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“If You Want Me To Stay” by Sly and The Family Stone

“If You Want Me To Stay” by Sly and The Family Stone finished No. 43 on the year-end Top 100 of 1973, the chart of the songs that did best over the whole year.

Year-end peakNo. 431973
Year-end charts11973
ArtistSly and The Family Stone6 year-end hits
Decade1970ssee the decade’s Top 100

The No. 1 song of 1973 was “Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree” by Tony Orlando and Dawn. Sly and The Family Stone had 6 different songs on the year-end charts (see them all).

Play “If You Want Me To Stay”. Hear it on the Hey DJ 4U decks, then mix it with the rest of the 1973 chart.

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Around it on the 1973 chart

#SongArtistListen
40Diamond GirlSeals and Crofts▶♪
41Long Train RunningThe Doobie Brothers▶♪
42Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)George Harrison▶♪
43If You Want Me To StaySly and The Family Stone▶♪
44Daddy's HomeJermaine Jackson▶♪
45Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye)Gladys Knight and The Pips▶♪
46I'm Doing Fine NowNew York City▶♪

More hits by Sly and The Family Stone

#SongArtistYear-endListen
1Everyday PeopleSly and The Family Stone1969 #5▶♪
2Hot Fun In The SummertimeSly and The Family Stone1969 #7▶♪
3Thank You (Fallettin Me Be Mice Elf Again)Sly and The Family Stone1970 #19▶♪
4Dance To The MusicSly and The Family Stone1968 #20▶♪
5Family AffairSly and The Family Stone1972 #79▶♪

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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.