Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1975
Original list
This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1975. The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 27, 1975, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of November 2, 1974 through November 1, 1975.
No. | Title | Artist |
1 | "Love Will Keep Us Together" | Captain & Tennille |
2 | "Rhinestone Cowboy" | Glen Campbell |
3 | "Philadelphia Freedom" | Elton John |
4 | "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" | Freddy Fender |
5 | "My Eyes Adored You" | Frankie Valli |
6 | "Some Kind of Wonderful" | Grand Funk |
7 | "Shining Star" | Earth, Wind & Fire |
8 | "Fame" | David Bowie |
9 | "Laughter in the Rain" | Neil Sedaka |
10 | "One of These Nights" | Eagles |
11 | "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" | John Denver |
12 | "Jive Talkin'" | Bee Gees |
13 | "Best of My Love" | Eagles |
14 | "Lovin' You" | Minnie Riperton |
15 | "Kung Fu Fighting" | Carl Douglas |
16 | "Black Water" | The Doobie Brothers |
17 | "The Ballroom Blitz" | Sweet |
18 | " Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" | B.J. Thomas |
19 | "He Don't Love You " | Tony Orlando and Dawn |
20 | "At Seventeen" | Janis Ian |
21 | "Pick Up the Pieces" | Average White Band |
22 | "The Hustle" | Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony |
23 | "Lady Marmalade" | Labelle |
24 | "Why Can't We Be Friends?" | War |
25 | "Love Won't Let Me Wait" | Major Harris |
26 | "Boogie On Reggae Woman" | Stevie Wonder |
27 | "Angie Baby" | Helen Reddy |
28 | "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" | Freddy Fender |
29 | "Fight the Power" | The Isley Brothers |
30 | "Jackie Blue" | Ozark Mountain Daredevils |
31 | "Fire" | Ohio Players |
32 | "Magic" | Pilot |
33 | "Please Mr. Postman" | The Carpenters |
34 | "Sister Golden Hair" | America |
35 | "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" | Elton John |
36 | "Mandy" | Barry Manilow |
37 | "Have You Never Been Mellow" | Olivia Newton-John |
38 | "Could It Be Magic" | Barry Manilow |
39 | "Cat's in the Cradle" | Harry Chapin |
40 | "Wildfire" | Michael Martin Murphey |
41 | "I'm Not Lisa" | Jessi Colter |
42 | "Listen to What the Man Said" | Wings |
43 | "I'm Not in Love" | 10cc |
44 | "I Can Help" | Billy Swan |
45 | "Fallin' in Love" | Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds |
46 | "Feelings" | Morris Albert |
47 | "When Will I Be Loved" | Linda Ronstadt |
48 | "Chevy Van" | Sammy Johns |
49 | "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" | Barry White |
50 | "Please Mr. Please" | Olivia Newton-John |
51 | "You're No Good" | Linda Ronstadt |
52 | "Dynomite" | Bazuka |
53 | "Walking in Rhythm" | The Blackbyrds |
54 | "The Way We Were"/"Try to Remember" | Gladys Knight & the Pips |
55 | "Midnight Blue" | Melissa Manchester |
56 | "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" | Sugarloaf |
57 | "Poetry Man" | Phoebe Snow |
58 | "How Long?" | Ace |
59 | "Express" | B.T. Express |
60 | "That's the Way of the World" | Earth, Wind & Fire |
61 | "Lady" | Styx |
62 | "Bad Time" | Grand Funk |
63 | "Only Women Bleed" | Alice Cooper |
64 | "Doctor's Orders" | Carol Douglas |
65 | "Get Down Tonight" | KC and the Sunshine Band |
66 | "One Man Woman/One Woman Man" | Paul Anka & Odia Coates |
67 | "You Are So Beautiful" | Joe Cocker |
68 | "Feel Like Makin' Love" | Bad Company |
69 | "How Sweet It Is " | James Taylor |
70 | "Dance with Me" | Orleans |
71 | "Cut the Cake" | Average White Band |
72 | "Never Can Say Goodbye" | Gloria Gaynor |
73 | "I Don't Like to Sleep Alone" | Paul Anka & Odia Coates |
74 | "Morning Side of the Mountain" | Donny & Marie Osmond |
75 | "When Will I See You Again" | The Three Degrees |
76 | "Get Down, Get Down " | Joe Simon |
77 | "I'm Sorry" | John Denver |
78 | "Killer Queen" | Queen |
79 | "Shoeshine Boy" | Eddie Kendricks |
80 | "Do It " | B.T. Express |
81 | "Can't Get It Out of My Head" | Electric Light Orchestra |
82 | "Sha-La-La " | Al Green |
83 | "Lonely People" | America |
84 | "You Got the Love" | Rufus |
85 | "The Rockford Files Theme" | Mike Post |
86 | "It Only Takes a Minute" | Tavares |
87 | "No No Song" | Ringo Starr |
88 | "Junior's Farm" | Paul McCartney & Wings |
89 | "Bungle in the Jungle" | Jethro Tull |
90 | "Long Tall Glasses " | Leo Sayer |
91 | "Misty" | Ray Stevens |
92 | "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" | Elton John |
93 | "Bad Blood" | Neil Sedaka |
94 | "Only Yesterday" | The Carpenters |
95 | "I'm on Fire" | Dwight Twilley Band |
96 | "Only You " | Ringo Starr |
97 | "Third Rate Romance" | Amazing Rhythm Aces |
98 | "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" | Bachman–Turner Overdrive |
99 | "Swearin' to God" | Frankie Valli |
100 | "Get Dancin'" | Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes |
Revised list
