Top 20 Song Chart for May 8, 1971 |
| LW | TW | peak |
| 1 | 1 | Joy To The World | ▲ |
| Three Dog Night |
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| 3 | 2 | Stay Awhile | ▲ |
| The Bells |
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| 4 | 3 | Never Can Say Goodbye | 2 |
| The Jackson 5 |
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| 2 | 4 | Put Your Hand In The Hand | 1 |
| Ocean |
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| 5 | 5 | Want Ads | 1 |
| The Honey Cone |
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| 6 | 6 | If | ▲ |
| Bread |
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| 9 | 7 | Bridge Over Troubled Water | 6 |
| Aretha Franklin |
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| 12 | 8 | Brown Sugar | 1 |
| The Rolling Stones |
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| 11 | 9 | Love Her Madly | ▲ |
| The Doors |
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| 15 | 10 | Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It) | 4 |
| Daddy Dewdrop |
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| 8 | 11 | Power To The People | 8 |
| John Lennon Plastic Ono Band |
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| 18 | 12 | It Don't Come Easy | 1 |
| Ringo Starr |
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| 10 | 13 | I Am... I Said | 3 |
| Neil Diamond |
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| 16 | 14 | Right On The Tip Of My Tongue | ▲ |
| Brenda & The Tabulations |
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| - | 15 | I Love You For All Seasons | ▲ |
| The Fuzz |
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| 14 | 16 | What's Going On | 1 |
| Marvin Gaye |
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| - | 17 | Timothy | ▲ |
| The Buoys |
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| 19 | 18 | Me And You And A Dog Named Boo | 4 |
| Lobo |
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| - | 19 | Sweet And Innocent | 8 |
| Donny Osmond |
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| 13 | 20 | Me And Bobby McGee | 1 |
| Janis Joplin |
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