Top 100 songs for September 5, 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 “War” by Edwin Starr. Meanwhile, “Out In The Country” by Three Dog Night rises from No. 90 to No. 68. 11 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Out In The Country — Three Dog Nightup 22 places, No. 90 → No. 68
- Do What You Wanna Do — Five Flights Upup 20 places, No. 93 → No. 73
- Screaming Night Hog — Steppenwolfup 17 places, No. 86 → No. 69
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Closer To Home (I'm Your Captain) — Grand Funk RailroadNo. 35
- Joanne — Michael Nesmith & The First National BandNo. 36
- Peace Will Come (According To Plan) — MelanieNo. 37
- Neanderthal Man — HotlegsNo. 38
- All Right Now — FreeNo. 40
First-week entries
- Look What They've Done To My Song Ma — The New Seekers featuring Eve GrahamNo. 70
- Somebody's Been Sleeping — 100 Proof Aged in SoulNo. 81
- It's Only Make Believe — Glen CampbellNo. 82
- Indiana Wants Me — R. Dean TaylorNo. 86
- Greenwood Mississippi — Little RichardNo. 88
- (Baby) Turn On To Me — The ImpressionsNo. 93
- Gypsy Woman — Brian HylandNo. 94
- Empty Pages — TrafficNo. 95
- I Have Learned To Do Without You — Mavis StaplesNo. 96
- Looky Looky (Look At Me Girl) — The O'JaysNo. 99
- Fire And Rain — Johnny Rivers & FriendsNo. 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.