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

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Before I drop the next 10, I will bring us back to the Madness Top 10.

1​	The Beatles: Let It Be
2​	Don McLean: American Pie
3​	Blondie: Heart of Glass
4​	Paul McCartney and Wings: Band On The Run
5​	George Harrison: My Sweet Lord
6​	The Knack: My Sharona
7​	Fleetwood Mac: Dreams
8​	Stevie Wonder: Sir Duke
9​	Elton John: Philadelphia Freedom
10​	Eagles: Hotel California

I think it would be fun if you want to speculate which of the above 10 do not make the top 10 of unmadness and which other ones replace them (if any). Also speculations on ordering or #1 would also make for interesting discussion. I will not confirm or deny any speculation since I know the answer(s).

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

The next 10.

192​

1973​

The O'Jays: "Love Train"

1​

0​

183​

Liked by:

• @JHDK (71)

Disliked by:

• None

191​

1978​

Anne Murray: "You Needed Me"

1​

0​

184​

Liked by:

• @IdRatherBeSkiing (70)

Disliked by:

• None

190​

1977​

Andy Gibb: "I Just Want to Be Your Everything"

1​

0​

190​

Liked by:

• @IdRatherBeSkiing (64)

Disliked by:

• None

189​

1972​

Three Dog Night: "Black and White"

1​

0​

192​

Liked by:

• @sadchild (62)

Disliked by:

• None

188​

1978​

Andy Gibb: "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water"

1​

0​

195​

Liked by:

• @IdRatherBeSkiing (59)

Disliked by:

• None

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I need to pause here and correct myself. I noticed an error when I was posting the list. I had incorrectly attributed my vote for "Grease" to this song:

206​

1975​

Frankie Valli: "My Eyes Adored You"

0​

0​

0​

I have corrected it and have recalculated. The only affect on what is posted is that they were 1 number to high. "My Eyes Adored You" is in a tie with all the other 0/0/0 songs at #206. I have edited all my old posts to reflect this as far back as I could. But the songs 202-206 should be 201-205 as it was posted too long ago. My apologies for the error. Next 5 coming up ....

 

[Wolf]

Before I drop the next 10, I will bring us back to the Madness Top 10.

1​	The Beatles: Let It Be
2​	Don McLean: American Pie
3​	Blondie: Heart of Glass
4​	Paul McCartney and Wings: Band On The Run
5​	George Harrison: My Sweet Lord
6​	The Knack: My Sharona
7​	Fleetwood Mac: Dreams
8​	Stevie Wonder: Sir Duke
9​	Elton John: Philadelphia Freedom
10​	Eagles: Hotel California

I think it would be fun if you want to speculate which of the above 10 do not make the top 10 of unmadness and which other ones replace them (if any). Also speculations on ordering or #1 would also make for interesting discussion. I will not confirm or deny any speculation since I know the answer(s).

When I did my top 50. It wasn't my official rank list. Plus I, put it together real fast when I did that.

1 The Knack: My Sharona
2 Blondie: Heart of Glass
3 Eagles: Hotel California
4 Fleetwood Mac: Dreams
5 Elton John: Philadelphia Freedom
6 Don McLean: American Pie
7 Stevie Wonder: Sir Duke
8 The Beatles: Let It Be
9 Paul McCartney and Wings: Band On The Run
10 George Harrison: My Sweet Lord

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

The next 5:

187​

1976​

Bee Gees: "You Should Be Dancing"

1​

0​

196​

Liked by:

• @IdRatherBeSkiing (58)

Disliked by:

• None

The next 2 are tied. You wll see the # being the same for both.

185​

1973​

Tony Orlando and Dawn: "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree"

1​

0​

200​

Liked by:

• @JHDK (54)

Disliked by:

• None

185​

1978​

Player: "Baby Come Back"

1​

0​

200​

Liked by:

• @HecticArt (54)

Disliked by:

• None

184​

1974​

Eric Clapton: "I Shot the Sheriff"

1​

2​

201​

Liked by:

• @sadchild (51)

Disliked by:

• @IdRatherBeSkiing
• @Madison

183​

1974​

Roberta Flack: "Feel Like Makin' Love"

1​

0​

204​

Liked by:

• @JHDK (50)

Disliked by:

• None

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Another 5 ....

182​

1979​

Robert John: "Sad Eyes"

1​

0​

205​

Liked by:

• @IdRatherBeSkiing (49)

Disliked by:

• Nobody

181​

1972​

The Temptations: "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"

1​

0​

206​

Liked by:

• @JHDK (48)

Disliked by:

• Nobody

180​

1973​

Ringo Starr: "Photograph"

1​

1​

208​

Liked by:

• @scotchandcigar (45)

Disliked by:

• @Wolf

179​

1977​

KC and the Sunshine Band: "I'm Your Boogie Man"

1​

0​

209​

Liked by:

• @JHDK (45)

Disliked by:

• Nobody

178​

1974​

Paper Lace: "The Night Chicago Died"

1​

0​

214​

Liked by:

• @Madison (40)

Disliked by:

• Nobody

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

And a final 5 for today....

176​

1973​

The Carpenters: "Top of the World"

1​

0​

215​

Liked by:

• @IdRatherBeSkiing (39)

Disliked by:

• Nobody

176​

1975​

Freddy Fender: "Before the Next Teardrop Falls"

1​

0​

215​

Liked by:

• @Madison (39)

Disliked by:

• Nobody

175​

1972​

Nilsson: "Without You"

1​

0​

216​

Liked by:

• @scotchandcigar (38)

Disliked by:

• Nobody

174​

1971​

Donny Osmond: "Go Away Little Girl"

1​

2​

217​

Liked by:

• @Madison (35)

Disliked by:

• @scotchandcigar
• @HecticArt

173​

1977​

Shaun Cassidy: "Da Doo Ron Ron"

1​

0​

222​

Liked by:

• @IdRatherBeSkiing (32)

Disliked by:

• Nobody

More tomorrow ....

