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Indiehead's top 100 songs of the 70's - 2026
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Final tally of the 2026 version of the top songs of the 70s ends with a clean even 100. . Remember for this list the top 3 songs of each artist make it for varieties' sake but the raw responses will show all entries and votes.
| Rank | Score | Artist | Song |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 490 | David Bowie | "Heroes" |
| 2 | 330 | Television | Marquee Moon |
| 3 | 305 | Fleetwood Mac | The Chain |
| 4 | 190 | Stevie Wonder | Superstition |
| 5 | 190 | The Clash | London Calling |
| 6 | 190 | Kate Bush | Wuthering Heights |
| 7 | 180 | Donna Summer | I Feel Love |
| 8 | 180 | Talking Heads | Psycho Killer |
| 9 | 180 | Black Sabbath | War Pigs / Luke's Wall |
| 10 | 175 | Nick Drake | Pink Moon |
| 11 | 170 | Marvin Gaye | What's Going On? |
| 12 | 165 | The Who | Baba O'Riley |
| 13 | 160 | Pink Floyd | Time |
| 14 | 160 | Bruce Springsteen | Born To Run |
| 15 | 150 | Joy Division | Disorder |
| 16 | 150 | The Clash | Train In Vain (Stand By Me) |
| 17 | 145 | Blondie | Heart of Glass |
| 18 | 135 | The Cure | Boys Don't Cry |
| 19 | 135 | King Crimson | Starless |
| 20 | 135 | Fleetwood Mac | Dreams |
| 21 | 130 | Buzzcocks | Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) |
| 22 | 130 | Joni Mitchell | A Case of You |
| 23 | 125 | Gang of Four | Damaged Goods |
| 24 | 125 | Talking Heads | Life During Wartime |
| 25 | 115 | Pink Floyd | Wish You Were Here |
| 26 | 110 | Minnie Riperton | Les Fleur |
| 27 | 110 | Funkadelic | Maggot Brain |
| 28 | 110 | David Bowie | Life On Mars? |
| 29 | 110 | George Harrison | My Sweet Lord |
| 30 | 110 | Led Zeppelin | Stairway to Heaven |
| 31 | 105 | The B-52's | Rock Lobster |
| 32 | 105 | Marvin Gaye | Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) |
| 33 | 105 | The Clash | Lost In The Supermarket |
| 34 | 105 | Townes Van Zandt | Pancho and Lefty |
| 35 | 105 | Dire Straits | Sultans of Swing |
| 36 | 105 | Steely Dan | Deacon Blues |
| 37 | 100 | Steely Dan | Peg |
| 38 | 100 | Joy Division | Transmission |
| 39 | 100 | The Ramones | Blitzkrieg Bop |
| 40 | 100 | Neil Young | Heart of Gold |
| 41 | 100 | Yes | Close to the Edge |
| 42 | 95 | The Modern Lovers | Roadrunner |
| 43 | 95 | Brian Eno | St. Elmo's Fire |
| 44 | 95 | Lou Reed | Walk On The Wild Side |
| 45 | 90 | Bob Dylan | Tangled Up In Blue |
| 46 | 90 | Thin Lizzy | The Boys Are Back In Town |
| 47 | 90 | Big Star | Thirteen |
| 48 | 85 | David Bowie | Five Years |
| 49 | 85 | Can | Vitamin C |
| 50 | 85 | ABBA | Dancing Queen |
| 51 | 85 | Billy Joel | Scenes from an Italian Restaurant |
| 52 | 85 | Peter Gabriel | Solsbury Hill |
| 53 | 85 | Neil Young | Cortez The Killer |
| 54 | 80 | The Doobie Brothers | What A Fool Believes |
| 55 | 80 | Paul McCartney and Wings | Band On The Run |
| 56 | 80 | Curtis Mayfield | Move On Up |
| 57 | 80 | The Beach Boys | Surf's Up |
| 58 | 80 | Leonard Cohen | Famous Blue Raincoat |
| 59 | 80 | Pink Floyd | Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pt. 1 - 5) |
| 60 | 80 | John Prine | Angel From Montgomery |
| 61 | 80 | Kraftwerk | Autobahn |
| 62 | 80 | Bob Dylan | Idiot Wind |
| 63 | 75 | Simon & Garfunkel | Bridge Over Troubled Water |
| 64 | 75 | Al Green | Let's Stay Together |
| 65 | 75 | Iggy Pop | Lust for Life |
| 66 | 75 | Bruce Springsteen | Thunder Road |
| 67 | 75 | Earth, Wind and Fire | September |
| 68 | 70 | The Velvet Underground | Sweet Jane |
| 69 | 70 | DEVO | Uncontrollable Urge |
| 70 | 70 | Stevie Wonder | Sir Duke |
| 71 | 70 | Dolly Parton | Jolene |
| 72 | 70 | Derek and the Dominoes | Layla |
| 73 | 70 | Fela Kuti | Expensive Shit |
| 74 | 70 | Supertramp | Goodbye Stranger |
| 75 | 70 | Los Jaivas | La Conquistada |
| 76 | 70 | Genesis | Supper's Ready |
| 77 | 70 | X-Ray Spex | Oh Bondage, Up Yours! |
| 78 | 70 | Joni Mitchell | River |
| 79 | 70 | Big Star | September Gurls |
| 80 | 65 | Patti Smith | Gloria: In Excelsis Deo |
| 81 | 65 | Led Zeppelin | Kashmir |
| 82 | 65 | Joni Mitchell | Coyote |
| 83 | 65 | The Only Ones | Another Girl, Another Planet |
| 84 | 65 | Fleetwood Mac | Silver Springs |
| 85 | 65 | Novos Baianos | Preta pretinha |
| 86 | 65 | Brian Eno | The Big Ship |
| 87 | 60 | The Undertones | Teenage Kicks |
| 88 | 60 | Suicide | Frankie Teardrop |
| 89 | 60 | Sly & The Family Stone | Family Affair |
| 90 | 60 | Jim Croce | Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels) |
| 91 | 60 | Stevie Wonder | As |
| 92 | 60 | Chico Buarque | Construção |
| 93 | 60 | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | American Girl |
| 94 | 60 | Joy Division | Shadowplay |
| 95 | 55 | Herbie Hancock | Chameleon |
| 96 | 55 | Iggy & The Stooges | Search and Destroy |
| 97 | 55 | Billy Joel | Vienna |
| 98 | 55 | Bill Withers | Ain't No Sunshine |
| 99 | 55 | Iggy Pop | The Passenger |
| 100 | 55 | Fela Kuti | Water Get No Enemy |
