Top 20 Song Chart for December 25, 1971 |
Melanie has the number one hit this week with Brand New Key. Michael Jackson finds the number two position this week with Got To Be There. At number three this week is Don McLean with American Pie. |
| 3 | 1 | Brand New Key | ▲ |
| Melanie |
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| 2 | 2 | Got To Be There | ▲ |
| Michael Jackson |
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| 7 | 3 | American Pie | 1 |
| Don McLean |
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| 1 | 4 | Family Affair | 1 |
| Sly & The Family Stone |
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| 5 | 5 | Scorpio | 4 |
| Dennis Coffey And The Detroit Guitar Band |
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| 4 | 6 | An Old Fashioned Love Song | 4 |
| Three Dog Night |
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| 6 | 7 | All I Ever Need Is You | 6 |
| Sonny & Cher |
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| 8 | 8 | Theme From Shaft | 1 |
| Isaac Hayes |
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| 10 | 9 | Cherish | ▲ |
| David Cassidy |
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| 9 | 10 | Baby I'm-A Want You | 5 |
| Bread |
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| 14 | 11 | You Are Everything | 5 |
| The Stylistics |
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| 18 | 12 | Let's Stay Together | 1 |
| Al Green |
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| 20 | 13 | One Monkey Don't Stop No Show | 7 |
| The Honey Cone |
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| 17 | 14 | Sunshine | 5 |
| Jonathan Edwards |
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| 19 | 15 | Clean Up Woman | 4 |
| Betty Wright |
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| 16 | 16 | Happy Xmas (War Is Over) | ▲ |
| John & Yoko And The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir |
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| - | 17 | Hey, Girl | 13 |
| Donny Osmond |
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| - | 18 | Jingle Bells | ▲ |
| Don Charles Presents The Singing Dogs |
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| - | 19 | Day After Day | 1 |
| Badfinger |
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| - | 20 | Sugar Daddy | 6 |
| The Jackson 5 |
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