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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other • Top 1000

Top Songs of 1970

1969 <-

1970

-> 1971

Video playlist

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Date

Title

Album

Comment

Video

02/1970

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel

from Bridge Over Troubled Water

390

✫1
US

✫1
AC

✫1
UK

[Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1971]

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #47]
[Columbia 45079]
written by Paul Simon

11/1970

Knock Three Times by Dawn

from Candida

387

✫1
US

2
AC

✫1
UK

written by Irwin Levine & L. Russell Brown

11/1970

My Sweet Lord by George Harrison

from All Things Must Pass

374

✫1
US

10
AC

✫1
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #454]
charted as My Sweet Lord / Isn't It a Pity in US charts
[Apple 2995]
written by George Harrison

08/1970

The Tears of a Clown by The Miracles

from Make It Happen

355

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

✫1
UK

as Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
[Tamla 54199]
written by Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby (as Hank Cosby) & Smokey Robinson

09/1970

I'll Be There by Jackson 5

from Third Album

349

✫1
US

24
AC

✫1
R&B

4
UK

[Motown 1171]
written by Berry Gordy, Bob West, Hal Davis & Willie Hutch

03/1970

Let It Be by The Beatles

from Let It Be

334

✫1
US

✫1
AC

2
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #20]
[Apple 2764]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

06/1970

(They Long to Be) Close to You by The Carpenters

from Close to You

322

✫1
US

✫1
AC

6
UK

written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David

08/1970

Ain't No Mountain High Enough by Diana Ross

from Ain't No Mountain High Enough

315

✫1
US

6
AC

✫1
R&B

6
UK

[Motown 1169]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson

07/1970

War by Edwin Starr

from War and Peace

314

✫1
US

3
R&B

3
UK

[Gordy 7101]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

10.

04/1970

Band of Gold by Freda Payne

from Band of Gold

309

3
US

20
R&B

✫1
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #391]
[Invictus 9075]
written by Brian Holland (as part of Edythe Wayne), Lamont Dozier (as part of Edythe Wayne), Eddie Holland Jr. (as part of Edythe Wayne) & Ronald Dunbar (as Ron Dunbar)

11.

08/1970

Cracklin' Rosie by Neil Diamond

from Tap Root Manuscript

297

✫1
US

2
AC

3
UK

[Uni 55250]
written by Neil Diamond

12.

06/1970

In the Summertime by Mungo Jerry

from Mungo Jerry

294

3
US

30
AC

✫1
UK

[Janus 125]
written by Ray Dorset

13.

05/1970

Mama Told Me (Not to Come) by Three Dog Night

from It Ain't Easy

294

✫1
US

3
UK

[Dunhill 4239]
written by Randy Newman

14.

06/1970

Make It with You by Bread

from On the Waters

291

✫1
US

4
AC

5
UK

[Elektra 45686]
written by David Gates

15.

05/1970

The Love You Save by Jackson 5

from ABC

288

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

7
UK

in the US B side I Found That Girl charted from 1 august 1970
[Motown 1166]
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)

16.

05/1970

The Wonder of You by Elvis Presley

from On Stage - February, 1970

286

9
US

✫1
AC

37
country

✫1
UK

[live]
[RCA 47-9835]
written by Baker Knight

17.

04/1970

Everything Is Beautiful by Ray Stevens

from Everything Is Beautiful

286

✫1
US

✫1
AC

39
country

6
UK

[Barnaby 2011]
written by Ray Stevens (as Harold Ragsdale)

18.

03/1970

ABC by Jackson 5

from ABC

281

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

8
UK

[Motown 1163]
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)

19.

02/1970

Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum

from Spirit in the Sky

279

3
US

✫1
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #333]
[Reprise 0885]
written by Norman Greenbaum

20.

01/1970

Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) by Edison Lighthouse

276

5
US

20
AC

✫1
UK

[Bell 858]
written by Tony Macaulay & Barry Mason

21.

10/1970

I Think I Love You by The Partridge Family

from The Partridge Family Album

273

✫1
US

8
AC

18
UK

starring Shirley Jones and featuring David Cassidy
[Bell 910]
written by Tony Romeo

22.

11/1970

I Hear You Knocking by Dave Edmunds

from Rockpile

272

4
US

✫1
UK

[MAM 3601]
written by Dave Bartholomew & Earl King [Earl Johnson] (as Pearl King)

23.

11/1970

Rose Garden by Lynn Anderson

from Rose Garden

268

3
US

5
AC

✫1
country

3
UK

[Columbia 45252]
written by Joe South

24.

