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.

#GMVs

#kernels

#top10songs50yearsago

#GMVs #kernels #top10songs50yearsago

Top Songs of 1971 by Vote -- Chart 1152
Rank	Song	Artist	Votes
1	Echoes *	Pink Floyd	1015
2	Jeepster *	T. Rex	987
3	Life On Mars? *	David Bowie	951
4	Let's Stay Together *	Al Green	939
5	Oh! You Pretty Things *	David Bowie	937
6	Walk Away *	James Gang	927
7	Starship Trooper: a. Life Seeker b. Disillusion c. Wurm *	Yes	868
8	I'd Love To Change The World *	Ten Years After	836
9	Changes	David Bowie	741
10	Melody	Serge Gainsbourg	686
11	Fast Train	April Wine	268
12	Reason To Believe	Rod Stewart	248
13	Eagle Rock	Daddy Cool	216
14	Heart Of The Sunrise	Yes	168
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	128
23	Fearless	Pink Floyd	127
24	Baby Blue	Badfinger	126
25	Woman Tamer	Sir Lord Baltimore	114
26	The Changeling	The Doors	113
26	The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down	Joan Baez	113
28	Diana	Comus	112
28	Taboo	Santana	112
30	The Story In Your Eyes	The Moody Blues	105
31	10538 Overture	The Electric Light Orchestra	104
32	Famous Blue Raincoat	Leonard Cohen	103
32	Lonesome Mary	Chilliwack	103
34	Melting Pot	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	102
35	Summer Of Roses	Willie Nelson	99
36	Cosmic Dancer	T. Rex	97
37	Do Your Thing	Isaac Hayes	96
38	Ah! Melody	Serge Gainsbourg	95
39	Back Street Luv	Curved Air	94
39	Hocus Pocus	Focus	94
39	My Impersonal Life	The Blue Rose	94
42	What's Going On	Marvin Gaye	93
43	Bang A Gong (Get It On)	T. Rex	92
44	Debris	Faces	91
44	Don't Look Around	Mountain	91
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	Simple Sister	Procol Harum	76
54	When The Levee Breaks	Led Zeppelin	76
56	I Am...I Said	Neil Diamond	75
56	You Could Have Been A Lady	April Wine	75
58	Traveling Man	Dolly Parton	74
59	Song To Comus	Comus	73
59	Wild Horses	The Rolling Stones	73
61	Do It	Pink Fairies	71
62	A Horse With No Name	America	70
63	Last Year's Man	Leonard Cohen	68
64	Purple	Shuggie Otis	67
64	The Snake	The Pink Fairies	67
66	Tribute	Manfred Mann	66
66	Wild Eyes	Stampeders	66
68	Abracadabra	Judee Sill	65
69	Why Don't You Eat Carrots	Faust	64
69	Yesterday's Wine	Willie Nelson	64
71	Aqualung	Jethro Tull	63
71	Me & Bobby McGee	Janis Joplin	63
71	Related To What	The Last Poets	63
74	Moment Of Truth	Earth, Wind & Fire	62
74	Piya Tu Ab To Aja (From "Caravan")	Asha Bhosle & Rahul Dev Burman	62
76	Carey	Joni Mitchell	61
76	Caroline Goodbye	Colin Blunstone	61
76	Family Bible	Willie Nelson	61
76	Home Dream	Eric Burdon & Jimmy Witherspoon	61
80	Baby (1971 Version)	Mutantes	60
80	El Justiciero	Mutantes	60
80	Hold Your Head Up	Argent	60
80	Home Is Where The Hatred Is	Gil Scott-Heron	60
80	Sunshine	Jonathan Edwards	60
80	Yours Is No Disgrace	Yes	60
86	American Pie	Don McLean	57
86	Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian)	Raiders	57
86	Rain Dance	The Guess Who	57
86	Whiskey Woman	The Flamin' Groovies	57
90	How Do You Do?	Mouth & MacNeal	56
90	Right On	Marvin Gaye	56
90	Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes	Kevin Ayers	56
93	George Jackson (Acoustic Version)	Bob Dylan	55
93	Golf Girl	Caravan	55
93	Imagine	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	55
96	Benedictus	Strawbs	54
96	Hello In There	John Prine	54
96	Me & Paul	Willie Nelson	54
96	Some Sing, Some Dance	Pagliaro	54
96	Whipping Post (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	54
101	I Feel The Earth Move	Carole King	53
101	Living Without You	Manfred Mann	53
101	Vincent	Don McLean	53
104	Everybody's Missin' The Sun	Grin	52
104	Funny How Time Slips Away	Elvis Presley With The Imperials Quartet & The Jordanaires	52
106	Crayon Angels	Judee Sill	51
106	Hallelujah	Sweathog	51
106	Perfection	Badfinger	51
106	Witchwood	Strawbs	51
110	Black In A White World	The Watts Prophets	50
110	Coconut	Nilsson	50
110	Get Together (Live)	The Youngbloods	50
110	Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)	The Hollies	50
110	She Loves The Way They Love Her	Colin Blunstone	50
