These are the top 100 songs of 1970. Within the top 100, there are a total of 85 different bands or artists.
The Jackson 5 achieved the most entries with four of the top songs of 1970.
The song title is at the top in gray with the artist below in red.
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Top Songs of 1970
1
Bridge over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
2
(They Long to Be) Close to You
The Carpenters
3
American Woman
The Guess Who
4
Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head
B.J. Thomas
5
War
Edwin Starr
6
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
Diana Ross
7
I’ll Be There
The Jackson 5
8
Get Ready
Rare Earth
9
Let It Be
The Beatles
10
Band of Gold
Freda Payne
11
Mama Told Me (Not to Come)
Three Dog Night
12
Everything Is Beautiful
Ray Stevens
13
Make It with You
Bread
14
Hitchin’ a Ride
Vanity Fare
15
ABC
The Jackson 5
16
The Love You Save
The Jackson 5
17
Cracklin’ Rosie
Neil Diamond
18
Candida
Dawn
19
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
Sly & the Family Stone
20
Spill the Wine
Eric Burdon & War
21
O-o-h Child
Five Stairsteps
22
Spirit in the Sky
Norman Greenbaum
23
Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)
Melanie
24
Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today)
The Temptations
25
Love on a Two-Way Street
The Moments
26
Which Way You Goin’ Billy?
The Poppy Family
27
All Right Now
Free
28
I Want You Back
The Jackson 5
29
Julie, Do Ya Love Me
Bobby Sherman
30
Green-Eyed Lady
Sugarloaf
31
Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours
Stevie Wonder
32
Ride Captain Ride
Blues Image
33
Venus
Shocking Blue
34
Instant Karma!
John Lennon
35
Patches
Clarence Carter
36
Lookin’ out My Back Door
Creedence Clearwater Revival
37
Rainy Night in Georgia
Brook Benton
38
Something’s Burning
Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
39
Give Me Just a Little More Time
Chairmen of the Board
40
Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
Edison Lighthouse
41
The Long and Winding Road
The Beatles
42
Snowbird
Anne Murray
43
Reflections of My Life
Marmalade
44
Hey There Lonely Girl
Eddie Holman
45
The Rapper
The Jaggerz
46
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother
The Hollies
47
Tighter, Tighter
Alive N Kickin’
48
Come and Get It
Badfinger
49
Cecilia
Simon & Garfunkel
50
Love Land
Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
51
Turn Back the Hands of Time
Tyrone Davis
52
Lola
The Kinks
53
In the Summertime
Mungo Jerry
54
Indiana Wants Me
R. Dean Taylor
55
(I Know) I’m Losing You
Rare Earth
56
Easy Come, Easy Go
Bobby Sherman
57
Express Yourself
Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
58
Still Water (Love)
The Four Tops
59
Make Me Smile
Chicago
60
The House of the Rising Sun
Frijid Pink
61
25 or 6 to 4
Chicago
62
My Baby Loves Lovin’
White Plains
63
Love or Let Me Be Lonely
The Friends of Distinction
64
United We Stand
The Brotherhood of Man
65
We’ve Only Just Begun
The Carpenters
66
Arizona
Mark Lindsay
67
Fire and Rain
James Taylor
68
Groovy Situation
Gene Chandler
69
Evil Ways
Santana
70
No Time
The Guess Who
71
Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
The Delfonics
72
The Wonder of You
Elvis Presley
73
Up Around the Bend
Creedence Clearwater Revival
74
(If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can’t I Touch You?
Ronnie Dyson
75
I Just Can’t Help Believing
B.J. Thomas
76
It’s a Shame
The Spinners
77
For the Love of Him
Bobbi Martin
78
Mississippi Queen
Mountain
79
I Want to Take You Higher
Ike & Tina Turner
80
The Letter
Joe Cocker
81
Ma Belle Amie
Tee Set
82
The Bells
The Originals
83
Yellow River
Christie
84
Somebody’s Been Sleeping
100 Proof (Aged in Soul)
85
Vehicle
The Ides of March
86
Gimme Dat Ding
The Pipkins
87
Lay a Little Lovin’ On Me
Robin McNamara
88
Up the Ladder to the Roof
The Supremes
89
Travelin’ Band
Creedence Clearwater Revival
90
Come Saturday Morning
The Sandpipers
91
Psychedelic Shack
The Temptations
92
Without Love (There Is Nothing)
Tom Jones
93
Are You Ready?
Pacific Gas & Electric
94
Woodstock
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
95
I’ll Never Fall in Love Again
Dionne Warwick
96
Look What They’ve Done to My Song Ma
The New Seekers
97
Walk A Mile In My Shoes
Joe South
98
The Thrill Is Gone
B.B. King
99
It’s Only Make Believe
Glen Campbell
100
Call Me
Aretha Franklin