100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #12 The Specials – Gangsters

Released: 1979 The main strength of punk’s radicalism was that it didn’t begin and end in punk itself, which had … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #13 Michael Jackson – Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough

Released: 1979 The first single from the Off The Wall album. Discussion here.

100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #14 David Bowie – Rebel Rebel

Released: 1974 Winning formulas were once upon a time everything when it came to music fame and success. Pop’s architecture … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #15 Chic – Good Times

Released: 1979 There had been a particularly troglodyte response to disco’s rise throughout the seventies, it’s many haters judging it … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #16 Bob Marley and The Wailers – Jamming

Released: 1977 It’s a head spinning piece of counterintuition, but one of the accusations made of Bob Marley as he … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #17 Carole King – It’s Too Late

Released: 1971 Carole King’s first life was as a $50 a time Brill Building cubicle dweller, co-writing songs like The … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #18 The Rolling Stones – Wild Horses

Released: 1971 Ask twenty eyewitnesses to an event how they saw it as individuals and you’ll probably get twenty subtly … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #19 Stevie Wonder – Superstition

Released: 1972 By 1972 the child prodigy once known as Little Stevie Wonder had developed a consciousness in line with … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #20 Joy Division – She’s Lost Control

Released: 1979 A suspicion attached to Joy Division’s first album Unknown Pleasures – usually over ridden by the shrill cries … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #21 The Jam – Down In The Tube Station At Midnight

Released: 1978 It’s one of the most enduring – if unwritten – rules about gaining popularity for your art; the … More