It's once again time to dive into another year in the Billboard charts. If you are new this week, I had a goal recently to determine what the top songs of all time were based on a formula that I came up with to keep track of the top songs on the Billboard charts each year. Here's the methodology: each year of the charts I go week by week, giving points to the songs that make the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. The #1 song gets 10 points, the #2 song gets 9 points, all the way down to the #10 song getting 1 point. I could've done the whole Hot 100 like this, but that would've been too time consuming, so I just stuck to the top 10 for now. If you are wanting to check out previous years that I've done, you can follow the links at the bottom of each list to browse through the years or you can search the blog archive on the right. It's my hope that as you scroll through this list that you take time to actually listen to the songs as you go instead of just looking at the title. This has been a great way for me to learn of new music and be reminded of songs that I may have forgotten about and I feel this can have the same effect on you, regardless of your taste in music. So without further delay, let's see what the first year of the 1980's had to offer!
10- "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" - Billy Joel
9- "Do That to Me One More Time" - Captain & Tennille
8- "Coming Up (Live at Glasgow)" - Paul McCartney & Wings
7- "Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)" - Pink Floyd
This past week I finished revealing my top 100 most popular songs of the 1970's. I got a good number of views for the posts from 100 - 11, but a surprisingly few amount people looked at the actual top 10 most popular songs of the 1970's, so if you are one of those people who haven't, go check that out! Before I move onto the 1980's next week, it's time to stop for a moment and share my top 10 personal favorite hits from the 1970's. I'm surprised by how many people are still confused with this project. If it says "MOST POPULAR" at the top of the list, that's the most popular songs of that year/decade based on Billboard chart performance. I went through the whole Billboard Hot 100 from 1958 to now to figure those lists out, assigning points to the songs each week. If it says "FAVORITE" at the top, that's my own personal favorite songs. That should be a simple distinction, so don't let yourself get confused. This here is a list of my favorite hits from the 1970's. You'll notice I use the word "hits" with this. That's because, for various reasons, I decided to limit myself to songs that made it into the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 at some point during the decade. I hope you enjoy!
10- "Popcorn" - Hot Butter
9- "I Will Survive" - Gloria Gaynor
8- "Y.M.C.A." - Village People
7- "American Pie (Parts I & II)" - Don McLean
6- "Bohemian Rhapsody" - Queen
5- "Gonna Fly Now" - Bill Conti
4- "Star Wars (Main Title)" - London Symphony Orchestra
3- "Stayin' Alive" - Bee Gees
2- "Dream On" - Aerosmith
1- "Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Simon & Garfunkle
The 70's countdown is complete! You can now click here for 100 - 91and view the whole list from top to bottom if you missed any part of it, using the links at the bottom of each post or the blog archive on the side to browse through the list. If you are new this week, I had a goal recently to determine what the top songs of all time where based on a formula that I came up with to keep track of the Billboard charts. I went through each year of the charts week by week giving points to the songs that made the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. As pertaining to this decade list, there are a lot of songs whose runs spanned between two years, thus they get short-changed on my yearly lists because I go by calendar year only there. This is made up for in this decade list as I took into account their entire run, which includes the songs whose runs spanned two decades. I include their entire run in the decade where they made the biggest impact. With this list coming to an end, it will soon be time to start the 80's, but first I will give you my personal favorite hits from the 70's, so stay tuned for that! Now without further ado, it's time to now check out the top 10 songs of the entire 1970's!
10- "My Sharona" - The Knack
9- "I Will Survive" - Gloria Gaynor
8- "How Deep is Your Love" - Bee Gees
7- "Shadow Dancing" - Andy Gibb
6- "Night Fever" - Bee Gees
5- "Stayin' Alive" - Bee Gees
4- "Hot Stuff" - Donna Summer
3- "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" - Andy Gibb
The 70's countdown continues today with 20 - 11! Click here for 100 - 91to start at the top of this list if you haven't seen it yet. You'll also be able to browse through the whole list by using the links at the bottom of each post or you can use the blog archive on the side. If you are new this week, I had a goal recently to determine what the top songs of all time where based on a formula that I came up with to keep track of the Billboard charts. I went through each year of the charts week by week giving points to the songs that made the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. As pertaining to this decade list, there are a lot of songs whose runs spanned between two years, thus they get short-changed on my yearly lists because I go by calendar year only there. This is made up for in this decade list as I took into account their entire run, which includes the songs whose runs spanned two decades. I include their entire run in the decade where they made the biggest impact. Without further ado, it's time to now check out these next 10 entries on this list! 20- "Silly Love Songs" - Wings
19- "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" - Roberta Flack
18- "Boogie Oogie Oogie" - A Taste of Honey
17- "Best of My Love" - The Emotions
16- "I'll Be There" - Jackson 5
15- "Knock Three Times" - Dawn
14- "Alone Again (Naturally)" - Gilbert O'Sullivan
13- "Let's Get it On" - Marvin Gaye
12- "Joy to the World" - Three Dog Night
11- "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" - Rod Stewart