110	Sweet Leaf	Black Sabbath	50
110	Take Me Home, Country Roads	John Denver With Fat City	50
110	When I Paint My Masterpiece	The Band	50
118	Ain't No Sunshine	Bill Withers	49
118	Cowboy Movie	David Crosby	49
118	Good Love 6-9969	Isaac Hayes	49
118	Never Can Say Goodbye	Isaac Hayes	49
122	Bitch	The Rolling Stones	48
122	Fire & Brimstone	Link Wray	48
122	Grandma's Hands	Bill Withers	48
122	Happy Xmas (War Is Over)	John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir	48
122	Northern Sky	Nick Drake	48
122	Spoon	CAN	48
122	(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman	Carole King	48
129	Freelance Fiend	Leaf Hound	47
129	One Of These Days	Ten Years After	47
129	Paradise	John Prine	47
129	Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey	Paul & Linda McCartney	47
129	The Witch Queen Of New Orleans	Redbone	47
134	Baby I'm-A Want You	Bread	46
134	I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here	David Crosby	46
134	It's Gonna Get Better	Leaf Hound	46
134	One's On The Way	Loretta Lynn	46
134	Tupelo Honey	Van Morrison	46
134	You've Got A Friend	Carole King	46
140	Draggin' The Line	Tommy James	45
140	Early Morning Breeze	Dolly Parton	45
140	Feel Flows	The Beach Boys	45
140	Footstompin' Music	Grand Funk Railroad	45
140	In The Land Of Grey & Pink	Caravan	45
140	Jealous Guy	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	45
140	Lovin' You Ain't Easy	Pagliaro	45
140	My Man On Love	Judee Sill	45
140	Omega Day	Bill Fay	45
140	Stairway To Heaven	Led Zeppelin	45
150	Brand New Key	Melanie	44
150	Family Affair	Sly & The Family Stone	44
150	Jump Into The Fire	Nilsson	44
150	Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)	The Temptations	44
150	Laughing	David Crosby	44
150	Love Is Life	Earth, Wind & Fire	44
150	Monkberry Moon Delight	Paul & Linda McCartney	44
150	Too Many People	Paul & Linda McCartney	44
150	With Tomorrow	Gene Clark	44
159	Amerikkka	The Watts Prophets	43
159	The Animal Trainer & The Toad	Mountain	43
159	Dust Filled Room	Bill Fay	43
159	Long Distance Runaround	Yes	43
159	That's How Strong My Love Is	The Youngbloods	43
159	Tiny Dancer	Elton John	43
159	True Blues	The Last Poets	43
166	After Forever	Black Sabbath	42
166	Angel From Montgomery	John Prine	42
166	Bargain	The Who	42
166	Give Me Some Truth aka Gimme Some Truth	John Lennon Plastic Ono Band	42
166	Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves	Chér	42
166	(I Know) I'm Losing You	Rod Stewart	42
166	Mercedes Benz	Janis Joplin	42
166	The Noonward Race	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	42
174	Desperado	Alice Cooper	41
174	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)	Marvin Gaye	41
174	July Morning	Uriah Heep	41
174	Wild Night	Van Morrison	41
178	Long Haired Lady	Paul & Linda McCartney	40
178	Luv N' Haight	Sly & The Family Stone	40
178	Maggot Brain	Funkadelic	40
178	Merry Christmas Baby	Elvis Presley	40
178	Stay With Me	Faces	40
178	Stone-Hearted Mama	The Pretty Things	40
178	Without You	Nilsson	40
185	Can You Get To That	Funkadelic	39
185	It Don't Come Easy	Ringo Starr	39
185	Joan Of Arc	Leonard Cohen	39
185	The Lamb Ran Away With The Crown	Judee Sill	39
185	Locomotive Breath	Jethro Tull	39
185	Madman Across The Water	Elton John	39
185	Move Over	Janis Joplin	39
185	No One To Depend On	Santana	39
185	One Of These Things First	Nick Drake	39
185	Poor Boy	Nick Drake	39
185	They Caught The Devil & Put Him In Jail In Eudora, Arkansas	Tony Joe White	39
196	Dem Niggers Ain't Playing	The Watts Prophets	38
196	Going To California	Led Zeppelin	38
196	High Flyin' Baby	The Flamin' Groovies	38
196	Let The Sky Fall	Ten Years After	38
196	Long Promised Road	The Beach Boys	38
196	Love Ain't For Keeping	The Who	38
196	Man In Black	Johnny Cash	38
196	Medley: Ike's Rap II / Help Me Love	Isaac Hayes	38
196	Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)	Marvin Gaye	38
196	Morning Has Broken	Cat Stevens	38
196	Oh Yeah	CAN	38
196	She Flies On Strange Wings	Golden Earring	38
