List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1970

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This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1970.

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The Jackson 5 and Creedence Clearwater Revival each had four top-ten hits in 1970, tying them for the most top-ten hits during the year.

Top-ten singles

Top ten
entry date
SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
Singles from 1969
December 13"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" B. J. Thomas 1January 313
December 27"I Want You Back" The Jackson 5 1January 319
"Whole Lotta Love" Led Zeppelin 4January 317
Singles from 1970
January 3"Venus" Shocking Blue 1February 79
"La La La (If I Had You)" Bobby Sherman 9January 102
January 10"Jam Up and Jelly Tight" Tommy Roe 8January 173
January 17"Don't Cry Daddy" / "Rubberneckin'" Elvis Presley 6January 313
"Midnight Cowboy" Ferrante & Teicher 10January 171
January 24"Without Love (There Is Nothing)" Tom Jones 5January 313
"I'll Never Fall in Love Again" Dionne Warwick 6February 74
January 31"Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" / "Everybody Is a Star" Sly and the Family Stone 1February 147
February 7"Hey There Lonely Girl" Eddie Holman 2February 216
"No Time" The Guess Who 5February 284
"Jingle Jangle" The Archies 10February 71
February 14"Travelin' Band" / "Who'll Stop The Rain" Creedence Clearwater Revival 2March 75
"Psychedelic Shack" The Temptations 7February 283
"Arizona" Mark Lindsay 10February 141
February 21"Bridge over Troubled Water" Simon & Garfunkel 1February 2810
"Rainy Night in Georgia" Brook Benton 4March 75
February 28"Ma Belle Amie" Tee-Set 5March 143
March 7"The Rapper" The Jaggerz 2March 216
"Give Me Just a Little More Time" Chairmen of the Board 3March 214
"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" The Hollies 7March 214
March 14"Evil Ways" Santana 9March 212
March 21"Let It Be" † The Beatles 1April 1111
"Instant Karma!" John Lennon 3March 288
"Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" Edison Lighthouse 5March 287
"Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)" The Delfonics 10March 211
March 28"ABC" The Jackson 5 1April 259
"Spirit in the Sky" Norman Greenbaum 3April 188
"Come and Get It" Badfinger 7April 186
April 4"The House of the Rising Sun" Frijid Pink 7April 42
"Easy Come, Easy Go" Bobby Sherman 9April 112
April 18"American Woman" / "No Sugar Tonight" The Guess Who 1May 98
"Love or Let Me Be Lonely" The Friends of Distinction 6May 24
"Up the Ladder to the Roof" The Supremes 10April 181
April 25"Turn Back the Hands of Time" Tyrone Davis 3May 236
May 2"Vehicle" The Ides of March 2May 235
May 9"Everything Is Beautiful" Ray Stevens 1May 306
"Reflections of My Life" Marmalade 10May 93
May 16"Cecilia" Simon & Garfunkel 4May 305
"Up Around the Bend" / "Run Through the Jungle" Creedence Clearwater Revival 4June 65
May 23"Love on a Two-Way Street" The Moments 3May 305
May 30"Which Way You Goin' Billy?" The Poppy Family 2June 65
"The Letter" Joe Cocker 7May 304
June 6"The Long and Winding Road" / "For You Blue" The Beatles 1June 136
"Get Ready" Rare Earth 4June 135
"Make Me Smile" Chicago 9June 62
June 13"The Love You Save" The Jackson 5 1June 279
June 20"Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" Three Dog Night 1July 119
"Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" The Temptations 3June 279
"Hitchin' a Ride" Vanity Fare 5June 274
"Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" Melanie with The Edwin Hawkins Singers6July 116
June 27"Ride Captain Ride" Blues Image 4July 115
"The Wonder of You" / "Mama Liked the Roses" Elvis Presley 9June 273
July 4"Band of Gold" Freda Payne 3July 258
July 11"(They Long to Be) Close to You" The Carpenters 1July 2511
July 18"Make It with You" Bread 1August 2210
"O-o-h Child" Five Stairsteps 8July 184
"Gimme Dat Ding" The Pipkins 9July 181
July 25"Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" Stevie Wonder 3August 86
August 1"Spill the Wine" Eric Burdon and War 3August 227
"Tighter, Tighter" Alive N Kickin' 7August 84
August 15"War" Edwin Starr 1August 298
"In the Summertime" Mungo Jerry 3September 126
August 22"Patches" Clarence Carter 4September 196
"I Just Can't Help Believing" B. J. Thomas 9August 221
August 29"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" Diana Ross 1September 199
"25 or 6 to 4" Chicago 4September 125
"(If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?" Ronnie Dyson 8August 292
September 5"Lookin' Out My Back Door" / "Long As I Can See the Light" Creedence Clearwater Revival 2October 37
September 12"Julie, Do Ya Love Me" Bobby Sherman 5September 196
September 19"Candida" Dawn 3October 38
September 26"Cracklin' Rosie" Neil Diamond 1October 107
"(I Know) I'm Losing You" Rare Earth 7October 33
"Snowbird" Anne Murray 8September 262
October 3"I'll Be There" The Jackson 5 1October 1711
"All Right Now" Free 4October 176
October 10"We've Only Just Begun" The Carpenters 2October 319
"Green-Eyed Lady" Sugarloaf 3October 178
October 17"Fire and Rain" James Taylor 3October 318
October 24"Indiana Wants Me" R. Dean Taylor 5November 76
"Lola" The Kinks 9October 243
October 31"It's Only Make Believe" Glen Campbell 10October 311
November 7"I Think I Love You" The Partridge Family 1November 2111
November 14"The Tears of a Clown" Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 1December 1210
"Gypsy Woman" Brian Hyland 3December 58
"Somebody's Been Sleeping" 100 Proof (Aged in Soul) 8November 142
"It Don't Matter to Me" Bread 10November 141
November 21"Montego Bay" Bobby Bloom 8November 282
November 28"Heaven Help Us All" Stevie Wonder 9November 282
December 5"One Less Bell to Answer" The 5th Dimension 2December 2610
"No Matter What" Badfinger 8December 54
"Share the Land" The Guess Who 10December 52
December 12"My Sweet Lord" / "Isn't It a Pity" George Harrison 1December 2610
December 19"Stoned Love" The Supremes 7December 195

† — "Let It Be" also made its Hot 100 debut on March 21.

1969 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1970 which peaked in 1969
Top ten
entry date
SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
November 22"Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" Steam 1December 68
November 29"Leaving on a Jet Plane" Peter, Paul and Mary 1December 2010
"Down on the Corner" / "Fortunate Son" Creedence Clearwater Revival 3December 208
December 6"Someday We'll Be Together" Diana Ross & the Supremes 1December 279
December 20"Holly Holy" Neil Diamond 6December 273

1971 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1970 which peaked in 1971
Top ten
entry date
SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
December 12"Black Magic Woman" Santana 4January 97
"Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" Chicago 7January 25
December 19"Knock Three Times" Dawn 1January 2311

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