Top 10 Decade Defining Songs: 1970s

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Have you got rhythm? Have you got soul? Do you own a disco ball?? Yeses aren't obligatory, but they'll help! Welcome to WatchMojo.com, and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 decade defining songs of the 1970s. Special thanks to our users Alex Guzman, richardbain, MrRock4Evr, Oliver Swen, Charlotte Kevin Rudd, milkman0973, Jack Morris, Awesome One, Jaime Enrique Gutierrez Pérez, ynot0404, kitlivsey and gamerguy for submitting the idea on our Suggest Page at WatchMojo.com/suggest!
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Комментарии : 5 тыс.

@ladyvader2648 5 лет назад

A top ten is never enough for the seventies. The greatest decade for music.

@noelleobrien7525 5 лет назад

Agreed, and I can tell you’re a fan of glam (love the profile pic and name)

@turniue 5 лет назад

80s and 70s are tied for me

@tomalexander5800 5 лет назад

Turniue 80s is the most overrated decade imo, 60s and 70s were the best

@hashirnajmi8387 5 лет назад

Killer Queen 60s were the best for me

@zanehunter4257 5 лет назад

50s,60s,70s

@tracymcmillan1466 5 лет назад

All arguments aside. The 70s was a great decade for music.

@dukecraig2402 3 года назад

Amen to that, the absolute best.

@jjmanzano9 3 года назад

The BEST decade for music

@michaelweizer7794 3 года назад

@@jjmanzano9 well it's nice to see that the 70s were good for something!!!.

@gershavhonolulu8155 3 года назад

I totally agree!!!

@WaynesWorld69 3 года назад

Truth!

@rggyrgffvrgt 5 лет назад

Best era of rock music. Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Boston, Queen etc.

@farinu5556 4 года назад

Whats with the 60ies?

@ninsnumber1fan 3 года назад

For me it would be the '90s. But I also love the '70s '80s

@vgcreviews8277 2 года назад

I am shocked that Smoke on the Water didn't cut the list, not even an honourable mention. Not a diss on the other bands, but Deep Purple are better musicians that any others on this list, and while many of their songs aren't as remembered, Smoke on the Water and Highway Star definitely are. Smoke on the Water didn't just define the 70s, it defined guitar in general. It's the song everybody learns on the guitar. And Highway Star, while not as big as most of these songs, is definitely a sleeper hit and completely redefined what a guitar solo meant. Every solo, from Van Halen and any band that imitated them only existed because of Highway Star. Machine Head is one of the classic albums from the decade and it's honestly just sad to see Deep Purple snubbed from these kinds of lists all the time.

@AntonXul 2 года назад

For me, the top 3 best decades of rock & music in general are : 1. 70s 2. 60s 3. 90s

@usnofficial 2 года назад

80s for me 110%

@hannahmarcus3721 5 лет назад

I hear Bohemian Rhapsody and my heart just liquidates at the beginning, then dances then screams and then cries. I mean as far as perfection goes, BohRhap has it all

@Elnont 4 года назад

70s - Queen, David Bowie, Black Sabbath, Led Zeplin etc = 70s was the golden era of rock.

@LADYJUSTICE50 4 года назад

Skynyrd, BTO, Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, Elton John, David Bowie, Blackfoot (Highway Song), Bruce Springsteen, Cheap Trick, and many more... I'm getting a brain freeze trying to remember the best of the best. Many 60's band were still very influential during the 70s. Clapton especially.

@bimbowithadegree420 4 года назад

Definitely, what a great time for music

@jordanlake471 4 года назад

It was also the golden era of punk, disco and soft rock

@michaelshamberger1307 4 года назад

What about the WHO?

@itnow 4 года назад

@Normalne Konto 1967 to 1977 (ok that makes 11 years...)

@winterlongone 5 лет назад

Top ten doesn't work for the '70s. Even if they had an honorable mention, you missed: - Elton John - Billy Joel - Steely Dan - Marvin Gaye - Donna Summer - Bruce Springsteen - The Eagles - Boston - Rush - John Denver - The Carpenters

@tmantonytv1166 5 лет назад

Eileen Potocnak Arnold correct (but remove the eagles please)

@dylanjones1290 5 лет назад

If you say that the eagles were not at top of the 70s, music wise. Then you are just being ignorant.

@tmantonytv1166 5 лет назад

smoking pistol wow you’re so cool

@dylanjones1290 5 лет назад

Tacomantonytv 1 ikr thanks

@edgelordbreadstick9685 4 года назад

Black sabbath as well duh😂

@Corlynxable 4 года назад

Not to mention that the beat of Staying alive is perfect for CPR.

@johnnyfantana2865 4 года назад

LeyLynx ayyye office reference

@afreakaboucher1316 3 года назад

Agree 👍💯💯💯💯💯 .

@jweider007 5 лет назад

How do you figure that "Go Your Own Way" was not an immediate hit? Myself and practically everybody else on the planet owned a copy of "Rumours" back in 77!

@rileysummers484 5 лет назад

J Weider it’s one of only a select few albums from the time period to be certified diamond rated

@joesnelson4041 4 года назад

I dunno what watch mojo is talking about. It was never rereleased.it was the first song released from rumours. WM is full of it

@briankennedy1192 4 года назад

Lol can't stop laughing at this shit! Staying alive! Go fuck yourself. 👓

@jordanlake471 4 года назад

Go Your Own Way peaked at #10 in 1977. Dreams, Don’t Stop and You Make Lovin fun we’re all more initially successful singles, though in 1977 Rumours was the world’s biggest studio album

@stevetimms4100 4 года назад

It wasn't a huge Hit Single. Even in the USA, it Peaked at No.10. It is known more for being the best Track on 'Rumours'. In my view - and the view of many - it is the best Song on that Album. Although, others may pick 'Dreams'...

