The 1970s had it all-goofy clothes for disco, the birth of hard rock, heavy metal and punk, the success of disco, the whole nine yards. So here to celebrate the decade when people wore platform shoes to the local discotheque, danced to Saturday Night Fever, here are the Top 200 1970s Songs.
Rush
-2112
-1976
-Considered the most ambitious thing Rush ever did
Van Halen
Ain't Talking 'Bout Love
-1978
-This shows Eddie Van Halen experimenting with electric sitar
Free
-All Right Now
-1970
-Guitarist Paul Kossoff and singer Paul Rodgers knock this song out of the park. But sadly Paul Kossoff would be found dead from a drug overdose three years later
Mott the Hoople
-All the Young Dudes
-1972
-David Bowie wrote and produced this song. To this day, this song has been covered multiple times by multiple artists, such as Bruce Dickinson, Ozzy Osbourne, etc
-Personally I gotta go with Bruce Dickinson's heavy metal take on the David Bowie original!! Bruce gives it a heavy metal touch and it is awesome!!!
Tom Petty
-American Girl
-1977
The Guess Who
-American Woman
-1970
-This is their best known song
Sex Pistols
Anarchy in the UK
-1976
-This is their introductory song to the explosive power of British punk
Pink Floyd
-Another Brick in the Wall
-1979
-By far, out of all their albums, this is my favorite. This track has been covered by multiple musicians.
Jethro Tull
-Aqualung
-1971
The Who
-Baba O'Riley
-1971
-The opening keyboard is what sets this song off as one of the ultimate '70s era songs. Not to mention, if you're familiar with CSI:NY, you'll know this song is the opening song to the show
Eddie Money
-Baby Hold On
-1978
-One of his better known songs next to "Two Tickets to Paradise"
Bruce Springsteen
-Backstreets
-1975
-This particular musician gave a lot of artists back in the 1970s a run for their money in terms of getting on to a label. Most labels wanted musicians like Springsteen instead of musicians like Aerosmith or Kiss
The Sweet
-Ballroom Blitz
-1973
-The song was inspired by an incident in Scotland where the crowd started throwing bottles at the band, a literal "ballroom blitz"
Paul McCartney and Wings
-Band on the Run
-1974
-Perhaps his best known non-Beatles song
T. Rex
-Bang a Gong (Get It On)
-1971
-This is perhaps their best known song. Known for jazzy saxophone and buzzsaw guitar, this is one of the ultimate 1970s glam rock songs
Heart
-Barracuda
-1977
-This song comes with a bit of a dark side. It was suspected that Ann and Nancy Wilson, both the founding members of Heart, were romantically involved. And to take out their frustration, along comes "Barracuda"
Rolling Stones
-Beast of Burden
-1978
-This song makes a reference to Keith Richards' drug use of the 1970s. Not to mention, you'll probably never listen to it the same way after hearing it played in the film Fifty Shades of Grey
Elton John
-Bennie and the Jets
-1974
-This is from one of Elton John's most successful albums, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Ram Jam
-Black Betty
-1977
-This is probably the ONLY song this band is known for
Kiss
-Black Diamond
-1974
-Composed by Paul Stanley and sung by Peter Criss, this legendary Kiss song is beloved by fans of all ages.
Led Zeppelin
-Black Dog
-1971
Santana
-Black Magic Woman
-1970
-This song is highly reminiscent of old Fleetwood Mac
Manfred Mann
-Blinded by the Light
-1977
-This was originally written by Bruce Springsteen for his debut album
The Ramones
-Blitzkrieg Pop
-1976
-This song ushered in New York-era punk
Queen
-Bohemian Rhapsody
-1975
-Six minutes long is a lot to ask for some songs. But this is one of Queen's most legendary songs. It became even more well known when it was used in the film Wayne's World. To this day, when the song gets to one certain part, people start banging their heads like in the film
Bruce Springsteen
-Born to Run
-1975
-Not one of his best songs, but a lot of people like it, so be it
Thin Lizzy
-The Boys are Back in Town
-1976
-This is their best known song
Pink Floyd
-Brain Damage
-1973
-A reference to previous member Syd Barrett's mental state
The Pretenders
-Brass in Pocket
-1979
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
-Breakdown
-1976
-One of my favorites by him
Simon and Garfunkel
-Bridge over Troubled Water
-1970
Rolling Stones
-Brown Sugar
-1971
-If you listen to the lyrics, you almost start suspecting that the song is about a slave owner forcing an interracial relationship with a slave. Not to mention Mick Jagger wrote this while filming Ned Kelly in Australia
Bad Company
-Can't Get Enough
-1974
Van Morrison
-Caravan
-1970
Kansas
-Carry On Wayward Son
-1976
Ted Nugent
-Cat Scratch Fever
-1977
-The Motor City Madman takes a song and makes it sound suggestive. To this day, this is one of his most heavily requested songs at his concerts
David Bowie
-Changes
-1972
-This is the song that sort of introduced him to the world
ZZ Top
-Cheap Sunglasses
-1979
-This band is known for taking all types of music and infusing it into their own to make a truly unique sound
The Doobie Brothers
-China Grove
-1973
Eric Clapton
-Cocaine
-1977
-This first appeared on his 1977 album Slowhand
Styx
-Come Sail Away
-1977
Pink Floyd
-Comfortably Numb
-1979
Neil Young
-Cortez the Killer
-1975
Heart
-Crazy on You
-1976
Van Halen
-Dance the Night Away
-1979
Steely Dan
-Deacon Blues
-1977
Steely Dan
-Do It Again
-1972
-I honestly thought Carlos Santana did this song, idk why!
