1970 Year End Charts

Top Songs of 1970
Rank	Song	Artist	Plays
1	Across the Universe	The Beatles	105
2	Closer to Home (I'm Your Captain)	Grand Funk Railroad	102
3	Layla	Derek & the Dominoes	101
4	Cygnet Committee	David Bowie	99
5	Whole Lotta Love	Led Zeppelin	98
6	War	Edwin Starr	96
7	(They Long to Be) Close to You	The Carpenters	91
8	Child in Time	Deep Purple	91
9	My Sweet Lord	George Harrison	89
10	Bride Over Troubled Water	Simon & Garfunkel	86
11	Paranoid	Black Sabbath	84
12	I'll Never Fall in Love Again	Dionne Warwick	83
13	Ramble On	Led Zeppelin	83
14	Cecilia	Simon & Garfunkel	81
15	1970	The Stooges	80
16	Ohio	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	80
17	Hi-De-Ho	Blood Sweat & Tears	79
18	One Toke Over the Line	Brewer & Shipley	79
19	Thank You	Led Zeppelin	79
20	American Woman	The Guess Who	78
21	Box of Rain	Grateful Dead	78
22	I Think I Love You	The Partridge Family	77
23	Anyday	Derek & the Dominoes	77
24	Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)	Stevie Wonder	76
25	Immigrant Song	Led Zeppelin	75
26	Big Yellow Taxi	Joni Mitchell	75
27	Iron Man	Black Sabbath	74
28	Ain't No Mountain High Enough	Diana Ross	72
29	Friend of the Devil	Grateful Dead	72
30	Pharaoh's Dance	Miles Davis	71
31	I Want You Back	The Jackson 5	70
32	Our House	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	70
33	Tangerine	Led Zeppelin	70
34	Singing Winds, Crying Beasts	Santana	69
35	Lookin' Out My Back Door	Creedence Clearwater Revival	68
36	Affair in Aruba	Les Baxter	67
37	The Letter	Joe Cocker	67
38	Out in the Country	Three Dog Night	66
39	Don't Let it Bring You Down	Neil Young	64
40	Heartbreaker	Led Zeppelin	64
41	Morning on the Meadow	Les Baxter	63
42	Evrybody Wants to be a Cat	Scatman Crothers (Aristocats)	61
43	Sugar Magnolia	Grateful Dead	61
44	Up Around the Bend	Creedence Clearwater Revival	60
45	Can You See Me	Glass Harp	59
46	Moby Dick	Led Zeppelin	59
47	At My Window	The Beach Boys	59
48	Montego Bay	Bobby Bloom	58
49	Everything is Beautiful	Ray Stevens	57
50	Ramble Tamble	Creedence Clearwater Revival	57
1970
Top Albums
Rank	Album	Artist	Units (M)
1	Bridge Over Troubled Water	Simon & Garfunkel	6.8
2	American Beauty	Grateful Dead	5.5
3	Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs	Derek and the Dominoes	5.3
4	Led Zeppelin II	Led Zeppelin	5.0
5	After the Gold Rush	Neil Young	4.7
6	Bitches Brew	Miles Davis	4.2
7	Paranoid	Black Sabbath	4.1
8	Cosmo's Factory	Creedence Clearwater Revival	3.6
9	Déjà vu	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	3.5
10	Let it Be	The Beatles	3.5
Top Books
Rank	Book	Author	Units (M)
1	Play It As It Lays	Joan Didion	2.9
2	Future Shock	Alvin Toffler	2.8
3	Rich Man, Poor Man	Irwin Shaw	2.3
4	Ringworld	Larry Niven	2.2
5	Ball Four	Jim Bouton	2.2
6	The Archaeology of Knowledge	Michel Foucault	2.1
7	The Greatest Salesman in the World	Og Mandino	2.1
8	QB VII	Leon Uris	1.8
9	Great Lion of God	Taylor Caldwell	1.7
10	Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind	Shunryu Suzuki	1.6
Top Movies
Rank	Movie		Units (M)
1	Zabriskie Point		10.5
2	Love Story		10.3
3	Scrooge		9.6
4	Ryan's Daughter		8.5
5	Waterloo		8.5
6	The Aristocats		8.3
7	Valerie and Her Week of Wonders		7.9
8	Patton		7.8
9	The Wild Child		7.2
10	Colossus: The Forbin Project		6.8