Top 100+ 1970s!
 
 Here is the list of the best songs from the 70s....in order of musical excellence! Their highest chart positions are indicated.
 

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In Alphabetical Order	In Ranked Order of Preference	By Year of Release

#	Artist	Track	Year	Position	Position
#001	John Lennon	Imagine	1971		3
#002	Lou Reed	Perfect Day	1974
#003	Rolling Stones	Gimme Shelter	1971
#004	The Beatles	Yesterday	1976	8
#005	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody	1975		9
#006	Bee Gees	Night Fever	1978
#007	The Temptations	Papa was a Rolling Stone	1972	14
#008	Pink Floyd	Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)	1979
#009	Eric Clapton	Wonderful Tonight	1978		16
#010	Don McLean	American Pie	1971	2
#011	Eagles	Lyin Eyes	1975	23	2
# 012	TRex	Get It On	1971		10
# 013	Simon and Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	1970
# 014	Bryan Ferry	Let's Stick Together	1976	4
# 015	10cc	I'm Not In Love	1975		2
# 016	Rolling Stones	Brown Sugar	1971	2
# 017	George Baker Selection	Little Green Bag	1970		21
# 018	Fleetwood Mac	Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)	1976	46	11
# 019	Eagles	Hotel California (original)	1977	8
# 020	Bee Gees	How Deep Is Your Love	1977	3
# 021	Pretenders	Brass In A Pocket (I'm Special)	1979		14
# 022	Al Green	Let's Stay Together	1972	7
# 023	Sister Sledge	We are family (original)	1979	8	2
# 024	Bee Gees	Stayin' Alive	1978	4	1
# 025	The Police	Roxanne	1979	12	32
# 026	Simon & Garfunkel	El Condor Pasa (If I Could)	1970
# 027	10cc	Dreadlock Holiday	1978
# 028	Bob Marley & the Wailers	No Woman No Cry	1975	22
# 029	Wings	Live And Let Die	1973	9	2
# 030	Lou Reed	Walk on the Wild Side	1973	10	16
# 031	Blondie	Heart Of Glass	1979
# 032	Doobie Brothers	What A Fool Believes	1979	31
# 033	Bob Dylan	Knockin' On Heavens Door	1973	14	12
# 034	Kate Bush	Wuthering Heights	1978
# 035	Boomtown Rats	I Don't Like Mondays	1979
# 036	The Beatles	Let It Be	1970	2
# 037	Bob Marley & The Wailers	Jamming	1977	9
# 038	Sly & The Family Stone	Family Affair	1971	15
# 039	The Hollies	The Air That I Breathe	1974	2	6
# 040	Roxy Music	Love Is The Drug	1975	2	30
# 041	The Police	Message in a Bottle	1979
# 042	Smokey Robinson And The Miracl	The Tears of a Clown	1970
# 043	Derek and the Dominos	Layla	1972	7	10
# 044	Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel	Make me Smile (Come Up & See Me)	1975	1
# 045	Bill Withers	Lovely Day	1978	7	30
# 046	Bread	Guitar Man	1972	16	11
# 047	Gerry Rafferty	Baker Street	1978	3	2
# 048	Bee Gees	Tragedy	1979
# 049	Donna Summer	I Feel Love	1977		6
# 050	Elton John	Rocket Man	1972	2	6
# 051	Eagles	One of These Nights	1975	23
# 052	Elton John	Your Song	1971	7	8
# 053	Gloria Gaynor	I Will Survive	1979
# 054	Carly Simon	You're So Vain	1972	3	1
# 055	The Commodores	Easy	1977	9	4
# 056	Waren Zevon	Werewolves of London	1978		21
# 057	Billy Joel	Just The Way You Are	1977	19	3
# 058	Sister Sledge	Lost In Music	1979	17
# 059	Hot Chocolate	You Sexy Thing	1975	2	3
# 060	The Jacksons	Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)	1979	4	7
# 061	David Bowie	Golden Years	1975	8	10
# 062	The Trammps	Disco Inferno	1977	16
# 063	Wings	Mull of Kintyre	1977		33
# 064	Bee Gees	Jive Talkin'	1975	5
# 065	Earth Wind And Fire	Boogie Wonderland	1979	4	6
# 066	Gary Numan	Cars	1979		9
# 067	Michael Jackson	Don't Stop Till You Get Enough	1979	3
# 068	David Bowie	Starman	1972	10
# 