Billboard Hot 100 — June 5, 1971
The Billboard Hot 100 for the week of June 5, 1971. "Brown Sugar" by The Rolling Stones held #1 for a 2nd straight week, the last week of its run. 9 songs entered the chart this week; the highest new entry was "Bring The Boys Home" by Freda Payne at #66, which would go on to peak at #12. The biggest climber was "Mr. Big Stuff" by Jean Knight, up 28 places from #92 to #64.
Chart highlights
- At #1: "Brown Sugar" by The Rolling Stones — 2 weeks at the top so far, 6 weeks on the chart since debuting May 1, 1971.
- New in the top 10: "Rainy Days And Mondays" by Carpenters (up from #11 to #5); "It's Too Late/I Feel The Earth Move" by Carole King (up from #21 to #9).
- Biggest fall: "I Am...I Said/Done Too Soon" by Neil Diamond, down 37 places from #41 to #78.
- Longest run on this week's chart: "Superstar" by Murray Head With The Trinidad Singers, 28 weeks and counting (peak #14).
- Gone from the chart: "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye after 15 weeks (peak #2).
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 | Brown Sugar The Rolling Stones |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | Joy To The World Three Dog Night |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | Want Ads The Honey Cone |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | It Don't Come Easy Ringo Starr |
| 5 | 11 | 5 | 4 | Rainy Days And Mondays Carpenters |
| 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | Bridge Over Troubled Water/Brand New Me Aretha Franklin |
| 7 | 8 | 7 | 11 | Sweet And Innocent Donny Osmond of The Osmonds |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | 10 | Never Can Say Goodbye Jackson 5 |
| 9 | 21 | 9 | 5 | It's Too Late/I Feel The Earth Move Carole King |
| 10 | 9 | 5 | 10 | Me And You And A Dog Named Boo Lobo |
| 11 | 18 | 11 | 5 | I'll Meet You Halfway The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones Featuring David Cassidy |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | 13 | Put Your Hand In The Hand Ocean |
| 13 | 15 | 13 | 16 | I Don't Know How To Love Him Helen Reddy |
| 14 | 14 | 14 | 28 | Superstar Murray Head With The Trinidad Singers |
| 15 | 19 | 15 | 9 | Treat Her Like A Lady Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose |
| 16 | 16 | 16 | 12 | Here Comes The Sun Richie Havens |
| 17 | 10 | 9 | 14 | Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It) Daddy Dewdrop |
| 18 | 13 | 4 | 11 | If Bread |
| 19 | 12 | 11 | 9 | Love Her Madly The Doors |
| 20 | 22 | 20 | 7 | Don't Knock My Love - Pt. 1 Wilson Pickett |
| 21 | 27 | 21 | 5 | Nathan Jones The Supremes |
| 22 | 39 | 22 | 4 | Double Lovin' The Osmonds |
| 23 | 24 | 23 | 10 | Right On The Tip Of My Tongue Brenda & The Tabulations |
| 24 | 17 | 7 | 14 | Stay Awhile The Bells |
| 25 | 38 | 25 | 9 | Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian) The Raiders |
| 26 | 26 | 26 | 9 | (For God's Sake) Give More Power To The People The Chi-lites |
| 27 | 23 | 23 | 14 | Woodstock Matthews' Southern Comfort |
| 28 | 32 | 28 | 5 | When You're Hot, You're Hot Jerry Reed |
| 29 | 31 | 29 | 6 | The Drum Bobby Sherman |
| 30 | 33 | 30 | 13 | Cool Aid Paul Humphrey & His Cool Aid Chemists |
| 31 | 35 | 31 | 7 | I Don't Know How To Love Him Yvonne Elliman |
| 32 | 30 | 17 | 17 | Timothy The Buoys |
| 33 | 28 | 21 | 20 | I Love You For All Seasons The Fuzz |
| 34 | 20 | 20 | 10 | Toast And Marmalade For Tea Tin Tin |
| 35 | 43 | 35 | 8 | That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be Carly Simon |
| 36 | 45 | 36 | 4 | She's Not Just Another Woman The 8th Day |
| 37 | 40 | 37 | 5 | Lowdown Chicago |
| 38 | 25 | 18 | 12 | I Don't Blame You At All Smokey Robinson & The Miracles |
| 39 | 29 | 29 | 6 | Reach Out I'll Be There Diana Ross |
