List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1973

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This is a list of singles that have appeared in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1973. There were a total of 105 singles that were in the Top 10 (97 of those peaked in 1973, four had peaked in late 1972, and four would peak in early 1974).

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Stevie Wonder, Elton John, The Carpenters, Paul McCartney and Wings, Jim Croce, War, and Al Green each had three top-ten hits in 1973, 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 1972
December 23"You're So Vain" Carly Simon 1January 611
"Funny Face" Donna Fargo 5January 64
"Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" Johnny Rivers 6January 206
December 30"Your Mama Don't Dance" Loggins and Messina 4January 276
"Superfly" Curtis Mayfield 8January 134
Singles from 1973
January 6"Superstition" Stevie Wonder 1January 276
January 13"Crocodile Rock" Elton John 1February 39
"Keeper of the Castle" Four Tops 10January 131
January 20"Why Can't We Live Together" Timmy Thomas 3February 105
"Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?" Hurricane Smith 3February 175
January 27"Trouble Man" Marvin Gaye 7February 33
"The World Is a Ghetto" War 7February 103
February 3"Do It Again" Steely Dan 6February 104
"Hi, Hi, Hi" Paul McCartney and Wings 10February 31
February 10"Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" The Spinners 4March 36
"Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend" Lobo 8February 174
February 17"Killing Me Softly with His Song" Roberta Flack 1February 249
"Dueling Banjos" Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell2February 246
"Rocky Mountain High" John Denver 9March 34
February 24"Love Train" The O'Jays 1March 246
"Last Song" Edward Bear 3March 36
March 3"Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)" Deodato 2March 316
March 10"The Cover of Rolling Stone" Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show 6March 173
"Daddy's Home" Jermaine Jackson 9March 172
March 17"Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" Gladys Knight & the Pips 2April 76
"Danny's Song" Anne Murray 7April 146
March 24"Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)" Four Tops 4April 76
"Break Up to Make Up" The Stylistics 5April 74
March 31"The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" Vicki Lawrence 1April 77
"Sing" The Carpenters 3April 216
April 7"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" Dawn featuring Tony Orlando 1April 2111
"The Cisco Kid" War 2April 286
April 14"Call Me (Come Back Home)" Al Green 10April 141
April 21"Little Willy" The Sweet 3May 57
"Masterpiece" The Temptations 7April 282
"The Twelfth of Never" Donny Osmond 8April 284
April 28"You Are the Sunshine of My Life" Stevie Wonder 1May 197
"Stuck in the Middle with You" Stealers Wheel 6May 124
May 5"Frankenstein" The Edgar Winter Group 1May 267
"Drift Away" Dobie Gray 5May 124
May 12"Daniel" Elton John 2June 27
May 19"My Love" Paul McCartney and Wings 1June 29
"Pillow Talk" Sylvia 3June 97
"Wildflower" Skylark 9May 262
May 26"Hocus Pocus" Focus 9June 23
June 2"Playground in My Mind" Clint Holmes 2June 168
"I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby" Barry White 3June 236
June 9"Long Train Runnin'" The Doobie Brothers 8June 303
June 16"Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" George Harrison 1June 307
"Will It Go Round in Circles" Billy Preston 1July 78
"Kodachrome" Paul Simon 2July 77
June 23"Right Place, Wrong Time" Dr. John 9June 304
June 30"Shambala" Three Dog Night 3July 286
July 7"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" Jim Croce 1July 218
"Yesterday Once More" The Carpenters 2July 286
July 14"Smoke on the Water" Deep Purple 4July 285
July 21"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" Bette Midler 8July 212
"Natural High" Bloodstone 10July 211
July 28"The Morning After" Maureen McGovern 1August 46
"Diamond Girl" Seals and Crofts 6July 282
August 4"Touch Me in the Morning" Diana Ross 1August 188
"Brother Louie" Stories 1August 258
"Live and Let Die" Paul McCartney and Wings 2August 117
August 11"Let's Get It On" Marvin Gaye 1September 813
"Uneasy Rider" Charlie Daniels 9August 113
"Monster Mash" Bobby (Boris) Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers10August 111
August 18"Delta Dawn" Helen Reddy 1September 158
"Get Down" Gilbert O'Sullivan 7August 183
"Feelin' Stronger Every Day" Chicago 10August 182
August 25"Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose" Dawn featuring Tony Orlando 3September 156
September 1"Loves Me Like a Rock" Paul Simon 2October 67
September 8"We're an American Band" Grand Funk Railroad 1September 296
"Gypsy Man" War 8September 152
"Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" Al Green 10September 82
September 22"Half-Breed" Cher 1October 68
"Higher Ground" Stevie Wonder 4October 136
"That Lady" The Isley Brothers 6October 66
September 29"Ramblin' Man" The Allman Brothers Band 2October 136
"My Maria" B. W. Stevenson 9September 291
October 6"Angie" The Rolling Stones 1October 207
"Keep On Truckin'" Eddie Kendricks 1November 1010
October 13"Midnight Train to Georgia" Gladys Knight & the Pips 1October 278
October 20"Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat" The DeFranco Family 3November 177
"Paper Roses" Marie Osmond 5November 36
November 3"Space Race" Billy Preston 4November 246
"All I Know" Art Garfunkel 9November 102
November 10"Photograph" Ringo Starr 1November 246
"Top of the World" The Carpenters 1December 18
November 17"Just You 'n' Me" Chicago 4December 86
"I Got a Name" Jim Croce 10November 171
November 24"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" Elton John 2December 87
"The Love I Lost" Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes 7December 83
December 1"The Most Beautiful Girl" Charlie Rich 1December 156
December 8"Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" Helen Reddy 3December 295
"Hello It's Me" Todd Rundgren 5December 224
December 15"Time in a Bottle" Jim Croce 1December 297
"If You're Ready (Come Go with Me)" The Staple Singers 9December 222

1972 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1973 which peaked in 1972
Top ten
entry date		SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
November 25"You Ought to Be with Me" Al Green 3December 237
December 2"It Never Rains in Southern California" Albert Hammond 5December 166
December 9"Me and Mrs. Jones" Billy Paul 1December 168
"Clair" Gilbert O'Sullivan 2December 307

1974 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1973 which peaked in 1974
Top ten
entry date		SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
December 15"The Joker" Steve Miller Band 1January 128
December 22"Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up" Barry White 7January 124
December 29"Show and Tell" Al Wilson 1January 197
"Smokin' in the Boys Room" Brownsville Station 3January 195

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This is a list of songs that have peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the magazine's national singles charts that preceded it. Introduced in 1958, the Hot 100 is the pre-eminent singles chart in the United States, currently monitoring the most popular singles in terms of popular radio play, single purchases and online streaming.

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