THE YEARS TOP SONGS
Top 100 Song Hits of 1973
1973
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 chart for 1970. Chart © by Billboard, a part of MRC Media and Info, a division of MRC. All Rights Reserved.
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1973 TOP 100
| Rank | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree | Tony Orlando and Dawn |
| 2 | Bad, Bad Leroy Brown | Jim Croce |
| 3 | Killing Me Softly With His Song | Roberta Flack |
| 4 | Let's Get It On | Marvin Gaye |
| 5 | My Love | Paul McCartney and Wings |
| 6 | Why Me | Kris Kristofferson |
| 7 | Crocodile Rock | Elton John |
| 8 | Will It Go Round in Circles | Billy Preston |
| 9 | You're So Vain | Carly Simon |
| 10 | Touch Me In the Morning | Diana Ross |
| 11 | The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia | Vicki Lawrence |
| 12 | Playground In My Mind | Clint Holmes |
| 13 | Brother Louie | Stories |
| 14 | Delta Dawn | Helen Reddy |
| 15 | Me and Mrs. Jones | Billy Paul |
| 16 | Frankenstein | The Edgar Winter Group |
| 17 | Drift Away | Dobie Gray |
| 18 | Little Willy | Sweet |
| 19 | You Are the Sunshine of My Life | Stevie Wonder |
| 20 | Half-Breed | Cher |
| 21 | That Lady, Pts. 1 & 2 | The Isley Brothers |
| 22 | Pillow Talk | Sylvia |
| 23 | We're An American Band | Grand Funk Railroad |
| 24 | Right Place, Wrong Time | Dr. John |
| 25 | Wildflower | Skylark |
| 26 | Superstition | Stevie Wonder |
| 27 | Loves Me Like a Rock | Paul Simon |
| 28 | The Morning After | Maureen McGovern |
| 29 | Rocky Mountain High | John Denver |
| 30 | Stuck In the Middle With You | Stealers Wheel |
| 31 | Shambala | Three Dog Night |
| 32 | Love Train | The O'Jays |
| 33 | I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More, Baby | Barry White |
| 34 | Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose | Tony Orlando and Dawn |
| 35 | Keep On Truckin', Pt. 1 | Eddie Kendricks |
| 36 | Dancing in the Moonlight | King Harvest |
| 37 | Danny's Song | Anne Murray |
| 38 | Monster Mash | Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt Kickers |
| 39 | Natural High | Bloodstone |
| 40 | Diamond Girl | Seals and Crofts |
| 41 | Long Train Running | The Doobie Brothers |
| 42 | Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) | George Harrison |
| 43 | If You Want Me to Stay | Sly and The Family Stone |
| 44 | Daddy's Home | Jermaine Jackson |
| 45 | Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye) | Gladys Knight and The Pips |
| 46 | I'm Doin' Fine Now | New York City |
| 47 | Could It Be I'm Falling In Love | The Spinners |
| 48 | Daniel | Elton John |
| 49 | Midnight Train to Georgia | Gladys Knight and The Pips |
| 50 | Smoke On the Water | Deep Purple |
| 51 | Cover of the Rolling Stone | Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show |
| 52 | Behind Closed Doors | Charlie Rich |
| 53 | Your Mama Don't Dance | Loggins and Messina |
| 54 | Feelin' Stronger Every Day | Chicago |
| 55 | The Cisco Kid | War |
| 56 | Live and Let Die | Wings |
| 57 | Oh, Babe What Would You Say | Hurricane Smith |
| 58 | I Believe In You (You Believe In Me) | Johnnie Taylor |
| 59 | Sing | The Carpenters |
| 60 | Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got) | The Four Tops |
| 61 | Dueling Banjos | Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel |
| 62 | Higher Ground | Stevie Wonder |
| 63 | Here I Am (Come and Take Me) | Al Green |
| 64 | My Maria | B. W. Stevenson |
| 65 | Superfly | Curtis Mayfield |
| 66 | Get Down | Gilbert O'Sullivan |
| 67 | Last Song | Edward Bear |
| 68 | Reelin' In the Years | Steely Dan |
| 69 | Hocus Pocus | Focus |
| 70 | Yesterday Once More | The Carpenters |
| 71 | Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy | Bette Midler |
| 72 | Clair | Gilbert O'Sullivan |
| 73 | Do It Again | Steely Dan |
| 74 | Kodachrome | Paul Simon |
| 75 | Why Can't We Live Together | Timmy Thomas |
| 76 | So Very Hard to Go | Tower Of Power |
| 77 | Do You Want to Dance? | Bette Midler |
| 78 | Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu | Johnny Rivers |
| 79 | Ramblin' Man | The Allman Brothers Band |
| 80 | Masterpiece | The Temptations |
| 81 | Peaceful | Helen Reddy |
| 82 | One of a Kind (Love Affair) | The Spinners |
| 83 | Funny Face | Donna Fargo |
| 84 | Funky Worm | The Ohio Players |
| 85 | Angie | The Rolling Stones |
| 86 | Jambalaya (On the Bayou) | The Blue Ridge Rangers |
| 87 | Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend | Lobo |
| 88 | Break Up to Make Up | The Stylistics |
| 89 | Daisy A Day | Jud Strunk |
| 90 | Also Sprach Zarathustra | Deodato |
| 91 | Stir It Up | Johnny Nash |
| 92 | Money | Pink Floyd |
| 93 | Gypsy Man | War |
| 94 | The World Is a Ghetto | War |
| 95 | Yes We Can Can | The Pointer Sisters |
| 96 | Free Ride | The Edgar Winter Group |
| 97 | Space Oddity | David Bowie |
| 98 | It Never Rains In Southern California | Albert Hammond |
| 99 | The Twelfth of Never | Donny Osmond |
| 100 | Papa Was a Rolling Stone | The Temptations |
