| Cover | | Date   | Title • Artist
Album | Points
| Charts Peaks | Comment |
|---|
| 1. | 07/1971 | | 397
 | US ✫1
UK ✫1 |  [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #130]
written by Rod Stewart, Martin Quittenton & Tim Hardin |
 | 2. | 11/1971 | | 371
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC ✫1 | [United Artists 50856]
written by Don McLean |
 | 3. | 12/1971 | | 333
| US ✫1
UK 3
US AC 3 | written by Dewey Bunnell |
 | 4. | 05/1971 | | 327
| US ✫1
UK 6
US AC ✫1 |  [Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1972]
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #469]
in the US, B side I Feel The Earth Move charted from 12 june 1971; charted as It's Too Late/I Feel The Earth Move in the UK
[Ode 66015]
written by Carole King & Toni Stern |
 | 5. | 04/1971 | | 318
| US ✫1
UK 2 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #490]
charted as Brown Sugar / Bitch / Let It Rock in UK charts
[Rolling Stones 19100]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards |
 | 6. | 06/1971 | | 309
| US ✫1
UK 4
US AC ✫1 | [Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1972]
[Warner 7498]
written by Carole King |
| 7. | 03/1971 | | 261
| US ✫1
UK 24
US R&B 46 | [Dunhill/ABC 4272]
written by Hoyt Axton |
| 8. | 07/1971 | | 256
| US 10
UK ✫1 | written by Marc Bolan |
 | 9. | 04/1971 | | 251
| US 4
UK 4
US AC 24 | produced by George Harrison
[Apple 1831]
written by Ringo Starr (as Richard Starkey) |
 | 10. | 05/1971 | | 214
| US ✫1 | charted as It's Too Late / I Feel the Earth Move is US Hot 100 charts
[Ode 66015]
written by Carole King |
| 11. | 10/1971 | | 205
| US 3
UK 14
US AC ✫1 | [Elektra 45751]
written by David Gates |
 | 12. | 12/1971 | | 201
| US 4
UK 10
US AC 10 | produced by George Harrison
[Apple 1841]
written by Pete Ham |
| 13. | 10/1971 | | 195
| US 7
UK 8
US AC ✫1 | [Kapp 2151]
written by Jimmy Holiday & Eddie Reeves |
 | 14. | 04/1971 | | 189
| US 2
US AC 3
US country 50 | [RCA 74-0445]
written by John Denver, Bill Danoff & Taffy Nivert |
 | 15. | 01/1971 | | 184
| US ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #148]
[Columbia 45314]
written by Kris Kristofferson & Fred Foster |
| 16. | 08/1971 | | 184
| US ✫1
US AC 9 | as Paul & Linda McCartney
[Apple 1837]
written by Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney |
| 17. | 09/1971 | | 183
| US 21
UK 2 | written by Pat Vegas & Lolly Vegas |
 | 18. | 02/1971 | | 162
| UK ✫1 | [Janus 148]
written by Ray Dorset |
| 19. | 03/1971 | | 153
| US 4
US AC ✫1 | [Elektra 45720]
written by David Gates |
 | 20. | 11/1971 | | 148
| US 4
US AC ✫1 | [Dunhill/ABC 4294]
written by Paul Williams |
| 21. | 11/1971 | | 147
| US 4
US AC 7 | [Capricorn 8021]
written by Jonathan Edwards |
 | 22. | 10/1971 | | 146
| US 3
US AC 7 | as John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #3]
[Apple 1840]
written by John Lennon |
| 23. | 12/1971 | | 146
| US 17
UK 6 | written by Rod Stewart & Ronnie Wood |
| 24. | 06/1971 | | 139
| US 99
UK 2 |
[Bell 45126]
written by Nicky Chinn & Mike Chapman |
| 25. | 11/1971 | | 135
| UK 2 | [Reprise 1056]
written by Marc Bolan |
 | 26. | 07/1971 | | 135
| US 15
UK 9 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #133]
[Decca 32846]
written by Pete Townshend |
| 27. | 12/1971 | | 127
| US 20
UK 11
US AC 2 | starring Shirley Jones and featuring David Cassidy
[Bell 45160]
written by Tony Romeo |
 | 28. | 09/1971 | | 125
| US 7
US AC ✫1 | [A&M 1291]
written by Cat Stevens |
