Top Songs of 1977


Rank All Time Rank Artist Song Genres
1
30
David Bowie "Heroes" Art Rock
2
40
Sex Pistols God Save the Queen Punk Rock
3
54
Donna Summer I Feel Love Hi-NRG
4
138
Bee Gees Stayin' Alive Disco, Film Soundtrack
5
150
Television Marquee Moon Art Punk, Art Rock, Post-Punk
6
177
Talking Heads Psycho Killer New Wave, Post-Punk
7
343
Iggy Pop Lust for Life Garage Rock
8
405
Richard Hell & The Voidoids Blank Generation Art Punk
9
438
Ramones Sheena Is a Punk Rocker Punk Rock
10
495
Elvis Costello Alison Blue Eyed Soul, New Wave, Pop Rock
11
507
Kraftwerk Trans Europa Express / Trans-Europe Express Electronic
12
573
Fleetwood Mac Dreams Soft Rock
13
590
Iggy Pop The Passenger Art Rock, Garage Rock
14
671
Sex Pistols Pretty Vacant Punk Rock
15
730
The Clash Complete Control Punk Rock
16
740
Ian Dury Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll New Wave
17
756
Althea and Donna Uptown Top Ranking Reggae
18
763
Elvis Costello Watching the Detectives New Wave
19
777
Peter Gabriel Solsbury Hill Folk Pop, Pop Rock, Progressive Pop
20
797
David Bowie Sound and Vision Art Rock
21
847
Queen We Will Rock You Glam Rock, Hard Rock, Pop Rock
22
901
The Clash White Riot Punk Rock
23
905
Queen We Are the Champions Pop Rock
24
1009
Neil Young with Crazy Horse Like a Hurricane Hard Rock, Singer/Songwriter
25
1039
Parliament Flash Light P-Funk, Synth Funk
26
1111
Suicide Frankie Teardrop Industrial, Minimal Synth, No Wave
27
1185
Electric Light Orchestra Mr. Blue Sky Pop Rock, Symphonic Rock
28
1230
Weather Report Birdland Jazz Fusion
29
1238
Fleetwood Mac The Chain Pop Rock
30
1247
The Jam In the City Mod Revival, New Wave, Punk Rock
31
1248
Sex Pistols Holidays in the Sun Punk Rock
32
1269
Suicide Ghost Rider Minimal Synth, Synth Punk
33
1281
X-Ray Spex Oh Bondage Up Yours! Punk Rock
34
1415
Buzzcocks Orgasm Addict Punk Rock
35
1473
Bob Marley and The Wailers One Love/People Get Ready Roots Reggae
36
1583
Marvin Gaye Got to Give It Up, Part 1 Disco, Funk, Soul
37
1600
AC/DC Whole Lotta Rosie Hard Rock
38
1623
Jackson Browne Running On Empty Heartland Rock, Pop Rock
39
1731
Culture Two Sevens Clash Roots Reggae
40
1747
Billy Joel Just the Way You Are Singer/Songwriter, Soft Rock
41
1748
Plastic Bertrand Ça plane pour moi New Wave, Pop Punk
42
1847
Steely Dan Deacon Blues Jazz-Rock
43
1862
Bee Gees How Deep Is Your Love Blue Eyed Soul, Film Soundtrack, Soft Rock
44
1877
The Damned Neat Neat Neat Punk Rock
45
1982
Bob Marley and The Wailers Jamming Roots Reggae
46
1997
Dead Boys Sonic Reducer Punk Rock
47
2170
The Stranglers Peaches New Wave, Post-Punk
48
2187
Fleetwood Mac Don't Stop Pop Rock
49
2259
Meat Loaf Paradise by the Dashboard Light Pop Rock, Rock Opera
50
2292
Ramones Rockaway Beach Pop Punk
51
2354
Bee Gees Night Fever Disco, Film Soundtrack
52
2415
Heart Barracuda Hard Rock
53
2430
Devo (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction Art Punk, New Wave, Post-Punk
54
2539
Ram Jam Black Betty Boogie Rock, Hard Rock, Southern Rock
55
2546
Wreckless Eric Whole Wide World Power Pop, Pub Rock
56
2573
Alton Ellis I Am Still in Love Reggae, Rocksteady
57
2650
The Congos Fisherman Roots Reggae
58
2674
Eric Clapton Wonderful Tonight Soft Rock
59
2727
Buzzcocks Boredom Punk Rock
60
2824
The Adverts Gary Gilmore's Eyes Punk Rock
61
2858
Commodores Easy Pop Soul
62
2906
Blondie Denis New Wave, Pop Rock
63
2922
Suicide Cheree Minimal Synth
64
2940
Bob Marley and The Wailers Exodus Roots Reggae
65
2977
