Greatest Songs of the 1970s | The Greatest Music

Rank	Song	Artist	Year
#326	Young Americans	David Bowie	1975
#327	Baba O'Riley	The Who	1971
#328	Message in a Bottle	The Police	1979
#331	Iron Man	Black Sabbath	1970
#332	Dream On	Aerosmith	1973
#336	She's Gone	Daryl Hall & John Oates	1973
#337	Help Me	Joni Mitchell	1974
#340	Brass in Pocket	Pretenders	1979
#342	(I Can't Get No Satisfaction) Satisfaction	The Rolling Stones	1977
#344	Without You	Harry Nilsson	1971
#353	Papa's Got a Brand New Bag	James Brown	1977
#354	Cortez the Killer	Neil Young, Crazy Horse	1975
#356	What a Fool Believes	The Doobie Brothers	1978
#363	20th Century Boy	T. Rex	1973
#367	Sound and Vision	David Bowie	1977
#373	Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)	Neil Young, Crazy Horse	1979
#380	Like a Hurricane	Neil Young, Crazy Horse	1977
#382	She	Gram Parsons	1973
#386	Song to the Siren	Tim Buckley	1970
#390	Le Freak	Chic	1978
#392	Landslide	Fleetwood Mac	1975
#395	Love to Love You Baby	Donna Summer	1975
#396	Station to Station	David Bowie	1976
#398	Higher Ground	Stevie Wonder	1973
#403	Pancho & Lefty	Townes Van Zandt	1972
#408	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	Elton John	1973
#409	Tiny Dancer	Elton John	1971
#416	Knockin' on Heaven's Door	Bob Dylan	1973
#422	Roxanne	The Police	1978
#425	River Deep Mountain High	Ike & Tina Turner	1973
#428	Fire and Rain	James Taylor	1970
#434	Powderfinger	Neil Young, Crazy Horse	1979
#438	Wild Horses	The Rolling Stones	1971
#439	Personality Crisis	New York Dolls	1973
#440	Sail Away	Randy Newman	1972
#441	The Harder They Come	Jimmy Cliff	1972
#447	More Than a Feeling	Boston	1976
#456	Tired of Being Alone	Al Green	1971
#465	Famous Blue Raincoat	Leonard Cohen	1971
#467	Sea Song	Robert Wyatt	1974
#470	Midnight Train to Georgia	Gladys Knight & the Pips	1973
#471	Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)	The Temptations	1971
#476	Mr. Blue Sky	Electric Light Orchestra	1977
#479	The Ballad of El Goodo	Big Star	1972
#480	Things Behind the Sun	Nick Drake	1972
#482	Public Image	Public Image Ltd	1978
#484	Into the Mystic	Van Morrison	1970
#491	The Man Who Sold the World	David Bowie	1970
#492	Outdoor Miner	Wire	1978
#495	Nutbush City Limits	Ike & Tina Turner	1973
#496	Simple Twist Of Fate	Bob Dylan	1975
#499	Night Moves	Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band	1976
#501	(I Keep a) Close Watch	John Cale	1975
#505	Smoke on the Water	Deep Purple	1972
#506	Autobahn	Kraftwerk	1974
#507	Uptown Top Ranking	Althea & Donna	1977
#510	Rock and Roll	Led Zeppelin	1971
#512	Anarchy in the U.K.	Sex Pistols	1976
#517	Oh Bondage Up Yours!	X‐Ray Spex	1977
#518	La Grange	ZZ Top	1973
#521	Deacon Blues	Steely Dan	1977
#522	Riders on the Storm	The Doors	1971
#526	Flash Light	Parliament	1977
#528	Instant Karma (We All Shine on)	John Lennon	1970
#530	Search and Destroy	The Stooges	1973
#532	Video Killed the Radio Star	Buggles	1979
#535	Just What I Needed	The Cars	1978
#537	The Guns of Brixton	The Clash	1979
#539	Love is the Drug	Roxy Music	1975
#543	Rock and Roll	The Velvet Underground	1970
#547	Martha	Tom Waits	1973
#550	Piece of My Heart	Janis Joplin	1971
#551	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart	Al Green	1972
#556	I Will Always Love You	Dolly Parton	1974
#558	Stay With Me	Faces	1971
#560	Old Man	Neil Young	1972
#562	Always on My Mind	Elvis Presley	1973
#563	Warm Leatherette	The Normal	1978
#565	Up the Junction	Squeeze	1979
#566	Soul Makossa	Manu Dibango	1973
#568	We Will Rock You	Queen	1977
#571	Hurricane	Bob Dylan	1975
#573	The End of the Rainbow	Richard & Linda Thompson	1974
#580	Seasons in the Sun	Terry Jacks	1973
#582	All Things Must Pass	George Harrison	1970
#589	Aqualung	Jethro Tull	1971
#604	One Way or Another	Blondie	1978
#608	Theme From Shaft	Isaac Hayes	1971
#611	Can't Stand Losing You	The Police	1978
#615	Living for the City	Stevie Wonder	1973
#617	War	Edwin Starr	1970
#625	Gloria	Patti Smith	1975
#630	You Are the Sunshine of My Life	Stevie Wonder	1972
#632	Pusherman	Curtis Mayfield	1972
#634	Sweet Home Alabama	Lynyrd Skynyrd	1977
#635	Oye como va	Santana	1970
#644	I'll Take You There	The Staple Singers	1972
#647	Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)	Bruce Springsteen	1973
#650	Could You Be Loved	Bob Marley & The Wailers	1979
#652	Me and Bobby McGee	Janis Joplin	1970

#326

Young Americans

David Bowie

1975

#327

Baba O'Riley

The Who

1971

#328

Message in a Bottle

The Police

1979