07/1970

Patches by Clarence Carter

from Patches

256

4
US

2
R&B

2
UK

[Atlantic 2748]
written by General Johnson & Ronald Dunbar

25.

03/1970

American Woman by The Guess Who

from American Woman

247

✫1
US

19
UK

B side No Sugar Tonight charted from 4 april 1970 in US Hot 100
written by Burton Cummings, Garry Peterson, Jim Kale & Randy Bachman

26.

05/1970

Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) by The Temptations

from Greatest Hits, Vol. 2

237

3
US

2
R&B

7
UK

[Gordy 7099]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

27.

03/1970

Which Way You Goin' Billy by The Poppy Family

from Which Way You Goin' Billy?

233

2
US

6
AC

7
UK

featuring Susan Jacks
[London 129]
written by Terry Jacks

28.

01/1970

Give Me Just a Little More Time by Chairmen of the Board

from The Chairmen of the Board

233

3
US

8
R&B

3
UK

[Invictus 9074]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr. & Ronald Dunbar (as Ron Dunbar)

29.

09/1970

Indiana Wants Me by R. Dean Taylor

from I Think, Therefore I Am

231

5
US

2
UK

[Rare Earth 5013]
written by R. Dean Taylor

30.

10/1970

One Less Bell to Answer by The 5th Dimension

from Portrait

224

2
US

✫1
AC

4
R&B

[Bell 940]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David

31.

01/1970

Thank You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Agin)/Everybody Is a Star by Sly & the Family Stone

from There's a Riot Goin' On

224

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #402]
written by Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart)

32.

02/1970

Instant Karma (We All Shine On) by John Lennon

222

3
US

5
UK

as John Ono Lennon
written by John Lennon

33.

09/1970

We've Only Just Begun by The Carpenters

from Close to You

220

2
US

✫1
AC

28
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #405]
[A&M 1217]
written by Paul Williams & Roger Nichols

34.

11/1970

Stoned Love by The Supremes

from New Ways but Love Stays

219

7
US

24
AC

✫1
R&B

3
UK

[Motown 1172]
written by Kenny Thomas & Frank Wilson

35.

11/1970

It's Impossible by Perry Como

from It's Impossible

218

10
US

✫1
AC

4
UK

[RCA 74-0387]
written by Armando Manzanero

36.

07/1970

Candida by Dawn

from Candida

217

3
US

8
AC

9
UK

[Bell 903]
written by Toni Wine & Irwin Levine

37.

05/1970

The Long and Winding Road by The Beatles

from Let It Be

210

✫1
US

2
AC

written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

38.

06/1970

Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours by Stevie Wonder

from Signed, Sealed & Delivered

204

3
US

✫1
R&B

15
UK

[Tamla 54196]
written by Stevie Wonder, Lee Garrett, Syreeta & Lula Mae Hardaway

39.

01/1970

Come and Get It by Badfinger

from Magic Christian Music

193

7
US

4
UK

[Apple 1815]
written by Paul McCartney

40.

07/1970

Lola by The Kinks

from Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One

192

9
US

2
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #422]
[Reprise 0930]
written by Ray Davies

41.

07/1970

25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago

from Chicago

191

4
US

7
UK

[Columbia 45194 A]
written by Robert Lamm

42.

09/1970

It's Only Make Believe by Glen Campbell

from The Glen Campbell Goodtime Album

186

10
US

2
AC

3
country

4
UK

[Capitol 2905]
written by Jack Nance & Conway Twitty

43.

08/1970

Montego Bay by Bobby Bloom

from The Bobby Bloom Album

184

8
US

18
AC

3
UK

[L & R 157]
written by Bobby Bloom & Jeff Barry

44.

09/1970

Woodstock by Matthews' Southern Comfort

from Later That Same Year

184

23
US

17
AC

✫1
UK

[Decca 32774]
written by Joni Mitchell

45.

09/1970

Fire and Rain by James Taylor

from Sweet Baby James

179

3
US

7
AC

42
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #227]
[Warner 7423]
written by James Taylor

46.

01/1970

Rainy Night in Georgia by Brook Benton

from Brook Benton Today

178

4
US

2
AC

✫1
R&B

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #498]
[Cotillion 44057]
written by Tony Joe White

47.

02/1970

House of the Rising Sun by Frijid Pink

from Frijid Pink

176

7
US

4
UK

[Parrot 341]
written by traditional

48.

05/1970

Yellow River by Christie

from Yellow River

176

23
US

22
AC

✫1
UK

[Epic 10626]
written by Jeff Christie

49.

03/1970

Vehicle by The Ides of March

from Vehicle

175

2
US

31
UK

written by Jim Peterik

50.

