Top 100 songs for September 11, 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 “Go Away Little Girl” by Donny Osmond. Meanwhile, “Superstar/Bless The Beasts And Children” by Carpenters rises from No. 49 to No. 17. 15 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Superstar/Bless The Beasts And Children — Carpentersup 32 places, No. 49 → No. 17
- Make It Funky (Part 1) — James Brownup 26 places, No. 56 → No. 30
- Hijackin' Love — Johnnie Taylor (The Soul Philosopher)up 23 places, No. 89 → No. 66
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Superstar/Bless The Beasts And Children — CarpentersNo. 17
- Make It Funky (Part 1) — James BrownNo. 30
- Sweet City Woman — StampedersNo. 35
- K-Jee — The Nite-LitersNo. 39
- Surrender — Diana RossNo. 40
First-week entries
- One Fine Morning — LighthouseNo. 75
- Talk It Over In The Morning — Anne MurrayNo. 76
- MacArthur Park (Part II) — Four TopsNo. 78
- Ghetto Woman — B.B. KingNo. 79
- Get It While You Can — Janis JoplinNo. 80
- Birds Of A Feather — The RaidersNo. 81
- Yo-Yo — The OsmondsNo. 85
- Pin The Tail On The Donkey — The NewcomersNo. 87
- Some Of Shelly's Blues — Nitty Gritty Dirt BandNo. 90
- That's The Way A Woman Is — MessengersNo. 93
- Handbags And Gladrags — ChaseNo. 95
- Can You Get To That — FunkadelicNo. 96
- Solo — Billie SansNo. 98
- Summer Side Of Life — Gordon LightfootNo. 99
- Black Seeds Keep On Growing — The Main IngredientNo. 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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