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	1009
2	Jeepster *	T. Rex	980
3	Life On Mars? *	David Bowie	948
4	Let's Stay Together *	Al Green	934
5	Oh! You Pretty Things *	David Bowie	928
6	Walk Away *	James Gang	924
7	Starship Trooper: a. Life Seeker b. Disillusion c. Wurm *	Yes	863
8	I'd Love To Change The World *	Ten Years After	834
9	Changes	David Bowie	741
10	Melody	Serge Gainsbourg	682
11	Fast Train	April Wine	264
12	Reason To Believe	Rod Stewart	247
13	Eagle Rock	Daddy Cool	213
14	You Know You Know	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	160
15	Absolutely Right	Five Man Electrical Band	150
16	Evil	Cactus	149
17	Cross-Eyed Mary	Jethro Tull	146
18	Jesus Was A Cross Maker	Judee Sill	133
19	It's Too Late	Carole King	131
20	Sweet City Woman	Stampeders	129
21	Circus Mind	The Pretty Things	126
22	Fearless	Pink Floyd	125
23	Baby Blue	Badfinger	124
24	The Changeling	The Doors	113
25	The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down	Joan Baez	112
25	Woman Tamer	Sir Lord Baltimore	112
27	Diana	Comus	109
27	Taboo	Santana	109
29	The Story In Your Eyes	The Moody Blues	105
30	Theme From Shaft	Isaac Hayes	104
31	10538 Overture	The Electric Light Orchestra	101
31	Famous Blue Raincoat	Leonard Cohen	101
31	Lonesome Mary	Chilliwack	101
34	Love Her Madly	The Doors	99
34	Melting Pot	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	99
36	Cosmic Dancer	T. Rex	96
37	Do Your Thing	Isaac Hayes	95
38	Ah! Melody	Serge Gainsbourg	93
38	What's Going On	Marvin Gaye	93
40	Hocus Pocus	Focus	90
41	Bang A Gong (Get It On)	T. Rex	89
41	Crayon Angels	Judee Sill	89
43	Debris	Faces	86
43	Hot Rod Lincoln	Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen	86
43	My Impersonal Life	The Blue Rose	86
43	'Til I Die	The Beach Boys	86
47	Every Picture Tells A Story	Rod Stewart	85
48	Oh What A Feeling	Crowbar	83
49	Can't You Hear Me Knocking	The Rolling Stones	82
50	Fletcher Honorama	Halfnelson	81
51	20th Century Man	The Kinks	80
52	Baba O'Riley	The Who	79
53	Go Down Gamblin'	Blood, Sweat & Tears	77
53	Wonder Girl	Halfnelson	77
55	When The Levee Breaks	Led Zeppelin	75
56	Day After Day	Badfinger	74
56	I Am...I Said	Neil Diamond	74
58	Simple Sister	Procol Harum	73
58	Traveling Man	Dolly Parton	73
60	You Could Have Been A Lady	April Wine	71
61	A Horse With No Name	America	68
61	Yesterday's Numbers	The Flamin' Groovies	68
63	Do It	Pink Fairies	67
64	Last Year's Man	Leonard Cohen	66
64	Song To Comus	Comus	66
66	Tribute	Manfred Mann	64
67	Why Don't You Eat Carrots	Faust	63
67	Wild Eyes	Stampeders	63
69	Abracadabra	Judee Sill	62
69	Related To What	The Last Poets	62
69	The Snake	The Pink Fairies	62
72	Caroline Goodbye	Colin Blunstone	61
73	Aqualung	Jethro Tull	60
73	Me & Bobby McGee	Janis Joplin	60
73	Moment Of Truth	Earth, Wind & Fire	60
73	Piya Tu Ab To Aja (From "Caravan")	Asha Bhosle & Rahul Dev Burman	60
77	Baby (1971 Version)	Mutantes	58
77	El Justiciero	Mutantes	58
77	Home Is Where The Hatred Is	Gil Scott-Heron	58
77	L.A. Woman	The Doors	58
81	Carey	Joni Mitchell	57
81	Riders On The Storm	The Doors	57
81	Yours Is No Disgrace	Yes	57
84	American Pie	Don McLean	56
84	Hold Your Head Up	Argent	56
84	Right On	Marvin Gaye	56
84	Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes	Kevin Ayers	56
84	Sunshine	Jonathan Edwards	56
89	How Do You Do?	Mouth & MacNeal	55
89	Wild Horses	The Rolling Stones	55
91	George Jackson (Acoustic Version)	Bob Dylan	54
91	Golf Girl	Caravan	54
91	Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian)	Raiders	54
94	I Feel The Earth Move	Carole King	53
94	Imagine	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	53
94	Living Without You	Manfred Mann	53
94	Rain Dance	The Guess Who	53
