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	Hocus Pocus *	Focus	1022
2	Jeepster *	T. Rex	991
3	Let's Stay Together *	Al Green	978
4	Life On Mars? *	David Bowie	956
5	Oh! You Pretty Things *	David Bowie	937
6	Walk Away *	James Gang	928
7	Starship Trooper: a. Life Seeker b. Disillusion c. Wurm *	Yes	870
8	I'd Love To Change The World *	Ten Years After	837
9	Changes	David Bowie	741
10	Melody	Serge Gainsbourg	689
11	Fast Train	April Wine	269
12	Reason To Believe	Rod Stewart	248
13	Eagle Rock	Daddy Cool	216
14	Heart Of The Sunrise	Yes	168
15	Evil	Cactus	157
16	Absolutely Right	Five Man Electrical Band	155
17	Cross-Eyed Mary	Jethro Tull	151
18	Jesus Was A Cross Maker	Judee Sill	137
18	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised	Gil Scott-Heron	137
20	Sweet City Woman	Stampeders	134
21	It's Too Late	Carole King	133
22	Circus Mind	The Pretty Things	129
23	Fearless	Pink Floyd	128
24	Baby Blue	Badfinger	126
25	Woman Tamer	Sir Lord Baltimore	114
26	The Changeling	The Doors	113
26	In The Land Of Grey & Pink	Caravan	113
28	Diana	Comus	112
28	Taboo	Santana	112
30	Lonesome Mary	Chilliwack	106
31	10538 Overture	The Electric Light Orchestra	105
32	Famous Blue Raincoat	Leonard Cohen	104
32	My Impersonal Life	The Blue Rose	104
32	Wonder Girl	Halfnelson	104
35	Summer Of Roses	Willie Nelson	101
36	Something On Your Mind	Karen Dalton	100
37	Cosmic Dancer	T. Rex	97
38	Ah! Melody	Serge Gainsbourg	96
38	Do Your Thing	Isaac Hayes	96
40	Back Street Luv	Curved Air	94
41	Bang A Gong (Get It On)	T. Rex	93
42	Debris	Faces	92
43	Don't Look Around	Mountain	91
43	The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys	Traffic	91
45	Mushroom	CAN	90
46	Hot Rod Lincoln	Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen	87
47	Every Picture Tells A Story	Rod Stewart	86
47	Fletcher Honorama	Halfnelson	86
49	20th Century Man	The Kinks	83
50	Life Is A Carnival	The Band	81
50	One Fine Morning	Lighthouse	81
52	Day After Day	Badfinger	80
53	Go Down Gamblin'	Blood, Sweat & Tears	79
54	Simple Sister	Procol Harum	77
54	When The Levee Breaks	Led Zeppelin	77
56	I Am...I Said	Neil Diamond	75
56	Song To Comus	Comus	75
56	Traveling Man	Dolly Parton	75
56	You Could Have Been A Lady	April Wine	75
60	Do It	Pink Fairies	71
60	Echoes	Pink Floyd	71
62	A Horse With No Name	America	70
63	Last Year's Man	Leonard Cohen	69
64	Purple	Shuggie Otis	68
64	The Snake	The Pink Fairies	68
64	Wild Eyes	Stampeders	68
67	Brown Sugar	The Rolling Stones	67
67	Tribute	Manfred Mann	67
69	A Plague Of Lighthouse-Keepers 1. Eyewitness 2. Pictures/Lighthouse 3. Eyewitness 4. S.H.M. 5. Presence Of The Night 6. Kosmos Tours 7. (Custard’s) Last Stand 8. The Clot Thickens 9. Land’s End (Sineline) 10. We Go Now	Van der Graaf Generator	66
70	Abracadabra	Judee Sill	65
70	Why Don't You Eat Carrots	Faust	65
72	Aqualung	Jethro Tull	64
72	Carey	Joni Mitchell	64
72	Family Bible	Willie Nelson	64
72	Moment Of Truth	Earth, Wind & Fire	64
76	Piya Tu Ab To Aja (From "Caravan")	Asha Bhosle & Rahul Dev Burman	63
76	Related To What	The Last Poets	63
78	Sunshine	Jonathan Edwards	62
79	Caroline Goodbye	Colin Blunstone	61
79	Home Dream	Eric Burdon & Jimmy Witherspoon	61
81	Baby (1971 Version)	Mutantes	60
81	El Justiciero	Mutantes	60
81	Hold Your Head Up	Argent	60
81	Home Is Where The Hatred Is	Gil Scott-Heron	60
