YEAR-END USA TOP 150 of 1973 (Singles)
Based on point-system Billboard Hot 100 (nr. 1 100 points, nr. 2 99 etc), january - december 1973
| NR | TITLE | ARTIST | PNTS | WKS | HP |
| 1 | Why me | Kris Kristofferson | 2142 | 38 | 16 |
| 2 | Tie a yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree | Dawn | 1746 | 23 | 1 |
| 3 | Bad bad Leroy Brown | Jim Croce | 1652 | 22 | 1 |
| 4 | Let's get it on | Marvin Gaye | 1646 | 19 | 1 |
| 5 | Playground in my mind | Clint Holmes | 1610 | 23 | 2 |
| 6 | Touch me in the morning | Diana Ross | 1588 | 21 | 1 |
| 7 | Keep on truckin' | Eddie Kendricks | 1549 | 19 | 1 |
| 8 | Will it go round in circles | Billy Preston | 1509 | 22 | 1 |
| 9 | Midnight train to Georgia | Gladys Knight & the Pips | 1496 | 18 | 1 |
| 10 | Delta dawn | Helen Reddy | 1474 | 20 | 1 |
| 11 | That lady | Isley Brothers | 1471 | 20 | 6 |
| 12 | Half breed | Cher | 1468 | 20 | 1 |
| 13 | Drift away | Dobie Gray | 1463 | 21 | 5 |
| 14 | Little Willie | Sweet | 1452 | 23 | 3 |
| 15 | My love | Paul McCartney & Wings | 1431 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | The night the lights went out in Georgia | Vivki Lawrence | 1426 | 20 | 1 |
| 17 | Pillow talk | Sylvia | 1402 | 21 | 3 |
| 18 | Brother Louie | Stories | 1400 | 18 | 1 |
| 19 | Right place wrong time | Dr. John | 1388 | 20 | 9 |
| 20 | Frankenstein | Edgar Winter Group | 1370 | 20 | 1 |
| 21 | Killing me softly with his song | Roberta Flack | 1348 | 16 | 1 |
| 22 | Wildflower | Skylark | 1330 | 21 | 9 |
| 23 | You are the sunshine of my life | Stevie Wonder | 1325 | 17 | 1 |
| 24 | Loves me like a rock | Paul Simon | 1316 | 16 | 2 |
| 25 | Heartbeat | DeFranco Family | 1293 | 17 | 3 |
| 26 | We're an American band | Grand Funk Railroad | 1290 | 17 | 1 |
| 27 | Angie | Rolling Stones | 1281 | 16 | 1 |
| 28 | Stuck in the middle with you | Stealers Wheel | 1275 | 18 | 6 |
| 29 | Shambala | Three Dog Night | 1267 | 16 | 3 |
| 30 | I'm gonna love you just a little more baby | Barry White | 1256 | 18 | 3 |
| 31 | Say has anybody seen my sweet gypsy Rose | Dawn | 1253 | 16 | 3 |
| 32 | Danny's song | Anne Murray | 1239 | 18 | 7 |
| 33 | Monster mash | Bobby 'Boris' Pickett | 1232 | 20 | 10 |
| 34 | Natural high | Bloodstone | 1230 | 19 | 10 |
| 35 | Diamond girl | Seals & Crofts | 1229 | 18 | 6 |
| 36 | Long train running | Doobie Brothers | 1225 | 18 | 8 |
| 37 | Ramblin' man | Allman Brothers | 1222 | 16 | 2 |
| 38 | If you want me to stay | Sly & Family Stone | 1216 | 17 | 12 |
| 39 | Neither one of us | Gladys Knight & the Pips | 1205 | 16 | 2 |
| 40 | I'm doing fine now | New York City | 1202 | 20 | 17 |
| 41 | Paper roses | Marie Osmond | 1193 | 16 | 5 |
| 42 | Daniel | Elton John | 1184 | 15 | 2 |
| 43 | Last song | Edward Bear | 1182 | 15 | 3 |
| 44 | Crocodile rock | Elton John | 1181 | 13 | 1 |
| 45 | Space race | Billy Preston | 1181 | 15 | 4 |
| 46 | Smoke on the water | Deep Purple | 1180 | 16 | 4 |
| 47 | Love train | O' Jays | 1164 | 14 | 1 |
| 48 | Behind closed doors | Charlie Rich | 1157 | 19 | 15 |
