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	1012
2	Jeepster *	T. Rex	981
3	Life On Mars? *	David Bowie	949
4	Let's Stay Together *	Al Green	935
5	Oh! You Pretty Things *	David Bowie	931
6	Walk Away *	James Gang	926
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	684
11	Fast Train	April Wine	265
12	Reason To Believe	Rod Stewart	248
13	Eagle Rock	Daddy Cool	215
14	You Know You Know	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	160
15	Absolutely Right	Five Man Electrical Band	152
16	Evil	Cactus	151
17	Cross-Eyed Mary	Jethro Tull	148
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	Taboo	Santana	110
28	Diana	Comus	109
29	The Story In Your Eyes	The Moody Blues	105
30	Surf's Up	The Beach Boys	104
31	10538 Overture	The Electric Light Orchestra	103
32	Famous Blue Raincoat	Leonard Cohen	102
33	Lonesome Mary	Chilliwack	101
33	Melting Pot	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	101
35	Love Her Madly	The Doors	99
36	Cosmic Dancer	T. Rex	97
37	Do Your Thing	Isaac Hayes	95
38	Ah! Melody	Serge Gainsbourg	94
39	What's Going On	Marvin Gaye	93
40	Crayon Angels	Judee Sill	92
40	Hocus Pocus	Focus	92
42	Bang A Gong (Get It On)	T. Rex	89
42	Debris	Faces	89
44	Hot Rod Lincoln	Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen	87
44	My Impersonal Life	The Blue Rose	87
46	Every Picture Tells A Story	Rod Stewart	86
47	Oh What A Feeling	Crowbar	84
48	20th Century Man	The Kinks	82
48	Can't You Hear Me Knocking	The Rolling Stones	82
50	Fletcher Honorama	Halfnelson	81
51	Day After Day	Badfinger	77
51	Go Down Gamblin'	Blood, Sweat & Tears	77
51	Wonder Girl	Halfnelson	77
54	When The Levee Breaks	Led Zeppelin	76
55	I Am...I Said	Neil Diamond	75
56	Simple Sister	Procol Harum	74
56	Traveling Man	Dolly Parton	74
58	You Could Have Been A Lady	April Wine	71
59	A Horse With No Name	America	70
60	Do It	Pink Fairies	68
60	Yesterday's Numbers	The Flamin' Groovies	68
62	Song To Comus	Comus	67
63	Last Year's Man	Leonard Cohen	66
64	Abracadabra	Judee Sill	65
64	Theme From Shaft	Isaac Hayes	65
64	Tribute	Manfred Mann	65
64	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
71	Moment Of Truth	Earth, Wind & Fire	62
71	The Snake	The Pink Fairies	62
73	Aqualung	Jethro Tull	61
73	Caroline Goodbye	Colin Blunstone	61
73	Home Dream	Eric Burdon & Jimmy Witherspoon	61
73	Piya Tu Ab To Aja (From "Caravan")	Asha Bhosle & Rahul Dev Burman	61
77	Home Is Where The Hatred Is	Gil Scott-Heron	60
78	Baby (1971 Version)	Mutantes	59
78	El Justiciero	Mutantes	59
80	Hold Your Head Up	Argent	58
80	L.A. Woman	The Doors	58
82	American Pie	Don McLean	57
82	Carey	Joni Mitchell	57
82	Riders On The Storm	The Doors	57
82	Wild Horses	The Rolling Stones	57
82	Yours Is No Disgrace	Yes	57
87	How Do You Do?	Mouth & MacNeal	56
87	In The Land Of Grey & Pink	Caravan	56
87	Right On	Marvin Gaye	56
87	Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes	Kevin Ayers	56
87	Sunshine	Jonathan Edwards	56
92	Imagine	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	55
92	Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian)	Raiders	55
92	Rain Dance	The Guess Who	55
95	George Jackson (Acoustic Version)	Bob Dylan	54
95	Golf Girl	Caravan	54
95	Whipping Post (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	54
98	Hello In There	John Prine	53
98	I Feel The Earth Move	Carole King	53
98	Living Without You	Manfred Mann	53
98	Vincent	Don McLean	53
102	Benedictus	Strawbs	52
102	Everybody's Missin' The Sun	Grin	52
104	Some Sing, Some Dance	Pagliaro	51
105	Get Together (Live)	The Youngbloods	50
105	Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)	The Hollies	50
