Top songs of 1975

What was the number one song of 1975?

The number one song of 1975 was “Love Will Keep Us Together” by Captain & Tennille, the top song on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 1975. It spent 4 weeks at number one on the weekly chart, starting with the chart dated June 21, 1975.

“Love Will Keep Us Together” by Captain & Tennille was number one for the most weeks of 1975: 4 of the year's 52 weekly charts, starting with the chart dated June 21, 1975.

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Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 1975, year-end Hot 100 of 1975).

How many songs reached number one in 1975?

35 songs reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975, across the year's 52 weekly charts.

Of the songs that first reached number one in 1975, “Love Will Keep Us Together” by Captain & Tennille stayed there longest: 4 weeks in total, from the chart dated June 21, 1975.

Weeks at No. 1 counts every week the song spent at the top, including weeks in other years; the number in brackets is the weeks on charts dated 1975. Dates are chart issue dates.

Which artists had more than one number one in 1975?

5 acts had more than one number one in 1975, counting lead and featured credits. Eagles, Elton John, John Denver, KC and the Sunshine Band and Neil Sedaka had 2 each.

• Eagles: “Best of My Love” and “One of These Nights”
• Elton John: “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” and “Island Girl”
• John Denver: “Thank God I'm a Country Boy” and “I'm Sorry”
• KC and the Sunshine Band: “Get Down Tonight” and “That's the Way (I Like It)”
• Neil Sedaka: “Laughter in the Rain” and “Bad Blood”

What were the biggest songs of 1975?

The five biggest songs of 1975 on Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 were “Love Will Keep Us Together” by Captain & Tennille, “Rhinestone Cowboy” by Glen Campbell, “Philadelphia Freedom” by Elton John, “Before the Next Teardrop Falls” by Freddy Fender and “My Eyes Adored You” by Frankie Valli.

The year-end chart ranks songs by how they performed on the weekly Hot 100 across Billboard’s chart year, so a song that peaked late in the year can rank lower than its weekly peak suggests, or count toward the next year’s list. The top 30 below show each song’s length where we could match the recording.

Numbers 31 to 100

31. “Fire” Ohio Players
32. “Magic” Pilot
33. “Please Mr. Postman” The Carpenters
34. “Sister Golden Hair” America
35. “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” Elton John
36. “Mandy” Barry Manilow
37. “Have You Never Been Mellow” Olivia Newton-John
38. “Could It Be Magic” Barry Manilow
39. “Cat's in the Cradle” Harry Chapin
40. “Wildfire” Michael Martin Murphey
41. “I'm Not Lisa” Jessi Colter
42. “Listen to What the Man Said” Wings
43. “I'm Not in Love” 10cc
44. “I Can Help” Billy Swan
45. “Fallin' in Love” Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
46. “Feelings” Morris Albert
47. “When Will I Be Loved” Linda Ronstadt
48. “Chevy Van” Sammy Johns
49. “You're the First, the Last, My Everything” Barry White
50. “Please Mr. Please” Olivia Newton-John
51. “You're No Good” Linda Ronstadt
52. “Dynomite” Bazuka
53. “Walking in Rhythm” The Blackbyrds
54. “The Way We Were/Try to Remember” Gladys Knight & the Pips
55. “Midnight Blue” Melissa Manchester
56. “Don't Call Us, We'll Call You” Sugarloaf
57. “Poetry Man” Phoebe Snow
58. “How Long?” Ace
59. “Express” B.T. Express
60. “That's the Way of the World” Earth, Wind & Fire
61. “Lady” Styx
62. “Bad Time” Grand Funk
63. “Only Women Bleed” Alice Cooper
64. “Doctor's Orders” Carol Douglas
65. “Get Down Tonight” KC and the Sunshine Band
66. “One Man Woman/One Woman Man” Paul Anka & Odia Coates
67. “You Are So Beautiful” Joe Cocker
68. “Feel Like Makin' Love” Bad Company
69. “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)” James Taylor
70. “Dance with Me” Orleans
71. “Cut the Cake” Average White Band
72. “Never Can Say Goodbye” Gloria Gaynor
73. “I Don't Like to Sleep Alone” Paul Anka & Odia Coates
74. “Morning Side of the Mountain” Donny & Marie Osmond
75. “When Will I See You Again” The Three Degrees
76. “Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)” Joe Simon
77. “I'm Sorry” John Denver
78. “Killer Queen” Queen
79. “Shoeshine Boy” Eddie Kendricks
80. “Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)” B.T. Express
81. “Can't Get It Out of My Head” Electric Light Orchestra
82. “Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)” Al Green
83. “Lonely People” America
84. “You Got the Love” Rufus
85. “The Rockford Files Theme” Mike Post
86. “It Only Takes a Minute” Tavares
87. “No No Song” Ringo Starr
88. “Junior's Farm” Paul McCartney & Wings
89. “Bungle in the Jungle” Jethro Tull
90. “Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance)” Leo Sayer
91. “Misty” Ray Stevens
92. “Someone Saved My Life Tonight” Elton John
93. “Bad Blood” Neil Sedaka
94. “Only Yesterday” The Carpenters
95. “I'm on Fire” Dwight Twilley Band
96. “Only You (And You Alone)” Ringo Starr
97. “Third Rate Romance” Amazing Rhythm Aces
98. “You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet” Bachman–Turner Overdrive
99. “Swearin' to God” Frankie Valli
100. “Get Dancin'” Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 1975, year-end Hot 100 of 1975).

What songs should go on a 1975 mix CD?

A 1975 mix that fits one 80-minute CD holds 21 of the year's biggest songs, opening with “Laughter in the Rain” by Neil Sedaka and closing with “Fame” by David Bowie, for 76:15 of music.

We built it from the year-end top 30 and every number one of 1975, taking songs in year-end order until the disc was full, then sequenced it to follow the year: the number ones in the order they reached the top, with the year’s other big hits placed between them. With a 2-second gap before each track it runs 76:57, under the 79 minutes we fill a CD to.

Lengths are the recordings matched in Deezer’s catalog. Single edits, album versions and remasters can run a little longer or shorter, so check your own playlist before you burn it.

Turn 1975 into a CD. Send us this list, or your own 1975 songs, and we burn it to a real audio CD, test-play it and post it. It makes a good gift for a birth year, a graduation year or a wedding year.

To change the songs, paste the list into the playlist length calculator to keep it under 80 minutes, then print an insert with the CD case template. Our guide to making a mixtape covers sequencing, and nostalgic gift ideas has more ways to give a year as a present.

What was popular music like in the 1970s?

Popular music in the 1970s ran from singer-songwriters and soft rock to soul, funk and, by the end of the decade, disco. The Bee Gees, Donna Summer and Chic all reached number one with disco records in 1978 and 1979, while ballads and soft rock filled the charts between them.

From 1970 to 1979, 253 songs reached number one on the Hot 100, and 1 song stayed there for 10 weeks or more. Of those 253, “You Light Up My Life” by Debby Boone spent the most weeks at number one: 10 in total. Bee Gees had the most number ones that reached the top in these years, with 9. The typical number one of these years ran 3:40 (the median of the 229 with a known length).