List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1974 (U.S.)

These are the Billboard magazine Hot 100 number one hits of 1974.

Issue Date	Song	Artist(s)	Reference
January 5	"Time in a Bottle"	Jim Croce
January 12	"The Joker"	Steve Miller Band
January 19	"Show and Tell"	Al Wilson
January 26	"You're Sixteen"	Ringo Starr
February 2	"The Way We Were"	Barbra Streisand
February 9	"Love's Theme"	Love Unlimited Orchestra
February 16	"The Way We Were"	Barbra Streisand
February 23
March 2	"Seasons in the Sun"	Terry Jacks
March 9
March 16
March 23	"Dark Lady"	Cher
March 30	"Sunshine on My Shoulders"	John Denver
April 6	"Hooked on a Feeling"	Blue Swede
April 13	"Bennie and the Jets"	Elton John
April 20	"TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)"	MFSB and The Three Degrees
April 27
May 4	"The Loco-Motion"	Grand Funk
May 11
May 18	"The Streak"	Ray Stevens
May 25
June 1
June 8	"Band on the Run"	Paul McCartney and Wings
June 15	"Billy Don't Be a Hero"	Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods
June 22
June 29	"Sundown"	Gordon Lightfoot
July 6	"Rock the Boat"	Hues Corporation
July 13	"Rock Your Baby"	George McCrae
July 20
July 27	"Annie's Song"	John Denver
August 3
August 10	"Feel Like Makin' Love"	Roberta Flack
August 17	"The Night Chicago Died"	Paper Lace
August 24	"(You're) Having My Baby"	Paul Anka and Odia Coates
August 31
September 7
September 14	"I Shot the Sheriff"	Eric Clapton
September 21	"Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe"	Barry White
September 28	"Rock Me Gently"	Andy Kim
October 5	"I Honestly Love You"	Olivia Newton-John
October 12
October 19	"Nothing From Nothing"	Billy Preston
October 26	"Then Came You"	Dionne Warwick and Spinners
November 2	"You Haven't Done Nothin'"	Stevie Wonder
November 9	"You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet"	Bachman-Turner Overdrive
November 16	"Whatever Gets You thru the Night"	John Lennon
November 23	"I Can Help"	Billy Swan
November 30
December 7	"Kung Fu Fighting"	Carl Douglas
December 14
December 21	"Cat's in the Cradle"	Harry Chapin
December 28	"Angie Baby"	Helen Reddy

See also

• 1974 in music
• List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1974