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“Bridge Over Troubled Water” by Simon and Garfunkel

“Bridge Over Troubled Water” by Simon and Garfunkel was the biggest hit of 1970: No. 1 on the year-end Top 100, the chart of the songs that did best over the whole year.

Year-end peakNo. 11970
Year-end charts11970
ArtistSimon and Garfunkel7 year-end hits
Decade1970ssee the decade’s Top 100

Simon and Garfunkel had 7 different songs on the year-end charts (see them all).

Play “Bridge Over Troubled Water”. Hear it on the Hey DJ 4U decks, then mix it with the rest of the 1970 chart.

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Around it on the 1970 chart

#SongArtistListen
1Bridge Over Troubled WaterSimon and Garfunkel▶♪
2(They Long To Be) Close To YouCarpenters▶♪
3American Woman / No Sugar TonightGuess Who▶♪
4Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My HeadB.J. Thomas▶♪

More hits by Simon and Garfunkel

#SongArtistYear-endListen
1Mrs. RobinsonSimon and Garfunkel1968 #9▶♪
2CeceliaSimon and Garfunkel1970 #49▶♪
3I Am A RockSimon and Garfunkel1966 #51▶♪
4The Sounds Of SilenceSimon and Garfunkel1966 #54▶♪
5Homeward BoundSimon and Garfunkel1966 #56▶♪
6Scarborough Fair / CanticleSimon and Garfunkel1968 #89▶♪

Same title, different hit

“Bridge Over Troubled Water” by Aretha Franklin (1971)

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Source: Billboard’s year-end singles chart, as compiled on Wikipedia. Hey DJ 4U is an independent site, not affiliated with Billboard. Spotted an error? Tell us.