Top 100 songs for January 5, 1974
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1974 and the 1970s.
This week’s No. 1 is “Time In A Bottle” by Jim Croce. Meanwhile, “Let Your Hair Down” by The Temptations rises from No. 65 to No. 46. 10 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Let Your Hair Down — The Temptationsup 19 places, No. 65 → No. 46
- "Joy" Pt. I — Isaac Hayesup 18 places, No. 62 → No. 44
- Jungle Boogie — Kool & The Gangup 17 places, No. 54 → No. 37
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Jungle Boogie — Kool & The GangNo. 37
- American Tune — Paul SimonNo. 39
- If We Make It Through December — Merle HaggardNo. 40
First-week entries
- Americans — Byron MacGregorNo. 65
- Last Time I Saw Him — Diana RossNo. 70
- Can This Be Real — Natural FourNo. 75
- Boogie Down — Eddie KendricksNo. 76
- You're So Unique — Billy PrestonNo. 86
- My Sweet Lady — Cliff DeYoungNo. 87
- Daddy What If — Bobby BareNo. 90
- Star — Stealers WheelNo. 92
- WOLD — Harry ChapinNo. 98
- Let Me Get To Know You — Paul AnkaNo. 99
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.