Greatest Songs of the 1970s | The Greatest Music

Rank	Song	Artist	Year
#5	Superstition	Stevie Wonder	1972
#8	"Heroes"	David Bowie	1977
#16	Imagine	John Lennon	1971
#17	God Save the Queen	Sex Pistols	1977
#21	What's Going On	Marvin Gaye	1971
#23	Born to Run	Bruce Springsteen	1975
#38	Paranoid	Black Sabbath	1970
#40	London Calling	The Clash	1979
#41	I Feel Love	Donna Summer	1977
#43	Bridge Over Troubled Water	Simon & Garfunkel	1970
#50	Tangled Up In Blue	Bob Dylan	1975
#53	Life on Mars?	David Bowie	1971
#54	Walk on the Wild Side	Lou Reed	1972
#60	Family Affair	Sly & the Family Stone	1971
#62	Ain't No Sunshine	Bill Withers	1971
#70	Heart of Glass	Blondie	1978
#71	Bohemian Rhapsody	Queen	1975
#73	(Don't Fear) The Reaper	Blue Öyster Cult	1976
#75	Stairway to Heaven	Led Zeppelin	1971
#78	Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)	Buzzcocks	1978
#80	One Nation Under a Groove	Funkadelic	1978
#85	Thunder Road	Bruce Springsteen	1975
#91	Maggie May	Rod Stewart	1971
#92	Let's Stay Together	Al Green	1971
#94	All the Young Dudes	Mott the Hoople	1972
#95	The Boys Are Back in Town	Thin Lizzy	1976
#97	Jolene	Dolly Parton	1973
#101	You're So Vain	Carly Simon	1972
#104	Teenage Kicks	The Undertones	1978
#108	Highway to Hell	AC/DC	1979
#109	Another Girl, Another Planet	The Only Ones	1978
#114	Psycho Killer	Talking Heads	1977
#116	Layla	Derek and the Dominos	1970
#117	Get It On	T. Rex	1971
#121	A Case of You	Joni Mitchell	1971
#122	Killing Me Softly With His Song	Roberta Flack	1973
#128	I Can't Stand the Rain	Ann Peebles	1973
#129	I Will Survive	Gloria Gaynor	1978
#135	Hotel California	Eagles	1976
#139	September Gurls	Big Star	1974
#140	Dancing Queen	ABBA	1976
#143	Boys Don't Cry	The Cure	1979
#144	Marquee Moon	Television	1977
#145	Sweet Jane	The Velvet Underground	1970
#147	Lust for Life	Iggy Pop	1977
#149	Virginia Plain	Roxy Music	1972
#151	Pink Moon	Nick Drake	1972
#153	Lola	The Kinks	1970
#154	It's Too Late	Carole King	1971
#156	Good Times	Chic	1979
#162	(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais	The Clash	1978
#164	Changes	David Bowie	1971
#165	American Girl	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	1976
#168	Move On Up	Curtis Mayfield	1970
#175	Alison	Elvis Costello	1977
#177	Lean on Me	Bill Withers	1972
#178	Because the Night	Patti Smith	1978
#180	Let It Be	The Beatles	1970
#181	Ohio	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	1970
#184	You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)	Sylvester	1978
#186	Jealous Guy	John Lennon	1971
#189	Solsbury Hill	Peter Gabriel	1977
#191	Stayin' Alive	Bee Gees	1977
#192	Go Your Own Way	Fleetwood Mac	1976
#197	Shake Some Action	Flamin' Groovies	1976
#208	Sex Machine (Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine)	James Brown	1972
#210	Dreams	Fleetwood Mac	1977
#211	Anarchy in the UK	Sex Pistols	1977
#214	Heart of Gold	Neil Young	1972
#216	Blitzkrieg Bop	Ramones	1976
#220	Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine	James Brown	1970
#223	Wuthering Heights	Kate Bush	1978
#224	Let's Get It On	Marvin Gaye	1973
#230	Love and Happiness	Al Green	1972
#235	Perfect Day	Lou Reed	1972
#236	Atomic	Blondie	1979
#243	Purple Haze	Jimi Hendrix	1971
#253	Comfortably Numb	Pink Floyd	1979
#257	Thirteen	Big Star	1972
#266	Surrender	Cheap Trick	1978
#271	Typical Girls	The Slits	1979
#275	Roadrunner	The Modern Lovers	1976
#278	Big Yellow Taxi	Joni Mitchell	1970
#281	Ever Fallen in Love	Buzzcocks	1979
#294	Your Song	Elton John	1970
#295	Roadrunner	Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers	1978
#297	Ashes to Ashes	David Bowie	1976
#298	Tumbling Dice	The Rolling Stones	1972
#300	Kashmir	Led Zeppelin	1975
#301	The Passenger	Iggy Pop	1977
#302	Lovely Day	Bill Withers	1977
#303	Zombie	Fela Kuti	1976
#307	Won't Get Fooled Again	The Who	1971
#308	Rock With You	Michael Jackson	1979
#310	Sheena Is a Punk Rocker	Ramones	1977
#317	Bennie and the Jets	Elton John	1973
#318	Free Bird	Lynyrd Skynyrd	1973
#320	Papa Was a Rollin' Stone	The Temptations	1972
#323	Coal Miner's Daughter	Loretta Lynn	1970
#324	School's Out	Alice Cooper	1972

#5

Superstition

Stevie Wonder

1972

#8

"Heroes"

David Bowie

1977

#16

Imagine

John Lennon

1971