YEAR-END UK TOP 150 of 1973 (Singles)
Based on point-system NME Charts (nr. 1 75 points, nr. 2 74 etc)
| nr | title | artist | pnts | wks | hp |
| 1 | Tie a yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree | Dawn | 2114 | 39 | 1 |
| 2 | And I love you so | Perry Como | 1513 | 31 | 3 |
| 3 | Welcome home | Peters & Lee | 1405 | 24 | 1 |
| 4 | Spanish eyes | Al Martino | 1167 | 21 | 5 |
| 5 | Long haired lover from Liverpool | Little Jimmy Osmond | 1117 | 21 | 1 |
| 6 | For the good times | Perry Como | 1048 | 18 | 7 |
| 7 | Never never never | Shirley Bassey | 981 | 19 | 8 |
| 8 | See my baby jive | Wizzard | 978 | 17 | 1 |
| 9 | Yesterday once more | Carpenters | 925 | 17 | 2 |
| 10 | Block Buster | Sweet | 915 | 15 | 1 |
| 11 | Eye level | Simon Park Orchestra | 873 | 14 | 1 |
| 12 | Rubber bullets | 10cc | 859 | 15 | 1 |
| 13 | Albatross | Fleetwood Mac | 841 | 15 | 2 |
| 14 | Hello hello I'm back again | Gary Gliiter | 836 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | The twelfth of never | Donny Osmond | 827 | 14 | 1 |
| 16 | Dancing on a saturday night | Barry Blue | 817 | 15 | 2 |
| 17 | Feel the need in me | Detroit Emeralds | 814 | 15 | 4 |
| 18 | Snoopy versus the Red Baron | Hot Shots | 799 | 15 | 4 |
| 19 | Get down | Gilbert O'Sullivan | 781 | 13 | 1 |
| 20 | Life on Mars | David Bowie | 773 | 13 | 3 |
| 21 | Say has anybody seen my sweet gypsy Rose | Dawn | 771 | 15 | 12 |
| 22 | Can the can | Suzi Quatro | 749 | 14 | 1 |
| 23 | I'm the leader of the gang | Gary Glitter | 748 | 12 | 1 |
| 24 | Killing me softly with his song | Roberta Flack | 742 | 14 | 6 |
| 25 | Caroline | Status Quo | 740 | 13 | 5 |
| 26 | One and one is one | Medicine Head | 736 | 13 | 1 |
| 27 | Cum on feel the noize | Slade | 728 | 11 | 1 |
| 28 | Monster mash | Bobby Boris Pickett | 719 | 13 | 3 |
| 29 | Daydreamer / Puppy song | David Cassidy | 713 | 11 | 1 |
| 30 | You can do magic | Limmie & Family Cookin' | 711 | 13 | 3 |
| 31 | You're so vain | Carly Simon | 708 | 12 | 3 |
| 32 | Tweedle dee | Little Jimmy Osmond | 701 | 13 | 4 |
| 33 | Big seven | Judge Dread | 698 | 14 | 8 |
| 34 | Nutbush city limits | Ike & Tina Turner | 693 | 13 | 4 |
| 35 | I'm a clown / Some kind of summer | David Cassidy | 688 | 12 | 3 |
| 36 | All because of you | Geordie | 687 | 13 | 6 |
| 37 | Part of the union | Strawbs | 686 | 11 | 2 |
| 38 | Live and let die | Wings | 683 | 14 | 9 |
| 39 | Baby I love you | Dave Edmunds | 679 | 13 | 8 |
| 40 | Do you wanna touch me | Gary Glitter | 678 | 11 | 2 |
| 41 | Power to all our friends | Cliff Richard | 674 | 12 | 4 |
| 42 | Alright alright alright | Mungo Jerry | 673 | 12 | 3 |
| 43 | Love train | O'Jays | 669 | 13 | 9 |
| 44 | Hello hurray | Alice Cooper | 667 | 12 | 6 |
| 45 | Laughing gnome | David Bowie | 657 | 12 | 6 |
| 46 | Born to be with you | Dave Edmunds | 656 | 12 | 5 |
| 47 | Whiskey in the jar | Thin Lizzy | 653 | 12 | 6 |