Due to an error regarding "Some Kind of Wonderful" by Grand Funk being placed higher at #6, causing that song and the other songs that were placed between 6 and 73 being moved down one position, and some songs being placed in different positions. As a result, Billboard made an updated version of their Year End songs of 1975.No. | Title | Artist |
1 | "Love Will Keep Us Together" | Captain & Tennille |
2 | "Rhinestone Cowboy" | Glen Campbell |
3 | "Philadelphia Freedom" | Elton John |
4 | "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" | Freddy Fender |
5 | "My Eyes Adored You" | Frankie Valli |
6 | "Shining Star" | Earth, Wind & Fire |
7 | "Fame" | David Bowie |
8 | "Laughter in the Rain" | Neil Sedaka |
9 | "One of These Nights" | Eagles |
10 | "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" | John Denver |
11 | "Jive Talkin'" | Bee Gees |
12 | "Best of My Love" | Eagles |
13 | "Lovin' You" | Minnie Riperton |
14 | "Kung Fu Fighting" | Carl Douglas |
15 | "Black Water" | The Doobie Brothers |
16 | "The Ballroom Blitz" | Sweet |
17 | " Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" | B.J. Thomas |
18 | "He Don't Love You " | Tony Orlando and Dawn |
19 | "At Seventeen" | Janis Ian |
20 | "Pick Up the Pieces" | Average White Band |
21 | "The Hustle" | Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony |
22 | "Lady Marmalade" | Labelle |
23 | "Why Can't We Be Friends" | War |
24 | "Love Won't Let Me Wait" | Major Harris |
25 | "Boogie On Reggae Woman" | Stevie Wonder |
26 | "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" | Freddy Fender |
27 | "Fight the Power" | The Isley Brothers |
28 | "Angie Baby" | Helen Reddy |
29 | "Jackie Blue" | Ozark Mountain Daredevils |
30 | "Fire" | Ohio Players |
31 | "Magic" | Pilot |
32 | "Please Mr. Postman" | The Carpenters |
33 | "Sister Golden Hair" | America |
34 | "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" | Elton John |
35 | "Mandy" | Barry Manilow |
36 | "Have You Never Been Mellow" | Olivia Newton-John |
37 | "Could It Be Magic" | Barry Manilow |
38 | "Cat's in the Cradle" | Harry Chapin |
39 | "Wildfire" | Michael Martin Murphey |
40 | "I'm Not Lisa" | Jessi Colter |
41 | "Listen to What the Man Said" | Wings |
42 | "I'm Not in Love" | 10cc |
43 | "I Can Help" | Billy Swan |
44 | "Fallin' in Love" | Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds |
45 | "Feelings" | Morris Albert |
46 | "Chevy Van" | Sammy Johns |
47 | "When Will I Be Loved" | Linda Ronstadt |
48 | "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" | Barry White |
49 | "Please Mr. Please" | Olivia Newton-John |
50 | "You're No Good" | Linda Ronstadt |
51 | "Dynomite" | Bazuka |
52 | "Walking in Rhythm" | The Blackbyrds |
53 | "The Way We Were/Try to Remember" | Gladys Knight & the Pips |
54 | "Midnight Blue" | Melissa Manchester |
55 | "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" | Sugarloaf |
56 | "Poetry Man" | Phoebe Snow |
57 | "How Long" | Ace |
58 | "Express" | B.T. Express |
59 | "That's the Way of the World" | Earth, Wind & Fire |
60 | "Lady" | Styx |
61 | "Bad Time" | Grand Funk |
62 | "Only Women Bleed" | Alice Cooper |
63 | "Doctor's Orders" | Carol Douglas |
64 | "Get Down Tonight" | KC and the Sunshine Band |
65 | "One Man Woman/One Woman Man" | Paul Anka & Odia Coates |
66 | "You Are So Beautiful" | Joe Cocker |
67 | "Feel Like Makin' Love" | Bad Company |
68 | "How Sweet It Is " | James Taylor |
69 | "Dance with Me" | Orleans |
70 | "Cut the Cake" | Average White Band |
71 | "Never Can Say Goodbye" | Gloria Gaynor |
72 | "I Don't Like to Sleep Alone" | Paul Anka & Odia Coates |
73 | "Morning Side of the Mountain" | Donny & Marie Osmond |
74 | "Some Kind of Wonderful" | Grand Funk Railroad |
75 | "When Will I See You Again" | The Three Degrees |
76 | "Get Down, Get Down " | Joe Simon |
77 | "I'm Sorry" | John Denver |
78 | "Killer Queen" | Queen |
79 | "Shoeshine Boy" | Eddie Kendricks |
80 | "Do It " | B.T. Express |
81 | "Can't Get It Out of My Head" | Electric Light Orchestra |
82 | "Sha-La-La " | Al Green |
83 | "Lonely People" | America |
84 | "You Got the Love" | Rufus |
85 | "The Rockford Files Theme" | Mike Post |
86 | "It Only Takes a Minute" | Tavares |
87 | "No No Song" | Ringo Starr |
88 | "Junior's Farm" | Paul McCartney & Wings |
89 | "Bungle in the Jungle" | Jethro Tull |
90 | "Long Tall Glasses " | Leo Sayer |
91 | "Misty" | Ray Stevens |
92 | "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" | Elton John |
93 | "Bad Blood" | Neil Sedaka |
94 | "Only Yesterday" | The Carpenters |
95 | "I'm on Fire" | Dwight Twilley Band |
96 | "Only You " | Ringo Starr |
97 | "Third Rate Romance" | Amazing Rhythm Aces |
98 | "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" | Bachman–Turner Overdrive |
99 | "Swearin' to God" | Frankie Valli |
100 | "Get Dancin'" | Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes |