US Top 40 Singles Week Ending October 31st, 1970

These are all the US Top 40 singles for Week Ending October 31st, 1970.

Check out the top 100 artists of 1970 here and the top 100 songs of 1970 here.

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This Week’s Top 40
This Week’s Drops
Power Plays
New This Week
To Next or Previous Week

US TOP 40 – OCTOBER 31ST, 1970

#1
I’LL BE THERE
Jackson 5

Jackson 5 - I'll Be There record cover

TW LW TITLE-Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart

1 1 I’LL BE THERE –•– Jackson 5 (Motown)-7 (3 weeks at #1)
2 4 WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN –•– The Carpenters (A&M)-8
3 6 FIRE AND RAIN –•– James Taylor (Warner Brothers)-8
4 2 CRACKLIN’ ROSIE –•– Neil Diamond (Uni)-11
5 3 GREEN-EYED LADY –•– Sugarloaf (Liberty)-12
6 5 ALL RIGHT NOW –•– Free (A&M)-12
7 8 INDIANA WANTS ME –•– R. Dean Taylor (Rare Earth)-9
8 7 CANDIDA –•– Dawn (Bell)-15
9 9 LOLA –•– The Kinks (Reprise)-10
10 17 IT’S ONLY MAKE BELEIVE –•– Glen Campbell (Capitol)-9

11 11 STILL WATER (Love) –•– The Four Tops (Motown)-10
12 13 EXPRESS YOURSELF –•– Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (Warner Brothers)-12
13 14 SOMEBODY’S BEEN SLEEPING –•– 100 Proof Aged In Soul (Hot Wax)-9
14 16 LOOK WHAT THEY’VE DONE TO MY SONG MA –•– The New Seekers (Elektra)-9
15 23 IT DON’T MATTER TO ME –•– Bread (Elektra)-6
16 10 AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH –•– Diana Ross (Motown)-13
17 41 I THINK I LOVE YOU –•– The Partridge Family (Starring Shirley Jones and Featuring David Cassidy) (Bell)-4
18 20 EL CONDOR PASA –•– Simon and Garfunkel (Columbia)-8
19 28 CRY ME A RIVER –•– Joe Cocker (A&M)-4
20 25 SUPER BAD (Parts 1 and 2) –•– James Brown (King)-5

21 15 OUT IN THE COUNTRY –•– Three Dog Night (Dunhill)-10
22 26 GOD, LOVE, AND ROCK AND ROLL –•– Teagarden and Van Winkle (Westbound)-7
23 12 JULIE, DO YA LOVE ME –•– Bobby Sherman (Metromedia)-14
24 34 DEEPER AND DEEPER –•– Freda Payne (Invictus)-8
25 29 ENGINE NUMBER 9 –•– Wilson Pickett (Atantic)-6
26 27 STAND BY YOUR MAN –•– Candi Staton (Fame)-10
27 45 THE TEARS OF A CLOWN –•– Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (Tamla)-3
28 31 SEE ME, FEEL ME –•– The Who (Decca)-6
29 36 MONTEGO BAY –•– Bobby Bloom (MGM / L&R)-8
30 32 OUR HOUSE –•– Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young (Atlantic)-7

31 33 LUCRETIA MAC EVIL –•– Blood, Sweat, and Tears (Columbia)-5
32 21 (I Know) I’M LOSING YOU –•– Rare Earth (Rare Earth)-14
33 35 UNGENA ZA ULIMWENGU (Unite the World) –•– The Temptations (Gordy)-5
34 18 SNOWBIRD –•– Anne Murray (Capitol)-16
35 39 GYPSY WOMAN –•– Brian Hyland (Uni)-9
36 19 LOOKIN’ OUT MY BACK DOOR / LONG AS I CAN SEE THE LIGHT –•– Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)-13
37 40 YELLOW RIVER –•– Christie (Epic)-16
38 37 DO WHAT YOU WANNA DO –•– Five Flights Up (TA)-11
39 43 MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF –•– Dionne Warwick (Sceptor)-5
40 49 HEAVEN HELP US ALL –•– Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-3

THIS WEEK’S DROP – OCTOBER 31ST, 1970

43 38 THAT’S WHERE I WENT WRONG –•– The Poppy Family Featuring Susan Jacks (London)-13
44 24 IT’S A SHAME –•– The Spinners (V.I.P.)-15
45 22 CLOSER TO HOME –•– Grand Funk Railroad (Capitol)-12
47 30 LONG LONG TIME –•– Linda Ronstadt (Capitol)-12

POWER PLAYS – OCTOBER 31ST, 1970

41 47 FOR THE GOOD TIMES –•– Ray Price (Columbia)-10
42 42 AS THE YEARS GO BY –•– Mashmakhan (Epic)-11
46 50 I AM SOMEBODY (Part 2) –•– Johnnie Taylor (Stax)-3
48 48 I DO TAKE YOU –•– The Three Degrees (Roulette)-8
49 74 YOU DON’T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME / PATCH IT UP –•– Elvis Presley (RCA)-2
50 58 HEED THE CALL –•– Kenny Rogers and the First Edition (Reprise)-3

NEW THIS WEEK – OCTOBER 31ST, 1970

79 — NO MATTER WHAT –•– Badfinger (Apple)-1
85 — I JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF –•– Gary Puckett (Columbia)-1
88 — BIG LEG WOMAN (With a Short Short Mini Skirt) –•– Israel “Popper Stopper” Tolbert (Warren)-1
93 — THANK GOD AND GREYHOUND –•– Roy Clark (Dot)-1
95 — STONEY END –•– Barbra Streisand (Columbia)-1
96 — THAT’S THE WAY I WANT OUR LOVE –•– Joe Simon (Sound Stage)-1
97 — AMOS MOSES –•– Jerry Reed (RCA)-1
98 — CHAINS AND THINGS –•– B.B. King (ABC)-1
99 — SPIRIT IN THE SKY –•– Dorothy Morrison (Buddah)-1
100 — ONE LIGHT TWO LIGHTS –•– The Satisfactions (Lionel)-1