The 70's countdown continues today with 30 - 21! Click here for 100 - 91to start at the top of this list if you haven't seen it yet. You'll also be able to browse through the whole list by using the links at the bottom of each post or you can use the blog archive on the side. If you are new this week, I had a goal recently to determine what the top songs of all time where based on a formula that I came up with to keep track of the Billboard charts. I went through each year of the charts week by week giving points to the songs that made the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. As pertaining to this decade list, there are a lot of songs whose runs spanned between two years, thus they get short-changed on my yearly lists because I go by calendar year only there. This is made up for in this decade list as I took into account their entire run, which includes the songs whose runs spanned two decades. I include their entire run in the decade where they made the biggest impact. Without further ado, it's time to now check out these next 10 entries on this list! 30- "Kiss You All Over" - Exile
29- "American Pie (Parts I & II) - Don McLean
28- "Ring My Bell" - Anita Ward
27- "Three Times a Lady" - Commodores
26- "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" - Rod Stewart
25- "My Sweet Lord/Isn't it a Pity" - George Harrison
24- "Bad Girls" - Donna Summer
23- "You're So Vain" - Carly Simon
22- "Maggie May/Reason to Believe" - Rod Stewart
21- "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" - BJ Thomas
The 70's countdown continues today with 40 - 31! Click here for 100 - 91to start at the top of this list if you haven't seen it yet. You'll also be able to browse through the whole list by using the links at the bottom of each post or you can use the blog archive on the side. If you are new this week, I had a goal recently to determine what the top songs of all time where based on a formula that I came up with to keep track of the Billboard charts. I went through each year of the charts week by week giving points to the songs that made the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. As pertaining to this decade list, there are a lot of songs whose runs spanned between two years, thus they get short-changed on my yearly lists because I go by calendar year only there. This is made up for in this decade list as I took into account their entire run, which includes the songs whose runs spanned two decades. I include their entire run in the decade where they made the biggest impact. Without further ado, it's time to now check out these next 10 entries on this list! 40- "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" - Rupert Holmes
39- "Brand New Key" - Melanie
38- "It's Too Late/I Feel the Earth Move" - Carole King
37- "I Think I Love You" - The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones (feat David Cassidy)
36- "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" - Dawn (feat Tony Orlando)
35- "(They Long to Be) Close to You" - Carpenters
34- "Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Simon & Garfunkle
33- "Still" - Commodores
32- "Let it Be" - The Beatles
31- "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star is Born)" - Barbra Streisand
The 70's countdown continues today with 50 - 41! Click here for 100 - 91to start at the top of this list if you haven't seen it yet. You'll also be able to browse through the whole list by using the links at the bottom of each post or you can use the blog archive on the side. If you are new this week, I had a goal recently to determine what the top songs of all time where based on a formula that I came up with to keep track of the Billboard charts. I went through each year of the charts week by week giving points to the songs that made the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. As pertaining to this decade list, there are a lot of songs whose runs spanned between two years, thus they get short-changed on my yearly lists because I go by calendar year only there. This is made up for in this decade list as I took into account their entire run, which includes the songs whose runs spanned two decades. I include their entire run in the decade where they made the biggest impact. Without further ado, it's time to now check out these next 10 entries on this list! 50- "Baker Street" - Gerry Rafferty
49- "Disco Duck (Part I)" - Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots
48- "I'm Sorry" - John Denver
47- "My Love" - Paul McCartney & Wings
46- "The Way We Were" - Barbara Streisand
45- "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" - Looking Glass
44- "Killing Me Softly With His Song" - Roberta Flack
43- "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" - Barbara Streisand & Neil Diamond
The 70's countdown continues today with 60 - 51! Click here for 100 - 91to start at the top of this list if you haven't seen it yet. You'll also be able to browse through the whole list by using the links at the bottom of each post or you can use the blog archive on the side. If you are new this week, I had a goal recently to determine what the top songs of all time where based on a formula that I came up with to keep track of the Billboard charts. I went through each year of the charts week by week giving points to the songs that made the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. As pertaining to this decade list, there are a lot of songs whose runs spanned between two years, thus they get short-changed on my yearly lists because I go by calendar year only there. This is made up for in this decade list as I took into account their entire run, which includes the songs whose runs spanned two decades. I include their entire run in the decade where they made the biggest impact. Without further ado, it's time to now check out these next 10 entries on this list! 60- "Play That Funky Music" - Wild Cherry
59- "Family Affair" - Sly & The Family Stone
58- "Without You" - Nilsson
57- "One Bad Apple" - The Osmonds
56- "I Write the Songs" - Barry Manilow
55- "Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)" - The Raiders
The 70's countdown continues today with 70 - 61! Click here for 100 - 91to start at the top of this list if you haven't seen it yet. You'll also be able to browse through the whole list by using the links at the bottom of each post or you can use the blog archive on the side. If you are new this week, I had a goal recently to determine what the top songs of all time where based on a formula that I came up with to keep track of the Billboard charts. I went through each year of the charts week by week giving points to the songs that made the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. As pertaining to this decade list, there are a lot of songs whose runs spanned between two years, thus they get short-changed on my yearly lists because I go by calendar year only there. This is made up for in this decade list as I took into account their entire run, which includes the songs whose runs spanned two decades. I include their entire run in the decade where they made the biggest impact. Without further ado, it's time to now check out these next 10 entries on this list!