@brucedacynic704 7 лет назад

One does not dance to Stayin' Alive, one struts to Stayin' Alive.

@chrisyaz9417 7 лет назад

Bruce DaCynic XACTLY THANX4 PUTTIN SMILE ON ME

@EmperorTigerstar 10 лет назад

Not having Imagine, Stairway to Heaven, or Bohemian Rhapsody as number 1? 0.0 I imagine a lot of people will be mad, but I'm actually impressed and respect you for it. EVERYONE debates between those three songs.

@garrettbgross 10 лет назад

I Agree Queen has been said on multiple stations and shows as the greatest. Also John Lennon had such an impact on the face of music. I don't really agree with the bee gees as 1 though.

@oducks5820 10 лет назад

It wasn't really about the artist it was about the song and it's meaning I think that the song wasn't a bad choice

@EmperorTigerstar 10 лет назад

Garrett Gross Well, Stayin' Alive is pretty catchy, historic, and important. The Bee Gees are actually pretty good. At least they play the majority of their instruments in their song. I believe they do the guitar, keyboard, and bass.

@joshjeran 10 лет назад

No need to express your opinion you pretty much summed it up.

@gustavskarlismikelsons4295 10 лет назад

I guarantee that Queen will get the top spot in the next list.

@Sokolov789 5 лет назад

Stayin Alive can have the 70’s... Bohemian Rhapsody and Stairway to Heaven are immortal, they have all of the rest of time 💪💯

@rezadvd7728 5 лет назад

I don't like Boh.Rap & Stairway much, but that's a very professional answer. so true.

@kloonst 5 лет назад

Nah, Stayin Alive will be as immortal as those two. Just look at the views it racked up on RU-vid without any hype.

@terriatca1 4 года назад

Stayin Alive is used to teach CPR as it has 100 bpm. I have found myself and other nurses singing it to themselves when a patient has crashed and you are doing compressions.

@elstonngunn4193 4 года назад

@@terriatca1 u hear that I don't think bohemian rhapsody has saved anyone's lives

@terriatca1 4 года назад

@@elstonngunn4193 ?

@Bullwinkle056 5 лет назад

The 70's was so diverse that you need about 25 songs for your list. Folk, soft rock, heavy metal, disco, new wave, punk, electronic progressive, etc.

@raggeragnar 7 лет назад

It suddenly striktes me how diverse the 70's was , music-wise . Punkrock , disco , southern rock , new wave , pop , and a little hint of protest singer from the decade before. Kind of like a confused teenager who listens to everything. Good music though.

@andrewseagrove4922 5 лет назад

Easily the best and most diverse decade of music in history!!!

@laelpeters580 5 лет назад

I think that the '70's was one of the most diverse decades of music.

@jefreykoenig6774 5 лет назад

Roger Fredriksson so true mate. And this list just captured my confused pre-teen world of the 70s perfectly!

@Rorschachqp 5 лет назад

Actually the 70s were the least diverse of the modern music age, 60s to present. The fact that they could do a top 10 to capture all of these songs shows how few exceptions there were to the normal rule. It wasn't until punk came along, destroyed all the rules, and ushered in the 80s that rock truly evolved. Punk came along at the very end of the 70s.

@lishlash3749 5 лет назад

Rorschachqp - Right, and the same goes for New Wave, the *80's* genre that was the death knell for disco. Heart of Glass in particular, which in no way belongs on this list.

@alangreenway6695 6 лет назад

There is something wrong about trying to define a decade of career defining albums into just 10 songs.

@gerrybrennan5715 4 года назад

On what planet does David Bowie remain outside of the top ten of the 70's, if not of all time ??

@arsenemy 3 года назад

Space Oditty must have been in the list - even though it is first performed in 1969. Who cares - if in 70s it was that popular

@sandih29687 4 года назад

“Go Your Own Way” is still one my favorites...

@reispurs22 3 года назад

Rumours is absolutely one of the best albums

@jacobmccarthy1171 8 лет назад

My top 10 list is 1. Fame - David Bowie 2. Bohemian rhapsody - queen 3. Miss you - the Rolling Stones 4. Sweet emotion - Aerosmith 5. Jet - Paul McCartney 6. Hotel California - the Eagles 7. Layla - Eric Clapton 8. Jive talkin - the bee gees 9. More than a feeling - Boston 10. September - earth wind and fire

@YoshiYoshi456 6 лет назад

Fame is not the best David Bowie song, theres better songs like Life on Mars, Space Oddity, Ziggy Stardust, Starman, etc. Those could replace Fame

@hotwax9376 5 лет назад

Here is mine, although this is more about personal favorites than "decade defining": 1. I'd Really Love to See You Tonight (England Dan & John Ford Coley) 2. Ramblin' Man (Allman Brothers Band) 3. Dancing in the Moonlight (King's Harvest) 4. Summer Breeze (Seals & Crofts) 5. Time in a Bottle (Jim Croce) 6. Hello It's Me (Todd Rundgren) 7. Blinded By the Light (Manfred Mann's Earth Band) 8. If You Leave Me Now (Chicago) 9. Don't Pull Your Love (Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds) 10. Sister Golden Hair (America) Honorable Mentions: Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd) I Feel the Earth Move (Carole King) Make Me Smile (Chicago) Gypsy Woman (Brian Hyland) Saturday in the Park (Chicago) Which Way You Goin' Billy (Poppy Family) Billy Don't Be a Hero (Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods) Stayin' Alive (Bee Gees) Best of My Love (Eagles) Emotion (Samantha Sang & the Bee Gees) Night Fever (Bee Gees) I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song (Jim Croce) Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John) Rocket Man (Elton John) Seasons in the Sun (Terry Jacks) Of course, there are far too many 70s songs I love to give a complete list here.