94	Vincent	Don McLean	53
99	Benedictus	Strawbs	52
99	In The Land Of Grey & Pink	Caravan	52
99	Whipping Post (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	52
102	Hello In There	John Prine	51
103	Everybody's Missin' The Sun	Grin	50
103	Get Together (Live)	The Youngbloods	50
103	Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)	The Hollies	50
103	She Loves The Way They Love Her	Colin Blunstone	50
103	Some Sing, Some Dance	Pagliaro	50
108	Good Love 6-9969	Isaac Hayes	49
109	Ain't No Sunshine	Bill Withers	48
109	Hallelujah	Sweathog	48
109	Never Been To Spain	Three Dog Night	48
109	Never Can Say Goodbye	Isaac Hayes	48
109	When I Paint My Masterpiece	The Band	48
114	Bitch	The Rolling Stones	47
114	Coconut	Nilsson	47
114	Cowboy Movie	David Crosby	47
114	Perfection	Badfinger	47
114	Spoon	CAN	47
114	Sweet Leaf	Black Sabbath	47
114	Witchwood	Strawbs	47
121	Freelance Fiend	Leaf Hound	46
121	Grandma's Hands	Bill Withers	46
121	Happy Xmas (War Is Over)	John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir	46
121	I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here	David Crosby	46
121	Take Me Home, Country Roads	John Denver With Fat City	46
126	Baby I'm-A Want You	Bread	45
126	Back Street Luv	Curved Air	45
126	Early Morning Breeze	Dolly Parton	45
126	Heart Of The Sunrise	Yes	45
126	It's Gonna Get Better	Leaf Hound	45
126	Monkberry Moon Delight	Paul & Linda McCartney	45
126	The Witch Queen Of New Orleans	Redbone	45
133	Fallin' Rain	Link Wray	44
133	Feel Flows	The Beach Boys	44
133	Jump Into The Fire	Nilsson	44
133	Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)	The Temptations	44
133	Lovin' You Ain't Easy	Pagliaro	44
133	Northern Sky	Nick Drake	44
133	One Of These Days	Ten Years After	44
133	Paradise	John Prine	44
133	Tupelo Honey	Van Morrison	44
142	Family Affair	Sly & The Family Stone	43
142	Long Distance Runaround	Yes	43
142	Love Is Life	Earth, Wind & Fire	43
142	One's On The Way	Loretta Lynn	43
142	Spanish Harlem	Aretha Franklin	43
142	Stairway To Heaven	Led Zeppelin	43
142	(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman	Carole King	43
149	Brand New Key	Melanie	42
149	Draggin' The Line	Tommy James	42
149	Give Me Some Truth aka Gimme Some Truth	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	42
149	(I Know) I'm Losing You	Rod Stewart	42
149	Into The Void	Black Sabbath	42
149	My Man On Love	Judee Sill	42
149	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	42
156	After Forever	Black Sabbath	41
156	Angel From Montgomery	John Prine	41
156	Bangla Desh	George Harrison	41
156	July Morning	Uriah Heep	41
156	Laughing	David Crosby	41
156	Too Many People	Paul & Linda McCartney	41
156	True Blues	The Last Poets	41
156	With Tomorrow	Gene Clark	41
164	Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves	Chér	40
164	Long Haired Lady	Paul & Linda McCartney	40
164	The Noonward Race	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	40
164	That's How Strong My Love Is	The Youngbloods	40
164	Tiny Dancer	Elton John	40
164	Without You	Nilsson	40
170	Bargain	The Who	39
170	Brown Sugar	The Rolling Stones	39
170	Children Of The Grave	Black Sabbath	39
170	Fire & Brimstone	Link Wray	39
170	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)	Marvin Gaye	39
170	Joan Of Arc	Leonard Cohen	39
170	Locomotive Breath	Jethro Tull	39
170	Luv N' Haight	Sly & The Family Stone	39
170	Move Over	Janis Joplin	39
170	Smiling Faces Sometimes	The Undisputed Truth	39
170	Stay With Me	Faces	39
170	Stone-Hearted Mama	The Pretty Things	39
170	Tarkus 1. Eruption 2. Stones Of Years 3. Iconoclast 4. Mass 5. Manticore 6. Battlefield 7. Aquatarkus	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	39
170	Wild Night	Van Morrison	39
