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[back to top] American Idol  Songs (1970s only)

#	Song / Artist	Avg Rtg	Solo	Year	APA	Adv	AV	AJ	B3	Elm	Trend	XFact
1	A Song For You0001A Song For You Donny Hathaway	66.5	66.5	1971	36.5	3	1	2	1	1	-2.4	12.3
2	Lets Stay Together0001Let's Stay Together Al Green Tina Turner	56.2	56.2	1972	33.2	4	2	2	1	1	-1.0	8.5
3	Always And Forever0001Always And Forever Heatwave	65.0	65.0	1978	26.0	1	0	1	0	0	n/a	7.6
4	Baby Love0001Baby Love Mother's Finest	n/a	n/a	1977	46.0	1	0	1	0	0	n/a	n/a
5	Bennie And The Jets0001Bennie And The Jets Elton John	31.3	31.3	1973	41.7	2	1	1	1	1	-34.5	-12.0
6	Brand New Key0001Brand New Key Melanie	74.0	74.0	1971	47.0	1	0	1	0	0	n/a	1.0
7	Cause I Love You0001Cause I Love You Lenny Williams	78.0	78.0	1978	35.0	1	0	1	0	0	n/a	37.0
8	Changes0001Changes Black Sabbath	n/a	n/a	1972	50.0	1	0	1	0	0	n/a	n/a
9	Dont You Worry Bout A Thing0001Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing Stevie Wonder	63.0	63.0	1973	41.0	2	1	1	0	0	n/a	-2.2
10	For All We Know0001For All We Know Carpenters	73.0	73.0	1971	40.0	1	0	1	0	0	n/a	31.6
11	How Deep Is Your Love0001How Deep Is Your Love The Bee Gees	53.0	53.0	1977	42.0	1	0	1	0	0	n/a	11.5
12	I Feel The Earth Move0001I Feel The Earth Move Carole King	49.3	42.0	1971	37.0	2	1	1	0	1	7.7	-16.1
13	I Want You To Want Me0001I Want You To Want Me Cheap Trick	57.0	57.0	1977	40.5	1	0	1	0	1	n/a	1.3
14	I Will Always Love You0001I Will Always Love You Dolly Parton Whitney Houston	66.0	66.0	1974	33.3	3	2	1	0	0	19.5	6.4
15	I Will Survive0001I Will Survive Gloria Gaynor	63.5	63.5	1978	25.0	1	0	1	0	1	n/a	2.0
16	Ill Be There0001I'll Be There The Jackson 5 Mariah Carey	44.0	44.0	1970	39.5	3	2	1	1	1	0.2	-1.3
17	Imagine0001Imagine John Lennon	60.7	60.7	1971	38.1	5	4	1	0	2	4.6	-1.3
18	Inseparable0001Inseparable Natalie Cole	70.3	70.3	1975	33.3	2	1	1	0	1	2.0	33.4
19	Its A Miracle0001It's A Miracle Barry Manilow	35.5	35.5	1975	36.0	2	1	1	1	0	n/a	-15.1
20	Jet0001Jet Paul McCartney	17.0	17.0	1974	41.0	1	0	1	0	0	n/a	-18.7
21	Jolene0001Jolene Dolly Parton	46.8	46.8	1974	40.4	4	3	1	3	1	-6.1	-5.3
22	Lean On Me0001Lean On Me Bill Withers Club Nouveau	53.5	53.5	1972	35.0	2	1	1	0	0	n/a	-2.3
23	Reasons0001Reasons Earth, Wind & Fire	33.5	33.5	1975	34.0	2	1	1	0	0	n/a	2.8
24	Rhiannon0001Rhiannon Fleetwood Mac	69.3	69.3	1976	38.3	3	2	1	0	1	-3.0	12.6
25	Rocket Man0001Rocket Man Elton John	26.5	26.5	1972	39.8	3	2	1	1	1	-3.6	-9.2
26	Somebody To Love0001Somebody To Love Queen	54.3	54.3	1976	38.5	2	1	1	1	2	-8.0	9.2
27	Superstar0001Superstar Carpenters	61.3	61.3	1971	37.0	3	2	1	0	0	-7.0	17.7
28	Tiny Dancer0001Tiny Dancer Elton John	38.0	38.0	1971	36.5	2	1	1	0	0	n/a	-4.1
29	Across The Universe0001Across The Universe The Beatles	62.5	62.5	1970	39.0	2	2	0	0	0	n/a	0.3
30	Aint No Sunshine0001Ain't No Sunshine Bill Withers	72.4	72.4	1971	38.0	4	4	0	0	1	-3.0	14.6
31	All By Myself0001All By Myself Eric Carmen Celine Dion	49.2	49.2	1975	35.1	4	4	0	0	3	-7.3	-3.8
