| Cover | | Date  | Title • Artist  Album | Points  | Charts Peaks | Comment |
|---|
 | 1. | 10/1971 | | 331
 | US ✫1 UK 4 US AC 6 US R&B 2 | [Academy Award for Best Original Song 1971] [Enterprise 9038] written by Isaac Hayes |
 | 2. | 12/1971 | | 295
 | US ✫1 UK 7 US AC 36 US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #60] [Hi 2202] written by Al Green, Willie Mitchell & Al Jackson Jr. |
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 | 3. | 10/1971 | | 292
 | US 3 UK 3 US R&B ✫1 | [Brunswick 55462] written by Barbara Acklin & Eugene Record |
| 4. | 02/1971 | | 288
 | US ✫1 UK 8 US AC 33 US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #389] [Gordy 7105] written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong |
 | 5. | 10/1971 | | 270
 | US 4 UK 5 US AC 14 US R&B 4 | [Motown 1191] written by Elliot Willensky |
| 6. | 11/1971 | | 268
 | US ✫1 UK 15 US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #138] written by Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart) |
| 7. | 03/1971 | | 260
 | US ✫1 UK 24 US R&B 46 | [Dunhill/ABC 4272] written by Hoyt Axton |
| 8. | 07/1971 | | 237
 | US 2 UK 14 US AC 6 US R&B ✫1 | [Atlantic 2817] written by Jerry Leiber & Phil Spector |
| 9. | 01/1971 | | 233
 | US ✫1 UK 51 US AC 37 US R&B 6 | [MGM 14193] written by George Jackson |
| 10. | 01/1971 | | 232
 | US 2 UK 13 US AC 4 US R&B 42 | [Parrot 40058] written by Paul Anka |
 | 11. | 07/1971 | | 204
 | US 11 UK 4 US R&B 7 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #293] [Hi 2194] written by Al Green |
 | 12. | 04/1971 | | 203
 | US ✫1 US R&B ✫1 | [Hot Wax 7011] written by Greg Perry, Barney Perkins & General Johnson |
 | 13. | 01/1971 | | 200
 | US 2 UK 25 US R&B 2 | [Motown 1177] written by Berry Gordy (as part of The Corporation), Freddie Perren (as part of The Corporation), Deke Richards (as part of The Corporation) & Fonce Mizell (as part of The Corporation) |
| 14. | 04/1971 | | 198
 | US 2 UK 33 US R&B ✫1 | [Motown 1179] written by Clifton Davis |
 | 15. | 07/1971 | | 186
 | US 63 UK ✫1 US R&B 40 | [Motown 1192] written by Deke Richards |
| 16. | 05/1971 | | 185
 | US 2 US R&B ✫1 | [Stax 0088] written by Joseph Broussard, Ralph Williams & Carrol Washington |
| 17. | 02/1971 | | 184
 | US 2 US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #4] [Tamla 54201] written by Al Cleveland, Renaldo Benson & Marvin Gaye |
 | 18. | 07/1971 | | 175
 | US 3 US AC 2 US R&B 6 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #280] [Sussex 219] written by Bill Withers |
| 19. | 05/1971 | | 171
 | US 16 UK 5 US AC 29 US R&B 8 | [Motown 1182] written by Leonard Caston & Kathy Wakefield |
| 20. | 06/1971 | | 167
 | US 3 US AC 34 US R&B 2 | [Gordy 7108] written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong |
| 21. | 07/1971 | | 161
 | US 4 UK 51 US AC 34 US R&B ✫1 | [Tamla 54207] written by Marvin Gaye |
 | 22. | 08/1971 | | 158
 | US 8 UK 20 US AC 10 US R&B 4 | [Tamla 54208] written by Stevie Wonder & Syreeta |
| 23. | 04/1971 | | 153
