DRC Madness #41: Best #1 Song of the 70s

IdRatherBeSkiing · Wednesday at 8:45 PM

I find the results interesting. There were no songs which we all liked. We had 10 voters and the best we could do is to have 9 of us agree to put one song somewhere on our like list. Our dislikes were much more distributed with only a handful not being against a song that at least one of us liked.

The calculation methodology was simple. There were 253 songs to choose from. So if you ranked a song 2 it got 253-2+1 (252) points. No vote is 0 points. A dislike is -1 points. For our #1 song, instead of getting 253 points, I awarded 300 points. The 10 sets of points are added together. I used excell formulas to do most of the math and the sorting.

I am going to present several songs a day from the bottom to the top heading up to the #1 song. I will present who voted for them and what position on their list they were. I will also show who had them on their dislike list. The songs will be presented from the spreadsheet with these titles:

#

Year

Title

+ Votes

- Votes

Score

# is position.
+ votes is number of people including the song on the like list.
- votes is the number of people disliking the song (the max number of dislikes for a single song is 3)
Score is the combined score of the song.
The list is sorted by the following criteria:

score descending
# of + votes descending
# of - votes ascending

If the song remains tied, they will be presented as tied.

Now to start the countdown .... next post.

IdRatherBeSkiing · Wednesday at 8:55 PM

This song is as close as we got to a universally hated song.

253

1977

Debby Boone: "You Light Up My Life"

0

3

-3

Liked by:

Nobody

Disliked by:

We have a 4 way tie for next most despised song:

249

1978

Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond: "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"

0

2

-2

Liked by:

Nobody

Disliked by:

249

1974

Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods: "Billy, Don't Be a Hero"

0

2

-2

Liked by:

Nobody

Disliked by:

249

1978

Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams: "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late"

0

2

-2

Liked by:

Nobody

Disliked by:

249

1974

Paul Anka and Odia Coates: "(You're) Having My Baby"

0

2

-2

Liked by:

Nobody

Disliked by:

IdRatherBeSkiing · Wednesday at 9:07 PM

The next group is 12 songs which were only disliked by 1 person but liked by nobody. For this one I will just list the single disliker after the song:

237	1979	Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer: "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)"	1	-1	@Aaron
237	1977	Barbra Streisand: "Love Theme From A Star Is Born (Evergreen)"	1	-1	@IdRatherBeSkiing
237	1974	Barbra Streisand: "The Way We Were"	1	-1	@IdRatherBeSkiing
237	1971	Bee Gees: "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"	1	-1	@HecticArt
237	1973	Charlie Rich: "The Most Beautiful Girl"	1	-1	@scotchandcigar
237	1974	Cher: "Dark Lady"	1	-1	@Madison
237	1977	David Soul: "Don't Give Up on Us"	1	-1	@scotchandcigar
237	1979	Donna Summer: "Bad Girls"	1	-1	@Aaron
237	1977	Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr.: "You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)"	1	-1	@IdRatherBeSkiing
237	1972	Michael Jackson: "Ben"	1	-1	@HecticArt
237	1973	Paul McCartney and Wings: "My Love"	1	-1	@Wolf
237	1977	Thelma Houston: "Don't Leave Me This Way"	1	-1	@IdRatherBeSkiing

All other dislikes are liked by somebody else.

IdRatherBeSkiing · Wednesday at 9:09 PM

The next 30 songs are liked by nobody and disliked by nobody.

