![]() Summer NightsĪrtist: John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John (from Grease) Imagine us typing this doing the dance moves.Ī panache disco classic, YMCA may be a novelty record in the most conventional sense, but look a little deeper into the lyrics and you'll find a song that speaks to underground gay culture, in a time when the sexuality of queer people was especially fraught with prejudice and misunderstanding. Taken from Blondie's heavily influential third album Parallel Lines, Heart of Glass became the first of six UK chart-toppers for Blondie, and Debbie Harry herself says it's the song she's most proud of writing, along with Rapture (naturally). Heart of GlassĮmerging right at the end of the 70s, Heart of Glass had one eye set dramatically to the future to the coming decade, that would be swamped with New Wave, synth-based acts, most of them trying (and, let's be honest, failing) to emulate the effortless cool purr of Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry. The sixth and final Number 1 single from Noddy Holder and co., Merry Xmas Everybody remains a staple of a UK Christmas, and is officially one of the biggest-selling Christmas songs of all time in the UK. Very fitting, given that Christmas is just around the corner.Slade's glam-rock ode to the festive season is a deliriously camp holiday tune, dripped in glitter and melting snow. After revealing the biggest-sellers from the 60s yesterday, today we're zoning in on the 1970s.Īnd if the dominance of male-lead groups and solo acts in the 60s, the 70s thankfully sees an explosion of a wide array of tastes on display from Christmas songs and novelty singles that touch upon overtly queer culture, to the emergence of New Wave and ska and, of course, baroque British rock.ĭisclaimer: This is a list of the best-selling singles released from 1970-1979, compiled from Official Charts Company data representing pure, physical sales from 1970 - 2022. We're going to be taking a look at the defining hits of the 1960s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s and 10s. He has been influential in the 21st-century development of popular music, mainstream hip hop, and general popular culture.As the Official Charts Company celebrates the 70th anniversary of the UK's only Official Singles Chart, we've opened the vaults and crunched the numbers to reveal the Top 10 biggest singles of each successive decade following the birth of the Official Singles Chart in 1952. Tryna do the right thing with the freedom that you gave me (Wheezy outta here)Īnd tell me everything’s gonna be alright, oh (Wheezy outta here) Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, businessman, and fashion designer. ‘Member when you used to come around and serenade me, woahīut I guess it’s gone different in a different direction lately Startin’ to feel like you ain’t been happy for me lately, darlin’ The devil run the playground, but God own the buildin’Ĭussin’ at your baby mama, guess that’s why they call it custodyīut you came here to show that you still in love with me Man, I don’t know what I would do without me How you gon’ try to say sometimes it’s not about me? ![]() You had a Benz at sixteen, I could barely afford a Audi It’s the best collab since Taco Bell and KFC, uh We used to do the freak like seven days a week Would you shut up? I can’t hear myself drink ![]() Too many complaints made it hard for me to think You know you’ll always be my favorite prom queen Who you know spend an hour in Walgreens, huh? Three hours to get back from Palm Springs, huh? ![]() ![]() Turned out to be more than just a fling, huh? When you said give me a ring, you really meant a ring, huh? Lord, I need You to wrap Your arms around meĪnd tell me everything’s gonna be alright, oh Well, Lord, I need You to wrap Your arms around me The line “But you came here to show that you still in love with me” refers to Kim Kardashian’s appearance at the second listeting party for the album “Donda” in Atlanta on the 23rd of July, 2021. ![]()
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