Top 100 songs for August 1, 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, “Patches” by Clarence Carter rises from No. 60 to No. 29. 12 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Patches — Clarence Carterup 31 places, No. 60 → No. 29
- Get Up (I Feel Like Being Like A) Sex Machine (Part 1) — James Brownup 27 places, No. 57 → No. 30
- Sing A Song For Freedom — Frijid Pinkup 23 places, No. 90 → No. 67
New to this week’s Top 10
- Spill The Wine — Eric Burdon And WarNo. 7
- Tighter, Tighter — Alive & KickingNo. 9
New to this week’s Top 40
- Overture From Tommy (A Rock Opera) — The Assembled MultitudeNo. 28
- Patches — Clarence CarterNo. 29
- Get Up (I Feel Like Being Like A) Sex Machine (Part 1) — James BrownNo. 30
- Summertime Blues — The WhoNo. 33
- The Sly, Slick, And The Wicked — The Lost GenerationNo. 34
- Everybody's Got The Right To Love — The SupremesNo. 37
- 25 Or 6 To 4 — ChicagoNo. 38
- Do You See My Love (For You Growing) — Jr. Walker & The All StarsNo. 39
First-week entries
- (I Know) I'm Losing You — Rare EarthNo. 61
- Julie, Do Ya Love Me — Bobby ShermanNo. 71
- Hi-De-Ho — Blood, Sweat & TearsNo. 72
- I've Lost You/The Next Step Is Love — Elvis PresleyNo. 85
- Mill Valley — Miss Abrams And The Strawberry Point School Third Grade ClassNo. 92
- Black Hands White Cotton — The CabooseNo. 94
- Only You Know And I Know — Dave MasonNo. 95
- Everything's Tuesday — Chairman Of The BoardNo. 96
- Yours Love — Joe SimonNo. 97
- Ball And Chain — Tommy JamesNo. 98
- A Song That Never Comes — Mama Cass ElliotNo. 99
- Bring It On Home — Lou RawlsNo. 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.