Billboard Hot 100 — October 24, 1970
The Billboard Hot 100 for the week of October 24, 1970. "I'll Be There" by Jackson 5 held #1 for a 2nd straight week, on its way to 5 weeks on top. 13 songs entered the chart this week; the highest new entry was "Share The Land" by The Guess Who at #73, which would go on to peak at #10. The biggest climber was "Heaven Help Us All" by Stevie Wonder, up 29 places from #78 to #49.
Chart highlights
- At #1: "I'll Be There" by Jackson 5 — 2 weeks at the top so far, 6 weeks on the chart since debuting September 19, 1970.
- New in the top 10: "Indiana Wants Me" by R. Dean Taylor (up from #11 to #8); "Lola" by The Kinks (up from #12 to #9).
- Biggest fall: "Joanne" by Michael Nesmith & The First National Band, down 17 places from #27 to #44.
- Longest run on this week's chart: "Snowbird" by Anne Murray, 15 weeks and counting (peak #8).
- Gone from the chart: "War" by Edwin Starr after 15 weeks (peak #1); "Patches" by Clarence Carter after 14 weeks (peak #4).
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 | 6 | I'll Be There Jackson 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | Cracklin' Rosie Neil Diamond |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | Green-Eyed Lady Sugarloaf |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | We've Only Just Begun Carpenters |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | All Right Now Free |
| 6 | 10 | 6 | 7 | Fire And Rain James Taylor |
| 7 | 6 | 3 | 14 | Candida Dawn |
| 8 | 11 | 8 | 8 | Indiana Wants Me R. Dean Taylor |
| 9 | 12 | 9 | 9 | Lola The Kinks |
| 10 | 7 | 1 | 12 | Ain't No Mountain High Enough Diana Ross |
| 11 | 18 | 11 | 9 | Still Water (Love) Four Tops |
| 12 | 9 | 5 | 13 | Julie, Do Ya Love Me Bobby Sherman |
| 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | Express Yourself Charles Wright And The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band |
| 14 | 28 | 14 | 8 | Somebody's Been Sleeping 100 Proof Aged in Soul |
| 15 | 15 | 15 | 9 | Out In The Country Three Dog Night |
| 16 | 17 | 16 | 8 | Look What They've Done To My Song Ma The New Seekers featuring Eve Graham |
| 17 | 20 | 17 | 8 | It's Only Make Believe Glen Campbell |
| 18 | 16 | 8 | 15 | Snowbird Anne Murray |
| 19 | 8 | 2 | 12 | Lookin' Out My Back Door/Long As I Can See The Light Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| 20 | 21 | 20 | 7 | El Condor Pasa (If I Could) Simon & Garfunkel |
| 21 | 19 | 7 | 13 | (I Know) I'm Losing You Rare Earth |
| 22 | 23 | 22 | 11 | Closer To Home (I'm Your Captain) Grand Funk Railroad |
| 23 | 31 | 23 | 5 | It Don't Matter To Me Bread |
| 24 | 14 | 14 | 14 | It's A Shame The Spinners |
| 25 | 34 | 25 | 4 | Super Bad (Part 1 & Part 2) James Brown |
| 26 | 30 | 26 | 6 | God, Love And Rock & Roll Teegarden & Van Winkle |
| 27 | 35 | 27 | 9 | Stand By Your Man Candi Staton |
| 28 | 46 | 28 | 3 | Cry Me A River Joe Cocker |
| 29 | 45 | 29 | 5 | Engine Number 9 Wilson Pickett |
| 30 | 25 | 25 | 11 | Long Long Time Linda Ronstadt |
| 31 | 39 | 31 | 5 | See Me, Feel Me The Who |
| 32 | 32 | 32 | 6 | Our House Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
| 33 | 33 | 33 | 4 | Lucretia Mac Evil Blood, Sweat & Tears |
| 34 | 36 | 34 | 7 | Deeper & Deeper Freda Payne |
| 35 | 38 | 35 | 4 | Ungena Za Ulimwengu (Unite The World) The Temptations |
| 36 | 40 | 36 | 7 | Montego Bay Bobby Bloom |
| 37 | 37 | 37 | 10 | Do What You Wanna Do Five Flights Up |
| 38 | 29 | 29 | 12 | That's Where I Went Wrong The Poppy Family (Featuring Susan Jacks) |
| 39 | 41 | 39 | 8 | Gypsy Woman Brian Hyland |
| 40 | 42 | 40 | 15 | Yellow River Christie |
