Cosmic Dancer	T. Rex	76
31	Love Her Madly	The Doors	76
33	Diana	Comus	75
34	Every Picture Tells A Story	Rod Stewart	74
35	L.A. Woman	The Doors	72
36	Ah! Melody	Serge Gainsbourg	71
36	Signs	Five Man Electrical Band	71
38	Back Street Luv	Curved Air	70
39	Baba O'Riley	The Who	69
40	'Til I Die	The Beach Boys	66
41	Oh What A Feeling	Crowbar	65
42	10538 Overture	The Electric Light Orchestra	63
43	Traveling Man	Dolly Parton	59
44	Coat Of Many Colors	Dolly Parton	58
44	Lonesome Mary	Chilliwack	58
44	Sour Suite	The Guess Who	58
47	Last Year's Man	Leonard Cohen	56
48	A Horse With No Name	America	54
48	Hocus Pocus	Focus	54
50	Debris	Faces	53
50	Draggin' The Line	Tommy James	53
50	Hot Love	T. Rex	53
53	When The Levee Breaks	Led Zeppelin	51
54	Crayon Angels	Judee Sill	50
54	The Snake	The Pink Fairies	50
56	Home Is Where The Hatred Is	Gil Scott-Heron	49
57	Related To What	The Last Poets	48
58	Baby (1971 Version)	Mutantes	47
59	20th Century Man	The Kinks	46
59	Day After Day	Badfinger	46
59	Simple Sister	Procol Harum	46
62	Living Without You	Manfred Mann	45
63	Go Down Gamblin'	Blood, Sweat & Tears	43
63	How Do You Do?	Mouth & MacNeal	43
65	Caroline Goodbye	Colin Blunstone	42
65	Riders On The Storm	The Doors	42
67	Tribute	Manfred Mann	41
68	Avalanche	Leonard Cohen	40
68	Hold Your Head Up	Argent	40
68	Jealous Guy	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	40
68	Maggot Brain	Funkadelic	40
68	Melody	Serge Gainsbourg	40
68	Tarkus 1. Eruption 2. Stones Of Years 3. Iconoclast 4. Mass 5. Manticore 6. Battlefield 7. Aquatarkus	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	40
68	Wild Horses	The Rolling Stones	40
75	Everybody's Missin' The Sun	Grin	39
75	Right On	Marvin Gaye	39
75	You've Got A Friend	Carole King	39
78	Early Morning Breeze	Dolly Parton	37
78	Going To California	Led Zeppelin	37
78	Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)	Marvin Gaye	37
81	Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian)	Raiders	36
81	Lovin' You Ain't Easy	Pagliaro	36
81	Song To Comus	Comus	36
84	Baby I'm-A Want You	Bread	35
84	El Justiciero	Mutantes	35
84	It Don't Come Easy	Ringo Starr	35
84	Laughing	David Crosby	35
84	She Loves The Way They Love Her	Colin Blunstone	35
84	That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be	Carly Simon	35
84	Without You	Nilsson	35
84	You & Your Folks, Me & My Folks	Funkadelic	35
84	You Could Have Been A Lady	April Wine	35
84	Yours Is No Disgrace	Yes	35
94	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)	Marvin Gaye	34
94	Spanish Harlem	Aretha Franklin	34
96	Imagine	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	33
96	Me & Bobby McGee	Janis Joplin	33
96	Rain Dance	The Guess Who	33
99	Hello In There	John Prine	32
99	Maggie May	Rod Stewart	32
99	Monkberry Moon Delight	Paul & Linda McCartney	32
99	Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes	Kevin Ayers	32
99	The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys	Traffic	32
104	Halleluwah aka Halleluhwah	CAN	31
104	Mercedes Benz	Janis Joplin	31
104	The Last Time I Saw Richard	Joni Mitchell	31
104	True Blues	The Last Poets	31
108	A Case Of You	Joni Mitchell	30
108	An Old Fashioned Love Song	Three Dog Night	30
108	Do It	Pink Fairies	30
108	Do You Know What I Mean	Lee Michaels	30
108	Give Me Some Truth aka Gimme Some Truth	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	30
108	Happy Xmas (War Is Over)	John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir	30
108	Locomotive Breath	Jethro Tull	30
108	One Of These Days	Ten Years After	30
108	Some Sing, Some Dance	Pagliaro	30
108	Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey	Paul & Linda McCartney	30
118	American Pie	Don McLean	29
