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	Echoes *	Pink Floyd	1013
2	Jeepster *	T. Rex	984
3	Life On Mars? *	David Bowie	949
4	Let's Stay Together *	Al Green	935
4	Oh! You Pretty Things *	David Bowie	935
6	Walk Away *	James Gang	926
7	Starship Trooper: a. Life Seeker b. Disillusion c. Wurm *	Yes	865
8	I'd Love To Change The World *	Ten Years After	834
9	Changes	David Bowie	741
10	Melody	Serge Gainsbourg	684
11	Fast Train	April Wine	267
12	Reason To Believe	Rod Stewart	248
13	Eagle Rock	Daddy Cool	216
14	You Know You Know	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	165
15	Evil	Cactus	155
16	Absolutely Right	Five Man Electrical Band	153
17	Cross-Eyed Mary	Jethro Tull	150
18	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised	Gil Scott-Heron	137
19	Jesus Was A Cross Maker	Judee Sill	134
19	Sweet City Woman	Stampeders	134
21	It's Too Late	Carole King	132
22	Circus Mind	The Pretty Things	127
22	Fearless	Pink Floyd	127
24	Baby Blue	Badfinger	125
25	The Changeling	The Doors	113
25	The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down	Joan Baez	113
25	Woman Tamer	Sir Lord Baltimore	113
28	Diana	Comus	111
28	Taboo	Santana	111
30	The Story In Your Eyes	The Moody Blues	105
31	10538 Overture	The Electric Light Orchestra	103
31	Famous Blue Raincoat	Leonard Cohen	103
33	Lonesome Mary	Chilliwack	102
34	Melting Pot	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	101
35	Love Her Madly	The Doors	99
36	Cosmic Dancer	T. Rex	97
37	Ah! Melody	Serge Gainsbourg	95
37	Do Your Thing	Isaac Hayes	95
39	Back Street Luv	Curved Air	94
40	Hocus Pocus	Focus	93
40	What's Going On	Marvin Gaye	93
42	Bang A Gong (Get It On)	T. Rex	92
43	Debris	Faces	91
44	Don't Look Around	Mountain	90
44	My Impersonal Life	The Blue Rose	90
46	Hot Rod Lincoln	Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen	87
47	Every Picture Tells A Story	Rod Stewart	86
48	Fletcher Honorama	Halfnelson	85
49	20th Century Man	The Kinks	82
49	Can't You Hear Me Knocking	The Rolling Stones	82
51	Day After Day	Badfinger	79
51	Wonder Girl	Halfnelson	79
53	Go Down Gamblin'	Blood, Sweat & Tears	77
54	When The Levee Breaks	Led Zeppelin	76
55	I Am...I Said	Neil Diamond	75
55	You Could Have Been A Lady	April Wine	75
57	Simple Sister	Procol Harum	74
57	Traveling Man	Dolly Parton	74
59	Yesterday's Numbers	The Flamin' Groovies	72
60	Do It	Pink Fairies	70
60	A Horse With No Name	America	70
62	Song To Comus	Comus	67
63	Last Year's Man	Leonard Cohen	66
63	Purple	Shuggie Otis	66
65	Abracadabra	Judee Sill	65
65	Tribute	Manfred Mann	65
65	Wild Eyes	Stampeders	65
68	Why Don't You Eat Carrots	Faust	64
69	Me & Bobby McGee	Janis Joplin	63
69	Related To What	The Last Poets	63
69	The Snake	The Pink Fairies	63
72	Aqualung	Jethro Tull	62
72	Moment Of Truth	Earth, Wind & Fire	62
74	Caroline Goodbye	Colin Blunstone	61
74	Home Dream	Eric Burdon & Jimmy Witherspoon	61
74	Piya Tu Ab To Aja (From "Caravan")	Asha Bhosle & Rahul Dev Burman	61
77	El Justiciero	Mutantes	60
77	Home Is Where The Hatred Is	Gil Scott-Heron	60
77	L.A. Woman	The Doors	60
77	Yours Is No Disgrace	Yes	60
81	Baby (1971 Version)	Mutantes	59
81	Carey	Joni Mitchell	59
81	Hold Your Head Up	Argent	59
81	Sunshine	Jonathan Edwards	59
85	American Pie	Don McLean	57
85	In The Land Of Grey & Pink	Caravan	57
85	Riders On The Storm	The Doors	57
85	Wild Horses	The Rolling Stones	57
89	How Do You Do?	Mouth & MacNeal	56
89	Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian)	Raiders	56
89	Rain Dance	The Guess Who	56
89	Right On	Marvin Gaye	56
89	Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes	Kevin Ayers	56
94	George Jackson (Acoustic Version)	Bob Dylan	55
94	Golf Girl	Caravan	55
94	Imagine	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	55
97	Benedictus	Strawbs	54
97	Hello In There	John Prine	54
97	Whipping Post (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	54
100	I Feel The Earth Move	Carole King	53
100	Living Without You	Manfred Mann	53
