# Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1974

This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 singles of 1974. The Top 100, as revealed in the Talent In Action section of Billboard dated December 28, 1974, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of November 24, 1973, through October 26, 1974.
| No. | Title | Artist(s) |
| 1 | "The Way We Were" | Barbra Streisand |
| 2 | "Seasons in the Sun" | Terry Jacks |
| 3 | "Love's Theme" | Love Unlimited Orchestra |
| 4 | "Come and Get Your Love" | Redbone |
| 5 | "Dancing Machine" | The Jackson 5 |
| 6 | "The Loco-Motion" | Grand Funk Railroad |
| 7 | "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" | MFSB |
| 8 | "The Streak" | Ray Stevens |
| 9 | "Bennie and the Jets" | Elton John |
| 10 | "One Hell of a Woman" | Mac Davis |
| 11 | "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" | Aretha Franklin |
| 12 | "Jungle Boogie" | Kool & the Gang |
| 13 | "Midnight at the Oasis" | Maria Muldaur |
| 14 | "You Make Me Feel Brand New" | The Stylistics |
| 15 | "Show and Tell" | Al Wilson |
| 16 | "Spiders and Snakes" | Jim Stafford |
| 17 | "Rock On" | David Essex |
| 18 | "Sunshine on My Shoulders" | John Denver |
| 19 | "Sideshow" | Blue Magic |
| 20 | "Hooked on a Feeling" | Blue Swede |
| 21 | "Billy Don't Be a Hero" | Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods |
| 22 | "Band on the Run" | Paul McCartney and Wings |
| 23 | "The Most Beautiful Girl" | Charlie Rich |
| 24 | "Time in a Bottle" | Jim Croce |
| 25 | "Annie's Song" | John Denver |
| 26 | "Let Me Be There" | Olivia Newton-John |
| 27 | "Sundown" | Gordon Lightfoot |
| 28 | "(You're) Having My Baby" | Paul Anka |
| 29 | "Rock Me Gently" | Andy Kim |
| 30 | "Boogie Down" | Eddie Kendricks |
| 31 | "You're Sixteen" | Ringo Starr |
| 32 | "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" | Olivia Newton-John |
| 33 | "Dark Lady" | Cher |
| 34 | "Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" | Gladys Knight & the Pips |
| 35 | "Feel Like Makin' Love" | Roberta Flack |
| 36 | "Just Don't Want to Be Lonely" | The Main Ingredient |
| 37 | "Nothing from Nothing" | Billy Preston |
| 38 | "Rock Your Baby" | George McCrae |
| 39 | "Top of the World" | The Carpenters |
| 40 | "The Joker" | Steve Miller Band |
| 41 | "I've Got to Use My Imagination" | Gladys Knight & the Pips |
| 42 | "The Show Must Go On" | Three Dog Night |
| 43 | "Rock the Boat" | The Hues Corporation |
| 44 | "Smokin' in the Boys Room" | Brownsville Station |
| 45 | "Living for the City" | Stevie Wonder |
| 46 | "Then Came You" | Dionne Warwick & The Spinners |
| 47 | "The Night Chicago Died" | Paper Lace |
| 48 | "The Entertainer" | Marvin Hamlisch |
| 49 | "Waterloo" | ABBA |
| 50 | "The Air That I Breathe" | The Hollies |
| 51 | "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" | Steely Dan |
| 52 | "Mockingbird" | Carly Simon & James Taylor |
| 53 | "Help Me" | Joni Mitchell |
| 54 | "You Won't See Me" | Anne Murray |
| 55 | "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" | Barry White |
| 56 | "Tell Me Something Good" | Rufus & Chaka Khan |
| 57 | "You and Me Against the World" | Helen Reddy |
| 58 | "Rock and Roll Heaven" | The Righteous Brothers |
| 59 | "Hollywood Swinging" | Kool & the Gang |
| 60 | "Be Thankful for What You Got" | William DeVaughn |
| 61 | "Hang on in There Baby" | Johnny Bristol |
| 62 | "Eres tú" | Mocedades |
| 63 | "Takin' Care of Business" | Bachman-Turner Overdrive |
| 64 | "Radar Love" | Golden Earring |
| 65 | "Please Come to Boston" | Dave Loggins |
| 66 | "Keep on Smilin'" | Wet Willie |
| 67 | "Lookin' for a Love" | Bobby Womack |
| 68 | "Put Your Hands Together" | The O'Jays |
| 69 | "On and On" | Gladys Knight & the Pips |
| 70 | "Oh Very Young" | Cat Stevens |
| 71 | "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" | Helen Reddy |
| 72 | "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" | Elton John |
| 73 | "(I've Been) Searchin' So Long" | Chicago |
| 74 | "Oh My My" | Ringo Starr |
| 75 | "For the Love of Money" | The O'Jays |
| 76 | "I Shot the Sheriff" | Eric Clapton |
| 77 | "Jet" | Paul McCartney and Wings |
| 78 | "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" | Elton John |
| 79 | "Tubular Bells" | Mike Oldfield |
| 80 | "A Love Song" | Anne Murray |
| 81 | "I'm Leaving It (All) Up to You" | Donny and Marie Osmond |
| 82 | "Hello It's Me" | Todd Rundgren |
| 83 | "I Love" | Tom T. Hall |
| 84 | "Clap for the Wolfman" | The Guess Who featuring Wolfman Jack |
| 85 | "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" | Jim Croce |
| 86 | "The Lord's Prayer" | Sister Janet Mead |
| 87 | "Trying to Hold on to My Woman" | Lamont Dozier |
| 88 | "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" | Stevie Wonder |
| 89 | "A Very Special Love Song" | Charlie Rich |
| 90 | "My Girl Bill" | Jim Stafford |
| 91 | "Helen Wheels" | Paul McCartney and Wings |
| 92 | "My Mistake (Was to Love You)" | Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye |
| 93 | "Wildwood Weed" | Jim Stafford |
| 94 | "Beach Baby" | The First Class |
| 95 | "Me and Baby Brother" | War |
| 96 | "Rockin' Roll Baby" | The Stylistics |
| 97 | "I Honestly Love You" | Olivia Newton-John |
| 98 | "Call on Me" | Chicago |
| 99 | "Wild Thing" | Fancy |
| 100 | "Mighty Love" | The Spinners |