The 450 Greatest Songs of the 70s

This is The Funktual 450

aka~~~~ A list of the Intergalactic Library's greatest human songs of the 1970s! They are in order of their popularity throughout the universe.

While most things from Earth and it's ape-beings are openly mocked throughout the universe, it is also protected and cherished....even pitied. It is on the Endangered Species list and thusly not allowed to be destroyed, if, for no other reason, than to preserve the beautiful music these monkey-men could once play.

** My assignment is to find 50 more songs for each decade starting with the 1970s thereby expanding them to what will eventually become .....

The Funktual 500

The 50 New Songs chosen by you shall be heretofore transmitted throughout the neighboring 17 galaxies. Beings much more sophisticated than you await your humble opinions. Seize This Day Humans.....please...while there's still time.

(all submissions will be considered and responded to)

1 ---superstition - stevie wonder

2 ---la grange - zz top

3 ---roadhouse blues - the doors

4 ---what's going on? - marvin gaye

5 ---whole lotta love - led zeppelin

6 ---get up (i feel like being a) sex machine - james brown

7 ---superfly - curtis mayfield

8 ---let's stay together - al green

9 ---comfortably numb - pink floyd

10 --imagine - john lennon

11 --sultans of swing - dire straits

12 --vienna - billy joel

13 --the ballad of john & yoko - the beatles

14 --papa was a rolling stone - the temptations

15 --both sides, now - joni mitchell

16 --me & mrs. jones -billy paul

17 --sympathy for the devil - the rolling stones

18 --midnight rider - gregg allman

19 --abc - the jackson 5

20 --(don't worry) if there's a hell below... - curtis mayfield

21 --message in the bottle - the police

22 --maggie may - rod stewart

23 --tear the roof off the sucker - parliament

24 --bang a gong - t.rex

25 --ziggy stardust - david bowie

26 --be thankful for what you got - william de vaughan

27 --can't you hear me knockin' - the rolling stones

28 --police & theives - junior murvin

29 --i want you back - jackson 5

30 --hotel california - the eagles

31 --got to give it up (part 1) - marvin gaye

32 --so lonely - the police

33 --war - edwin starr

34 --one way out - allman brothers band

35 --black water - the doobie brothers

36 --the payback - james brown

37 --l.a. woman - the doors

38 --don't fear the reaper - blue oyster cult

39 --i wish - stevie wonder

40 --let's get it on - marvin gaye

41 --solsbury hill - peter gabriel

42 --thank you (falettinme be mice elf agin) - sly & the family stone

43 --can't get enough of your love, babe - barry white

44 --family affair - sly & the family stone

45 --use me - bill withers

46 --sweet thing - rufus w/ chaka khan

47 --exodus - bob marley & the wailers

48 --born to run - bruce springsteen

49 --all right now - free

50 --50 ways to leave your lover - paul simon

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51 --low rider - war

52 --southbound - allman brothers band

53 --beast of burden - the rolling stones

54 --sugar magnolia - grateful dead

55 --travelin' band - creedence clearwater revival

56 --higher ground - stevie wonder

57 --spirit in the sky - norman greenbaum

58 --layla - derek & the dominoes

59 --roxanne - the police

60 --stayin alive - the bee gees

61 --doing it to death - fred wesley & the jbs

62 --black betty - ram jam

63 --bohemian rhapsody - queen

64 --say you love me - fleetwood mac

65 --do it, fluid - the blackbyrds

66 --surrender - cheap trick

67 --summer breeze - seals & crofts

68 --flash light - parliament

69 --theme from shaft - isaac hayes

70 --right place, wrong time - dr. john

71 --brand new key - melanie

72 --blitzkrieg bop - the ramones

73 --o-o-h child - the five stair steps

74 --i know you got soul - bobby byrd

75 --suffragette city - david bowie

76 --ooh la la - the faces

77 --living for the city - stevie wonder

78 --funky kingston - toots & the maytals

79 --tumbling dice - the rolling stones

80 --take the money & run - steve miller band

81 --pressure drop - toots & the maytals

82 --everybody is a star - sly & family stone

83 --tell me something good - rufus w/ chaka khan

84 --us & them - pink floyd

85 --stairway to heaven - led zeppelin

86 --let it be - the beatles

87 --anarchy in the u.k. - the sex pistols

88 --run through the jungle - creedence clearwater revival

89 --oh girl - the chi-lites

90 --lola - the kinks

91 --venus - the shocking blue

92 --move on up - curtis mayfield

93 --best of my love - the emotions

94 --money - pink floyd

95 --moby dick - led zeppelin

96 --slow ride - foghat

97 --for the love of money - the o'jays

98 --stuck in the middle with you - stealer's wheel

99 --good times - chic

100 -funky music sho nuff turns me on - edwin starr

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101 -uptown top ranking - donna & althea

