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.

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Top Songs of 1971 by Vote -- Chart 1152
Rank	Song	Artist	Votes
1	Echoes	Pink Floyd	940
2	Jeepster	T. Rex	931
3	Life On Mars?	David Bowie	911
4	Let's Stay Together	Al Green	894
5	Oh! You Pretty Things	David Bowie	891
6	Walk Away	James Gang	858
7	Starship Trooper: a. Life Seeker b. Disillusion c. Wurm	Yes	820
8	Behind Blue Eyes	The Who	777
9	Changes	David Bowie	728
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	141
16	Cross-Eyed Mary	Jethro Tull	140
17	Evil	Cactus	131
18	It's Too Late	Carole King	124
19	Jesus Was A Cross Maker	Judee Sill	123
20	Baby Blue	Badfinger	120
20	Sweet City Woman	Stampeders	120
22	Circus Mind	The Pretty Things	118
23	Fearless	Pink Floyd	111
24	Love Her Madly	The Doors	108
25	The Changeling	The Doors	107
26	Won't Get Fooled Again	The Who	106
27	Taboo	Santana	103
28	Diana	Comus	99
28	Whipping Post (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	99
30	Theme From Shaft	Isaac Hayes	98
31	Melting Pot	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	96
32	Avalanche	Leonard Cohen	94
32	Famous Blue Raincoat	Leonard Cohen	94
34	Cosmic Dancer	T. Rex	91
35	Ah! Melody	Serge Gainsbourg	90
36	Do Your Thing	Isaac Hayes	89
37	10538 Overture	The Electric Light Orchestra	87
38	I Feel The Earth Move	Carole King	86
39	'Til I Die	The Beach Boys	81
40	Hot Rod Lincoln	Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen	80
41	Bang A Gong (Get It On)	T. Rex	79
41	Debris	Faces	79
43	Can't You Hear Me Knocking	The Rolling Stones	78
43	Every Picture Tells A Story	Rod Stewart	78
43	Hocus Pocus	Focus	78
43	Lonesome Mary	Chilliwack	78
47	Oh What A Feeling	Crowbar	75
47	Sour Suite	The Guess Who	75
49	Baba O'Riley	The Who	73
50	My Impersonal Life	The Blue Rose	72
51	Crayon Angels	Judee Sill	71
52	Go Down Gamblin'	Blood, Sweat & Tears	69
53	20th Century Man	The Kinks	68
54	Simple Sister	Procol Harum	66
54	Traveling Man	Dolly Parton	66
56	Day After Day	Badfinger	65
56	When The Levee Breaks	Led Zeppelin	65
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
61	The Snake	The Pink Fairies	58
61	Song To Comus	Comus	58
64	Surf's Up	The Beach Boys	57
65	It Don't Come Easy	Ringo Starr	55
65	Moment Of Truth	Earth, Wind & Fire	55
67	Caroline Goodbye	Colin Blunstone	54
67	Melody	Serge Gainsbourg	54
69	Baby (1971 Version)	Mutantes	53
69	Home Is Where The Hatred Is	Gil Scott-Heron	53
71	American Pie	Don McLean	52
71	Aqualung	Jethro Tull	52
71	Do It	Pink Fairies	52
71	Jealous Guy	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	52
71	Living Without You	Manfred Mann	52
76	Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes	Kevin Ayers	51
76	Tribute	Manfred Mann	51
78	Abracadabra	Judee Sill	50
79	Ballade de Melody Nelson	Serge Gainsbourg	49
79	Hold Your Head Up	Argent	49
79	Right On	Marvin Gaye	49
79	Wild Horses	The Rolling Stones	49
83	How Do You Do?	Mouth & MacNeal	48
83	Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian)	Raiders	48
83	Riders On The Storm	The Doors	48
86	She Loves The Way They Love Her	Colin Blunstone	47
86	Some Sing, Some Dance	Pagliaro	47
88	Wild Eyes	Stampeders	46
89	Rain Dance	The Guess Who	45
89	Sunshine	Jonathan Edwards	45
91	George Jackson (Acoustic Version)	Bob Dylan	44
92	Cowboy Movie	David Crosby	43
92	El Justiciero	Mutantes	43
92	Little Green	Joni Mitchell	43
92	That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be	Carly Simon	43
92	Yesterday's Numbers	The Flamin' Groovies	43
97	A Case Of You	Joni Mitchell	42
97	Everybody's Missin' The Sun	Grin	42
97	Good Love 6-9969	Isaac Hayes	42
97	Imagine	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	42
97	Love Is Life	Earth, Wind & Fire	42
97	Lovin' You Ain't Easy	Pagliaro	42
97	Me & Bobby McGee	Janis Joplin	42
97	Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)	Marvin Gaye	42
97	Perfection	Badfinger	42
97	Spoon	CAN	42
97	Yesternow	Miles Davis	42
108	Baby I'm-A Want You	Bread	41
108	Bangla Desh	George Harrison	41
108	Hello In There	John Prine	41
108	One Of These Days	Ten Years After	41
108	You & Your Folks, Me & My Folks	Funkadelic	41
108	You've Got A Friend	Carole King	41
114	Early Morning Breeze	Dolly Parton	40
114	Never Can Say Goodbye	Isaac Hayes	40
114	With Tomorrow	Gene Clark	40
114	You Could Have Been A Lady	April Wine	40
118	Coconut	Nilsson	39
118	Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)	The Hollies	39
118	One's On The Way	Loretta Lynn	39
118	Spanish Harlem	Aretha Franklin	39
118	Sweet Leaf	Black Sabbath	39
123	After Forever	Black Sabbath	38
123	Back Street Luv	Curved Air	38
123	Give Me Some Truth aka Gimme Some Truth	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	38
123	Grandma's Hands	Bill Withers	38
