Greatest Rock Songs of the 1970s text title image
1. Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin
2. Hotel California – The Eagles
3. Imagine – John Lennon
4. What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
5. Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen
6. Superstition – Stevie Wonder
7. Layla – Derek and the Dominos
8. Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
9. Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon and Garfunkel
10. Let’s Stay Together – Al Green
11. Let It Be – The Beatles
12. Maggie May – Rod Stewart
13. American Pie – Don McLean
14. Won’t Get Fooled Again – The Who
15. Stayin’ Alive – The Bee Gees
16. Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
17. Brown Sugar – The Rolling Stones
18. Let’s Get It On – Marvin Gaye
19. Go Your Own Way – Fleetwood Mac
20. Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone – The Temptations
21. Your Song – Elton John
22. Midnight Train to Georgia – Gladys Knight and the Pips
23. More Than a Feeling – Boston
24. Just My Imagination – The Temptations
25. I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
26. Roxanne – The Police
27. Dream On – Aerosmith
28. Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 – Pink Floyd
29. No Woman, No Cry – Bob Marley and the Wailers
30. London Calling – The Clash
31. Family Affair – Sly and the Family Stone
32. Anarchy in the UK – The Sex Pistols
33. Dancing Queen – ABBA
34. We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions – Queen
35. Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine – James Brown
36. Living for the City – Stevie Wonder
37. Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
38. Lola – The Kinks
39. Smoke on the Water – Deep Purple
40. Sultans of Swing – Dire Straits
41. Walk This Way – Aerosmith
42. Lean on Me – Bill Withers
43. Who’ll Stop the Rain – Creedence Clearwater Revival
44. Kashmir – Led Zeppelin
45. Rapper’s Delight – The Sugarhill Gang
46. Heart of Glass – Blondie
47. Theme from “Shaft” – Isaac Hayes
48. Me and Bobby McGee – Janis Joplin
49. Fire and Rain – James Taylor
50. Baba O’Riley – The Who
51. Paranoid – Black Sabbath
52. Heart of Gold – Neil Young
53. Walk on the Wild Side – Lou Reed
54. It’s Too Late – Carole King
55. You Are the Sunshine of My Life – Stevie Wonder
56. All Right Now – Free
57. Good Times – Chic
58. (Don’t Fear) The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
59. If You Don’t Know Me by Now – Harold Melvin & Blue Notes
60. Riders On the Storm – The Doors
61. My Sweet Lord – George Harrison
62. Bang a Gong (Get It On) – T. Rex
63. Black Magic Woman – Santana
64. Tangled Up in Blue – Bob Dylan
65. One Nation Under a Groove – Funkadelic
66. Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
67. Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough – Michael Jackson
68. We Are Family – Sister Sledge
69. Rock and Roll – Led Zeppelin
70. I Wanna Be Sedated – The Ramones
71. Money – Pink Floyd
72. Miss You – The Rolling Stones
73. Piano Man – Billy Joel
74. Tired of Being Alone – Al Green
75. Killing Me Softly with His Song – Roberta Flack
76. Changes – David Bowie
77. Le Freak – Chic
78. Band of Gold – Freda Payne
79. Maybe I’m Amazed (studio version) – Paul McCartney
80. Thunder Road – Bruce Springsteen
81. Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd
82. Heroes – David Bowie
83. Hot Stuff – Donna Summer
84. War – Edwin Starr
85. Night Moves – Bob Seger
86. Black Dog – Led Zeppelin
87. Brass in Pocket – The Pretenders
88. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Elton John
89. You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet – Bachman-Turner Overdrive
90. I’ll Take You There – The Staple Singers
91. Tumbling Dice – The Rolling Stones
92. Love Train – The O’Jays
93. You’re So Vain – Carly Simon
94. Best of My Love – The Emotions
95. God Save the Queen – The Sex Pistols
96. Old Time Rock ‘n’ Roll – Bob Seger & Silver Bullet Band
97. Blitzkrieg Bop – The Ramones
98. Message in a Bottle – The Police
99. Mercy Mercy Me – Marvin Gaye
100. One of These Nights – The Eagles
101. Oh Girl – The Chi-Lites
102. Train in Vain – The Clash
103. Take It Easy – The Eagles
104. I’ll Be Around – The Spinners
105. American Woman – The Guess Who
106. Roundabout – Yes
107. That Lady – The Isley Brothers
108. Angie – The Rolling Stones
109. Rock Lobster – The B-52’s
110. Have You Seen Her – The Chi-Lites
111. Reeling in the Years – Steely Dan
112. Bennie and the Jets – Elton John
113. Aqualung – Jethro Tull
114. Low Rider – War
115. I’m Not in Love – 10cc
116. Brick House – Commodores
117. Y.M.C.A. – Village People
118. The Boys Are Back in Town – Thin Lizzy
119. Play That Funky Music – Wild Cherry
120. Rocket Man – Elton John
121. The Joker – The Steve Miller Band
122. Dreams – Fleetwood Mac
123. Have You Ever Seen the Rain – CCR
