Acclaimed Music - The Top Songs from 1974
The Top Songs from 1974

RankAll Time
Rank
ArtistSongSample
1 66 Bob Marley and The Wailers
No Woman No Cry
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2 207 Kraftwerk
Autobahn
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3 305 Lynyrd Skynyrd
Sweet Home Alabama
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4 382 Big Star
September Gurls
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5 469 Al Green
Take Me to the River
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6 509 Sparks
This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us
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7 582 George McCrae
Rock Your Baby

8 597 Robert Wyatt
Sea Song
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9 609 Labelle
Lady Marmalade
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10 626 Joni Mitchell
Help Me
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11 812 ABBA
Waterloo

12 929 Daryl Hall and John Oates
She's Gone

13 964 Joni Mitchell
Free Man in Paris
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14 969 James Brown
The Payback
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15 1001 Linda Ronstadt
You're No Good
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16 1047 David Bowie
Rebel Rebel
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17 1113 Steely Dan
Rikki Don't Lose That Number

18 1263 Average White Band
Pick Up the Pieces
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19 1272 Dolly Parton
I Will Always Love You

20 1301 Patti Smith
Piss Factory

21 1395 Raspberries
Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)

22 1424 Stevie Wonder
You Haven't Done Nothin'
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23 1585 Bachman-Turner Overdrive
You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
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24 1624 Rufus
Tell Me Something Good

25 1629 Lou Reed
Sweet Jane (Live)
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26 1675 The Rolling Stones
It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)
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27 1688 Jackson Browne
Late for the Sky
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28 1733 Gloria Gaynor
Never Can Say Goodbye

29 1746 Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson
The Bottle

30 1774 Neil Young
Ambulance Blues
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31 1787 Gram Parsons
Return of the Grievous Angel
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32 1797 Richard and Linda Thompson
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
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33 1870 Bad Company
Can't Get Enough
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34 1875 Ken Boothe
Everything I Own

35 1981 Leonard Cohen
Chelsea Hotel #2
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36 2022 Gram Parsons
$1000 Dollar Wedding
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37 2027 The Three Degrees
When Will I See You Again

38 2193 Genesis
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
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39 2198 Bonnie Raitt
Angel from Montgomery

40 2316 Bob Dylan
Forever Young
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41 2348 Eric Clapton
I Shot the Sheriff

42 2370 Kiss
Black Diamond

43 2477 Christophe
Les Mots bleus

44 2538 Stevie Wonder
Boogie On Reggae Woman
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45 2944 Barry White
You're the First, the Last, My Everything
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Some songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Harry Chapin
Cat's in the Cradle

Queen
Killer Queen
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Richard and Linda Thompson
Calvary Cross
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Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson
Winter in America

Billy Swan
I Can Help

Barry White
Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe
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Gram Parsons
Hickory Wind
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MFSB
TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)

Elton John
The Bitch Is Back

Status Quo
Down Down

Commodores
Machine Gun

Rod Stewart & Faces
You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything

Ace
How Long

The Hues Corporation
Rock the Boat

Jackson Browne
Before the Deluge
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Carl Douglas
Kung Fu Fighting

Barbra Streisand
The Way We Were

Nazareth
Love Hurts

The Stylistics
You Make Me Feel Brand New

Johnny Allan
Promised Land

John Cale
Fear is a Man's Best Friend

George Jones
The Grand Tour

Randy Newman
Louisiana 1927
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Love Unlimited Orchestra
Love's Theme

Redbone
Come and Get Your Love

Dionne Warwicke and Spinners
Then Came You

Minnie Riperton
Lovin' You



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