 | US 3 US R&B 20 | [United Artists 50721] written by Eddie Cornelius |
| 24. | 10/1971 | | 147
 | US 15 UK 8 US R&B 6 | [All Platinum 2330] written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr. |
| 25. | 01/1971 | | 145
 | US 4 US R&B 5 | [Liberty 56216] written by John Fogerty |
| 26. | 04/1971 | | 142
 | US 6 US AC 40 US R&B ✫1 | charted as Bridge Over Troubled Water / Brand New Me in US Hot 100 charts and in US R&B charts [Atlantic 2796] written by Paul Simon |
| 27. | 10/1971 | | 140
 | US 6 US AC 24 US R&B 9 | as Dennis Coffey & the Detroit Guitar Band [instrumental] [Sussex 226] written by Dennis Coffey |
| 28. | 05/1971 | | 137
 | US 5 US AC 7 US R&B 20 | [Decca 32818] written by Frank Robinson |
 | 29. | 11/1971 | | 130
 | US 6 US R&B 2 | [Alston 4601] written by Clarence Reid & Willie Clarke |
| 30. | 03/1971 | | 130
 | US 18 UK 11 US R&B 7 | as Smokey Robinson & The Miracles [Tamla 54205] written by Smokey Robinson (as William "Smokey" Robinson) |
| 31. | 09/1971 | | 129
 | US 90 UK 3 US R&B 34 | [Motown 1196] written by Mike Pinder |
| 32. | 03/1971 | | 109
 | US 13 UK 27 US R&B 3 | [Tamla 54202] written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney |
| 33. | 07/1971 | | 105
 | US 7 US R&B 30 | [Rare Earth 5031] written by Dino Fekaris & Nick Zesses |
| 34. | 07/1971 | | 105
 | US 9 US R&B 3 | written by Tony Hester |
| 35. | 11/1971 | | 105
 | US 9 US AC 24 US R&B 10 | [Avco 4581] written by Thom Bell & Linda Creed |
| 36. | 10/1971 | | 103
 | US 9 US R&B ✫1 | [Tamla 54209] written by Marvin Gaye & James Nyx |
| 37. | 05/1971 | | 102
 | US 15 UK 31 US R&B 7 | [Alston 4595] written by Raphael Munnings & Tyrone Fitzgerald |
| 38. | 10/1971 | | 101
 | US 9 US R&B 2 | [Atlantic 2838] written by Aretha Franklin |
| 39. | 12/1971 | | 94
 | US 10 US R&B 3 | [Motown 1194] written by Berry Gordy (as part of The Corporation), Freddie Perren (as part of The Corporation), Deke Richards (as part of The Corporation) & Fonce Mizell (as part of The Corporation) |
 | 40. | 07/1971 | | 94
 | US 15 UK 51 US R&B ✫1 | [People 2501] written by James Brown & Fred Wesley |
| 41. | 08/1971 | | 94
 | US 11 US R&B ✫1 | [Hot Wax 7106] written by General Johnson (as Norman Johnson), Greg Perry (as Greg S. Perry) & Angelo Bond |
| 42. | 08/1971 | | 93
 | US 38 UK 10 US R&B 16 | [Motown 1188] written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson |
| 43. | 11/1971 | | 91
 | US 11 US R&B 3 | [Spring 120] written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff |
 | 44. | 10/1971 | | 90
 | US 12 US R&B 2 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #462] [Stax 0104] written by Luther Ingram & Mack Rice |
| 45. | 07/1971 | | 90
 | US 8 US R&B 32 | [spoken] backing vocals by the Blackberries [MoWest 5002] written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David |
| 46. | 05/1971 | | 90
 | US 11 US R&B 3 | [Invictus 9087] written by Ronald Dunbar & Clyde Wilson |
| 47. | 09/1971 | | 89
 | US 12 US AC ✫1 US R&B 45 | [live] [Bell 45134] written by Dick Addrisi & Don Addrisi |