118	Bitch	The Rolling Stones	29
118	How Can You Mend A Broken Heart	Bee Gees	29
118	Let The Sky Fall	Ten Years After	29
118	Spoon	CAN	29
118	Surf's Up	The Beach Boys	29
118	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised	Gil Scott-Heron	29
125	Cowboy Movie	David Crosby	28
125	It's Too Late	Carole King	28
125	Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)	The Hollies	28
125	Luv N' Haight	Sly & The Family Stone	28
125	Mandolin Wind	Rod Stewart	28
125	Perfection	Badfinger	28
125	River	Joni Mitchell	28
125	Vincent	Don McLean	28
125	Wild Night	Van Morrison	28
134	(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman	Carole King	27
134	After Forever	Black Sabbath	27
134	Angel From Montgomery	John Prine	27
134	Because Of You	Gene Clark	27
134	Heart Of The Sunrise	Yes	27
134	Jump Into The Fire	Nilsson	27
134	Madman Across The Water	Elton John	27
134	Slippin' Into Darkness	War	27
134	Stay With Me	Faces	27
134	Sunshine	Jonathan Edwards	27
134	Walk Away	James Gang	27
145	California	Joni Mitchell	26
145	Can You Get To That	Funkadelic	26
145	Just Like A Baby	Sly & The Family Stone	26
145	Mambo Sun	T. Rex	26
145	Me & My Woman	Roy Harper	26
145	Stairway To Heaven	Led Zeppelin	26
145	The Story In Your Eyes	The Moody Blues	26
145	The Witch Queen Of New Orleans	Redbone	26
153	July Morning	Uriah Heep	25
153	Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)	The Temptations	25
153	Long Distance Runaround	Yes	25
153	Long Haired Lady	Paul & Linda McCartney	25
153	Morning Has Broken	Cat Stevens	25
153	Never Been To Spain	Three Dog Night	25
153	One's On The Way	Loretta Lynn	25
153	Starship Trooper: a. Life Seeker b. Disillusion c. Wurm	Yes	25
153	The Same Old Rock	Roy Harper	25
153	Yesterday's Numbers	The Flamin' Groovies	25
163	Brand New Key	Melanie	24
163	Grandma's Hands	Bill Withers	24
163	Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves	Cher	24
163	I'd Love To Change The World	Ten Years After	24
163	Into The Void	Black Sabbath	24
163	Levon	Elton John	24
163	Love Ain't For Keeping	The Who	24
163	Move Over	Janis Joplin	24
163	Northern Sky	Nick Drake	24
163	Paperhouse	CAN	24
163	Poor Boy	Nick Drake	24
163	Statesboro Blues (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	24
175	Brown Sugar	The Rolling Stones	23
175	Can't You Hear Me Knocking	The Rolling Stones	23
175	Children Of The Grave	Black Sabbath	23
175	Coconut	Nilsson	23
175	Feel Flows	The Beach Boys	23
175	I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here	David Crosby	23
175	I've Seen All Good People: a. Your Move b. All Good People	Yes	23
175	In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	23
175	Joan Of Arc	Leonard Cohen	23
175	Lady Day & John Coltrane	Gil Scott-Heron	23
175	Light Up Or Leave Me Alone	Traffic	23
175	Little Green	Joni Mitchell	23
175	Oh Yeah	CAN	23
175	One Of These Things First	Nick Drake	23
175	Paradise	John Prine	23
175	Reason To Believe	Rod Stewart	23
175	She Flies On Strange Wings	Golden Earring	23
175	Smiling Faces Sometimes	The Undisputed Truth	23
175	Sweet Leaf	Black Sabbath	23
175	Too Many People	Paul & Linda McCartney	23
175	When I Paint My Masterpiece	The Band	23
196	Desperado	Alice Cooper	22
196	I Just Want To Celebrate	Rare Earth	22
196	Long Promised Road	The Beach Boys	22
196	No One To Depend On	Santana	22
196	Respect Yourself	The Staple Singers	22
196	Roundabout	Yes	22
196	Sam Stone	John Prine	22
196	Save The Children	Marvin Gaye	22
196	Tired Of Being Alone	Al Green	22
196	Tupelo Honey	Van Morrison	22
196	With Tomorrow	Gene Clark	22
207	Bargain	The Who	21
207	Black Dog	Led Zeppelin	21
207	Cry Baby	Janis Joplin	21

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