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	991
3	Let's Stay Together *	Al Green	978
4	Life On Mars? *	David Bowie	956
5	Oh! You Pretty Things *	David Bowie	937
6	Walk Away *	James Gang	928
7	Take Me Home, Country Roads	John Denver With Fat City	869
8	Changes *	David Bowie	868
9	I'd Love To Change The World *	Ten Years After	837
10	Melody	Serge Gainsbourg	689
11	Fast Train	April Wine	269
12	Get Together (Live)	The Youngbloods	245
13	Eagle Rock	Daddy Cool	216
14	Heart Of The Sunrise	Yes	168
15	Evil	Cactus	157
16	Absolutely Right	Five Man Electrical Band	155
17	Cross-Eyed Mary	Jethro Tull	151
18	Jesus Was A Cross Maker	Judee Sill	137
18	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised	Gil Scott-Heron	137
20	I've Seen All Good People: a. Your Move b. All Good People	Yes	134
20	Sweet City Woman	Stampeders	134
22	Circus Mind	The Pretty Things	129
23	Fearless	Pink Floyd	128
24	The Changeling	The Doors	114
24	Taboo	Santana	114
24	Woman Tamer	Sir Lord Baltimore	114
27	In The Land Of Grey & Pink	Caravan	113
28	Diana	Comus	112
29	Lonesome Mary	Chilliwack	106
30	10538 Overture	The Electric Light Orchestra	105
31	Famous Blue Raincoat	Leonard Cohen	104
31	My Impersonal Life	The Blue Rose	104
31	Wonder Girl	Halfnelson	104
34	Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)	The Temptations	102
35	Summer Of Roses	Willie Nelson	101
36	Cosmic Dancer	T. Rex	97
37	Ah! Melody	Serge Gainsbourg	96
37	Do Your Thing	Isaac Hayes	96
39	Back Street Luv	Curved Air	94
39	Starship Trooper: a. Life Seeker b. Disillusion c. Wurm	Yes	94
41	Bang A Gong (Get It On)	T. Rex	93
42	Debris	Faces	92
43	Don't Look Around	Mountain	91
43	The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys	Traffic	91
45	Hot Rod Lincoln	Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen	87
46	Fletcher Honorama	Halfnelson	86
47	Man In Black	Johnny Cash	85
48	20th Century Man	The Kinks	83
48	Respect Yourself	The Staple Singers	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	79
54	Simple Sister	Procol Harum	77
54	When The Levee Breaks	Led Zeppelin	77
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	Brown Sugar	The Rolling Stones	68
64	Purple	Shuggie Otis	68
64	The Snake	The Pink Fairies	68
64	Wild Eyes	Stampeders	68
68	Tribute	Manfred Mann	67
69	Abracadabra	Judee Sill	65
69	Baby Blue	Badfinger	65
69	Carey	Joni Mitchell	65
69	Laughing	David Crosby	65
69	Why Don't You Eat Carrots	Faust	65
74	Family Bible	Willie Nelson	64
74	Moment Of Truth	Earth, Wind & Fire	64
76	Piya Tu Ab To Aja (From "Caravan")	Asha Bhosle & Rahul Dev Burman	63
76	Related To What	The Last Poets	63
78	Caroline Goodbye	Colin Blunstone	62
78	Sunshine	Jonathan Edwards	62
80	Home Dream	Eric Burdon & Jimmy Witherspoon	61
80	It's Too Late	Carole King	61
82	Baby (1971 Version)	Mutantes	60
82	El Justiciero	Mutantes	60
82	Hold Your Head Up	Argent	60
82	Home Is Where The Hatred Is	Gil Scott-Heron	60
86	American Pie	Don McLean	59
86	Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes	Kevin Ayers	59
88	George Jackson (Acoustic Version)	Bob Dylan	58
88	Rain Dance	The Guess Who	58
88	Whiskey Woman	The Flamin' Groovies	58
91	Every Picture Tells A Story	Rod Stewart	57
91	Golf Girl	Caravan	57
91	Hats Off (To The Stranger)	Lighthouse	57
91	Right On	Marvin Gaye	57
95	How Do You Do?	Mouth & MacNeal	56
95	Imagine	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	56
95	Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian)	Raiders	56
95	Some Sing, Some Dance	Pagliaro	56
99	Benedictus	Strawbs	55
99	Black In A White World	The Watts Prophets	55
99	Jimmy Mack	Laura Nyro & LaBelle	55
99	Whipping Post (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	55
103	Funny How Time Slips Away	Elvis Presley With The Imperials Quartet & The Jordanaires	54
103	Hello In There	John Prine	54
103	Living Without You	Manfred Mann	54
103	Vincent	Don McLean	54
107	Crayon Angels	Judee Sill	53
107	Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)	Marvin Gaye	53
107	Perfection	Badfinger	53
107	Yours Is No Disgrace	Yes	53
111	Everybody's Missin' The Sun	Grin	52
111	Hallelujah	Sweathog	52
113	Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'	Charley Pride	51
113	She Loves The Way They Love Her	Colin Blunstone	51
