Billboard Hot 100

Week of August 21, 1971

Billboard Hot 100

The week’s most popular songs, ranked by audio and video streaming activity on leading digital music services, radio airplay audience impressions based on monitored airplay and sales data, all compiled by Luminate. Audience totals are derived, in part, using certain Nielsen Audio listener estimates.

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1

How Can You Mend A Broken Heart

Bee Gees

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Last week

1

Weeks at no. 1

3

Weeks on chart

9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atco

Foo Fighters Give Westboro Baptist Church a Drive-By Lesson in Disco Love

Billboard Hot 100

Week of August 21, 1971

This Week

Award

Last Week

Peak Pos.

Wks on Chart

1
- How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
  Bee Gees
- 1
- 1
- 9
- - 1
  - 1
  - 9

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atco

2
- Mr. Big Stuff
  Jean Knight
- 2
- 2
- 13
- - 2
  - 2
  - 13

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Stax

3
- Take Me Home, Country Roads
  John Denver
- 3
- 3
- 18
- - 3
  - 3
  - 18

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA Victor

4
- Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology)
  Marvin Gaye
- 9
- 4
- 8
- - 9
  - 4
  - 8

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tamla

5
- You've Got A Friend
  James Taylor
- 5
- 1
- 12
- - 5
  - 1
  - 12

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner

6
- Sweet Hitch-Hiker
  Creedence Clearwater Revival
- 15
- 6
- 6
- - 15
  - 6
  - 6

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Fantasy

7
- Beginnings/Colour My World
  Chicago
- 7
- 7
- 9
- - 7
  - 7
  - 9

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

8
- Signs
  Five Man Electrical Band
- 10
- 8
- 13
- - 10
  - 8
  - 13

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Lionel

9
- Draggin' The Line
  Tommy James
- 4
- 4
- 11
- - 4
  - 4
  - 11

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Roulette

10
- Liar
  Three Dog Night
- 14
- 10
- 7
- - 14
  - 10
  - 7

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Dunhill/ABC

11
- Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian)
  The Raiders
- 6
- 1
- 20
- - 6
  - 1
  - 20

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

12
- Smiling Faces Sometimes
  The Undisputed Truth
- 21
- 12
- 9
- - 21
  - 12
  - 9

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Gordy

13
- It's Too Late/I Feel The Earth Move
  Carole King
- 11
- 1
- 16
- - 11
  - 1
  - 16

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14
- Spanish Harlem
  Aretha Franklin
- 19
- 14
- 4
- - 19
  - 14
  - 4

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

15
- Hot Pants (She Got To Use What She Got To Get What She Wants) (Pt. 1)
  James Brown
- 16
- 15
- 8
- - 16
  - 15
  - 8

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

People

16
- Riders On The Storm
  The Doors
- 20
- 16
- 8
- - 20
  - 16
  - 8

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Elektra

17
- What The World Needs Now Is Love/Abraham, Martin and John
  Tom Clay
- 8
- 8
- 7
- - 8
  - 8
  - 7

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mowest

18
- Never Ending Song Of Love
  Delaney & Bonnie & Friends
- 13
- 13
- 14
- - 13
  - 13
  - 14

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atco

19
- Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get
  The Dramatics
- 25
- 19
- 8
- - 25
  - 19
  - 8

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Volt

20
- Maybe Tomorrow
  Jackson 5
- 22
- 20
- 7
- - 22
  - 20
  - 7

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Motown

21
- Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
  Paul & Linda McCartney
- 65
- 21
- 2
- - 65
  - 21
  - 2

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Apple

22
- I Just Want To Celebrate
  Rare Earth
- 26
- 22
- 6
- - 26
  - 22
  - 6

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Rare Earth

23
- Ain't No Sunshine
  Bill Withers
- 27
- 23
- 6
- - 27
  - 23
  - 6

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Songwriter(s):

W.Withers, Jr.

Producer(s):

B.T.Jones

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Sussex

24
- Go Away Little Girl
  Donny Osmond
- 44
- 24
- 3
- - 44
  - 24
  - 3

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

MGM

25
- Bring The Boys Home
  Freda Payne
- 12
- 12
- 12
- - 12
  - 12
  - 12

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Invictus

26
- Rings
  Cymarron
- 17
- 17
- 11
- - 17
  - 17
  - 11

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Entrance

27
- If Not For You
  Olivia Newton-John
- 31
- 27
- 13
- - 31
  - 27
  - 13

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Uni

28
- Love The One You're With
  The Isley Brothers
- 18
- 18
- 10
- - 18
  - 18
  - 10

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

T-Neck

29
- You've Got A Friend
  Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
- 29
- 29
- 11
- - 29
  - 29
  - 11

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

30
- Won't Get Fooled Again
  The Who
- 34
- 30
- 6
- - 34
  - 30
  - 6

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Decca

31
- Don't Pull Your Love
  Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
- 23
- 4
- 14
- - 23
  - 4
  - 14

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Dunhill/ABC

32
- Moon Shadow
  Cat Stevens
- 30
- 30
- 9
- - 30
  - 30
  - 9

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

A&M

33
- Go Down Gamblin'
  Blood, Sweat & Tears
- 37
- 33
- 4
- - 37
  - 33
  - 4

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

34
- Mighty Clouds Of Joy
  B.J. Thomas
- 36
- 34
- 8
- - 36
  - 34
  - 8

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Scepter

35
- I Woke Up In Love This Morning
  The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones Featuring David Cassidy
- 63
- 35
- 2
- - 63
  - 35
  - 2

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bell

36
- I'm Leavin'
  Elvis Presley
- 38
- 36
- 7
- - 38
  - 36
  - 7

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA Victor

37
- Mother Freedom
  Bread
- 39
- 37
- 6
- - 39
  - 37
  - 6

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Elektra

38
- Stick-Up
  The Honey Cone
- 42
- 38
- 3
- - 42
  - 38
  - 3

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Hot Wax

39
- Tired Of Being Alone
  Al Green
- 41
- 39
- 5
- - 41
  - 39
  - 5

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Hi

40
- Double Barrel
  Dave & Ansil Collins
- 28
- 22
- 11
- - 28
  - 22
  - 11

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Big Tree

41
- Where You Lead
  Barbra Streisand
- 43
- 41
- 5
- - 43
  - 41
  - 5

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

42
- I Likes To Do It
  The People's Choice
- 47
- 42
- 5
- - 47
  - 42
  - 5

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Phil-L.A. of Soul

43
- Bangla-Desh/Deep Blue
  George Harrison
- 67
- 43
- 2
- - 67
  - 43
  - 2

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Apple

44
- Saturday Morning Confusion
  Bobby Russell