| 29. | 12/1971 | | 122
| US 5
US AC 18 | [Dunhill/ABC 4299]
written by Hoyt Axton |
 | 30. | 07/1971 | | 117
| US 6
UK 36 | [Fantasy 665]
written by John Fogerty |
| 31. | 07/1971 | | 111
| UK 4 | [United Artists 50832]
written by John Whitney & Roger Chapman |
| 32. | 07/1971 | | 106
| US 14
UK 22
US AC 11 | [Elektra 45738]
written by Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger & John Densmore |
| 33. | 07/1971 | | 106
| US 7
US R&B 30 | [Rare Earth 5031]
written by Dino Fekaris & Nick Zesses |
 | 34. | 01/1971 | | 103
| US 8
UK 36 | [Fantasy 655]
written by John Fogerty |
 | 35. | 08/1971 | | 102
| US 23
UK 10 | b side Deep Blue charted in the US from 11 sept 1971
written by George Harrison |
| 36. | 07/1971 | | 100
| US 7 | [Dunhill/ABC 4282]
written by Russ Ballard |
| 37. | 03/1971 | | 98
| US 51
UK 7 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #27]
[Atco 6809]
written by Eric Clapton & Jim Gordon |
| 38. | 04/1971 | | 94
| US 10
US AC 6 | [Elektra 45724]
written by Carly Simon & Jacob Brackman |
| 39. | 12/1971 | | 92
| UK 6 | written by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil |
| 40. | 12/1971 | | 83
| US 13
US AC 3 | [Elektra 45759]
written by Carly Simon |
| 41. | 02/1971 | | 80
| US 10 | written by Mike Brewer & Tom Shipley |
 | 42. | 06/1971 | | 79
| US 30
UK 22
US AC 10 | [A&M 1265]
written by Cat Stevens |
 | 43. | 08/1971 | | 79
| US 14
US AC 3 | B side Smackwater Jack charted from 4 september 1971
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King |
| 44. | 05/1971 | | 77
| US 13
US AC 8 | written by Delaney Bramlett |
 | 45. | 02/1971 | | 76
| US 11
US AC 21 | [A&M 1231]
written by Cat Stevens |
 | 46. | 02/1971 | | 75
| US 10
US AC 31 | [only released in the US]
[Apple 1828]
written by George Harrison |
| 47. | 02/1971 | | 74
| US 13
US AC 11
US R&B 32 | [Columbia 45330]
written by Tito Puente |
| 48. | 08/1971 | | 73
| US 13
US AC 14 | starring Shirley Jones and featuring David Cassidy
[Bell 45130]
written by L. Russell Brown & Irwin Levine |
 | 49. | 04/1971 | | 72
| US 11
US AC 29 | [Elektra 45726]
written by Robby Krieger |
| 50. | 10/1971 | | 67
| US 12
US R&B 39 | [Columbia 45472]
written by Brown, Brown, Moss & Carlos Santana |
| 51. | 02/1971 | | 64
| UK 11 | [Elektra 45727]
written by Vincent Crane |
| 52. | 09/1971 | | 64
| UK 11 | written by Ian Anderson |
 | 53. | 04/1971 | | 60
| US 14 | as Murray Head & The Trinidad Singers
[R]
[Decca 32603]
written by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice |
 | 54. | 12/1971 | | 59
| US 15 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #294]
written by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant & John Paul Jones |
| 55. | 03/1971 | | 55
| UK 13 | written by Nicky Chinn & Mike Chapman |
| 56. | 11/1971 | | 52
| US 19
US R&B 40 | [Rare Earth 5038]
written by Dino Fekaris & Nick Zesses |
| 57. | 08/1971 | | 51
| US 19 | written by Burton Cummings & Kurt Winter |
 | 58. | 11/1971 | | 51
| UK 15 | [Warner 7528]
written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord & Ian Paice |
 | 59. | 06/1971 | | 51
| US 41
UK 24 | [Columbia 45409]
written by Bob Dylan |
| 60. | 09/1971 | | 50
| US 20
US AC 32 | written by Dave Mason |
 | 61. | 02/1971 | | 48
| US 21 | [Warner 7449]
written by Alice Cooper, Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway & Neal Smith |
| 62. | 10/1971 | | 45
| US 31
US AC 4 | [Warner 7521]
written by James Taylor |
| 63. | 02/1971 | | 45