| 48 | Goodbye yellow brick road | Elton John | 652 | 12 | 6 |
| 49 | Heart of stone | Kenny | 647 | 13 | 11 |
| 50 | Pyjamarama | Roxy Music | 645 | 12 | 10 |
| 51 | Rock on | David Essex | 643 | 11 | 3 |
| 52 | Like sister and brother | Drifters | 643 | 12 | 7 |
| 53 | Hell raiser | Sweet | 642 | 11 | 2 |
| 54 | Touch me in the morning | Diana Ross | 639 | 13 | 9 |
| 55 | Sylvia | Focus | 635 | 11 | 4 |
| 56 | Angel fingers | Wizzard | 629 | 10 | 1 |
| 57 | I've been hurt | Guy Darrell | 628 | 13 | 12 |
| 58 | Young love | Donny Osmond | 627 | 10 | 1 |
| 59 | Take me home - country roads | Olivia Newton-John | 624 | 13 | 15 |
| 60 | Giving it all away | Roger Daltrey | 616 | 11 | 5 |
| 61 | Drive in saturday | David Bowie | 607 | 10 | 3 |
| 62 | Good grief Christina | Chicory Tip | 606 | 13 | 17 |
| 63 | Crazy | Mud | 601 | 12 | 12 |
| 64 | Top of the world | Carpenters | 597 | 10 | 5 |
| 65 | Let me in | Osmonds | 592 | 9 | 2 |
| 66 | Randy | Blue Mink | 591 | 11 | 9 |
| 67 | Skweeze me pleeze me | Slade | 589 | 10 | 1 |
| 68 | Sorrow | David Bowie | 586 | 9 | 3 |
| 69 | Hypnosis | Mud | 585 | 13 | 16 |
| 70 | My love | Wings | 585 | 11 | 9 |
| 71 | Take me to the mardi gras | Paul Simon | 584 | 11 | 7 |
| 72 | Nice one Cyril | Cockerel Chorus | 581 | 12 | 14 |
| 73 | Going home | Osmonds | 580 | 10 | 4 |
| 74 | Dynamite | Mud | 573 | 9 | 4 |
| 75 | Walking in the rain | Partridge Family | 573 | 11 | 10 |
| 76 | Ghetto child | Detroit Spinners | 570 | 10 | 7 |
| 77 | Daniel | Elton John | 569 | 10 | 4 |
| 78 | Brother Louie | Hot Chocolate | 565 | 10 | 7 |
| 79 | Why can't we live together | Timmy Thomas | 563 | 11 | 12 |
| 80 | The jean genie | David Bowie | 561 | 9 | 3 |
| 81 | Stuck in the middle with you | Stealers Wheel | 560 | 10 | 8 |
| 82 | Paper plane | Status Quo | 557 | 11 | 8 |
| 83 | Give me love (give me peace on earth) | George Harrison | 555 | 10 | 8 |
| 84 | Angie | Rolling Stones | 554 | 10 | 5 |
| 85 | Gaye | Clifford T. Ward | 553 | 11 | 8 |
| 86 | Deck of cards | Max Bygraves | 553 | 11 | 13 |
| 87 | The ballroom blitz | Sweet | 552 | 9 | 2 |
| 88 | You are the sunshine of my life | Stevie Wonder | 550 | 11 | 7 |
| 89 | Could be I'm falling in love | Detroit Spinners | 550 | 11 | 11 |
| 90 | Broken down angel | Nazareth | 549 | 11 | 9 |
| 91 | Smarty pants | First Choice | 548 | 11 | 9 |
| 92 | Summer (the first time) | Bobby Goldsboro | 546 | 10 | 9 |
| 93 | Cindy incidentally | Faces | 543 | 9 | 2 |
| 94 | Help me make it through the night | Gladys Knight & the Pips | 539 | 11 | 11 |
| 95 | 20th Century boy | T. Rex | 538 | 9 | 3 |
| 96 | Wishing well | Free | 538 | 10 | 7 |
| 97 | Always on my mind | Elvis Presley | 536 | 10 | 9 |
| 98 | This flight tonight | Nazareth | 528 | 10 | 11 |
| 99 | Pillow talk | Sylvia | 523 | 11 | 14 |
| 100 | 48 Crash | Suzi Quatro | 522 | 9 | 3 |
| 101 | Roll over Beethoven | Electric Light Orchestra | 522 | 10 | 6 |