Chic Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) Disco
66
2989
Eddie and The Hot Rods Do Anything You Wanna Do Power Pop, Pub Rock
67
3193
Steely Dan Peg Jazz-Rock, Yacht Rock
68
3201
Elvis Costello Less Than Zero New Wave
69
3215
Kansas Dust in the Wind Folk Rock, Soft Rock
70
3256
Lynyrd Skynyrd That Smell Southern Rock
71
3361
Randy Newman Short People Piano Rock, Singer/Songwriter
72
3392
The Heartbreakers Chinese Rocks Punk Rock
73
3449
Brian Eno By This River Ambient Pop
74
3485
David Bowie Always Crashing in the Same Car Art Rock
75
3487
Bill Withers Lovely Day Pop Soul, Smooth Soul
76
3553
Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell Hard Rock, Pop Rock, Rock Opera
77
3728
Ian Dury and The Blockheads Sweet Gene Vincent New Wave, Pub Rock
78
3731
Eric Clapton Cocaine Blues Rock
79
3799
Bob Marley and The Wailers Waiting in Vain Lovers Rock
80
3822
Iggy Pop Nightclubbing Art Rock
81
3859
David Bowie Warszawa Ambient, Progressive Electronic
82
3861
The Clash London's Burning Punk Rock
83
3910
Mink DeVille Spanish Stroll Pop Rock, Pub Rock
84
3943
ABBA Take a Chance on Me Europop
85
3949
Kraftwerk Schaufensterpuppen / Showroom Dummies Synthpop
86
3976
Evelyn "Champagne" King Shame Disco
87
4023
The Brothers Johnson Strawberry Letter 23 Funk, Soul
88
4055
Cerrone Supernature Euro-Disco, Space Disco
89
4069
Devo Mongoloid Art Punk, New Wave, Post-Punk
90
4084
Devo Jocko Homo New Wave, Post-Punk, Zolo
91
4132
Bob Marley and The Wailers Three Little Birds Pop Reggae, Roots Reggae
92
4197
Earth, Wind & Fire Fantasy Smooth Soul
93
4277
Jacques Brel Orly Chanson à texte
94
4281
The Adverts One Chord Wonders Punk Rock
95
4351
Ted Nugent Cat Scratch Fever Boogie Rock, Hard Rock
96
4375
Lucio Dalla Com'e profondo il mare Canzone d'autore
97
4412
The Clash Janie Jones Punk Rock
98
4415
Wire Ex Lion Tamer Art Rock, Post-Punk
99
4449
The Clash Career Opportunities Punk Rock
100
4452
The Emotions Best of My Love Disco
101
4493
John Paul Young Love Is in the Air Disco, Pop
102
4534
AC/DC Let There Be Rock Hard Rock
103
4621
Buzzcocks Breakdown Punk Rock
104
4657
Jimmy Buffett Margaritaville Soft Rock, Yacht Rock
105
4874
The Stranglers No More Heroes New Wave, Punk Rock
106
4917
Commodores Brick House Funk
107
5012
Wire Three Girl Rhumba Art Punk
108
5141
The Clash Police and Thieves Punk Rock
109
5234
Fleetwood Mac Gold Dust Woman Folk Rock, Pop Rock
110
5250
The Clash 1977 Punk Rock
111
5296
Steve Miller Band Jet Airliner Rock
112
5364
The Jam The Modern World Mod Revival, New Wave
113
5370
Supertramp Give a Little Bit Pop Rock
114
5371
Iggy Pop China Girl Art Rock
115
5672
Wings Mull of Kintyre Folk Pop
116
5727
Richard Hell & The Voidoids Love Comes in Spurts Art Punk
117
5865
Electric Light Orchestra Turn to Stone Pop Rock
118
5951
Dennis Wilson Riversong Baroque Pop, Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter
119
5971
David Bowie Be My Wife Art Pop, Art Rock
120
6020
Waylon Jennings Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) Outlaw Country
121
6036
James Taylor Handy Man Adult Contemporary, Singer/Songwriter
122
6179
Carly Simon Nobody Does It Better Adult Contemporary, Film Soundtrack, Soft Rock
123
6234
Elvis Costello (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes New Wave, Pop Rock
124
6350
Billy Joel Scenes from an Italian Restaurant Piano Rock, Progressive Pop, Singer/Songwriter
125
6418
Earth, Wind & Fire Serpentine Fire Funk
126
6704
Ramones Teenage Lobotomy Punk Rock
127
6777
