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Plethora of Pop’s Rate-A-Record
Wasted and Not Lisa in 1975
Country asserts more privilege
One of the great things about reviewing any year’s Hot 100 Hits is that you’ll remember far more than you’ve ever forgotten, and vice-versa. I would rather not disparage anyone’s favorite songs, and yet when I think about
THE #1 SONG OF 1975
again I have to remind myself that popular people have peculiar tastes, and vice-versa, for how else to understand that a fairly decent song like The Captain and Tennille’s “Love Will Keep Us Together” (written by legendary Neil Sedaka) was 1975’s #1 song, while something like…
Carl Douglas’s “Kung Fu Fighting”
was #14?
And vice-versa.
Seriously, what’s Bowie’s “Fame” doing right in the middle of these at #7; 10cc’s anthem “I’m Not in Love” doing at #42, and Elton John’s “Someone Saved My Life Tonight” doing all the way down at #91?
These were not randomly selected, but their randomness reflects the out-of-control/kilter in the mid-decade of those swinging 70’s. Here’s the complete 100 itself: