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	934
2	Jeepster	T. Rex	925
3	Life On Mars?	David Bowie	906
4	Let's Stay Together	Al Green	889
5	Oh! You Pretty Things	David Bowie	886
6	Walk Away	James Gang	858
7	Starship Trooper: a. Life Seeker b. Disillusion c. Wurm	Yes	818
8	Behind Blue Eyes	The Who	772
9	Changes	David Bowie	727
10	Right Off	Miles Davis	679
11	Reason To Believe	Rod Stewart	244
12	Fast Train	April Wine	240
13	Eagle Rock	Daddy Cool	187
14	You Know You Know	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	143
15	Absolutely Right	Five Man Electrical Band	139
15	Cross-Eyed Mary	Jethro Tull	139
17	Evil	Cactus	131
18	It's Too Late	Carole King	124
19	Jesus Was A Cross Maker	Judee Sill	122
20	Baby Blue	Badfinger	120
21	Sweet City Woman	Stampeders	119
22	Crayon Angels	Judee Sill	117
23	Fearless	Pink Floyd	111
24	The Changeling	The Doors	107
24	Love Her Madly	The Doors	107
26	Won't Get Fooled Again	The Who	105
27	Taboo	Santana	103
28	Whipping Post (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	99
29	Diana	Comus	98
29	Theme From Shaft	Isaac Hayes	98
31	Melting Pot	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	96
32	Famous Blue Raincoat	Leonard Cohen	94
33	Cosmic Dancer	T. Rex	90
34	Ah! Melody	Serge Gainsbourg	89
34	Do Your Thing	Isaac Hayes	89
36	Avalanche	Leonard Cohen	88
37	10538 Overture	The Electric Light Orchestra	84
38	I Feel The Earth Move	Carole King	81
38	'Til I Die	The Beach Boys	81
40	Hot Rod Lincoln	Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen	80
41	Can't You Hear Me Knocking	The Rolling Stones	78
41	Every Picture Tells A Story	Rod Stewart	78
41	Hocus Pocus	Focus	78
44	Debris	Faces	77
45	Lonesome Mary	Chilliwack	76
46	Oh What A Feeling	Crowbar	75
47	Baba O'Riley	The Who	73
47	Bang A Gong (Get It On)	T. Rex	73
47	Sour Suite	The Guess Who	73
50	My Impersonal Life	The Blue Rose	72
51	Coat Of Many Colors	Dolly Parton	70
52	Go Down Gamblin'	Blood, Sweat & Tears	68
53	20th Century Man	The Kinks	66
53	Simple Sister	Procol Harum	66
53	Traveling Man	Dolly Parton	66
56	When The Levee Breaks	Led Zeppelin	65
57	Day After Day	Badfinger	63
58	Last Year's Man	Leonard Cohen	62
59	A Horse With No Name	America	61
60	Related To What	The Last Poets	59
61	Maggot Brain	Funkadelic	58
62	The Snake	The Pink Fairies	57
63	Song To Comus	Comus	56
63	Surf's Up	The Beach Boys	56
65	It Don't Come Easy	Ringo Starr	55
65	Moment Of Truth	Earth, Wind & Fire	55
67	Melody	Serge Gainsbourg	54
68	Baby (1971 Version)	Mutantes	53
68	Caroline Goodbye	Colin Blunstone	53
68	Home Is Where The Hatred Is	Gil Scott-Heron	53
71	Jealous Guy	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	52
72	American Pie	Don McLean	51
72	Do It	Pink Fairies	51
72	Living Without You	Manfred Mann	51
72	Tribute	Manfred Mann	51
76	Aqualung	Jethro Tull	50
76	Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes	Kevin Ayers	50
78	Hold Your Head Up	Argent	49
78	Wild Horses	The Rolling Stones	49
80	Abracadabra	Judee Sill	48
80	Ballade de Melody Nelson	Serge Gainsbourg	48
80	How Do You Do?	Mouth & MacNeal	48
80	Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian)	Raiders	48
80	Riders On The Storm	The Doors	48
80	Right On	Marvin Gaye	48
86	She Loves The Way They Love Her	Colin Blunstone	47
87	Some Sing, Some Dance	Pagliaro	46
87	Wild Eyes	Stampeders	46
89	Rain Dance	The Guess Who	45
89	Sunshine	Jonathan Edwards	45
91	El Justiciero	Mutantes	43
91	George Jackson (Acoustic Version)	Bob Dylan	43
91	Little Green	Joni Mitchell	43
91	That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be	Carly Simon	43
95	A Case Of You	Joni Mitchell	42
95	Cowboy Movie	David Crosby	42
95	Everybody's Missin' The Sun	Grin	42
95	Imagine	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	42
95	Lovin' You Ain't Easy	Pagliaro	42
95	Me & Bobby McGee	Janis Joplin	42
95	Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)	Marvin Gaye	42
95	Perfection	Badfinger	42
95	Yesterday's Numbers	The Flamin' Groovies	42
95	Yesternow	Miles Davis	42
105	Baby I'm-A Want You	Bread	41
105	Bangla Desh	George Harrison	41
105	Good Love 6-9969	Isaac Hayes	41
105	Hello In There	John Prine	41
105	Love Is Life	Earth, Wind & Fire	41
105	One Of These Days	Ten Years After	41
105	You've Got A Friend	Carole King	41
112	Early Morning Breeze	Dolly Parton	40
112	Never Can Say Goodbye	Isaac Hayes	40
112	Spoon	CAN	40
112	You & Your Folks, Me & My Folks	Funkadelic	40
116	One's On The Way	Loretta Lynn	39
116	Sweet Leaf	Black Sabbath	39
116	With Tomorrow	Gene Clark	39
116	You Could Have Been A Lady	April Wine	39
120	(I Know) I'm Losing You	Rod Stewart	38
120	Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)	The Hollies	38
120	Monkberry Moon Delight	Paul & Linda McCartney	38
120	Paradise	John Prine	38
120	Yours Is No Disgrace	Yes	38
