Pitchfork: Best Songs of the 1970s

Life On Mars? (Original Ending Version)

David Bowie (2022)

Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough

Michael Jackson (1979)

I Feel Love

Donna Summer (1977)

Wuthering Heights

Kate Bush (1978)

Heroes (Single Version)

David Bowie (1977)

I Wanna Be Your Lover

Prince (1979)

Marquee Moon

Television (1977)

Dreams

Fleetwood Mac (1977)

Transmission

Joy Division (1977)

A Case of You

Joni Mitchell (1971)

Living For the City

Stevie Wonder (1973)

Bohemian Rhapsody

Queen (1975)

Born to Run

Bruce Springsteen (1975)

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop (1977)

Heart of Glass

Blondie (1978)

Trans-Europe Express (2009 Remaster)

Kraftwerk (1977)

Gloria

Patti Smith (1975)

Changes (Live)

David Bowie (2008)

Thirteen

Big Star (1972)

Tangled Up In Blue

Bob Dylan (1975)

When the Levee Breaks

Led Zeppelin (1971)

Move On Up (Extended Version)

Curtis Mayfield (1970)

Search and Destroy

Iggy & The Stooges (1973)

Sweet Jane

The Velvet Underground (1969)

Love and Happiness

Al Green (1972)

Got to Give It Up, Pt. 1

Marvin Gaye (1983)

Jolene

Dolly Parton (1973)

Rock With You

Michael Jackson (1979)

Can You Get To That

Funkadelic (1971)

Blitzkrieg Bop

Ramones (1976)

Oh Bondage, Up Yours! (Live)

X-Ray Spex (2013)

Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)? [Live, L'Arapaho Club, Paris, 12 April 1995]

Buzzcocks (2007)

Walk on the Wild Side

Lou Reed (1972)

Dream Baby Dream

Suicide (1985)

On the Beach

Neil Young (1974)

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd (1975)

Good Times (7" Edit)

Chic (2018)

Uptown Top Ranking (Extended Edited Version)

Althea & Donna (2013)

Psycho Killer (2024 Remaster)

Talking Heads (1977)

Young Americans (2016 Remastered Version)

David Bowie (2016)

Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine (feat. The Original J.B.s)

James Brown (1970)

Pink Moon

Nick Drake (1972)

London Calling

The Clash (1979)

Kiss Me Again

Dinosaur (1978)

War Pigs

Black Sabbath (1970)

The Chain

Fleetwood Mac (1977)

Zombie

Fela Kuti (1976)

Vitamin C

Can (2017)

Family Affair

Sly & The Family Stone (1971)

Waiting In Vain

Bob Marley & The Wailers (1984)

Papa Was a Rollin' Stone (Single Version)

The Temptations (2005)

Flash Light

Parliament (1977)

Superstition

Stevie Wonder (1972)

Journey in Satchidananda (feat. Pharoah Sanders)

Alice Coltrane (1971)

Let It Be

The Beatles (1970)

Roadrunner (Once) [Alternative Version]

The Modern Lovers (1976)

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic (1971)

Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)

Neil Young & Crazy Horse (1979)

Wild Horses

The Rolling Stones (1971)

Perfect Day

Lou Reed (1972)

September Gurls

Big Star (1974)

Across 110th Street (Drum & Bass Mix)

Bobby Womack (1972)

I Can't Stand the Rain

Ann Peebles (1974)

Typical Girls

The Slits (1978)

I'm Not In Love

10cc (2012)

Everybody Loves the Sunshine

Roy Ayers Ubiquity (1976)

The Harder They Come (Single Version)

Jimmy Cliff (2017)

Famous Blue Raincoat

Leonard Cohen (1971)

Rock & Roll

The Velvet Underground (1969)

Life During Wartime

Talking Heads (1979)

Dancing Queen

ABBA (1976)

My Sweet Lord (2009 Remaster)

George Harrison (2008)

Lola (Live)

The Kinks (1972)

That Lady, Pts. 1 & 2

The Isley Brothers (1973)

As

Stevie Wonder (1976)

Peg

Steely Dan (1977)

Just What I Needed

The Cars (1978)

Dreaming

Blondie (1979)

Fisherman

The Congos (1976)

Disorder

Joy Division (1979)

Ghost Rider (2019 Remaster)

Suicide (2017)

Land

Patti Smith (1975)

Autobahn

Kraftwerk (1974)

The Passenger

Iggy Pop (1977)

Future Days (Edit)

Can (2017)

Concrete Jungle

Bob Marley (1999)

Machine Gun (Live At Filmore East, 1970 / 50th Anniversary)

Jimi Hendrix (1970)

Right Off (feat. Steve Grossman, John McLaughlin, Herbie Hancock, Michael Henderson & Billy Cobham)

Miles Davis (1971)

1/1

Brian Eno (1978)

After the Gold Rush

Neil Young (1970)

