Top 20 Song Chart for April 17, 1971 |
| LW | TW | peak |
| 2 | 1 | Joy To The World | ▲ |
| Three Dog Night |
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| 1 | 2 | What's Going On | 1 |
| Marvin Gaye |
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| 8 | 3 | I Am... I Said | ▲ |
| Neil Diamond |
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| 10 | 4 | Never Can Say Goodbye | 2 |
| The Jackson 5 |
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| 12 | 5 | Put Your Hand In The Hand | 1 |
| Ocean |
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| 3 | 6 | Me And Bobby McGee | 1 |
| Janis Joplin |
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| 5 | 7 | Wild World | 5 |
| Cat Stevens |
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| 14 | 8 | (Where Do I Begin) Love Story | 7 |
| Andy Williams |
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| 6 | 9 | Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) | 1 |
| The Temptations |
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| 17 | 10 | One Toke Over The Line | ▲ |
| Brewer & Shipley |
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| - | 11 | Bridge Over Troubled Water | 6 |
| Aretha Franklin |
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| 15 | 12 | Stay Awhile | 2 |
| The Bells |
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| 19 | 13 | If | 6 |
| Bread |
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| 18 | 14 | Booty Butt | ▲ |
| The Ray Charles Orchestra |
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| 9 | 15 | Another Day | 5 |
| Paul McCartney |
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| - | 16 | Power To The People | 8 |
| John Lennon Plastic Ono Band |
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| 11 | 17 | Help Me Make It Through The Night | 6 |
| Sammi Smith |
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| 16 | 18 | What Is Life | 6 |
| George Harrison |
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| 13 | 19 | Doesn't Somebody Want To Be Wanted | 3 |
| The Partridge Family |
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| - | 20 | Friends | ▲ |
| Elton John |
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