| 49 | Feelin' stronger every day | Chicago | 1155 | 16 | 10 |
| 50 | Cisco kid | War | 1143 | 15 | 2 |
| 51 | Could it be I'm falling in love | Stylistics | 1143 | 14 | 4 |
| 52 | Live and let die | Paul McCartney & Wings | 1141 | 14 | 2 |
| 53 | I believe in you | Johnnie Taylor | 1132 | 16 | 11 |
| 54 | Give me love (give me peace on earth) | George Harrison | 1122 | 14 | 1 |
| 55 | Sing | Carpenters | 1120 | 14 | 3 |
| 56 | Ain't no woman | Four Tops | 1120 | 15 | 4 |
| 57 | Duelling banjos | Deliverance | 1119 | 14 | 2 |
| 58 | Higher ground | Stevie Wonder | 1116 | 14 | 4 |
| 59 | Just you and me | Chicago | 1114 | 14 | 4 |
| 60 | Here I am | Al Green | 1114 | 15 | 10 |
| 61 | The cover of the Rolling Stone | Dr. Hook & Medicine Show | 1112 | 15 | 6 |
| 62 | My Maria | B.W. Stevenson | 1111 | 16 | 9 |
| 63 | Get down | Gilbert O'Sullivan | 1108 | 15 | 7 |
| 64 | Daddy's home | Jermaine Jackson | 1108 | 14 | 9 |
| 65 | You're so vain | Carly Simon | 1105 | 12 | 1 |
| 66 | Hocus pocus | Focus | 1103 | 19 | 9 |
| 67 | The morning after | Maureen McGovern | 1102 | 15 | 1 |
| 68 | Reeling in the years | Steely Dan | 1096 | 16 | 11 |
| 69 | Yesterday once more | Carpenters | 1091 | 14 | 2 |
| 70 | Boogie woogie bugle boy | Bette Midler | 1087 | 16 | 8 |
| 71 | Knockin' on heaven's door | Bob Dylan | 1087 | 16 | 12 |
| 72 | Yes we can can | Pointer Sisters | 1083 | 16 | 11 |
| 73 | Kodachrome | Paul Simon | 1076 | 14 | 2 |
| 74 | Top of the world | Carpenters | 1071 | 13 | 1 |
| 75 | Photograph | Ringo Starr | 1054 | 13 | 1 |
| 76 | Rocky mountain high | John Denver | 1044 | 13 | 9 |
| 77 | So very hard to go | Tower of Power | 1043 | 18 | 17 |
| 78 | The masterpiece | Temptations | 1034 | 14 | 7 |
| 79 | Peaceful | Helen Reddy | 1033 | 17 | 12 |
| 80 | One of a kind | Spinners | 1032 | 15 | 11 |
| 81 | Funky worm | Ohio Players | 1018 | 19 | 15 |
| 82 | The most beautiful girl | Charlie Rich | 1014 | 14 | 1 |
| 83 | The love I lost | Harold Melvin & Blue Notes | 1003 | 14 | 7 |
| 84 | All I know | Art Garfunkel | 1003 | 14 | 9 |
| 85 | Do you want to dance | Bette Midler | 998 | 14 | 17 |
| 86 | Break up to make up | Stylistics | 987 | 14 | 5 |
| 87 | Daisy a day | Jud Strunk | 983 | 16 | 14 |
| 88 | I got a name | Jim Croce | 981 | 13 | 10 |
| 89 | Also sprach Zarathustra | Deodato | 976 | 12 | 2 |
| 90 | Stir it up | Johnny Nash | 973 | 14 | 12 |
| 91 | Money | Pink Floyd | 970 | 15 | 13 |
| 92 | Gypsy man | War | 969 | 13 | 8 |
| 93 | Dancing in the moonlight | King Harvest | 961 | 12 | 13 |
| 94 | Free ride | Edgar Winter Group | 950 | 15 | 14 |
| 95 | Space oddity | David Bowie | 950 | 14 | 15 |
| 96 | Don't expect me to be your friend | Lobo | 934 | 12 | 8 |
| 97 | The twelfth of never | Donny Osmond | 912 | 13 | 8 |
| 98 | Oh babe what would you say | Hurricane Smith | 881 | 10 | 3 |
| 99 | You're a special part of me | Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye | 880 | 12 | 12 |
| 100 | Daddy could swear I declare | Gladys Knight & the Pips | 876 | 15 | 19 |
