# Best #1 single of the year retrospective: 1977

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1977/700170>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 2, 2014, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1977/700170 "2014-10-02T10:33:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1977/700170/101 "2014-10-07T15:24:33Z")

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Gaah, I can’t do this! I can’t pick. So much great stuff on this list. I’m not even going to try, I’m just giving my vote to Alan O’Day because _Undercover Angel_ is hilarious.

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**Author:** ![Learjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1977/700170/102 "2014-10-24T16:12:25Z")

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I knew Hotel California would be the standout winner, as it should be, so I picked Sir Duke to give Stevie some props.

Don’t hate me for saying it, but Dancing Queen is a great pop song and will be around for a long, long time. Abba deserve more respect than they usually get.

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