Billboard Hot 100

Week of August 28, 1971

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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How Can You Mend A Broken Heart

Bee Gees

Last week

Weeks at no. 1

Weeks on chart

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atco

LF System’s ‘Afraid to Feel’ Enters Week 6 Atop U.K. Singles Chart

Billboard Hot 100

Week of August 28, 1971

This Week

Award

Last Week

Peak Pos.

Wks on Chart

1
- How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
  Bee Gees
- 1
- 1
- 10
- - 1
  - 1
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atco

2
- Take Me Home, Country Roads
  John Denver
- 3
- 2
- 19
- - 3
  - 2
  - 19

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA Victor

3
- Signs
  Five Man Electrical Band
- 8
- 3
- 14
- - 8
  - 3
  - 14

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Lionel

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

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tamla

5
- Mr. Big Stuff
  Jean Knight
- 2
- 2
- 14
- - 2
  - 2
  - 14

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Stax

6
- Sweet Hitch-Hiker
  Creedence Clearwater Revival
- 6
- 6
- 7
- - 6
  - 6
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Fantasy

7
- Liar
  Three Dog Night
- 10
- 7
- 8
- - 10
  - 7
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Dunhill/ABC

8
- Smiling Faces Sometimes
  The Undisputed Truth
- 12
- 8
- 10
- - 12
  - 8
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Gordy

9
- Spanish Harlem
  Aretha Franklin
- 14
- 9
- 5
- - 14
  - 9
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

10
- Go Away Little Girl
  Donny Osmond
- 24
- 10
- 4
- - 24
  - 10
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MGM

11
- Beginnings/Colour My World
  Chicago
- 7
- 7
- 10
- - 7
  - 7
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

12
- Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
  Paul & Linda McCartney
- 21
- 12
- 3
- - 21
  - 12
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Apple

13
- Ain't No Sunshine
  Bill Withers
- 23
- 13
- 7
- - 23
  - 13
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

W.Withers, Jr.

Producer(s):

B.T.Jones

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Sussex

14
- You've Got A Friend
  James Taylor
- 5
- 1
- 13
- - 5
  - 1
  - 13

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner

15
- Riders On The Storm
  The Doors
- 16
- 15
- 9
- - 16
  - 15
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Elektra

16
- Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get
  The Dramatics
- 19
- 16
- 9
- - 19
  - 16
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Volt

17
- Draggin' The Line
  Tommy James
- 9
- 4
- 12
- - 9
  - 4
  - 12

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Roulette

18
- I Just Want To Celebrate
  Rare Earth
- 22
- 18
- 7
- - 22
  - 18
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Rare Earth

19
- Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian)
  The Raiders
- 11
- 1
- 21
- - 11
  - 1
  - 21

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

20
- What The World Needs Now Is Love/Abraham, Martin and John
  Tom Clay
- 17
- 8
- 8
- - 17
  - 8
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mowest

21
- It's Too Late/I Feel The Earth Move
  Carole King
- 13
- 1
- 17
- - 13
  - 1
  - 17

22
- Hot Pants (She Got To Use What She Got To Get What She Wants) (Pt. 1)
  James Brown
- 15
- 15
- 9
- - 15
  - 15
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

People

23
- Won't Get Fooled Again
  The Who
- 30
- 23
- 7
- - 30
  - 23
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Decca

24
- Never Ending Song Of Love
  Delaney & Bonnie & Friends
- 18
- 13
- 15
- - 18
  - 13
  - 15

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atco

25
- I Woke Up In Love This Morning
  The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones Featuring David Cassidy
- 35
- 25
- 3
- - 35
  - 25
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bell

26
- If Not For You
  Olivia Newton-John
- 27
- 26
- 14
- - 27
  - 26
  - 14

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Uni

27
- Stick-Up
  The Honey Cone
- 38
- 27
- 4
- - 38
  - 27
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Hot Wax

28
- Bring The Boys Home
  Freda Payne
- 25
- 12
- 13
- - 25
  - 12
  - 13

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Invictus

29
- Rings
  Cymarron
- 26
- 17
- 12
- - 26
  - 17
  - 12

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Entrance

30
- Maybe Tomorrow
  Jackson 5
- 20
- 20
- 8
- - 20
  - 20
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Motown

31
- Bangla-Desh/Deep Blue
  George Harrison
- 43
- 31
- 3
- - 43
  - 31
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Apple

32
- Go Down Gamblin'
  Blood, Sweat & Tears
- 33
- 32
- 5
- - 33
  - 32
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

33
- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
  Joan Baez
- 54
- 33
- 3
- - 54
  - 33
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Vanguard

34
- Mighty Clouds Of Joy
  B.J. Thomas
- 34
- 34
- 9
- - 34
  - 34
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Scepter

35
- Tired Of Being Alone
  Al Green
- 39
- 35
- 6
- - 39
  - 35
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

36
- Maggie May/Reason To Believe
  Rod Stewart
- 46
- 36
- 7
- - 46
  - 36
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury

37
- Love The One You're With
  The Isley Brothers
- 28
- 18
- 11
- - 28
  - 18
  - 11

Imprint/Promotion Label:

T-Neck

38
- Saturday Morning Confusion
  Bobby Russell
- 44
- 38
- 8
- - 44
  - 38
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

United Artists

39
- You've Got A Friend
  Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
- 29
- 29
- 12
- - 29
  - 29
  - 12

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

40
- Where You Lead
  Barbra Streisand
- 41
- 40
- 6
- - 41
  - 40
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

41
- The Story In Your Eyes
  The Moody Blues
- 49
- 41
- 4
- - 49
  - 41
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Threshold

42
- I Likes To Do It
  The People's Choice
- 42
- 42
- 6
- - 42
  - 42
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Phil-L.A. of Soul

Billboard Hot 100

Week of August 28, 1971

Billboard Hot 100

How Can You Mend A Broken Heart

Imprint/Promotion Label:

LF System’s ‘Afraid to Feel’ Enters Week 6 Atop U.K. Singles Chart

Billboard Hot 100

Gains in Weekly Performance

Additional Awards

How Can You Mend A Broken Heart

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Take Me Home, Country Roads

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Signs

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology)

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mr. Big Stuff

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Sweet Hitch-Hiker

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Liar

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Smiling Faces Sometimes

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Spanish Harlem

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Go Away Little Girl

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Beginnings/Colour My World

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Ain't No Sunshine

Songwriter(s):

Producer(s):

Imprint/Promotion Label:

You've Got A Friend

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Riders On The Storm

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Draggin' The Line

Imprint/Promotion Label:

I Just Want To Celebrate

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian)

Imprint/Promotion Label:

What The World Needs Now Is Love/Abraham, Martin and John

Imprint/Promotion Label:

It's Too Late/I Feel The Earth Move

Hot Pants (She Got To Use What She Got To Get What She Wants) (Pt. 1)

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Won't Get Fooled Again

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Never Ending Song Of Love

Imprint/Promotion Label:

I Woke Up In Love This Morning

Imprint/Promotion Label:

If Not For You

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Stick-Up

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bring The Boys Home

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Rings

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Maybe Tomorrow

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bangla-Desh/Deep Blue

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Go Down Gamblin'

Imprint/Promotion Label:

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mighty Clouds Of Joy

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tired Of Being Alone

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