81	Yours Is No Disgrace	Yes	60
86	American Pie	Don McLean	59
86	Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes	Kevin Ayers	59
88	George Jackson (Acoustic Version)	Bob Dylan	58
88	Rain Dance	The Guess Who	58
88	Whiskey Woman	The Flamin' Groovies	58
91	Golf Girl	Caravan	57
91	Hats Off (To The Stranger)	Lighthouse	57
91	Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian)	Raiders	57
91	Right On	Marvin Gaye	57
95	How Do You Do?	Mouth & MacNeal	56
95	Imagine	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	56
95	Some Sing, Some Dance	Pagliaro	56
98	Benedictus	Strawbs	55
98	Black In A White World	The Watts Prophets	55
98	Jimmy Mack	Laura Nyro & LaBelle	55
98	Whipping Post (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	55
102	Funny How Time Slips Away	Elvis Presley With The Imperials Quartet & The Jordanaires	54
102	Hello In There	John Prine	54
102	Living Without You	Manfred Mann	54
102	Vincent	Don McLean	54
106	Crayon Angels	Judee Sill	53
106	Get Together (Live)	The Youngbloods	53
106	I Feel The Earth Move	Carole King	53
106	Perfection	Badfinger	53
110	Everybody's Missin' The Sun	Grin	52
110	Hallelujah	Sweathog	52
112	Ain't No Sunshine	Bill Withers	51
112	Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'	Charley Pride	51
112	She Loves The Way They Love Her	Colin Blunstone	51
112	When I Paint My Masterpiece	The Band	51
112	Witchwood	Strawbs	51
117	Coconut	Nilsson	50
117	Good Love 6-9969	Isaac Hayes	50
117	My Man On Love	Judee Sill	50
117	Northern Sky	Nick Drake	50
117	Spoon	CAN	50
117	Sweet Leaf	Black Sabbath	50
117	Take Me Home, Country Roads	John Denver With Fat City	50
124	Bitch	The Rolling Stones	49
124	Cowboy Movie	David Crosby	49
124	Happy Xmas (War Is Over)	John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir	49
124	The Witch Queen Of New Orleans	Redbone	49
128	Fire & Brimstone	Link Wray	48
128	Freelance Fiend	Leaf Hound	48
128	Grandma's Hands	Bill Withers	48
128	Jealous Guy	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	48
128	Paradise	John Prine	48
128	Tupelo Honey	Van Morrison	48
128	Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey	Paul & Linda McCartney	48
128	What's Going On	Marvin Gaye	48
128	(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman	Carole King	48
137	Crazy Arms, Crazy Eyes	Brave Belt	47
137	It's Gonna Get Better	Leaf Hound	47
137	Laughing	David Crosby	47
137	One's On The Way	Loretta Lynn	47
137	Stairway To Heaven	Led Zeppelin	47
142	Baby I'm-A Want You	Bread	46
142	Family Affair	Sly & The Family Stone	46
142	Feel Flows	The Beach Boys	46
142	Footstompin' Music	Grand Funk Railroad	46
142	I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here	David Crosby	46
142	Lovin' You Ain't Easy	Pagliaro	46
142	You've Got A Friend	Carole King	46
149	Amerikkka	The Watts Prophets	45
149	Draggin' The Line	Tommy James	45
149	Early Morning Breeze	Dolly Parton	45
149	Jump Into The Fire	Nilsson	45
149	Love Is Life	Earth, Wind & Fire	45
149	Monkberry Moon Delight	Paul & Linda McCartney	45
149	Omega Day	Bill Fay	45
149	Too Many People	Paul & Linda McCartney	45
149	True Blues	The Last Poets	45
149	Yesterday's Wine	Willie Nelson	45
159	The Animal Trainer & The Toad	Mountain	44
159	Brand New Key	Melanie	44
159	Long Distance Runaround	Yes	44
159	The Noonward Race	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	44
