Top 20 Song Chart for August 14, 1971 |
| LW | TW | peak |
| 1 | 1 | How Can You Mend A Broken Heart | ▲ |
| Bee Gees |
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| 2 | 2 | Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) | ▲ |
| Marvin Gaye |
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| 12 | 3 | Spanish Harlem | 1 |
| Aretha Franklin |
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| 7 | 4 | What The World Needs Now Is Love/Abraham, Martin And John | ▲ |
| Tom Clay |
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| 3 | 5 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3 |
| John Denver With Fat City |
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| 4 | 6 | Draggin' The Line | 4 |
| Tommy James |
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| 11 | 7 | Signs | ▲ |
| Five Man Electrical Band |
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| 5 | 8 | Bring The Boys Home | 5 |
| Freda Payne |
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| 13 | 9 | Stick-Up | 4 |
| The Honey Cone |
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| 8 | 10 | You've Got A Friend | 1 |
| James Taylor |
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| 14 | 11 | Beginnings | ▲ |
| Chicago |
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| 15 | 12 | Smiling Faces, Sometimes | 1 |
| The Undisputed Truth |
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| 16 | 13 | Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get | 7 |
| The Dramatics |
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| 10 | 14 | Hot Pants Pt. 1 (She Got To Use What She Got To Get What She Wants) | 10 |
| James Brown |
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| - | 15 | Ain't No Sunshine | 5 |
| Bill Withers |
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| - | 16 | K-Jee | ▲ |
| The Nite-Liters |
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| 6 | 17 | Don't Pull Your Love | 1 |
| Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds |
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| 18 | 18 | Colour My World | ▲ |
| Chicago |
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| - | 19 | Riders On The Storm | 14 |
| The Doors |
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| 9 | 20 | Sooner Or Later | 9 |
| The Grass Roots |
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