British music pub NME just dropped its 100 Tracks Of The '70s list, and let's just say that their #1 selection is pretty English, something that involves the patriarch of their country's major religion saving their most famous historical ruler, hint hint. Read the whole list below.
100 Funkadelic - "One Nation Under A Groove"
99 The Pretenders - "Brass In Pocket"
98 James Brown - "Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine"
97 Bob Marley & The Wailers - "No Woman, No Cry'"
96 Kate Bush - "Wuthering Heights"
95 Siouxsie And The Banshees – "Hong Kong Garden"
94 The Slits - "The Slits - 'Typical Girls"
93 Can - "Oh Yeah"
92 Public Image Ltd - "Public Image"
91 The Beatles - "The Long And Winding Road"
90 Madness - "One Step Beyond"
89 The Specials - "A Message To You Rudy"
88 The Kinks - "Lola"
87 Roxy Music - "Virginia Plain"
86 Leonard Cohen – "Chelsea Hotel No. 2"
85 Buzzcocks - "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)"
84 Joni Mitchell - "Big Yellow Taxi"
83 Althea & Donna - "Uptown Top Ranking"
82 Giorgio Moroder - "Chase"
81 Chic - "Le Freak"
80 Blondie - "One Way Or Another"
79 The Jam - "The Eton Rifles"
78 New York Dolls - "Personality Crisis"
77 John Lennon - "Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)"
76 The Only Ones – "Another Girl, Another Planet"
75 Neil Young – "Heart Of Gold"
74 Brian Eno - "Needles In The Camel’s Eye"
73 XTC – "Making Plans For Nigel"
72 The Who - "Who Are You"
71 Suicide – "Ghost Rider"
70 Wire - "I Am The Fly"
69 Sparks - "This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us"
68 The Clash - "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais"
67 Carly Simon - "You're So Vain"
66 Prince – "I Wanna Be Your Lover"
65 George Harrison – "My Sweet Lord"
64 Big Star – "September Gurls"
63 Nick Drake - "Pink Moon"
62 Gary Numan – "Cars"
61 Patti Smith – "Because The Night"
60 Elvis Costello – "Oliver’s Army"
59 Curtis Mayfield – "Move On Up"
58 The Modern Lovers – "Roadrunner"
57 Squeeze - "Up The Junction"
56 The Velvet Underground - "Rock & Roll"
55 Junior Murvin – "Police & Thieves"
54 Elton John – "Tiny Dancer"
53 Thin Lizzy - "The Boys Are Back In Town"
52 Queen – "Bohemian Rhapsody"
51 Iggy Pop - "Lust For Life"
50 The Cramps - "Human Fly"
49 The Clash - "Train In Vain"
48 Bob Dylan - "Tangled Up In Blue"
47 Fleetwood Mac - "Dreams"
46 Gang Of Four - "Damaged Goods"
45 Blondie - "Hanging On The Telephone"
44 Deep Purple - "Smoke On The Water"
43 Dolly Parton - "Jolene"
42 T. Rex - "Get It On"
41 The Rolling Stones - "Tumbling Dice"
40 The Knack - "My Sharona"
39 Bee Gees - "Stayin' Alive"
38 Sex Pistols - "Anarchy In The UK"
37 Iggy And The Stooges - "Search And Destroy"
36 Sly And The Family Stone - "Family Affair"
35 Gladys Knight And The Pips - "Midnight Train To Georgia"
34 Rod Stewart - "Maggie May"
33 Marvin Gaye - "What's Going On"
32 Black Sabbath - "Paranoid"
31 Television - "Marquee Moon"
30 Al Green - "Let's Stay Together"
29 The B52's - "Rock Lobster"
28 Kraftwerk - "The Model"
27 ABBA - "Dancing Queen"
26 Lou Reed - "Walk On The Wild Side"
25 David Bowie - "Life On Mars?"
24 AC/DC - "Highway To Hell"
23 Tubeway Army - "Are 'Friends' Electric?"
22 Sugarhill Gang - "Rapper's Delight"
21 Marvin Gaye - "Let's Get It On"
20 Led Zeppelin - "Stairway To Heaven"
19 Joy Division - "Transmission"
18 Ian Dury - "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll"
17 The Rolling Stones - "Brown Sugar"
16 Bruce Springsteen - "Thunder Road"
15 Stevie Wonder - "Superstition"
14 Pink Floyd - "Comfortably Numb"
13 The Undertones - "Teenage Kicks"
12 John Lennon - "Imagine"
11 Talking Heads - "Psycho Killer"
10 Wings - "Band On The Run"
09 Michael Jackson - "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"
08 Bruce Springsteen - "Born To Run"
07 Blondie - "Heart Of Glass"
06 Donna Summer – "I Feel Love"
05 The Ramones – "Blitzkrieg Bop"
04 David Bowie - "Heroes"
03 The Clash - "London Calling"
02 Fleetwood Mac - "Go Your Own Way"
01 Sex Pistols – "God Save The Queen"
Head here for the entire list with blurbs.