08/1970

Lookin' Out My Back Door/Long as I Can See the Light by Creedence Clearwater Revival

from Cosmo's Factory

172

2
US

written by John Fogerty

51.

08/1970

Julie, Do Ya Love Me? by Bobby Sherman

from With Love, Bobby

171

5
US

2
AC

28
UK

[Metromedia 194]
written by Tom Bahler

52.

09/1970

Gypsy Woman by Brian Hyland

from Brian Hyland

170

3
US

42
UK

produced by Del Shannon
[Uni 55240]
written by Curtis Mayfield

53.

11/1970

Your Song by Elton John

from Elton John

169

8
US

9
AC

7
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #136]
[Uni 55265]
written by Elton John & Bernie Taupin

54.

04/1970

Love on a Two-Way Street by The Moments

168

3
US

✫1
R&B

written by Sylvia Robinson & Bert Keyes

55.

03/1970

Turn Back the Hands of Time by Tyrone Davis

from Turn Back the Hands of Time

168

3
US

✫1
R&B

[Dakar 616]
written by Jack Daniels & Bonnie Thompson

56.

10/1970

No Matter What by Badfinger

from No Dice

166

8
US

5
UK

[Apple 1822]
written by Pete Ham

57.

12/1970

Lonely Days by Bee Gees

from 2 Years On

166

3
US

28
AC

33
UK

written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb

58.

12/1970

If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot

from Sit Down Stranger

164

5
US

✫1
AC

30
UK

[Reprise 0974]
written by Gordon Lightfoot

59.

01/1970

The Rapper by The Jaggerz

from We Went to Different Schools Together

163

2
US

[Kama Sutra 502]
written by Donnie Iris (as Dominic Ierace)

60.

10/1970

Groove Me by King Floyd

from King Floyd

161

6
US

✫1
R&B

51
UK

[Chimneyville 435]
written by King Floyd

61.

03/1970

Up the Ladder to the Roof by The Supremes

from Right On

158

10
US

28
AC

5
R&B

6
UK

[Motown 1162]
written by Frank Wilson & Vincent DiMirco

62.

05/1970

Spill the Wine by War

from Eric Burdon Declares "War"

158

3
US

as Eric Burdon and War
written by Papa Dee Allen, Eric Burdon, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar & Howard Scott

63.

01/1970

Honey Come Back by Glen Campbell

from Try a Little Kindness

157

19
US

4
AC

2
country

4
UK

[Capitol 2718]
written by Jimmy Webb

64.

08/1970

Green-Eyed Lady by Sugarloaf

from Sugarloaf

157

3
US

[Liberty 56183 A]
written by Jerry Corbetta, J.C. Phillips & David Riordan

65.

10/1970

Stoney End by Barbra Streisand

from Stoney End

156

6
US

2
AC

27
UK

[Columbia 45236]
written by Laura Nyro

66.

03/1970

Get Ready by Rare Earth

from Get Ready

155

4
US

20
R&B

[live]
[Rare Earth 5012]
written by Smokey Robinson (as William "Smokey" Robinson)

67.

01/1970

Travellin' Band / Who'll Stop the Rain by Creedence Clearwater Revival

from Cosmo's Factory

154

2
US

written by John Fogerty

68.

03/1970

Gimme Dat Ding by The Pipkins

152

9
US

20
AC

6
UK

[novelty]
[Capitol 2819]
written by Albert Hammond & Mike Hazlewood

69.

04/1970

Daughter of Darkness by Tom Jones

from I Who Have Nothing

149

13
US

✫1
AC

5
UK

[Parrot 40048]
written by Geoff Stephens & Les Reed

70.

12/1970

Amazing Grace by Judy Collins

from Whales & Nightingales

149

15
US

5
AC

5
UK

[recorded at st. paul's chapel, columbia university]
[Elektra 45709]
written by traditional & John Newton

71.

07/1970

Snowbird by Anne Murray

from This Way Is My Way

148

8
US

✫1
AC

10
country

23
UK

[Capitol 2738]
written by Gene MacLellan

72.

11/1970

Black Magic Woman by Santana

from Abraxas

148

4
US

29
AC

[Columbia 45270]
written by Peter Green

73.

04/1970

Cecilia by Simon & Garfunkel

from Bridge Over Troubled Water

147

4
US

31
AC

51
UK

written by Paul Simon

74.

05/1970

Question by The Moody Blues

from A Question of Balance

147

21
US

2
UK

[Threshold 67004]
written by Justin Hayward

75.

08/1970

All Right Now by Free

from Fire and Water

144

4
US

[A&M 1206]
written by Andy Fraser & Paul Rodgers

76.

