| Cover | | Date   | Title • Artist
Album | Points
| Charts Peaks | Comment |
|---|
![Theme from Shaft [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_20175.jpg "Theme from Shaft [article]") | 1. | 10/1971 | | 334
 | US ✫1
UK 4
US AC 6
US R&B 2 | [Academy Award for Best Original Song 1971]
written by Isaac Hayes |
![Let's Stay Together [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_1300.jpg "Let's Stay Together [article]") | 2. | 12/1971 | | 296
| US ✫1
UK 7
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #60]
written by Al Green, Willie Mitchell, Al Jackson Jr. |
![Have You Seen Her [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_41929.jpg "Have You Seen Her [article]") | 3. | 10/1971 | | 294
| US 3
UK 3
US R&B ✫1 | written by Barbara Acklin, Eugene Record |
![Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_45286.jpg "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) [article]") | 4. | 02/1971 | | 288
| US ✫1
UK 8
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #389]
[Gordy 7105] |
![Family Affair [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_38190.jpg "Family Affair [article]") | 5. | 11/1971 | | 271
| US ✫1
UK 15
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #138]
written by Sly Stone |
![Got to Be There [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_28758.jpg "Got to Be There [article]") | 6. | 10/1971 | | 265
| US 4
UK 5
US R&B 4 | written by Elliot Willensky
[Motown 1191] |
| 7. | 03/1971 | | 263
| US ✫1
UK 24
US R&B 46 | written by Hoyt Axton |
| 8. | 07/1971 | | 239
| US 2
UK 14
US AC 6
US R&B ✫1 | written by Jerry Leiber, Phil Spector |
| 9. | 01/1971 | | 234
| US 2
UK 13
US AC 4
US R&B 42 | written by Paul Anka |
| 10. | 01/1971 | | 222
| US ✫1
US R&B 6 | written by George Jackson |
![Tired of Being Alone [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_1299.jpg "Tired of Being Alone [article]") | 11. | 07/1971 | | 206
| US 11
UK 4
US R&B 7 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #293]
written by Al Green |
![Want Ads [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_19320.jpg "Want Ads [article]") | 12. | 04/1971 | | 205
| US ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Hot Wax 7011] |
![Mama's Pearl [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_20466.jpg "Mama's Pearl [article]") | 13. | 01/1971 | | 202
| US 2
UK 25
US R&B 2 | written by Alphonso Mizell, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards, Berry Gordy
[Motown 1177] |
| 14. | 04/1971 | | 200
| US 2
UK 33
US R&B ✫1 | written by Clifton Davis
[Motown 1179] |
![I'm Still Waiting [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_11780.jpg "I'm Still Waiting [article]") | 15. | 07/1971 | | 187
| US 63
UK ✫1
US R&B 40 | written by Deke Richards
[Motown 1192] |
| 16. | 05/1971 | | 187
| US 2
US R&B ✫1 | |
![What's Going On [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_27886.jpg "What's Going On [article]") | 17. | 02/1971 | | 186
| US 2
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #4]
written by Al Cleveland, Renaldo Benson, Marvin Gaye
[Tamla 54201] |
![Ain't No Sunshine [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_4789.jpg "Ain't No Sunshine [article]") | 18. | 07/1971 | | 176
| US 3
US AC 2
US R&B 6 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #280]
written by Bill Withers |
![Nathan Jones [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_45181.jpg "Nathan Jones [article]") | 19. | 05/1971 | | 169
| US 16
UK 5
US R&B 8 | [Motown 1182] |
| 20. | 06/1971 | | 167
| US 3
US R&B 2 | [Gordy 7108] |
![If You Really Love Me [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_39479.jpg "If You Really Love Me [article]") | 21. | 08/1971 | | 160
| US 8
UK 20
US AC 10
US R&B 4 | written by Stevie Wonder, Syreeta
[Tamla 54208] |
| 22. | 04/1971 | | 154
| US 3
US R&B 20 | written by Eddie Cornelius |
| 23. | 07/1971 | | 149
| US 4
US R&B ✫1 | written by Marvin Gaye
[Tamla 54207] |
![Where Did Our Love Go [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_12787.jpg "Where Did Our Love Go [article]") | 24. | 10/1971 | | 148
| US 15
UK 8
US R&B 6 | written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr. |
![Proud Mary [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_19837.jpg "Proud Mary [article]") | 25. | 01/1971 | | 147
| US 4
US R&B 5 |
written by John Fogerty |
![Bridge Over Troubled Water / Brand New Me [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_2855.jpg "Bridge Over Troubled Water / Brand New Me [article]") | 26. | 04/1971 | | 141
| US 6
US R&B ✫1 | written by Paul Simon |
| 27. | 05/1971 | | 139
| US 5
US AC 7
US R&B 20 | |
| 28. | 10/1971 | | 137
| US 6
US R&B 9 | |
![Clean Up Woman [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_4497.jpg "Clean Up Woman [article]") | 29. | 11/1971 | | 132
| US 6
US R&B 2 | |
| 30. | 03/1971 | | 131
| US 18
UK 11
US R&B 7 | as Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
[Tamla 54205] |
| 31. | 09/1971 | | 130
| US 90
UK 3
US R&B 34 | [Motown 1196] |
| 32. | 07/1971 | | 126
| US 9
US country 3
US R&B 3 | |
![We Can Work It Out [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_39477.jpg "We Can Work It Out [article]") | 33. | 03/1971 | | 110
| US 13
UK 27
US R&B 3 | written by John Lennon, Paul McCartney
[Tamla 54202] |
| 34. | 07/1971 | | 106
| US 7
US R&B 30 | written by Dino Fekaris, Nick Zesses
[Rare Earth 5031] |
| 35. | 10/1971 | | 104
| US 9
US R&B ✫1 | written by Marvin Gaye, James Nyx
[Tamla 54209] |
| 36. | 05/1971 | | 102
| US 15
UK 31
US R&B 7 | |
| 37. | 10/1971 | | 102
| US 9
US R&B 2 | written by Aretha Franklin |
| 38. | 11/1971 | | 101
| US 9
US R&B 10 | written by Thom Bell, Linda Creed
[Avco 4581] |
![Sugar Daddy [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_20469.jpg "Sugar Daddy [article]") | 39. | 12/1971 | | 95
| US 10
US R&B 3 | written by Alphonso Mizell, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards, Berry Gordy
[Motown 1194] |
| 40. | 08/1971 | | 95
| US 11
US R&B ✫1 | [Hot Wax 7106] |
