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The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s

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The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s Lyrics

1. David Bowie – "Life on Mars?"
2. Michael Jackson – "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"
3. Marvin Gaye – "What's Going On"
4. Donna Summer – "I Feel Love"
5. Kate Bush – "Wuthering Heights"
6. David Bowie – ""Heroes""
7. Prince – "I Wanna Be Your Lover"
8. Television – "Marquee Moon"
9. Fleetwood Mac – "Dreams"
10. Joy Division – "Transmission"
11. Bill Withers – "Ain't No Sunshine"
12. Joni Mitchell – "A Case of You"
13. Al Green – "Let's Stay Together"
14. Stevie Wonder – "Living for the City"
15. Queen – "Bohemian Rhapsody"
16. Bruce Springsteen – "Born to Run"
17. Iggy Pop – "Lust for Life"
18. Blondie – "Heart of Glass"
19. Kraftwerk – "Trans-Europe Express"
20. Patti Smith – "Gloria"
21. David Bowie – "Changes"
22. Big Star – "Thirteen"
23. Bob Dylan – "Tangled Up in Blue"
24. Led Zeppelin – "When the Levee Breaks"
25. Curtis Mayfield – "Move On Up"
26. The Stooges – "Search and Destroy"
27. The Velvet Underground – "Sweet Jane"
28. Al Green – "Love and Happiness"
29. Marvin Gaye – "Got to Give It Up"
30. Dolly Parton – "Jolene"
31. Michael Jackson – "Rock with You"
32. Funkadelic – "Can You Get to That"
33. Ramones – "Blitzkrieg Bop"
34. X-Ray Spex – "Oh Bondage Up Yours!"
35. Buzzcocks – "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)"
36. Lou Reed – "Walk on the Wild Side"
37. Suicide – "Dream Baby Dream"
38. Neil Young – "On the Beach"
39. Pink Floyd – "Wish You Were Here"
40. Gil Scott-Heron – "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"
41. Chic – "Good Times"
42. Althea & Donna – "Uptown Top Ranking"
43. Talking Heads – "Psycho Killer"
44. David Bowie – "Young Americans"
45. James Brown – "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine"
46. Nick Drake – "Pink Moon"
47. The Cure – "Boys Don't Cry"
48. The Clash – "London Calling"
49. Dinosaur – "Kiss Me Again"
50. Sugarhill Gang – "Rapper's Delight"
51. Black Sabbath – "War Pigs"
52. Fleetwood Mac – "The Chain"
53. Fela Kuti & Africa 70 – "Zombie"
54. Can – "Vitamin C"
55. Sly and the Family Stone – "Family Affair"
56. Bob Marley and the Wailers – "Waiting in Vain"
57. The Temptations – "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"
58. Parliament – "Flash Light"
59. Stevie Wonder – "Superstition"
60. Alice Coltrane – "Journey in Satchidananda"
61. The Beatles – "Let It Be"
62. The Modern Lovers – "Roadrunner"
63. Funkadelic – "Maggot Brain"
64. Neil Young & Crazy Horse – "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)"
65. The Rolling Stones – "Wild Horses"
66. Lou Reed – "Perfect Day"
67. Big Star – "September Gurls"
68. Bobby Womack – "Across 110th Street"
69. Ann Peebles – "I Can't Stand the Rain"
70. The Slits – "Typical Girls"
71. 10cc – "I'm Not in Love"
72. Roy Ayers Ubiquity – "Everybody Loves the Sunshine"
73. Caetano Veloso – "You Don’t Know Me"
74. Jimmy Cliff – "The Harder They Come"
75. Leonard Cohen – "Famous Blue Raincoat"
76. Brian Eno – "St. Elmo's Fire"
77. The Velvet Underground – "Rock & Roll"
78. The Who – "Baba O'Riley"
79. Talking Heads – "Life During Wartime"
80. ABBA – "Dancing Queen"
81. The B-52's – "Rock Lobster"
82. George Harrison – "My Sweet Lord"
83. The Kinks – "Lola"
84. The O'Jays – "For the Love of Money"
85. The Isley Brothers – "That Lady"
86. Stevie Wonder – "As"
87. Steely Dan – "Peg"
88. The Cars – "Just What I Needed"
89. Blondie – "Dreaming"
90. The Congos – "Fisherman"
91. Joy Division – "Disorder"
92. Suicide – "Ghost Rider"
93. Patti Smith – "Land"
94. Kraftwerk – "Autobahn"
95. Iggy Pop – "The Passenger"
96. Can – "Future Days"
97. Bob Marley and the Wailers – "Concrete Jungle"
98. Jimi Hendrix – "Machine Gun"
99. Miles Davis – "Right Off"
100. Brian Eno – "1/1"
101. Neil Young – "After the Gold Rush"
102. Elton John – "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
103. Led Zeppelin – "Immigrant Song"
104. The Clash – "Train in Vain"
