Billboard Hot 100 — July 3, 1971
The Billboard Hot 100 for the week of July 3, 1971. "It's Too Late/I Feel The Earth Move" by Carole King held #1 for a 3rd straight week, on its way to 5 weeks on top. 13 songs entered the chart this week; the highest new entry was "Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology)" by Marvin Gaye at #70, which would go on to peak at #4. The biggest climber was "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" by Bee Gees, up 34 places from #73 to #39.
Chart highlights
- At #1: "It's Too Late/I Feel The Earth Move" by Carole King — 3 weeks at the top so far, 9 weeks on the chart since debuting May 8, 1971.
- New in the top 10: "You've Got A Friend" by James Taylor (up from #14 to #8).
- Biggest fall: "Joy To The World" by Three Dog Night, down 19 places from #12 to #31.
- Longest run on this week's chart: "I Don't Know How To Love Him" by Helen Reddy, 20 weeks and counting (peak #13).
- Gone from the chart: "I Am...I Said/Done Too Soon" by Neil Diamond after 14 weeks (peak #4); "Me And You And A Dog Named Boo" by Lobo after 13 weeks (peak #5).
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 | It's Too Late/I Feel The Earth Move Carole King |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian) The Raiders |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | Treat Her Like A Lady Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | Rainy Days And Mondays Carpenters |
| 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | Don't Pull Your Love Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | Want Ads The Honey Cone |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 | Brown Sugar The Rolling Stones |
| 8 | 14 | 8 | 5 | You've Got A Friend James Taylor |
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | When You're Hot, You're Hot Jerry Reed |
| 10 | 7 | 4 | 10 | It Don't Come Easy Ringo Starr |
| 11 | 17 | 11 | 8 | She's Not Just Another Woman The 8th Day |
| 12 | 18 | 12 | 6 | Mr. Big Stuff Jean Knight |
| 13 | 10 | 7 | 15 | Sweet And Innocent Donny Osmond of The Osmonds |
| 14 | 15 | 14 | 8 | Double Lovin' The Osmonds |
| 15 | 13 | 13 | 11 | Don't Knock My Love - Pt. 1 Wilson Pickett |
| 16 | 19 | 16 | 12 | That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be Carly Simon |
| 17 | 20 | 17 | 9 | Funky Nassau-Part I The Beginning Of The End |
| 18 | 16 | 16 | 9 | Nathan Jones The Supremes |
| 19 | 25 | 19 | 5 | I Don't Want To Do Wrong Gladys Knight And The Pips |
| 20 | 28 | 20 | 8 | Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again The Fortunes |
| 21 | 11 | 9 | 9 | I'll Meet You Halfway The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones Featuring David Cassidy |
| 22 | 24 | 22 | 8 | Never Can Say Goodbye Isaac Hayes |
| 23 | 33 | 23 | 5 | Bring The Boys Home Freda Payne |
| 24 | 31 | 24 | 5 | Sooner Or Later The Grass Roots |
| 25 | 38 | 25 | 4 | Draggin' The Line Tommy James |
| 26 | 26 | 26 | 7 | Puppet Man/Resurrection Shuffle Tom Jones |
| 27 | 34 | 27 | 7 | Never Ending Song Of Love Delaney & Bonnie & Friends |
| 28 | 30 | 28 | 7 | High Time We Went/Black-Eyed Blues Joe Cocker |
| 29 | 29 | 29 | 12 | Albert Flasher/Broken The Guess Who |
| 30 | 36 | 30 | 11 | Take Me Home, Country Roads John Denver |
| 31 | 12 | 1 | 17 | Joy To The World Three Dog Night |
| 32 | 23 | 13 | 20 | I Don't Know How To Love Him Helen Reddy |
| 33 | 21 | 6 | 12 | Bridge Over Troubled Water/Brand New Me Aretha Franklin |
| 34 | 39 | 34 | 7 | Get It On Chase |
| 35 | 37 | 35 | 4 | Escape-ism (Part 1) James Brown |
| 36 | 48 | 36 | 4 | Double Barrel Dave & Ansil Collins |
| 37 | 51 | 37 | 3 | Love The One You're With The Isley Brothers |
| 38 | 42 | 38 | 4 | You've Got A Friend Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway |
| 39 | 73 | 39 | 2 | How Can You Mend A Broken Heart Bee Gees |
