Thanks for checking out our special double countdown — The Top 104 Songs of the 70s…and 80s!
The songs were ranked by a combination of chart performance, historical significance, record sales and listener requests. Here’s the list:
| Rank | 70s | 80s |
| 104 | Low Rider/War | Every Rose Has Its Thorn/Poison |
| 103 | One Of These Nights/Eagles | Broken Wings/Mr. Mister |
| 102 | You Should Be Dancing/Bee Gees | You May Be Right/Billy Joel |
| 101 | That’s The Way (I Like It)/K.C. & The Sunshine Band | Raspberry Beret/Prince |
| 100 | Dream Weaver/Gary Wright | You Can’t Hurry Love/Phil Collins |
| 99 | Best Of My Love/Emotions | Can’t Fight This Feeling/Reo Speedwagon |
| 98 | Spirit In The Sky/Norman Greenbaum | Oh Sherrie/Steve Perry |
| 97 | Imagine/John Lennon | You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)/Dead Or Alive |
| 96 | Black Water/Doobie Brothers | Electric Avenue/Eddy Grant |
| 95 | Life In The Fast Lane/Eagles | Missing You/John Waite |
| 94 | You’re My Best Friend/Queen | Kiss/Prince & The Revolution |
| 93 | Night Moves/Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band | Born In The U.S.A./Bruce Springsteen |
| 92 | Isn’t She Lovely/Stevie Wonder | Faithfully/Journey |
| 91 | Wonderful Tonight/Eric Clapton | Let’s Go Crazy/Prince & The Revolution |
| 90 | Feels Like The First Time/Foreigner | Careless Whisper/Wham! |
| 89 | We Are Family/Sister Sledge | All Night Long (All Night)/Lionel Richie |
| 88 | Baby Hold On/Eddie Money | Like A Prayer/Madonna |
| 87 | Lyin’ Eyes/Eagles | Red Red Wine/UB40 |
| 86 | Drift Away/Dobie Gray | You Might Think/Cars |
| 85 | Take The Money And Run/Steve Miller Band | Break My Stride/Matthew Wilder |
| 84 | Still The One/Orleans | St. Elmo’s Fire (Man In Motion)/John Parr |
| 83 | Miss You/Rolling Stones | Hungry Eyes/Eric Carmen |
| 82 | All Right Now/Free | I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)/Whitney Houston |
| 81 | Crocodile Rock/Elton John | Higher Love/Steve Winwood |
| 80 | Come Sail Away/Styx | Celebration/Kool & The Gang |
| 79 | Magic Man/Heart | Karma Chameleon/Culture Club |
| 78 | Superstition/Stevie Wonder | The Way You Make Me Feel/Michael Jackson |
| 77 | Hot Blooded/Foreigner | Wanted Dead Or Alive/Bon Jovi |
| 76 | Wheel In The Sky/Journey | Heaven/Bryan Adams |
| 75 | The Boys Are Back In Town/Thin Lizzy | Little Red Corvette/Prince |
| 74 | Goodbye Stranger/Supertramp | 867-5309/Jenny/Tommy Tutone |
| 73 | Listen To The Music/Doobie Brothers | Heaven Is A Place On Earth/Belinda Carlisle |
| 72 | Roxanne/Police | White Wedding/Billy Idol |
| 71 | My Sharona/Knack | Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic/Police |
| 70 | Get Down Tonight/K.C. & The Sunshine Band | Keep On Loving You/Reo Speedwagon |
| 69 | Baby I Love Your Way/Peter Frampton | Any Way You Want It/Journey |
| 68 | You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet/Bachman-Turner Overdrive | With Or Without You/U2 |
| 67 | Sister Golden Hair/America | Need You Tonight/INXS |
| 66 | Don’t Do Me Like That/Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | That’s All/Genesis |
| 65 | Have You Ever Seen The Rain/Creedence Clearwater Revival | Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go/Wham! |
| 64 | Rhiannon/Fleetwood Mac | I Won’t Back Down/Tom Petty |
| 63 | Don’t Stop ’til You Get Enough/Michael Jackson | The Power Of Love/Huey Lewis & The News |
| 62 | Maggie May/Rod Stewart | Come On Eileen/Dexy’s Midnight Runners |
| 61 | Stuck In The Middle With You/Stealers Wheel | Call Me (Theme From American Gigolo)/Blondie |
| 60 | Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?/Rod Stewart | Small Town/John Cougar Mellencamp |
| 59 | Take It To The Limit/Eagles | I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For/U2 |
| 58 | Don’t Go Breaking My Heart/Elton John & Kiki Dee | Uptown Girl/Billy Joel |
| 57 | Killer Queen/Queen | Manic Monday/Bangles |
| 56 | Rock With You/Michael Jackson | Edge Of Seventeen (Just Like The White Winged Dove)/Stevie Nicks |
