Now let's try for the best Number a hit of the '70s!

[NightTrain]

Once again, I've chosen what I personally consider the best #1 pop record of each year of the Me Decade. Sad to say, for a couple of years ('78, for example), trying to find a chart-topper that didn't turn my stomach was a real challenge. Further proof that the 1970s were a loser decade.

And awaaaaaay we go!

[Deja Q]

1. "Don't Leave Me This Way" - Thelma Houston (1976)

[AntiCoup2K4]

2. Out of that list, Brown Sugar without question

Though the Stones have an endless number of classics, they don't have nearly the amount of #1 singles that they should.

Though "Miss You" should have been one for 1978, if I'm not mistaken. That was the biggest song of that summer from what I remember.

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. would you accept UK number ones?

For 1978 you could have "Wuthering Heights" by Kate Bush, or "Rattrap" by the Boomtown Rats. Quite possibly these sunk without trace in the US. See http://www.onlineweb.com/theones/1975_1979.htm etc if you do want the UK ones to choose from.

[AntiCoup2K4]

5. I don't believe RatTrap even charted here.

In fact the only "hit" the Boomtown Rats had in the US was "I Don't Like Mondays". I thought RatTrap was a better song myself.

Luckily, this was the days before corporate radio chains ruined everything, so they actually played the Rats, Clash, Elvis Costello, Police, Ramones, etc right along with the Stones, Floyd, and Zeppelin.

[Swede]

4. Don't Fear the Reaper

by BOC.

[Bossy Monkey]

7. Peaked at #12, but a great song (n/t)

[wryter2000]

6. Marvin Gaye!

Let's get it on is the sexiest song ever written/performed.

[NightTrain]

8. Interestingly...

...the "Worst Song" polls have gotten more votes than the "Best Songs." Wonder why that is?