List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1975

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This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1975.

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Elton John scored four top ten hits during the year with "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", "Philadelphia Freedom", "Someone Saved My Life Tonight", and "Island Girl", the most among all other artists.

Top-ten singles

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles which peaked in 1975
Top ten
entry date
SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
Singles from 1974
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 and 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
Singles from 1975
January 4"Mandy" Barry Manilow 1January 185
"Please Mr. Postman" The Carpenters 1January 255
January 11"One Man Woman/One Woman Man" Paul Anka and Odia Coates 7January 253
January 18"Morning Side of the Mountain" Donny and Marie Osmond 8January 253
"Never Can Say Goodbye" Gloria Gaynor 9January 252
January 25"Fire" Ohio Players 1February 84
"You're No Good" Linda Ronstadt 1February 155
"Pick Up the Pieces" Average White Band 1February 227
February 1"Best of My Love" Eagles 1March 16
"Some Kind of Wonderful" Grand Funk Railroad 3February 225
February 8"Black Water" The Doobie Brothers 1March 157
"Lonely People" America 5March 86
"Get Dancin'" Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes 10February 81
February 15"My Eyes Adored You" Frankie Valli 1March 228
"#9 Dream" John Lennon 9February 222
February 22"Have You Never Been Mellow" Olivia Newton-John 1March 87
"Nightingale" Carole King 9March 12
March 1"Lady Marmalade" Labelle 1March 297
"Lady" Styx 6March 83
March 8"Lovin' You" Minnie Riperton 1April 58
"Can't Get It Out of My Head" Electric Light Orchestra 9March 152
March 15"Express" B. T. Express 4March 295
"Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" Sugarloaf 9March 293
March 22"No No Song" / "Snookeroo" Ringo Starr 3April 55
"You Are So Beautiful" Joe Cocker 5March 293
"Poetry Man" Phoebe Snow 5April 124
March 29"Philadelphia Freedom"The Elton John Band1April 129
April 5"(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" B. J. Thomas 1April 267
April 12"Chevy Van" Sammy Johns 5May 34
"What Am I Gonna Do with You" Barry White 8April 193
"Once You Get Started" Rufus featuring Chaka Khan 10April 121
April 19"He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)" Tony Orlando and Dawn 1May 36
"Before the Next Teardrop Falls" Freddy Fender 1May 318
"Supernatural Thing (Part 1)" Ben E. King 5April 262
"Emma" Hot Chocolate 8April 262
April 26"Walking in Rhythm" The Blackbyrds 6May 104
May 3"Shining Star" Earth, Wind & Fire 1May 245
"Jackie Blue" The Ozark Mountain Daredevils 3May 174
"Only Yesterday" The Carpenters 4May 245
"Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance)" Leo Sayer 9May 32
May 10"I Don't Like to Sleep Alone" Paul Anka and Odia Coates 8May 244
May 17"Thank God I'm a Country Boy" John Denver 1June 75
"How Long" Ace 3May 314
May 24"Bad Time" Grand Funk Railroad 4June 74
"Old Days" Chicago 5June 74
May 31"Sister Golden Hair" America 1June 144
"When Will I Be Loved" Linda Ronstadt 2June 217
June 7"I'm Not Lisa" Jessi Colter 4June 215
"Love Won't Let Me Wait" Major Harris 5June 215
June 14"Love Will Keep Us Together" Captain & Tennille 1June 216
"Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)" Joe Simon 8June 213
June 21"Listen to What the Man Said" Paul McCartney and Wings 1July 197
"The Hustle" Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony 1July 267
"Wildfire" Michael Martin Murphey 3June 214
"Cut the Cake" Average White Band 10June 212
June 28"Magic" Pilot 5July 124
July 5"One of These Nights" Eagles 1August 210
"Please Mr. Please" Olivia Newton-John 3August 98
July 12"I'm Not in Love" 10cc 2July 265
"Swearin' to God" Frankie Valli 6July 263
July 19"Jive Talkin'" Bee Gees 1August 98
"Rockin' Chair" Gwen McCrae 9August 23
July 26"Someone Saved My Life Tonight" Elton John 4August 166
"Midnight Blue" Melissa Manchester 6August 94
August 2"Dynomite" Bazuka 10August 21
August 9"Rhinestone Cowboy" Glen Campbell 1September 69
"How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" James Taylor 5August 305
"Why Can't We Be Friends?" War 6August 234
"The Rockford Files Theme" Mike Post 10August 92
August 16"Fallin' in Love" Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds 1August 236
August 23"Get Down Tonight" KC and the Sunshine Band 1August 304
"At Seventeen" Janis Ian 3September 136
August 30"Fight the Power (Part 1)" The Isley Brothers 4September 275
September 6"Fame" David Bowie 1September 206
"Could It Be Magic" Barry Manilow 6September 204
September 13"I'm Sorry" / "Calypso" John Denver 1September 279
"Run Joey Run" David Geddes 4October 44
"Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" Freddy Fender 8September 273
September 20"Feel Like Makin' Love" Bad Company 10September 202
September 27"The Ballroom Blitz" Sweet 5October 185
October 4"Bad Blood" Neil Sedaka 1October 115
"Mr. Jaws" Dickie Goodman 4October 112
"Dance with Me" Orleans 6October 183
"Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady" Helen Reddy 8October 113
"Rocky" Austin Roberts 9October 112
October 11"Lyin' Eyes" Eagles 2November 86
"Miracles" Jefferson Starship 3October 186
October 18"Who Loves You" The Four Seasons 3November 157
"They Just Can't Stop It (Games People Play)" The Spinners 5October 254
"Feelings" Morris Albert 6October 256
October 25"Island Girl" Elton John 1November 17
"It Only Takes a Minute" Tavares 10October 251
November 1"Heat Wave" Linda Ronstadt 5November 153
"This Will Be" Natalie Cole 6November 225
November 8"The Way I Want to Touch You" Captain & Tennille 4November 295
November 15"That's the Way (I Like It)" KC and the Sunshine Band 1November 229
"Low Rider" War 7November 294
November 22"Fly, Robin, Fly" Silver Convention 1November 297
"Let's Do It Again" The Staple Singers 1December 277
"Sky High" Jigsaw 3December 65
November 29"Nights on Broadway" Bee Gees 7December 134
December 6"My Little Town" Simon & Garfunkel 9December 132

1974 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1975 which peaked in 1974
Top ten
entry date
SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
November 23"Kung Fu Fighting" Carl Douglas 1December 78
November 30"Angie Baby" Helen Reddy 1December 286

1976 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1975 which peaked in 1976
Top ten
entry date
SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
December 6"Saturday Night" Bay City Rollers 1January 36
December 13"Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" Diana Ross 1January 247
"Love Rollercoaster" Ohio Players 1January 3110
"Fox on the Run" Sweet 5January 176
December 20"I Write the Songs" Barry Manilow 1January 1710
December 27"Convoy" C. W. McCall 1January 107
"I Love Music" The O'Jays 5January 246

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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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