102 -me & bobby mcgee - janis joplin

103 -revival - allman brothers band

104 -funk you up - sequence

105 -baba o'riley - the who

106 -trouble - cat stevens

107 -one love / people get ready - bob marley

108 -pusher man - curtis mayfield

109 -brown sugar - the rolling stones

110 -p-funk (wants to get funked up ) - parliament

111 -me & julio down by the schoolyard - paul simon

112 -we can work it out - stevie wonder

113 -werewolves of london- warren zevon

114 -misty mountain hop - led zeppelin

115 -will it go round in circles - billy preston

116 -walk on the wild side - lou reed

117 -help me - joni mitchell

118 -peace frog - the doors

119 -apeman - the kinks

120 -young americans - david bowie

121 -funky nassau (part 1)- beginning of the end

122 -knockin on heaven's door - bob dylan

123 -the wind - cat stevens

124 -express yourself -charles wright

125 -rock steady - aretha franklin

126 -runnin with the devil - van halen

127 -moondance - van morrison

128 -dirty deeds done dirt cheap - ac/dc

129 -one way or another - blondie

130 -squeeze box - the who

131 -ramble on - led zeppelin

132 -bustin loose - chuck brown & the soul searchers

133 -paranoid - black Sabbath

134 -(what's so funny bout) peace love & understanding? - elvis costello

135 -green-eyed lady - sugarloaf

136 -legalize it - peter tosh

137 -highway to hell - ac/dc

138 -dance the night away - van halen

139 -don't you worry bout a thing - stevie wonder

140 -spill the wine - eric burdon & war

141 -psycho killer - talking heads

142 -long cool woman ( in a black dress ) - the hollies

143 -in the summertime - mungo jerry

144 -rebel rebel - david bowie

145 -i gotcha - joe tex

146 -rhiannon - fleetwood mac

147 -funk #49 - the james gang

148 -beat on the brat - the ramones

149 -next to you - the police

150 -i wanna be your lover - prince

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151 -dancing days - led zeppelin

152 -i need to know - tom petty & the heartbreakers

153 -tush - zz top

154 -you haven't done nothin - stevie wonder

155 -won't get fooled again - the who

156 -ain't talkin bout love - van halen

157 -mercy mercy me (the ecology) - marvin gaye

158 -groove me - king floyd

159 -dreams - fleetwood mac

160 -rock n me - steve miller band

161 -freddie's dead - curtis mayfield

162 -wish you were here - pink floyd

163 -ace of spades - motorhead

164 -thunder road - bruce springsteen

165 -miss you - the rolling stones

166 -the rubberband man - the spinners

167 -mother & child reunion - paul simon

168 -oye como va - santana

169 -mary jane - rick james

170 -peace of mind - boston

171 -one toke over the line - brewer & shipley

172 -sweet emotion - aero smith

173 -the chain - fleetwood mac

174 -down by the river - neil young

175 -a message to you rudi - the specials

176 -20th century boy - t.rex

177 -do it again - steely dan

178 -life's been good - joe walsh

179 -cocaine in my brain - dillinger

180 -rapper's delight - sugar hill gang

181 -gimme shelter - the rolling stones

182 -is this love - bob marley

183 -the stranger - billy joel

184 -street life - randy crawford

185 -good times roll - the cars

186 -my sharona - the knack

187 -let's work together - canned heat

188 -redemption song - bob marley & the wailers

189 -maybe i'm amazed - paul mccartney

190 -can't get enough - bad company

191 -because the night - patti smith group

192 -new york state of mind - billy joel

193 -strawberry letter #23 - the brothers johnson

194 -never can say goodbye - the jackson 5

195 -you make loving fun - fleetwood mac

196 -easy - the commodores

197 -in memory of elizabeth reed - allman brothers band

198 -try (just a little bit harder) - janis Joplin

199 -changes - david bowie

200 -jamie's cryin - van halen

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201 -hey hey my my (into the black) - neil young

