Top 20 Song Chart for January 5, 1974 |
| LW | TW | peak |
| 1 | 1 | Time In A Bottle | ▲ |
| Jim Croce |
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| 2 | 2 | The Most Beautiful Girl | 1 |
| Charlie Rich |
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| 5 | 3 | The Joker | 1 |
| The Steve Miller Band |
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| 8 | 4 | Show And Tell | 1 |
| Al Wilson |
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| 4 | 5 | Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress) | 4 |
| Helen Reddy |
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| 3 | 6 | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | 1 |
| Elton John |
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| 9 | 7 | Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up | ▲ |
| Barry White |
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| 10 | 8 | Smokin' In The Boys Room | 3 |
| Brownsville Station |
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| 14 | 9 | You're Sixteen | 1 |
| Ringo Starr |
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| 11 | 10 | Living For The City | ▲ |
| Stevie Wonder |
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| 15 | 11 | Let Me Be There | 4 |
| Olivia Newton-John |
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| 13 | 12 | I've Got To Use My Imagination | 7 |
| Gladys Knight & The Pips |
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| 18 | 13 | The Way We Were | 1 |
| Barbra Streisand |
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| 17 | 14 | Love's Theme | 1 |
| Love Unlimited Orchestra |
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| 7 | 15 | Hello It's Me | 5 |
| Todd Rundgren |
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| 19 | 16 | Helen Wheels | ▲ |
| Paul McCartney & Wings |
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| - | 17 | Livin' For You | ▲ |
| Al Green |
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| 6 | 18 | Top Of The World | 1 |
| Carpenters |
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| 16 | 19 | One Tin Soldier (The Legend Of Billy Jack) | 16 |
| Coven |
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| 20 | 20 | Me And Baby Brother | 17 |
| War |
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