@rgiesbrandt 5 лет назад

You’re one strange dude!!!

@Alisonsgachaverse 9 месяцев назад

Boo

@JeffLynnesELO2024Tour 6 лет назад

Electric Light Orchestra Evil Woman, Mr. Blue Sky, Strange Magic, Livin Thing, Can't Get it Out of My Head, Fire On High on so on….

@Disconnected2024 4 года назад

There is also Turn to stone And Sweet talking woman

@TheMinecraftHype 4 года назад

@@Disconnected2024 No Telephone Line? Blasphemy. One of, if not the best.

@Disconnected2024 4 года назад

Tom Bombadil true that’s also a really good song

@davemurphy9468 3 года назад

Rockaria as well

@theocemma 3 года назад

Shine a little love, their absolute best, Don’t forget don’t bring me down

@lisalee2594 5 лет назад

The 70s. I went from 8 to 18 during that decade and it was NOT until the latter part that disco became big. Most teens I knew listened to Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, ELO, The Eagles, to name just a few popular rock bands.

@markdrum2392 5 лет назад

Allman Bros

@moonglow1311 5 лет назад

Pink Floyd, Queen, The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac did it for me in the 70's. 'Imagine' by Lennon, best song!!!!

@briankennedy1192 4 года назад

Fair cop quatrain Pete! 😂

@kenperk9854 2 года назад

Dumb song but pretty.

@Marchant2 8 лет назад

You have my utmost respect for including Heart of Glass as an honorable mention.

@ProximaCentauri88 6 лет назад

THE CARPENTERS are as always very underrated as Karen Carpenter's lush contralto voice... Top of the World We've Only Just Begun Superstar Jambalaya Sing Close To You

@nedd.8479 5 лет назад

In what world is Staying Alive more influential than Stairway To Heaven?

@favour3734 5 лет назад

In a decade that was defined musically by Disco. Stayin alive is disco's most iconic so it makes sense

@hannasolo7005 5 лет назад

Because the list isn't "most influential".

@kloonst 5 лет назад

In a world where disco became so big, the haters had to stage a 'Disco Demolition Night'. Look it up.

@taylorlane5199 5 лет назад

it says decade defining not influential

@rileygallagher5484 5 лет назад

Ever seen the office?

@marcozuleta133 4 года назад

Hard rock, prog rock, glam rock, punk rock, funk, disco, soul...best decade in music history!!

@ReeseLeigh 10 лет назад

It's not a list counting down the most successful songs of the decade or most prevalent songs from the decade till now - it's DECADE. DEFINING. I think Stayin Alive was a perfectly fine #1. Calm your farm, people.

@kittimcconnell2633 8 лет назад

America: Horse with No Name Earth Wind & Fire: Boogie Wonderland!! Crosby Still Nash: Almost Cut My Hair Steve Miller Band: Fly Like an Eagle Paul McCartney & Wings: Band on the Run Carol King: It's Too Late Daryl Hall & John Oates: She's Gone Commodores: Easy Heart: Barracuda Billy Joel: Piano Man Diana Ross: Mahogany

@kittimcconnell2633 8 лет назад

I Am Iron Man by Black Sabbath

@joeyruss3933 8 лет назад

The clash London calling

@epicrawr123 8 лет назад

*Iron Man by Black Sabbath. And actually Paranoid was more influential than Iron Man up until recent years with the Marvel Movies.

@nathandrake119 8 лет назад

I like your list. 😀✌👍

@bossblitz2041 7 лет назад

Kitti McConnell When "Horse With No Name" is an absolutely terrible song lmao

@eduardoariasvilla9213 4 года назад

Other suggestions: Maggie May, Rod Stewart Live and let die, sir James Paul McCartney Brown sugar, The Rolling Stones London calling, The Clash And the most influencial of all: Trans Europe Express, Kraftwerk..

@goroakechi3157 4 года назад

The 70’s had very good Bands like ABBA, CCR, Bee Gees, Queen, Eagles and etc.

@jjmargolis3305 3 года назад

CCR wasn't 70s. Well, maybe yes because they keep sounding around this years but they separated in 1971.

@afreakaboucher1316 3 года назад

@@FetishonyoutubeURL just watch what you say about the Bee Gees, and Queen they're not gay how rude of you! .

@WatchMojo 10 лет назад

This video is part of a new series called 'Decade Defining Songs' where we've picked 10 songs that were the most successful, had the most influence and best represent the time period. You know, they "defined" the decade! Stay tuned for the rest of the series: Friday - Top 10 Decade Defining Songs: 1950s Saturday - Top 10 Decade Defining Songs: 1960s Sunday - Top 10 Decade Defining Songs: 1970s Monday - Top 10 Decade Defining Songs: 1980s Tuesday - Top 10 Decade Defining Songs: 1990s Wednesday - Top 10 Decade Defining Songs: 2000s

@HardestMuffinToMufin 10 лет назад

I've been waiting this was my favorite decade of music.