105	She Loves The Way They Love Her	Colin Blunstone	50
105	When I Paint My Masterpiece	The Band	50
105	Witchwood	Strawbs	50
110	Ain't No Sunshine	Bill Withers	49
110	Cowboy Movie	David Crosby	49
110	Good Love 6-9969	Isaac Hayes	49
110	Hallelujah	Sweathog	49
110	Take Me Home, Country Roads	John Denver With Fat City	49
115	Coconut	Nilsson	48
115	Never Been To Spain	Three Dog Night	48
115	Never Can Say Goodbye	Isaac Hayes	48
118	Bitch	The Rolling Stones	47
118	Grandma's Hands	Bill Withers	47
118	Happy Xmas (War Is Over)	John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir	47
118	Heart Of The Sunrise	Yes	47
118	Monkberry Moon Delight	Paul & Linda McCartney	47
118	Perfection	Badfinger	47
118	Spoon	CAN	47
118	Sweet Leaf	Black Sabbath	47
118	The Witch Queen Of New Orleans	Redbone	47
127	Black In A White World	The Watts Prophets	46
127	Fallin' Rain	Link Wray	46
127	Freelance Fiend	Leaf Hound	46
127	I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here	David Crosby	46
131	Baby I'm-A Want You	Bread	45
131	Back Street Luv	Curved Air	45
131	Early Morning Breeze	Dolly Parton	45
131	It's Gonna Get Better	Leaf Hound	45
131	Lovin' You Ain't Easy	Pagliaro	45
131	Northern Sky	Nick Drake	45
131	One Of These Days	Ten Years After	45
131	Tupelo Honey	Van Morrison	45
139	Family Affair	Sly & The Family Stone	44
139	Feel Flows	The Beach Boys	44
139	Jump Into The Fire	Nilsson	44
139	Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)	The Temptations	44
139	Love Is Life	Earth, Wind & Fire	44
139	Paradise	John Prine	44
145	Draggin' The Line	Tommy James	43
145	Dust Filled Room	Bill Fay	43
145	Long Distance Runaround	Yes	43
145	One's On The Way	Loretta Lynn	43
145	Stairway To Heaven	Led Zeppelin	43
145	Tiny Dancer	Elton John	43
145	Too Many People	Paul & Linda McCartney	43
145	(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman	Carole King	43
153	After Forever	Black Sabbath	42
153	Amerikkka	The Watts Prophets	42
153	Angel From Montgomery	John Prine	42
153	Brand New Key	Melanie	42
153	Give Me Some Truth aka Gimme Some Truth	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	42
153	(I Know) I'm Losing You	Rod Stewart	42
153	My Man On Love	Judee Sill	42
153	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
153	Tarkus 1. Eruption 2. Stones Of Years 3. Iconoclast 4. Mass 5. Manticore 6. Battlefield 7. Aquatarkus	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	42
153	That's How Strong My Love Is	The Youngbloods	42
153	True Blues	The Last Poets	42
153	With Tomorrow	Gene Clark	42
165	Bangla Desh	George Harrison	41
165	Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves	Chér	41
165	July Morning	Uriah Heep	41
165	Laughing	David Crosby	41
165	The Noonward Race	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	41
165	Wild Night	Van Morrison	41
171	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)	Marvin Gaye	40
171	Long Haired Lady	Paul & Linda McCartney	40
171	Luv N' Haight	Sly & The Family Stone	40
171	Mercedes Benz	Janis Joplin	40
171	Omega Day	Bill Fay	40
171	Without You	Nilsson	40
177	Bargain	The Who	39
177	Brown Sugar	The Rolling Stones	39
177	Desperado	Alice Cooper	39
177	Joan Of Arc	Leonard Cohen	39
177	Locomotive Breath	Jethro Tull	39
177	Madman Across The Water	Elton John	39
177	Move Over	Janis Joplin	39
177	Poor Boy	Nick Drake	39
177	Slippin' Into Darkness	War	39
177	Smiling Faces Sometimes	The Undisputed Truth	39
177	Stay With Me	Faces	39
177	Stone-Hearted Mama	The Pretty Things	39
177	You've Got A Friend	Carole King	39
190	Going To California	Led Zeppelin	38
190	Let The Sky Fall	Ten Years After	38
190	Long Promised Road	The Beach Boys	38
