Top 20 Song Chart for October 17, 1970 |
| LW | TW | peak |
| 1 | 1 | I'll Be There | ▲ |
| The Jackson 5 |
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| 4 | 2 | Cracklin' Rosie | 1 |
| Neil Diamond |
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| 3 | 3 | Candida | ▲ |
| Dawn |
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| 5 | 4 | Express Yourself | ▲ |
| Charles Wright And The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band |
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| 9 | 5 | All Right Now | ▲ |
| Free |
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| 2 | 6 | Ain't No Mountain High Enough | 1 |
| Diana Ross |
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| 11 | 7 | We've Only Just Begun | 1 |
| Carpenters |
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| 13 | 8 | Somebody's Been Sleeping | 7 |
| 100 Proof Aged In Soul |
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| 7 | 9 | Snowbird | 5 |
| Anne Murray |
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| 14 | 10 | Look What They've Done To My Song Ma | ▲ |
| The New Seekers Featuring Eva Graham |
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| 12 | 11 | Super Bad (Parts 1 & 2) | 7 |
| James Brown |
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| - | 12 | Indiana Wants Me | 3 |
| R. Dean Taylor |
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| 17 | 13 | Out In The Country | 9 |
| Three Dog Night |
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| 6 | 14 | Julie, Do Ya Love Me | 1 |
| Bobby Sherman |
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| - | 15 | Lola | 10 |
| The Kinks |
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| - | 16 | Fire And Rain | 1 |
| James Taylor |
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| 16 | 17 | El Condor Pasa (If I Could) | 12 |
| Simon & Garfunkel |
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| - | 18 | Green-Eyed Lady | 6 |
| Sugarloaf |
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| 10 | 19 | Groovy Situation | 10 |
| Gene Chandler |
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| - | 20 | It Don't Matter To Me | 7 |
| Bread |
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