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We have ranked the top pop songs that have charted over the past 50+ years on The ARC Weekly Top 40 and Billboard Hot 100, and come up with
a definitive list that will continue to expand as we add to it, and continue to modify as new songs chart on The ARC Weekly Top 40.




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THE ARC WEEKLY TOP 40 ARCHIVES:

TOP POP SONGS OF 1971:





1 Joy To The World

from the LP
Naturally
Billboard chart run: 34 - 11 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 5 - 8 - 12 - 31 - off
Three Dog Night Three Dog Night - "Joy To The World" (Single)
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1(6) 15
2 Maggie May / Reason To Believe

from the LP
Every Picture Tells A Story
Billboard chart run: 36 - 19 - 10 - 4 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 4 - 6 - 11 - 23 - off
Rod Stewart Rod Stewart - "Maggie May" (Single)
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1(5) 15
3 It's Too Late / I Feel The Earth Move

from the LP
Tapestry
Billboard chart run: 38 - 21 - 9 - 6 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 7 - 11 - 13 - 21 - off
Carole King Carole King - "It's Too Late / I Feel The Earth Move" (Single)
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1(5) 15
4 Knock Three Times

from the LP
Candida
Billboard chart run: 33 - 20 - 6 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 14 - 21 - 34 - off
Dawn Dawn - "Knock Three Times" (Single)
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1(3) 16
5 Indian Reservation
(The Lament Of The Cherokee)


from the LP
Indian Reservation
Billboard chart run: 38 - 25 - 11 - 7 - 4 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 6 - 11 - 19 - 27 - off
Paul Revere
& The Raiders
Paul Revere & The Raiders - "Indian Reservation" (Single)
iTunes
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1(1) 15
6 My Sweet Lord / Isn't It A Pity George Harrison   1(4) 13
7 One Less Bell To Answer The 5th Dimension   2 15
8 How Can You Mend A Broken Heart

from the LP
Trafalgar
Billboard chart run: 39 - 16 - 9 - 8 - 6 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 6 - 9 - 17 - 28 - off
Bee Gees Bee Gees - "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
1(4) 14
9 One Bad Apple The Osmonds   1(5) 12
10 Go Away Little Girl Donny Osmond   1(3) 13
11 Family Affair Sly & The Family Stone   1(3) 13
12 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves Cher   1(2) 14
13 Take Me Home, Country Roads John Denver   2 14
14 Just My Imagination The Temptations   1(2) 13
15 Theme From Shaft Isaac Hayes   1(2) 12
16 Mr. Big Stuff Jean Knight   2 13
17 Superstar The Carpenters   2 12
18 Me And Bobby McGee

