Billboard Hot 100 — July 18, 1970
The Billboard Hot 100 for the week of July 18, 1970. "Mama Told Me (Not To Come)" by Three Dog Night held #1 for a 2nd straight week, the last week of its run. 11 songs entered the chart this week; the highest new entry was "Get Up (I Feel Like Being Like A) Sex Machine (Part 1)" by James Brown at #72, which would go on to peak at #15. The biggest climber was "War" by Edwin Starr, up 28 places from #72 to #44.
Chart highlights
- At #1: "Mama Told Me (Not To Come)" by Three Dog Night — 2 weeks at the top so far, 9 weeks on the chart since debuting May 23, 1970.
- New in the top 10: "O-o-h Child/Dear Prudence" by The 5 Stairsteps (up from #12 to #8); "Gimme Dat Ding" by The Pipkins (up from #11 to #9); "Make It With You" by Bread (up from #20 to #10).
- Biggest fall: "She Cried" by The Lettermen, down 15 places from #73 to #88.
- Longest run on this week's chart: "Get Ready" by Rare Earth, 19 weeks and counting (peak #4).
- Gone from the chart: "Everything Is Beautiful" by Ray Stevens after 15 weeks (peak #1).
TW = this week, LW = last week (NEW = first week on the chart), Peak = highest position reached up to this week, Wks = weeks on the chart up to this week.
| TW | LW | Peak | Wks | Song / Artist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | Mama Told Me (Not To Come) Three Dog Night |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | The Love You Save/I Found That Girl Jackson 5 |
| 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 | (They Long To Be) Close To You Carpenters |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | Band Of Gold Freda Payne |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 | Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today) The Temptations |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | 11 | Ride Captain Ride Blues Image |
| 7 | 6 | 6 | 13 | Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) Melanie with The Edwin Hawkins Singers |
| 8 | 12 | 8 | 10 | O-o-h Child/Dear Prudence The 5 Stairsteps |
| 9 | 11 | 9 | 9 | Gimme Dat Ding The Pipkins |
| 10 | 20 | 10 | 6 | Make It With You Bread |
| 11 | 10 | 5 | 18 | Hitchin' A Ride Vanity Fare |
| 12 | 17 | 12 | 7 | Tighter, Tighter Alive & Kicking |
| 13 | 9 | 9 | 10 | The Wonder Of You/Mama Liked The Roses Elvis Presley |
| 14 | 15 | 14 | 6 | A Song Of Joy (Himno A La Alegria) Miguel Rios |
| 15 | 19 | 15 | 8 | Are You Ready? Pacific Gas And Electric |
| 16 | 18 | 16 | 15 | Love Land Charles Wright And The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band |
| 17 | 13 | 4 | 19 | Get Ready Rare Earth |
| 18 | 26 | 18 | 4 | Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours Stevie Wonder |
| 19 | 16 | 13 | 14 | My Baby Loves Lovin' White Plains |
| 20 | 8 | 1 | 9 | The Long And Winding Road/For You Blue The Beatles |
| 21 | 14 | 13 | 14 | United We Stand The Brotherhood Of Man |
| 22 | 24 | 22 | 7 | Teach Your Children Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
| 23 | 22 | 3 | 15 | Love On A Two-Way Street The Moments |
| 24 | 38 | 24 | 9 | Spill The Wine Eric Burdon And War |
| 25 | 21 | 21 | 14 | Mississippi Queen Mountain |
| 26 | 30 | 26 | 4 | Ohio Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
| 27 | 31 | 27 | 6 | Save The Country The 5th Dimension |
| 28 | 28 | 28 | 10 | Check Out Your Mind The Impressions |
| 29 | 39 | 29 | 6 | Silver Bird Mark Lindsay |
| 30 | 36 | 30 | 5 | I Just Can't Help Believing B.J. Thomas |
| 31 | 33 | 31 | 9 | Westbound #9 The Flaming Ember |
| 32 | 34 | 32 | 10 | Mississippi John Phillips |
| 33 | 23 | 2 | 17 | Which Way You Goin' Billy? The Poppy Family (Featuring Susan Jacks) |
| 34 | 27 | 21 | 12 | Question The Moody Blues |
| 35 | 32 | 24 | 13 | It's All In The Game Four Tops |
| 36 | 37 | 36 | 11 | Go Back Crabby Appleton |
| 37 | 48 | 37 | 8 | Lay A Little Lovin' On Me Robin McNamara |
| 38 | 43 | 38 | 7 | Steal Away Johnnie Taylor |
