RockOnTheNet presents The Top Pop Songs Of All Time !
We have ranked the top pop songs that have charted over the past 50+ years on The ARC Weekly Top 40 and Billboard Hot 100, and come up with
a definitive list that will continue to expand as we add to it, and continue to modify as new songs chart on The ARC Weekly Top 40.




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THE ARC WEEKLY TOP 40 ARCHIVES:

TOP POP SONGS OF 1970:





1 Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head

from the LP
Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
Billboard chart run: 37 - 25 - 13 - 9 - 5 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 14 - 27 - 30 - off
B.J. Thomas B.J. Thomas - "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
1(4) 19
2 I'll Be There

from the LP
Third Album
Billboard chart run: 40 - 19 - 6 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 14 - 16 - 29 - off
Jackson 5 Jackson 5 - "I'll Be There" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
1(5) 16
3 I Think I Love You

from the LP
The Partridge Family Album
Billboard chart run: 17 - 7 - 4 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 4 - 6 - 6 - 5 - 5 - 11 - 15 - 22 - 25 - off
Partridge Family Partridge Family - "I Think I Love You" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
1(3) 16
4 Bridge Over Troubled Water

from the LP
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Billboard chart run: 13 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 5 - 6 - 9 - 14 - 21 - off
Simon & Garfunkel Simon & Garfunkel - "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
1(6) 13
5 (They Long To Be) Close To You

from the LP
Close To You
Billboard chart run: 37 - 14 - 7 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 8 - 8 - 17 - 31 - off
The Carpenters The Carpenters - "(They Long To Be) Close To You" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
1(4) 15
6 I Want You Back