105. The Doobie Brothers – "What a Fool Believes"
106. Joni Mitchell – "Free Man in Paris"
107. Minnie Riperton – "Les Fleur"
108. Earth, Wind & Fire – "September"
109. Elvis Costello – "Alison"
110. Hall & Oates – "She's Gone"
111. Judee Sill – "The Kiss"
112. Sparks – "This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us"
113. Gang of Four – "Damaged Goods"
114. Steely Dan – "Deacon Blues"
115. James Brown – "The Payback"
116. Richard Hell and the Voidoids – "Blank Generation"
117. Thin Lizzy – "The Boys Are Back in Town"
118. Sex Pistols – "Anarchy in the U.K."
119. Blue Öyster Cult – "(Don't Fear) The Reaper"
120. Serge Gainsbourg – "Melody"
121. Neu! – "Hallogallo"
122. The Beach Boys – "Surf's Up"
123. Roberta Flack – "Killing Me Softly with His Song"
124. John Lennon – "Jealous Guy"
125. Kool & the Gang – "Summer Madness"
126. Roxy Music – "Love Is the Drug"
127. Diana Ross – "Love Hangover"
128. Herbie Hancock – "Chameleon"
129. Toots and the Maytals – "Funky Kingston"
130. Electric Light Orchestra – "Mr. Blue Sky"
131. The Rolling Stones – "Miss You"
132. Five Stairsteps – "O-o-h Child"
133. The Abyssinians – "Satta Massagana"
134. The Brothers Johnson – "Strawberry Letter 23"
135. Marvin Gaye – "I Want You"
136. Isaac Hayes – "The Look of Love"
137. Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson – "The Bottle"
138. Bauhaus – "Bela Lugosi's Dead"
139. Throbbing Gristle – "Hot on the Heels of Love"
140. The Raincoats – "In Love"
141. The Undertones – "Teenage Kicks"
142. Cheap Trick – "Surrender"
143. XTC – "Making Plans for Nigel"
144. Elvis Costello & the Attractions – "Radio Radio"
145. Ramones – "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker"
146. Donny Hathaway – "A Song for You"
147. Nina Simone – "Baltimore"
148. Wire – "Outdoor Miner"
149. Shuggie Otis – "Inspiration Information"
150. Grateful Dead – "Friend of the Devil"
151. Townes Van Zandt – "Pancho and Lefty"
152. Harry Nilsson – "Without You"
153. Faces – "Ooh La La"
154. T. Rex – "Metal Guru"
155. Chic – "I Want Your Love"
156. William DeVaughn – "Be Thankful for What You Got"
157. Bobby Caldwell – "What You Won't Do for Love"
158. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – "American Girl"
159. Rose Royce – "I'm Going Down"
160. The Chi-Lites – "Have You Seen Her"
161. The Nerves – "Hanging on the Telephone"
162. Black Flag – "Nervous Breakdown"
163. Bruce Springsteen – "Darkness on the Edge of Town"
164. Don Cherry – "Brown Rice"
165. Donnie & Joe Emerson – "Baby"
166. Karen Dalton – "Something on Your Mind"
167. Milton Nascimento – "Tudo Que Você Podia Ser"
168. Sun Ra – "Door of the Comos"
169. Plastic Bertrand – "Ça Plane Pour Moi"
170. The Roches – "Hammond Song"
171. The Walker Brothers – "The Electrician"
172. The Equals – "Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys"
173. Eddie Kendricks – "Girl, You Need a Change of Mind"
174. Dillinger – "Cokane in My Brain"
175. Giorgio Moroder – "Chase"
176. Loretta Lynn – "The Pill"
177. Faust – "It's a Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl"
178. Siouxsie and the Banshees – "Hong Kong Garden"
179. The Germs – "Lexicon Devil"
180. The Damned – "Neat Neat Neat"
181. Van Morrison – "Caravan"
182. Delta 5 – "Mind Your Own Business"
183. Todd Rundgren – "International Feel"
184. The Spinners – "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love"
185. Thelma Houston – "Don't Leave Me This Way"
186. The Whispers – "And the Beat Goes On"
187. Cerrone – "Supernature"
188. Junior Murvin – "Police & Thieves"
189. Idris Muhammad – "Could Heaven Ever Be Like This"
190. Betty Davis – "He Was a Big Freak"
191. Tom Zé – "Doi"
192. Brian Eno – "Baby's on Fire"
193. James Chance & the Contortions – "Contort Yourself"
194. Manu Dibango – "Soul Makossa"
195. Lee Perry & the Full Experiences – "Disco Devil"
196. Jorge Ben Jor – "Taj Mahal"
197. Art Ensemble of Chicago – "Théme de Yoyo"
198. Waylon Jennings – "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way"
199. Patrice Rushen – "Haven't You Heard"
200. Marianne Faithfull – "Broken English"

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