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Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1970

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Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1970 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1989, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1970.

All tracks on the album reached the top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, with six of the songs going to No. 1 on the chart.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."Venus" (Billboard peak No. 1 in February)LeeuwenShocking Blue3:05
2."Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" (Billboard peak No. 1 in July)NewmanThree Dog Night3:21
3."I Think I Love You" (Billboard peak No. 1 in November)RomeoThe Partridge Family2:52
4."The Tears of a Clown" (Billboard peak No. 1 in December)Robinson/Wonder/CosbySmokey Robinson and the Miracles3:00
5."The Rapper" (Billboard peak No. 2 in March)IrisThe Jaggerz2:43
6."I Want You Back" (Billboard peak No. 1 in January)Perren/Mizell/Richards/GordyThe Jackson 53:01
7."Spirit in the Sky" (Billboard peak No. 3 in April)GreenbaumNorman Greenbaum4:01
8."Vehicle" (Billboard peak No. 2 in May)PeterikThe Ides Of March2:55
9."War" (Billboard peak No. 1 in August)Whitfield/StrongEdwin Starr3:25
10."Green-Eyed Lady" (Billboard peak No. 3)Corbetta/Phillips/RiordanSugarloaf3:39