| 48. | 08/1971 | | 88
 | US 13 US R&B ✫1 | [Westbound 182] written by Denise LaSalle |
| 49. | 04/1971 | | 87
 | US 13 US R&B ✫1 | written by Wilson Pickett & Brad Shapiro |
| 50. | 06/1971 | | 87
 | US 12 US R&B 3 | [Invictus 9092] written by General Johnson (as Norman Johnson), Greg Perry & Angelo Bond |
 | 51. | 11/1971 | | 87
 | US 18 UK 32 US R&B 8 | [Gordy 7111] written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong |
| 52. | 08/1971 | | 83
 | US 15 US R&B ✫1 | written by Richard Poindexter, Robert Poindexter & Jackie Members |
| 53. | 04/1971 | | 78
 | US 26 UK 32 US R&B 4 | [Brunswick 55450] written by Eugene Record |
| 54. | 06/1971 | | 76
 | US 17 US R&B 2 | [Soul 35083] written by Merald "Bubba" Knight (as Bubba Knight), Gladys Knight, Johnny Bristol, Katherine Schaffner & William Guest |
| 55. | 08/1971 | | 75
 | US 17 US AC 14 US R&B 17 | [MGM 14262] written by Bobby Hebb & Sandy Baron |
| 56. | 01/1971 | | 75
 | US 17 US R&B 2 | [Atlantic 2781] written by Akines, Bellmon, Drayton & Turner |
| 57. | 11/1971 | | 74
 | US 15 US R&B 5 | [Hot Wax 7110] written by General Johnson & Greg Perry |
| 58. | 02/1971 | | 74
 | US 13 US AC 11 US R&B 32 | [Columbia 45330] written by Tito Puente |
| 59. | 12/1971 | | 72
 | US 21 US R&B 3 | featuring Brenda Lee Eager [Mercury 73255] written by Herscholt Polk & Homer Talbert |
| 60. | 06/1971 | | 71
 | US 18 US R&B 3 | [T-neck 930] written by Stephen Stills |
| 61. | 08/1971 | | 70
 | US 50 UK 16 US R&B 18 | [Soul 35084] written by Gloria Jones, Johnny Bristol & Pam Sawyer |
| 62. | 02/1971 | | 68
 | US 19 US AC 6 US R&B 28 | [Bell 965] written by Dorothea Joyce |
| 63. | 02/1971 | | 67
 | US 19 US R&B 3 | [Atlantic 2787] written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson |
| 64. | 10/1971 | | 67
 | US 12 US R&B 39 | [Columbia 45472] written by Brown, Brown, Moss & Carlos Santana |
 | 65. | 08/1971 | | 66
 | US 22 US R&B ✫1 | [Polydor 14088] written by James Brown & Charles Babbit |
| 66. | 12/1971 | | 65
 | US 24 US R&B 2 | written by Andy Fraser & Paul Rodgers |
| 67. | 07/1971 | | 63
 | US 20 US R&B 3 | [Motown 1186] written by Berry Gordy (as part of The Corporation), Freddie Perren (as part of The Corporation), Deke Richards (as part of The Corporation) & Fonce Mizell (as part of The Corporation) |
| 68. | 05/1971 | | 62
 | US 22 US AC 19 US R&B 5 | [Enterprise 9031] written by Clifton Davis |
| 69. | 01/1971 | | 61
 | US 21 US R&B 10 | [Calla 174] written by Sheila Young |
| 70. | 12/1971 | | 60
 | US 27 US R&B 2 | with Peace [United Artists 50847] written by Jimmy Grisby, Joe Hicks & Bobby Womack |
| 71. | 03/1971 | | 57
 | US 23 US R&B 10 | [Top & Bottom 407] written by Van McCoy & Joe Cobb |
| 72. | 01/1971 | | 57
 | US 28 US R&B ✫1 | [Stax 0085] written by Kay Barker, Don Davis & James Wilson |
| 73. | 09/1971 | | 54
 | US 28 US R&B 3 | [Invictus 9098] written by General Johnson (as Norman Johnson), Greg Perry (as Greg S. Perry) & Angelo Bond |
| 74. | 06/1971 | | 54
