They have just finished their list of the best single from the 1970’s. They did do an albums list but that was last month. Also I didn’t post this in the list forum because I figure you want this to disappear sooner rather than never. I think this list is great, so I posted it here:

http://ilx.p3r.net/thread.php?msgid=5800014

100. Tim Buckley - Song For The Siren
99. James Brown - The Payback
98. Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me
97. Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street
96. Patti Smith - Gloria
95. Cars - Just What I Needed
94. Jimmy Cliff - The Harder they Come
93. Steely Dan - Any Major Dude Will Tell You
92. Squeeze- Up the Junction
91. Buzzcocks - Boredom
90. Machine - There But For The Grace Of God Go I
89. Earth, Wind and Fire – September
88. Al Green - Belle
87. Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi Dead
86. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
85. Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby
84. Can - Halleluwah
83. Todd Rundgren - I Saw The Light
82. Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
81. The O-Jays - Love Train
80. Sister Sledge - Lost in Music
79. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
78. Diana Ross - Love Hangover
77. Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
76. Elvis Costello - Watching the Detectives
75. Boston - More Than A Feeling
74. Junior Murvin - Police and Thieves
73. Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover
72. The B52s - Rock Lobster
71. Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
70. Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
69. Richard Hell and the Voivods - Blank Generation
68. Neil Young - Cortez the Killer
67. The Temptations - Papa Was a Rolling Stone
66. T. Rex - Metal Guru
65. Iggy and the Stooges - Search and Destroy
64. Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain
63. Gary Numan - Cars
62. Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
61. Andrea True Connection - More, More, More
60. Sparks - No. 1 Song in Heaven
59. Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks
58. The Normal - Warm Leatherette
57. Kraftwerk - Neon Lights
56. Kraftwerk - Autobahn
55. Big Star - Thirteen
54. Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone
53. Neu - Hallogallo
52. Parliament - Flash Light
51. The Ramones - Judy is a Punk
50. The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action
49. Wire - Outdoor Miner
48. 10cc - I'm Not In Love
47. Candi Station - Young Hearts Run Free
46. Can - Vitamin C
45. The Ramones - Sheen Is a Punk Rocker
44. Brian Eno - Baby's On Fire
43. Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes
42. Rod Stewart - Maggie May
41. Gram Parsons - $1000 Wedding
40. ABBA – Waterloo
39. Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric?
38. Sex Pistols - Holiday in the Sun
37. Al Green - Love and Happiness
36. Chic - Le Freak
35. The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane
34. Gang of Four - Damaged Goods
33. Toots and the Maytals - Pressure Drop
32. Althea and Donna - Uptown Top Ranking
31. Wire - Map Ref. 41 Degrees North 93 Degrees West
30. Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the U.K.
29. The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
28. Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper
27. The Clash - London Calling
26. Roxy Music - Virginia Plain
25. The Clash - White Man In Hammersmith Palais
24. Television - Marquee Moon
23. The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet
22. Big Star - September Gurls
21. Marvin Gaye - What's Goin' On
20. Blondie - Atomic
19. Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
18. X Ray Spex - Oh Bondage Up Yours
17. The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
16. Stevie Wonder - Superstition
15. ABBA - S.O.S.
14. The Jackson Five - A.B.C.
13. Cheap Trick - Surrender
12. Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
11. Sly & the Family Stone - Family Affair
10. Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Til Ya Get Enough
9. Blondie - Dreaming
8. Chic - Good Times
7. David Bowie - Heroes
6. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love
5. Blondie - Heart of Glass
4. Joy Division - Transmission
3. Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers - Roadrunner
2. ABBA - Dancing Queen
1. Donna Summer - I Feel Love

I'm leaving the country for a week. I'll do 101-200 when I get back. Thanks for your patience.. and for voting, and stuff.

While that is Donna Summer's best song, I would never in a million light years have that as the best single of the '70's.

"Papa Was A Rolling Stone" all the way down at #67? Not in this boy's house it ain't. #1 all the way.

And where's "Freddie's Dead?" "Life On Mars?" "Solsbury Hill?"

Still, props for the thought that obviously went into this.

Oh, and "Love Hangover" is a slightly less-wretched song from one of the most overrated performers ever. Shrill, whiny, tin-voiced cow who hooked up with great songwriters.

Good grief, here I go (I deal with these songs for a living)...

"S.O.S?" I think not. "The Winner Takes It All" kicks that all to shit.

Your funny Phil and most of us don’t deal with these songs on a daily basis. I find it kind of refreshing because it isn’t just a bunch of indie songs. Instead people probably picked songs that were on the radio and that they remember hearing and loving back in the day. I haven’t heard so many of these songs for years and years but do love a lot of them as well.

np: MIA – Arular

I forgot, I have no problem with you critiquing the list, because that is what list are for anyways.

it's an okay list. I Feel Love is a pretty crappy # 1 in my opinion, but Donna Summer never really did it for me. Lots of songs of similar elk that I'd rather but whatever.

They get a huge dart for "Boredom" rather than "Spiral Scratch". And how "The Payback" only ended up at 99 is beyond me.

Surprise...

Two Wire songs? Great to see but do you think either song got any radio play anywhere?

No Stones? Miss You, Wild Horses, Angie, Heartbreaker, Brown Sugar, Tumbling Dice...none able to make the grade? Curious!

No Jam?

There is shit in the top 20 of this list I never even heard of- I'll kill myself now.

Why is Industrial Light & Magic picking the best singles of the '70s?


Over "Hello It's Me"? No.


I've never understood the following for this song. It's a nice little new wave pop song. If Paul Westerberg jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge, would you jump off the Brooklyn Bridge?



Huh!?!?!? And this coming from someone who listened to Eat to the Beat three times this week.

Tentzone - Nice to see Fort Stinking Desert just above my avatar-of-the-week.

I think it's a pretty good list.

'I Feel Love' is probably the single most influencial 45 of the last thirty five years so while it's not even my favourite Donna Summer track I don't have to many complaints about it being top.

"Outdoor Miner" happens to be Wire's one and only top thirty hit and I doubt it made the top thirty in the U.K. without ever being on the radio there but since I don’t live there you could be right.

You & me, man...brothers from different mothers.

I thought there'd be some Meco on there for sure.