@lottoiceland 10 лет назад

I just want to say that i think that you guys WatchMojo.com put the wrong Pink Floyd song on the list, I personally think that you should have put Comfortably Numb, because it had one of the most famous guitar solos in history, and the 1970s where what made the guitar solo so famous just look at Stairway To Heaven one of the most famous solos and song in all of history. and it should have been higher on the list. (This is just my personal opion) sorry for my bad english

@masonrios8132 10 лет назад

Do Top 10 Musicians Ahead of Their Time

@durdydurds301 10 лет назад

Top 10 Fleetwood Mac Songs

@donniehuynh2391 10 лет назад

Top 10 Nicktoons

@alexchen9191 9 лет назад

60s and 70s, best decades for music.

@footyscent6557 4 года назад

I can guarantee you Elton John has more songs that defined the 70’s than the Sex Pistols

@monkeyballs512 3 года назад

Depends entirely who you ask. The Sex Pistols certainly did more to shape what would matter in the coming decade

@urm.yaikoo 3 года назад

Sex pistols are one of the pioneers of punk, punk is bigger today than classic

@kenperk9854 2 года назад

hELL YEAH. tHAT WAS stupid!

@zackzallie8735 2 года назад

@Samuel Richard Bernard Gores punk music is dead, but the attitude is still alive.

@alcidesduartefalcao2577 5 лет назад

No *_Smoke in the Water_* in this list? It is simply ridiculous...

@wellsthefish8381 5 лет назад

Alcides Duarte Falcao smoke in the water is not a song

@parhammhss4848 5 лет назад

@@wellsthefish8381 0-3-5-0-3-6-5-0-3-5-3-0

@eskilwannberg6898 5 лет назад

It's smoke on the water not in the water

@charliegeehreng5047 5 лет назад

Alcides Duarte Falcao it’s really not that great of a song 🤷‍♂️

@memedream4409 5 лет назад

bravo one-niner then you obviously never heard of it or can’t appreciate the musical influence ‘smoke on the water’ had on the music industry

@george_reeve 9 лет назад

More than a feeling should have at least been an honorable mention.

@paigesimons2001 9 лет назад

George Reeve Ikr, that song is one of my favorites

@themuchdingdong 8 лет назад

patriots suck

@NYChica23 8 лет назад

+George Reeve For real...that's one of the first songs that comes to mind when I think of the 70s

@benjaminperkins9159 7 лет назад

Boston Sucks...

@MacWilly 7 лет назад

YES. Thank you.

@juliandiaz462 8 лет назад

Its funny how the honorable mentions were better than some of the actually list... In my opinion lol

@coonkirk1796 8 лет назад

Yeah like FREEBIRD!!!

@krauxnotfaux 4 года назад

Stairway and every other Led Zeppelin song is my whole top 92

@davidrucareanu4849 2 года назад

Zep 1 and Zep 2 songs, from '69 in a 70s list? Explain

@user-gv4bf4zx2s 4 года назад

Picking the top 10 songs from the decade where Rock came into it's own and spawned endless classics that are STILL on the radio today is literally impossible. Might as well try to fill the Grand Canyon with bricks.

@francissambrick7014 7 лет назад

Fleetwood Mac = emence talent and staying power. One of the most influential bands in music history. Stevie is the definitive queen of rock and Lindsey a God in the studio! Rumors is one of the best albums ever made.

@thespaceteam5995 8 лет назад

Watchmojo you have personally offended me by placing Hotel California and American Pie in the honorable mentions

@ulledienulle8211 8 лет назад

Nobody cares

@joakimjakovleski7363 7 лет назад

Paranoid is not even here.

@kingdairymomo1332 7 лет назад

The Space Team znzzdam

@cloudsurf126 7 лет назад

Fnuord Hase hey fuckface I'm sorry you are 12 years old and have no appreciation for good music

@cloudsurf126 7 лет назад

Who would actually take that seriously. Its a joke lol.

@wellstuffed1976 5 лет назад

My school singing the brick in the wall kids parts will always make me very proud (chuckle)

@WrenFaithBridger 5 лет назад

Ah...my childhood. I remember when each and every single ones of these came out. The '70s was a great time to grow up.

@michaelweizer7794 3 года назад

Karen Fahel music wise probably, But I was even more into cars than music and cars of the 70s not so much. Early 70s yes but as the 70s went on cars went down, though I never lost intrest in them!. All I'm tryin to say is that everything in the 70s wasn't great and I came of age in the 70s (I graduated high school in 1977).

@rogerbetancourt1701 6 лет назад

How dare you place Hotel California as an honorable mention are you out of your mind????

@elvinposey5251 5 лет назад

IT SHOULDN'T BE ON THE LIST. SUCKS.

@smilingbob6708 5 лет назад

Eagles greatest hits is the #1 selling album of the 20th century and that's the fact Jack!

@nateanara6126 5 лет назад

i don't inderstand either

@cgilbert210 5 лет назад

"Hotel California" is overplayed. Their song "Seven Bridges Road" is a million times better. Live too!

@freedommascot 5 лет назад

YES!! Hotel California was the bomb! I was thinking the same thing myself.

@51gan788 10 лет назад

Stayin' alive more influential than bohemian rhapsody???? Seriously???!!

@WatchMojo 10 лет назад

Queen are a great rock band but the Bee Gees pioneered a whole new genre of music.

@TNMN12 10 лет назад

Bee Gees = Disco. 1970s = ''Disco Decade'' although I love Queen more its true...

@cantstopmygo420 10 лет назад

***** That all and good but it doesn't make it the go to song of the 1970's. Maybe Queen could make the top influential songs of all times list but the BeeGee's own the 70's.

@dtownkid 10 лет назад

It's not Influential... It's Decade Defining. People define the 70's with Disco.

@51gan788 10 лет назад

to hell with this debate, watchmojo freakin' replied to my comment XD thats so awesome

@cunard61 4 года назад

The 70's are one of the most prolific decades of music in the entire 20th century. There are far to many songs from that era for a list that's narrowed down to just 10.

