Top 100 songs for July 25, 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 “(They Long To Be) Close To You” by Carpenters. Meanwhile, “In The Summertime” by Mungo Jerry rises from No. 68 to No. 32. 14 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- In The Summertime — Mungo Jerryup 36 places, No. 68 → No. 32
- Everybody's Got The Right To Love — The Supremesup 31 places, No. 74 → No. 43
- Patches — Clarence Carterup 30 places, No. 90 → No. 60
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
First-week entries
- 25 Or 6 To 4 — ChicagoNo. 50
- America, Communicate With Me — Ray StevensNo. 71
- Wigwam — Bob DylanNo. 74
- Girls Will Be Girls, Boys Will Be Boys — The Isley BrothersNo. 76
- Glory Glory — The RascalsNo. 77
- Black Fox — Freddy RobinsonNo. 84
- Something — Booker T. & The MG'sNo. 87
- Hummingbird — B.B. KingNo. 88
- Sing A Song For Freedom — Frijid PinkNo. 90
- It's Your Life — Andy KimNo. 92
- Candida — DawnNo. 97
- Morning Much Better — Ten Wheel Drive With Genya RavanNo. 98
- It's A Shame — The SpinnersNo. 99
- Big Yellow Taxi — Joni MitchellNo. 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.