The Marshall Tucker Band Heard It in a Love Song Country Rock
128
6861
Andy Gibb I Just Wanna Be Your Everything Pop
129
6885
Emerson, Lake & Palmer Fanfare for the Common Man Fanfare, Symphonic Prog
130
6928
Fleetwood Mac You Make Loving Fun Soft Rock
131
7064
Pierre Perret Lily Chanson
132
7121
T-Connection Do What You Wanna Do Disco, Funk
133
7194
Johnny Paycheck Take This Job and Shove It Outlaw Country
134
7250
Blue Öyster Cult Godzilla Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
135
7291
The Jam All Around the World Mod Revival, New Wave
136
7303
Alain Souchon Allo Maman Bobo Chanson, French Pop
137
7366
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers Ice Cream Man Pop Rock
138
7383
Rush Closer to the Heart Hard Rock, Progressive Rock
139
7459
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers Egyptian Reggae Pop Rock
140
7498
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson We Almost Lost Detroit Funk, Soul
141
7510
Bee Gees More Than a Woman Disco, Film Soundtrack, Pop Soul
142
7516
Bob Marley and The Wailers Natural Mystic Roots Reggae
143
7538
Television See No Evil Art Punk
144
7626
The Stranglers (Get a) Grip (On Yourself) New Wave, Punk Rock
145
7675
Randy Newman Baltimore Piano Rock, Singer/Songwriter
146
7748
Television Venus Art Punk, Art Rock
147
7844
Peter Tosh Equal Rights Roots Reggae
148
7867
Yves Duteil Prendre un enfant Chanson
149
7934
Foreigner Feels Like the First Time AOR, Pop Rock
150
7988
Ian Dury Plaistow Patricia Punk Rock
151
8108
Television Friction Art Punk, Art Rock, Post-Punk
152
8118
Tom Robinson Band 2-4-6-8 Motorway Pub Rock
153
8186
Eddy Mitchell La dernière séance Country Pop, French Pop
154
8198
Ian Dury Wake Up and Make Love with Me New Wave, Pub Rock
155
8322
Lee Perry & the Full Experiences Disco Devil Dub
156
8339
Idris Muhammad Could Heaven Ever Be Like This Disco, Funk
157
8428
Jackson Browne The Load Out Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
158
8452
Foreigner Cold As Ice AOR
159
8531
Eddie Money Two Tickets to Paradise AOR, Pop Rock
160
8545
Eric Bogle And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda Contemporary Folk
161
8573
The Heartbreakers Born to Lose Punk Rock
162
8663
Trinity Three Piece Suit Deejay
163
8666
Pino Daniele Napule è Canzone d'autore
164
8675
Baccara Yes Sir, I Can Boogie Euro-Disco, Europop
165
8803
Eddie Money Baby Hold On Pop Rock
166
8877
Rod Stewart You’re in My Heart (The Final Acclaim) Folk Rock, Pop
167
8897
Iggy Pop Funtime Art Rock, Post-Punk
168
8959
John Williams / The London Symphony Orchestra Star Wars (Main Title) Cinematic Classical, Film Score, Orchestral
169
9069
The Isley Brothers Footsteps in the Dark Funk, Soul
170
9115
Lynyrd Skynyrd What's Your Name Southern Rock
171
9121
ABBA Eagle Europop, Pop Rock
172
9268
Renaud Laisse Béton Chanson
173
9306
UFO Lights Out Hard Rock
174
9319
Grace Jones La Vie en rose Disco, Pop Soul
175
9340
Eric Clapton Lay Down Sally Blues Rock, Country Rock
176
9373
Bonnie Tyler It's a Heartache Country Pop, Soft Rock
177
9465
Paul Simon Slip Slidin' Away Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter
178
9516
The Clash Remote Control Punk Rock
179
9562
Third World 96 Degrees in the Shade Roots Reggae
180
9619
Renato Zero Il cielo Pop Rock
181
9626
Michel Polnareff Lettre à France French Pop, Piano Rock
182
9662
Dragon April Sun in Cuba Pop Rock
183
9689
Cerrone Give Me Love Euro-Disco
184
9787
Generation X Your Generation Punk Rock
185
9807
Téléphone Hygiaphone Rock
186
9904
