Top 100 Singles in the U.S. for 1970. Number one songs are indicated with an asterisk (*).

Also included is each song's highest position on the charts and the month it was achieved.

*1   BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
      Simon & Garfunkel (#1, Feb)
	  

*2 (They Long To Be) CLOSE TO YOU The Carpenters (#1, July)

*3 AMERICAN WOMAN/ NO SUGAR TONIGHT The Guess Who (#1, May)

*4 RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN' ON MY HEAD B. J. Thomas (#1, Jan)

*5 WAR Edwin Starr (#1, Aug)

*6 AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross (#1, Sept)

*7 I'LL BE THERE Jackson 5 (#1, Oct)

8 GET READY Rare Earth (#4, June)

*9 LET IT BE The Beatles (#1, April)

10 BAND OF GOLD Freda Payne (#3, July)

*11 MAMA TOLD ME (Not To Come) Three Dog Night (#1, July)

*12 EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL Ray Stevens (#1, May)

*13 MAKE IT WITH YOU Bread (#1, Aug)

14 HITCHIN' A RIDE The Vanity Fair (#5, June)

*15 ABC Jackson 5 (#1, April)

*16 THE LOVE YOU SAVE/ I FOUND THAT GIRL Jackson 5 (#1, June)

*17 CRACKLIN' ROSIE Neil Diamond (#1, Oct)

18 CANDIDA Dawn (#3, Oct)

*19 THANK YOU (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)/ EVERYBODY IS A STAR Sly And The Family Stone (#1, Feb)

20 SPILL THE WINE Eric Burdon and War (#3, Aug)

21 O-O-H CHILD/ DEAR PRUDENCE The Five Stairsteps (#8, July)

22 SPIRIT IN THE SKY Norman Greenbaum (#3, April)

23 LAY DOWN (Candles In the Rain) Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers (#6, July)

24 BALL OF CONFUSION (That's What the World Is Today) The Temptations (#3, June)

25 LOVE ON A TWO-WAY STREET The Moments (#3, May)

26 ALL RIGHT NOW Free (#4, Oct)

27 WHICH WAY YOU GOIN' BILLY The Poppy Family Featuring Susan Jacks (#2, June)

*28 I WANT YOU BACK Jackson 5 (#1, Jan)

29 JULIE, DO YA LOVE ME Bobby Sherman (#5, Sept)

30 GREEN-EYED LADY Sugarloaf (#3, Oct)

31 SIGNED, SEALED, DELIEVERED I'M YOURS Stevie Wonder (#3, Aug)

32 RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE Blues Image (#4, July)

*33 VENUS The Shocking Blue (#1, Feb)

34 INSTANT KARMA (We All Shine On) John Ono Lennon (#3, March)

35 PATCHES Clarence Carter (#4, Sept)

36 LOOKIN' OUT MY BACK DOOR/ LONG AS I CAN SEE THE LIGHT Creedence Clearwater Revival (#2, Oct)

37 RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA Brook Benton (#4, March)

38 SOMETHING'S BURNING Kenny Rogers And The First Edition (#11, May)

39 GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME The Chairmen Of The Board (#3, March)

40 LOVE GROWS (Where My Rosemary Goes) Edison Lighthouse (#5, March)

*41 THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD/ FOR YOU BLUE The Beatles (#1, June)

42 SNOWBIRD Anne Murray (#8, Sept)

43 REFLECTIONS OF MY LIFE Marmalade (#10, May)

44 HEY THERE LONELY GIRL Eddie Holman (#2, Feb)

45 THE RAPPER The Jaggerz (#2, March)

46 HE AIN'T HEAVY, HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies (#7, March)

47 TIGHTER, TIGHTER Alive and Kicking (#7, Aug)

48 COME AND GET IT Badfinger (#7, April)

49 CECILIA Simon and Garfunkel (#4, May)

50 LOVE LAND Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (#16, July)

51 TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME Tyrone Davis (#3, May)

52 LOLA The Kinks (#9, Oct)

53 IN THE SUMMERTIME Mungo Jerry (#3, Sept)

54 INDIANA WANTS ME R. Dean Taylor (#5, Nov)

55 (I Know) I'M LOSING YOU Rare Earth (#7, Oct)

56 EASY COME, EASY GO Bobby Sherman (#9, April)

57 EXPRESS YOURSELF Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (#12, Oct)

58 STILL WATER (Love) The Four Tops (#11, Oct)

59 MAKE ME SMILE Chicago (#9, June)

60 HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN Frijid Pink (#7, April)

61 25 OR 6 TO 4 Chicago (#4, Sept)

62 MY BABY LOVES LOVIN' White Plains (#13, June)

63 LOVE OR LET ME BE LONELY The Friends Of Distinction (#6, May)

64 UNITED WE STAND The Brotherhood Of Man (#13, July)

65 WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN The Carpenters (#2, Oct)

66 ARIZONA Mark Lindsay (#10, Feb)

67 FIRE AND RAIN James Taylor (#3, Oct)

68 GROOVY SITUATION Gene Chandler (#12, Sept)

69 EVIL WAYS Santana (#9, March)

70 NO TIME The Guess Who (#5, Feb)

71 DIDN'T I (Blow Your Mind This Time) The Delfonics (#10, March)

72 THE WONDER OF YOU/ MAMA LIKED THE ROSES Elvis Presley (#9, June)

73 UP AROUND THE BEND/ RUN THROUGH THE JUNGLE Creedence Clearwater Revival (#4, June)

74 (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) WHY CAN'T I TOUCH YOU Ronnie Dyson (#8, Aug)

75 I JUST CAN'T HELP BELIEVING B. J. Thomas (#9, Aug)

76 IT'S A SHAME The Spinners (#14, Oct)

77 FOR THE LOVE OF HIM Bobbi Martin (#13, May)

78 MISSISSIPPI QUEEN Mountain (#21, July)

79 I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER Ike and Tina Turner and The Ikettes (#34, Aug)

80 THE LETTER Joe Cocker (#7, May)

81 MA BELLE AMIE The Tee Set (#5, March)

82 THE BELLS The Originals (#12, April)

83 YELLOW RIVER Christie (#23, Nov)

84 SOMEBODY'S BEEN SLEEPING 100 Proof Aged In Soul (#8, Nov)

85 VEHICLE The Ides Of March (#2, May)

86 GIMME DAT DING The Pipkins (#9, July)

87 LAY A LITTLE LOVIN' ON ME Robin McNamara (#11, Aug)

88 UP THE LADDER TO THE ROOF The Supremes (#10, April)

89 TRAVELIN' BAND/ WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN Creedence Clearwater Revival (#2, March)

90 COME SATURDAY MORNING The Sandpipers (#17, June)

91 PSYCHEDELIC SHACK The Temptations (#7, Feb)

92 WITHOUT LOVE (There Is Nothing) Tom Jones (#5, Jan)

93 ARE YOU READY Pacific Gas And Electric (#14, Oct)

94 WOODSTOCK Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (#11, May)

95 I'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Dionne Warwick (#6, Feb)

96 LOOK WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO MY SONG, MA The New Seekers featuring Eve Graham (#14, Oct)

97 WALK A MILE IN MY SHOES Joe South (#12, Feb)

98 THE THRILL IS GONE B. B. King (#15, Feb)

99 IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Glen Campbell (#10, Oct)

100 CALL ME/ SON OF A PREACHER MAN Aretha Franklin (#13, April)

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