Top 100 Songs of 1973
As Ranked by Fred Bronson in
"Billboards Hottest Hot 100 Hits," (2003 ed.)
- You're So Vain-Carly Simon
- Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree-Dawn
- Killing Me Softly with His Song-Roberta Flack
- Let's Get It On-Marvin Gaye
- My Love-Paul McCartney & Wings
- Crocodile Rock-Elton John
- Half-Breed-Cher
- The Most Beautiful Girl-Charlie Rich
- Brother Louie-Stories
- Midnight Train to Georgia-Gladys Knight & the Pips
- Keep On Truckin' (Part 1)-Eddie Kendricks
- Bad, Bad Leroy Brown-Jim Croce
- Will It Go Round in Circles-Billy Preston
- Top of the World-Carpenters
- The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia-Vicki Lawrence
- Time in a Bottle-Jim Croce
- Superstition-Stevie Wonder
- Angie-Rolling Stones
- Dueling Banjos-Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell
- Frankenstein-Edgar Winter Group
- Touch Me in the Morning-Diana Ross
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road-Elton John
- Delta Dawn-Helen Reddy
- Live and Let Die-Wings
- The Morning After-Maureen McGovern
- You Are the Sunshine of My Life-Stevie Wonder
- We're an American Band-Grand Funk
- Photograph-Ringo Starr
- Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)-Gladys Knight & the Pips
- Love Train-The O'Jays
- Loves Me Like a Rock-Paul Simon
- The Cisco Kid-War
- Playground in My Mind-Clint Holmes
- Little Willy-Sweet
- Pillow Talk-Sylvia
- Daniel-Elton John
- Ramblin' Man-Allman Brothers Band
- Kodachrome-Paul Simon
- Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)-Deodato
- Shambala-Three Dog Night
- Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)-Helen Reddy
- Yesterday Once More-Carpenters
- Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)-George Harrison
- Last Song-Edward Bear
- Heartbeat-It's a Lovebeat-DeFranco Family ft. Tony DeFranco
- Just You 'n Me-Chicago
- Sing-Carpenters
- I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little Bit More Baby-Barry White
- Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose-Dawn ft. Tony Orlando
- Space Race-Billy Preston
- Why Can't We Live Together-Timmy Thomas
- Oh, Babe, What Would You Say-Hurricane Smith
- Could It Be I'm Falling in Love-Spinners
- Your Mama Don't Dance-Loggins and Messina
- That Lady (Part 1)-Isley Brothers
- Drift Away-Dobie Gray
- Smoke On the Water-Deep Purple
- Higher Ground-Stevie Wonder
- Funny Face-Donna Fargo
- Ain't No Woman (Like the One I Got)-Four Tops
- Paper Roses-Marie Osmond
- Rockin' Pneumonia-Boogie Woogie Flu-Johnny Rivers
- Stuck in the Middle with You-Stealers Wheel
- Wildflower-Skylark
- Rocky Mountain High-John Denver
- Diamond Girl-Seals and Crofts
- Daddy's Home-Jermaine Jackson
- Natural High-Bloodstone
- I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)-Johnnie Taylor
- If You Want Me to Stay-Sly & the Family Stone
- Danny's Song-Anne Murray
- Why Me-Kris Kristofferson
- Hello It's Me-Todd Rundgren
- Superfly-Curtis Mayfield
- Right Place Wrong Time-Dr. John
- Get Down-Gilbert O'Sullivan
- Feelin' Stronger Every Day-Chicago
- Long Train Runnin'-Doobie Brothers
- The Cover of the Rolling Stone-Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
- The Love I Lost (Part 1)-Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
- Here I Am (Come and Take Me)-Al Green
- Monster Mash-Bobby "Boris" Pickett & the Crypt Kickers
- If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)-The Staple Singers
- Dancing in the Moonlight-King Harvest
- Reeling in the Years-Steely Dan
- My Maria-B.W. Stevenson
- I Got a Name-Jim Croce
- Break Up to Make Up-The Stylistics
- Do It Again-Steely Dan
- I'm Doin' Fine Now-New York City
- Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend-Lobo
- Masterpiece-The Temptations
- The Twelfth of Never-Donny Osmond
- All I Know-Art Garfunkel
- Hocus Pocus-Focus
- Gypsy Man-War
- Yes, We Can Can-Pointer Sisters
- Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy-Bette Midler
- Knockin' On Heaven's Door-Bob Dylan
- Living in the Past-Jethro Tull