Top 1970 Singles Ranked

 

Rank

Artist

Title

1

 George Harrison

 My Sweet Lord

2

 The Jackson 5

 A.B.C.

3

 Badfinger

 No Matter What

4

 Three Dog Night

 Liar

5

 Three Dog Night

 Out in the Country

6

 George Harrison

 What Is Life

7

 Carpenters

 (They Long To Be) Close To You

8

 The Doors

 Peace Frog

9

 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

 The Tears of a Clown

10

 Lynn Anderson

 Rose Garden

11

 Sugarloaf

 Green-Eyed Lady

12

 The Guess Who

 American Woman

13

 Edwin Starr

 War

14

 The Jackson 5

 I'll Be There

15

 Derek and the Dominoes

 Layla

16

 Santana

 Oye Como Va

17

 Santana

 Black Magic Woman

18

 The Doors

 Waiting for the Sun

19

 The Partridge Family

 I Think I Love You

20

 Linda Ronstadt

 Long, Long Time

21

 The Ides of March

 Vehicle

22

 The Supremes & The Four Tops

 River Deep-Mountain High

23

 Diana Ross

 Ain't No Mountain High Enough

24

 The Jaggerz

 The Rapper

25

 Carpenters

 We've Only Just Begun

26

 Three Dog Night

 Mama Told Me (Not to Come)

27

 Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner

 Just Someone I Used to Know

28

 Dionne Warwick

 I'll Never Fall in Love Again

29

 Freda Payne

 Band of Gold

30

 The Supremes

 Up the Ladder to the Roof

31

 Rare Earth

 (I Know) I'm Losing You

32

 Anne Murray

 Snowbird

33

 Melanie

 Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)

34

 The Temptations

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

35

 Led Zeppelin

 Immigrant Song

36

 James Brown

 Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine

37

 Eric Burdon & WAR

 Spill the Wine

38

 Blues Image

 Ride Captain Ride

39

 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

 Woodstock

40

 Janis Joplin

 Me & Bobby McGee

41

 Linda Ronstadt

 Will You Love Me Tomorrow?

42

 Loretta Lynn

 Coal Miner's Daughter

43

 Stevie Wonder

 Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours

44

 The Guess Who

 No Sugar Tonight, New Mother Nature

45

 The Supremes

 Stoned Love

46

 The Spinners

 It's a Shame

47

 Alive 'n Kickin'

 Tighter, Tighter

48

 The Jackson 5

 The Love You Save

49

 John Lennon

 Instant Karma

50

 Simon & Garfunkel

 Cecilia

51

 Van Morrison

 Domino

52

 Free

 All Right Now

53

 R. Dean Taylor

 Indiana Wants Me

54

 Bread

 Make It With You

55

 The Kinks

 Lola

56

 Creedence Clearwater Revival

 Lookin' Out My Back Door

57

 Elton John

 Your Song

58

 Tyrone Davis

 Turn Back the Hands of Time

59

 The 5th Dimension

 One Less Bell To Answer

60

 Brook Benton

 Rainy Night in Georgia

61

 The Osmonds

 One Bad Apple

62

 The Grass Roots

 Temptation Eyes

63

 Van Morrison

 Moondance

64

 José Feliciano

 Feliz Navidad

65

 Tony Orlando & Dawn

 Knock Three Times

66

 Christine McVie

 It's You I Miss

67

 Gladys Knight & The Pips

 If I Were Your Woman

68

 James Brown

 Super Bad

69

 Gordon Lightfoot

 If You Could Read My Mind

70

 Mark Lindsay

 Silver Bird

71

 Simon & Garfunkel

 The Boxer

72

 Clarence Carter

 Patches

73

 The Bee Gees

 Lonely Days

74

 Aretha Franklin

 Don't Play That Song

75

 Sammi Smith

 Help Me Make It Through the Night

76

 Christie

 Yellow River

77

 Cat Stevens

 Wild World

78

 Dolly Parton

 Down from Dover

79

 Dolly Parton

 Mule Skinner Blues

80

 Five Man Electrical Band

 Signs

81

 Three Dog Night

 Joy to the World

82

 Christine McVie

 Gone Into the Sun

83

 Chicago

 Colour My World

84

 Conway Twitty

 Hello Darlin'

85

 Aretha Franklin

 Call Me

86

 Diana Ross

 Reach Out and Touch

87

 Christine Perfect

 No Road Is the Right Road

88

 Brewer & Shipley

 One Toke Over the Line

89

 Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner

 Fight & Scratch

90

 Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner

 Forty Miles from Poplar Bluff

91

 Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner

 Run That by Me One More Time

92

 The Archies

 Over and Over

93

 Johnny and June Carter Cash

 If I Were a Carpenter

94

 Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner

 It Might as Well Be Me

95

 Dolly Parton

 Daddy Come and Get Me

96

 Chicago

 25 or 6 to 4

97

 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

 Teach Your Children

98

 Creedence Clearwater Revival

 I Heard It Through the Grapevine

99

 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

 Our House

100

 The Doors

 Roadhouse Blues

101

 The Temptations

 Psychedelic Shack

102

 Vanity Fare

 Hitchin' a Ride

103

 Creedence Clearwater Revival

 Who'll Stop the Rain

104

 Linda Ronstadt

 Lovesick Blues

105

 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

 Ohio

106

 The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

 Mr. Bojangles

107

 The Four Tops

 Still Water

108

 James Taylor

 Fire and Rain

109

 Eric Clapton

 After Midnight

110

 Blood, Sweat & Tears

 Lucretia MacEvil

111

 Stevie Wonder

 We Can Work It Out

112

 Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner

 No Love Left

113

 The Bee Gees

 I.O.I.O.

114

 Bobby Bloom

 Montego Bay

115

 Simon & Garfunkel

 Bridge Over Troubled Water

116

 Creedence Clearwater Revival

 Up Around the Bend

117

 The Delfonics

 Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)

118

 Carly Simon

 That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be

119

 Skeeter Davis

 I'm a Lover Not a Fighter

120

 Cat Stevens

 Where Do the Children Play?

121

 The Bee Gees

 Morning of My Life (In the Morning)

122

 Emerson, Lake & Palmer

 Lucky Man

123

 Dionne Warwick

 The Green Grass Starts to Grow

124

 Ray Stevens

 Everything Is Beautiful

125

 Kenny Rogers

 Something's Burning