100 Best 70's SONGS Ranked by A Gen X

Описание: 100 Best 70s Songs Ranked.
You will agree with some of this. You will not agree with all of it.
This is my definitive ranking of the best songs of the 1970s — classic rock, disco, soul, singer-songwriter, proto-new wave, yacht-adjacent, early electronic, and everything in between.

No nostalgia fluff. No safe algorithm list. Just how the decade actually feels when you sit with it.

From arena anthems to groove-heavy deep cuts, this list moves through Fleetwood Mac, Bowie, Donna Summer, Elton John, Steely Dan, Talking Heads, Kraftwerk, The Eagles, Michael Jackson, CHIC, Billy Preston, The Cars, and more.

These aren’t just hits. They’re texture. Mood. Identity.

If you grew up with this music — or discovered it later — I’m curious where we agree and where we don’t.

Songs Included:
It Keeps You Runnin’ – The Doobie Brothers
Sister Golden Hair – America
Right Down the Line – Gerry Rafferty
Carry On – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Daniel – Elton John
Silly Love Songs – Wings
Random – Gary Numan
Sundown – Gordon Lightfoot
Sunshine (Go Away Today) – Jonathan Edwards
Feel Like Makin’ Love – Bad Company
No Sugar Tonight / New Mother Nature – The Guess Who
Golden Years – David Bowie
I Feel Love – Donna Summer
Sweet Emotion – Aerosmith
(Don’t Fear) The Reaper – Blue Öyster Cult
Fortunate Son – Creedence Clearwater Revival
What a Fool Believes – The Doobie Brothers
Take Me to the River – Talking Heads
Use Me – Bill Withers
The Chain – Fleetwood Mac
Hold the Line – TOTO
Black Dog – Led Zeppelin
Carry On Wayward Son – Kansas
Just What I Needed – The Cars
Let ’Em In – Wings
Listen to the Music – The Doobie Brothers
Second Hand News – Fleetwood Mac
Let’s Go – The Cars
Lady – Little River Band
No Time – The Guess Who
Carolina in My Mind – James Taylor
Get Back – The Beatles
My Life – Billy Joel
Do It Again – Steely Dan
Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress) – The Hollies
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Elton John
Crazy On You – Heart
Takin’ It to the Streets – The Doobie Brothers
Loves Me Like a Rock – Paul Simon
Teach Your Children – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Midnight Rider – Allman Brothers Band
Free Ride – The Edgar Winter Group
Life in the Fast Lane – Eagles
Lookin’ Out My Back Door – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Can’t You See – The Marshall Tucker Band
Dust in the Wind – Kansas
Stranglehold – Ted Nugent
Wheel in the Sky – Journey
Superstition – Stevie Wonder
Being Boiled – The Human League
The Boxer – Simon & Garfunkel
Get Down Tonight – KC & The Sunshine Band
Jungle Love – Steve Miller Band
Mississippi Queen – Mountain
We Are Family – Sister Sledge
Hate Street Dialogue – Rodríguez
One of These Nights – Eagles
Solsbury Hill – Peter Gabriel
Slow Ride – Foghat
Day After Day – Badfinger
The Robots – Kraftwerk
You Should Be Dancing – Bee Gees
Rock ’n Me – Steve Miller Band
Bennie and the Jets – Elton John
Will It Go Round in Circles – Billy Preston
Le Freak – CHIC
Higher Ground – Stevie Wonder
Take Me Home, Country Roads – John Denver
A Horse with No Name – America
Green-Eyed Lady – Sugarloaf
Hot Blooded – Foreigner
Blind Youth – The Human League
Reggae Got Soul – Toots & The Maytals
Cars – Gary Numan
Rocket Man – Elton John
Fire and Rain – James Taylor
Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
Night Moves – Bob Seger
Dreams – Fleetwood Mac
Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough – Michael Jackson
Reminiscing – Little River Band
More Than a Feeling – Boston
Barracuda – Heart
Baker Street – Gerry Rafferty
Workin’ Day and Night – Michael Jackson
Fame – David Bowie
Outa-Space – Billy Preston
Thank God I’m a Country Boy – John Denver
Just the Way You Are – Billy Joel
Take It Easy – Eagles
Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? – Rod Stewart
Don’t Bring Me Down – Electric Light Orchestra
Peg – Steely Dan
Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
Sultans of Swing – Dire Straits
Lotta Love – Nicolette Larson
Baby Come Back – Player
Lay Away – The Isley Brothers
Gut Feeling (Slap Your Mammy) – DEVO

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