| 101 | Saturday night's alright for fighting | Elton John | 872 | 12 | 12 |
| 102 | And I love you so | Perry Como | 863 | 16 | 29 |
| 103 | Do it again | Steely Dan | 860 | 10 | 6 |
| 104 | Uneasy rider | Charlie Daniels | 856 | 12 | 9 |
| 105 | Angel | Aretha Franklin | 851 | 13 | 20 |
| 106 | Hello it's me | Todd Rundgren | 850 | 13 | 5 |
| 107 | The right thing to do | Carly Simon | 847 | 13 | 17 |
| 108 | Goodbye yellow brick road | Elton John | 843 | 10 | 2 |
| 109 | Nutbush city limits | Ike & Tina Turner | 843 | 15 | 22 |
| 110 | Big city miss Ruth Ann | Gallery | 842 | 14 | 23 |
| 111 | Hummingbird | Seals & Crofts | 840 | 13 | 20 |
| 112 | Walk on the wild side | Lou Reed | 839 | 14 | 16 |
| 113 | Out of the question | Gilbert O'Sullivan | 839 | 15 | 17 |
| 114 | China grove | Doobie Brothers | 837 | 13 | 15 |
| 115 | Jambalaya | Blue Ridge Rangers | 832 | 11 | 16 |
| 116 | Dead skunk | Loudon Wainwright III | 830 | 13 | 16 |
| 117 | Let's pretend | Raspberries | 830 | 16 | 35 |
| 118 | Thinking of you | Loggins & Messina | 827 | 13 | 18 |
| 119 | Call me | Al Green | 826 | 11 | 10 |
| 120 | Superstition | Stevie Wonder | 824 | 9 | 1 |
| 121 | Leaving me | Independents | 823 | 13 | 21 |
| 122 | Theme from Cleopatra Jones | Joe Simon | 814 | 13 | 18 |
| 123 | Why can't we live together | Timmy Thomas | 808 | 9 | 3 |
| 124 | Are you man enough | Four Tops | 808 | 13 | 15 |
| 125 | You've never been this far before | Conway Twitty | 797 | 14 | 22 |
| 126 | Nobody wants you when you're down and out | Bobby Womack | 772 | 15 | 29 |
| 127 | Misdemeanor | Foster Sylvers | 762 | 13 | 22 |
| 128 | Steamroller blues | Elvis Presley | 761 | 12 | 17 |
| 129 | We may never pass this way | Seals & Crofts | 760 | 12 | 21 |
| 130 | Ecstasy | Ohio Players | 758 | 15 | 31 |
| 131 | I'm just a singer (in a rock and roll band) | Moody Blues | 754 | 10 | 12 |
| 132 | How can I tell her | Lobo | 754 | 12 | 22 |
| 133 | Get it together | Jackson Five | 754 | 13 | 28 |
| 134 | Summer (the first time) | Bobby Goldsboro | 749 | 14 | 21 |
| 135 | Give it to me | J. Geils Band | 748 | 16 | 30 |
| 136 | If you're ready come go with me | Staple Singers | 746 | 10 | 9 |
| 137 | Hurts so good | Millie Jackson | 746 | 12 | 24 |
| 138 | The world is a ghetto | War | 744 | 9 | 7 |
| 139 | Rocky mountain way | Joe Walsh | 738 | 15 | 23 |
| 140 | Cheaper to keep her | Johnnie Taylor | 732 | 11 | 15 |
| 141 | The joker | Steve Miller Band | 727 | 11 | 4 |
| 142 | Aubrey | Bread | 727 | 11 | 15 |
| 143 | Teddy bear song | Barbara Fairchild | 727 | 19 | 32 |
| 144 | Trouble man | Marvin Gaye | 726 | 9 | 7 |
| 145 | Basketball Jones featuring Tyrone Shoelaces | Cheech & Chong | 725 | 11 | 15 |
| 146 | I can't stand the rain | Ann Peebles | 721 | 18 | 38 |
| 147 | Rockin' roll baby | Stylistics | 720 | 11 | 14 |
| 148 | No more Mr Nice Guy | Alice Cooper | 717 | 12 | 25 |
| 149 | Your mama don't dance | Loggins & Messina | 716 | 8 | 4 |
| 150 | Satin sheets | Jeanne Pruett | 710 | 15 | 28 |
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