This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1973. The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 29, 1973, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of November 25, 1972 through November 17, 1973.
No. Title Artist(s)1 "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" Tony Orlando and Dawn2 "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" Jim Croce3 "Killing Me Softly with His Song" Roberta Flack4 "Let's Get It On" Marvin Gaye5 "My Love" Paul McCartney & Wings6 "Why Me" Kris Kristofferson7 "Crocodile Rock" Elton John8 "Will It Go Round in Circles" Billy Preston9 "You're So Vain" Carly Simon10 "Touch Me in the Morning" Diana Ross11 "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" Vicki Lawrence12 "Playground in My Mind" Clint Holmes13 "Brother Louie" Stories14 "Delta Dawn" Helen Reddy15 "Me and Mrs. Jones" Billy Paul16 "Frankenstein" The Edgar Winter Group17 "Drift Away" Dobie Gray18 "Little Willy" Sweet19 "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" Stevie Wonder20 "Half-Breed" Cher21 "That Lady" The Isley Brothers22 "Pillow Talk" Sylvia Robinson23 "We're an American Band" Grand Funk Railroad24 "Right Place Wrong Time" Dr. John25 "Wildflower" Skylark26 "Superstition" Stevie Wonder27 "Loves Me Like a Rock" Paul Simon28 "The Morning After" Maureen McGovern29 "Rocky Mountain High" John Denver30 "Stuck in the Middle with You" Stealers Wheel31 "Shambala" Three Dog Night32 "Love Train" The O'Jays33 "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby" Barry White34 "Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose" Tony Orlando and Dawn35 "Keep on Truckin'" Eddie Kendricks36 "Danny's Song" Anne Murray37 "Dancing in the Moonlight" King Harvest38 "Monster Mash" Bobby 'Boris' Pickett 39 "Natural High" Bloodstone40 "Diamond Girl" Seals and Crofts41 "Long Train Runnin'" The Doobie Brothers42 "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" George Harrison43 "If You Want Me to Stay" Sly & the Family Stone44 "Daddy's Home" Jermaine Jackson45 "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" Gladys Knight & the Pips46 "I'm Doin' Fine Now" New York City47 "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" The Spinners48 "Daniel" Elton John49 "Midnight Train to Georgia" Gladys Knight & the Pips50 "Smoke on the Water" Deep Purple51 "The Cover of "Rolling Stone"" Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show52 "Behind Closed Doors" Charlie Rich53 "Your Mama Don't Dance" Loggins and Messina54 "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" Chicago55 "The Cisco Kid" War56 "Live and Let Die" Paul McCartney & Wings57 "Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?" Hurricane Smith58 "I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)" Johnnie Taylor59 "Sing" The Carpenters60 "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)" The Four Tops61 "Dueling Banjos" Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell62 "Higher Ground" Stevie Wonder63 "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" Al Green64 "My Maria" B.W. Stevenson65 "Superfly" Curtis Mayfield66 "Last Song" Edward Bear67 "Get Down" Gilbert O'Sullivan68 "Reelin' in the Years" Steely Dan69 "Hocus Pocus" Focus70 "Yesterday Once More" The Carpenters71 "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" Bette Midler72 "Clair" Gilbert O'Sullivan73 "Do It Again" Steely Dan74 "Kodachrome" Paul Simon75 "Why Can't We Live Together" Timmy Thomas76 "Do You Want To Dance?" Bette Midler77 "So Very Hard to Go" Tower of Power78 "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" Johnny Rivers79 "Ramblin' Man" The Allman Brothers Band80 "Masterpiece" The Temptations81 "Peaceful" Helen Reddy82 "One of a Kind (Love Affair)" The Spinners83 "Funny Face" Donna Fargo84 "Funky Worm" Ohio Players85 "Angie" The Rolling Stones86 "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" Blue Ridge Rangers87 "Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend" Lobo88 "Break Up to Make Up" The Stylistics89 "Daisy a Day" Jud Strunk90 "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)" Deodato91 "Stir It Up" Johnny Nash92 "Money" Pink Floyd93 "Gypsy Man" War94 "The World Is a Ghetto"95 "Yes We Can Can" The Pointer Sisters96 "Free Ride" The Edgar Winter Group97 "Space Oddity" David Bowie98 "It Never Rains in Southern California" Albert Hammond99 "The Twelfth of Never" Donny Osmond100 "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" The Temptations
See also 1973 in music Billboard Year-End Hot Soul Singles of 1973 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1973 List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1973
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