70- "Rhinestone Cowboy" - Glen Campbell
69- "MacArthur Park" - Donna Summer
68- "A Fifth of Beethoven" - Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band
67- "Let's Stay Together" - Al Green
66- "Momma Told Me (Not to Come)" - Three Dog Night
65- "Theme From Shaft" - Isaac Hayes
64- "One Less Bell to Answer" - The 5th Dimension
63- "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" - Andy Gibb
62- "The Tears of a Clown" - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
The 70's countdown continues today with 80 - 71! Click here for 100 - 91to start at the top of this list if you haven't seen it yet. You'll also be able to browse through the whole list by using the links at the bottom of each post or you can use the blog archive on the side. If you are new this week, I had a goal recently to determine what the top songs of all time where based on a formula that I came up with to keep track of the Billboard charts. I went through each year of the charts week by week giving points to the songs that made the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. As pertaining to this decade list, there are a lot of songs whose runs spanned between two years, thus they get short-changed on my yearly lists because I go by calendar year only there. This is made up for in this decade list as I took into account their entire run, which includes the songs whose runs spanned two decades. I include their entire run in the decade where they made the biggest impact. Without further ado, it's time to now check out these next 10 entries on this list! 80- "Go Away Little Girl" - Donny Osmond
79- "Please Don't Go" - KC and The Sunshine Band
78- "If I Can't Have You" - Yvonne Elliman
77- "Baby Come Back" - Player
76- "Seasons in the Sun" - Terry Jacks
75- "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" - Bee Gees
74- "YMCA" - Village People
73- "The Streak" - Ray Stevens
72- "American Woman/No Sugar Tonight" - The Guess Who
The 70's countdown continues today with 90 - 81! Click here for 100 - 91to start at the top of this list if you haven't seen it yet. You'll also be able to browse through the whole list by using the links at the bottom of each post or you can use the blog archive on the side. If you are new this week, I had a goal recently to determine what the top songs of all time where based on a formula that I came up with to keep track of the Billboard charts. I went through each year of the charts week by week giving points to the songs that made the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. As pertaining to this decade list, there are a lot of songs whose runs spanned between two years, thus they get short-changed on my yearly lists because I go by calendar year only there. This is made up for in this decade list as I took into account their entire run, which includes the songs whose runs spanned two decades. I include their entire run in the decade where they made the biggest impact. Without further ado, it's time to now check out these next 10 entries on this list! 90- "Make it With You" - Bread
89- "That's the Way (I Like It)" - KC and The Sunshine Band
88- "Me and Mrs. Jones" - Billy Paul
87- "Lay Down Sally" - Eric Clapton
86- "I Gotcha" - Joe Tex
85- "I Want You Back" - Jackson 5
84- "Tragedy" - Bee Gees
83- "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)" - The Temptations
We've now gone through every year of the 1970's and so now it is time to count down the top 100 songs of the entire 1970's. I'll be doing this over the course of the next 10 days, revealing the list 10 songs at a time, starting here with 100 - 91. If you are new this week, I had a goal recently to determine what the top songs of all time where based on a formula that I came up with to keep track of the Billboard charts. I went through each year of the charts week by week giving points to the songs that made the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. As pertaining to this decade list, there are a lot of songs whose runs spanned between two years, thus they get short-changed on my yearly lists because I go by calendar year only there. This is made up for in this decade list as I took into account their entire run, which includes the songs whose runs spanned two decades. I include their entire run in the decade where they made the biggest impact. There are links at the bottom of each section that will make it easy for you to browse through the whole list or you can just use the blog archive on the side. Without further ado, let's get this started and see how all these 70's tunes stack up!
100- "Someday We'll Be Together" - Diana Ross & The Supremes
99- "I'll Take You There" - The Staple Singers
98- "Grease" - Frankie Valli
97- "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" - Diana Ross
96- "War" - Edwin Star
95- "Don't Leave Me This Way" - Thelma Houston
94- "The Love You Save/I Found That Girl" - Jackson 5
It's once again time to dive into another year in the Billboard charts. If you are new this week, I had a goal recently to determine what the top songs of all time were based on a formula that I came up with to keep track of the top songs on the Billboard charts each year. Here's the methodology: each year of the charts I go week by week, giving points to the songs that make the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. The #1 song gets 10 points, the #2 song gets 9 points, all the way down to the #10 song getting 1 point. I could've done the whole Hot 100 like this, but that would've been too time consuming, so I just stuck to the top 10 for now. If you are wanting to check out previous years that I've done, you can follow the links at the bottom of each list to browse through the years or you can search the blog archive on the right. It's my hope that as you scroll through this list that you take time to actually listen to the songs as you go instead of just looking at the title. This has been a great way for me to learn of new music and be reminded of songs that I may have forgotten about and I feel this can have the same effect on you, regardless of your taste in music. So without further delay, let's see what the final year of the 70's had to offer! 10- "Babe" - Styx