207	1975	B. J. Thomas: "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song"
207	1974	Billy Swan: "I Can Help"
207	1973	Cher: "Half-Breed"
207	1979	Commodores: "Still"
207	1973	Eddie Kendricks: "Keep On Truckin'"
207	1972	Gilbert O'Sullivan: "Alone Again (Naturally)"
207	1975	Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds: "Fallin' in Love"
207	1975	John Denver: "I'm Sorry"
207	1976	Johnnie Taylor: "Disco Lady"
207	1977	Leo Sayer: "When I Need You"
207	1974	Love Unlimited Orchestra: "Love's Theme"
207	1972	Mac Davis: "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me"
207	1977	Mary MacGregor: "Torn Between Two Lovers"
207	1974	MFSB and The Three Degrees: "TSOP"
207	1972	Neil Young: "Heart of Gold"
207	1975	Olivia Newton-John: "Have You Never Been Mellow"
207	1974	Olivia Newton-John: "I Honestly Love You"
207	1971	Paul Revere & the Raiders: "Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)"
207	1970	Ray Stevens: "Everything Is Beautiful"
207	1976	Rhythm Heritage: "Theme From S.W.A.T."
207	1972	Roberta Flack: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
207	1976	The Bellamy Brothers: "Let Your Love Flow"
207	1975	The Carpenters: "Please Mr. Postman"
207	1972	The Chi-Lites: "Oh Girl"
207	1971	The Honey Cone: "Want Ads"
207	1970	The Jackson 5: "The Love You Save"
207	1976	The Manhattans: "Kiss and Say Goodbye"
207	1971	The Osmonds: "One Bad Apple"
207	1976	The Sylvers: "Boogie Fever"
207	1975	Tony Orlando and Dawn: "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)"

Aaron · Wednesday at 9:12 PM

Some pretty good ones in that bunch (just not favorites for me)

IdRatherBeSkiing · Wednesday at 9:16 PM

Every song from this point on is liked by somebody.

206

1975

Minnie Riperton: "Lovin' You"

1

3

127

Liked by:

@scotchandcigar (124)

Disliked by:

205

1973

Diana Ross: "Touch Me in the Morning"

1

132

Liked by:

@scotchandcigar (121)

Disliked by:

@HecticArt

204

1976

Diana Ross: "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)"

1

134

Liked by:

@scotchandcigar (119)

Disliked by:

@HecticArt

More tomorrow.

IdRatherBeSkiing · Wednesday at 9:17 PM

Aaron said:
Some pretty good ones in that bunch (just not favorites for me)

Yes. I dropped some of them because they were too far down my list and it was harder and harder to order.

scotchandcigar · Wednesday at 10:11 PM

It's already very interesting. Keep up the good work.

Wolf · 2026-05-14T10:16:10-0400

Hopefully my dislike, knocked the Beatles from winning the unmadness.

Thanks for doing this IRBS!

sadchild · 2026-05-14T16:58:31-0400

Very interesting!

IdRatherBeSkiing · 2026-05-14T18:16:57-0400

Continuing on. Next 10. Trying to get through the single votes which natuarally are near the bottom.

203

1977

Leo Sayer: "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing"

1

139

Liked by:

@scotchandcigar (114)

Disliked by:

@sadchild

202

1977

Glen Campbell: "Southern Nights"

1

0

141

Liked by:

@scotchandcigar (113)

Disliked by:

Nobody

201

1975

Neil Sedaka: "Bad Blood"

1

0

150

Liked by:

@scotchandcigar (104)

Disliked by:

Nobody

200

1976

Diana Ross: "Love Hangover"

1

0

155

Liked by:

@scotchandcigar (99)

Disliked by:

Nobody

199

1975

Ohio Players: "Fire"

1

0

157

Liked by:

@scotchandcigar (97)

Disliked by:

Nobody

Another 5 coming up .....

IdRatherBeSkiing · 2026-05-14T18:22:59-0400

You may be noticing a commonality in these songs by the person liking them. There is a reason for that.

@Aaron ranked 30 songs.
@Madison ranked 40 songs.
@Wolf ranked 50 songs.
@HecticArt ranked 55 songs.
@sadchild , @IdRatherBeSkiing , and @JHDK ranked 90 songs.
@scotchandcigar ranked 124 songs.

IdRatherBeSkiing · 2026-05-14T18:33:53-0400

And now the next 5 ...