113	When I Paint My Masterpiece	The Band	51
113	Witchwood	Strawbs	51
117	Ain't No Sunshine	Bill Withers	50
117	Coconut	Nilsson	50
117	Good Love 6-9969	Isaac Hayes	50
117	My Man On Love	Judee Sill	50
117	Spoon	CAN	50
117	Sweet Leaf	Black Sabbath	50
123	Bitch	The Rolling Stones	49
123	Cowboy Movie	David Crosby	49
123	Happy Xmas (War Is Over)	John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir	49
123	The Witch Queen Of New Orleans	Redbone	49
127	Fire & Brimstone	Link Wray	48
127	Freelance Fiend	Leaf Hound	48
127	Grandma's Hands	Bill Withers	48
127	Jealous Guy	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	48
127	Paradise	John Prine	48
127	Tupelo Honey	Van Morrison	48
127	Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey	Paul & Linda McCartney	48
127	What's Going On	Marvin Gaye	48
135	Crazy Arms, Crazy Eyes	Brave Belt	47
135	I Feel The Earth Move	Carole King	47
135	It's Gonna Get Better	Leaf Hound	47
135	Locomotive Breath	Jethro Tull	47
135	One's On The Way	Loretta Lynn	47
135	Stairway To Heaven	Led Zeppelin	47
135	Take Me	Tammy Wynette & George Jones	47
135	(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman	Carole King	47
143	Baby I'm-A Want You	Bread	46
143	Family Affair	Sly & The Family Stone	46
143	Feel Flows	The Beach Boys	46
143	Footstompin' Music	Grand Funk Railroad	46
143	I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here	David Crosby	46
143	Lovin' You Ain't Easy	Pagliaro	46
143	That's How Strong My Love Is	The Youngbloods	46
143	Without You	Nilsson	46
151	Amerikkka	The Watts Prophets	45
151	Draggin' The Line	Tommy James	45
151	Early Morning Breeze	Dolly Parton	45
151	Jump Into The Fire	Nilsson	45
151	Love Is Life	Earth, Wind & Fire	45
151	Monkberry Moon Delight	Paul & Linda McCartney	45
151	Omega Day	Bill Fay	45
151	Too Many People	Paul & Linda McCartney	45
151	True Blues	The Last Poets	45
151	Yesterday's Wine	Willie Nelson	45
161	The Animal Trainer & The Toad	Mountain	44
161	Brand New Key	Melanie	44
161	Long Distance Runaround	Yes	44
161	The Noonward Race	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	44
161	With Tomorrow	Gene Clark	44
166	Angel From Montgomery	John Prine	43
166	Dust Filled Room	Bill Fay	43
166	Give Me Some Truth aka Gimme Some Truth	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	43
166	Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves	Chér	43
166	Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)	The Hollies	43
166	Stone-Hearted Mama	The Pretty Things	43
166	Tiny Dancer	Elton John	43
173	After Forever	Black Sabbath	42
173	(I Know) I'm Losing You	Rod Stewart	42
173	July Morning	Uriah Heep	42
173	Maggie May	Rod Stewart	42
173	Merry Christmas Baby	Elvis Presley	42
173	One Of These Days	Ten Years After	42
173	Something On Your Mind	Karen Dalton	42
173	They Caught The Devil & Put Him In Jail In Eudora, Arkansas	Tony Joe White	42
181	Desperado	Alice Cooper	41
181	I Met Him On A Sunday	Laura Nyro & LaBelle	41
181	Long Haired Lady	Paul & Linda McCartney	41
181	No One To Depend On	Santana	41
181	Poor Boy	Nick Drake	41
181	Stay With Me	Faces	41
181	Wild Night	Van Morrison	41
188	Can You Get To That	Funkadelic	40
188	Joan Of Arc	Leonard Cohen	40
188	Let The Sky Fall	Ten Years After	40
188	Luv N' Haight	Sly & The Family Stone	40
188	Snowbird	Elvis Presley	40
193	Going To California	Led Zeppelin	39
193	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)	Marvin Gaye	39
193	It Don't Come Easy	Ringo Starr	39
193	The Lamb Ran Away With The Crown	Judee Sill	39
193	Long Promised Road	The Beach Boys	39
193	Love Ain't For Keeping	The Who	39
193	Madman Across The Water	Elton John	39
193	Morning Has Broken	Cat Stevens	39
193	Northern Sky	Nick Drake	39
193	One Of These Things First	Nick Drake	39
203	Dem Niggers Ain't Playing	The Watts Prophets	38
203	High Flyin' Baby	The Flamin' Groovies	38
203	Mandolin Wind	Rod Stewart	38
203	Never Can Say Goodbye	Isaac Hayes	38
203	Oh Yeah	CAN	38
203	She Flies On Strange Wings	Golden Earring	38
209	Bangla Desh	George Harrison	37
209	California	Joni Mitchell	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	Outa-Space	Billy Preston	37
209	Sam Stone	John Prine	37
209	The Same Old Rock	Roy Harper	37