100	Vincent	Don McLean	53
103	Everybody's Missin' The Sun	Grin	52
104	Hallelujah	Sweathog	51
104	Some Sing, Some Dance	Pagliaro	51
106	Get Together (Live)	The Youngbloods	50
106	Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)	The Hollies	50
106	Perfection	Badfinger	50
106	She Loves The Way They Love Her	Colin Blunstone	50
106	When I Paint My Masterpiece	The Band	50
106	Witchwood	Strawbs	50
112	Ain't No Sunshine	Bill Withers	49
112	Cowboy Movie	David Crosby	49
112	Crayon Angels	Judee Sill	49
112	Good Love 6-9969	Isaac Hayes	49
112	Never Can Say Goodbye	Isaac Hayes	49
112	Sweet Leaf	Black Sabbath	49
112	Take Me Home, Country Roads	John Denver With Fat City	49
119	Bitch	The Rolling Stones	48
119	Black In A White World	The Watts Prophets	48
119	Coconut	Nilsson	48
119	Fire & Brimstone	Link Wray	48
119	Grandma's Hands	Bill Withers	48
119	Happy Xmas (War Is Over)	John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir	48
119	Heart Of The Sunrise	Yes	48
119	Monkberry Moon Delight	Paul & Linda McCartney	48
119	(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman	Carole King	48
128	Freelance Fiend	Leaf Hound	47
128	Northern Sky	Nick Drake	47
128	Paradise	John Prine	47
128	Spoon	CAN	47
128	The Witch Queen Of New Orleans	Redbone	47
133	Baby I'm-A Want You	Bread	46
133	I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here	David Crosby	46
133	It's Gonna Get Better	Leaf Hound	46
133	One Of These Days	Ten Years After	46
133	You've Got A Friend	Carole King	46
138	Early Morning Breeze	Dolly Parton	45
138	Feel Flows	The Beach Boys	45
138	Footstompin' Music	Grand Funk Railroad	45
138	Jealous Guy	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	45
138	Lovin' You Ain't Easy	Pagliaro	45
138	One's On The Way	Loretta Lynn	45
138	Tupelo Honey	Van Morrison	45
145	Draggin' The Line	Tommy James	44
145	Family Affair	Sly & The Family Stone	44
145	Jump Into The Fire	Nilsson	44
145	Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)	The Temptations	44
145	Love Is Life	Earth, Wind & Fire	44
145	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	44
145	Omega Day	Bill Fay	44
152	The Animal Trainer & The Toad	Mountain	43
152	Brand New Key	Melanie	43
152	Dust Filled Room	Bill Fay	43
152	Long Distance Runaround	Yes	43
152	My Man On Love	Judee Sill	43
152	Stairway To Heaven	Led Zeppelin	43
152	Tiny Dancer	Elton John	43
152	Too Many People	Paul & Linda McCartney	43
152	With Tomorrow	Gene Clark	43
161	After Forever	Black Sabbath	42
161	Amerikkka	The Watts Prophets	42
161	Angel From Montgomery	John Prine	42
161	Bargain	The Who	42
161	Give Me Some Truth aka Gimme Some Truth	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	42
161	Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves	Chér	42
161	(I Know) I'm Losing You	Rod Stewart	42
161	The Noonward Race	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	42
161	Tarkus 1. Eruption 2. Stones Of Years 3. Iconoclast 4. Mass 5. Manticore 6. Battlefield 7. Aquatarkus	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	42
161	That's How Strong My Love Is	The Youngbloods	42
161	True Blues	The Last Poets	42
172	Desperado	Alice Cooper	41
172	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)	Marvin Gaye	41
172	July Morning	Uriah Heep	41
172	Laughing	David Crosby	41
172	Mercedes Benz	Janis Joplin	41
172	Wild Night	Van Morrison	41
178	Brown Sugar	The Rolling Stones	40
178	Long Haired Lady	Paul & Linda McCartney	40
178	Luv N' Haight	Sly & The Family Stone	40
178	Maggot Brain	Funkadelic	40
178	Smiling Faces Sometimes	The Undisputed Truth	40
178	Stay With Me	Faces	40
178	Stone-Hearted Mama	The Pretty Things	40
178	Without You	Nilsson	40
186	Joan Of Arc	Leonard Cohen	39
186	Locomotive Breath	Jethro Tull	39
186	Madman Across The Water	Elton John	39
186	Move Over	Janis Joplin	39
186	No One To Depend On	Santana	39
186	Poor Boy	Nick Drake	39
186	Slippin' Into Darkness	War	39
193	Can You Get To That	Funkadelic	38