Veneno Los Delincuentes Andalusian Rock, Rumba Flamenca

Songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 10,000:
Johnny Rivers Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancin') Soft Rock
Talking Heads Love -> Building on Fire New Wave
Wire 1 2 X U Art Punk
Le Pamplemousse Le Spank Disco
ABBA The Name of the Game Europop, Progressive Pop
The Saints This Perfect Day Punk Rock
Ashford & Simpson Bourgie Bourgie Soul
Village People San Francisco (You’ve Got Me) Disco
Jacques Brel Jaurès Chanson à texte
Billy Joel Only the Good Die Young Piano Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Crystal Gayle Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue Country Pop
Styx Come Sail Away AOR, Pop Rock, Progressive Rock
David Bowie Breaking Glass Art Rock
Jacques Brel Les Marquises Chanson à texte
Iggy Pop Dum Dum Boys Art Rock
Peter Frampton I'm in You Soft Rock
Glen Campbell Southern Nights Country Pop
Lamont Dozier Going Back to My Roots Disco, Soul
Pink Floyd Sheep Art Rock, Progressive Rock
Carl Bean I Was Born This Way Disco, Philly Soul
Sugar Minott Oh Mr. D.C. Rocksteady
Yves Simon Diabolo menthe Chanson, Film Soundtrack
The Rezillos I Can't Stand My Baby New Wave, Punk Rock
Graham Parker & The Rumour Hold Back the Night Power Pop, Pub Rock
X-Ray Spex I'm a Cliché Punk Rock
Dolly Parton Here You Come Again Country Pop, Soft Rock
Fela Anikulapo Kuti Sorrow Tears and Blood Afrobeat
Yes Wondrous Stories Progressive Rock
Ultravox Hiroshima Mon Amour New Wave, Post-Punk
Steely Dan Black Cow Funk Rock, Jazz-Rock
Sex Pistols E.M.I. Punk Rock
Bob Marley and The Wailers Punky Reggae Party Reggae
Alternative TV Love Lies Limp Post-Punk, Reggae
The Floaters Float On Pop Soul, Smooth Soul
Giorgio Moroder From Here to Eternity Electro-Disco
Neil Young with Crazy Horse Will to Love Folk Rock, Psychedelic Folk
First Choice Let No Man Put Asunder Disco
The Congos Ark of the Covenant Roots Reggae
Kraftwerk Europa Endlos/Europe Endless Progressive Electronic, Synthpop
Supertramp Fool's Overture Symphonic Prog
Electric Light Orchestra Sweet Talkin' Woman Pop Rock, Symphonic Rock
David Bowie Joe the Lion Art Rock
Trooper We're Here for a Good Time Pop Rock
First Choice Doctor Love Disco
Hot Angel in Your Arms Pop Soul
Wire Mannequin Art Punk
Fela Anikulapo Kuti Shuffering and Shmiling Afrobeat
Odyssey Native New Yorker Disco
Sex Pistols Submission Punk Rock
Michel Jonasz J’veux pas qu’tu t’en ailles Chanson
Barry White It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me Disco, Soul
The Stranglers Something Better Change New Wave, Punk Rock
C.J. and Co. Devil's Gun Disco
Steve Miller Band Swingtown Pop Rock
Ramones Pinhead Punk Rock
Penetration Don't Dictate Punk Rock
Laurent Voulzy Rockollection French Pop
Kiss Love Gun Glam Rock, Hard Rock
Voyage From East to West Disco
Yvonne Elliman If I Can't Have You Disco
Brian Eno Julie With... Ambient Pop
Jethro Tull The Whistler Folk Rock, Progressive Rock
Atlanta Rhythm Section So in to You Soft Rock
Yes Awaken Progressive Rock
Motörhead Motörhead Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Ornette Coleman Theme from a Symphony (Variation One) Avant-Garde Jazz, Jazz Fusion
Santa Esmeralda Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood Euro-Disco, Latin Disco
The Vibrators Baby Baby New Wave, Punk Rock
The Clash Capital Radio Punk Rock
Space [France] Carry On, Turn Me On Space Disco
Suicide Rocket U.S.A. Minimal Synth, Synth Punk
Al Green Belle Soul