| US 20 | [Columbia 45331]
written by Robert Lamm |
 | 64. | 08/1971 | | 44
| US 23 | [Threshold 67006]
written by Justin Hayward |
| 65. | 05/1971 | | 43
| US 22 | b side Black Eyed Blues charted from 12 june 1971 |
 | 66. | 12/1971 | | 42
| US 24 | [Uni 55314]
written by Elton John & Bernie Taupin |
| 67. | 11/1971 | | 40
| US 24 | as Rod Stewart with Faces
[Mercury 73244]
written by Norman Whitfield, Eddie Holland Jr. & Cornelius Grant |
 | 68. | 07/1971 | | 35
| UK 21 | UK release
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards |
| 69. | 07/1971 | | 35
| US 40
US AC 3 | [Columbia 45414]
written by Carole King & Toni Stern |
 | 70. | 06/1971 | | 33
| US 28 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #334]
[Rolling Stones 19101]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards |
 | 71. | 10/1971 | | 33
| US 28 | [Warner 7518]
written by Van Morrison |
| 72. | 01/1971 | | 32
| US 28 | [Elektra 45711]
written by David Gates |
| 73. | 02/1971 | | 29
| US 37
US AC 9 | [Warner 7460]
written by James Taylor |
 | 74. | 11/1971 | | 29
| US 34 | [Decca 32888]
written by Pete Townshend |
| 75. | 07/1971 | | 29
| US 32 | written by David Clayton-Thomas |
| 76. | 05/1971 | | 27
| US 53
US AC 8
US country 34 | [RCA 47-9985]
written by Shirl Milete & Paul Rader |
| 77. | 06/1971 | | 27
| US 35 | [Atlantic 2804]
written by Graham Nash |
| 78. | 05/1971 | | 25
| US 35 | [Columbia 45370]
written by Peter Cetera & Daniel Seraphine (as Danny Seraphine) |
| 79. | 01/1971 | | 24
| US 36 | [Capitol 3009]
written by Rutledge, Taylor, Pickens, Hill, Grundy & Cobb |
| 80. | 09/1971 | | 22
| US 40 | written by Jon Anderson & Chris Squire |
| 81. | 07/1971 | | 21
| US 37 | [Elektra 45740]
written by David Gates |
| 82. | 09/1971 | | 21
| US 40 | [Columbia 45457]
written by Alvin Lee |
| 83. | 12/1971 | | 20
| US 39 | written by James Alexander & Zelda Samuels |
| 84. | 03/1971 | | 20
| US 37 | [Atlantic 2790]
written by Stephen Stills |
| 85. | 08/1971 | | 16
| UK 39 | as Paul & Linda McCartney
written by Paul McCartney |
| 86. | 07/1971 | | 16
| US 45 | [R]
[Epic 10670]
written by Lolly Vegas |
| 87. | 02/1971 | | 16
| UK 40 | written by John Lomax, Alan Lomax, Eric Burdon & Chas Chandler |
| 88. | 06/1971 | | 16
| US 43 | [Atlantic 2806]
written by Stephen Stills |
| 89. | 08/1971 | | 16
| US 42 | [Atlantic 2820]
written by Stephen Stills |
 | 90. | 03/1971 | | 15
| US 48 | written by Greg Lake |
| 91. | 01/1971 | | 15
| US 43 | [RCA 414]
written by Burton Cummings & Kurt Winter |
 | 92. | 05/1971 | | 15
| US 42 | [Columbia 45379]
written by Bert Russell & Jerry Ragovoy (as Norman Meade) |
 | 93. | 01/1971 | | 14
| US 43 | as John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band
[Apple 1827]
written by John Lennon |
| 94. | 11/1971 | | 14
| US 50 | written by Burton Cummings |
 | 95. | 01/1971 | | 13
| US 60 | as Murray Head & The Trinidad Singers
[R]
[Decca 32603]
written by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice |
| 96. | 07/1971 | | 13
| US 52 | [Dunhill 4283]
written by Mars Bonfire |
| 97. | 05/1971 | | 12
| US 55 | [Kama Sutra 524]
written by Mike Brewer & Tom Shipley |
| 98. | 11/1971 | | 12
| US 60 | [Grunt 500]
written by Joey Covington, John Casady & Jorma Kaukonen |
| 99. | 10/1971 | | 12
| US 79
US AC 24 | [Columbia 45471]
written by John Lennon |
| 100. | 05/1971 | | 12
| US 54 | [Capitol 3095]
written by Dave Mason |
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