Also, I may have thought "It's Too Late" would have surely lost. Again I forget the other song...The rest looks good at a cursory glance.
One man's not humble opinion.
Joy to the World was vs. Indian Nation (Cherokee People). It was a landslide.
I like Joy but on the scale of 3DogNight songs, I actually don’t “adore” it that much. I love their other hits; Old-Fashioned Love Song and Mama Told me not to Come, etc. My son - the age you speak of - loves it now.
It’s Too Late also a landslide over Osmonds with “One Bad Apple”. I didn’t even know the Osmonds ever actually had a hit, much less top of the charts! Didn’t know this song so it’s one of the very few on this list I had to experience first for this.