# What is THE quintessential 70's song?

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**Created:** [March 8, 2016, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-quintessential-70s-song/748263 "2016-03-08T06:36:35Z")\
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From the thread [six years ago,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=557224) I quote myself:

> [@What's the "Seventies-est" song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/107):
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> I want a singer/songwriter’s semiautobiographical story-song, but make sure to (a) throw in a section with super-high falsetto, and (b) dwell on flying so hiiiiigh when I’m stoned; there’s a wild-man wizard hiding in me, illuminating my mind – oh, and figure the guy doesn’t get the girl in the end, plus kick the whole thing off by mentioning “Frisco”, with bonus points for working in just how far a buck went in the '70s.
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> TAXI, by Harry Chapin.

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