170	You've Got A Friend	Carole King	39
185	Desperado	Alice Cooper	38
185	Going To California	Led Zeppelin	38
185	In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	38
185	Let The Sky Fall	Ten Years After	38
185	Long Promised Road	The Beach Boys	38
185	Love Ain't For Keeping	The Who	38
185	Madman Across The Water	Elton John	38
185	Medley: Ike's Rap II / Help Me Love	Isaac Hayes	38
185	Mercedes Benz	Janis Joplin	38
185	No One To Depend On	Santana	38
185	Poor Boy	Nick Drake	38
185	Slippin' Into Darkness	War	38
197	Dum Maro Dum (From “Haré Rama Haré Krishna”)	Asha Bhosle & Chorus	37
197	I Just Want To Celebrate	Rare Earth	37
197	I've Seen All Good People: a. Your Move b. All Good People	Yes	37
197	It Don't Come Easy	Ringo Starr	37
197	Morning Has Broken	Cat Stevens	37
197	One Of These Things First	Nick Drake	37
197	She Flies On Strange Wings	Golden Earring	37
204	Can You Get To That	Funkadelic	36
204	How Can You Mend A Broken Heart	Bee Gees	36
204	La De Da	Link Wray	36
204	The Lamb Ran Away With The Crown	Judee Sill	36
204	The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys	Traffic	36
204	Maggot Brain	Funkadelic	36
204	Man In Black	Johnny Cash	36
204	Mandolin Wind	Rod Stewart	36
204	Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)	Marvin Gaye	36
204	Oh Yeah	CAN	36
204	Paperhouse	CAN	36
204	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised	Gil Scott-Heron	36
216	California	Joni Mitchell	35
216	A Case Of You	Joni Mitchell	35
216	Just Like A Baby	Sly & The Family Stone	35
216	Little Green	Joni Mitchell	35
216	Sam Stone	John Prine	35
216	The Same Old Rock	Roy Harper	35
216	Tired Of Being Alone	Al Green	35
223	Black Dog	Led Zeppelin	34
223	Hot Love	T. Rex	34
223	Lady Day & John Coltrane	Gil Scott-Heron	34
223	Light Up Or Leave Me Alone	Traffic	34
223	Mambo Sun	T. Rex	34
223	Outa-Space	Billy Preston	34
223	Roundabout	Yes	34
230	Levon	Elton John	33
230	Meeting Of The Spirits	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	33
232	Maggie May	Rod Stewart	32
232	Me & My Woman	Roy Harper	32
232	Save The Children	Marvin Gaye	32
235	Yesternow	Miles Davis	21
236	Keep On Keeping On	Curtis Mayfield	19
237	Cry Baby	Janis Joplin	17
238	Jealous Guy	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	16
239	Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey	Paul & Linda McCartney	15
240	Surf's Up	The Beach Boys	14
241	Halleluwah aka Halleluhwah	CAN	13
242	Coat Of Many Colors	Dolly Parton	12
242	Do You Know What I Mean	Lee Michaels	12
244	Ballade de Melody Nelson	Serge Gainsbourg	11
244	River	Joni Mitchell	11
244	Statesboro Blues (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	11
244	Won't Get Fooled Again	The Who	11
248	Avalanche	Leonard Cohen	10
248	From A Dry Camel	Dust	10
248	Get Down	Curtis Mayfield	10
248	Sour Suite	The Guess Who	10
252	Behind Blue Eyes	The Who	9
252	Just For Me & You	Poco	9
252	An Old Fashioned Love Song	Three Dog Night	9
252	Right Off	Miles Davis	9
252	That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be	Carly Simon	9
257	Bad Weather	Poco	8
257	Dirty Business	New Riders Of The Purple Sage	8
257	Have You Seen Her	The Chi-Lites	8
257	Mr. Big Stuff	Jean Knight	8
257	Superstar	Carpenters	8
257	We Got To Have Peace	Curtis Mayfield	8
263	Because Of You	Gene Clark	7
263	Golden Thread	Renaissance	7
263	I Don't Know You	New Riders Of The Purple Sage	7
263	The Last Time I Saw Richard	Joni Mitchell	7
263	Midsummer New York	Yoko Ono	7
263	You & Your Folks, Me & My Folks	Funkadelic	7
263	You've Got A Friend	James Taylor	7
270	Rainy Days & Mondays	Carpenters	6
270	Respect Yourself	The Staple Singers	6
270	She's A Lady	Tom Jones	6

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