POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 23, 1974
1

The Way We Were

Barbra Streisand

—

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 1

2

Seasons In The Sun

Terry Jacks

↑ 10

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 12

3

Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)

Aretha Franklin

↑ 1

Peak: 3 • 21 wks • Prev: 4

4

Spiders & Snakes

Jim Stafford

↑ 1

Peak: 3 • 23 wks • Prev: 5

5

Love's Theme

Love Unlimited Orchestra

↓ 3

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 2

6

Jungle Boogie

Kool & The Gang

↑ 2

Peak: 4 • 22 wks • Prev: 8

7

Boogie Down

Eddie Kendricks

↑ 2

Peak: 2 • 18 wks • Prev: 9

8

Rock On

David Essex

↑ 2

Peak: 5 • 25 wks • Prev: 10

9

You're Sixteen

Ringo Starr

↓ 6

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 3

10

Let Me Be There

Olivia Newton-John

↓ 3

Peak: 6 • 19 wks • Prev: 7

11

Put Your Hands Together

The O'Jays

↑ 2

Peak: 10 • 16 wks • Prev: 13

12

Americans

Byron MacGregor

↓ 6

Peak: 4 • 12 wks • Prev: 6

13

I Love

Tom T. Hall

↑ 2

Peak: 12 • 16 wks • Prev: 15

14

Last Time I Saw Him

Diana Ross

↑ 3

Peak: 14 • 14 wks • Prev: 17

15

Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (heartbreaker)

The Rolling Stones

↑ 1

Peak: 15 • 11 wks • Prev: 16

16

Dark Lady

Cher

↑ 5

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 21

17

Love Song

Anne Murray

↑ 2

Peak: 12 • 17 wks • Prev: 19

18

Show And Tell

Al Wilson

↓ 7

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 11

19

Midnight Rider

Gregg Allman

↑ 1

Peak: 19 • 12 wks • Prev: 20

20

Sexy Mama

Moments

↑ 4

Peak: 17 • 13 wks • Prev: 24

21

Mockingbird

Carly Simon & James Taylor

↑ 9

Peak: 5 • 16 wks • Prev: 30

22

Eres Tu (Touch The Wind)

Mocedades

↑ 12

Peak: 9 • 17 wks • Prev: 34

23

The Joker

The Steve Miller Band

↓ 5

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 18

24

Sunshine On My Shoulders

John Denver

↑ 15

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 39

25

I've Got To Use My Imagination

Gladys Knight And The Pips

↓ 11

Peak: 4 • 16 wks • Prev: 14

26

Smokin' In The Boy's Room

Brownsville Station

↓ 4

Peak: 3 • 19 wks • Prev: 22

27

Jet

Paul McCartney And Wings

↑ 20

Peak: 7 • 14 wks • Prev: 47

28

Jim Dandy

Black Oak Arkansas

↓ 3

Peak: 25 • 13 wks • Prev: 25

29

Trying To Hold On To My Woman

Lamont Dozier

↑ 8

Peak: 15 • 18 wks • Prev: 37

30

My Sweet Lady

Cliff DeYoung

↑ 6

Peak: 17 • 15 wks • Prev: 36

31

Can This Be Real

Natural Four

—

Peak: 31 • 10 wks • Prev: 31

32

Come And Get Your Love

Redbone

↑ 3

Peak: 5 • 23 wks • Prev: 35

33

Living For The City

Stevie Wonder

↓ 10

Peak: 8 • 17 wks • Prev: 23

34

Baby Come Close

Smokey Robinson

↓ 7

Peak: 27 • 16 wks • Prev: 27

35

I Like To Live The Love

B.B. King

↑ 3

Peak: 28 • 16 wks • Prev: 38

36

There Won't Be Anymore

Charlie Rich

↑ 8

Peak: 18 • 15 wks • Prev: 44

37

Mighty Love - Pt. 1

The Spinners

↑ 12

Peak: 20 • 15 wks • Prev: 49

38

Last Kiss

Wednesday

↑ 2

Peak: 34 • 18 wks • Prev: 40

39

Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up

Barry White

↓ 11

Peak: 7 • 18 wks • Prev: 28

40

Energy Crisis '74

Dickie Goodman

↑ 16

Peak: 33 • 8 wks • Prev: 56

41

Abra-Ca-Dabra

The De Franco Family

↓ 9

Peak: 32 • 12 wks • Prev: 32

42

Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo

Rick Derringer

↑ 15

Peak: 23 • 14 wks • Prev: 57

43

Daddy What If

Bobby Bare

↓ 2

Peak: 41 • 8 wks • Prev: 41

44

Star

Stealers Wheel

↑ 10

Peak: 29 • 14 wks • Prev: 54

45

The Most Beautiful Girl

Charlie Rich

↓ 16

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 29

46

Time In A Bottle

Jim Croce

↓ 20

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 26

47

WOLD

Harry Chapin

↑ 5

Peak: 36 • 13 wks • Prev: 52

48

The Americans (A Canadian's Opinion)

