This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 singles of 1971. The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 25, 1971, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of January 2 through November 27, 1971.
No. Title Artist(s)1 "Joy to the World" Three Dog Night2 "Maggie May"/"Reason to Believe" Rod Stewart3 "It's Too Late"/"I Feel the Earth Move" Carole King4 "One Bad Apple" The Osmonds5 "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" Bee Gees6 "Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)" Raiders7 "Go Away Little Girl" Donny Osmond 8 "Take Me Home, Country Roads" John Denver9 "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" The Temptations10 "Knock Three Times" Tony Orlando and Dawn11 "Me and Bobby McGee" Janis Joplin12 "Tired of Being Alone" Al Green13 "Want Ads" Honey Cone14 "Smiling Faces Sometimes" The Undisputed Truth15 "Treat Her Like a Lady" Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose16 "Brown Sugar" The Rolling Stones17 "You've Got a Friend" James Taylor18 "Mr. Big Stuff" Jean Knight19 "Do You Know What I Mean" Lee Michaels20 "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" Joan Baez21 "What's Going On" Marvin Gaye22 "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" Paul & Linda McCartney23 "Ain't No Sunshine" Bill Withers24 "Signs" Five Man Electrical Band25 "She's a Lady" Tom Jones26 "I've Found Someone of My Own" The Free Movement 27 "Superstar" Murray Head 28 "Amos Moses" Jerry Reed29 "Temptation Eyes" The Grass Roots30 "Superstar" The Carpenters31 "My Sweet Lord"/"Isn't It A Pity" George Harrison32 "Sweet and Innocent" Donny Osmond33 "Put Your Hand in the Hand" Ocean34 "Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)" Daddy Dewdrop35 "For All We Know" The Carpenters36 "If You Could Read My Mind" Gordon Lightfoot37 "Help Me Make It Through the Night" Sammi Smith38 "Rainy Days and Mondays" The Carpenters39 "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" Cher40 "Never Can Say Goodbye" The Jackson 541 "Rose Garden" Lynn Anderson42 "Don't Pull Your Love" Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds43 "It Don't Come Easy" Ringo Starr44 "Mr. Bojangles" Nitty Gritty Dirt Band45 "I Love You for All Seasons" The Fuzz46 "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get" The Dramatics47 "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" Carly Simon48 "If You Really Love Me" Stevie Wonder49 "Spanish Harlem" Aretha Franklin50 "I Don't Know How to Love Him" Helen Reddy51 "Yo-Yo" The Osmonds52 "Bridge over Troubled Water" Aretha Franklin53 "Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted" The Partridge Family54 "Draggin' the Line" Tommy James55 "Proud Mary" Ike & Tina Turner56 "Beginnings"/"Colour My World" Chicago57 "Stay Awhile" The Bells58 "Sweet City Woman" The Stampeders59 "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" Lobo60 "Another Day"/"Oh Woman, Oh Why" Paul McCartney61 "If" Bread62 "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" Marvin Gaye63 "One Toke Over the Line" Brewer & Shipley64 "She's Not Just Another Woman" 8th Day65 "Bring the Boys Home" Freda Payne66 "I Just Want to Celebrate" Rare Earth67 "Never Ending Song of Love" Delaney & Bonnie & Friends68 "Easy Loving" Freddie Hart69 "Liar" Three Dog Night70 "Stick-Up" Honey Cone71 "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" Mac and Katie Kissoon72 "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story" Andy Williams73 "Wild World" Cat Stevens74 "When You're Hot, You're Hot" Jerry Reed75 "Funky Nassau" The Beginning of the End76 "If Not for You" Olivia Newton-John77 "Groove Me" King Floyd78 "Watching Scotty Grow" Bobby Goldsboro79 "Woodstock" Matthews Southern Comfort80 "Amazing Grace" Judy Collins81 "I Hear You Knocking" Dave Edmunds82 "Lonely Days" Bee Gees83 "Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again" The Fortunes84 "Won't Get Fooled Again" The Who85 "Trapped By a Thing Called Love" Denise LaSalle86 "Mama's Pearl" The Jackson 587 "Timothy" The Buoys88 "I Woke Up In Love This Morning" The Partridge Family89 "Theme from Shaft" Isaac Hayes90 "If I Were Your Woman" Gladys Knight & the Pips91 "I Am...I Said" Neil Diamond92 "The Wedding Song (There Is Love)" Paul Stookey93 "Don't Knock My Love" Wilson Pickett94 "Love Her Madly" The Doors95 "Here Comes the Sun" Richie Havens96 "Sweet Mary" Wadsworth Mansion97 "Right on the Tip of My Tongue" Brenda & the Tabulations98 "One Less Bell to Answer" The 5th Dimension99 "Riders on the Storm" The Doors100 "It's Impossible" Perry Como
See also 1971 in music Billboard Year-End Best Selling Soul Singles of 1971 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1971 List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1971
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