218	A Case Of You	Joni Mitchell	36
218	Just Like A Baby	Sly & The Family Stone	36
218	Lady Day & John Coltrane	Gil Scott-Heron	36
218	Mambo Sun	T. Rex	36
222	Hot Love	T. Rex	35
222	Little Green	Joni Mitchell	35
222	Roundabout	Yes	35
222	You Know You Know	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	35
226	Light Up Or Leave Me Alone	Traffic	34
227	Black Dog	Led Zeppelin	33
227	Levon	Elton John	33
227	Save The Children	Marvin Gaye	33
230	Right Off	Miles Davis	32
231	'Til I Die	The Beach Boys	30
232	Yesternow	Miles Davis	28
233	Tiffany Queen	The Byrds	25
234	Baba O'Riley	The Who	23
235	You've Got A Friend	Carole King	22
236	Halleluwah aka Halleluhwah	CAN	21
236	Strawberry Letter 23	Shuggie Otis	21
238	Sweet Thang	Shuggie Otis	19
238	Teenage Head	The Flamin' Groovies	19
240	Coat Of Many Colors	Dolly Parton	17
241	Mr. Big Stuff	Jean Knight	16
241	Sour Suite	The Guess Who	16
243	Ballade de Melody Nelson	Serge Gainsbourg	15
243	Folk Song	Jack Bruce	15
243	It's Your Baby, You Rock It	Elvis Presley	15
246	Do You Know What I Mean	Lee Michaels	14
246	Nantucket Sleighride (For Owen Coffin) aka Nantucket Sleighride (To Owen Coffin)	Mountain	14
248	Aqualung	Jethro Tull	13
248	From A Dry Camel	Dust	13
248	River	Joni Mitchell	13
248	Scarecrow	Brave Belt	13
248	That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be	Carly Simon	13
248	You & Your Folks, Me & My Folks	Funkadelic	13
254	Are You Leaving For The Country	Karen Dalton	12
254	Avalanche	Leonard Cohen	12
254	Have You Seen Her	The Chi-Lites	12
254	I Hear You Calling	Bill Fay	12
254	Midsummer New York	Yoko Ono	12
254	Never Been To Spain	Three Dog Night	12
260	Behind Blue Eyes	The Who	11
260	Dirty Business	New Riders Of The Purple Sage	11
260	Just For Me & You	Poco	11
260	L.A. Woman	The Doors	11
260	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	11
260	Riders On The Storm	The Doors	11
260	Statesboro Blues (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	11
260	Superstar	Carpenters	11
268	Because Of You	Gene Clark	10
268	Children Of The Grave	Black Sabbath	10
268	Fallin' Rain	Link Wray	10
268	Move Over	Janis Joplin	10
268	She's A Lady	Tom Jones	10
268	Surf's Up	The Beach Boys	10
268	Tarkus 1. Eruption 2. Stones Of Years 3. Iconoclast 4. Mass 5. Manticore 6. Battlefield 7. Aquatarkus	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	10
268	Theme From Shaft	Isaac Hayes	10
276	Bad Weather	Poco	9
276	Golden Thread	Renaissance	9
276	The Last Time I Saw Richard	Joni Mitchell	9
276	Love Her Madly	The Doors	9
276	Man-Erg	Van der Graaf Generator	9
276	Oh What A Feeling	Crowbar	9
276	An Old Fashioned Love Song	Three Dog Night	9
276	Wild Horses	The Rolling Stones	9
284	I Don't Know You	New Riders Of The Purple Sage	8
284	Me & My Woman	Roy Harper	8
284	Meeting Of The Spirits	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	8
284	Mercedes Benz	Janis Joplin	8
284	Paperhouse	CAN	8
284	Rainy Days & Mondays	Carpenters	8
284	Slippin' Into Darkness	War	8
284	The Story In Your Eyes	The Moody Blues	8
284	We Got To Have Peace	Curtis Mayfield	8
293	Bargain	The Who	7
293	Can't You Hear Me Knocking	The Rolling Stones	7
293	In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	7
293	Into The Void	Black Sabbath	7
293	La De Da	Link Wray	7
293	Maggot Brain	Funkadelic	7
293	The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down	Joan Baez	7
293	Smiling Faces Sometimes	The Undisputed Truth	7
293	Spanish Harlem	Aretha Franklin	7
293	Tired Of Being Alone	Al Green	7
293	Won't Get Fooled Again	The Who	7
293	Yesterday's Numbers	The Flamin' Groovies	7
293	You've Got A Friend	James Taylor	7
306	4% Pantomime	The Band	6
306	Get Down	Curtis Mayfield	6
306	Me & Paul	Willie Nelson	6
309	Cry Baby	Janis Joplin	3
309	Me & Bobby McGee	Janis Joplin	3
309	Melting Pot	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	3
309	Reason To Believe	Rod Stewart	3
313	Lemmings (Including Cog)	Van der Graaf Generator	1
313	A Plague Of Lighthouse-Keepers 1. Eyewitness 2. Pictures/Lighthouse 3. Eyewitness 4. S.H.M. 5. Presence Of The Night 6. Kosmos Tours 7. (Custard’s) Last Stand 8. The Clot Thickens 9. Land’s End (Sineline) 10. We Go Now	Van der Graaf Generator	1

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