202 -across 110th street - bobby womack & peace

203 -magic man - heart

204 -casey jones - grateful dead

205 -radar love - golden earring

206 -i want you to want me (live) - cheap trick

207 -le freak - chic

208 -stir it up - bob marley & the wailers

209 -people get up & drive your funky soul - james brown

210 -better must come - delroy wilson

211 -jungle boogie - kool & the gang

212 -judy is a punk - the ramones

213 -space oddity - david bowie

214 -i'm gonna love you just a little more baby - barry white

215 -i'd love to change the world - ten years after

216 -statesboro blues - allman brothers band

217 -watching the detectives - elvis costello

218 -don't stop til you get enough - michael jackson

219 -ever fallen in love - the buzz cocks

220 -life during wartime - talking heads

221 -jungle fever - the chakachas

222 -rock n roll hoochie koo - rick derringer

223 -join together - the who

224 -bridge over troubled water - simon & garfunkel

225 -if you really love me - stevie wonder

226 -feeling alright - joe cocker

227 -cocaine - eric clapton

228 -the joker - steve miller band

229 -golden years - david bowie

230 -i feel the earth move - carole king

231 -september - earth wind & fire

232 -ain't wastin time no more - allman brothers band

233 -shattered - the rolling stones

234 -mighty love (part 1) - the spinners

235 -coconut - nilsson

236 -free man in paris - joni Mitchell

237 -false rasta (rascal man) - delroy wilson

238 -is he really going out with him? - joe jackson

239 -proud mary - ike & tina turner

240 -chameleon - herbie hancock

241 -scenes from an italian restaurant - billy joel

242 -live and let die - paul mccartney

243 -no more mr. nice guy - alice cooper

244 -walk this way - aerosmith

245 -lively up yourself - bob marley

246 -black dog - led zeppelin

247 -hey you - pink floyd

248 -the world is a ghetto - war

249 -the revolution will not be televised - gil-scott heron

250 -the thrill is gone - b.b. king

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251 -ice cream man - van halen

252 -long time woman - pam grier

253 -the gambler - kenny rogers

254 -instant karma - john lennon

255 -you can't always get what you want - the rolling stones

256 -cisco kid - war

257 -clean up woman - betty wright

258 -can't you see - marshall tucker band

259 -lay down sally - eric clapton

260 -evil ways - santana

261 -same old song and dance - aerosmith

262 -come and get your love - redbone

263 -ghost song - jim morrison & the doors

264 -hey hey what can I do - led zeppelin

265 -american girl - tom petty

266 -teenage lobotomy - the ramones

267 -your song - elton john

268 -one bourbon, one scotch, one beer - george thorogood

269 -captain jack - billy joel

270 -have a good time - paul simon

271 -you really got me - van halen

272 -dirty woman - pink floyd

273 -up the junction - squeeze

274 -bop gun (endangered species) - parliament

275 -it's a shame - the spinners

276 -10th avenue freeze out - bruce springsteen

277 -it's too late - carole king

278 -got to get you into my life - earth wind & fire

279 -riders on the storm - the doors

280 -more than a feeling - boston

281 -never been any reason - head east

282 -big yellow taxi - joni mitchell

283 -piano man - billy joel

284 -boogie shoes - kc & the sunshine band

285 -hot legs - rod stewart

286 -ob-la-di ob-la-da - the beatles

287 -fat bottomed girls - queen

288 -cecilia - simon & garfunkel

289 -when the revolution comes - the last poets

290 -sweet home alabama - lynyrd skynyrd

291 -american pie - don mclean

292 -honky cat - elton john

293 -sunday papers - joe jackson

294 -two tickets to paradise - eddie money

295 -I can see clearly now - johnny nash

296 -rocky mountain way - joe walsh

297 -you are the sunshine of my life - stevie wonder

298 -frankenstein - edgar winter group

299 -no woman, no cry - bob marley & the wailers

300 -band on the run - paul mccartney

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301 -lust for life - iggy pop

