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