# Best #1 single of the year retrospective: 1970

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1970/698828>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 18, 2014, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1970/698828 "2014-09-18T15:32:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1970/698828/61 "2015-08-17T21:57:29Z")

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Why is “For You Blue” on these lists? It wasn’t a hit was it? It is one of the worst Bealtes songs live ever.

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**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1970/698828/62 "2015-08-17T23:15:10Z")

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> [@drad\_dog](#):
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> Why is “For You Blue” on these lists? It wasn’t a hit was it? It is one of the worst Bealtes songs live ever.

It was the B-side to “Long and Winding Road”.

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**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1970/698828/63 "2015-08-17T23:26:03Z")

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> [@NDP](#):
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> It was the B-side to “Long and Winding Road”.

Or more precisely, it was the \*double A-side \*to “Long and Winding Road,” which is why its chart position was tied to that of the more obvious hit. There were a lot of those on this list (denoted by asterisks).

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**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1970/698828/64 "2015-08-18T02:21:00Z")

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> [@NDP](#):
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> It was the B-side to “Long and Winding Road”.

Well waddya know. That was George’s biggest break since meeting Paul.

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**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1970/698828/65 "2015-08-18T02:25:24Z")

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> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#):
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> Another vote for Venus.
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> Good Lord, did wimp-rock raise it’s passive aggressive head in 1970 or what? A bigger collection of terribly emotive songs I’ve never seen. And I dig 70s tunes enormously. Just God above, the amount of self-serious turtleneck wearers seems out of proportion to the amount needed by any sane world.

The radio in the really early 70s was suffused with melancholy IMO related to the Beatles breakup. That’s like everyone, not only the artists, but the industry the DJs and the audience.  
When I hear Badfinger I think of this. RIP Pete Ham and Tom Evans.

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