 

[scotchandcigar]

I see a couple more songs I should've disliked.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Discovered a calculation error in the spreadsheet. It had points for this song from @JHDK which were not correctly attributed (they were from another song). I have corrected and the result is the big tie at 206 is now at 205 and all numbers of liked songs are 1 higher than they should be. Corrected in this post and going forward.

205​

1973​

Vicki Lawrence: "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia"

0​

0​

0​

Now the first 5 of today ....

170​

1975​

Barry Manilow: "Mandy"

1​

0​

224​

Liked by:

• @Wolf (30)

Disliked by:

• Nobody

170​

1974​

Al Wilson: "Show and Tell"

1​

0​

224​

Liked by:

• @Madison (30)

Disliked by:

• Nobody

169​

1978​

Exile: "Kiss You All Over"

1​

0​

225​

Liked by:

• @IdRatherBeSkiing (29)

Disliked by:

• Nobody

168​

1979​

Peaches & Herb: "Reunited"

1​

1​

227​

Liked by:

• @IdRatherBeSkiing (26)

Disliked by:

• @scotchandcigar

167​

1974​

Stevie Wonder: "You Haven't Done Nothin'"

1​

0​

231​

Liked by:

• @scotchandcigar (23)

Disliked by:

• Nobody

Another 5 coming up shortly .....

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Last 5 for today ...

165​

1971​

Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney: "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"

1​

1​

233​

Liked by:

• @scotchandcigar (20)

Disliked by:

• @Wolf

165​

1974​

Helen Reddy: "Angie Baby"

1​

1​

233​

Liked by:

• @Channel98 (20)

Disliked by:

• @Aaron

164​

1973​

Helen Reddy:"Delta Dawn"

1​

1​

234​

Liked by:

• @Madison (19)

Disliked by:

• @Aaron

162​

1975​

Neil Sedaka: "Laughter in the Rain"

1​

0​

234​

Liked by:

• @Aaron (20)

Disliked by:

• Nobody

162​

1977​

Barry Manilow: "Looks Like We Made It"

1​

0​

234​

Liked by:

• @Wolf(20)

Disliked by:

• Nobody

More tomorrow ....

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

We will do 15 songs today. This will get us into the 2 person voted.
The first 5 ....

161​

1972​

Helen Reddy: "I Am Woman"

1​

0​

235​

Liked by:

• @Channel98 (19)

Disliked by:

• Nobody

160​

1974​

Andy Kim: "Rock Me Gently"

1​

0​

238​

Liked by:

• @IdRatherBeSkiing (16)

Disliked by:

• Nobody

159​

1979​

Styx: "Babe"

1​

1​

240​

Liked by:

• @Wolf (13)

Disliked by:

• @scotchandcigar

158​

1975​

Silver Convention: "Fly, Robin, Fly"

1​

0​

241​

Liked by:

• @Madison(13)

Disliked by:

• Nobody

157​

1970​

The Jackson 5: "I Want You Back"

1​

0​

243​

Liked by:

• @Aaron (11)

Disliked by:

• Nobody

More to follow .....

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Another 5 including the lowest ranked Madness winner (that finished in the top 50) ....

156​

1971​

Rod Stewart: "Maggie May" / "Reason to Believe"

1​

0​

245​

Madness: #22
Liked by:

• @scotchandcigar (9)

Disliked by:

• Nobody

155​

1970​

The Partridge Family: "I Think I Love You"

1​

0​

246​

Liked by:

• @Channel98 (8)

Disliked by:

• Nobody

154​

1971​

Cher: "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves"

1​

0​

247​

Liked by:

• @Channel98 (7)

Disliked by:

• Nobody

153​

1970​

The Jackson 5: "I'll Be There"

1​

0​

248​

Liked by:

• @Madison (6)

Disliked by:

• Nobody

152​

1979​

Bee Gees: "Too Much Heaven"

1​

0​

249​

Liked by:

• @IdRatherBeSkiing (5)

Disliked by:

• Nobody

Another 5 to follow .....

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Another 5 including somebody's #1 song and the first one that more than 1 person agree on.

151​

1979​

Bee Gees: "Tragedy"

1​

1​

250​

Liked by:

• @IdRatherBeSkiing (3)

Disliked by:

• @sadchild

150​

1977​

Stevie Wonder: "I Wish"

1​

0​

251​

Liked by:

• @scotchandcigar (3)

Disliked by:

• Nobody

149​

1974​

Barry White: "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe"

1​

0​

252​

Liked by:

• @sadchild (2)

Disliked by:

• Nobody

148​

1971​

Tony Orlando and Dawn: "Knock Three Times"

1​

0​

300​

Liked by:

• @Madison (1)

Disliked by:

• Nobody

147​

1974​

Ray Stevens: "The Streak"

2​

0​

336​

Liked by:

• @IdRatherBeSkiing (83)
• @sadchild (89)

Disliked by:

• Nobody

Some more tomorrow. No more single likes.

 

[Channel98]

If IRBS and sadchild like The Streak, perhaps they will like this live version from 1986. The live performance sounds just like the record, right? Uhhh, that would be a "no." This is really crazy.