@TheChilepie 5 лет назад

Nothing from The Who? "Won't Get Fooled Again" or "Baba O'Riley" for example.

@unforgettablefootballmatch1590 4 года назад

TheChilepie The entire Quadrophenia album could be on the list

@unforgettablefootballmatch1590 4 года назад

Plus it’s watchmojo

@uninstahl 4 года назад

TheChilepie BAM... BAM BAM....

@kman0550 4 года назад

Exactly. Like where’s endless wire

@launabanauna8958 4 года назад

TheChilepie Blech, The Who.

@SeriouslyMikey 10 лет назад

Really? No Black Sabbath? Black Sabbath's fist song, Black Sabbath from their first album should be on this list, no doubt about it. It defined an entirely new sub genre.

@EmperorTigerstar 10 лет назад

As much as I love Black Sabbath, they just didn't define the decade. You usually think the 1970s synonymous with Disco. :/

@tylermcay6676 6 лет назад

What about Boston More than a Feeling??? That song has 1970s written all over it

@tmantonytv1166 5 лет назад

Tyler Mcay no

@tmantonytv1166 5 лет назад

Brian Rayburn i hope god gives you a short lapse of your sanity back

@memedream4409 5 лет назад

Tacomantonytv 1 you might as well turn off your brain cuz it ain’t working

@RMSAquitaniafan55 4 года назад

THANK YOU!

@davkatjenn 4 года назад

Really good, but not one of the grreatest, but then I don't think that Stayin Alive is the best by a long shot either.

@staffankarlsson520 5 лет назад

No Kraftwerk that started off the era of synthesizer based music that is still around? No Earth Wind & Fire? No Michael Jackson? No Kiss? No... well the list can go on for days... but that’s the fun thing about lists. Have any top ten list ever matched anyone’s taste completely? Love lists. They annoy me. And I love that they do. That means I care.

@launabanauna8958 4 года назад

Staffan Karlsson Omg, thank you! Kraftwerk, way ahead of their time!

@kenperk9854 2 года назад

Cheech and Chong!, dEFINITELY HAD A BIG INFLUENCE ON A LOT OF GUYS MY AGE.

@jeffruebens8355 4 года назад

When I was in college in 1979, there was a disco night and another country rock night at the local bar with a dance floor. Every other 5 nights it was more of a mix, both chart toppers and requests, especially if they were good for dancing.

@TheRubberStudiosASMR 8 лет назад

The 70's had the best bass lines!

@vicentecontrerassoux1660 10 лет назад

I won't deny disco is typical of the 70's, but, a Bee Gees song over Bohemian Rhapsody and Stairway to Heaven??????????????????????????????

@vicentecontrerassoux1660 10 лет назад

Also, no Black Sabbath???

@beaterchew 10 лет назад

Vicente Contreras & fuckin freebird only in the honorable mentions wtf??

@tristonthorne216 10 лет назад

or Aerosmith

@geertwilders911 10 лет назад

***** i sure don't

@xxtremmewizard1001 10 лет назад

***** No i think of rock like Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath etc...

@johndunkelburg5143 5 лет назад

I saw Stevie Wonder play a seven minute version of “Superstition” on “Sesame Street” when I was a kid.

@wayneolsen8965 5 лет назад

An impossible task but the list isn’t bad. Except for I WILL SURVIVE which could easily have been replaced by something by the Stones, The Who, and the biggest star of the 70s, Sir Elton John.

@isaiahquidilla3153 10 лет назад

It makes no sense saying that Disco was the sound of the 70's yet they have a bunch of Classic Rock on the list.

@51gan788 10 лет назад

That's exactly what I'm thinking, they should save disco for the 80's

@TheAxeMixa 10 лет назад

51gan788 But the 80s all about new wave

@cantstopmygo420 10 лет назад

51gan788 Disco is the 70's not the 80's.

@ivan9066 10 лет назад

I find the lack of sabbath disturbing.

@kenperk9854 2 года назад

When you have a tiny can and try to stuff it with tens of thsousans of records, it ain't gona work!

@mariapuma2713 5 лет назад

Staying Alive is more influential than Bohemian Rhapsody and Starway to Heaven? Wtf ....

@SteveJohnson-SawtoothIS 5 лет назад

Yeah, it is. Takes nothing away from either of the other songs, but face it -- Stayin Alive brought disco into the mainstream. No getting around that.

@braydonguitar649 5 лет назад

Bull, Stairway and Bohemian Rhapsody invented the idea of long powerful songs that cross tone and show messages that are not out right in front, and singing styles that changed musical culture

@braydonguitar649 5 лет назад

next time ill get your sarcasm lol, i thought you said i will survive for some reason, so the sarcasm just jumped over my head, your right XD

@echt114 5 лет назад

I'd put Bohemian Rhapsody #1. Stayin' Alive deserves to be very high though because it's representing the whole SNF/disco era. I'm not as big a fan of Stairway as many seem to be. American Pie is one of the all time greats, but for some reason it has much more of a 60s feel and so doesn't seem to define the '70s at all. Rather than Rocket Man, I'd say Elton's song here should have been Philadelphia Freedom. I'm glad ABBA made it. They have such a huge collection of 70s hits and were dominant outside of the US.

@georgiapeachboy 5 лет назад

They’re saying most representative of the decade, and let’s be honest, when someone says “music from the 70s” 9/10 times disco is what immediately comes to mind. They’re not necessarily more influential, but more decade defining, that’s all

@Potatopot724 5 лет назад

Elton John, David Bowie, Eagles, Neil Young...