190	Love Ain't For Keeping	The Who	38
190	Maggot Brain	Funkadelic	38
190	Man In Black	Johnny Cash	38
190	Medley: Ike's Rap II / Help Me Love	Isaac Hayes	38
190	Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)	Marvin Gaye	38
190	Morning Has Broken	Cat Stevens	38
190	No One To Depend On	Santana	38
190	One Of These Things First	Nick Drake	38
190	Statesboro Blues (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	38
202	Dum Maro Dum (From “Haré Rama Haré Krishna”)	Asha Bhosle & Chorus	37
202	How Can You Mend A Broken Heart	Bee Gees	37
202	I Just Want To Celebrate	Rare Earth	37
202	I've Been Driftin' / Once Upon A Time	Eric Burdon & Jimmy Witherspoon	37
202	I've Seen All Good People: a. Your Move b. All Good People	Yes	37
202	It Don't Come Easy	Ringo Starr	37
202	The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys	Traffic	37
202	Mandolin Wind	Rod Stewart	37
202	Oh Yeah	CAN	37
202	She Flies On Strange Wings	Golden Earring	37
212	Can You Get To That	Funkadelic	36
212	Dem Niggers Ain't Playing	The Watts Prophets	36
212	La De Da	Link Wray	36
212	The Lamb Ran Away With The Crown	Judee Sill	36
212	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised	Gil Scott-Heron	36
212	Sam Stone	John Prine	36
212	The Same Old Rock	Roy Harper	36
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	Little Green	Joni Mitchell	35
219	Mambo Sun	T. Rex	35
219	Meeting Of The Spirits	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	35
226	Black Dog	Led Zeppelin	34
226	Lady Day & John Coltrane	Gil Scott-Heron	34
226	Light Up Or Leave Me Alone	Traffic	34
226	Outa-Space	Billy Preston	34
226	Roundabout	Yes	34
231	Levon	Elton John	33
231	Maggie May	Rod Stewart	33
231	Save The Children	Marvin Gaye	33
234	Children Of The Grave	Black Sabbath	31
235	'Til I Die	The Beach Boys	29
236	Baba O'Riley	The Who	23
237	Yesternow	Miles Davis	21
238	Keep On Keeping On	Curtis Mayfield	19
239	Cry Baby	Janis Joplin	18
240	Jealous Guy	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	16
240	Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey	Paul & Linda McCartney	16
242	Halleluwah aka Halleluhwah	CAN	14
243	Avalanche	Leonard Cohen	12
243	Coat Of Many Colors	Dolly Parton	12
243	Do You Know What I Mean	Lee Michaels	12
243	I Hear You Calling	Bill Fay	12
243	River	Joni Mitchell	12
248	Ballade de Melody Nelson	Serge Gainsbourg	11
248	Paperhouse	CAN	11
248	Sour Suite	The Guess Who	11
248	Won't Get Fooled Again	The Who	11
252	From A Dry Camel	Dust	10
252	Get Down	Curtis Mayfield	10
252	Have You Seen Her	The Chi-Lites	10
252	That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be	Carly Simon	10
256	Behind Blue Eyes	The Who	9
256	Just For Me & You	Poco	9
256	Midsummer New York	Yoko Ono	9
256	An Old Fashioned Love Song	Three Dog Night	9
256	Right Off	Miles Davis	9
261	Bad Weather	Poco	8
261	Dirty Business	New Riders Of The Purple Sage	8
261	I Don't Know You	New Riders Of The Purple Sage	8
261	Mr. Big Stuff	Jean Knight	8
261	Superstar	Carpenters	8
261	We Got To Have Peace	Curtis Mayfield	8
267	Because Of You	Gene Clark	7
267	Golden Thread	Renaissance	7
267	The Last Time I Saw Richard	Joni Mitchell	7
267	Rainy Days & Mondays	Carpenters	7
267	She's A Lady	Tom Jones	7
267	Tired Of Being Alone	Al Green	7
267	Where Evil Grows	The Poppy Family	7
267	You & Your Folks, Me & My Folks	Funkadelic	7
267	You've Got A Friend	James Taylor	7
276	In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	6
276	Into The Void	Black Sabbath	6
276	Me & My Woman	Roy Harper	6
276	Respect Yourself	The Staple Singers	6

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