069	Nilsson	Without You	1972
# 070	The Commodores	Three Times A Lady	1978
# 071	Elton John	Philadelphia Freedom	1975	12	1
# 072	Chaka Kahn	I'm Every Woman	1978	11	21
# 073	Diana Ross	Ain't No Mountain High Enough	1970	6
# 074	Wings	Band On The Run	1974	3
# 075	ABBA	Dancing Queen	1976
# 076	Lou Reed	Satellite of Love	1973
# 077	Billy Joel	Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)	1978	35	17
# 078	Sheila & B. Devotion	Spacer	1979	18
# 079	David Bowie	Heroes	1977	24
# 080	Carl Douglas	Kung Fu Fighting	1974
# 081	Dr. Hook	When You're In Love With A Beautiful	1979		6
# 082	Queen	Crazy Little Thing Called Love	1979	2
# 083	Roxy Music	A Hard Rains Gonna Fall	1973	10
# 084	Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes	If You Dont Know Me By Now	1972	9	3
# 085	Free	All Right Now	1970	2	4
# 086	Chic	Le Freak	1978	7
# 087	Elton John	Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me	1974		2
# 088	Amii Stewart	Knock On Wood	1979	6
# 089	Melanie	Ruby Tuesday	1970	9
# 090	Ken Boothe	Everything I Own	1974
# 091	ABBA	Take a Chance on Me	1978		3
# 092	Queen	We Are The Champions	1977	2	4
# 093	Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye	You are everything	1974	5
# 094	Chicago	If You Leave Me Now	1976
# 095	Candi Staton	Young Hearts Run Free	1976	2	20
# 096	Rod Stewart	I Don't Want To Talk About It	1977
# 097	Sylvester	You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)	1978	8	36
# 098	Mungo Jerry	In the Summertime	1970		3
# 099	Genesis	Follow You Follow Me	1978	7	23
# 100	ABBA	The Name of The Game	1977		12
# 101	Elton John	Pinball Wizard	1976	6
# 102	Don McLean	Vincent	1972	1	12
# 103	Tavares	More Than A Woman	1978	7	32
# 104	The Isley Brothers	Harvest For the world	1976	10
# 105	Freda Payne	Band Of Gold	1970		3
# 106	Chic	Good Times	1979	5
# 107	Rod Stewart	Sailing	1975
# 108	The Real thing	You To Me Are Everything	1976
# 109	Roxy Music	The In-Crowd	1974	13
# 110	La Belle Epoque	Black Is Black	1977	2
# 111	ABBA	Waterloo	1974	1	6
# 112	The Supremes	Automatically Sunshine	1972	10	37
# 113	The Knack	My Sharona	1979	6
# 114	Rod Stewart	You Wear It Well	1972		13
# 115	Heatwave	Boogie Nights	1977	2	2
# 116	Rod Stewart	Da Ya Think I'm Sexy	1978
# 117	The Village People	Y.M.C.A.	1978		12
# 118	ABBA	Mamma Mia	1975	1	32
# 119	Roxy Music	Dance Away	1979	2
# 120	E L O	Mr Blue Sky	1978	6	35
# 121	John Travolta & Olivia Newton	You're The One That I Want	1978	1	1
# 122	George McCrae	Rock Your Baby	1974
# 123	Peaches & Herb	Reunited	1979	4
# 124	The Buggles	Video Killed The radio star	1979		40
# 125	Joe Walsh	Life's Been Good	1978	14	12
# 126	Rainbow	Since You've Been Gone	1979	6
# 127	Labelle	Lady Marmalade	1975	17	1
# 128	The Chi Lites	Have You Seen Her	1971	3	3
# 129	Boney M.	Rasputin	1978	2
# 130	The Jackson 5	I'll Be There	1970	4	1
# 131	Ian Dury & The Blockheads	Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick	1978	1
# 132	Captain & Tennille	Do That That To Me One	1979	7
# 133	Madness	One Step Beyond	1979	7
# 134	Norman Greenbaum	Spirit In The sky	1970	1	3
# 135	Rose Royce	Car Wash	1976	9
# 136	Billy Joel	My Life	1978	12	3
# 137	Ike & Tina Turner	Nutbush City Limits	1973	4	22
# 138	Morris Albert	Feelings	1975	4	6
# 139	Bryan Ferry	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	1974	17
# 140	T Rex	Ride A White Swan	1970	3
* Bonus	Status Quo	Rockin' All Over The World	1977	3

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