Raydio Jack and Jill Pop Soul
Aerosmith Draw the Line Hard Rock
Radio Stars Dirty Pictures Glam Rock, Power Pop
The Real Thing Children of the Ghetto Disco, Funk, Soul
Edoardo Bennato Il gatto e la volpe Canzone d'autore
David Bowie Beauty and the Beast Art Rock
Debby Boone You Light Up My Life Adult Contemporary
Rainbow Kill the King Hard Rock
Talking Heads The Book I Read New Wave
The Clash I'm So Bored with the USA Punk Rock
George Thorogood One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer Blues Rock
The Adverts Bored Teenagers Punk Rock
Métal Urbain Panik Synth Punk
Roy Ayers Running Away Disco, Funk
Rush Xanadu Hard Rock, Progressive Rock
Billy Joel Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter
David Bowie Art Decade Ambient, Progressive Electronic
Steve Martin King Tut Novelty
Flash and the Pan Walking in the Rain New Wave, Pop Rock
Sex Pistols Seventeen Punk Rock
Thin Lizzy Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me in the Spotlight) Pop Rock
Joni Mitchell Paprika Plains Jazz Fusion, Progressive Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Steely Dan Aja Jazz-Rock
Ramones Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment Punk Rock
Ramones Carbona Not Glue Punk Rock
Chelsea Right to Work Punk Rock
Ultravox Young Savage New Wave, Post-Punk
Elvis Costello Welcome to the Working Week New Wave, Pub Rock
Francis Cabrel Petite Marie Chanson, French Pop
The Stranglers Goodbye Toulouse New Wave, Punk Rock
Dave Edmunds I Knew the Bride Rock & Roll
Muddy Waters The Blues Had a Baby and They Named it Rock and Roll (#2) Chicago Blues
XTC Science Friction New Wave, Zolo
Larry Wallis Police Car Garage Rock, Power Pop
Chic Everybody Dance Disco
Ramones Surfin' Bird Punk Rock
Cheap Trick He's a Whore Hard Rock, Power Pop
Patrick Juvet Où sont les femmes ? Disco
Boney M Ma Baker Euro-Disco
Kraftwerk Spiegelsaal/The Hall of Mirrors Progressive Electronic, Synthpop
Stargard Theme Song from "Which Way Is Up" Disco, Film Soundtrack
Queen My Melancholy Blues Jazz Pop
John Martyn Small Hours Ambient, Progressive Folk
The Boys First Time Pop Punk, Power Pop
David Bowie A New Career in a New Town Art Rock
Wire Strange Art Punk
Randy Newman In Germany Before the War Baroque Pop, Singer/Songwriter
The Babys Isn't It Time Pop Rock
Dead Boys All This and More Punk Rock
10cc Good Morning Judge Pop Rock
Yes Going for the One Progressive Rock
Talking Heads Don't Worry About the Government Art Punk, New Wave
Bryan Ferry This Is Tomorrow Glam Rock, Pop Rock
Dr. Feelgood Sneakin' Suspicion Pub Rock
The Users Sick of You Garage Punk
Pere Ubu The Modern Dance Art Punk, Post-Punk
The Only Ones Lovers of Today New Wave, Power Pop
Queen Spread Your Wings Hard Rock, Pop Rock
Aerosmith Kings and Queens Hard Rock
The Boomtown Rats Looking After No. 1 New Wave, Punk Rock
Meat Loaf Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad AOR, Piano Rock, Rock Opera
Lynyrd Skynyrd You Got That Right Southern Rock
Lynyrd Skynyrd I Know a Little Southern Rock
Peter Gabriel Here Comes the Flood Art Rock
Supertramp Even in the Quietest Moments Acoustic Rock
Ramones Swallow My Pride Punk Rock
The Rezillos My Baby Does Good Sculptures New Wave, Punk Rock
Television Prove It Art Punk, Art Rock
Little River Band Help Is On Its Way Pop Rock
The Alan Parsons Project Don't Let It Show AOR, Hard Rock, Soft Rock
Eloy Poseidon's Creation Progressive Rock, Space Rock
Meat Loaf You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) Piano Rock, Rock Opera