# What's the "Seventies-est" song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [March 25, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777 "2010-03-25T18:00:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/221 "2020-08-19T17:32:14Z")
“The 70’s” would also get #MeToo’d to hell and back. LOL, just listening to some of these lyrics… I would dance upon a string Any gifts she’d wanna bring I would give her anything If she would just do what I say “That Lady”, The Isley Brothers. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/222 "2020-08-19T17:43:01Z")
Here’s one that hits in several categories: Songs that could only have happened in the 70’s Funny story songs Funk mixed with pop Good for disco dancing Songs about the band I therefore propose: Rubberband Man [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jdiB3cISeBk/hqdefault.jpg "Detroit Spinners - Rubberband Man") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdiB3cISeBk) ---
**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:** [August 20, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/223 "2020-08-20T15:27:30Z")
For the Funkenstein crowd, hard to beat [Flashlight](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F7xbF7OnxU) or [One Nation Under a Groove](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WOZwwRH6XU) But there is no way I can see any one song from the amazing mix of music that was the 70s ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/224 "2020-08-20T15:51:13Z")
It also had yacht rock, though you are forgiven for not mentioning it. ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/225 "2020-08-21T05:43:15Z")
And somehow we both forgot, “The beginning of rap” ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/226 "2020-08-21T19:50:41Z")
And I forgot Southern Rock, one of my favorite genres. I even lumped Lynyrd Skynyrd in with ‘country rock’. For shame. So… also southern rock (Skynyrd, the Allman Brothers, Marshall Tucker Band, Atlanta Rhythm Section, etc) Has there been another decade where the top 100 consistently featured such a varied list of genre artists? ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/227 "2020-08-22T07:33:14Z")
What was that band all the middle-aged guys loved in the 70’s. They did, like, sea shanty’s and songs about sailing. Man, I cannot think of the name,or a single song, but it’s stuck in my head now. I want to say they’d be categorized as a folk band, and had maybe also done recordings in the 60’s. 2-3 guys with fairly low voices and the sound of waves in the background. Dangit this is keeping me awake. . . also, the 70’s are much longer ago than I care to admit, so memories may inaccurate as well as incomplete. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/228 "2020-08-22T14:45:32Z")
The Irish Rovers? ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/229 "2020-08-22T15:20:38Z")
No, but thanks for trying. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/230 "2020-08-23T04:08:44Z")
The 70’s is always going to mean disco to me, so Disco Inferno. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/231 "2020-08-23T05:13:34Z")
“YMCA.” And the Board won’t let me post that until I add more words, so here they are. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/232 "2020-08-23T05:30:50Z")
Can’t get more 70s than this. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lP94PlEtsEQ/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGHIgPihCMA8=&rs=AOn4CLApNpQyIUnHgQwQiJrnSBufmxak2Q "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress - The Hollies") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP94PlEtsEQ) I believe there is no one living in America who, were they in the full flush of youth during the 70s, won’t stagger to their feet and attempt to shake their bootay to this song even today. Even if they throw a hip for the effort. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/233 "2020-08-23T05:41:56Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I believe there is no one living in America who, were they in the full flush of youth during the 70s, won’t stagger to their feet and attempt to shake their bootay to this song even today. Even if they throw a hip for the effort. Myself. I was in the full flush of my youth in the '70s, and I can take the song or leave it. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/234 "2020-08-23T05:42:48Z")
Oh, well. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/235 "2020-08-25T13:11:14Z")
Aww, you don’t think “Bertha Butt Boogie” is played during the break of HR’s sensitivity training sessions? 😆 ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/236 "2020-08-26T02:38:26Z")
We weren’t kung fu fighting. Everybody do the bump. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gBWH3OWfT2Y/maxresdefault.jpg "Parliament - Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBWH3OWfT2Y) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/237 "2020-08-26T09:30:53Z")
Anybody remember this song, which got a lot of airplay during the summer of 1976 (in the UK, anyway): _He’s supersonic, his name is bionic, the Six Million Dollar Man …_ _but he still has the heart of a man …_ _BIONIC MAN!_ Obviously inspired by the TV show with Lee Majors, but damned if I can find a reference to it anywhere! ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/238 "2020-08-26T15:32:43Z")
Great song! For some reason, I always think that it is Johnny Rivers singing it. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/239 "2020-08-26T22:17:00Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JdBvTvxHy7E/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC6AKKAgwIABABGHIgTihDMA8=&rs=AOn4CLD3zwAhevmMkmmbpiRqS1b-hIReBA "BW Stevenson - My Maria") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdBvTvxHy7E) ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/240 "2020-08-26T23:56:57Z")
I was too young to remember much of the 70s. But I would nominate “Stayin’ Alive”. Musically, it was a great decade and I don’t know how you’d compare so many different genres. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777.md?page=13)