Billboard Hot 100

Week of August 29, 1970

Billboard Hot 100

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY FROM DIGITAL MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED BY LUMINATE, RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS MEASURED BY LUMINATE AND SALES DATA AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE.

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War

Edwin Starr

Last week

Weeks at no. 1

Weeks on chart

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Gordy

Gail Mitchell's R&B/Hip-Hop Briefs: Stax, ABC Team for 'Scandal' Soundtrack; 'Soul Train' gets Book Treatment by Questlove, and More

Billboard Hot 100

Week of August 29, 1970

This Week

Award

Last Week

Peak Pos.

Wks on Chart

1
- War
  Edwin Starr
- 4
- 1
- 8
- - 4
  - 1
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Gordy

2
- Make It With You
  Bread
- 1
- 1
- 12
- - 1
  - 1
  - 12

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Elektra

3
- (They Long To Be) Close To You
  Carpenters
- 2
- 1
- 11
- - 2
  - 1
  - 11

Imprint/Promotion Label:

A&M

4
- In The Summertime
  Mungo Jerry
- 5
- 4
- 8
- - 5
  - 4
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Janus

5
- Spill The Wine
  Eric Burdon And War
- 3
- 3
- 15
- - 3
  - 3
  - 15

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MGM

6
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
  Stevie Wonder
- 6
- 3
- 10
- - 6
  - 3
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tamla

7
- Patches
  Clarence Carter
- 7
- 7
- 7
- - 7
  - 7
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

8
- (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?
  Ronnie Dyson
- 12
- 8
- 11
- - 12
  - 8
  - 11

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

9
- Ain't No Mountain High Enough
  Diana Ross
- 17
- 9
- 4
- - 17
  - 9
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Motown

10
- 25 Or 6 To 4
  Chicago
- 13
- 10
- 6
- - 13
  - 10
  - 6

Songwriter(s):

R.Lamm, J.Pankow

Producer(s):

D.Foster

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

11
- I Just Can't Help Believing
  B.J. Thomas
- 9
- 9
- 11
- - 9
  - 9
  - 11

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Scepter

12
- Lookin' Out My Back Door/Long As I Can See The Light
  Creedence Clearwater Revival
- 20
- 12
- 4
- - 20
  - 12
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Fantasy

13
- Band Of Gold
  Freda Payne
- 8
- 3
- 19
- - 8
  - 3
  - 19

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Invictus

14
- Hi-De-Ho
  Blood, Sweat & Tears
- 22
- 14
- 5
- - 22
  - 14
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

15
- Tighter, Tighter
  Alive & Kicking
- 10
- 7
- 13
- - 10
  - 7
  - 13

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Roulette

16
- Overture From Tommy (A Rock Opera)
  The Assembled Multitude
- 18
- 16
- 10
- - 18
  - 16
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

17
- Tell It All Brother
  Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
- 19
- 17
- 9
- - 19
  - 17
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Reprise

18
- Lay A Little Lovin' On Me
  Robin McNamara
- 11
- 11
- 14
- - 11
  - 11
  - 14

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Steed

19
- Hand Me Down World
  The Guess Who
- 26
- 19
- 7
- - 26
  - 19
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA Victor

20
- Julie, Do Ya Love Me
  Bobby Sherman
- 33
- 20
- 5
- - 33
  - 20
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Metromedia

21
- Don't Play That Song
  Aretha Franklin with The Dixie Flyers
- 23
- 21
- 4
- - 23
  - 21
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

22
- Get Up (I Feel Like Being Like A) Sex Machine (Part 1)
  James Brown
- 21
- 15
- 7
- - 21
  - 15
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

King

23
- Everybody's Got The Right To Love
  The Supremes
- 25
- 23
- 7
- - 25
  - 23
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Motown

24
- Solitary Man
  Neil Diamond
- 28
- 24
- 18
- - 28
  - 24
  - 18

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bang

25
- Groovy Situation
  Gene Chandler
- 34
- 25
- 8
- - 34
  - 25
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury

26
- Snowbird
  Anne Murray
- 38
- 26
- 7
- - 38
  - 26
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

Not Listed

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

27
- Mama Told Me (Not To Come)
  Three Dog Night
- 15
- 1
- 15
- - 15
  - 1
  - 15

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Dunhill/ABC

28
- O-o-h Child/Dear Prudence
  The 5 Stairsteps
- 16
- 8
- 16
- - 16
  - 8
  - 16

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Buddah

29
- I (Who Have Nothing)
  Tom Jones
- 46
- 29
- 2
- - 46
  - 29
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Parrot

30
- Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)
  The Temptations
- 14
- 3
- 15
- - 14
  - 3
  - 15

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Gordy

31
- (I Know) I'm Losing You
  Rare Earth
- 37
- 31
- 5
- - 37
  - 31
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Rare Earth

32
- I've Lost You/The Next Step Is Love
  Elvis Presley
- 36
- 32
- 5
- - 36
  - 32
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA Victor

33
- Candida
  Dawn
- 42
- 33
- 6
- - 42
  - 33
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bell

34
- I Want To Take You Higher
  Ike & Tina Turner & The Ikettes
- 35
- 34
- 15
- - 35
  - 34
  - 15

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Liberty

35
- Summertime Blues
  The Who
- 27
- 27
- 8
- - 27
  - 27
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Decca

36
- Rubber Duckie
  Ernie (Jim Henson)
- 44
- 36
- 3
- - 44
  - 36
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

37
- The Sly, Slick, And The Wicked
  The Lost Generation
- 30
- 30
- 13
- - 30
  - 30
  - 13

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Brunswick

Billboard Hot 100

Week of August 29, 1970

Billboard Hot 100

War

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Gail Mitchell's R&B/Hip-Hop Briefs: Stax, ABC Team for 'Scandal' Soundtrack; 'Soul Train' gets Book Treatment by Questlove, and More

Billboard Hot 100

Gains in Weekly Performance

Additional Awards

War

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Make It With You

Imprint/Promotion Label:

(They Long To Be) Close To You

Imprint/Promotion Label:

In The Summertime

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Spill The Wine

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Patches

Imprint/Promotion Label:

(If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Ain't No Mountain High Enough

Imprint/Promotion Label:

25 Or 6 To 4

Songwriter(s):

Producer(s):

Imprint/Promotion Label:

I Just Can't Help Believing

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Lookin' Out My Back Door/Long As I Can See The Light

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Band Of Gold

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Hi-De-Ho

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tighter, Tighter

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Overture From Tommy (A Rock Opera)

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tell It All Brother

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Lay A Little Lovin' On Me

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Hand Me Down World

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Julie, Do Ya Love Me

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Don't Play That Song

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Get Up (I Feel Like Being Like A) Sex Machine (Part 1)

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Everybody's Got The Right To Love

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Solitary Man

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Groovy Situation

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Snowbird

Songwriter(s):

Producer(s):

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mama Told Me (Not To Come)

Imprint/Promotion Label:

O-o-h Child/Dear Prudence

Imprint/Promotion Label:

I (Who Have Nothing)

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)

Imprint/Promotion Label:

(I Know) I'm Losing You

Imprint/Promotion Label:

I've Lost You/The Next Step Is Love

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Candida

Imprint/Promotion Label:

I Want To Take You Higher