123	(I Know) I'm Losing You	Rod Stewart	38
123	Monkberry Moon Delight	Paul & Linda McCartney	38
123	Never Been To Spain	Three Dog Night	38
123	Paradise	John Prine	38
123	Statesboro Blues (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	38
123	Yours Is No Disgrace	Yes	38
133	Ain't No Sunshine	Bill Withers	37
133	Because Of You	Gene Clark	37
133	Hallelujah	Sweathog	37
133	Medley: Ike's Rap II / Help Me Love	Isaac Hayes	37
133	The Witch Queen Of New Orleans	Redbone	37
138	Bitch	The Rolling Stones	36
138	Family Affair	Sly & The Family Stone	36
138	Happy Xmas (War Is Over)	John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir	36
138	Jump Into The Fire	Nilsson	36
138	Luv N' Haight	Sly & The Family Stone	36
138	What's Going On	Marvin Gaye	36
144	Angel From Montgomery	John Prine	35
144	Brand New Key	Melanie	35
144	Halleluwah aka Halleluhwah	CAN	35
144	Laughing	David Crosby	35
144	Let The Sky Fall	Ten Years After	35
144	Long Distance Runaround	Yes	35
144	Madman Across The Water	Elton John	35
144	Mercedes Benz	Janis Joplin	35
144	Northern Sky	Nick Drake	35
144	Stay With Me	Faces	35
144	Stone-Hearted Mama	The Pretty Things	35
144	True Blues	The Last Poets	35
144	Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey	Paul & Linda McCartney	35
144	Wild Night	Van Morrison	35
144	Without You	Nilsson	35
144	(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman	Carole King	35
160	Bargain	The Who	34
160	Fallin' Rain	Link Wray	34
160	Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves	Chér	34
160	Heart Of The Sunrise	Yes	34
160	I'd Love To Change The World	Ten Years After	34
160	Love Ain't For Keeping	The Who	34
160	Mandolin Wind	Rod Stewart	34
160	The Noonward Race	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	34
160	She Flies On Strange Wings	Golden Earring	34
160	Slippin' Into Darkness	War	34
160	Tiny Dancer	Elton John	34
171	Black Dog	Led Zeppelin	33
171	Children Of The Grave	Black Sabbath	33
171	Do You Know What I Mean	Lee Michaels	33
171	Feel Flows	The Beach Boys	33
171	Going To California	Led Zeppelin	33
171	I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here	David Crosby	33
171	July Morning	Uriah Heep	33
171	L.A. Woman	The Doors	33
171	Locomotive Breath	Jethro Tull	33
171	Long Haired Lady	Paul & Linda McCartney	33
171	Long Promised Road	The Beach Boys	33
171	The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys	Traffic	33
171	Man In Black	Johnny Cash	33
171	My Man On Love	Judee Sill	33
171	One Of These Things First	Nick Drake	33
171	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised	Gil Scott-Heron	33
171	River	Joni Mitchell	33
171	The Same Old Rock	Roy Harper	33
171	Smiling Faces Sometimes	The Undisputed Truth	33
171	Stairway To Heaven	Led Zeppelin	33
171	The Story In Your Eyes	The Moody Blues	33
171	Too Many People	Paul & Linda McCartney	33
171	Tupelo Honey	Van Morrison	33
171	Vincent	Don McLean	33
171	When I Paint My Masterpiece	The Band	33
196	Brown Sugar	The Rolling Stones	32
196	Can You Get To That	Funkadelic	32
196	Cry Baby	Janis Joplin	32
196	I Just Want To Celebrate	Rare Earth	32
196	Into The Void	Black Sabbath	32
196	Joan Of Arc	Leonard Cohen	32
196	Just Like A Baby	Sly & The Family Stone	32
196	La De Da	Link Wray	32
196	The Lamb Ran Away With The Crown	Judee Sill	32
196	Levon	Elton John	32
196	Maggie May	Rod Stewart	32
196	Mambo Sun	T. Rex	32
196	Morning Has Broken	Cat Stevens	32
196	Move Over	Janis Joplin	32
196	No One To Depend On	Santana	32
196	Oh Yeah	CAN	32
196	Paperhouse	CAN	32
196	Poor Boy	Nick Drake	32
196	Respect Yourself	The Staple Singers	32
196	Sam Stone	John Prine	32
196	Save The Children	Marvin Gaye	32
196	Tarkus 1. Eruption 2. Stones Of Years 3. Iconoclast 4. Mass 5. Manticore 6. Battlefield 7. Aquatarkus	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	32
218	California	Joni Mitchell	31
218	Desperado	Alice Cooper	31
218	Draggin' The Line	Tommy James	31
218	Fire & Brimstone	Link Wray	31
218	Hot Love	T. Rex	31
218	How Can You Mend A Broken Heart	Bee Gees	31
218	I've Seen All Good People: a. Your Move b. All Good People	Yes	31
218	In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	31
218	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)	Marvin Gaye	31
218	Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)	The Temptations	31
218	Lady Day & John Coltrane	Gil Scott-Heron	31
218	The Last Time I Saw Richard	Joni Mitchell	31
218	Light Up Or Leave Me Alone	Traffic	31
218	Me & My Woman	Roy Harper	31
218	Meeting Of The Spirits	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	31
218	Roundabout	Yes	31
218	Tired Of Being Alone	Al Green	31
235	Coat Of Many Colors	Dolly Parton	4
236	An Old Fashioned Love Song	Three Dog Night	3

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