| CASH BOX Singles – Looking Ahead |
| Week ending SEPTEMBER 18, 1971 |
| TW | TITLE Artist (Label) | LW | WKS |
| 1 | MIDNIGHT MAN
James Gang (ABC 11312) | — | 1 |
| 2 | FREEDOM COMES, FREEDOM GOES
Fortunes (Capitol 3179) | — | 1 |
| 3 | SPILL THE WINE
Isley Brothers (T-Neck 932) | — | 1 |
| 4 | GOTTA’ GET OVER THE HUMP
Simtec & Wylie (Mister Chand 8005) | 8 | 5 |
| 5 | CALIFORNIA ON MY MIND
Morning Mist (Event 206) | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | CHARITY BALL
Fanny (Reprise 1033) | 9 | 2 |
| 7 | YOU SEND ME
Ponderosa Twins + One (Horoscope 102) | 6 | 3 |
| 8 | AMANDA
Dionne Warwicke (Scepter 12326) | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | DAY BY DAY (Godspell Medley)
Holly Sherwood (Carousel 30,057) | 12 | 2 |
| 10 | ZOO DE ZOO ZONG
Twiggy & Friends (Bell 115) | 11 | 4 |
| 11 | A SONG FOR YOU
Jaye P. Morgan (Beverly Hills 9367) | 10 | 4 |
| 12 | SMACKWATER JACK
Carole King (Ode 66019) | 20 | 2 |
| 13 | A LONG TIME, A LONG WAY TO GO
Runt—Todd Rundgren (Ampex 31004) | 19 | 3 |
| 14 | I LIKE WHAT YOU GIVE
Nolan (Lizard 1008) | 17 | 12 |
| 15 | TAKE YOU WHERE THE MUSIC’S PLAYING
Dallas (Marina 501) | 14 | 3 |
| 16 | IT’S A CRYIN’ SHAME
Gayle McCormick (Dunhill 4288) | — | 1 |
| 17 | LORD HAVE MERCY ON MY SOUL
Black Oak Arkansas (Atco 6829) | 13 | 4 |
| 18 | SUMMER SIDE OF LIFE
Gordon Lightfoot (Reprise 1035) | — | 2 |
| 19 | DO I LOVE YOU
Paul Anka (Buddah 252) | — | 1 |
| 20 | MONKEY SPANNER
Dave & Ansell Collins (Big Tree 125) | — | 1 |