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