Top 100 songs for May 16, 1970
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1970 and the 1970s.
This week’s No. 1 is “American Woman/No Sugar Tonight” by The Guess Who. Meanwhile, “It's All In The Game” by Four Tops rises from No. 76 to No. 47. 14 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- It's All In The Game — Four Topsup 29 places, No. 76 → No. 47
- Question — The Moody Bluesup 25 places, No. 78 → No. 53
- Soolaimón (African Trilogy II) — Neil Diamondup 24 places, No. 57 → No. 33
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
First-week entries
- The Wonder Of You/Mama Liked The Roses — Elvis PresleyNo. 66
- Whoever Finds This, I Love You — Mac DavisNo. 72
- Check Out Your Mind — The ImpressionsNo. 76
- Come To Me — Tommy James And The ShondellsNo. 77
- Killer Joe — Quincy JonesNo. 79
- Hey, Mister Sun — Bobby ShermanNo. 81
- Mississippi — John PhillipsNo. 83
- So Much Love — Faith, Hope And CharityNo. 85
- Red Red Wine — Vic DanaNo. 87
- Let This Be A Letter (To My Baby) — Jackie WilsonNo. 91
- I Want To (Do Everything For You) — RaelettsNo. 97
- Cottage Cheese — CROWNo. 98
- That Same Old Feeling — The FortunesNo. 99
- That Same Old Feeling — PickettywitchNo. 100
First-week entries have one recorded chart week. Climbs and Top 10/Top 40 arrivals use recorded previous positions for consecutive chart weeks; returning songs without a previous position are not classified as debuts.