198

1972

Sammy Davis Jr.: "Candy Man"

1

2

177

Liked by:

@JHDK (75)

Disliked by:

197

1978

Donna Summer: "MacArthur Park"

1

177

Liked by:

@IdRatherBeSkiing (76)

Disliked by:

@sadchild

196

1972

The Staple Singers: "I'll Take You There"

1

0

178

Liked by:

@scotchandcigar (76)

Disliked by:

Nobody

195

1973

Maureen McGovern: "The Morning After"

1

0

180

Liked by:

@scotchandcigar (74)

Disliked by:

Nobody

194

1976

Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots: "Disco Duck"

1

2

182

Liked by:

@sadchild (70)

Disliked by:

More tomorrow.

Aaron · 2026-05-14T20:14:09-0400

IdRatherBeSkiing said:
You may be noticing a commonality in these songs by the person liking them. There is a reason for that.

@Aaron ranked 30 songs.
@Madison ranked 40 songs.
@Wolf ranked 50 songs.
@HecticArt ranked 55 songs.
@sadchild , @IdRatherBeSkiing , and @JHDK ranked 90 songs.
@scotchandcigar ranked 124 songs.

I was curious how the one who perhaps most openly dislikes pop music was out here giving likes to Minnie Riperton

Channel98 · 2026-05-14T20:34:10-0400

Fontella Bass had a number-one R&B hit and #4 pop hit in November 1965 with Rescue Me. The uncredited background singers are Studio Three, a female trio that included 17-year-old Minnie Riperton.

scotchandcigar · 2026-05-14T21:35:53-0400

IdRatherBeSkiing said:
You may be noticing a commonality in these songs by the person liking them. There is a reason for that.

@Aaron ranked 30 songs.
@Madison ranked 40 songs.
@Wolf ranked 50 songs.
@HecticArt ranked 55 songs.
@sadchild , @IdRatherBeSkiing , and @JHDK ranked 90 songs.
@scotchandcigar ranked 124 songs.

Ok, number 1: there was no limit on the lists. So if I liked the song at all, I left it in. I started with 256 (or whatever the total was), and ended up cutting half the songs. So I don't see what's wrong with that.

Number 2: I ranked the top 30, and then just arranged the rest as higher or lower. So I have no preference between my number 72 and number 78. Or number 95 and 103.

Frankly, I don't know why everyone didn't do this. Hectic did, but then he cut his list down.

Aaron said:
I was curious how the one who perhaps most openly dislikes pop music was out here giving likes to Minnie Riperton

She deserves to be on the list, merely by giving birth to Maya Rudolph. But she's a soul singer; it's not disco, or teeny bopper pop. It's a torch song. And I'm sure it was low on my list.

IdRatherBeSkiing · 2026-05-14T21:43:19-0400

scotchandcigar said:
Ok, number 1: there was no limit on the lists. So if I liked the song at all, I left it in. I started with 256 (or whatever the total was), and ended up cutting half the songs. So I don't see what's wrong with that.

Number 2: I ranked the top 30, and then just arranged the rest as higher or lower. So I have no preference between my number 72 and number 78. Or number 95 and 103.

Frankly, I don't know why everyone didn't do this. Hectic did, but then he cut his list down.

I meant no offence or judgment. I was just commenting because you had the longer of the lists your lower ranked songs are first to show up (where you do not combine with another voter). I cut myself off where I did because I did not like the songs enough to worry about order.

IdRatherBeSkiing · 2026-05-14T21:47:32-0400

scotchandcigar said:
She deserves to be on the list, merely by giving birth to Maya Rudolph. But she's a soul singer; it's not disco, or teeny bopper pop. It's a torch song. And I'm sure it was low on my list.

IdRatherBeSkiing said:
206
1975
Minnie Riperton: "Lovin' You"
1
3
127

Liked by:

@scotchandcigar (124)

Disliked by:

@Channel98

@sadchild

@HecticArt

124th to be exact.

Aaron · 2026-05-14T21:56:06-0400

Just messing also, I’m okay with that song

DRC Madness #41: Best #1 Song of the 70s

IdRatherBeSkiing

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Wolf

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sadchild

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IdRatherBeSkiing

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Aaron

Moderator

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scotchandcigar

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IdRatherBeSkiing

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Aaron

Moderator