These are the top 100 songs of 1971. Within the top 100, there are a total of 87 different bands or artists.
The Carpenters achieved the most entries with three of the top songs of 1971.
The song title is at the top in gray with the artist below in red.
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| 1 | Joy to the World Three Dog Night |
| 2 | Maggie May/Reason to Believe Rod Stewart |
| 3 | It’s Too Late/I Feel the Earth Move Carole King |
| 4 | One Bad Apple The Osmonds |
| 5 | How Can You Mend a Broken Heart Bee Gees |
| 6 | Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian) Paul Revere & the Raiders |
| 7 | Go Away Little Girl Donny Osmond |
| 8 | Take Me Home, Country Roads John Denver |
| 9 | Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) The Temptations |
| 10 | Knock Three Times Tony Orlando and Dawn |
| 11 | Me and Bobby McGee Janis Joplin |
| 12 | Tired of Being Alone Al Green |
| 13 | Want Ads Honey Cone |
| 14 | Smiling Faces Sometimes The Undisputed Truth |
| 15 | Treat Her Like a Lady Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose |
| 16 | You’ve Got a Friend James Taylor |
| 17 | Mr. Big Stuff Jean Knight |
| 18 | Brown Sugar The Rolling Stones |
| 19 | Do You Know What I Mean Lee Michaels |
| 20 | The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Joan Baez |
| 21 | What’s Going On Marvin Gaye |
| 22 | Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey Paul & Linda McCartney |
| 23 | Ain’t No Sunshine Bill Withers |
| 24 | Signs Five Man Electrical Band |
| 25 | She’s a Lady Tom Jones |
| 26 | Superstar Murray Head & The Trinidad Singers |
| 27 | I’ve Found Someone of My Own The Free Movement |
| 28 | Amos Moses Jerry Reed |
| 29 | Temptation Eyes The Grass Roots |
| 30 | Superstar The Carpenters |
| 31 | My Sweet Lord George Harrison |
| 32 | Sweet and Innocent Donny Osmond |
| 33 | Put Your Hand in the Hand Ocean |
| 34 | Chick-A-Boom (Don’t Ya Jes’ Love It) Daddy Dewdrop |
| 35 | For All We Know The Carpenters |
| 36 | Help Me Make It Through the Night Sammi Smith |
| 37 | Rainy Days and Mondays The Carpenters |
| 38 | If You Could Read My Mind Gordon Lightfoot |
| 39 | Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves Cher |
| 40 | Never Can Say Goodbye The Jackson 5 |
| 41 | Rose Garden Lynn Anderson |
| 42 | Don’t Pull Your Love Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds |
| 43 | It Don’t Come Easy Ringo Starr |
| 44 | Mr. Bojangles Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
| 45 | I Love You for All Seasons The Fuzz |
| 46 | Whatcha See is Whatcha Get The Dramatics |
| 47 | That’s the Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be Carly Simon |
| 48 | If You Really Love Me Stevie Wonder |
| 49 | Spanish Harlem Aretha Franklin |
| 50 | I Don’t Know How to Love Him Helen Reddy |
| 51 | Yo-Yo The Osmonds |
| 52 | Bridge over Troubled Water Aretha Franklin |
| 53 | Doesn’t Somebody Want to Be Wanted The Partridge Family |
| 54 | Draggin’ the Line Tommy James |
| 55 | Proud Mary Ike & Tina Turner |
| 56 | Beginnings / Colour My World Chicago |
| 57 | Stay Awhile The Bells |
| 58 | Sweet City Woman The Stampeders |
| 59 | Me and You and a Dog Named Boo Lobo |
| 60 | Another Day / Oh Woman, Oh Why Paul McCartney |
| 61 | If Bread |
| 62 | Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) Marvin Gaye |
| 63 | One Toke Over the Line Brewer & Shipley |
| 64 | She’s Not Just Another Woman 8th Day |
| 65 | Bring the Boys Home Freda Payne |
| 66 | I Just Want to Celebrate Rare Earth |
| 67 | Never Ending Song of Love Delaney & Bonnie & Friends |
| 68 | Easy Loving Freddie Hart |
| 69 | Liar Three Dog Night |
| 70 | Stick-Up Honey Cone |
| 71 | Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep Mac and Katie Kissoon |
| 72 | (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story Andy Williams |
| 73 | Wild World Cat Stevens |
| 74 | When You’re Hot, You’re Hot Jerry Reed |
| 75 | Funky Nassau The Beginning of the End |
| 76 | If Not for You Olivia Newton-John |
| 77 | Groove Me King Floyd |
| 78 | Watching Scotty Grow Bobby Goldsboro |
| 79 | Woodstock Matthews Southern Comfort |
| 80 | Amazing Grace Judy Collins |
| 81 | I Hear You Knocking Dave Edmunds |
| 82 | Lonely Days Bee Gees |
| 83 | Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again The Fortunes |
| 84 | Won’t Get Fooled Again The Who |
| 85 | Trapped By a Thing Called Love Denise LaSalle |
| 86 | Mama’s Pearl The Jackson 5 |
| 87 | Timothy The Buoys |
| 88 | I Woke Up In Love This Morning The Partridge Family |
| 89 | Theme from Shaft Isaac Hayes |
| 90 | If I Were Your Woman Gladys Knight & the Pips |
| 91 | I Am…I Said Neil Diamond |
| 92 | The Wedding Song (There Is Love) Paul Stookey |
| 93 | Don’t Knock My Love Wilson Pickett |
| 94 | Love Her Madly The Doors |
| 95 | Here Comes the Sun Richie Havens |
| 96 | Sweet Mary Wadsworth Mansion |
| 97 | Right on the Tip of My Tongue Brenda & the Tabulations |
| 98 | One Less Bell to Answer The 5th Dimension |
| 99 | Riders on the Storm The Doors |
| 100 | Somos Novios (It’s Impossible) Perry Como |
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