| 102 | Let there be peace on earth | Michael Ward | 522 | 11 | 15 |
| 103 | Crazy horses | Osmonds | 521 | 10 | 3 |
| 104 | Doctor my eyes | Jackson Five | 520 | 10 | 9 |
| 105 | Fool | Elvis Presley | 517 | 10 | 15 |
| 106 | No more Mr Nice Guy | Alice Cooper | 516 | 10 | 10 |
| 107 | Rock-a-doodle-doo | Linda Lewis | 514 | 11 | 15 |
| 108 | Gonna make you an offer you can't refuse | Jimmy Helms | 512 | 10 | 8 |
| 109 | I'm free | Roger Daltrey | 512 | 10 | 13 |
| 110 | Oh no not my baby | Rod Stewart | 511 | 9 | 6 |
| 111 | Showdown | Electric Light Orchestra | 511 | 10 | 12 |
| 112 | Hi hi hi / C moon | Wings | 510 | 9 | 5 |
| 113 | Joybringer | Manfred Mann's Earth Band | 510 | 10 | 9 |
| 114 | My friend Stan | Slade | 509 | 8 | 2 |
| 115 | Ying tong song | Goons | 506 | 10 | 9 |
| 116 | Looking thru' the eyes of love | Partridge Family | 487 | 9 | 9 |
| 117 | Mean girl | Status Quo | 496 | 11 | 20 |
| 118 | Why can't we live together | Donny Osmond | 495 | 12 | 16 |
| 119 | Free electric band | Albert Hammond | 494 | 11 | 19 |
| 120 | I'm doing fine now | New York City | 493 | 11 | 20 |
| 121 | Superstition | Stevie Wonder | 488 | 9 | 11 |
| 122 | Amanda | Stuart Gillies | 488 | 10 | 13 |
| 123 | Also sprach Zarathustra (2001) | Deodato | 486 | 9 | 7 |
| 124 | If you don't know me by now | Harold Melvin & Blue Notes | 482 | 9 | 9 |
| 125 | Groover | T. Rex | 481 | 9 | 4 |
| 126 | Step by step | Joe Simon | 481 | 10 | 14 |
| 127 | The rising sun | Medicine Head | 479 | 9 | 11 |
| 128 | Saturday night's allright for fighting | Elton John | 478 | 9 | 7 |
| 129 | Bad bad boy | Nazareth | 477 | 9 | 10 |
| 130 | Big eight | Judge Dread | 477 | 10 | 14 |
| 131 | A hard rain's ginna fall | Bryan Ferry | 476 | 9 | 10 |
| 132 | Ball park incident | Wizzard | 475 | 8 | 6 |
| 133 | Do you wanna dance | Barry Blue | 475 | 8 | 7 |
| 134 | Walk on the wild side | Lou Reed | 475 | 9 | 10 |
| 135 | My coo-ca-choo | Alvin Stardust | 473 | 8 | 2 |
| 136 | Wonderful dream | Anne-Marie David | 471 | 9 | 13 |
| 137 | Knockin' on heaven's door | Bob Dylan | 470 | 9 | 14 |
| 138 | Armed and extremely dangerous | First Choice | 468 | 10 | 16 |
| 139 | Photograph | Ringo Starr | 467 | 8 | 8 |
| 140 | Me and Mrs Jones | Billy Paul | 460 | 9 | 12 |
| 141 | Pick up the pieces | Hudson Ford | 455 | 9 | 8 |
| 142 | When I fall in love | Donny Osmond | 454 | 7 | 4 |
| 143 | Honaloochie boogie | Mott the Hoople | 454 | 9 | 12 |
| 144 | That's when the music takes me | Neil Sedaka | 452 | 10 | 18 |
| 145 | The Dean and I | 10cc | 450 | 8 | 10 |
| 146 | Hocus pocus | Focus | 449 | 10 | 20 |
| 147 | I love you love me love | Gary Glitter | 448 | 6 | 1 |
| 148 | That lady | Isley Brothers | 443 | 9 | 14 |
| 149 | Sweet illusion | Junior Campbell | 442 | 9 | 15 |
| 150 | Allright now | Free | 440 | 9 | 15 |
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