The Top Songs from 1970
| Rank | All Time
Rank | Artist | Single | Sample |
| 1 |
48 | Derek and The Dominos
| Layla
| Listen
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| 2 |
69 | Simon and Garfunkel
| Bridge Over Troubled Water
| Listen
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| 3 |
141 | James Brown
| Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine
| Listen
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| 4 |
183 | Black Sabbath
| Paranoid
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Listen
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| 5 |
261 | James Taylor
| Fire and Rain
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Listen
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| 6 |
271 | John Lennon
| Instant Karma (We All Shine On)
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| 7 |
294 | Elton John
| Your Song
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Listen
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| 8 |
298 | Edwin Starr
| War
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| 9 |
314 | Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
| The Tears of a Clown
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| 10 |
400 | Toots and The Maytals
| Pressure Drop
| Listen
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| 11 |
403 | The Beatles
| Let It Be
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| 12 |
418 | Freda Payne
| Band of Gold
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| 13 |
428 | The Velvet Underground
| Sweet Jane
| Listen
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| 14 |
444 | Creedence Clearwater Revival
| Who'll Stop the Rain
| Listen
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| 15 |
455 | The Kinks
| Lola
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Listen
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| 16 |
511 | Free
| All Right Now
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Listen
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| 17 |
521 | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
| Ohio
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| 18 |
556 | Loretta Lynn
| Coal Miner's Daughter
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| 19 |
637 | George Harrison
| My Sweet Lord
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Listen
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| 20 |
654 | Grateful Dead
| Box of Rain
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Listen
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| 21 |
656 | Curtis Mayfield
| Move On Up
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Listen
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| 22 |
676 | Black Sabbath
| Iron Man
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Listen
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| 23 |
733 | The Velvet Underground
| Rock and Roll
| Listen
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| 24 |
734 | John Lennon
| God
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| 25 |
745 | Santana
| Black Magic Woman
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| 26 |
778 | Van Morrison
| Moondance
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| 27 |
835 | Wings
| Maybe I'm Amazed
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| 28 |
864 | The Carpenters
| We've Only Just Begun
| Listen
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| 29 |
866 | Van Morrison
| Into the Mystic
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Listen
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| 30 |
916 | Tim Buckley
| Song to the Siren
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| 31 |
1005 | The Temptations
| Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
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| 32 |
1016 | Joni Mitchell
| Big Yellow Taxi
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Listen
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| 33 |
1029 | The Beatles
| The Long and Winding Road
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| 34 |
1106 | John Lennon
| Working Class Hero
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| 35 |
1135 | The Beatles
| Across the Universe
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| 36 |
1170 | Grateful Dead
| Uncle John's Band
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| 37 |
1217 | The Carpenters
| (They Long to Be) Close to You
| Listen
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| 38 |
1263 | Santana
| Oye Como Va
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| 39 |
1270 | Creedence Clearwater Revival
| Up Around the Bend
| Listen
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| 40 |
1320 | Norman Greenbaum
| Spirit in the Sky
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| 41 |
1408 | Creedence Clearwater Revival
| Have You Ever Seen the Rain
| Listen
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| 42 |
1485 | George Jones
| A Good Year for the Roses
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| 43 |
1520 | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
| Helpless
| Listen
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| 44 |
1527 | Gordon Lightfoot
| If You Could Read My Mind
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| 45 |
1547 | Neil Young
| After the Goldrush
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Listen
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| 46 |
1572 | John Lennon
| Mother
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| 47 |
1725 | Sammi Smith
| Help Me Make It Through the Night
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| 48 |
1745 | The Delfonics
| Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
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| 49 |
1769 | Lynn Anderson
| Rose Garden
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| 50 |
1822 | Led Zeppelin
| Since I've Been Loving You
| Listen
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| 51 |
1917 | Aretha Franklin
| Don't Play That Song
| Listen
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| 52 |
1922 | Curtis Mayfield
| We the People Who Are Darker Than Blue
| Listen
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| 53 |
2011 | The Jackson 5
| The Love You Save
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Listen
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| 54 |
2043 | Jimmy Cliff
| Vietnam
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| 55 |
2082 | The Guess Who
| American Woman
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| 56 |
2106 | James Brown
| Funky Drummer
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| 57 |
2116 | The Melodians
| Rivers of Babylon
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| 58 |
2119 | Neil Young
| Only Love Can Break Your Heart
| Listen
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| 59 |
2121 | Eric Burdon & War
| Spill the Wine
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Listen
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| 60 |
2127 | Eric Clapton
| After Midnight
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| 61 |
2214 | Led Zeppelin
| Gallows Pole
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Listen
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| 62 |
2230 | The Jackson 5
| I'll Be There
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| 63 |
2249 | Nick Drake
| Hazey Jane II
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Listen
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| 64 |
2283 | Clarence Carter
| Patches
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| 65 |
2326 | The Chairmen of the Board
| Give Me Just a Little More Time
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| 66 | 2380
| Curtis Mayfield
| (Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go
| Listen
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| 67 |
2408 | Jimi Hendrix
| Star Spangled Banner
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| 68 |
2421 | Mungo Jerry
| In the Summertime
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| 69 |
2525 | Mick Jagger
| Memo from Turner
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| 70 |
2576 | U-Roy
| Wake the Town
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| 71 |
2622 | Creedence Clearwater Revival
| Travelin' Band
| Listen
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| 72 |
2675 | Bob Marley and The Wailers
| Duppy Conqueror
| Listen
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| 73 |
2757 | Brook Benton
| Rainy Night in Georgia
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| 74 |
2804 | John Lennon
| I Found Out
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| 75 |
2855 | Creedence Clearwater Revival
| Run Through the Jungle
| Listen
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| 76 |
2868 | Joe South
| Walk a Mile in My Shoes
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| 77 |
2872 | Stevie Wonder
| Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours
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| 78 |
2965 | The Jackson 5
| ABC
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Listen
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| Some songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: |
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| Conway Twitty
| Hello, Darlin'
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| Cat Stevens
| Lady D'Arbanville
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| Creedence Clearwater Revival
| Lookin' Out My Back Door
| Listen
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| Van Morrison
| Domino
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Listen
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| Wilson Pickett
| Engine No. 9
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| The Five Stairsteps
| Ooh-Ooh-Child
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| Van Morrison
| And It Stoned Me
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Listen
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| Black Sabbath
| Black Sabbath
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Listen
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| Led Zeppelin
| Immigrant Song
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Listen
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| The Soft Machine
| Moon in June
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Listen
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| The Temptations
| Psychedelic Shack
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| The Temptations
| War
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| Gladys Knight and The Pips
| If I Were Your Woman
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| Van Morrison
| Caravan
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Listen
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| Freda Payne
| Bring the Boys Home
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| Donny Hathaway
| The Ghetto
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Listen
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| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
| Woodstock
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| Miles Davis
| Miles runs the Voodoo Down
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| Nick Drake
| Northern Sky
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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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| Neil Young
| Southern Man
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Listen
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| T. Rex
| Ride a White Swan
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| The Stooges
| L.A. Blues
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Listen
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| Stephen Stills
| Love the One You're With
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| James Brown
| Talkin' Loud & Sayin' Nothing
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| Grateful Dead
| Truckin'
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Listen
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| Kris Kristofferson
| Sunday Mornin’ Coming Down
| Listen
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| Stevie Wonder
| Heaven Help Us All
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| Edison Lighthouse
| Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
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| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
| Find the Cost of Freedom
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| Bread
| Make It with You
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| Elvis Presley
| Kentucky Rain
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| The Who
| See Me, Feel Me
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