| 40 | 44 | 40 | 5 | Funky Nassau-Part I The Beginning Of The End |
| 41 | 42 | 41 | 8 | Albert Flasher/Broken The Guess Who |
| 42 | 57 | 42 | 3 | Puppet Man/Resurrection Shuffle Tom Jones |
| 43 | 34 | 34 | 12 | Me And My Arrow Nilsson |
| 44 | 46 | 44 | 4 | Cry Baby Janis Joplin |
| 45 | 51 | 45 | 4 | Never Can Say Goodbye Isaac Hayes |
| 46 | 48 | 42 | 12 | I Won't Mention It Again Ray Price |
| 47 | 72 | 47 | 3 | Don't Pull Your Love Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds |
| 48 | 58 | 48 | 3 | High Time We Went/Black-Eyed Blues Joe Cocker |
| 49 | 49 | 49 | 10 | 13 Questions Seatrain |
| 50 | 50 | 50 | 5 | I Cried James Brown |
| 51 | 62 | 51 | 3 | Light Sings The 5th Dimension |
| 52 | 47 | 36 | 12 | Booty Butt The Ray Charles Orchestra |
| 53 | 53 | 53 | 7 | Ajax Liquor Store Hudson and Landry |
| 54 | 55 | 54 | 8 | L.A. International Airport Susan Raye |
| 55 | 56 | 55 | 7 | House At Pooh Corner Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
| 56 | 59 | 56 | 5 | Spinning Around (I Must Be Falling In Love) The Main Ingredient |
| 57 | 60 | 57 | 4 | Life/Only Believe Elvis Presley |
| 58 | 68 | 58 | 4 | Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again The Fortunes |
| 59 | 52 | 45 | 12 | Melting Pot Booker T. & The MG's |
| 60 | 64 | 60 | 4 | Tarkio Road Brewer And Shipley |
| 61 | 61 | 61 | 5 | The Court Room Clarence Carter |
| 62 | 70 | 62 | 7 | Take Me Home, Country Roads John Denver |
| 63 | 54 | 54 | 6 | Feelin' Alright Grand Funk Railroad |
| 64 | 92 | 64 | 2 | Mr. Big Stuff Jean Knight |
| 65 | 81 | 65 | 4 | Ooh Poo Pah Doo Ike & Tina Turner |
| 66 | NEW | 66 | 1 | Bring The Boys Home Freda Payne |
| 67 | 66 | 66 | 7 | Brownsville Joy Of Cooking |
| 68 | 67 | 58 | 13 | Bad Water The Raeletts |
| 69 | 69 | 69 | 4 | Help Me Make It Through The Night Joe Simon |
| 70 | 74 | 70 | 9 | Can't Find The Time Rose Colored Glass |
| 71 | 75 | 71 | 4 | You're My Man Lynn Anderson |
| 72 | 82 | 72 | 5 | Hot Love T. Rex |
| 73 | 76 | 73 | 4 | Your Love (Means Everything to Me) Charles Wright And The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band |
| 74 | 79 | 74 | 3 | What You See Is What You Get Stoney & Meatloaf |
| 75 | 80 | 75 | 4 | Wholesale Love Buddy Miles |
| 76 | 83 | 76 | 3 | Get It On Chase |
| 77 | NEW | 77 | 1 | Sooner Or Later The Grass Roots |
| 78 | 41 | 4 | 11 | I Am...I Said/Done Too Soon Neil Diamond |
| 79 | NEW | 79 | 1 | Chicago Graham Nash |
| 80 | NEW | 80 | 1 | You've Got A Friend James Taylor |
| 81 | 93 | 81 | 2 | I Know I'm In Love Chee-Chee & Peppy |
| 82 | 85 | 82 | 4 | Flim Flam Man Barbra Streisand |
| 83 | 86 | 83 | 5 | And I Love You So Bobby Goldsboro |
| 84 | 87 | 84 | 3 | Never Ending Song Of Love Delaney & Bonnie & Friends |
| 85 | 88 | 85 | 3 | Follow Me Mary Travers |
| 86 | 91 | 86 | 3 | I Don't Wanna Lose You Johnnie Taylor |
| 87 | 89 | 87 | 2 | Walk Away The James Gang |
| 88 | 96 | 88 | 2 | Signs Five Man Electrical Band |
| 89 | 98 | 89 | 2 | If Not For You Olivia Newton-John |
| 90 | 90 | 90 | 2 | It's So Hard For Me To Say Good-Bye Eddie Kendricks |
| 91 | NEW | 91 | 1 | I Don't Want To Do Wrong Gladys Knight And The Pips |
| 92 | 100 | 92 | 2 | Love Means (You Never Have To Say You're Sorry) Sounds Of Sunshine |
| 93 | 94 | 93 | 2 | Your Love Is So Doggone Good The Whispers |
| 94 | 95 | 94 | 4 | California Earthquake Norman Greenbaum |
| 95 | 97 | 95 | 3 | I've Found Someone Of My Own The Free Movement |
| 96 | NEW | 96 | 1 | Mandrill Mandrill |
| 97 | 99 | 97 | 2 | Love's Made A Fool Of You Cochise |
| 98 | NEW | 98 | 1 | Call Me Up In Dreamland Van Morrison |
| 99 | NEW | 99 | 1 | Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart) The Stylistics |
| 100 | NEW | 100 | 1 | You Gotta Have Love In Your Heart The Supremes & Four Tops |
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