| 55 | Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)/Billy Joel | Who Can It Be Now?/Men At Work |
| 54 | The Logical Song/Supertramp | Centerfold/J. Geils Band |
| 53 | Your Song/Elton John | Dancing In The Dark/Bruce Springsteen |
| 52 | Beast Of Burden/Rolling Stones | Take It On The Run/Reo Speedwagon |
| 51 | Two Tickets To Paradise/Eddie Money | I Melt With You/Modern English |
| 50 | Rock And Roll All Nite/Kiss | Love Is A Battlefield/Pat Benatar |
| 49 | Lights/Journey | Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)/Journey |
| 48 | Give A Little Bit/Supertramp | (I Just) Died In Your Arms/Cutting Crew |
| 47 | Only The Good Die Young/Billy Joel | Jump/Van Halen |
| 46 | Landslide/Fleetwood Mac | Hurts So Good/John Cougar |
| 45 | Night Fever/Bee Gees | Mony Mony/Billy Idol |
| 44 | Crazy Little Thing Called Love/Queen | Time After Time/Cyndi Lauper |
| 43 | Rich Girl/Daryl Hall And John Oates | Maneater/Daryl Hall And John Oates |
| 42 | Don’t Bring Me Down/Electric Light Orchestra | We Belong/Pat Benatar |
| 41 | Brick House/Commodores | Danger Zone/Kenny Loggins |
| 40 | Big Shot/Billy Joel | Under Pressure/Queen & David Bowie |
| 39 | Live And Let Die/Paul McCartney | If You Leave/O.M.D. |
| 38 | Somebody To Love/Queen | Don’t You Want Me/Human League |
| 37 | Rock ‘n Me/Steve Miller Band | Beat It/Michael Jackson |
| 36 | Tiny Dancer/Elton John | It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me/Billy Joel |
| 35 | You’re The One That I Want/John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John | Your Love/Outfield |
| 34 | Play That Funky Music/Wild Cherry | The Boys Of Summer/Don Henley |
| 33 | Maybe I’m Amazed/Paul McCartney & Wings | Hit Me With Your Best Shot/Pat Benatar |
| 32 | Heartbreaker/Pat Benatar | Billie Jean/Michael Jackson |
| 31 | December 1963 (Oh, What A Night)/Four Seasons | Footloose/Kenny Loggins |
| 30 | Cold As Ice/Foreigner | Always Something There To Remind Me/Naked Eyes |
| 29 | Don’t Stop/Fleetwood Mac | Sunglasses At Night/Corey Hart |
| 28 | One Way Or Another/Blondie | Shout/Tears For Fears |
| 27 | Dancing Queen/ABBA | When Doves Cry/Prince |
| 26 | Rocket Man/Elton John | You Give Love A Bad Name/Bon Jovi |
| 25 | Blinded By The Light/Manfred Mann | Hungry Like The Wolf/Duran Duran |
| 24 | Take It Easy/Eagles | Faith/George Michael |
| 23 | bennie and the jets/elton john | Tainted Love/Soft Cell |
| 22 | Hold The Line/Toto | Jack & Diane/John Cougar |
| 21 | I Will Survive/Gloria Gaynor | Take Me Home Tonight/Eddie Money |
| 20 | September/Earth, Wind & Fire | Girls Just Want To Have Fun/Cyndi Lauper |
| 19 | Piano Man/Billy Joel | Free Fallin’/Tom Petty |
| 18 | Just What I Needed/Cars | 1999/Prince |
| 17 | Dreams/Fleetwood Mac | Everybody Wants To Rule The World/Tears For Fears |
| 16 | Margaritaville/Jimmy Buffett | Down Under/Men At Work |
| 15 | Go Your Own Way/Fleetwood Mac | Jessie’s Girl/Rick Springfield |
| 14 | I Want You To Want Me/Cheap Trick | Here I Go Again/Whitesnake |
| 13 | The Joker/Steve Miller Band | Africa/Toto |
| 12 | Carry On Wayward Son/Kansas | Summer Of ’69/Bryan Adams |
| 11 | Old Time Rock & Roll/Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band | Another One Bites The Dust/Queen |
| 10 | My Life/Billy Joel | In The Air Tonight/Phil Collins |
| 9 | Bohemian Rhapsody/Queen | Livin’ On A Prayer/Bon Jovi |
| 8 | Another Brick In The Wall (Part II)/Pink Floyd | Pour Some Sugar On Me/Def Leppard |
| 7 | Stayin’ Alive/Bee Gees | I Love Rock ‘n Roll/Joan Jett & The Blackhearts |
| 6 | Dream On/Aerosmith | Every Breath You Take/Police |
| 5 | More Than A Feeling/Boston | Take On Me/A-HA |
| 4 | Sweet Home Alabama/Lynyrd Skynyrd | Eye Of The Tiger/Survivor |
| 3 | Heart Of Glass/Blondie | Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)/Eurythmics |
| 2 | We Will Rock You/We Are The…/Queen | Don’t You (Forget About Me)/Simple Minds |
| 1 | Hotel California/Eagles | Don’t Stop Believin’/Journey |