159	Take Me	Tammy Wynette & George Jones	44
159	With Tomorrow	Gene Clark	44
165	Angel From Montgomery	John Prine	43
165	Dust Filled Room	Bill Fay	43
165	Give Me Some Truth aka Gimme Some Truth	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	43
165	Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves	Chér	43
165	Stone-Hearted Mama	The Pretty Things	43
165	That's How Strong My Love Is	The Youngbloods	43
165	Tiny Dancer	Elton John	43
172	After Forever	Black Sabbath	42
172	(I Know) I'm Losing You	Rod Stewart	42
172	July Morning	Uriah Heep	42
172	Merry Christmas Baby	Elvis Presley	42
172	Never Can Say Goodbye	Isaac Hayes	42
172	One Of These Days	Ten Years After	42
178	Desperado	Alice Cooper	41
178	I Met Him On A Sunday	Laura Nyro & LaBelle	41
178	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)	Marvin Gaye	41
178	Long Haired Lady	Paul & Linda McCartney	41
178	No One To Depend On	Santana	41
178	Poor Boy	Nick Drake	41
178	Stay With Me	Faces	41
178	Wild Night	Van Morrison	41
186	Joan Of Arc	Leonard Cohen	40
186	Let The Sky Fall	Ten Years After	40
186	Locomotive Breath	Jethro Tull	40
186	Luv N' Haight	Sly & The Family Stone	40
186	Snowbird	Elvis Presley	40
186	Without You	Nilsson	40
192	Can You Get To That	Funkadelic	39
192	Going To California	Led Zeppelin	39
192	It Don't Come Easy	Ringo Starr	39
192	The Lamb Ran Away With The Crown	Judee Sill	39
192	Long Promised Road	The Beach Boys	39
192	Love Ain't For Keeping	The Who	39
192	Madman Across The Water	Elton John	39
192	Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)	Marvin Gaye	39
192	Morning Has Broken	Cat Stevens	39
192	One Of These Things First	Nick Drake	39
192	They Caught The Devil & Put Him In Jail In Eudora, Arkansas	Tony Joe White	39
203	Dem Niggers Ain't Playing	The Watts Prophets	38
203	High Flyin' Baby	The Flamin' Groovies	38
203	Man In Black	Johnny Cash	38
203	Mandolin Wind	Rod Stewart	38
203	Medley: Ike's Rap II / Help Me Love	Isaac Hayes	38
203	Oh Yeah	CAN	38
203	She Flies On Strange Wings	Golden Earring	38
210	Bangla Desh	George Harrison	37
210	Black Dog	Led Zeppelin	37
210	Dum Maro Dum (From “Haré Rama Haré Krishna”)	Asha Bhosle & Chorus	37
210	How Can You Mend A Broken Heart	Bee Gees	37
210	I Just Want To Celebrate	Rare Earth	37
210	I've Been Driftin' / Once Upon A Time	Eric Burdon & Jimmy Witherspoon	37
210	I've Seen All Good People: a. Your Move b. All Good People	Yes	37
210	Outa-Space	Billy Preston	37
210	Sam Stone	John Prine	37
210	The Same Old Rock	Roy Harper	37
220	California	Joni Mitchell	36
220	Just Like A Baby	Sly & The Family Stone	36
220	Lady Day & John Coltrane	Gil Scott-Heron	36
220	Mambo Sun	T. Rex	36
224	A Case Of You	Joni Mitchell	35
224	Hot Love	T. Rex	35
224	Little Green	Joni Mitchell	35
224	Maggie May	Rod Stewart	35
224	Roundabout	Yes	35
224	You Know You Know	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	35
230	Light Up Or Leave Me Alone	Traffic	34
231	Levon	Elton John	33
231	Save The Children	Marvin Gaye	33
233	'Til I Die	The Beach Boys	29
234	Yesternow	Miles Davis	28
235	Baba O'Riley	The Who	23
235	Tiffany Queen	The Byrds	23
237	Halleluwah aka Halleluhwah	CAN	21
237	Man-Erg	Van der Graaf Generator	21
237	Strawberry Letter 23	Shuggie Otis	21
240	Sweet Thang	Shuggie Otis	18
241	Coat Of Many Colors	Dolly Parton	17
