Best Selling Singles of the 1970s in the UK

A list of the top 100 singles in the United Kingdom during the 1970s. More info can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_singles_of_the_1970s_%28UK%29 This list is a bit longer, both due to how the songs run and songs in the 70s. This is not based on opinion however, so do not ask me why a certain band or song did not chart. SONGS: 100 "Sideshow" Barry Biggs 99 "Metal Guru" T. Rex 98 "Wand'rin' Star" Lee Marvin 97 "Stand By Your Man" Tammy Wynette 96 "We Are the Champions" Queen 95 "Message in a Bottle" The Police 94 "Get It On" T. Rex 93 "Whispering Grass" Windsor Davies & Don Estelle 92 "Fanfare for the Common Man" Emerson, Lake & Palmer 91 "The Name of the Game" ABBA 90 "Crazy Horses" The Osmonds 89 "Ma Baker" Boney M. 88 "I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance)" Tina Charles 87 "One Day at a Time" Lena Martell 86 "Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)" The Stylistics 85 "Hot Love" T. Rex 84 "Amazing Grace" Judy Collins 83 "Cum On Feel the Noize" Slade 82 "Knock Three Times" Dawn 81 "Black Is Black" La Belle Epoque 80 "Seasons in the Sun" Terry Jacks 79 "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" Middle of the Road 78 "Bridge Over Troubled Water" Simon & Garfunkel 77 "Rockin' All Over the World" Status Quo 76 "Chanson D'Amour" The Manhattan Transfer 75 "Love Me for a Reason" The Osmonds 74 "Angelo" Brotherhood of Man 73 "Tiger Feet" Mud 72 "Yes Sir I Can Boogie" Baccara 71 "I Hear You Knocking" Dave Edmunds 70 "The Wonder of You" Elvis Presley 69 "Maggie May" / "Reason to Believe" Rod Stewart 68 "Block Buster!" Sweet 67 "Take a Chance on Me" ABBA 66 "So You Win Again" Hot Chocolate 65 "See My Baby Jive" Wizzard 64 "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)" Gary Glitter 63 "Fernando" ABBA 62 "In the Summertime" Mungo Jerry 61 "Gonna Make You a Star" David Essex 60 "Rat Trap" The Boomtown Rats 59 "Dance Away" Roxy Music 58 "Billy Don't Be a Hero" Paper Lace 57 "Bye, Bye, Baby" Bay City Rollers 56 "Sunday Girl" Blondie 55 "Night Fever" Bee Gees 54 "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" Pink Floyd 53 "I Feel Love" Donna Summer 52 "Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)" Benny Hill 51 "Way Down" Elvis Presley 50 "Lonely This Christmas" Mud 49 "Grandad" Clive Dunn 48 "My Coo-Ca-Choo" Alvin Stardust 47 "Knowing Me, Knowing You" ABBA 46 "Silver Lady" David Soul 45 "My Ding-a-Ling" Chuck Berry 44 "A Little Bit More" Dr. Hook 43 "Puppy Love" Donny Osmond 42 "Mouldy Old Dough" Lieutenant Pigeon 41 "If You Leave Me Now" Chicago 40 "My Sweet Lord" George Harrison 39 "How Deep Is Your Love" Bee Gees 38 "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" Dr. Hook 37 "I Will Survive" Gloria Gaynor 36 "When I Need You" Leo Sayer 35 "Welcome Home" Peters and Lee 34 "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" Elton John and Kiki Dee 33 "Without You" Nilsson 32 "The Smurf Song" Father Abraham & The Smurfs 31 "Are 'Friends' Electric?" Tubeway Army 30 "When a Child Is Born (Soleado)" Johnny Mathis 29 "Dancing Queen" ABBA 28 "I Don't Like Mondays" The Boomtown Rats 27 "You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me" The New Seekers 26 "The Floral Dance" Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band 25 "We Don't Talk Anymore" Cliff Richard 24 "Three Times a Lady" Commodores 23 "Mississippi" Pussycat 22 "Sailing" Rod Stewart 21 "Amazing Grace" Pipes & Drums & Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards 20 "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" Ian Dury and the Blockheads 19 "Under the Moon of Love" Showaddywaddy 18 "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" Dawn featuring Tony Orlando 17 "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" The New Seekers 16 "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" Julie Covington 15 "Long Haired Lover from Liverpool" Little Jimmy Osmond 14 "Eye Level" Simon Park Orchestra 13 "Merry Xmas Everybody" Slade 12 "Save Your Kisses for Me" Brotherhood of Man 11 "I Love You Love Me Love" Gary Glitter 10 "Don't Give Up on Us" David Soul 9 "Bright Eyes" Art Garfunkel 8 "Heart of Glass" Blondie 7 "Bohemian Rhapsody" Queen 6 "Y.M.C.A." Village People 5 "Summer Nights" John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John 4 "Mary's Boy Child -- Oh My Lord" Boney M. 3 "You're the One That I Want" John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John 2 "Rivers of Babylon" / "Brown Girl in the Ring" Boney M. 1 "Mull of Kintyre" / "Girls' School" Wings