@Adovock 10 лет назад

I feel like this is more of a "10 Popular Songs From The 1970s" list, ya know?

@mckennuhhhhhhhhh 7 лет назад

how the fuck is David Bowie just an honorable mention? that man WAS the 70s.

@2geezgodaries 4 года назад

wow just about everything in the honorable mentions I grew up thinking was synonymous with the 70sss

@dalekenjarvis 5 лет назад

I turned 13 in 1970. Mom and Dad could not have had better timing!! ROCK ON!

@braindamage3739 10 лет назад

Smoke on the Water? Dream on? Paranoid? Blitzkrieg bop? No Woman No Cry?

@jakobbokaj123 10 лет назад

they need to start making top1000's to get all the great music of these decades on the list lol but there is just so much great music not making the lists its almost depressing

@SoCalDaveL 6 лет назад

"Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who to me defined the 70's more than many of the songs included.

@RipCreditsFMJ 3 года назад

How?

@nicoleknight9412 Год назад

That deserved at least an Honorable Mention.

@mcgarryinternationaldfi5952 5 лет назад

The middle and most of the 70's was dominated by ABBA. After Eurovision '74 finished with Waterloo at Number One, there was quiet until their first hit Mama Mia was picked up and topped the charts in 1975 from about March. Over Christmas into 1976, the charts were dominated by Fernando by ABBA. Then the hits just rolled on. Queen was really an unrecognised concept until the late '70's. Nobody really understood them. Then they had a cultish following. Kiss were big in 1979. Usually, popularity hung on a good song from a good group and they might have had other hits to back them up. That usually gave them 12 months or so of notoriety. ABBA stood out as being as big, almost, as The Beatles, perhaps without the depth, creativity and adulation accorded The Beatles.. The Bee Gees were big with Disco. That revived their career. I think Boney M with their hits like Daddy Cool and Rasputin should have been given more accord. The epitaph to the decade, I think, was The Knack with My Sharona. There were a lot of other good groups around like The Police with their reggae sound. Split Enz started to rise with their big New Wave hit of the late '70's called 'I See Red', too. That would lead the chart-topping record classic called I Got You!

@Lawyeris 3 года назад

"Queen was really an unrecognised concept until the late '70's. Nobody really understood them" ???? That was in UK??? it's very unexpected opinion. Could you explain it?

@CaptainQueue 4 года назад

Need a Top Ten soft rock / folk for 70s -- Gordon Lightfoot, James Taylor, America, Neil Diamond, Carpenters, Fleetwood, Doobie Brothers, Carole King, Carly Simon, Jim Croce.

@lespaul2912 8 лет назад

So you're saying Stayin' alive is more "decade defining" than Stairway to heaven, Imagine and Bohemian Rhapsody? And no Bowie? No the Doors? No Deep Purple or Black Sabbath? No Eagles? Okay..

@laronwalker8543 6 лет назад

Les Paul ok in sorry,but I feel like that your baseing this off of quality,ik ik I think that bohemian rhapsody and starway to heaven are better that staying alive but staying alive rlly does represent the 70s because what most people think about the 70s is funky music and disco with puffy or curly hair and this song rlly gives off that vibe incredibly you have to agree with me,in all honesty I know that if you asked the kids if they know each of those 3songs I feel like a majority would recognize stayin alive

@laronwalker8543 6 лет назад

Les Paul besides it's The Bee Gees they practically ruled the 70s along with queen and Led Zeppelin

@timkramar9729 6 лет назад

Morrison died in 70, 71. He's not going to be defining much for the decade. Defining for the 60s.

@drea7652 6 лет назад

the late 70s was a lot of disco and dancing so I mean it’s pretty reasonable why “stayin alive” made it to first.

@SD-ir1vf 6 лет назад

But this is Watch Mojo we expect them to screw this up. I mean come on no Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, Deep Purple, Aerosmith this was thrown together in 4MINUTE.

@Utgarman 10 лет назад

No song is more '70s' than Stayin' Alive

@snowwalker9999 3 года назад

70's was like two decades in one.

@asterisk911 5 лет назад

"Decade defining" may be a nebulous concept, but some of the list's detractors aren't even pretending to try to understand the concept. It doesn't mean "which song is best" or "which song has stood the test of time".

@patriciagrandjean8205 3 года назад

Yeah, but these songs aren’t decade defining. They’re Top 10 overexposed, in most cases. In my humble opinion.

@kenperk9854 2 года назад

We would be here till death to make a list that long.

@ThebestofAC 8 лет назад

The 70ties had definitely the songs that are the most influental for me.

@Vendzor 7 лет назад

"Seventy-ties" Haha, ok then

@Vendzor 7 лет назад

I agree with you completely.

@jonathanbaenziger3182 6 лет назад

I am quite surprised that Peter Frampton is nowhere on this list. Not even an honorable mention when he had one of the most successful selling records of all time. I must say I'm quite disappointed about that.

@steverice8019 5 лет назад

Agreed. Frampton Comes Alive was a defining album of the decade.

@Deborahtunes 5 лет назад

Now that I can agree with. His live album was a huge success. It was everywhere. I would remove the Sex Pistols, and rearrange some of the others, to place it on the list.

@nahaniconstantine5233 4 года назад

@@Deborahtunes Who?

@laidbackjack3166 5 лет назад

Margaret Thatcher hated Brick in the Wall so for that reason alone it's the greatest.

@samroble7192 4 года назад

Jack Shields she also hated Johnny rotten. Therefore, he is a legend

@stevetimms4100 4 года назад

Although it was released in late 1979, it had most of its Sales in 1980. It was the World's Best Selling Single of 1980...

