List of Top 25 singles for 1970 in Australia


The following lists the top 25 charting singles on the Australian Singles Charts, for the year of 1970. These were the best charting singles in Australia for 1970. The source for this year is the "Kent Music Report", known from 1987 onwards as the "Australian Music Report".
#TitleArtistHighest pos. reachedweeks at No. 1
1."Let It Be"The Beatles16
2." Close to You"The Carpenters13
3."In The Summertime"The Mixtures16
4."Spirit in the Sky"Norman Greenbaum15
5."Bridge Over Troubled Water"Simon and Garfunkel2
6."Lookin' Out My Back Door" / "Long As I Can See The Light"Creedence Clearwater Revival14
7."El Cóndor Pasa"Simon and Garfunkel11
8."Up Around the Bend" / "Run Through The Jungle"Creedence Clearwater Revival16
9."Knock Knock Who's There"Liv Maessen11
10."Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"Johnny Farnham17
11."Whole Lotta Love"Led Zeppelin12
12."Love Grows "Edison Lighthouse2
13."Cottonfields"Beach Boys11
14."Travelin' Band" / "Who'll Stop The Rain"Creedence Clearwater Revival4
15."The Wonder of You"Elvis Presley3
16."In the Summertime"Mungo Jerry11
17."A Song of Joy"Miguel Ríos14
18."Spill the Wine"Eric Burdon and War2
19."Venus"Shocking Blue12
20."Old Man Emu"John Williamson4
21."Everything is Beautiful"Ray Stevens12
22."Lay Down "Melanie2
23."Smiley"Ronnie Burns2
24."Two Little Boys"Rolf Harris7
25."I Thank You"Lionel Rose2

These charts are calculated by David Kent of the Kent Music Report and they are based on the number of weeks and position the records reach within the top 100 singles for each week.
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