Best 1970s Funk & Disco Songs

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   Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine

   James Brown · from Sex Machine (1970)

   The Godfather locks into an eternal groove.

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   Jungle Boogie

   Kool & the Gang · from Wild and Peaceful (1973)

   A loose, infectious early-70s jam.

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   Pick Up the Pieces

   Average White Band · from AWB (1974)

   An instrumental funk classic with a killer horn line.

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   Fire

   Ohio Players · from Fire (1974)

   A chart-topping blast of hot, tight funk.

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   Stretchin' Out (In a Rubber Band)

   Bootsy's Rubber Band · from Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band (1976)

   Bootsy's rubbery bass at its most playful.

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   I Feel Love

   Donna Summer · from I Remember Yesterday (1977)

   The Moroder production that invented electronic dance music.

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   Strawberry Letter 23

   The Brothers Johnson · from Right on Time (1977)

   A dreamy, Quincy Jones-produced groove.

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   Hot Stuff

   Donna Summer · from Bad Girls (1979)

   Rock-tinged disco at full throttle.

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   We Are Family

   Sister Sledge · from We Are Family (1979)

   An eternal, euphoric celebration.

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    Boogie Wonderland

    Earth, Wind & Fire · from I Am (1979)

    Lavish, string-swept dancefloor joy.

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    He's the Greatest Dancer

    Sister Sledge · from We Are Family (1979)

    Sharp, witty Chic-written disco.

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