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#	Song / Artist	Avg Rtg	Solo	Year	APA	Adv	AV	AJ	B3	Elm	Trend	XFact
1	Your Song0001Your Song Elton John	65.5	65.5	1970	47.3	2	2	0	0	1	n/a	10.6
2	Have You Ever Seen The Rain?0001Have You Ever Seen The Rain? Creedence Clearwater Revival	49.0	49.0	1970	45.3	2	2	0	0	2	-5.8	5.4
3	Cant You See0001Can't You See Marshall Tucker Band	58.0	58.0	1973	43.5	2	2	0	0	0	n/a	11.7
4	Maybe Im Amazed0001Maybe I'm Amazed Paul McCartney	71.8	71.8	1970	42.3	4	4	0	0	0	-6.1	10.6
5	American Woman0001American Woman The Guess Who	25.0	25.0	1970	42.0	0	0	0	1	2	n/a	-16.5
6	I Want You Back0001I Want You Back The Jackson 5	38.7	38.7	1970	42.0	3	3	0	0	1	-5.0	-2.3
7	Maggie May0001Maggie May Rod Stewart	64.5	64.5	1971	42.0	2	2	0	0	0	n/a	15.7
8	Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting0001Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting Elton John	46.0	46.0	1973	42.0	1	1	0	0	1	n/a	-19.0
9	Simple Man0001Simple Man Lynyrd Skynyrd	57.2	57.2	1973	42.0	4	4	0	0	2	-2.2	8.2
10	Stay With Me0001Stay With Me Faces	70.5	70.5	1971	42.0	2	2	0	0	0	n/a	8.1
11	Take Me Home Country Roads0001Take Me Home, Country Roads John Denver	29.0	29.0	1971	42.0	2	2	0	0	0	n/a	-29.5
12	Youve Got A Friend0001You've Got A Friend James Taylor	54.3	54.3	1971	42.0	2	2	0	0	1	1.0	10.8
13	Let It Be0001Let It Be The Beatles	55.0	55.0	1970	41.8	3	3	0	0	1	-21.8	12.9
14	Bennie And The Jets0001Bennie And The Jets Elton John	31.3	31.3	1973	41.7	2	1	1	1	1	-34.5	-12.0
15	Landslide0001Landslide Fleetwood Mac The Dixie Chicks	46.5	46.5	1975	41.7	3	3	0	0	0	n/a	-7.4
16	Long And Winding Road0001The Long And Winding Road The Beatles	52.8	52.8	1970	41.3	4	4	0	2	0	-0.7	0.7
17	I Want You To Want Me0001I Want You To Want Me Cheap Trick	57.0	57.0	1977	40.5	1	0	1	0	1	n/a	1.3
18	Jolene0001Jolene Dolly Parton	46.8	46.8	1974	40.4	4	3	1	3	1	-6.1	-5.3
19	I Who Have Nothing0001I (Who Have Nothing) Tom Jones	85.4	85.4	1970	40.2	5	5	0	0	0	5.0	24.8
20	If I Were Your Woman0001If I Were Your Woman Gladys Knight and the Pips	73.5	73.5	1971	40.0	2	2	0	1	1	n/a	11.6
21	Sir Duke0001Sir Duke Stevie Wonder	29.5	29.5	1977	40.0	1	1	0	0	1	n/a	-20.4
22	Rocket Man0001Rocket Man Elton John	26.5	26.5	1972	39.8	3	2	1	1	1	-3.6	-9.2
23	Ill Be There0001I'll Be There The Jackson 5 Mariah Carey	44.0	44.0	1970	39.5	3	2	1	1	1	0.2	-1.3
24	Long Train Runnin'0001Long Train Runnin' The Doobie Brothers	25.0	25.0	1972	39.5	1	1	0	1	1	n/a	-12.6
25	Travelin Band0001Travelin' Band Creedence Clearwater Revival	49.0	49.0	1970	39.5	1	1	0	0	1	n/a	-15.8
26	You Are So Beautiful0001You Are So Beautiful Joe Cocker	59.6	59.6	1974	39.2	4	4	0	1	2	-3.0	4.1
27	Across The Universe0001Across The Universe The Beatles	62.5	62.5	1970	39.0	2	2	0	0	0	n/a	0.3
28	All Right Now0001All Right Now Free	49.0	49.0	1970	39.0	2	2	0	0	0	n/a	1.4
29	Barracuda0001Barracuda Heart	58.5	58.5	1977	39.0	1	1	0	0	1	n/a	15.6
30	Me And Bobby McGee0001Me And Bobby McGee Janis Joplin	78.0	78.0	1971	39.0	1	1	0	0	1	n/a	10.6
31	Papa Was A Rolling Stone0001Papa Was A Rolling Stone The Temptations	61.3	61.3	1972	38.7	2	2	0	0	1	-35.5	8.7
32	Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word0001Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word Elton John	48.4	48.4	1974	38.6	2	2	0	0	3	12.4	-1.9
33	Somebody To Love0001Somebody To Love Queen	54.3	54.3	1976	38.5	2	1	1	1	2	-8.0	9.2
34	Rhiannon0001Rhiannon Fleetwood Mac	69.3	69.3	1976	38.3	3	2	1	0	1	-3.0	12.6
35	Imagine0001Imagine John Lennon	60.7	60.7	1971	38.1	5	4	1	0	2	4.6	-1.3
36	Aint No Sunshine0001Ain't No Sunshine Bill Withers	72.4	72.4	1971	38.0	4	4	0	0	1	-3.0	14.6
37	If You Don't Know Me By Now0001If You Don't Know Me By Now Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes Simply Red	55.4	55.4	1972	37.8	4	4	0	1	1	6.3	0.3
38	Never Can Say Goodbye0001Never Can Say Goodbye The Jackson 5	37.7	37.7	1971	37.7	1	1	0	1	2	10.0	-18.5
39	I Wish0001I Wish Stevie Wonder	62.0	62.0	1976	37.5	2	2	0	1	0	n/a	16.7
40	Superstition0001Superstition Stevie Wonder	51.4	51.4	1972	37.3	5	5	0	0	2	3.6	-1.9
41	Without You0001Without You Nilsson Mariah Carey	55.6	55.6	1972	37.2	5	5	0	0	0	-5.8	-10.1
42	Bridge Over Troubled Water0001Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon and Garfunkel	65.5	65.5	1970	37.0	1	1	0	0	1	n/a	8.7
43	I Feel The Earth Move0001I Feel The Earth Move Carole King	49.3	42.0	1971	37.0	2	1	1	0	1	7.7	-16.1
44	Signed Sealed Delivered Im Yours0001Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) Stevie Wonder	59.0	59.0	1970	37.0	4	4	0	1	0	-2.2	1.1
45	Superstar0001Superstar Carpenters	61.3	61.3	1971	37.0	3	2	1	0	0	-7.0	17.7
46	Way We Were0001The Way We Were Barbra Streisand	47.0	47.0	1973	37.0	2	2	0	1	1	n/a	-11.0
47	Whats Going On0001What's Going On Marvin Gaye	47.0	47.0	1971	37.0	2	2	0	0	1	-30.0	4.7
48	A Song For You0001A Song For You Donny Hathaway	66.5	66.5	1971	36.5	3	1	2	1	1	-2.4	12.3
49	Living For The City0001Living For The City Stevie Wonder	67.3	67.3	1973	36.5	4	4	0	0	0	-15.9	1.7
50	Only The Good Die Young0001Only The Good Die Young Billy Joel	53.0	53.0	1977	36.5	2	2	0	1	0	n/a	2.8

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