302 -bring it on home - led zeppelin

303 -little green bag - george baker selection

304 -cornbread - the blackbyrds

305 -cretin hop - the ramones

306 -i'll be around - the spinners

307 -ain't no stopping us now - mcfadden & whitehead

308 -slip slidin away - paul simon

309 -what is & what shall never be - led zeppelin

310 -tiny dancer - elton john

311 -i wanna be sedated - the ramones

312 -smoke on the water - deep purple

313 -signed sealed delivered, i'm yours - stevie wonder

314 -jamming - bob marley & the wailers

315 -pass the peas - the Jbs

316 -free ride - edgar winter group

317 -cruel to be kind - nick lowe

318 -joy to the world - three dog night

319 -burning love - elvis presley

320 -reelin in the years - steely dan

321 -wild world - cat stevens

322 -saturday in the park - chicago

323 -wake up everybody - harold melvin & the blue notes

324 -midnight train to geprgia - gladys knight & the pips

325 -barracuda - heart

326 -heart of glass - blondie

327 -i hear you knocking - dave edmunds

328 -the devil went down to georgia - charlie daniels band

329 -tonights the night (gonna be alright) - rod stewart

330 -call me the breeze - lynyrd skynyrd

331 -melissa - allman brothers band

332 -take me to the river - talking heads

333 -sex & drugs & rock n roll - ian dury

334 -just my imagination - the temptations

335 -moving in stereo - the cars

336 -sweet leaf - black sabbath

337 -don't stop - fleetwood mac

338 -still crazy after all these years - paul simon

339 -running on empty - jackson browne

340 -breakdown - tom petty & the heartbreakers

341 -waiting in vain - bob marley & the wailers

342 -keep on truckin - eddie kendrick

343 -don't leave me this way - thelma houston

344 -treat her like a lady - cornelius bros. & sister rose

345 -blinded by the light - manfred mann's earth band

346 -bad bad leroy brown - jim croce

347 -dancing queen - abba

348 -nothin from nothin - billy preston

349 -my best friend's girl - the cars

350 -over the hills and far away - led zeppelin

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351 -september gurls - big star

352 -rocket man - elton john

353 -mississippi queen - mountain

354 -three little birds - bob marley & the wailers

355 -miami 2017 (seen the lights go out on b'way) - billy joel

356 -hot pants - james brown

357 -brandy ( you're a fine girl) - looking glass

358 -the jean genie - david bowie

359 -gypsy - fleetwood mac

360 -it's only rock n roll (but i like it) - the rolling stones

361 -a man needs a maid - neil young

362 -radio radio - elvis costello

363 -mexico - james taylor

364 -heart of gold - neil young

365 -truckin - grateful dead

366 -dazz - brick

367 -do it (til you're satisfied) - b.t. express

368 -you're my best friend - queen

369 -sir duke - stevie wonder

370 -love her madly - the doors

371 -never been to spain - three dog night

372 -domino - van morrison

373 -it don't come easy - ringo starr

374 -da ya think i'm sexy? - rod stewart

375 -killing me softly with his song - roberta flack

376 -drift away - dobie gray

377 -pop muzik - m

378 -don't be shy - cat stevens

379 -feel like makin love - bad company

380 -close the door - teddy pendergrass

381 -shining star - earth wind & fire

382 -lean on me - bill withers

383 -knocks me off my feet - stevie wonder

384 -if you want me to stay - sly & the family stone

385 -bitch - the rolling stones

386 -pick up the pieces - average white band

387 -the robots - kraftwerk

388 -hot stuff - donna summer

389 -i thank you - zz top

390 -i can understand it - the new birth

391 -go your own way - fleetwood mac

392 -roadrunner - the modern lovers

393 -who'll stop the rain - creedence clearwater revival

394 -the boys are back in town - thin lizzy

395 -jolene - dolly parton

396 -fire and rain - james taylor

397 -come to me - france joli

398 -roots, rock reggae - bob marley

399 -tired of being alone - al green

400 -fight the power (part 1)- the isley brothers

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401 -(not just) knee deep - funkadelic

402 -the hump - patrice rushen

403 -let's go - the cars

404 -school's out - alice cooper

405 -fire - ohio players

406 -superman lover - johnny ‘guitar' watson

407 -let's do it again - the staple singers

408 -up for the down stroke - parliament

409 -night moves - bob seger & the silver bullet band

410 -i wanna get next to you - rose royce

411 -nutbush city limits - ike & tina turner

412 -i need a lover - john cougar mellencamp

413 -fame - david bowie

414 -war pigs - black sabbath

415 -takin care of business - bachman-turner overdrive

416 -can't stand losing you - the police

417 -if you want to sing out - cat stevens

418 -work to do - the isley brothers

419 -ohio - c.s.n.y

420 -sweet jane - the velvet underground

421 -silly love songs - paul mccartney & wings

422 -down & out in new york city - james brown

423 -ball of confusion - the temptations

424 -foreplay: long time - boston

425 -cinnamon girl - neil young

426 -bad company - bad company

427 -chocolate city - parliament

428 -i'll take you there - the staple singers

429 -dreaming - blondie

430 -a horse with no name - america

431 -the seeker - the who

432 -pretty girl - delroy wilson

433 -hooked on a feeling - blue swede

434 -lawyers, guns & money - warren zevon

435 -think (about it) - lyn collins

436 -you're in my heart (the final acclaim) - rod stewart

437 -lady marmalade - labelle

438 -fly like an eagle - steve miller band

439 -ain't no sunshine - bill withers

440 -future shock - curtis mayfield

441 -love will find a way - pablo cruise

442 -disco inferno - the tramps

443 -warm leatherette - the normal

444 -brick house - the commodores

445 -love hurts - nazareth

446 -(your love has lifted me) higher and higher - rita coolidge

447 -crazy on you - heart

448 -movin out (anthony's song) - billy joel

449 -don't pull your love - hamilton, joe frank & reynolds

450 -soul man - the blues brothers

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