The Top Songs from 1970
| Rank | All Time
Rank | Artist | Song | Sample |
| 1 |
50 | Derek and The Dominos
| Layla
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Listen
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| 2 |
60 | Simon and Garfunkel
| Bridge Over Troubled Water
| Listen
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| 3 |
112 | James Brown
| Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine
| Listen
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| 4 |
195 | Black Sabbath
| Paranoid
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Listen
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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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Listen
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| 7 |
334 | James Taylor
| Fire and Rain
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Listen
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| 8 |
337 | Edwin Starr
| War
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| 9 |
338 | The Velvet Underground
| Sweet Jane
| Listen
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| 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
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| 13 |
410 | The Kinks
| Lola
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Listen
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| 14 |
431 | Creedence Clearwater Revival
| Who'll Stop the Rain
| Listen
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| 15 |
441 | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
| Ohio
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| 16 |
443 | The Velvet Underground
| Rock and Roll
| Listen
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| 17 |
515 | Loretta Lynn
| Coal Miner's Daughter
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| 18 |
524 | Black Sabbath
| Iron Man
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Listen
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| 19 |
526 | Curtis Mayfield
| Move On Up
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Listen
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| 20 |
614 | John Lennon
| God
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| 21 |
629 | Free
| All Right Now
|
Listen
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| 22 |
718 | George Harrison
| My Sweet Lord
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Listen
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| 23 |
766 | Grateful Dead
| Box of Rain
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Listen
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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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Listen
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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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Listen
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| 28 |
992 | Carpenters
| We've Only Just Begun
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Listen
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| 29 |
1044 | Van Morrison
| Into the Mystic
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Listen
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| 30 |
1058 | Santana
| Black Magic Woman
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| 31 |
1112 | Carpenters
| (They Long to Be) Close to You
| Listen
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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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Listen
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| 37 |
1325 | Creedence Clearwater Revival
| Up Around the Bend
| Listen
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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
|
Listen
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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
| Listen
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| 45 |
1608 | Neil Young
| Only Love Can Break Your Heart
| Listen
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| 46 |
1667 | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
| Helpless
| Listen
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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
|
Listen
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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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Listen
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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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Listen
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| 55 |
2124 | Aretha Franklin
| Don't Play That Song
| Listen
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| 56 |
2141 | The Guess Who
| American Woman
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| 57 |
2192 | Curtis Mayfield
| We the People Who Are Darker Than Blue
| Listen
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| 58 |
2206 | The Jackson 5
| The Love You Save
|
Listen
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| 59 |
2213 | Led Zeppelin
| Since I've Been Loving You
| Listen
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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
|
Listen
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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
| Listen
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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
| Listen
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| 71 |
2836 | Creedence Clearwater Revival
| Run Through the Jungle
| Listen
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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
| Listen
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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
| Listen
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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
|
Listen
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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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Listen
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| Conway Twitty
| Hello Darlin'
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| Van Morrison
| Caravan
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Listen
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| Van Morrison
| And It Stoned Me
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Listen
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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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Listen
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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
| Listen
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| Nick Drake
| Northern Sky
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Listen
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| The Stooges
| L.A. Blues
|
Listen
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| Elton John
| Take Me to the Pilot
|
Listen
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| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
| Woodstock
| Listen
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| Kris Kristofferson
| Sunday Mornin’ Coming Down
| Listen
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| James Brown
| Talkin' Loud and Saying Nothin'
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| Grateful Dead
| Truckin'
|
Listen
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| Stephen Stills
| Love the One You're With
| 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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| Elvis Presley
| Kentucky Rain
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| The Who
| See Me, Feel Me
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