32	All In Love Is Fair0001All In Love Is Fair Stevie Wonder	41.6	41.6	1973	34.4	3	3	0	0	2	7.7	-8.1
33	All Right Now0001All Right Now Free	49.0	49.0	1970	39.0	2	2	0	0	0	n/a	1.4
34	All The Time0001All The Time Barry Manilow	78.0	78.0	1976	28.0	1	1	0	1	0	n/a	1.5
35	American Girl0001American Girl Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	67.0	67.0	1977	38.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	8.7
36	American Woman0001American Woman The Guess Who	25.0	25.0	1970	42.0	0	0	0	1	2	n/a	-16.5
37	Angel From Montgomery0001Angel From Montgomery John Prine	n/a	n/a	1971	52.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a
38	Angie0001Angie The Rolling Stones	54.0	54.0	1973	37.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	14.3
39	As0001As Stevie Wonder	60.0	60.0	1977	38.0	0	0	0	0	1	n/a	12.6
40	Baba O'Riley0001Baba O'Riley The Who	69.0	69.0	1971	37.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	3.9
41	Bad Blood0001Bad Blood Neil Sedaka	15.0	15.0	1975	28.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	-30.1
42	Band Of Gold0001Band Of Gold Freda Payne	88.0	88.0	1970	33.0	0	0	0	0	1	n/a	25.9
43	Barracuda0001Barracuda Heart	58.5	58.5	1977	39.0	1	1	0	0	1	n/a	15.6
44	Beast Of Burden0001Beast Of Burden The Rolling Stones	64.5	67.0	1978	34.0	2	2	0	0	0	n/a	10.5
45	Beautiful0001Beautiful Carole King	80.0	80.0	1971	40.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	19.7
46	Because The Night0001Because The Night Patti Smith Group 10,000 Maniacs	40.0	40.0	1978	32.5	1	1	0	0	1	n/a	0.2
47	Believe In Yourself0001Believe In Yourself Diana Ross	65.0	65.0	1978	40.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	9.6
48	Ben0001Ben Michael Jackson	26.0	26.0	1972	30.0	1	1	0	1	0	n/a	-22.0
49	Best Of My Love0001Best Of My Love The Emotions	33.5	33.5	1977	32.5	1	1	0	0	1	n/a	7.8
50	Black Magic Woman0001Black Magic Woman Santana	59.0	59.0	1970	48.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	14.0
51	Blame It On The Boogie0001Blame It On The Boogie Mick Jackson	n/a	n/a	1978	44.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a
52	Blame It On The Sun0001Blame It On The Sun Stevie Wonder	18.0	18.0	1972	34.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	-17.9
53	Bohemian Rhapsody0001Bohemian Rhapsody Queen	57.3	57.3	1975	32.7	3	3	0	0	0	-23.0	8.4
54	Boss0001The Boss Diana Ross	24.0	24.0	1979	28.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	-15.6
55	Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)0001Brass In Pocket (I'm Special) The Pretenders	18.0	18.0	1979	28.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	0.0
56	Bridge Over Troubled Water0001Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon and Garfunkel	65.5	65.5	1970	37.0	1	1	0	0	1	n/a	8.7
57	Candle In The Wind0001Candle In The Wind Elton John	81.0	81.0	1973	38.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	18.4
58	Candle On The Water0001Candle On The Water Helen Reddy	71.0	71.0	1977	42.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	-11.3