@kman0550 4 года назад

Margaret thatcher is dead Ding dong the wicked bitch is dead It’s a shame the bitch didn’t die 87 years ago

@fiddlerontheroof4099 5 лет назад

Personally, I feel that there was *so* *much* *more* to 70s music than disco, and that while notable, it was a far cry from being what "defined" the decade musically.

@briankennedy1192 4 года назад

Very true disco was laughable.

@michaelweizer7794 3 года назад

@@briankennedy1192 Today disco sounds so crappy and dated!!!. Classic rock lives, Zeppelin 4 ever.

@afreakaboucher1316 3 года назад

I love Disco music and Rock and Roll , but I prefer Disco music more .

@kenperk9854 2 года назад

YOU'RE RIGHT. tHERE WAS THE OCASIONAL SONG FROM DISCO THTA WAS PRETTY GOOD. bUT ON THE whole, it was mostly just a short fling.

@stepladder3257 2 года назад

@@michaelweizer7794 rock is my favourite genre, but shit like this does not want me to talk with rock fans

@blockbusstar 10 лет назад

Brace yourself for Michael jackson songs

@MJrhythmofLove 10 лет назад

He's gonna take over the 80's list! Just wait...

@SimonSW20 10 лет назад

Slave to MJ's Rhythm I believe that there can be only one song per artist.

@blockbusstar 10 лет назад

Simon Franklin true

@ariellewilliams30 10 лет назад

Billie Jean is going to be Number 1 He might be the first artist to have more than one song. Mike took a shit on everybody in the 80s.

@Cennti 10 лет назад

IceJJfish2511 Except for this thing called New wave of british heavy metal. Noone shits on Iron maiden

@timothymorris3601 8 лет назад

Pink Floyd only at nine? Are you gonna tell me that above five among the greatest songs ever created (Another Brick in the Wall Part II, Hotel California, Free Bird, Stairway to Heaven and Bohemian Rhapsody) are topped by Stayin' Alive? Why?

@bienanatan9299 4 года назад

I am a 70's guy and stayin alive and the bee gees owns our part of the world at that decade and everybody's doing disco. But it was the best of times for folk, rock, and country as well (FRC).

@user-ns3vs3bp3e 5 лет назад

The 70’s has too much good music to make this list, every comment is calling for another amazing song that wasn’t included

@GulzatMatisakova 6 лет назад

Earth Wind and Fire, Kool and the Gang

@Quicksilver_Cookie 10 лет назад

Even though Bee Gees isn't my favorite band by far, and Staying Alive isn't my fav song of them, i think about it every time somebody say "70s". That's how spot on it is, imho.

@blkd25 10 лет назад

I appreciate your honesty

@atownie1 10 лет назад

Very true. The 70s was all about the disco.

@Tamara.1967 5 лет назад

I knew what was number 1 before I even clicked...awesome!!!

@stacyhoneycutt606 3 года назад

So many classic songs debuted in the "70s", they all brought back pleasant memories, no matter the order.

@DS-bb1ww 7 лет назад

No Born to Run? Not even in honourable mentions?

@digitalfilmmedia 5 лет назад

Did it get into the top 20? It didn't in the UK?

@steverice8019 5 лет назад

@@digitalfilmmedia Considered by many to be the greatest U.S.-made rock and roll song ever. Ranks 21 in Rolling Stone's top 500 songs of all time, so surely should be in the top 10 of the 70s.

@orestmakar8562 4 года назад

Totalny agree. Both to run is a clasic and totally decadedefining.

@orestmakar8562 4 года назад

xrmweho He doesn’t suck and you are wrong. Born to run resonated and still resonates with people. That makes it legendary.

@thegoldenavian9055 10 лет назад

The thing about this series is that I can think of a multitude of songs I feel should have gotten at least an honourable mention in every video there's been, and can already predict it will be the same for the ones to come, but from the 60's-80's there was so much good music that to list every song that defined each decade's music scene would require hour long videos. That said, a good list all the same.

@vernonbussy1631 2 года назад

thanks majesus mr.tincher showed these songs in class really grew my taste in more genres

@vancecunningham5032 5 лет назад

Stairway to Heaven defined rock and roll, not just the 70s. Stayin' Alive might've defined disco, but rock defined the 70s much more than disco. Stairway IS the definition of 70s rock.

@dylanjones1290 5 лет назад

Thank you for saying it

@mysoncrumphaseveryinjury3853 4 года назад

Not trying to defend disco,but holy cow,it's been like 42 yrs and disco fans vs rock fans battle is still going on.

@maztergamer1016 3 года назад

@@mysoncrumphaseveryinjury3853 ikr

@steamboatwill3.367 3 года назад

@@mysoncrumphaseveryinjury3853 ) defend? What's wrong with that?

@mysoncrumphaseveryinjury3853 3 года назад

@@steamboatwill3.367 "defend" beacuse I'm not going to take a side during this rock vs disco discussion

@Zepolnhoj 9 лет назад

How the fuck is Black Sabbath not on this list?

@domwalter6474 9 лет назад

Language!

@stacymarie1200 9 лет назад

"Language" X'DDDD

@ryancunningham1208 9 лет назад

stacyracy Captain America wouldn't approve of that kind of language

@davidignatiusbalestreri1737 7 лет назад

I was a young teen when Sabbath's Paranoid hit the air waves. It was nothing less than an earth shattering impact.

@xyzdgthereal 8 лет назад

Sooo shameful that Bowie is just a honourable mention...

