# ID a 70s song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 19, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-70s-song/757788 "2016-06-19T17:45:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [June 19, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-70s-song/757788/1 "2016-06-19T17:45:32Z")
It was around 76-77 and it got FM play. Kind of a one hit wonder funk-proggy-heavy group. The chorus went something like “See the light…dah dah dah… shine on me.” Like a funk rock single sound with a heavy bass line. And I’m pretty sure it was not Automatic Man. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-70s-song/757788/2 "2016-06-19T18:53:53Z")
Are you thinking of [CCR’s cover of _Midnight Special_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrj5Kxdzouc)? The album _Willy and the Poor Boys_ was released in 1969 but CCR was played widely on FM radio throughout the '70s. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-70s-song/757788/3 "2016-06-19T19:08:57Z")
Status Quo [“Shine On Me”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjXAcYljIYU) , maybe? ---
**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:** [June 19, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-70s-song/757788/4 "2016-06-19T19:21:51Z")
No and no. Think less famous by a lot. Totally a 70s thing. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-70s-song/757788/5 "2016-06-19T19:34:46Z")
Love Is The Answer by England Dan and John Ford Coley? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-70s-song/757788/6 "2016-06-19T19:39:55Z")
Or \*Love is the Answer \*by **Todd Rundgren**? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-70s-song/757788/7 "2016-06-19T19:42:58Z")
Dang posting from my phone! I **thought** it was Todd Rundgren, but ED&JFC was the first Google hit for “Love Is The Answer”. [England Dan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QZjJU-mtFU) Or [Rundgren](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjMKz0wCGmw). Take your pick. ---
**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:** [June 19, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-70s-song/757788/8 "2016-06-19T20:23:04Z")
No. Not Todd. Or those guys. Someone who would only be known for that one LP and then gone from the radio. It’s a real stomping kind of funky rock song with a strong bass presence, and maybe a black male vocal with those gospel influenced backing vox… ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-70s-song/757788/9 "2016-06-20T00:59:06Z")
Are you thinking [Shambala](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnyh6i9NvmE) by **Three Dog Night**? Doesn’t exactly match the lyric you supplied but these things have a tendency to get a bit mixed up. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2016, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-70s-song/757788/10 "2016-06-20T03:28:26Z")
No that’s famous. This is an obscure band. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-70s-song/757788/11 "2016-06-20T03:36:52Z")
Totally a stab in the dark, the Jaggerz’s [Shine on Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_XEA7c9hIU)? (which is either a trad. cover, or a cover of Blind Willie Johnson). ---
**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:** [June 20, 2016, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-70s-song/757788/12 "2016-06-20T04:45:17Z")
You mean “The Rapper” group? No. That song is “Turn on your love light” I think by Bobby Blue Bland? Has been covered a zillion times. This band was a studio band like Automatic Man or Dazz or Pablo Cruise or something, that late 70s thing that was big before punk and new wave. Lots of BG vox. Something like : 1See the light… (Ooohhh See the light) 2See the light (Yeah see the light) 3See the light… 4Shine on me. With a real heavy obvious bass line dividing the lines and coming strong at last line… The lyrics are approximate. i googled it and I found two other threads of someone looking for a 70s shine light song, and they weren’t me either. And there was never a good answer. ---
**Author:** ![Huvudtvatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Huvudtvatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huvudtvatt)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-70s-song/757788/13 "2016-06-20T08:08:36Z")
Ripple - [see the light in the window](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p6fSjqBlFg)? from 1973 ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-70s-song/757788/14 "2016-06-20T11:59:21Z")
[Beginning to See the Light](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3gWi9bBkHQ) by VU? ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-70s-song/757788/15 "2016-06-20T13:55:48Z")
Soft Drink 7-Up did a number of “See the Light” commercials in the mid to late 1970s. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-70s-song/757788/16 "2016-06-20T14:57:06Z")
[Jeff Healey - See the Light](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d95YFdubGrU) ---
**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:** [June 20, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-70s-song/757788/17 "2016-06-20T20:46:54Z")
Nothing yet. This is Automatic Man "My Pearl’ It was around at the same time and is closest in sound. I always took it for granted that it was them. But it's not and here I am wondering. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-70s-song/757788/18 "2016-06-21T01:44:06Z")
Earth, Wind, and Fire’s “See the Light”? The intro definitely sounds prog. ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-70s-song/757788/19 "2016-06-21T11:31:24Z")
Electric Light Orchestra - Shine A Little Love? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/22nXyKzXtfw/maxresdefault.jpg "Electric Light Orchestra - Shine A Little Love (Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22nXyKzXtfw) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-70s-song/757788/20 "2016-06-21T15:44:15Z")
My Girl Bill - Jim Stafford The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace Put Your Hand In The Hand - Ocean Popcorn - Hot Butter I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing - The Hillside Singers Hocus Pocus - Focus Rock On - David Essex TSOP - MFSB Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band Undercover Angel - Alan O’Day Black Betty - Ram Jam Wait a minute… you mean this _ **isn’t** _ a thread of random 70s music? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-70s-song/757788.md?page=2)