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The Ultimate 1970s Top 40 Reshuffle Thread

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The Ultimate 1970s Top 40 Reshuffle

 

After two months of going through every top 40 hit of the 70s and deciding what is the best No.1, No.2, No.3 etc, we're down to the final 41. But in what order? That's what we've been deciding.

 

Here's a reminder of the tracks you've been voting for:

 

1. Donna Summer - I Feel Love

2. Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us

3. T-Rex - 20th Century Boy

4. Roxy Music - Virginia Plain

5. Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone

6. Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You

7. Al Green - Let's Stay Together

8. Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi

9. Wings - Live And Let Die

10. David Bowie - Starman

11. Stevie Wonder - Superstition

12. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)

13. Blondie - Union City Blue

14. Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

15. Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair

16. Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper

17. Sister Sledge - Lost In Music

18. Carpenters - Superstar/For All We Know

19. Lene Lovich - Say When

20. Commodores - Machine Gun

21. Martha & The Vandellas - Jimmy Mack

22. Boston - More Than A Feeling

23. X Ray Spex - The Day The World Turned Dayglo

24. David Bowie - Heroes

25. Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher

26. Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)

27. Barbra Streisand - Stoney End

28. Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun

29. Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground

30. Staple Singers - I'll Take You There

31. Undertones - Teenage Kicks

32. Natalie Cole - This Will Be

33. Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye

34. Undertones - Here Comes The Summer

35. The Clash - Clash City Rockers

36. Jeff Wayne's The War Of The Worlds - Eve Of The War

37. B-52s - Rock Lobster

38. Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK

39. Evelyn 'Champagne' King - Shame

40. The Jam - In The City

41-75. Marianne Faithfull - The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan

 

A great diverse decade represented by glam rock, disco, punk, new wave, soul, r 'n' b, motown, funk, easy listening, rock and pop.

 

So who just misses out on a place in the final Top 40? Let's find out...

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:down: 41 35 The Clash - Clash City Rockers 72

 

 

1970s Chart Run: (4/3/1978-25/3/1978)

 

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Boo, not the best Clash song by any means but definitely not the worst song in the 41!
By far the most obscure though. No airplay at the time or since and I wasn't impressed much on the one listen I gave it the other week. Maybe it's a grower B-)
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:down: 40 20 Commodores - Machine Gun 81

 

 

1970s Chart Run: (24/08/1974-2/11/1974)

 

48-42-32-29-26-25-20-20-20-29-43

 

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:down: 39 27 Barbra Streisand - Stoney End 84

 

 

1970s Chart Run: (30/1/1971-14/4/1971)

 

 

46-x-40-37-33-33-31-37-27-33-41-50

 

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:up: 38 40 The Jam - In The City 86

 

 

1970s Chart Run: (7/5/1977-11/6/1977)

 

50-45-41-47-40-48

 

 

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:up: 37 39 Evelyn 'Champagne' King - Shame 91

 

 

1970s Chart Run: (13/5/1978-14/10/1978)

 

72-54-63-51-55-57-59-50-42-50-39-49-43-44-60-59-56-53-49-53-48-57-60

 

 

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:down: 36 29 Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground 92

 

 

1970s Chart Run: (13/10/1973-10/11/1973)

 

43-33-29-34-45

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:down: 35 19 Lene Lovich - Say When 92 (Highest Vote: +28)

 

 

1970s Chart Run: (12/5/1979-14/7/1979)

 

 

74-37-32-31-37-24-19-19-23-27

 

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:down: 34 23 X Ray Spex - The Day The World Turned Dayglo 97

 

 

1970s Chart Run: (29/4/1978-17/6/1978)

 

49-26-26-23-26-25-62-69

 

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:right: 33 33 Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye 102

 

 

1970s Chart Run: (17/7/1971-28/8/1971)

 

43-41-34-33-33-33-49

 

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:up: 32 34 Undertones - Here Comes The Summer 103

 

 

1970s Chart Run: (21/7/1979-25/8/1979)

 

63-39-34-45-58-71

 

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:up: 31 48 Marianne Faithfull - The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan 113

 

 

1970s Chart Run: (24/11/1979-29/12/1979)

 

55-50-48-55-65-65

 

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:up: 30 36 Jeff Wayne's The War Of The Worlds - Eve Of The War 117

 

 

1970s Chart Run: (9/9/1978-28/10/1978)

 

69-53-42-36-44-40-48-71

 

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:up: 29 37 B-52s - Rock Lobster 117 (Highest Vote - +31)

 

 

1970s Chart Run: (11/8/1979-8/9/1979)

 

55-37-37-43-49

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:down: 28 26 Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) 123

 

 

1970s Chart Run: (16/2/1974-6/4/1974)

 

48-40-32-29-26-27-31-46

 

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:up: 27 32 Natalie Cole - This Will Be 134

 

 

1970s Chart Run: (11/10/1975-8/11/1975)

 

46-35-32-32-37

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:up: 26 30 Staple Singers - I'll Take You There 136

 

 

1970s Chart Run: (10/6/1972-29/7/1972)

 

32-33-35-30-32-33-32-47

 

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:down: 25 14 Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone 137

 

 

1970s Chart Run: (13/1/1973-3/3/1973)

 

37-18-14-18-15-25-33-48

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