| 39 | 25 | 25 | 12 | Sugar Sugar/Cole, Cooke & Redding Wilson Pickett |
| 40 | 40 | 40 | 6 | The End Of Our Road Marvin Gaye |
| 41 | 49 | 41 | 5 | (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You? Ronnie Dyson |
| 42 | 42 | 42 | 7 | Trying To Make A Fool Of Me The Delfonics |
| 43 | 44 | 43 | 7 | Maybe The Three Degrees |
| 44 | 72 | 44 | 2 | War Edwin Starr |
| 45 | 56 | 45 | 7 | The Sly, Slick, And The Wicked The Lost Generation |
| 46 | 55 | 46 | 5 | When We Get Married The Intruders |
| 47 | 57 | 47 | 4 | My Marie Engelbert Humperdinck |
| 48 | 54 | 48 | 7 | (How Bout A Little Hand For) The Boys In The Band The Boys In The Band |
| 49 | 45 | 38 | 16 | I Want To Take You Higher Sly & The Family Stone |
| 50 | 50 | 45 | 9 | Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One) Luther Ingram |
| 51 | 51 | 51 | 10 | So Much Love Faith, Hope And Charity |
| 52 | 52 | 52 | 11 | A Little Bit Of Soap Paul Davis |
| 53 | 53 | 53 | 9 | I Want To Take You Higher Ike & Tina Turner & The Ikettes |
| 54 | 62 | 54 | 4 | I'll Be Right Here Tyrone Davis |
| 55 | 47 | 47 | 9 | Freedom Blues Little Richard |
| 56 | 60 | 56 | 4 | Big Yellow Taxi The Neighborhood |
| 57 | 59 | 57 | 5 | Cinnamon Girl Neil Young & Crazy Horse |
| 58 | 61 | 58 | 5 | Pearl Tommy Roe |
| 59 | 65 | 59 | 3 | Tell It All Brother Kenny Rogers & The First Edition |
| 60 | 46 | 46 | 6 | Canned Ham Norman Greenbaum |
| 61 | 63 | 61 | 4 | Overture From Tommy (A Rock Opera) The Assembled Multitude |
| 62 | 64 | 62 | 10 | Cottage Cheese CROW |
| 63 | 67 | 63 | 3 | Sunshine The Archies |
| 64 | 66 | 64 | 3 | Superman The Ides Of March |
| 65 | 84 | 65 | 2 | Paper Mache Dionne Warwick |
| 66 | 87 | 66 | 2 | Do You See My Love (For You Growing) Jr. Walker & The All Stars |
| 67 | 68 | 67 | 10 | That Same Old Feeling Pickettywitch |
| 68 | 74 | 68 | 2 | In The Summertime Mungo Jerry |
| 69 | 80 | 69 | 2 | Summertime Blues The Who |
| 70 | 78 | 70 | 3 | Everything A Man Could Ever Need Glen Campbell |
| 71 | 71 | 71 | 6 | Song From M*A*S*H Al DeLory |
| 72 | NEW | 72 | 1 | Get Up (I Feel Like Being Like A) Sex Machine (Part 1) James Brown |
| 73 | 76 | 73 | 7 | Gimme Shelter Merry Clayton |
| 74 | NEW | 74 | 1 | Everybody's Got The Right To Love The Supremes |
| 75 | 79 | 75 | 4 | You've Been My Inspiration The Main Ingredient |
| 76 | 89 | 76 | 3 | Stealing In The Name Of The Lord Paul Kelly |
| 77 | 86 | 77 | 2 | Groovy Situation Gene Chandler |
| 78 | 82 | 78 | 3 | Hello Darlin' Conway Twitty |
| 79 | 95 | 79 | 3 | Let The Music Take Your Mind Kool & The Gang |
| 80 | 90 | 55 | 12 | Solitary Man Neil Diamond |
| 81 | 81 | 81 | 4 | The Witch The Rattles |
| 82 | 96 | 82 | 2 | Drop By My Place Little Carl Carlton |
| 83 | 85 | 83 | 2 | Apartment 21 Bobbie Gentry |
| 84 | 77 | 77 | 4 | One Day Of Your Life Andy Williams |
| 85 | 92 | 85 | 4 | Humphrey The Camel Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan |
| 86 | NEW | 86 | 1 | Snowbird Anne Murray |
| 87 | 88 | 87 | 3 | Wonder Could I Live There Anymore Charley Pride |
| 88 | 73 | 73 | 7 | She Cried The Lettermen |
| 89 | NEW | 89 | 1 | Hand Me Down World The Guess Who |
| 90 | NEW | 90 | 1 | Patches Clarence Carter |
| 91 | 91 | 91 | 2 | Down By The River The Brooklyn Bridge |
| 92 | 93 | 92 | 3 | Hand Clapping Song The Meters |
| 93 | NEW | 93 | 1 | Baby, Is There Something On Your Mind McKinley Travis |
| 94 | NEW | 94 | 1 | Down By The River Buddy Miles |
| 95 | 98 | 95 | 2 | Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) Mary Hopkin |
| 96 | 100 | 96 | 2 | No Arms Can Ever Hold You Bobby Vinton |
| 97 | NEW | 97 | 1 | The Lights Of Tucson Jim Campbell |
| 98 | NEW | 98 | 1 | Yellow River Christie |
| 99 | NEW | 99 | 1 | I Can't Be You (You Can't Be Me) The Glass House |
| 100 | NEW | 100 | 1 | Long Lonely Nights The Dells |
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