Top 100 songs for August 21, 1971
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1971 and the 1970s.
This week’s No. 1 is “How Can You Mend A Broken Heart” by Bee Gees. Meanwhile, “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” by Paul & Linda McCartney rises from No. 65 to No. 21. 14 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey — Paul & Linda McCartneyup 44 places, No. 65 → No. 21
- I Woke Up In Love This Morning — The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones Featuring David Cassidyup 28 places, No. 63 → No. 35
- If You Really Love Me — Stevie Wonderup 28 places, No. 86 → No. 58
New to this week’s Top 10
- Sweet Hitch-Hiker — Creedence Clearwater RevivalNo. 6
- Liar — Three Dog NightNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
First-week entries
- Marianne — Stephen StillsNo. 64
- Waiting At The Bus Stop — Bobby ShermanNo. 67
- Stagger Lee — Tommy RoeNo. 74
- Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) — Kris KristoffersonNo. 77
- Easy Loving — Freddie HartNo. 79
- How Can I Unlove You — Lynn AndersonNo. 80
- Don't Try To Lay No Boogie-Woogie On The King Of Rock And Roll — John BaldryNo. 87
- Another Time, Another Place — Engelbert HumperdinckNo. 88
- A Song For You — Andy WilliamsNo. 89
- The Year That Clayton Delaney Died — Tom T. HallNo. 92
- I'm Just Me — Charley PrideNo. 94
- Roll On — The New Colony SixNo. 98
- Trapped By A Thing Called Love — Denise LaSalleNo. 99
- Lucky Me — MomentsNo. 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.
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