Top 100 songs for October 16, 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 “Maggie May/Reason To Believe” by Rod Stewart. Meanwhile, “Desiderata” by Les Crane rises from No. 87 to No. 54. 15 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Desiderata — Les Craneup 33 places, No. 87 → No. 54
- It's Only Love — Elvis Presleyup 32 places, No. 90 → No. 58
- Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) — Marvin Gayeup 27 places, No. 62 → No. 35
New to this week’s Top 10
- Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves — CherNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
First-week entries
- Theme From Shaft — Isaac HayesNo. 50
- Everybody's Everything — SantanaNo. 53
- You Think You're Hot Stuff — Jean KnightNo. 69
- Absolutely Right — Five Man Electrical BandNo. 70
- Jennifer — Bobby ShermanNo. 72
- Bless You — Martha Reeves & The VandellasNo. 74
- Life Is A Carnival — The BandNo. 80
- Respect Yourself — The Staple SingersNo. 82
- Are You Old Enough — Mark LindsayNo. 88
- All I Ever Need Is You — Sonny & CherNo. 89
- Mother — Barbra StreisandNo. 90
- Theme From "Summer Of '42" — Peter NeroNo. 91
- Banks Of The Ohio — Olivia Newton-JohnNo. 98
- Tell Me Why — Matthews' Southern ComfortNo. 99
- Where Did Our Love Go — Donnie ElbertNo. 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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