Top 100 songs for November 27, 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 “Theme From Shaft” by Isaac Hayes. Meanwhile, “(I Know) I'm Losing You” by Rod Stewart With Faces rises from No. 79 to No. 38. 13 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- (I Know) I'm Losing You — Rod Stewart With Facesup 41 places, No. 79 → No. 38
- An Old Fashioned Love Song — Three Dog Nightup 25 places, No. 39 → No. 14
- Stones/Crunchy Granola Suite — Neil Diamondup 24 places, No. 47 → No. 23
New to this week’s Top 10
- Rock Steady — Aretha FranklinNo. 9
- Desiderata — Les CraneNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Stones/Crunchy Granola Suite — Neil DiamondNo. 23
- Brand New Key — MelanieNo. 33
- You Are Everything — The StylisticsNo. 35
- (I Know) I'm Losing You — Rod Stewart With FacesNo. 38
- She's All I Got — Freddie NorthNo. 39
First-week entries
- American Pie (Parts I & II) — Don McLeanNo. 69
- Hey Girl/I Knew You When — Donny OsmondNo. 70
- Clean Up Woman — Betty WrightNo. 76
- Hey Big Brother — Rare EarthNo. 77
- Nothing To Hide — Tommy JamesNo. 78
- Drowning In The Sea Of Love — Joe SimonNo. 80
- Me And Bobby McGee — Jerry Lee LewisNo. 81
- I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony) — The Hillside SingersNo. 87
- Truckin' — Grateful DeadNo. 91
- Sour Suite — The Guess WhoNo. 94
- Love Is Funny That Way — Jackie WilsonNo. 98
- I'm Gonna Be A Country Girl Again — Buffy Sainte-MarieNo. 99
- Tightrope Ride — The DoorsNo. 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.