Greatest Songs of the 1970s | The Greatest Music

Rank	Song	Artist	Year
#656	If You Don't Know Me by Now	Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes	1972
#658	Got to Give It Up	Marvin Gaye	1977
#662	Maybe I'm Amazed	Paul McCartney	1970
#663	Rock and Roll All Nite	KISS	1975
#667	Rock Lobster	The B‐52s	1979
#668	Bela Lugosi's Dead	Bauhaus	1979
#669	Damaged Goods	Gang of Four	1978
#687	Why Do Fools Fall in Love?	The Teenagers	1977
#690	Is She Really Going Out With Him?	Joe Jackson	1979
#701	White Riot	The Clash	1977
#707	Dont Stop Till You Get Enough	Michael Jackson	1979
#715	This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us	Sparks	1974
#720	Fisherman	The Congos	1977
#727	Woodstock	Joni Mitchell	1970
#731	Cum On Feel the Noize	Slade	1973
#737	She Is Beyond Good and Evil	The Pop Group	1979
#738	There but for the Grace of God Go I	Machine	1979
#741	Mother	John Lennon	1970
#743	Cheree	Suicide	1977
#745	Sabbath Bloody Sabbath	Black Sabbath	1973
#747	Return of the Grievous Angel	Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris	1974
#748	Killer Queen	Queen	1974
#762	Money	Pink Floyd	1973
#769	We Are the Champions	Queen	1977
#774	The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway	Genesis	1974
#777	The Model	Kraftwerk	1978
#781	Pretty Vacant	Sex Pistols	1977
#782	Norwegian Wood	The Beatles	1977
#792	Peaches	The Stranglers	1977
#793	White Man in Hammersmith Palais	The Clash	1978
#794	Respect Yourself	The Staple Singers	1971
#800	In the City	The Jam	1977
#805	Ziggy Stardust	David Bowie	1972
#808	Alternative Ulster	Stiff Little Fingers	1978
#809	Whats Going On	Marvin Gaye	1971
#813	Satellite of Love	Lou Reed	1972
#819	Sheena Is Punk Rocker	Ramones	1977
#824	Los Angeles	X	1979
#825	I Saw the Light	Todd Rundgren	1972
#827	Immigrant Song	Led Zeppelin	1970
#828	Alone Again (Naturally)	Gilbert O'Sullivan	1972
#829	To Be Young Gifted and Black	Nina Simone	1970
#833	Dancing Barefoot	Patti Smith Group	1979
#839	Runaround Sue	Dion	1971
#840	Summer Breeze	The Isley Brothers	1973
#842	Begin the Beguine	Artie Shaw	1972
#844	I Feel the Earth Move	Carole King	1971
#854	Down in the Tube Station at Midnight	The Jam	1978
#859	September	Earth, Wind & Fire	1978
#862	I Left My Heart in San Francisco	Tony Bennett	1976
#863	Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Parts I–V	Pink Floyd	1975
#866	Cars	Gary Numan	1979
#871	Something	Frank Sinatra	1970
#872	Disco Inferno	The Trammps	1976
#881	My Sharona	The Knack	1979
#882	Short People	Randy Newman	1977
#890	Legalize It	Peter Tosh	1976
#906	Fire and Rain	The Isley Brothers	1971
#907	No Woman, No Cry	Bob Marley & The Wailers	1973
#908	Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours	Stevie Wonder	1970
#910	Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time)	Elton John	1972
#914	Ooh La La	Faces	1973
#917	Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain	Willie Nelson	1975
#918	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised	Gil Scott‐Heron	1971
#919	Coat of Many Colors	Dolly Parton	1971
#923	Another Brick in the Wall, Part II	Pink Floyd	1979
#925	Jungleland	Bruce Springsteen	1975
#926	Wish You Were Here	Pink Floyd	1975
#927	Moondance	Van Morrison	1970
#928	After the Gold Rush	Neil Young	1970
#929	Don't Leave Me This Way	Thelma Houston	1976
#931	Dreaming	Blondie	1979
#938	River	Joni Mitchell	1971
#942	Get Up, Stand Up	The Wailers	1973
#943	American Tune	Paul Simon	1973
#944	King Tubby Meets the Rockers Uptown	Augustus Pablo	1975
#949	Trans Europa Express	Kraftwerk	1977
#957	Scenes From an Italian Restaurant	Billy Joel	1977
#959	Ripple	Grateful Dead	1970
#962	Angel From Montgomery	John Prine	1971
#963	Ponta de Lanca Africano	Jorge Ben Jor	1976
#967	Box of Rain	Grateful Dead	1970
#968	Be Thankful for What You Got	William DeVaughn	1974
#971	Father and Son	Cat Stevens	1970
#977	Cosmic Dancer	T. Rex	1971
#978	Ku Klux Klan	Steel Pulse	1978
#982	Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down	Kris Kristofferson	1970
#994	Summertime	Janis Joplin	1971
#997	Stone in Love With You	The Stylistics	1972
#1008	Feel Like Going Home	Charlie Rich	1973
#1015	Desperado	Eagles	1973
#1021	The Moon's A Harsh Mistress	Glen Campbell	1974
#1027	Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough	Michael Jackson	1979
#1051	Human Fly	The Cramps	1978
#1057	Runnin' With the Devil	Van Halen	1978
#1068	Willin'	Little Feat	1972
#1071	John Barleycorn Must Die	Traffic	1970
#1081	Surf's Up	The Beach Boys	1971
#1099	Have You Ever Seen the Rain?	Creedence Clearwater Revival	1970
#1100	Who'll Stop the Rain	Creedence Clearwater Revival	1970

#656

If You Don't Know Me by Now

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes

1972

#658

Got to Give It Up

Marvin Gaye

1977

#662

Maybe I'm Amazed

Paul McCartney

1970