from the LP
Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5
Billboard chart run: 27 - 19 - 17 - 8 - 7 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 4 - 13 - 14 - 24 - 33 - off
Jackson 5 Jackson 5 - "I Want You Back" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
1(1) 16
7 The Tears Of A Clown Smokey Robinson
& The Miracles
  1(2) 14
8 Let It Be The Beatles   1(2) 13
9 We've Only Just Begun The Carpenters   2 14
10 War Edwin Starr   1(3) 13
11 American Woman / No Sugar Tonight Guess Who   1(3) 14
12 Band Of Gold Freda Payne   3 14
13 Make It With You Bread   1(1) 13
14 Ain't No Mountain High Enough Diana Ross   1(3) 13
15 Mama Told Me (Not To Come) Three Dog Night   1(2) 13
16 ABC Jackson 5   1(2) 12
17 Get Ready Rare Earth   4 17
18 The Love You Save / I Found That Girl Jackson 5   1(2) 12
19 Spirit In The Sky Norman Greenbaum   3 14
20 Cracklin' Rose Neil Diamond   1(1) 14
21 Fire And Rain James Taylor   3 14
22 Candida Dawn   3 13
23 Hitchin' A Ride Vanity Fare   5 14
24 Venus Shocking Blue   1(1) 13
25 Ball Of Confusion
(That's What The World Is Today)
The Temptations   3 13
26 Whole Lotta Love Led Zeppelin   4 13
27 Everything Is Beautiful Ray Stevens   1(2) 13
28 Spill The Wine Eric Burdon & War   3 13
29 Gypsy Woman Brian Hyland   3 13
30 Green-Eyed Lady Sugarloaf   3 12
31 Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf
Again) / Everybody Is A Star
Sly & The Family Stone   1(2) 12
32 Instant Karma John Lennon   3 12
33 Love On A Two-Way Street The Moments   3 14
34 All Right Now Free   4 13
35 Which Way You Goin' Billy Poppy Family   2 13
36 Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) Stevie Wonder   3 13
37 Lookin' Out My Back Door /
Long As I Can See The Light
Creedence Clearwater
Revival
  2 12
38 Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) Melanie with the
Edwin Hawkins Singers
  6 14
39 Indiana Wants Me R. Dean Taylor   5 13
40 Julie, Do Ya Love Me Bobby Sherman   5 13
41 Patches Clarence Carter   4 12
42 Love Grows (Where MyRosemary Goes) Edison Lighthouse   5 12
43 Ride Captain Ride Blues Image   4 12
44 Hey There Lonely Girl Eddie Holman   2 12
45 The Rapper The Jaggerz   2 11
46 The Long And Winding Road /
For You Blue
The Beatles   1(2) 10
47 Rainy Night In Georgia Brook Benton   4 12
48 In The Summertime Mungo Jerry   3 11
49 Stoned Love The Supremes   7 12
50 Cecilia Simon & Garfunkel   4 12
51 Give Me Just A Little More Time Chairmen Of The Board   3 12
52 O-O-H Child The 5 Stairsteps   8 11
53 Turn Back The Hands Of Time Tyrone Davis   3 11
54 Come And Get It Badfinger   7 11
55 25 Or 6 To 4 Chicago   4 11
56 Tighter, Tighter Alive 'N Kickin'   7 10
57 He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother The Hollies   7 11
58 Up Around The Bend /
Run Through The Jungle
Creedence Clearwater
Revival
  4 10
59 Travelin' Band / Who'll Stop The Rain Creedence Clearwater
Revival
  2 9
60 Snowbird Anne Murray   8 11
61 Don't Cry Daddy / Rubberneckin' Elvis Presley   6 11
62 Reflections Of My Life Marmalade   10 11
63 Vehicle Ides Of March   2 10
64 Love Or Let Me Be Lonely Friends Of Distinction   6 11
65 No Time Guess Who   5 10
66 Midnight Cowboy Ferrante & Tiecher   10 11
67 House Of The Rising Sun Frjid Pink   7 11
68 Arizona Mark Linday   10 11
69 Something's Burning Kenny Rogers
& The First Edition
  11 12
70 Easy Come, Easy Go Bobby Sherman   9 11
71 Lola The Kinks   9 12
72 Without Love (There Is Nothing) Tom Jones   5 10
73 Ma Belle Amie Tee Set   5 10
74 (I Know) I'm Losing You Rare Earth   7 11
75 Montego Bay Bobby Bloom   8 11
76 Jam Up Jelly Tight Tommy Roe   8 11
77 Up The Ladder To The Roof The Supremes   10 10
78 The Wonder Of You /
Mama Liked The Roses
Elvis Presley   9 11
79 Make Me Smile Chicago   9 11
80 I'll Never Fall In Love Again Dionne Warwick   6 10
81 Psychedelic Shack The Temptations   7 10
82 The Letter Joe Cocker   7 9
83 Gimme Dat Ding The Pimpkins   9 10
84 Somebody's Been Sleeping 100 Proof Aged In Soul   8 10
85 Woodstock Crosby, Stills, Nash
& Young
  11 10
86 Express Yourself Charles Wright & The
Watts 103rd Street
Rhythm Band
  12 10
87 Jingle Jangle The Archies   10 10
88 (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then)
Why Can't I Touch You?
Ronnie Dyson   8 9
89 Evil Ways Santana   9 11
90 La La La (If I Had You) Bobby Sherman   9 9
91 Still Water (Love) The Four Tops   11 10
92 I Just Can't Help Believing B.J. Thomas   9 10
93 My Baby Loves Lovin' White Plains   13 10
94 Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) The Delfonics   10 10
95 No Matter What Badfinger   8 9
96 5-10-15-20 (25-30 Years Of Love) The Presidents   11 9
97 Walk A Mile In My Shoes Joe South   12 9
98 For The Love Of Him Bobbi Martin   13 10
99 United We Stand Brotherhood Of Man   13 10
100 It Don't Matter To Me Bread   10 9

Chart to be extended as the Top Pop Songs of All Time rankings are expanded.



Based on songs that peaked in 1970 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Chart methodology used for the
ARC Weekly Top 40 applied to the chart runs to determine final rankings.




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