Top 100 songs for December 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 “Family Affair” by Sly & The Family Stone. Meanwhile, “Hey Girl/I Knew You When” by Donny Osmond rises from No. 70 to No. 32. 12 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Hey Girl/I Knew You When — Donny Osmondup 38 places, No. 70 → No. 32
- Drowning In The Sea Of Love — Joe Simonup 37 places, No. 80 → No. 43
- American Pie (Parts I & II) — Don McLeanup 35 places, No. 69 → No. 34
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Hey Girl/I Knew You When — Donny OsmondNo. 32
- American Pie (Parts I & II) — Don McLeanNo. 34
- Sunshine — Jonathan EdwardsNo. 36
- An American Trilogy — Mickey NewburyNo. 37
- Behind Blue Eyes — The WhoNo. 38
- I'm A Greedy Man - Part I — James BrownNo. 39
- Your Move (I've Seen All Good People) — YesNo. 40
First-week entries
- I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony) — The New SeekersNo. 61
- Let's Stay Together — Al GreenNo. 68
- Day After Day — BadfingerNo. 74
- Lay Lady Lay — The Isley BrothersNo. 82
- Once You Understand — ThinkNo. 86
- Looking For A Love — The J. Geils BandNo. 87
- Carolyn — Merle Haggard And The StrangersNo. 88
- No Sad Song — Helen ReddyNo. 90
- George Jackson — Bob DylanNo. 93
- The Girl Who Loved Me When — The Glass Bottle featuring Gary CrissNo. 96
- Devil You — StampedersNo. 98
- Daisy Mae — Hamilton, Joe Frank & ReynoldsNo. 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.