Comments

1. Is this really based based on the official selling figures ? Just one song of Pink Floyd, no Deep Purple, no Eagles on a n° 1 spot that sold more than Garry Glitter, Father Abraham selling better than several Abba songs, no Sultans of Swing, no Stealers Wheel, no Supertramp, Kate Bush nor Dust in the wind etc... Quite surprising, maybe more about what is not in that top 100 than what's in it, even though the specific order within the top 100 too is quite surprising. Several non-English or American songs, including Father Abraham, Boney M, Baccara, quite a lot of disco (gosh, how ridiculous that Olivia Newton John/ John Travolta movie was, am I glad I never gave money to such crap).
2. Was that Lee Marvin? That one was embarrassing.
3. no sex pistols?
4. A most excellent video from my era, featuring many people who are sadly no longer with us.
   Lennie Peters for one, where is Di Lee nowadays??
5. These were the best selling songs of the 70's !
   Only goes to show that much of the best songs from that decade didn't make it
   to the top 100 most bought ones.
   There were dusins of other great ones !
   
   "Wuthering Heights" - Kate Bush
   "Life On Mars" "Space Oddity" "Starman" - David Bowie
   "All the Young Dudes" - Mott the Hoople
   "Oh You Pretty Thing" - Peter Noon (very first single I bought)
   "Lady D'Arbanville" "Wild World" "Morning Has Broken" "Moonshadow" "Sitting"
   "Oh, Very Young" "Can't Keep It in" "Peace Train" "Ruby Love" - Cat Stevens
   "The Only Living Boy In New York" - Simon & Garfunkel
   "Don't Go Near the Water" - Beach Boys
   "Bad Moon Rising" "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" "Long As I Can See the Light"
   "Who'll Stop the Rain" "Looking Out My Backdoor" "Someday Never Comes"
   "It's Just a Thought" "(Wish I Could) Hideaway" "Lodi" - Creedence Clearwater R.
   "A Song For You" "This Masquerade" "Magic Mirror" "Tight Rope" "Blurbird"
   "Hummingbird" "Delta Lady" "Roll Away the Stone" - Leon Russell
   "Heart of Gold" "Tell Me Why" "Harvest" - Neil Young
   Tangled Up In Blue" "Idiot Wind" "Sarah" "Changing of the Guards" - Bob Dylan
   "Moody Blue" "Always On My Mind" "Suspicious Minds" - Elvis Presley
   "Imagine" - John Lennon
   "Another Day" "Maybe I'm Amazed" "Backseat of My Car" - Paul McCartney
   "Gimme Shelter" "Let It Loose" "Wild Horses" "Street Fighting Man" "Stray Cat Blues"
   "Let It Bleed" "Brown Sugar" "Tumbelin' Dice" - Rolling Stones
   "Layla" "Bell Bottom Blues" "Let It Grow" "I Looked Away" - Eric Clapton
   "Run of the Mill" "What is Life" "Let It Roll" "Beware of Darkness" - George Harrison
   "In For a Penny" "Far Far Away" - Slade
   "Burning Bridges" - Mike Curb Congregation
   "A Case of You" "Big Yellow Taxi" - Joni Mitchell
   "Candida" "Knock Three Times" - Tony Orlando and Dawn
   
   and many, many more....
6. Were we ever really that young? Man, I feel so old, but thanks for this trip down memory lane. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
   
   Now, where did I leave my brown cords and paisley shirt?
7. Put names of groups on
8. kinda where around the 50s.
9. This is a you-beaut list. Would have been a better list with a caption for each hit stating the song title and artist? The above Wikipedia list does not list all 100 in this clip.
10. no Rolling Stones?!!
11. It is expected that British or European acts would show up more frequently in the UK charts than they did in the US charts, but what is strange is to see American acts chart higher in the UK than they did in the US.
12. T.REX best band of the 70s without a doubt
13. love all these songs but I can't help but think this is why punk kicked in
14. 70's had many good ones... but most were so cheesy, really the tv producers and stablishment was dictators in bad taste eww
15. Number one is always an embarrassment. Why did so many people buy it?
16. I got 98. I couldn't remember who sang Mississipi and Without you.
17. wow wouldn't it be lovely to get those times back. I loved growing up in the 70s and I miss my chopper.
18. Three for T.REX....my favourite band.
19. That was kinda hard to believe... :)
20. BRILLIANT.....