from the LP
Pearl
Billboard chart run: 25 - 10 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 6 - 7 - 12 - 18 - 29 - off
Janis Joplin Janis Joplin - "Me And Bobby McGee" (Single)
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Amazon.mp3
1(2) 12
19 Want Ads Honey Cone   1(1) 13
20 Treat Her Like A Lady Cornelius Brothers
& Sister Rose
  3 13
21 What's Going On Marvin Gaye   2 13
22 You've Got A Friend James Taylor   1(1) 12
23 Have You Seen Her The Chi-Lites   3 13
24 Brown Sugar Rolling Stones   1(2) 12
25 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Joan Baez   3 13
26 She's A Lady Tom Jones   2 12
27 Smiling Faces Sometimes Undisputed Truth   3 13
28 Rose Garden Lynn Anderson   3 14
29 Got To Be There Michael Jackson   4 13
30 Groove Me King Floyd   6 13
31 Ain't No Sunshine Bill Withers   3 12
32 Never Can Say Goodbye Jackson 5   2 11
33 Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey Paul & Linda McCartney   1(1) 12
34 Put Your Hand In The Hand Ocean   2 12
35 Rainy Days And Mondays The Carpenters   2 11
36 Yo-Yo The Osmonds   3 12
37 For All We Know The Carpenters   2 11
38 Black Magic Woman Santana   4 12
39 Do You Know What I Mean Lee Michaels   6 12
40 Amos Moses Jerry Reed   8 14
41 Tired Of Being Alone Al Green   11 15
42 Signs Five Man Electrical Band   3 12
43 Spanish Harlem Aretha Franklin   2 11
44 It Don't Come Easy Ringo Starr   4 11
45 Lonely Days Bee Gees   3 10
46 Stoney End Barbra Streisand   6 12
47 Don't Pull Your Love Hamilton, Joe Frank
& Reynolds
  4 11
48 For The Good Times Ray Price   11 14
49 Mr. Bojangles Nitty Gritty Dirt Band   9 13
50 Sweet And Innocent Donny Osmond   7 11
51 I've Found Someone Of My Own Free Movement   5 11
52 If You Could Read My Mind Gordon Lightfoot   5 11
53 Draggin' The Line Tommy James   4 11
54 Baby I'm-A Want You Bread   3 10
55 Bridge Over Troubled Water Aretha Franklin   6 11
56 Doesn't Somebody Want To Be Wanted Partridge Family   6 11
57 Proud Mary Ike & Tina Turner   4 11
58 It's Impossible Perry Como   10 13
59 If Bread   4 11
60 Does Anybody Really Know
What Time It Is
Chicago   7 11
61 Another Day / Oh Woman Oh Why Paul McCartney   5 11
62 Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It) Daddy Dewdrop   9 11
63 All I Ever Need Is You Sonny & Cher   7 11
64 Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) Marvin Gaye   4 10
65 Me And You And A Dog Named Boo Lobo   5 10
66 Help Me Make It Through The Night Sammi Smith   8 11
67 If I Were Your Woman Gladys Knight
& The Pips
  9 12
68 Your Song Elton John   8 11
69 An Old Fashioned Love Song Three Dog Night   4 10
70 Imagine John Lennon   3 9
71 Beginnings /Colour My World Chicago   7 11
72 If You Really Love Me Stevie Wonder   8 11
73 Mama's Pearl Jackson 5   2 9
74 I Hear You Knocking Dave Edmunds   4 9
75 Stay Awhile The Bells   7 11
76 Peace Train Cat Stevens   7 10
77 Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get The Dramatics   9 11
78 I Am... I Said Neil Diamond   4 8
79 Temptation Eyes Grass Roots   15 11
80 Sweet City Woman The Stampedes   8 10
81 Superstar Murray Head with
The Trinidad Singers
  14 8
82 I Just Want To Celebrate Rare Earth   7 10
83 Liar Three Dog Night   7 11
84 That's The Way I've Always
Heard It Should Be
Carly Simon   10 10
85 One Toke Over The Line Brewer & Shipley   10 10
86 Have You Seen The Rain / Hey Tonight Creedence Clearwater
Revival
  8 9
87 When You're Hot, You're Hot Jerry Reed   9 9
88 Stick-Up Honey Cone   11 10
89 Easy Loving Freddie Hart   17 12
90 I Don't Know How To Love Him Helen Reddy   13 9
91 (Where Do I Begin) Love Story Andy Williams   9 10
92 Love Her Madly The Doors   11 9
93 I Woke Up In Love This Morning Partridge Family   13 10
94 She's Not Just Another Woman 8th Day   11 10
95 Sweet Mary Wadsworth Mansion   7 7
96 Never Ending Song Of Love Delaney & Bonnie
& Friends
  13 10
97 Desiderata Les Crane   8 10
98 Sooner Or Later Grass Roots   9 9
99 Respect Yourself The Staple Singers   12 10
100 Domino Van Morrison   9 9

Chart to be extended as the Top Pop Songs of All Time rankings are expanded.



Based on songs that peaked in 1971 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Chart methodology used for the
ARC Weekly Top 40 applied to the chart runs to determine final rankings.




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