Top 20 Song Chart for December 4, 1971 |
| LW | TW | peak |
| 3 | 1 | Family Affair | ▲ |
| Sly & The Family Stone |
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| 1 | 2 | Theme From Shaft | 1 |
| Isaac Hayes |
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| 5 | 3 | Got To Be There | 2 |
| Michael Jackson |
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| 2 | 4 | Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves | 1 |
| Cher |
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| 6 | 5 | Scorpio | 4 |
| Dennis Coffey And The Detroit Guitar Band |
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| 4 | 6 | Have You Seen Her | 4 |
| The Chi-Lites |
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| 13 | 7 | Brand New Key | 1 |
| Melanie |
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| 10 | 8 | An Old Fashioned Love Song | 4 |
| Three Dog Night |
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| 8 | 9 | Baby I'm-A Want You | 5 |
| Bread |
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| 15 | 10 | Cherish | 9 |
| David Cassidy |
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| 14 | 11 | All I Ever Need Is You | 6 |
| Sonny & Cher |
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| 9 | 12 | Peace Train | 4 |
| Cat Stevens |
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| 18 | 13 | Stones | 11 |
| Neil Diamond |
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| 12 | 14 | Two Divided By Love | 12 |
| The Grass Roots |
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| 7 | 15 | Imagine | 1 |
| John Lennon Plastic Ono Band |
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| 17 | 16 | Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are) | ▲ |
| The Temptations |
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| 16 | 17 | Maggie May | 1 |
| Rod Stewart |
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| 19 | 18 | Questions 67 And 68 | 17 |
| Chicago |
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| 11 | 19 | Rock Steady | 9 |
| Aretha Franklin |
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| - | 20 | Everybody's Everything | 18 |
| Santana |
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