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91 Songs on My Top 100 Super Seventies Songs

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The 1970s was an interesting decade. Fashion was absolutely horrible, a president actually resigned, and music was all over the board, with disco threatening to set back musical progress to the Stone Age.

It’s taken me awhile to truly appreciate any music that came out of the ’70s. I recently set out to compile a Super Seventies Songs playlist and thought I could find 100 songs with which to fill it. So far, I have 91. What nine would you add to this mix?

In no particular order …

  1. The Boys Are Back in Town, Thin Lizzy
  2. More Than a Feeling, Boston
  3. Carry On My Wayward Son, Kansas
  4. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door, Bob Dylan
  5. Mississippi Queen, Mountain
  6. My Sweet Lord, George Harrison
  7. Old Time Rock & Roll, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
  8. Barracuda, Heart
  9. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, AC/DC
  10. Slow Ride, Foghat
  11. School’s Out, Alice Cooper
  12. (Don’t Fear) The Reaper, Blue Oyster Cult
  13. Walk This Way, Aerosmith
  14. The Logical Song, Supertramp
  15. Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd
  16. La Grange, ZZ Top
  17. Walk on the Wild Side, Lou Reed
  18. Hotel California, Eagles
  19. We Are The Champion, Queens
  20. Baba O’Riley, The Who
  21. Behind Blue Eyes, The Who
  22. Layla, Derek & The Dominos
  23. We Will Rock You, Queen
  24. Paranoid, Black Sabbath
  25. Kashmir, Led Zeppelin
  26. Roadhouse Blues, The Doors
  27. Another Brick in the Wall, Pink Floyd
  28. Fat Bottomed Girls, Queen
  29. Tiny Dancer, Elton John
  30. A Horse With No Name, America
  31. Just What I Needed, The Cars
  32. Feel Like Makin’ Love, Bad Company
  33. Black Betty, Ram Jam
  34. Midnight Rider, The Allman Brothers Band
  35. Dreams, Fleetwood Mac
  36. Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen
  37. Cocaine, Eric Clapton
  38. TNT, AC/DC
  39. Bang a Gong, T. Rex
  40. Born to Run, Bruce Springstein
  41. Life’s Been Good, Joe Walsh
  42. Lust For Life, Iggy Pop
  43. 43. Simple Man, Lynyrd Skynyrd
  44. Maggie May, Rod Stewart
  45. The Joker, The Steve Miller Band
  46. Rock and Roll All Nite, Kiss
  47. Listen to the Music, The Doobie Brothers
  48. Hot Blooded, Foreigner
  49. Lola, The Kinks
  50. Riders on the Storm, The Doors
  51. Blinded By The Light, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
  52. Fly Like an Eagle, The Steve Miller Band
  53. Free Bird, Lynyrd Skynyrd
  54. Smoke on the Water, Deep Purple
  55. Stairway to Heaven, Led Zeppelin
  56. Dream On, Aerosmith
  57. Stuck in the Middle With You, Stealers Wheel
  58. Don’t Bring Me Down, Electric Light Orchestra
  59. Heartbreaker, Pat Benatar
  60. The Chain, Fleetwood Mac
  61. Tom Sawyer, Rush
  62. Sweet Emotion, Aerosmith
  63. Can’t You See, The Marshall Tucker Band
  64. Highway to Hell, AC/DC
  65. All Right New, Free
  66. Cold as Ice, Foreigner
  67. Rocket Man, Elton John
  68. You’ve Got a Friend, James Taylor
  69. Time in a Bottle, Jim Croce
  70. Daniel, Elton John
  71. Let It Be, The Beatles
  72. Sultans of Swing, Dire Straits
  73. Escape, Rupert Holmes
  74. Maybe I’m Amazed, Paul McCartney
  75. Give A Little Bit, Supertramp
  76. Piano Man, Billy Joel
  77. Ain’t No Sunshine, Bill Withers
  78. Is This Love, Bob Marley
  79. Landslide, Fleetwood Mac
  80. Dust in the Wind, Kansas
  81. Wild World, Cat Stevens
  82. Cat’s in the Cradle, Harry Chapin
  83. Roxanne, The Police
  84. Let’s Get It On, Marvin Gaye
  85. American Pie, Don McLean
  86. Take Me Home, Country Road, John Denver
  87. Somebody to Love, Queen
  88. Imagine, John Lennon
  89. Take It Easy, Eagles
  90. Jolene, Dolly Parton
  91. Fire and Rain, James Taylor

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