Peter Frampton
-Do You Feel Like We Do
-1976
Jackson Browne
-Doctor My Eyes
-1972
Van Morrison
-Domino
-1970
-This is Van Morrison's interesting tribute to Fats Domino
Electric Light Orchestra
-Don't Bring Me Down
-1979
Tom Petty
-Don't Do Me Like That
-1979
Blue Oyster Cult
-Don't Fear the Reaper
-1976
-This is probably their best known song
Foreigner
-Double Vision
-1978
-Despite suspicions that this song was about drugs, it was actually about Lou Gramm and Mick Jones going to see the New York Rangers hockey game and seeing their goalie complain of double vision after sustaining a concussion
Aerosmith
-Dream On
-1973
-This is the song that wrote the book on power ballads
Fleetwood Mac
-Dreams
-1977
Van Halen
-Eruption
-1978
-Most people love hearing Eddie shred on this song. I think it's nothing more than just Eddie Van Halen egotistically showing off
Electric Light Orchestra
-Evil Woman
-1975
Bad Company
-Feel Like Making Love
-1975
-It seems as though during the 1970s "love" was on the minds of all members of Bad Company
Rush
-Fly by Night
-1975
-This was inspired by drummer Neil Peart's first airplane ride away from home
Boston
-Foreplay/Long Time
-1976
The Edgar Winter Group
-Free Ride
-1973
Lynyrd Skynyrd
-Free Bird
-1974
Elton John
-Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
-1973
James Gang
-Funk #49
-1970
Lynyrd Skynyrd
-Gimme Three Steps
-1973
Supertramp
-Give a Little Bit
-1977
Fleetwood Mac
-Go Your Own Way
-1977
The Cars
-Let the Good Times Roll
-1978
Supertramp
-Goodbye Stranger
-1979
Nazareth
-Hair of the Dog
-1975
The Rolling Stones
-Happy
-1972
-Keith Richards, who sings this track, is the only original member of the Stones to appear on this song
Blondie
-Heart of Glass
-1978
Neil Young
-Heart of Gold
-1972
Pat Benatar
-Heartbreaker
-1979
Todd Rundgren
-Hello It's Me
-1972
Joni Mitchell
-Help Me
-1974
AC/DC
-Highway to Hell
-1979
-Singer Bon Scott died right after this album was made. So he was unable to do the band's next album, Back in Black, which was sung entirely by new singer Brian Johnson
Bob Seger
-Hollywood Nights
-1978
The Eagles
-Hotel California
-1976
Cheap Trick
-I Want You to Want Me
-1977
Yes
-I've Seen All Good People
-1971
John Lennon
-Imagine
-1971
Even to this day, after being covered by dozens of musicians, this song still stands the test of time as the ultimate song of peace
John Lennon
-Instant Karma
-1970
Black Sabbath
-Iron Man
-1971
-Even to this day, this song remains one of their most heavily requested songs at concerts and on radios, not to mention it's also heavily used in films
Thin Lizzy
-Jailbreak
-1976
Steve Miller Band
-The Joker
-1973
Harry Nilsson
-Jump Into the Fire
-1971
The Cars
-Just What I Needed
-1978
Led Zeppelin
-Kashmir
-1975
-Known for their long, droning songs with equally long drum or guitar solos, this song has influenced almost every type of music under the sun
Queen
-Killer Queen
-1974
Bob Dylan
-Knocking on Heaven's Door
-1973
The Doors
L.A. Woman
-1971
ZZ Top
-La Grange
-1973
Genesis
-The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
-1974
Fleetwood Mac
-Landslide
-1975
Warren Zevon
-Lawyers Guns and Money
-1978
Derek and the Dominoes
-Layla
-1970
-An ode to his crush on Patti Boyd, who was married to then Beatles member George Harrison
The Beatles
-Let It Be
-1970
-This is one of their more popular tracks because of it's church hymn-like rhythm, this song could conceivably be a church song
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