List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1971

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This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1971.

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The Carpenters, Three Dog Night, Donny Osmond, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, and The Partridge Family each had three top-ten hits in 1971, 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 1970
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
Singles from 1971
January 2"Domino" Van Morrison 9January 21
January 9"Lonely Days" Bee Gees 3January 307
"Stoney End" Barbra Streisand 6January 234
January 16"Groove Me" King Floyd 6January 306
January 23"Rose Garden" Lynn Anderson 3February 136
"Your Song" Elton John 8January 234
"It's Impossible" Perry Como 10January 231
January 30"One Bad Apple" The Osmonds 1February 139
"I Hear You Knocking" Dave Edmunds 4February 135
February 6"If I Were Your Woman" Gladys Knight & the Pips 9February 132
February 13"Mama's Pearl" The Jackson 5 2February 275
February 20"If You Could Read My Mind" Gordon Lightfoot 5February 205
"Sweet Mary" Wadsworth Mansion 7February 273
"Mr. Bojangles" Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 9February 203
February 27"Me and Bobby McGee" Janis Joplin 1March 208
"Amos Moses" Jerry Reed 8February 272
March 6"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" The Temptations 1April 39
"She's a Lady" Tom Jones 2March 208
"For All We Know" The Carpenters 3March 137
March 13"Proud Mary" Ike & Tina Turner 4March 275
"Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted" The Partridge Family 6March 276
"Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" / "Hey Tonight" Creedence Clearwater Revival 8March 131
March 20"What's Going On" Marvin Gaye 2April 108
"Help Me Make It Through the Night" Sammi Smith 8March 273
March 27"What Is Life" George Harrison 10March 271
April 3"Another Day" / "Oh Woman, Oh Why" Paul McCartney 5April 175
"(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story" Andy Williams 9April 31
April 10"Joy to the World" Three Dog Night 1April 1711
"One Toke Over the Line" Brewer & Shipley 10April 102
April 17"Put Your Hand in the Hand" Ocean 2May 17
April 24"Never Can Say Goodbye" The Jackson 5 2May 87
"I Am... I Said" Neil Diamond 4May 84
"If" Bread 4May 155
"Stay Awhile" The Bells 7May 14
May 1"Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)" Daddy Dewdrop 9May 85
May 8"Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" Lobo 5May 155
"Bridge over Troubled Water" / "A Brand New Me" Aretha Franklin 6June 56
May 15"Brown Sugar" The Rolling Stones 1May 298
May 22"Want Ads" Honey Cone 1June 128
"It Don't Come Easy" Ringo Starr 4June 57
May 29"Sweet and Innocent" Donny Osmond 7June 55
June 5"It's Too Late" / "I Feel the Earth Move" Carole King 1June 1910
"Rainy Days and Mondays" The Carpenters 2June 197
June 12"Treat Her Like a Lady" Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose 3July 37
"I'll Meet You Halfway" The Partridge Family 9June 122
June 19"Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)" The Raiders 1July 249
June 26"Don't Pull Your Love" Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds 4July 176
"When You're Hot, You're Hot" Jerry Reed 9June 263
July 3"You've Got a Friend" James Taylor 1July 318
July 10"Mr. Big Stuff" Jean Knight 2August 148
"That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" Carly Simon 10July 102
July 17"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" Bee Gees 1August 710
"Draggin' the Line" Tommy James 4August 146
July 24"Take Me Home, Country Roads" John Denver 2August 288
"Sooner or Later" The Grass Roots 9July 312
July 31"What the World Needs Now Is Love/Abraham, Martin and John" Tom Clay 8August 143
August 7"Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" Marvin Gaye 4August 214
"Beginnings" / "Colour My World" Chicago 7August 143
August 14"Signs" Five Man Electrical Band 3August 285
August 21"Sweet Hitch-Hiker" Creedence Clearwater Revival 6August 212
"Liar" Three Dog Night 7August 283
August 28"Go Away Little Girl" Donny Osmond 1September 119
"Spanish Harlem" Aretha Franklin 2September 116
"Smiling Faces Sometimes" The Undisputed Truth 3September 46
September 4"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" Paul and Linda McCartney 1September 47
"Ain't No Sunshine" Bill Withers 3September 186
"I Just Want to Celebrate" Rare Earth 7September 114
September 11"Maggie May" / "Reason to Believe" Rod Stewart 1October 211
September 18"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" Joan Baez 3October 28
"Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get" The Dramatics 9September 252
September 25"Superstar" The Carpenters 2October 168
October 2"Yo-Yo" The Osmonds 3October 168
"Do You Know What I Mean" Lee Michaels 6October 95
October 9"If You Really Love Me" Stevie Wonder 8October 163
"Sweet City Woman" The Stampeders 8October 233
October 16"Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" Cher 1November 69
October 23 "Theme from Shaft" Isaac Hayes 1November 209
October 30"Imagine" John Lennon 3November 136
"Peace Train" Cat Stevens 7November 65
"I've Found Someone of My Own" The Free Movement 5November 133
November 6"Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" Marvin Gaye 9November 62
November 13"Have You Seen Her" The Chi-Lites 3December 118
November 20"Family Affair" Sly and the Family Stone 1December 49
"Baby I'm-a Want You" Bread 3November 275
"Got to Be There" Michael Jackson 4December 119
November 27"Desiderata" Les Crane 8December 43
"Rock Steady" Aretha Franklin 9November 272
December 4"An Old Fashioned Love Song" Three Dog Night 4December 185
December 11"Brand New Key" Melanie 1December 2510
"All I Ever Need Is You" Sonny & Cher 7December 253
December 18"Cherish" David Cassidy 9December 254

1970 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1971 which peaked in 1970
Top ten
entry date		SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
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
December 5"One Less Bell to Answer" The 5th Dimension 2December 2610
December 12"My Sweet Lord" / "Isn't It a Pity" George Harrison 1December 2610
December 19"Stoned Love" The Supremes 7December 195

1972 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1971 which peaked in 1972
Top ten
entry date		SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
December 18"American Pie" Don McLean 1January 1511
December 25"Scorpio" Dennis Coffey 6January 86
"Hey Girl" / "I Knew You When" Donny Osmond 9January 154

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