Top 100 songs for September 4, 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 “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” by Paul & Linda McCartney. Meanwhile, “So Far Away/Smackwater Jack” by Carole King rises from No. 71 to No. 39. 10 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- So Far Away/Smackwater Jack — Carole Kingup 32 places, No. 71 → No. 39
- Thin Line Between Love & Hate — The Persuadersup 30 places, No. 96 → No. 66
- Sweet City Woman — Stampedersup 18 places, No. 61 → No. 43
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep — Mac And Katie KissoonNo. 30
- The Story In Your Eyes — The Moody BluesNo. 31
- Do You Know What I Mean — Lee MichaelsNo. 34
- Wedding Song (There Is Love) — Paul StookeyNo. 36
- If You Really Love Me — Stevie WonderNo. 37
- Rain Dance — The Guess WhoNo. 38
- So Far Away/Smackwater Jack — Carole KingNo. 39
- I Likes To Do It — The People's ChoiceNo. 40
First-week entries
- Superstar/Bless The Beasts And Children — CarpentersNo. 49
- Ko-Ko Joe — Jerry ReedNo. 74
- California Kid And Reemo — LoboNo. 81
- A Long Time, A Long Way To Go — Runt-Todd RundgrenNo. 92
- Carey — Joni MitchellNo. 93
- He'd Rather Have The Rain — Heaven Bound with Tony ScottiNo. 94
- Desdemona — The SearchersNo. 96
- Military Madness — Graham NashNo. 97
- Women's Love Rights — Laura LeeNo. 98
- We're Friends By Day (And Lovers By Night) — WhatnautsNo. 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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