Best 1970s Rock Songs

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   Stairway to Heaven

   Led Zeppelin · from Led Zeppelin IV (1971)

   Rock's most famous slow build.

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   Life on Mars?

   David Bowie · from Hunky Dory (1971)

   A surreal, soaring piano ballad.

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   Baba O'Riley

   The Who · from Who's Next (1971)

   Synth pulse and a teenage-wasteland holler.

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   Money

   Pink Floyd · from The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)

   Seven-four time signature and cash-register groove.

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   Bohemian Rhapsody

   Queen · from A Night at the Opera (1975)

   The mock-opera with no chorus.

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   Born to Run

   Bruce Springsteen · from Born to Run (1975)

   A widescreen escape anthem.

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   Wish You Were Here

   Pink Floyd · from Wish You Were Here (1975)

   An acoustic elegy for a lost friend.

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   Hotel California

   Eagles · from Hotel California (1976)

   A six-minute allegory with a famous twin-guitar coda.

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   Dreams

   Fleetwood Mac · from Rumours (1977)

   The band's only US number one, born of heartbreak.

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    Go Your Own Way

    Fleetwood Mac · from Rumours (1977)

    Heartbreak turned into a hit.

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    “Heroes”

    David Bowie · from “Heroes” (1977)

    A soaring anthem of fleeting triumph.

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