125	After Forever	Black Sabbath	37
125	Back Street Luv	Curved Air	37
125	Coconut	Nilsson	37
125	Give Me Some Truth aka Gimme Some Truth	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	37
125	Grandma's Hands	Bill Withers	37
125	Medley: Ike's Rap II / Help Me Love	Isaac Hayes	37
125	An Old Fashioned Love Song	Three Dog Night	37
125	Spanish Harlem	Aretha Franklin	37
125	Statesboro Blues (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	37
125	The Witch Queen Of New Orleans	Redbone	37
135	Ain't No Sunshine	Bill Withers	36
135	Because Of You	Gene Clark	36
135	Hallelujah	Sweathog	36
135	Happy Xmas (War Is Over)	John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir	36
135	Luv N' Haight	Sly & The Family Stone	36
135	Never Been To Spain	Three Dog Night	36
141	Bitch	The Rolling Stones	35
141	Brand New Key	Melanie	35
141	Family Affair	Sly & The Family Stone	35
141	Halleluwah aka Halleluhwah	CAN	35
141	Jump Into The Fire	Nilsson	35
141	Laughing	David Crosby	35
141	Let The Sky Fall	Ten Years After	35
141	Madman Across The Water	Elton John	35
141	Mercedes Benz	Janis Joplin	35
141	Northern Sky	Nick Drake	35
141	True Blues	The Last Poets	35
141	What's Going On	Marvin Gaye	35
141	Wild Night	Van Morrison	35
141	(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman	Carole King	35
155	Angel From Montgomery	John Prine	34
155	Bargain	The Who	34
155	Fallin' Rain	Link Wray	34
155	Heart Of The Sunrise	Yes	34
155	I'd Love To Change The World	Ten Years After	34
155	Long Distance Runaround	Yes	34
155	Mandolin Wind	Rod Stewart	34
155	The Noonward Race	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	34
155	She Flies On Strange Wings	Golden Earring	34
155	Stay With Me	Faces	34
155	Tiny Dancer	Elton John	34
155	Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey	Paul & Linda McCartney	34
155	Without You	Nilsson	34
168	Black Dog	Led Zeppelin	33
168	Do You Know What I Mean	Lee Michaels	33
168	Feel Flows	The Beach Boys	33
168	Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves	Chér	33
168	I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here	David Crosby	33
168	L.A. Woman	The Doors	33
168	Love Ain't For Keeping	The Who	33
168	The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys	Traffic	33
168	Man In Black	Johnny Cash	33
168	My Man On Love	Judee Sill	33
168	One Of These Things First	Nick Drake	33
168	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised	Gil Scott-Heron	33
168	River	Joni Mitchell	33
168	The Same Old Rock	Roy Harper	33
168	Slippin' Into Darkness	War	33
168	Too Many People	Paul & Linda McCartney	33
168	Vincent	Don McLean	33
185	Brown Sugar	The Rolling Stones	32
185	Can You Get To That	Funkadelic	32
185	Children Of The Grave	Black Sabbath	32
185	Going To California	Led Zeppelin	32
185	I Just Want To Celebrate	Rare Earth	32
185	Into The Void	Black Sabbath	32
185	Joan Of Arc	Leonard Cohen	32
185	July Morning	Uriah Heep	32
185	Just Like A Baby	Sly & The Family Stone	32
185	La De Da	Link Wray	32
185	The Lamb Ran Away With The Crown	Judee Sill	32
185	Levon	Elton John	32
185	Locomotive Breath	Jethro Tull	32
185	Long Haired Lady	Paul & Linda McCartney	32
185	Long Promised Road	The Beach Boys	32
185	Maggie May	Rod Stewart	32
185	Mambo Sun	T. Rex	32
185	Morning Has Broken	Cat Stevens	32
185	Move Over	Janis Joplin	32
185	No One To Depend On	Santana	32
185	Oh Yeah	CAN	32
185	Poor Boy	Nick Drake	32
185	Respect Yourself	The Staple Singers	32
185	Sam Stone	John Prine	32
185	Save The Children	Marvin Gaye	32
185	Smiling Faces Sometimes	The Undisputed Truth	32
185	The Story In Your Eyes	The Moody Blues	32
185	Tarkus 1. Eruption 2. Stones Of Years 3. Iconoclast 4. Mass 5. Manticore 6. Battlefield 7. Aquatarkus	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	32
185	Tupelo Honey	Van Morrison	32
185	When I Paint My Masterpiece	The Band	32
215	California	Joni Mitchell	31
215	Cry Baby	Janis Joplin	31
215	Desperado	Alice Cooper	31
215	Draggin' The Line	Tommy James	31
215	Fire & Brimstone	Link Wray	31
215	Hot Love	T. Rex	31
215	How Can You Mend A Broken Heart	Bee Gees	31
215	I've Seen All Good People: a. Your Move b. All Good People	Yes	31
215	In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	31
215	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)	Marvin Gaye	31
215	Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)	The Temptations	31
215	Lady Day & John Coltrane	Gil Scott-Heron	31
215	The Last Time I Saw Richard	Joni Mitchell	31
215	Light Up Or Leave Me Alone	Traffic	31
215	Me & My Woman	Roy Harper	31
215	Meeting Of The Spirits	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	31
215	Paperhouse	CAN	31
215	Roundabout	Yes	31
215	Stairway To Heaven	Led Zeppelin	31
215	Tired Of Being Alone	Al Green	31

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