242	Mr. Big Stuff	Jean Knight	16
242	Sour Suite	The Guess Who	16
242	Teenage Head	The Flamin' Groovies	16
245	Ballade de Melody Nelson	Serge Gainsbourg	15
245	Folk Song	Jack Bruce	15
245	It's Your Baby, You Rock It	Elvis Presley	15
248	Do You Know What I Mean	Lee Michaels	14
248	Nantucket Sleighride (For Owen Coffin) aka Nantucket Sleighride (To Owen Coffin)	Mountain	14
250	From A Dry Camel	Dust	13
250	River	Joni Mitchell	13
250	Scarecrow	Brave Belt	13
250	You & Your Folks, Me & My Folks	Funkadelic	13
254	Are You Leaving For The Country	Karen Dalton	12
254	Avalanche	Leonard Cohen	12
254	Have You Seen Her	The Chi-Lites	12
254	I Hear You Calling	Bill Fay	12
254	Midsummer New York	Yoko Ono	12
254	Never Been To Spain	Three Dog Night	12
260	Behind Blue Eyes	The Who	11
260	Dirty Business	New Riders Of The Purple Sage	11
260	Just For Me & You	Poco	11
260	L.A. Woman	The Doors	11
260	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	11
260	Riders On The Storm	The Doors	11
260	Statesboro Blues (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	11
260	Superstar	Carpenters	11
268	Because Of You	Gene Clark	10
268	Fallin' Rain	Link Wray	10
268	Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)	The Temptations	10
268	Move Over	Janis Joplin	10
268	Right Off	Miles Davis	10
268	She's A Lady	Tom Jones	10
268	Surf's Up	The Beach Boys	10
268	That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be	Carly Simon	10
276	Bad Weather	Poco	9
276	Children Of The Grave	Black Sabbath	9
276	Golden Thread	Renaissance	9
276	The Last Time I Saw Richard	Joni Mitchell	9
276	Love Her Madly	The Doors	9
276	Oh What A Feeling	Crowbar	9
276	An Old Fashioned Love Song	Three Dog Night	9
276	Wild Horses	The Rolling Stones	9
284	I Don't Know You	New Riders Of The Purple Sage	8
284	Me & My Woman	Roy Harper	8
284	Meeting Of The Spirits	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	8
284	Mercedes Benz	Janis Joplin	8
284	Paperhouse	CAN	8
284	Rainy Days & Mondays	Carpenters	8
284	Slippin' Into Darkness	War	8
284	The Story In Your Eyes	The Moody Blues	8
284	We Got To Have Peace	Curtis Mayfield	8
293	Bargain	The Who	7
293	In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	7
293	Into The Void	Black Sabbath	7
293	La De Da	Link Wray	7
293	Maggot Brain	Funkadelic	7
293	The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down	Joan Baez	7
293	Smiling Faces Sometimes	The Undisputed Truth	7
293	Spanish Harlem	Aretha Franklin	7
293	Tarkus 1. Eruption 2. Stones Of Years 3. Iconoclast 4. Mass 5. Manticore 6. Battlefield 7. Aquatarkus	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	7
293	Theme From Shaft	Isaac Hayes	7
293	Tired Of Being Alone	Al Green	7
293	Won't Get Fooled Again	The Who	7
293	Yesterday's Numbers	The Flamin' Groovies	7
293	You've Got A Friend	James Taylor	7
307	4% Pantomime	The Band	6
307	Can't You Hear Me Knocking	The Rolling Stones	6
307	Get Down	Curtis Mayfield	6
307	Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)	The Hollies	6
307	Me & Paul	Willie Nelson	6
307	Respect Yourself	The Staple Singers	6
313	Cry Baby	Janis Joplin	3
313	Me & Bobby McGee	Janis Joplin	3
313	Melting Pot	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	3
316	Lemmings (Including Cog)	Van der Graaf Generator	1

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