List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1971

These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1971.

Key
The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1971 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.

Issue Date	Song	Artist(s)
January 2	"My Sweet Lord" / "Isn't It a Pity"	George Harrison
January 9
January 16
January 23	"Knock Three Times"	Dawn
January 30
February 6
February 13	"One Bad Apple"	The Osmonds
February 20
February 27
March 6
March 13
March 20	"Me and Bobby McGee"	Janis Joplin
March 27	"Me and Bobby McGee"	Janis Joplin
April 3	"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)"	The Temptations
April 10	"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)"	The Temptations
April 17	"Joy to the World"	Three Dog Night
April 24
May 1
May 8
May 15
May 22
May 29	"Brown Sugar"	The Rolling Stones
June 5	"Brown Sugar"	The Rolling Stones
June 12	"Want Ads"	Honey Cone
June 19	"It's Too Late" / "I Feel the Earth Move"	Carole King
June 26
July 3
July 10
July 17
July 24	"Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)"	The Raiders
July 31	"You've Got a Friend"	James Taylor
August 7	"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"	Bee Gees
August 14
August 21
August 28
September 4	"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"	Paul & Linda McCartney
September 11	"Go Away Little Girl"	Donny Osmond
September 18
September 25
October 2	"Maggie May" / "Reason to Believe"	Rod Stewart
October 9
October 16
October 23
October 30
November 6	"Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves"	Cher
November 13	"Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves"	Cher
November 20	"Theme from Shaft"	Isaac Hayes
November 27	"Theme from Shaft"	Isaac Hayes
December 4	"Family Affair"	Sly and the Family Stone
December 11
December 18
December 25	"Brand New Key"	Melanie

Sources

Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (ISBN 0-8230-7677-6)
Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (ISBN 0-89820-180-2)
Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Seventies (ISBN 0-89820-076-8)
Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.

Lists of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles

1940–1959	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960–1979	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980–1999	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000–present	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

By decade	1940s 1950–1958 1958–1969 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s

See also	Hot 100 Year-end List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones

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