193	Dem Niggers Ain't Playing	The Watts Prophets	38
193	Going To California	Led Zeppelin	38
193	It Don't Come Easy	Ringo Starr	38
193	Let The Sky Fall	Ten Years After	38
193	Long Promised Road	The Beach Boys	38
193	Love Ain't For Keeping	The Who	38
193	Man In Black	Johnny Cash	38
193	Medley: Ike's Rap II / Help Me Love	Isaac Hayes	38
193	Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)	Marvin Gaye	38
193	Morning Has Broken	Cat Stevens	38
193	Oh Yeah	CAN	38
193	One Of These Things First	Nick Drake	38
193	Statesboro Blues (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	38
207	Dum Maro Dum (From “Haré Rama Haré Krishna”)	Asha Bhosle & Chorus	37
207	How Can You Mend A Broken Heart	Bee Gees	37
207	I Just Want To Celebrate	Rare Earth	37
207	I've Been Driftin' / Once Upon A Time	Eric Burdon & Jimmy Witherspoon	37
207	I've Seen All Good People: a. Your Move b. All Good People	Yes	37
207	The Lamb Ran Away With The Crown	Judee Sill	37
207	The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys	Traffic	37
207	Mandolin Wind	Rod Stewart	37
207	She Flies On Strange Wings	Golden Earring	37
216	Outa-Space	Billy Preston	36
216	Sam Stone	John Prine	36
216	The Same Old Rock	Roy Harper	36
219	Black Dog	Led Zeppelin	35
219	California	Joni Mitchell	35
219	A Case Of You	Joni Mitchell	35
219	Hot Love	T. Rex	35
219	Just Like A Baby	Sly & The Family Stone	35
219	Lady Day & John Coltrane	Gil Scott-Heron	35
219	Little Green	Joni Mitchell	35
219	Mambo Sun	T. Rex	35
219	Meeting Of The Spirits	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	35
228	Light Up Or Leave Me Alone	Traffic	34
228	Maggie May	Rod Stewart	34
228	Roundabout	Yes	34
231	Levon	Elton John	33
231	Save The Children	Marvin Gaye	33
233	Children Of The Grave	Black Sabbath	31
234	'Til I Die	The Beach Boys	29
235	Yesternow	Miles Davis	25
236	Baba O'Riley	The Who	23
237	Cry Baby	Janis Joplin	20
237	Halleluwah aka Halleluhwah	CAN	20
239	Keep On Keeping On	Curtis Mayfield	19
240	Strawberry Letter 23	Shuggie Otis	18
241	Sweet Thang	Shuggie Otis	17
242	Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey	Paul & Linda McCartney	16
243	Ballade de Melody Nelson	Serge Gainsbourg	14
243	Folk Song	Jack Bruce	14
245	Coat Of Many Colors	Dolly Parton	13
245	Do You Know What I Mean	Lee Michaels	13
247	Avalanche	Leonard Cohen	12
247	I Hear You Calling	Bill Fay	12
247	River	Joni Mitchell	12
247	Won't Get Fooled Again	The Who	12
247	You & Your Folks, Me & My Folks	Funkadelic	12
252	From A Dry Camel	Dust	11
252	Have You Seen Her	The Chi-Lites	11
252	Sour Suite	The Guess Who	11
255	Behind Blue Eyes	The Who	10
255	Dirty Business	New Riders Of The Purple Sage	10
255	Get Down	Curtis Mayfield	10
255	That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be	Carly Simon	10
259	Bad Weather	Poco	9
259	Because Of You	Gene Clark	9
259	Just For Me & You	Poco	9
259	Midsummer New York	Yoko Ono	9
259	Mr. Big Stuff	Jean Knight	9
259	An Old Fashioned Love Song	Three Dog Night	9
259	Right Off	Miles Davis	9
259	Superstar	Carpenters	9
267	I Don't Know You	New Riders Of The Purple Sage	8
267	Nantucket Sleighride (For Owen Coffin) aka Nantucket Sleighride (To Owen Coffin)	Mountain	8
267	Surf's Up	The Beach Boys	8
267	We Got To Have Peace	Curtis Mayfield	8
271	Fallin' Rain	Link Wray	7
271	Golden Thread	Renaissance	7
271	In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	7
271	Into The Void	Black Sabbath	7
271	The Last Time I Saw Richard	Joni Mitchell	7
271	Never Been To Spain	Three Dog Night	7
271	Oh What A Feeling	Crowbar	7
271	Paperhouse	CAN	7
271	Rainy Days & Mondays	Carpenters	7
271	She's A Lady	Tom Jones	7
271	Theme From Shaft	Isaac Hayes	7
271	Tired Of Being Alone	Al Green	7
271	Where Evil Grows	The Poppy Family	7
271	You've Got A Friend	James Taylor	7
285	Bangla Desh	George Harrison	6
285	La De Da	Link Wray	6
285	Me & My Woman	Roy Harper	6
285	Respect Yourself	The Staple Singers	6

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