1974 Year End Charts

Top Songs of 1974
Rank	Song	Artist	Plays
1	Dream On	Aerosmith	114
2	The Joker	Steve Miller Band	110
3	Sweet Home Alabama	Lynyrd Skynyrd	107
4	Band on the Run	Paul McCartney & Wings	99
5	Seasons in the Sun	Terry Jacks	97
6	Laughter in the Rain	Neil Sedaka	92
7	Never Say Goodbye	Bob Dylan	91
8	Lady Marmalade	Patti LaBelle	86
9	The Rain Song	Led Zeppelin	86
10	You and Me Against the World	Helen Reddy	85
11	Hide in Your Shell	Supertramp	83
12	One with the Sun	Santana	81
13	My Eyes Adored You	Frankie Valli	78
14	East St. Louis Toodle-Oo	Steely Dan	78
15	The Air That I Breathe	The Hollies	75
16	Dreamer	Supertramp	74
17	Harmony	Elton John	74
18	Jet	Wings	73
19	Forever Young	Bob Dylan	71
20	Sunshine On My Shoulders	John Denver	67
21	You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet	Bachman-Turner Overdrive	65
22	Take Me to the River	Al Green	64
23	Rudy	Supertramp	63
24	Annie's Song	John Denver	61
25	Help Me	Joni Mitchell	58
26	Over the Hills and Far Away	Led Zeppelin	57
27	Pencil Thin Mustache	Jimmy Buffett	54
28	On the Border	Eagles	54
29	Funny How Love Is	Queen	53
30	Scarlet Begonias	Grateful Dead	51
31	Bloody Well Right	Supertramp	49
32	Sundown	Gordon Lightfoot	49
33	#9 Dream	John Lennon	47
34	Rebel Rebel	David Bowie	46
35	Mandy	Barry Manilow	46
36	Ol' 55	Eagles	46
37	No-No Song	Ringo Starr	45
38	Jazzman	Carole King	45
39	Mirage	Santana	44
40	Supernatural Thing	Ben E. King	44
41	Tin Man	America	43
42	Down Down	Status Quo	42
43	Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me	Elton John	39
44	Jungle Boogie	Kool & the Gang	38
45	Something There is About You	Bob Dylan	38
46	Takin' Care of Business	Bachman-Turner Overdrive	38
47	Tin Cup Chalice	Jimmy Buffett	37
48	Tell Me Something Good	Rufus & Chaka Khan	36
49	Pretzel Logic	Steely Dan	36
50	Sweet Surrender	John Denver	35
1974
Top Albums
Rank	Album	Artist	Units (M)
1	Planet Waves	Bob Dylan	7.2
2	Borboletta	Santana	6.8
3	Crime of the Century	Supertramp	6.6
4	Band on the Run	Wings	5.3
5	The Joker	Steve Miller Band	4.6
6	On the Border	Eagles	3.7
7	Pretzel Logic	Steely Dan	3.2
8	Queen II	Queen	2.8
9	The Dark Side of the Moon	Pink Floyd	2.7
10	Second Helping	Lynyrd Skynyrd	2.5
Top Books
Rank	Book	Author	Units (M)
1	Gravity's Rainbow	Thomas Pynchon	4.4
2	The Lives of a Cell	Lewis Thomas	3.4
3	The Forever War	Joe Haldeman	3.1
4	The Killer Angels	Michael Shaara	3.1
5	If Beale Street Could Talk	James Baldwin	2.7
6	The Mote in God's Eye	Larry Niven	2.2
7	A Bridge Too Far	Cornelius Ryan	2.2
8	The Princess Bride	William Goldman	2.1
9	The Civil War: A Narrative	Shelby Foote	1.9
10	Centennial	James Michener	1.8
Top Movies
Rank	Movie		Units (M)
1	Young Frankenstein		13.6
2	Chinatown		11.1
3	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre		11.0
4	The Godfather: Part II		10.6
5	A Woman Under the Influence		9.7
6	The Conversation		9.2
7	Blazing Saddles		9.1
8	The Towering Inferno		8.4
9	Lenny		7.8
10	Alice in the Cities		7.3