The Top Songs from 1970
| Rank | All Time Rank | Artist | Song | Sample |
| 1 |
50 | Derek and The Dominos | Layla |
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60 | Simon and Garfunkel | Bridge Over Troubled Water
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112 | James Brown | Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine
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195 | Black Sabbath | Paranoid |
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| 5 |
235 | John Lennon | Instant Karma (We All Shine On)
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| 6 |
269 | Elton John | Your Song |
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| 7 |
334 | James Taylor | Fire and Rain |
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| 8 |
337 | Edwin Starr | War |
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| 9 |
338 | The Velvet Underground | Sweet Jane
| Listen |
| 10 |
363 | Freda Payne | Band of Gold |
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| 11 |
371 | The Beatles | Let It Be |
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| 12 |
408 | Toots and The Maytals | Pressure Drop
| Listen |
| 13 |
410 | The Kinks | Lola |
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| 14 |
431 | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Who'll Stop the Rain
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| 15 |
441 | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | Ohio
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| 16 |
443 | The Velvet Underground | Rock and Roll
| Listen |
| 17 |
515 | Loretta Lynn | Coal Miner's Daughter
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| 18 |
524 | Black Sabbath | Iron Man |
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| 19 |
526 | Curtis Mayfield | Move On Up |
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| 20 |
614 | John Lennon | God |
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| 21 |
629 | Free | All Right Now |
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| 22 |
718 | George Harrison | My Sweet Lord |
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| 23 |
766 | Grateful Dead | Box of Rain |
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| 24 |
870 | Tim Buckley | Song to the Siren |
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| 25 |
871 | Van Morrison | Moondance |
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| 26 |
936 | Paul McCartney | Maybe I'm Amazed
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| 27 |
942 | Joni Mitchell | Big Yellow Taxi |
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| 28 |
992 | Carpenters | We've Only Just Begun |
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| 29 |
1044 | Van Morrison | Into the Mystic |
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| 30 |
1058 | Santana | Black Magic Woman |
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| 31 |
1112 | Carpenters | (They Long to Be) Close to You
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| 32 |
1117 | The Temptations | Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
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| 33 |
1131 | Jimi Hendrix | Star Spangled Banner
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| 34 |
1255 | John Lennon | Working Class Hero |
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| 35 |
1273 | Gordon Lightfoot | If You Could Read My Mind
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| 36 |
1311 | Led Zeppelin | Gallows Pole |
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| 37 |
1325 | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Up Around the Bend
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| 38 |
1381 | The Melodians | Rivers of Babylon
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| 39 |
1414 | The Beatles | The Long and Winding Road
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| 40 |
1436 | Grateful Dead | Uncle John's Band
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| 41 |
1485 | George Jones | A Good Year for the Roses
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| 42 |
1528 | Led Zeppelin | Immigrant Song |
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| 43 |
1551 | Santana | Oye Como Va |
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| 44 |
1569 | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Have You Ever Seen the Rain
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| 45 |
1608 | Neil Young | Only Love Can Break Your Heart
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| 46 |
1667 | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | Helpless
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| 47 |
1704 | The Delfonics | Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
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| 48 |
1737 | Jackson 5 | I'll Be There |
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| 49 |
1866 | Neil Young | After the Gold Rush |
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| 50 |
1873 | Lynn Anderson | Rose Garden |
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| 51 |
1995 | John Lennon | Mother |
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| 52 |
1996 | Neil Young | Southern Man |
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| 53 |
2011 | Sammi Smith | Help Me Make It Through the Night
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| 54 |
2030 | Eric Burdon & War | Spill the Wine |
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| 55 |
2124 | Aretha Franklin | Don't Play That Song
| Listen |
| 56 |
2141 | The Guess Who | American Woman |
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| 57 |
2192 | Curtis Mayfield | We the People Who Are Darker Than Blue
| Listen |
| 58 |
2206 | The Jackson 5 | The Love You Save |
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| 59 |
2213 | Led Zeppelin | Since I've Been Loving You
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| 60 |
2313 | Bobbie Gentry | Fancy |
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| 61 |
2321 | Eric Clapton | After Midnight |
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| 62 |
2336 | James Brown | Funky Drummer |
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| 63 |
2422 | Black Sabbath | War Pigs |
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| 64 |
2460 | Jimmy Cliff | Vietnam |
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| 65 |
2501 | Nick Drake | Hazey Jane II |
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| 66 |
2527 | Clarence Carter | Patches |
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| 67 |
2641 | The Chairmen of the Board | Give Me Just a Little More Time
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| 68 |
2731 | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Travelin' Band
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| 69 |
2736 | Mungo Jerry | In the Summertime |
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| 70 |
2806 | Curtis Mayfield | (Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below We're All Going to Go
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| 71 |
2836 | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Run Through the Jungle
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| 72 |
2926 | Dave and Ansil Collins | Double Barrel
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| 73 |
2937 | Brook Benton | Rainy Night in Georgia
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| 74 |
2970 | Bob Marley and The Wailers | Duppy Conqueror
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| Some songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: |
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| Mick Jagger | Memo from Turner
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| U-Roy | Wake the Town |
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| The Jackson 5 | ABC |
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| Joe South | Walk a Mile in My Shoes
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| Kris Kristofferson | Help Me Make It Through the Night
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| Diana Ross | Ain't No Mountain High Enough
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| The Temptations | Psychedelic Shack
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| Stevie Wonder | Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours
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| The Slickers | Johnny Too Bad |
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| The Five Stairsteps | O-o-h Child
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| Creedence Clearwater Revival | Lookin' Out My Back Door
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| Cat Stevens | Lady D'Arbanville |
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| John Lennon | I Found Out |
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| T. Rex | Ride a White Swan |
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| Wilson Pickett | Engine Number 9
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| The Soft Machine | Moon in June |
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| Van Morrison | Domino |
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| Badfinger | Without You |
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| Bread | Make It with You |
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| The Temptations | War |
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| Three Dog Night | Joy to the World
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| Black Sabbath | Black Sabbath |
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| Conway Twitty | Hello Darlin' |
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| Van Morrison | Caravan |
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| Van Morrison | And It Stoned Me |
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| Gladys Knight and The Pips | If I Were Your Woman
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| Donny Hathaway | The Ghetto |
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| Spinners | It's a Shame |
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| Freda Payne | Bring the Boys Home
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| Miles Davis | Miles runs the Voodoo Down
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| Nick Drake | Northern Sky |
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| The Stooges | L.A. Blues |
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| Elton John | Take Me to the Pilot |
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| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | Woodstock
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| Kris Kristofferson | Sunday Mornin’ Coming Down
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| James Brown | Talkin' Loud and Saying Nothin'
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| Grateful Dead | Truckin' |
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| Stephen Stills | Love the One You're With
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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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| Elvis Presley | Kentucky Rain |
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| The Who | See Me, Feel Me |
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