 | US 29 US AC 36 US R&B 8 | [Atlantic 2808] written by Carole King |
| 75. | 12/1971 | | 54
 | US 27 US R&B 3 | [Soul 35091] written by Clay McMurray |
| 76. | 02/1971 | | 52
 | US 29 US R&B 3 | [King 6368] written by James Brown |
| 77. | 03/1971 | | 52
 | US 29 US R&B 5 | [Chimneyville 437] written by King Floyd |
| 78. | 11/1971 | | 52
 | US 19 US R&B 40 | [Rare Earth 5038] written by Dino Fekaris & Nick Zesses |
| 79. | 02/1971 | | 50
 | US 27 US R&B 6 | written by Jeff Barry & Robert Bloom |
| 80. | 08/1971 | | 50
 | US 31 US R&B 2 | [Stax 0098] written by Eddie Foy, Mack Rice & Rufus Thomas |
| 81. | 01/1971 | | 49
 | US 40 UK 36 US R&B 9 | [Motown 1175] written by Pam Sawyer & Leon Ware |
| 82. | 06/1971 | | 49
 | US 55 UK 25 US R&B 41 | [Motown 1181] written by Dino Fekaris & Nick Zesses |
| 83. | 05/1971 | | 47
 | US 29 US AC 16 US R&B 17 | [Motown 1184] written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr. |
| 84. | 03/1971 | | 46
 | US 29 US R&B 14 | [Lizard 21006] written by Gabriel Mekler |
| 85. | 08/1971 | | 45
 | US 30 US R&B 8 | written by Terry Callier & Larry Wade |
| 86. | 01/1971 | | 45
 | US 34 US R&B 4 | [King 6347] written by James Brown, Bobby Byrd & Ron Lenhoff |
| 87. | 12/1971 | | 40
 | US 52 UK 35 US R&B 24 | [Soul 35090] written by Wilton Felder, Gladys Knight & Johnny Bristol |
| 88. | 03/1971 | | 40
 | US 36 US AC 22 US R&B 13 | [ABC/TRC 11291] written by Jimmy Holiday & Eddie Reeves |
| 89. | 08/1971 | | 38
 | US 35 US AC 12 US R&B 18 | charted as All Day Music / Get Down in US R&B charts [United Artists 50815] written by Jerry Goldstein, Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar & Howard Scott (as Howard E. Scott) |
| 90. | 06/1971 | | 37
 | US 35 US R&B 6 | [spoken] [People 2500] written by James Brown |
| 91. | 11/1971 | | 37
 | US 35 US R&B 7 | [Polydor 14100] written by James Brown & Charles Bobbit |
| 92. | 10/1971 | | 37
 | US 53 UK 33 US R&B 29 | as Martha Reeves and the Vandellas [Gordy 7110] written by Berry Gordy (as part of The Corporation), Freddie Perren (as part of The Corporation), Deke Richards (as part of The Corporation) & Fonce Mizell (as part of The Corporation) |
| 93. | 02/1971 | | 37
 | US 42 UK 48 US R&B 10 | [Invictus 9086] written by Brian Holland & Lamont Dozier |
| 94. | 02/1971 | | 36
 | US 44 UK 46 US R&B 11 | [Invictus 9085] written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Angelo Bond |
| 95. | 06/1971 | | 36
 | US 39 US R&B 6 | [Avco-Embassy 4572] written by Thom Bell & Linda Creed |
| 96. | 09/1971 | | 35
 | US 36 US R&B 11 | [Hot Wax 7105] written by William Weatherspoon & Angelo Bond |
| 97. | 07/1971 | | 32
 | US 38 US R&B 9 | written by Frankie Brunson |
| 98. | 03/1971 | | 32
 | US 36 US R&B 13 | as The Ray Charles Orchestra [instrumental] [Tangerine 1015] written by Ray Charles |
| 99. | 02/1971 | | 30
 | US 43 US R&B 7 | [Westbound 172] written by Abrim Tilmon & James Mitchell |
| 100. | 10/1971 | | 30
 | US 39 US R&B 10 | [Mankind 12004] written by Gary U.S. Bonds & Jerry Williams |