| 41 | 60 | 41 | 3 | I Think I Love You The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones Featuring David Cassidy |
| 42 | 43 | 42 | 10 | As The Years Go By Mashmakhan |
| 43 | 47 | 43 | 4 | Make It Easy On Yourself Dionne Warwick |
| 44 | 27 | 21 | 12 | Joanne Michael Nesmith & The First National Band |
| 45 | 68 | 45 | 2 | The Tears Of A Clown Smokey Robinson & The Miracles |
| 46 | 44 | 42 | 9 | I Stand Accused Isaac Hayes |
| 47 | 48 | 47 | 9 | For The Good Times Ray Price |
| 48 | 51 | 48 | 7 | I Do Take You The Three Degrees |
| 49 | 78 | 49 | 2 | Heaven Help Us All Stevie Wonder |
| 50 | 77 | 50 | 2 | I Am Somebody Part II Johnnie Taylor |
| 51 | 53 | 51 | 7 | I Just Wanna Keep It Together Paul Davis |
| 52 | 52 | 52 | 10 | Baby, I Need Your Loving O.C. Smith |
| 53 | 57 | 53 | 6 | And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind Mark Lindsay |
| 54 | 56 | 54 | 6 | Seems Like I Gotta Do Wrong The Whispers |
| 55 | 55 | 55 | 6 | When You Get Right Down To It The Delfonics |
| 56 | 59 | 56 | 4 | Fresh Air Quicksilver Messenger Service |
| 57 | 50 | 50 | 12 | Mongoose Elephant's Memory |
| 58 | 67 | 58 | 2 | Heed The Call Kenny Rogers & The First Edition |
| 59 | 66 | 59 | 3 | Let's Work Together Canned Heat |
| 60 | 64 | 60 | 5 | Sweetheart Engelbert Humperdinck |
| 61 | 62 | 59 | 9 | Funk # 49 James Gang |
| 62 | 58 | 56 | 8 | (Baby) Turn On To Me The Impressions |
| 63 | 63 | 63 | 6 | Something Shirley Bassey |
| 64 | 65 | 64 | 5 | Our World Blue Mink |
| 65 | 61 | 61 | 6 | Come On And Say It The Grass Roots |
| 66 | 73 | 66 | 4 | Part Time Love Ann Peebles |
| 67 | 69 | 67 | 6 | Holy Man Diane Kolby |
| 68 | 75 | 68 | 2 | After Midnight Eric Clapton |
| 69 | 70 | 69 | 5 | Just Let It Come Alive 'N Kickin' |
| 70 | 71 | 70 | 4 | So Close Jake Holmes |
| 71 | 72 | 71 | 4 | 5-10-15-20 (25-30 Years Of Love) The Presidents |
| 72 | 74 | 72 | 4 | Let Me Back In Tyrone Davis |
| 73 | NEW | 73 | 1 | Share The Land The Guess Who |
| 74 | NEW | 74 | 1 | You Don't Have To Say You Love Me/Patch It Up Elvis Presley |
| 75 | 76 | 75 | 6 | Love Uprising Otis Leaville |
| 76 | 84 | 76 | 2 | I'm Not My Brothers Keeper The Flaming Ember |
| 77 | 79 | 77 | 3 | Time Waits For No One The Friends Of Distinction |
| 78 | 85 | 78 | 4 | If You Were Mine Ray Charles |
| 79 | 80 | 79 | 4 | Woodstock The Assembled Multitude |
| 80 | 82 | 80 | 4 | Got To Believe In Love Robin McNamara |
| 81 | NEW | 81 | 1 | One Less Bell To Answer The 5th Dimension |
| 82 | NEW | 82 | 1 | Easy Rider (Let The Wind Pay The Way) Iron Butterfly |
| 83 | NEW | 83 | 1 | Don't Try To Lay No Boogie Woogie On The "King Of Rock & Roll" CROW |
| 84 | 98 | 84 | 2 | I Don't Wanna Cry Ronnie Dyson |
| 85 | 89 | 85 | 3 | Time To Kill The Band |
| 86 | 88 | 86 | 3 | Dreams Buddy Miles |
| 87 | NEW | 87 | 1 | I Need Help (I Can't Do It Alone) Pt. 1 Bobby Byrd |
| 88 | 90 | 88 | 4 | You Better Think Twice Poco |
| 89 | NEW | 89 | 1 | I Can't Believe That You've Stopped Loving Me Charley Pride |
| 90 | 93 | 90 | 5 | Empty Pages Traffic |
| 91 | NEW | 91 | 1 | Groove Me King Floyd |
| 92 | NEW | 92 | 1 | Run, Woman, Run Tammy Wynette |
| 93 | 95 | 93 | 3 | Father Come On Home Pacific Gas And Electric |
| 94 | 99 | 94 | 2 | Jerusalem Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass |
| 95 | 97 | 95 | 2 | Losers Weepers - Part I Etta James |
| 96 | 96 | 96 | 2 | Get Into Something The Isley Brothers |
| 97 | NEW | 97 | 1 | Fifteen Years Ago Conway Twitty |
| 98 | NEW | 98 | 1 | Where Did All The Good Times Go Dennis Yost And The Classics IV |
| 99 | NEW | 99 | 1 | Stand By Me David & Jimmy Ruffin |
| 100 | NEW | 100 | 1 | Only Love Can Break Your Heart Neil Young |
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