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 |