10/1970

You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Elvis Presley

from That's the Way It Is

144

11
US

✫1
AC

56
country

9
UK

[RCA 47-9916]
written by Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavicini, Vicki Wickham & Simon Napier-Bell

77.

07/1970

Neanderthal Man by Hotlegs

from Thinks: School Stinks

140

22
US

2
UK

[Capitol 2886]
written by Kevin Godley, Lol Creme & Eric Stewart

78.

12/1970

There Goes My Everything by Elvis Presley

138

21
US

2
AC

9
country

6
UK

US: B-side to I Really Don't Want to Know ; charted as I Really Don't Want to Know / There Goes My Everything in US AC and US Hot 100 charts
written by Dallas Frazier

79.

05/1970

Ride Captain Ride by The Blues Image

from Open

138

4
US

written by Frank Konte & Carlos Pinera

80.

01/1970

Let's Work Together by Canned Heat

from Future Blues

137

26
US

2
UK

[Liberty 56151]
written by Wilbert Harrison

81.

01/1970

Psychedelic Shack by The Temptations

from Psychedelic Shack

136

7
US

2
R&B

33
UK

[Gordy 7096]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

82.

08/1970

Still Water (Love) by Four Tops

from Still Waters Run Deep

133

11
US

4
R&B

10
UK

[Motown 1170]
written by Smokey Robinson & Frank Wilson

83.

04/1970

Up Around the Bend/Run Through the Jungle by Creedence Clearwater Revival

from Cosmo's Factory

132

4
US

written by John Fogerty

84.

03/1970

Love or Let Me Be Lonely by The Friends of Distinction

from Real Friends

132

6
US

9
AC

13
R&B

[RCA 0319]
written by Skip Scarborough, Jerry Peters & Anita Poree

85.

04/1970

Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) by Melanie

from Candles in the Rain

131

6
US

with the Edwin Hawkins Singers
[Buddah 167]
written by Melanie (as Melanie Safka)

86.

04/1970

It's All in the Game by Four Tops

from Still Waters Run Deep

130

24
US

39
AC

6
R&B

5
UK

[Motown 1164]
written by Carl Sigman & Charles Dawes

87.

02/1970

Something's Burning by Kenny Rogers

from Something's Burning

129

11
US

8
UK

as Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
[Reprise 0888]
written by Mac Davis

88.

08/1970

Don't Play That Song (You Lied) by Aretha Franklin

128

11
US

✫1
R&B

13
UK

with the Dixie Flyers
written by Ahmet Ertegun (as Ahmet Ertegün) & Betty Nelson

89.

12/1970

Remember Me by Diana Ross

from Surrender

128

16
US

20
AC

10
R&B

7
UK

[Motown 1176]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson

90.

02/1970

Wand'rin' Star by Lee Marvin

125

✫1
UK

written by Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay Lerner

91.

11/1970

Grandad by Clive Dunn

125

✫1
UK

written by Herbie Flowers & Kenny Pickett

92.

04/1970

Back Home by The England World Cup Squad

125

✫1
UK

written by Bill Martin & Phil Coulter

93.

11/1970

Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? by Chicago

from The Chicago Transit Authority

125

7
US

5
AC

written by Robert Lamm

94.

10/1970

Heaven Help Us All by Stevie Wonder

from Signed, Sealed & Delivered

122

9
US

2
R&B

29
UK

[Tamla 54200]
written by Ronald Miller [Ronald Norman Miller] (as Ron Miller)

95.

05/1970

Mama Liked the Roses by Elvis Presley

122

9
US

US: B-side to The Wonder Of You
[RCA 47-9835]
written by Johnny Christopher (as John Christopher)

96.

01/1970

Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) by The Delfonics

from The Delfonics

121

10
US

3
R&B

22
UK

[Philly Groove 161]
written by Thom Bell & William Hart

97.

02/1970

United We Stand by Brotherhood of Man

from United We Stand

120

13
US

15
AC

10
UK

[Deram 85059]
written by John Goodison (as Peter Simons) & Tony Hiller

98.

04/1970

All Kinds of Everything by Dana [Dana Rosemary Scallon]

from All Kinds of Everything

120

✫1
UK

[1970 Eurovision Song Contest winner]
written by Derry Lindsay & Jackie Smith

99.

02/1970

My Baby Loves Lovin' by White Plains

from White Plains

120

13
US

9
UK

[Deram 85058]
written by Roger Cook & Roger Greenaway

100.

08/1970

For the Good Times by Ray Price

from For the Good Times

118

11
US

9
AC

✫1
country

[Columbia 45178]
written by Kris Kristofferson

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