| 40 | 47 | 40 | 3 | Wild Horses The Rolling Stones |
| 41 | 43 | 41 | 5 | Chicago Graham Nash |
| 42 | 50 | 42 | 5 | Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart) The Stylistics |
| 43 | 58 | 43 | 3 | Summer Sand Dawn |
| 44 | 61 | 44 | 6 | Signs Five Man Electrical Band |
| 45 | 45 | 45 | 11 | Ajax Liquor Store Hudson and Landry |
| 46 | 59 | 46 | 4 | Change Partners Stephen Stills |
| 47 | 44 | 44 | 7 | Light Sings The 5th Dimension |
| 48 | 70 | 48 | 2 | Moon Shadow Cat Stevens |
| 49 | 49 | 49 | 6 | I Know I'm In Love Chee-Chee & Peppy |
| 50 | 62 | 50 | 4 | Rings Cymarron |
| 51 | 63 | 51 | 6 | If Not For You Olivia Newton-John |
| 52 | 57 | 52 | 4 | You're The Reason Why The Ebonys |
| 53 | 53 | 53 | 11 | House At Pooh Corner Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
| 54 | 54 | 54 | 13 | Can't Find The Time Rose Colored Glass |
| 55 | 56 | 55 | 5 | You Gotta Have Love In Your Heart The Supremes & Four Tops |
| 56 | 64 | 56 | 6 | Love Means (You Never Have To Say You're Sorry) Sounds Of Sunshine |
| 57 | 77 | 57 | 3 | Hey! Love/Over And Over The Delfonics |
| 58 | 52 | 52 | 9 | Spinning Around (I Must Be Falling In Love) The Main Ingredient |
| 59 | 83 | 59 | 2 | Beginnings/Colour My World Chicago |
| 60 | 78 | 60 | 2 | Watching The River Flow Bob Dylan |
| 61 | 65 | 61 | 6 | Walk Away The James Gang |
| 62 | 69 | 62 | 3 | Rainy Jane Davy Jones |
| 63 | 72 | 63 | 3 | Resurrection Shuffle Ashton, Gardner & Dyke |
| 64 | 68 | 64 | 7 | Follow Me Mary Travers |
| 65 | 71 | 65 | 4 | Do You Know What Time It Is? P-Nut Gallery |
| 66 | 75 | 66 | 2 | He's So Fine Jody Miller |
| 67 | 81 | 67 | 2 | She Didn't Do Magic/I'm The Only One Lobo |
| 68 | 76 | 68 | 2 | I Love You Lady Dawn The Bells |
| 69 | 55 | 55 | 8 | Tarkio Road Brewer And Shipley |
| 70 | NEW | 70 | 1 | Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology) Marvin Gaye |
| 71 | 98 | 71 | 2 | I'm A Believer Neil Diamond |
| 72 | 84 | 72 | 3 | Talking In Your Sleep Gordon Lightfoot |
| 73 | NEW | 73 | 1 | Mighty Clouds Of Joy B.J. Thomas |
| 74 | NEW | 74 | 1 | Riders On The Storm The Doors |
| 75 | 79 | 75 | 3 | Mozart Symphony No. 40 In G Minor K.550, 1st Movement Waldo De Los Rios |
| 76 | 80 | 76 | 2 | Smiling Faces Sometimes The Undisputed Truth |
| 77 | NEW | 77 | 1 | Crazy About The La La La Smokey Robinson & The Miracles |
| 78 | 82 | 78 | 3 | Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer Stevie Wonder |
| 79 | NEW | 79 | 1 | In These Changing Times Four Tops |
| 80 | NEW | 80 | 1 | Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get The Dramatics |
| 81 | 89 | 81 | 2 | Deep Enough For Me Ocean |
| 82 | 90 | 82 | 2 | The Last Time I Saw Her Glen Campbell |
| 83 | 88 | 83 | 2 | When My Little Girl Is Smiling Steve Alaimo |
| 84 | 86 | 84 | 3 | Give Up Your Guns The Buoys |
| 85 | 85 | 85 | 4 | I Hear Those Church Bells Ringing Dusk |
| 86 | 87 | 86 | 3 | I Need Someone (To Love Me) Z.Z. Hill |
| 87 | 97 | 87 | 3 | Day By Day (Every Minute of The Hour) The Continental 4 |
| 88 | NEW | 88 | 1 | Hot Pants (She Got To Use What She Got To Get What She Wants) (Pt. 1) James Brown |
| 89 | 91 | 89 | 2 | Suspicious Minds Dee Dee Warwick |
| 90 | NEW | 45 | 13 | Melting Pot Booker T. & The MG's |
| 91 | 93 | 91 | 2 | Take My Hand Kenny Rogers & The First Edition |
| 92 | 92 | 92 | 2 | Mother Nature's Wine Sugarloaf |
| 93 | NEW | 93 | 1 | K-Jee The Nite-Liters |
| 94 | NEW | 94 | 1 | Hill Where The Lord Hides Chuck Mangione |
| 95 | 95 | 95 | 2 | We're All Goin' Home Bobby Bloom |
| 96 | NEW | 96 | 1 | Love Is Life Earth, Wind & Fire |
| 97 | NEW | 97 | 1 | Near You Boz Scaggs |
| 98 | 99 | 98 | 2 | Love Me The Rascals |
| 99 | NEW | 99 | 1 | One-Way Ticket Tyrone Davis |
| 100 | 100 | 100 | 2 | The Sound Of Silence Peaches & Herb |
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