124. Paradise by the Dashboard Light – Meat Loaf
125. School’s Out – Alice Cooper
126. Joy to the World – Three Dog Night
127. Highway to Hell – AC/DC
128. Tear the Roof off the Sucker – Parliament
129. Radar Love – Golden Earring
130. The Long and Winding Road – The Beatles
131. I Feel Love – Donna Summer
132. I’ll Be There – The Jackson 5
133. Oye Como Va – Santana
134. Jamming – Bob Marley and the Wailers
135. All the Young Dudes – Mott the Hoople
136. Ohio – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
137. Moondance – Van Morrison
138. Drift Away – Dobie Gray
139. Higher Ground – Stevie Wonder
140. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door – Bob Dylan
141. Rock Your Baby – George McCrae
142. Instant Karma – John Lennon
143. Child in Time – Deep Purple
144. Get Up, Stand Up – The Wailers
145. Lady Marmalade – LaBelle
146. Flash Light – Parliament
147. Rhiannon – Fleetwood Mac
148. Long Cool Woman – The Hollies
149. Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers
150. Respect Yourself – The Staple Singers
151. Sweet Emotion – Aerosmith
152. Cars – Gary Numan
153. Takin’ Care of Business – Bachman-Turner Overdrive
154. Just What I Needed – The Cars
155. Funkytown – Lipps, Inc.
156. My Sharona – The Knack
157. Rock with You – Michael Jackson
158. The Harder They Come – Jimmy Cliff
159. Back Stabbers – The O-Jays
160. I Can See Clearly Now – Johnny Nash
161. Without You – Nilsson
162. Tiny Dancer – Elton John
163. Because the Night – Patti Smith
164. Ramblin’ Man – The Allman Brothers
165. Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
166. Just the Way You Are – Billy Joel
167. Rock and Roll All Nite – KISS
168. That’s the Way (I Like It) – KC & the Sunshine Band
169. Autobahn – Kraftwerk
170. Help Me – Joni Mitchell
171. Fame – David Bowie
172. Love to Love You Baby – Donna Summer
173. Kiss and Say Goodbye – The Manhattans
174. Time – Pink Floyd
175. Burning Love – Elvis Presley
176. I’m Still in Love with You – Al Green
177. Lust for Life – Iggy Pop
178. Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon
179. Disco Inferno – The Trammps
180. Cruisin’ – Smokey Robinson
181. Refugee – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
182. Tonight’s the Night – Rod Stewart
183. Smiling Faces Sometimes – The Undisputed Truth
184. Behind Blue Eyes – The Who
185. Always and Forever – Heatwave
186. We’re an American Band – Grand Funk
187. Band on the Run – Paul McCartney and Wings
188. Listen to the Music – The Doobie Brothers
189. September – Earth, Wind and Fire
190. Runnin’ with the Devil – Van Halen
191. Who Are You – The Who
192. Waterloo – ABBA
193. Got to Give It Up – Marvin Gaye
194. Fly Like an Eagle – The Steve Miller Band
195. I Wish – Stevie Wonder
196. Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe – Barry White
197. Carry On Wayward Son – Kansas
198. Surrender – Cheap Trick
199. Ball of Confusion – The Temptations
200. Cocaine – Eric Clapton
201. Alone Again (Naturally) – Gilbert O’Sullivan
202. Crocodile Rock – Elton John
203. Love Is the Drug – Roxy Music
204. LA Woman – The Doors
205. Stuck in the Middle with You – Stealers Wheel
206. Mr. Big Stuff – Jean Knight
207. The Logical Song – Supertramp
208. Tell Me Something Good – Rufus
209. Oliver’s Army – Elvis Costello
210. 25 or 6 to 4 – Chicago
211. What I Like About You – The Romantics
212. Shame – Evelyn “Champagne” King
213. Inner City Blues – Marvin Gaye
214. Life in the Fast Lane – The Eagles
215. A Horse with No Name – America
216. Hey Hey My My (Into the Black) – Neil Young
217. Natural High – Bloodstone
218. One Way or Another – Blondie
219. O-o-h Child – The Five Stairsteps
220. I Saw the Light – Todd Rundgren
221. Night Fever – The Bee Gees
222. Truckin’ – The Grateful Dead
223. Rock and Roll, Part 2 – Gary Glitter
224. Baker Street – Gerry Rafferty
225. Psycho Killer – Talking Heads
226. What a Fool Believes – The Doobie Brothers
227. Margaritaville – Jimmy Buffet
228. Dust in the Wind – Kansas
229. When Will I See You Again – The Three Degrees
230. Black Water – The Doobie Brothers
231. Me and Mrs. Jones – Billy Paul
232. Running on Empty – Jackson Browne
233. Turn the Page – Bob Seger
234. Roadhouse Blues – The Doors
235. The Payback – James Brown
236. Rebel Rebel – David Bowie
237. Killer Queen – Queen
238. Pick Up the Pieces – Average White Band
239. Can’t Get Enough – Bad Company
240. Fantasy – Earth, Wind and Fire
241. Long Time – Boston
242. Until You Come Back to Me – Aretha Franklin
243. Long Train Running – The Doobie Brothers
244. Over the Hills and Far Away – Led Zeppelin
245. Locomotive Breath – Jethro Tull
246. That’s the Way of the World – Earth, Wind and Fire
247. December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) – The Four Seasons
248. Question – The Moody Blues
249. Go All the Way – The Raspberries
250. You Make Me Feel Brand New – The Stylistics