@madsjacks58 8 лет назад

tru

@TheHistoryCloud 4 года назад

Life on Mars should have made it

@ashurdarkstarr6962 4 года назад

Heroes should have been at least in the top three

@paceeilers2253 3 года назад

If I could add a song I would pick sultans of swing. I just love that song.

@sharontonks3192 Год назад

I was born in 1970 and love 70s music, as a teenager during the 80s that was my favourite decade for music. there was so many good tracks from the 70s that I don't think a top ten really does it justice. a good video but it only scratches the surface for 70s music.

@paigesimons2001 9 лет назад

Where in the actual fuck is More Than A Feeling by Boston??? That song is pure gold. Also go your own way should've been higher in my opinion. This list really pissed me off.

@Darwaxion 8 лет назад

The title says "decade defining" NOT good or best

@paigesimons2001 8 лет назад

DarthRevan That song DID define the decade.

@AxeIRad 8 лет назад

+Paige Simons finally! someone who agrees Boston is a ton of Bos! it barely gets mentioned by watchmojo

@AndrewNewZealand 8 лет назад

+Paige Simons I agree that "More than a Feeling" or another song to represent American stadium rock should be in there.

@seanmunis82 8 лет назад

Yeah the entire Boston album was absolutely amazing.

@PaulGilbertrulezzz 9 лет назад

Don't Fear the Reaper??

@JordanMendesPrestes 9 лет назад

If it had a little bit more cowbell, It would've been in the top 10.

@randomfools808 6 лет назад

Yeah that could have been here but so could a lot else

@jankerson1 4 года назад

The 70's.... When every song on the radio was good, you can't narrow it down to just 10 songs or even 30 songs really, maybe 50 if you tried hard... I lived through the 70's and the music was great.

@Alisonsgachaverse 9 месяцев назад

Not for me

@JDT-bv8ti 3 года назад

American Pie should be on this list, hands down, the lyricism in it is some of the best in music history.

@fridasharmonizer4866 9 лет назад

Yes ABBA given the respect and acknowledgement finally

@SD-ir1vf 6 лет назад

The Sweetish Meatballs.

@gammaechofoundationproductions 6 лет назад

Well said, Frida! :)

@Ethan-en2ij 5 лет назад

Right?!?!?

@KevinMcMullinSr 8 лет назад

staying Alive beats Stairway to Heaven? No way. You got this one wrong.

@seanmunis82 8 лет назад

Hotel California and More Than a Feeling and a better Pink Floyd song should be up high on the list :/

@zeppdude335 8 лет назад

+Mavors44 if you're speaking of the guitar intro, they're similar but not the same thing; also, how can you steal lyrics from a guitar intro?

@wvvw4036 5 лет назад

Staying Alive pioneered a genre of music synonymous with the 70s. It is objectively more decade defining.

@andrewtoole1222 5 лет назад

How is there no love for Boston, More Than a Feeling?

@gooddog2001 5 лет назад

How about a show about the top ten skilled actors you probably never heard of with a list of credits.

@lucindashirreffs6703 8 лет назад

David Bowie should've been more than just an honorable mention. Number two after Bohemian Rhapsody

@mildred298 7 лет назад

I'm saying !!!

@groundcontrol4196 7 лет назад

agree

@MacWilly 7 лет назад

Ew no

@fabianhidalgo8591 5 лет назад

Better than stairway to heaven? Don't think so.

@TheHistoryCloud 4 года назад

Life on Mars for the win!

@frankkolton1780 7 лет назад

There was such a wide variety of music in the 70s that it would take 100 songs to define it. Painfully absent in the list is any of the fantastic R&B / funk bands of the time like Earth, Wind, and Fire, Parliament, Kool and the Gang, the O'jays, etc. The massive adult contemporary category like James Taylor, Paul Simon, Bill Joel, Gordon Lightfoot, Carly Simon, Al Green, Carole King, etc. Popular jazz/adult like George Benson, Gino Vannelli, Steely Dan. The fusion of Miles Davis, Weather Report, Herbie Hancock. Pop - America, Barry Manilow, Village People, The Hollies etc. Country music - Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson, Alabama, etc. If you list disco you have to include KC and the Sunshine Band, you couldn't go through a day without hearing them somewhere.Songs that wouldn't bother me if I never heard them again in my life because they were overplayed everywhere for decades, Freebird, Stairway To Heaven, and Bohemian Rhapsody. Songs that make me want to vomit because they are really that bad, Billy Don't Be A Hero by Paper Lace, Seasons in the Sun by Terry Jacks, Black Betty by Ram Jam (nauseatingly repetitious).

@amirahluna2078 5 лет назад

Who are you😮 You my friend are a music lover

@tjwash5118 5 лет назад

Frank Kolton in the Seasons in the Sun and “billy don’t be a hero” pile, The Night Chicago Died sucked similarly

@michaelmcconnell3294 5 лет назад

I know that You Light up my Life was a big hit in the mid-70's and was on all the shows.

@jonathonedwardmiller 5 лет назад

The Sex Pistols but no The Doors, Steve Millers, Eagles, Deep Purple, Billy Joel, Rush, Kansas, Aerosmith, Lynyrd Skynyrd (who dominated the 70s, 80s, and early 90s) or the Doors??? Superstition at number 8??? ABBA I believe is actually 80s!!! How is Stairway to Heaven, Bohemian Rhapsody or Imagine not number one??? Especially over THE BEEGEES STAYING ALIVE!!!! WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT WITH FLEETWOOD MAC NOT BEING AS SUCCESSFUL AS SOME OF THESE??? Rumors is in the top 5 rock albums sold in the 1970s!!! I'm sorry, but you failed big time!!!