Top songs of 1977

What was the number one song of 1977?

The number one song of 1977 was “Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)” by Rod Stewart, the top song on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 1977. It spent 8 weeks at number one on the weekly chart, starting with the chart dated November 13, 1976.

“You Light Up My Life” by Debby Boone was number one for the most weeks of 1977: 10 of the year's 53 weekly charts, starting with the chart dated October 15, 1977.

Born in 1977? The birthday number one finder shows the song at number one in the exact week of your birthday, and the number one on every birthday since.

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 1977, year-end Hot 100 of 1977).

How many songs reached number one in 1977?

28 songs reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in 1977. Counting “Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)”, which was already at number one when the year began, 29 songs held the top spot across the year's 53 weekly charts.

Of the songs that first reached number one in 1977, “You Light Up My Life” by Debby Boone stayed there longest: 10 weeks in total, from the chart dated October 15, 1977.

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 1977. Dates are chart issue dates.

Which artists had more than one number one in 1977?

3 acts had more than one number one in 1977, counting lead and featured credits. Eagles, Leo Sayer and Stevie Wonder had 2 each.

• Eagles: “New Kid in Town” and “Hotel California”
• Leo Sayer: “You Make Me Feel Like Dancing” and “When I Need You”
• Stevie Wonder: “I Wish” and “Sir Duke”

What were the biggest songs of 1977?

The five biggest songs of 1977 on Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 were “Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)” by Rod Stewart, “I Just Want to Be Your Everything” by Andy Gibb, “Best of My Love” by The Emotions, “Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)” by Barbra Streisand and “Angel in Your Arms” by Hot.

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. “Feels Like the First Time” Foreigner
32. “Couldn't Get It Right” Climax Blues Band
33. “Easy” Commodores
34. “Right Time of the Night” Jennifer Warnes
35. “I've Got Love on My Mind” Natalie Cole
36. “Blinded by the Light” Manfred Mann's Earth Band
37. “Looks Like We Made It” Barry Manilow
38. “So in to You” Atlanta Rhythm Section
39. “Dreams” Fleetwood Mac
40. “Enjoy Yourself” The Jacksons
41. “Dazz” Brick
42. “I'm in You” Peter Frampton
43. “Lucille” Kenny Rogers
44. “The Things We Do for Love” 10cc
45. “Da Doo Ron Ron” Shaun Cassidy
46. “Handy Man” James Taylor
47. “Just a Song Before I Go” Crosby, Stills & Nash
48. “You and Me” Alice Cooper
49. “Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancing)” Johnny Rivers
50. “Lonely Boy” Andrew Gold
51. “I Wish” Stevie Wonder
52. “Don't Stop” Fleetwood Mac
53. “Barracuda” Heart
54. “Strawberry Letter 23” The Brothers Johnson
55. “Night Moves” Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
56. “You're My World” Helen Reddy
57. “Heard It in a Love Song” The Marshall Tucker Band
58. “Carry On Wayward Son” Kansas
59. “New Kid in Town” Eagles
60. “My Heart Belongs to Me” Barbra Streisand
61. “After the Lovin'” Engelbert Humperdinck
62. “Jet Airliner” Steve Miller Band
63. “Stand Tall” Burton Cummings
64. “Way Down” Elvis Presley
65. “Weekend in New England” Barry Manilow
66. “It Was Almost Like a Song” Ronnie Milsap
67. “Smoke from a Distant Fire” Sanford-Townsend Band
68. “Cold as Ice” Foreigner
69. “Ariel” Dean Friedman
70. “Lost Without Your Love” Bread
71. “Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band” Meco
72. “Float On” The Floaters
73. “Jeans On” Lord David Dundas
74. “Lido Shuffle” Boz Scaggs
75. “Keep It Comin' Love” KC and the Sunshine Band
76. “You Made Me Believe in Magic” Bay City Rollers
77. “Livin' Thing” Electric Light Orchestra
78. “Give a Little Bit” Supertramp
79. “That's Rock 'n' Roll” Shaun Cassidy
80. “Love So Right” Bee Gees
81. “The Rubberband Man” The Spinners
82. “I Never Cry” Alice Cooper
83. “Nobody Does It Better” Carly Simon
84. “High School Dance” The Sylvers
85. “Love's Grown Deep” Kenny Nolan
86. “Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)” Joe Tex
87. “I Wanna Get Next to You” Rose Royce
88. “Somebody to Love” Queen
89. “Muskrat Love” Captain & Tennille
90. “Walk This Way” Aerosmith
91. “Cherchez La Femme” Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
92. “Year of the Cat” Al Stewart
93. “Boogie Nights” Heatwave
94. “Go Your Own Way” Fleetwood Mac
95. “Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word” Elton John
96. “Don't Worry Baby” B.J. Thomas
97. “Knowing Me, Knowing You” ABBA
98. “How Much Love” Leo Sayer
99. “Star Wars (Main Title)” London Symphony Orchestra
100. “Devil's Gun” C.J. & Company

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 1977, year-end Hot 100 of 1977).

What songs should go on a 1977 mix CD?

A 1977 mix that fits one 80-minute CD holds 20 of the year's biggest songs, opening with “Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)” by Rod Stewart and closing with “Best of My Love” by The Emotions, for 77:16 of music.

We built it from the year-end top 30 and every number one of 1977, 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 77:56, 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 1977 into a CD. Send us this list, or your own 1977 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).