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Simon & Garfunkel had two songs on the Year-End Hot 100, including " Bridge Over Troubled Water"
The Jackson 5 had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1970.

This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of the year 1970. [1] It covers from January 3 to November 28, 1970. [2]

No. Title Artist(s)
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"
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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Hot 100 Songs - Year-End | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  2. ^ "Top Records of 1970 | Top 100 Singles" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 82, no. 52. December 26, 1970. p. 58. Retrieved April 29, 2021.