| 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. |
|
 | 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 |
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