| TW | LW | | ARTIST | TITLE | WKS | NOTES |
|---|
| 1 | 1 | | Three Dog Night | Joy To The World | 9 | The first verse was originally a “dummy” verse Hoyt Axton wrote to work on the melody. It stuck. #1 song of the year. |
| 2 | 4 | | Bread | If | 6 | |
| 3 | 3 | | The Bells | Stay Awhile | 7 | |
| 4 | 2 | | Neil Diamond | I Am...I Said | 7 | |
| 5 | 5 | | Daddy Dewdrop | Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It) | 8 | |
| 6 | 11 | | The Jackson 5 | Never Can Say Goodbye | 6 | |
| 7 | 12 | | Lobo | Me And You And A Dog Named Boo | 5 | |
| 8 | 24 | | Donny Osmond | Sweet And Innocent | 4 | |
| 9 | 9 | | Ocean | Put Your Hand In The Hand | 10 | Written by Gene McClellan, who also wrote “Snowbird” |
| 10 | 18 | | Glen Campbell | Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) | 5 | |
| 11 | 26 | | Aretha Franklin | Bridge Over Troubled Water | 3 | |
| 12 | 13 | | Stevie Wonder | We Can Work It Out | 6 | |
| 15 | 15 | | The Fuzz | I Love You For All Seasons | 5 | |
| 16 | 16 | | Nilsson | Me And My Arrow | 4 | |
| 17 | 17 | | Dawn | I Play And Sing | 7 | |
| 19 | 19 | | Tin Tin | Toast And Marmalade For Tea | 5 | Chart movement: 28-28-19-19 |
| 21 | 37 | | Jerry Reed | When You're Hot, You're Hot | 2 | |
| 22 | 8 | | B.J. Thomas | No Love At All | 11 | |
| 23 | 30 | | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | I Don't Blame You At All | 4 | |
| 24 | 35 | | Richie Havens | Here Comes The Sun | 3 | |
| 25 | 25 | | John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band | Power To The People | 5 | |
| 27 | 32 | | The Doors | Love Her Madly | 4 | |
| 29 | 22 | | The Buoys | Timothy | 8 | Not a good sign when the best song you co-write is about cannibalism. Rupert Holmes & his girlfriend did “have half a brain”, so |
| 30 | HB | | The Honey Cone | Want Ads | 1 | |
| 31 | 40 | | Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose | Treat Her Like A Lady | 2 | |
| 32 | 33 | | Matthews' Southern Comfort | Woodstock | 4 | |
| 34 | HB | | Diana Ross | Reach Out I'll Be There | 1 | |
| 35 | 39 | | Brenda & The Tabulations | Right On The Tip Of My Tongue | 2 | |
| 36 | 38 | | The Kimberlys | Any Way That You Want Me | 2 | |
| 37 | -- | | The Rolling Stones | Brown Sugar | | |
| 38 | -- | | Ringo Starr | It Don't Come Easy | 1 | |
| 39 | HB | | Paul Humphrey & His Cool Aid Chemists | Cool Aid | 1 | |
| 40 | -- | | Bobby Goldsboro | And I Love You So | 1 | |