196	Snowbird	Elvis Presley	38
209	Dum Maro Dum (From “Haré Rama Haré Krishna”)	Asha Bhosle & Chorus	37
209	How Can You Mend A Broken Heart	Bee Gees	37
209	I Just Want To Celebrate	Rare Earth	37
209	I've Been Driftin' / Once Upon A Time	Eric Burdon & Jimmy Witherspoon	37
209	I've Seen All Good People: a. Your Move b. All Good People	Yes	37
209	The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys	Traffic	37
209	Mandolin Wind	Rod Stewart	37
216	Bangla Desh	George Harrison	36
216	Black Dog	Led Zeppelin	36
216	California	Joni Mitchell	36
216	Lady Day & John Coltrane	Gil Scott-Heron	36
216	Outa-Space	Billy Preston	36
216	Sam Stone	John Prine	36
216	The Same Old Rock	Roy Harper	36
223	A Case Of You	Joni Mitchell	35
223	Hot Love	T. Rex	35
223	Just Like A Baby	Sly & The Family Stone	35
223	Little Green	Joni Mitchell	35
223	Mambo Sun	T. Rex	35
223	You Know You Know	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	35
229	Light Up Or Leave Me Alone	Traffic	34
229	Maggie May	Rod Stewart	34
229	Roundabout	Yes	34
232	Levon	Elton John	33
232	Save The Children	Marvin Gaye	33
234	'Til I Die	The Beach Boys	29
235	Yesternow	Miles Davis	28
236	Baba O'Riley	The Who	23
237	Keep On Keeping On	Curtis Mayfield	21
238	Cry Baby	Janis Joplin	20
238	Halleluwah aka Halleluhwah	CAN	20
240	Strawberry Letter 23	Shuggie Otis	19
241	Sweet Thang	Shuggie Otis	18
242	Coat Of Many Colors	Dolly Parton	16
242	Teenage Head	The Flamin' Groovies	16
244	Ballade de Melody Nelson	Serge Gainsbourg	15
244	Sour Suite	The Guess Who	15
246	Do You Know What I Mean	Lee Michaels	14
246	Folk Song	Jack Bruce	14
248	It's Your Baby, You Rock It	Elvis Presley	13
249	Avalanche	Leonard Cohen	12
249	I Hear You Calling	Bill Fay	12
249	River	Joni Mitchell	12
249	Won't Get Fooled Again	The Who	12
249	You & Your Folks, Me & My Folks	Funkadelic	12
254	Dirty Business	New Riders Of The Purple Sage	11
254	From A Dry Camel	Dust	11
254	Have You Seen Her	The Chi-Lites	11
254	Mr. Big Stuff	Jean Knight	11
258	Behind Blue Eyes	The Who	10
258	Get Down	Curtis Mayfield	10
258	Midsummer New York	Yoko Ono	10
258	Riders On The Storm	The Doors	10
258	Superstar	Carpenters	10
258	That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be	Carly Simon	10
264	Bad Weather	Poco	9
264	Because Of You	Gene Clark	9
264	Children Of The Grave	Black Sabbath	9
264	Just For Me & You	Poco	9
264	Nantucket Sleighride (For Owen Coffin) aka Nantucket Sleighride (To Owen Coffin)	Mountain	9
264	Oh What A Feeling	Crowbar	9
264	An Old Fashioned Love Song	Three Dog Night	9
264	Right Off	Miles Davis	9
264	She's A Lady	Tom Jones	9
264	Statesboro Blues (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	9
264	Surf's Up	The Beach Boys	9
275	Brown Sugar	The Rolling Stones	8
275	I Don't Know You	New Riders Of The Purple Sage	8
275	L.A. Woman	The Doors	8
275	The Last Time I Saw Richard	Joni Mitchell	8
275	Love Her Madly	The Doors	8
275	We Got To Have Peace	Curtis Mayfield	8
275	Where Evil Grows	The Poppy Family	8
282	Fallin' Rain	Link Wray	7
282	Golden Thread	Renaissance	7
282	In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (Live)	The Allman Brothers Band	7
282	Into The Void	Black Sabbath	7
282	Meeting Of The Spirits	The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin	7
282	Never Been To Spain	Three Dog Night	7
282	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	7
282	Paperhouse	CAN	7
282	Rainy Days & Mondays	Carpenters	7
282	Slippin' Into Darkness	War	7
282	Spanish Harlem	Aretha Franklin	7
282	Tarkus 1. Eruption 2. Stones Of Years 3. Iconoclast 4. Mass 5. Manticore 6. Battlefield 7. Aquatarkus	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	7
282	Theme From Shaft	Isaac Hayes	7
282	Tired Of Being Alone	Al Green	7
282	You've Got A Friend	James Taylor	7
297	La De Da	Link Wray	6
297	Me & My Woman	Roy Harper	6
297	Respect Yourself	The Staple Singers	6
297	Smiling Faces Sometimes	The Undisputed Truth	6
297	Yesterday's Numbers	The Flamin' Groovies	6

Choose a year to view
1970	1971	1972
1973	2013	2014
2015	2016	2017