The Top Songs from 1970
| Rank | All Time
Rank | Artist | Single | Sample |
| 1 |
43 | Derek and The Dominos
| Layla
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| 2 |
62 | Simon and Garfunkel
| Bridge Over Troubled Water
| Listen
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| 3 |
132 | James Brown
| Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine
| Listen
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| 4 |
169 | Black Sabbath
| Paranoid
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Listen
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| 5 |
216 | James Taylor
| Fire and Rain
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Listen
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| 6 |
279 | Elton John
| Your Song
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Listen
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| 7 |
293 | John Lennon
| Instant Karma (We All Shine On)
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| 8 |
304 | Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
| The Tears of a Clown
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| 9 |
322 | Edwin Starr
| War
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| 10 |
350 | The Beatles
| Let It Be
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| 11 |
386 | Freda Payne
| Band of Gold
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| 12 |
413 | Creedence Clearwater Revival
| Who'll Stop the Rain
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| 13 |
438 | The Kinks
| Lola
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Listen
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| 14 |
446 | The Velvet Underground
| Sweet Jane
| Listen
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| 15 |
448 | Toots and The Maytals
| Pressure Drop
| Listen
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| 16 |
465 | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
| Ohio
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| 17 |
519 | Free
| All Right Now
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Listen
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| 18 |
544 | Loretta Lynn
| Coal Miner's Daughter
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| 19 |
588 | George Harrison
| My Sweet Lord
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Listen
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| 20 |
636 | Santana
| Black Magic Woman
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| 21 |
645 | Van Morrison
| Moondance
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Listen
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| 22 |
678 | The Velvet Underground
| Rock and Roll
| Listen
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| 23 |
739 | Black Sabbath
| Iron Man
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Listen
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| 24 |
751 | Wings
| Maybe I'm Amazed
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| 25 |
785 | Van Morrison
| Into the Mystic
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Listen
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| 26 |
808 | Curtis Mayfield
| Move On Up
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Listen
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| 27 |
860 | John Lennon
| God
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| 28 |
974 | The Temptations
| Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
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| 29 |
977 | The Carpenters
| We've Only Just Begun
| Listen
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| 30 |
989 | The Beatles
| The Long and Winding Road
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| 31 |
1095 | The Carpenters
| (They Long to Be) Close to You
| Listen
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| 32 |
1168 | Joni Mitchell
| Big Yellow Taxi
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Listen
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| 33 |
1175 | Norman Greenbaum
| Spirit in the Sky
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| 34 |
1227 | Grateful Dead
| Box of Rain
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Listen
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| 35 |
1288 | Grateful Dead
| Uncle John's Band
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| 36 |
1307 | The Beatles
| Across the Universe
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| 37 |
1418 | Santana
| Oye Como Va
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| 38 |
1446 | John Lennon
| Working Class Hero
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| 39 |
1455 | Sammi Smith
| Help Me Make It Through the Night
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| 40 |
1509 | Gordon Lightfoot
| If You Could Read My Mind
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| 41 |
1523 | Lynn Anderson
| Rose Garden
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| 42 |
1530 | Creedence Clearwater Revival
| Up Around the Bend
| Listen
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| 43 |
1579 | John Lennon
| Mother
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| 44 |
1585 | The Delfonics
| Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
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| 45 |
1642 | George Jones
| A Good Year for the Roses
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| 46 |
1679 | Led Zeppelin
| Since I've Been Loving You
| Listen
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| 47 |
1801 | Aretha Franklin
| Don't Play That Song
| Listen
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| 48 |
1854 | The Jackson 5
| The Love You Save
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Listen
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| 49 |
1922 | Eric Clapton
| After Midnight
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| 50 |
2000 | Neil Young
| Only Love Can Break Your Heart
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| 51 |
2061 | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
| Helpless
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| 52 |
2063 | The Jackson 5
| I'll Be There
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| 53 |
2067 | The Guess Who
| American Woman
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| 54 |
2086 | Clarence Carter
| Patches
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| 55 |
2102 | Tim Buckley
| Song to the Siren
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| 56 |
2115 | The Chairmen of the Board
| Give Me Just a Little More Time
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| 57 |
2177 | James Brown
| Funky Drummer
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| 58 |
2185 | Jimmy Cliff
| Vietnam
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| 59 |
2244 | Mungo Jerry
| In the Summertime
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| 60 | 2247
| Curtis Mayfield
| (Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go
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| 61 |
2323 | Mick Jagger
| Memo from Turner
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| 62 |
2344 | Jimi Hendrix
| Star Spangled Banner
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| 63 |
2362 | Brook Benton
| Rainy Night in Georgia
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| 64 |
2373 | Creedence Clearwater Revival
| Travelin' Band
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| 65 |
2466 | Creedence Clearwater Revival
| Run Through the Jungle
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| 66 |
2566 | U-Roy
| Wake the Town
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| 67 |
2586 | Conway Twitty
| Hello, Darlin'
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| 68 |
2645 | Neil Young
| After the Goldrush
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Listen
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| 69 |
2661 | The Jackson 5
| ABC
|
Listen
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| 70 |
2686 | Bob Marley and The Wailers
| Duppy Conqueror
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| 71 |
2701 | John Lennon
| I Found Out
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| 72 |
2740 | Stevie Wonder
| Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours
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| 73 |
2751 | Eric Burdon & War
| Spill the Wine
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Listen
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| 74 |
2760 | The Five Stairsteps
| Ooh-Ooh-Child
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| 75 |
2802 | Wilson Pickett
| Engine No. 9
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| 76 |
2816 | Van Morrison
| Domino
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Listen
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| 77 |
2855 | The Melodians
| Rivers of Babylon
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| 78 |
2925 | Cat Stevens
| Lady D'Arbanville
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| Some songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: |
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| Black Sabbath
| Black Sabbath
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| Van Morrison
| And It Stoned Me
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Listen
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| Led Zeppelin
| Immigrant Song
|
Listen
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| The Soft Machine
| Moon in June
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Listen
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| Gladys Knight and The Pips
| If I Were Your Woman
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| Freda Payne
| Bring the Boys Home
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| The Temptations
| War
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| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
| Woodstock
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| Van Morrison
| Caravan
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Listen
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| Miles Davis
| Miles runs the Voodoo Down
| Listen
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| The Spinners
| It's a Shame
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| Elton John
| Take Me to the Pilot
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Listen
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| Led Zeppelin
| Gallows Pole
|
Listen
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| Nick Drake
| Northern Sky
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Listen
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| Nick Drake
| Hazey Jane II
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Listen
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| T. Rex
| Ride a White Swan
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| Stephen Stills
| Love the One You're With
| Listen
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| Grateful Dead
| Truckin'
|
Listen
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| Stevie Wonder
| Heaven Help Us All
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| James Brown
| Talkin' Loud & Sayin' Nothing
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| Edison Lighthouse
| Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
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| Bread
| Make It with You
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| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
| Find the Cost of Freedom
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| Elvis Presley
| Kentucky Rain
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| The Who
| See Me, Feel Me
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