Gordon Sinclair

↓ 15

Peak: 24 • 7 wks • Prev: 33

49

You're So Unique

Billy Preston

↓ 1

Peak: 48 • 8 wks • Prev: 48

50

You Sure Love To Ball

Marvin Gaye

—

Peak: 50 • 6 wks • Prev: 50

51

Bennie And The Jets

Elton John

↑ 18

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 69

52

In The Mood

Bette Midler

↓ 1

Peak: 51 • 7 wks • Prev: 51

53

I've Got A Thing About You Baby/Take Good Care Of Her

Elvis Presley

↑ 19

Peak: 39 • 12 wks • Prev: 72

54

We're Getting Careless With Our Love

Johnnie Taylor

↑ 12

Peak: 34 • 10 wks • Prev: 66

55

I Shall Sing

Garfunkel

↓ 10

Peak: 38 • 9 wks • Prev: 45

56

Lookin' For A Love

Bobby Womack

↑ 14

Peak: 10 • 17 wks • Prev: 70

57

Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me

Gladys Knight And The Pips

↑ 20

Peak: 3 • 17 wks • Prev: 77

58

What It Comes Down To

The Isley Brothers

↑ 2

Peak: 55 • 11 wks • Prev: 60

59

Hooked On A Feeling

Blue Swede

↑ 28

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 87

60

I Miss You

The Dells

↑ 1

Peak: 60 • 7 wks • Prev: 61

61

Thanks For Saving My Life

Billy Paul

↑ 15

Peak: 37 • 17 wks • Prev: 76

62

Just Don't Want To Be Lonely

The Main Ingredient

↑ 22

Peak: 10 • 20 wks • Prev: 84

63

A Very Special Love Song

Charlie Rich

★ NEW

Peak: 11 • 14 wks

64

Jolene

Dolly Parton

↑ 9

Peak: 60 • 8 wks • Prev: 73

65

Life Is A Song Worth Singing

Johnny Mathis

↑ 2

Peak: 54 • 12 wks • Prev: 67

66

Homely Girl

The Chi-lites

↑ 8

Peak: 54 • 8 wks • Prev: 74

67

Jessica

The Allman Brothers Band

↓ 2

Peak: 65 • 6 wks • Prev: 65

68

I Just Can't Get You Out Of My Mind

Four Tops

↑ 7

Peak: 62 • 8 wks • Prev: 75

69

Houston (I'm Comin' To See You)

Glen Campbell

↑ 10

Peak: 68 • 6 wks • Prev: 79

70

Get That Gasoline Blues

NRBQ

↑ 8

Peak: 70 • 6 wks • Prev: 78

71

The Lord's Prayer

Sister Janet Mead

★ NEW

Peak: 4 • 13 wks

72

Tell Me A Lie

Sami Jo

↑ 10

Peak: 21 • 14 wks • Prev: 82

73

On A Night Like This

Bob Dylan

★ NEW

Peak: 44 • 6 wks

74

Stop To Start

Blue Magic

↑ 7

Peak: 74 • 6 wks • Prev: 81

75

I Wish It Was Me

Tyrone Davis

↑ 8

Peak: 57 • 9 wks • Prev: 83

76

That's The Sound That Lonely Makes

Tavares

↑ 9

Peak: 70 • 7 wks • Prev: 85

77

Let It Ride

Bachman-Turner Overdrive

★ NEW

Peak: 23 • 15 wks

78

I'll Be The Other Woman

The Soul Children

↑ 16

Peak: 36 • 9 wks • Prev: 94

79

Touch A Hand, Make A Friend

The Staple Singers

★ NEW

Peak: 23 • 13 wks

80

She's Gone

Daryl Hall & John Oates

↑ 6

Peak: 7 • 28 wks • Prev: 86

81

Quick, Fast, In A Hurry

New York City

↑ 7

Peak: 79 • 7 wks • Prev: 88

82

Must Be Love

The James Gang

↑ 7

Peak: 54 • 11 wks • Prev: 89

83

Would You Lay With Me (in A Field Of Stone)

Tanya Tucker

↑ 9

Peak: 46 • 10 wks • Prev: 92

84

My Mistake (Was To Love You)

Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye

★ NEW

Peak: 19 • 16 wks

85

It's Been A Long Time

The New Birth

↑ 8

Peak: 66 • 6 wks • Prev: 93

86

Virginia (Touch Me Like You Do)

Bill Amesbury

↑ 4

Peak: 59 • 9 wks • Prev: 90

87

Let Me Get To Know You

Paul Anka

↓ 7

Peak: 80 • 8 wks • Prev: 80

88

Try (Try To Fall In Love)

Cooker

↑ 3

Peak: 88 • 5 wks • Prev: 91

89

Star Baby

The Guess Who

↑ 10

Peak: 39 • 19 wks • Prev: 99

90

The Americans (A Canadian's Opinion)

Tex Ritter

↑ 5

Peak: 90 • 3 wks • Prev: 95

91

Outside Woman

Bloodstone

★ NEW

Peak: 34 • 14 wks

92

A Mother For My Children

The Whispers

↑ 4

Peak: 92 • 4 wks • Prev: 96

93

Beyond The Blue Horizon

Lou Christie

↑ 4

Peak: 80 • 10 wks • Prev: 97

94

Piano Man

Billy Joel

★ NEW

Peak: 25 • 14 wks

95

There's Got To Be Rain In Your Life (To Appreciate The Sunshine)

Dorothy Norwood

★ NEW

Peak: 88 • 4 wks

96

The Crude Oil Blues

Jerry Reed

↑ 2

Peak: 91 • 5 wks • Prev: 98

97

Midnight At The Oasis

Maria Muldaur

★ NEW

Peak: 6 • 24 wks

98

What Is Hip?

Tower Of Power

★ NEW

Peak: 91 • 2 wks

99

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

★ NEW

Peak: 7 • 16 wks

100

Honey Please, Can't Ya See

Barry White

★ NEW

Peak: 44 • 7 wks

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