List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1974

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This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1974.

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Elton John scored five top ten hits during the year with "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", "Bennie and the Jets", "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", "The Bitch Is Back", and "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", the most among all other artists.

Top-ten singles

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles which peaked in 1974
Top ten
entry date
SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
Singles from 1973
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
Singles from 1974
January 5"I've Got to Use My Imagination" Gladys Knight & the Pips 4January 196
"Living for the City" Stevie Wonder 8January 123
January 12"You're Sixteen" Ringo Starr 1January 267
"Let Me Be There" Olivia Newton-John 6February 97
"Helen Wheels" Paul McCartney & Wings 10January 121
January 19"The Way We Were" Barbra Streisand 1February 29
"Love's Theme" The Love Unlimited Orchestra 1February 97
January 26"The Americans" Byron MacGregor 4February 94
February 2"Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" Aretha Franklin 3February 236
"Spiders & Snakes" Jim Stafford 3March 27
February 9"Jungle Boogie" Kool & the Gang 4March 97
February 16"Boogie Down" Eddie Kendricks 2March 96
"Rock On" David Essex 5March 95
February 23"Seasons in the Sun" Terry Jacks 1March 28
March 2"Dark Lady" Cher 1March 236
"Put Your Hands Together" The O'Jays 10March 21
March 9"Sunshine on My Shoulders" John Denver 1March 307
"Mockingbird" Carly Simon and James Taylor 5March 236
March 16"Jet" Paul McCartney & Wings 7March 303
March 23"Hooked on a Feeling" Blue Swede 1April 67
"Bennie and the Jets" Elton John 1April 139
"Eres tú" Mocedades 9March 232
March 30"The Lord's Prayer"Sister Janet Mead 4April 134
"Come and Get Your Love" Redbone 5April 135
April 6"TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" MFSB featuring The Three Degrees 1April 206
"Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" Gladys Knight & the Pips 3April 275
April 13"Oh My My" Ringo Starr 5April 273
April 20"The Loco-Motion" Grand Funk Railroad 1May 46
"I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" Jim Croce 9April 272
April 27"Dancing Machine" The Jackson 5 2May 189
"Lookin' for a Love" Bobby Womack 10April 271
May 4"The Streak" Ray Stevens 1May 188
"The Show Must Go On" Three Dog Night 4May 254
"Tubular Bells" Mike Oldfield 7May 112
"Just Don't Want to Be Lonely" The Main Ingredient 10May 41
May 11"The Entertainer" Marvin Hamlisch 3May 187
"Midnight at the Oasis" Maria Muldaur 6June 16
"(I've Been) Searchin' So Long" Chicago 9May 113
May 18"Band on the Run" Paul McCartney & Wings 1June 87
"You Make Me Feel Brand New" The Stylistics 2June 158
May 25"Help Me" Joni Mitchell 7June 83
June 1"Billy Don't Be a Hero" Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods 1June 157
"Sundown" Gordon Lightfoot 1June 297
"Oh Very Young" Cat Stevens 10June 11
June 8"For the Love of Money" The O'Jays 9June 152
June 15"Be Thankful for What You Got" William DeVaughn 4June 293
June 22"If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" Olivia Newton-John 5June 294
"Hollywood Swinging" Kool & the Gang 6July 63
June 29"Rock the Boat" The Hues Corporation 1July 65
"Rock Your Baby" George McCrae 1July 135
"Annie's Song" John Denver 1July 277
July 6"On and On" Gladys Knight & the Pips 5July 133
"You Won't See Me" Anne Murray 8July 133
July 13"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" Elton John 2July 275
"Rock and Roll Heaven" The Righteous Brothers 3July 204
"The Air That I Breathe" The Hollies 6August 34
July 20"Rikki Don't Lose That Number" Steely Dan 4August 33
July 27"Feel Like Makin' Love" Roberta Flack 1August 106
"Please Come to Boston" Dave Loggins 5August 104
"Call on Me" Chicago 6August 104
August 3"The Night Chicago Died" Paper Lace 1August 176
"Sideshow" Blue Magic 8August 103
August 10"Waterloo" ABBA 6August 243
"Tell Me Something Good" Rufus and Chaka Khan 3August 246
"Wildwood Weed" Jim Stafford 7August 244
August 17"(You're) Having My Baby" Paul Anka and Odia Coates 1August 246
"I'm Leaving It Up to You" Donny and Marie Osmond 4September 145
August 24"I Shot the Sheriff" Eric Clapton 1September 145
"Rock Me Gently" Andy Kim 1September 286
"Keep On Smilin'" Wet Willie 10August 241
August 31"Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" Barry White 1September 214
"You and Me Against the World" Helen Reddy 9September 73
September 7"Nothing from Nothing" Billy Preston 1October 197
"Then Came You" Dionne Warwick & Spinners 1October 268
September 14"Clap for the Wolfman" The Guess Who 6October 54
September 21"I Honestly Love You" Olivia Newton-John 1October 55
"You Haven't Done Nothin'" Stevie Wonder 1November 27
"Hang On in There Baby" Johnny Bristol 8October 53
September 28"Beach Baby" The First Class 4October 53
"Another Saturday Night" Cat Stevens 6October 123
"Sweet Home Alabama" Lynyrd Skynyrd 8October 264
October 5"Earache My Eye" Cheech & Chong 9October 122
October 12"The Bitch Is Back" Elton John 4November 25
"Can't Get Enough" Bad Company 5November 24
"Never My Love" Blue Swede 7October 192
October 19"Jazzman" Carole King 2November 94
"Steppin' Out (Gonna Boogie Tonight)" Tony Orlando and Dawn 7October 263
"Love Me for a Reason" The Osmonds 10October 192
October 26"You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" [lower-alpha 1] Bachman–Turner Overdrive 1November 95
"Stop and Smell the Roses" Mac Davis 9October 262
November 2"Whatever Gets You thru the Night" John Lennon 1November 163
"Tin Man" America 4November 94
November 9"Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)" B. T. Express 2November 167
"My Melody of Love" Bobby Vinton 3November 165
"Back Home Again" John Denver 5November 93
"Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)"Reunion8November 162
"Carefree Highway" Gordon Lightfoot 10November 92
November 16"I Can Help" Billy Swan 1November 236
"Longfellow Serenade" Neil Diamond 5November 233
"Everlasting Love" Carl Carlton 6November 233
November 23"Kung Fu Fighting" Carl Douglas 1December 78
"Cat's in the Cradle" Harry Chapin 1December 216
"When Will I See You Again" The Three Degrees 2December 146
November 30"Angie Baby" Helen Reddy 1December 286
December 7"Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)" Al Green 7December 213
  1. "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" was b/w "Free Wheelin'", which appeared for the first time on the December 7, 1974 chart, the single's final week in the top ten.

1973 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1974 which peaked in 1973
Top ten
entry date
SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
November 24"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" Elton John 2December 87
December 1"The Most Beautiful Girl" Charlie Rich 1December 156
December 8"Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" Helen Reddy 3December 295
December 15"Time in a Bottle" Jim Croce 1December 297

1975 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1974 which peaked in 1975
Top ten
entry date
SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
December 7"You're the First, the Last, My Everything" Barry White 2January 47
December 14"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" Elton John 1January 46
"Junior's Farm" / "Sally G" Paul McCartney & Wings 3January 116
December 28"Laughter in the Rain" Neil Sedaka 1February 17
"Boogie On Reggae Woman" Stevie Wonder 3February 18
"Only You" Ringo Starr 6January 113

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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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