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Live from Moscow, 1979)

Elton John (2019)

Immigrant Song

Led Zeppelin (1970)

Train In Vain

The Clash (1979)

What a Fool Believes (2016 Remastered)

The Doobie Brothers (1978)

Free Man In Paris

Joni Mitchell (1974)

Les Fleur

Minnie Riperton (1970)

September

Earth, Wind & Fire (2018)

Alison

Elvis Costello (1977)

The Kiss (Solo Demo) [Remastered Version]

Judee Sill (2018)

This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us

Sparks (1974)

Damaged Goods

Gang of Four (1979)

Deacon Blues

Steely Dan (1977)

The Payback

James Brown (1973)

Blank Generation (Remastered Version)

Richard Hell & The Voidoids (1976)

The Boys Are Back In Town

Thin Lizzy (1975)

Anarchy In the U.K.

Sex Pistols (1977)

(Don't Fear) The Reaper

Blue Öyster Cult (1976)

Melody

Serge Gainsbourg (1970)

Hallogallo

Neu! (1971)

Killing Me Softly With His Song

Roberta Flack (1973)

Jealous Guy

John Lennon (1971)

Summer Madness

Kool & The Gang (2005)

Love Is the Drug

Roxy Music (1975)

Love Hangover

Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye (1976)

Chameleon

Herbie Hancock (1973)

Funky Kingston

Toots & The Maytals (1973)

Mr. Blue Sky

Electric Light Orchestra (1977)

Miss You

The Rolling Stones (1978)

O-o-h Child (Remastered)

The Five Stairsteps (1970)

Satta Massagana

The Abyssinians (1975)

Strawberry Letter 23

The Brothers Johnson (1977)

I Want You

Marvin Gaye (1976)

The Look of Love

Isaac Hayes (1970)

The Bottle

Gil Scott-Heron (2015)

Hot On The Heels Of Love (Carl Craig Re-Version)

Throbbing Gristle (2004)

In Love

The Raincoats (1978)

Teenage Kicks

The Undertones (2004)

Surrender

Cheap Trick (1978)

Making Plans For Nigel

XTC (1985)

Radio, Radio

Elvis Costello & The Attractions & Fito Páez (2021)

Sheena Is a Punk Rocker

Ramones (1977)

A Song for You

Donny Hathaway (1971)

Baltimore

Nina Simone (1978)

Outdoor Miner (Single Version)

Wire (1977)

Inspiration Information

Shuggie Otis (2013)

Friend of the Devil

Grateful Dead (1970)

Pancho & Lefty (Acoustic Live)

Townes Van Zandt (2020)

Without You

Harry Nilsson (1971)

Ooh La La

Faces (1973)

Metal Guru

T. Rex (1972)

I Want Your Love (feat. Lady Gaga)

Nile Rodgers & Chic (2018)

Be Thankful for What You Got

William DeVaughn (2002)

What You Won't Do for Love

Bobby Caldwell (1978)

I'm Going Down (Rerecorded)

Rose Royce (2006)

Have You Seen Her

The Chi-Lites (1971)

Nervous Breakdown

Black Flag (1978)

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen (1978)

Brown Rice

Don Cherry (1974)

Baby

Donnie & Joe Emerson (1979)

Something On Your Mind

Karen Dalton (1970)

Tudo o Que Você Podia Ser

Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges (1972)

Door of the Cosmos

Sun Ra (1978)

Ça Plane Pour Moi

Plastic Bertrand (1977)

Hammond Song

The Roches (1979)

The Electrician

The Walker Brothers (1978)

Black Skinned Blue Eyed Boys

The Equals (1967)

Girl You Need a Change of Mind

Eddie Kendricks (1971)

Cokane in My Brain

Dillinger (2018)

Chase (Single Version)

Giorgio Moroder (2017)

The Pill

Loretta Lynn (1975)

It's a Rainy Day Sunshine Girl

Faust (2009)

Lexicon Devil

Germs (1979)

Neat Neat Neat

The Damned (1986)

Caravan

Van Morrison (1970)

Mind Your Own Business

Delta 5 (1979)

International Feel

Todd Rundgren (1973)

Could It Be I'm Falling In Love

The Spinners (1973)

Don't Leave Me This Way

Thelma Houston (1976)

And the Beat Goes On

The Whispers (1979)

Supernature

Cerrone (1977)

Police & Thieves

Junior Murvin (1977)

Could Heaven Ever Be Like This

Idris Muhammad (1977)

He Was a Big Freak (Record Plant Rough Mix)

Betty Davis (1973)

Doi

Tom Zé (1989)

Contort Yourself

James Chance & the Contortions (2006)

Soul Makossa

Manu Dibango (1972)

Taj Mahal

Jorge Ben Jor (1975)

Thème de Yoyo

The Art Ensemble of Chicago (2001)

Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way

Waylon Jennings (1984)

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull (1979)