59	Cant Get Enough Of Your Love Babe0001Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe Barry White	70.0	70.0	1974	29.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	7.5
60	Cant You See0001Can't You See Marshall Tucker Band	58.0	58.0	1973	43.5	2	2	0	0	0	n/a	11.7
61	Carry On Wayward Son0001Carry On Wayward Son Kansas	5.0	5.0	1977	31.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	-40.5
62	Chain0001The Chain Fleetwood Mac	n/a	n/a	1977	46.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a
63	Coat Of Many Colors0001Coat Of Many Colors Dolly Parton	44.0	44.0	1971	37.0	1	1	0	1	0	n/a	9.1
64	Copacabana0001Copacabana Barry Manilow	7.0	7.0	1978	28.0	0	0	0	0	1	n/a	n/a
65	Corner Of The Sky0001Corner Of The Sky The Jackson 5	46.0	46.0	1972	33.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	-26.3
66	Country Comfort0001Country Comfort Elton John	56.0	56.0	1970	41.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	3.8
67	Crazy Little Thing Called Love0001Crazy Little Thing Called Love Queen	32.1	35.3	1979	31.0	6	6	0	1	1	-2.7	-13.0
68	Crazy On You0001Crazy On You Heart	80.0	80.0	1976	32.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	20.1
69	Crocodile Rock0001Crocodile Rock Elton John	10.0	10.0	1972	32.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	-23.9
70	Dancing Queen0001Dancing Queen ABBA	n/a	n/a	1976	47.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a
71	Daniel0001Daniel Elton John	41.0	41.0	1973	38.0	0	0	0	1	1	n/a	-7.0
72	Desperado0001Desperado The Eagles	17.0	17.0	1973	31.0	1	1	0	1	0	n/a	-9.0
73	Diamonds Are Forever0001Diamonds Are Forever Shirley Bassey	62.0	62.0	1971	36.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	6.8
74	Dim All The Lights0001Dim All The Lights Donna Summer	44.0	44.0	1979	30.0	0	0	0	1	1	n/a	-11.6
75	Dont Bring Me Down0001Don't Bring Me Down Electric Light Orchestra	n/a	n/a	1979	44.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a
76	Dont Cry Out Loud0001Don't Cry Out Loud Melissa Manchester	58.0	58.0	1979	25.0	1	1	0	0	1	n/a	25.6
77	Dont Leave Me This Way0001Don't Leave Me This Way Thelma Houston	57.0	57.0	1977	28.7	2	2	0	2	1	n/a	-0.9
78	Dont Let The Sun Go Down On Me0001Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me Elton John	70.6	70.6	1974	34.1	7	7	0	1	1	3.1	15.2
79	Dont Stop0001Don't Stop Fleetwood Mac	34.0	34.0	1977	33.0	1	1	0	1	0	n/a	-20.1
80	Dont Take Away The Music0001Don't Take Away The Music Tavares	46.0	46.0	1976	29.0	1	1	0	1	0	n/a	6.2
81	Dream On0001Dream On Aerosmith	45.3	45.3	1976	34.3	2	2	0	1	1	16.5	-14.7
82	Dreams0001Dreams Fleetwood Mac	73.0	73.0	1977	42.0	0	0	0	0	1	n/a	17.6
83	Drift Away0001Drift Away Dobie Gray Uncle Kracker	52.7	52.7	1973	31.0	3	3	0	0	0	27.5	5.3
84	Dust In The Wind0001Dust In The Wind Kansas	33.0	33.0	1977	42.0	0	0	0	0	1	n/a	-1.0
85	Easy0001Easy The Commodores	31.0	31.0	1977	27.0	1	1	0	1	1	n/a	-13.3
86	Emotion0001Emotion Samantha Sang	48.0	48.0	1978	30.0	2	2	0	2	0	n/a	-20.8
87	Everlasting Love0001Everlasting Love Carl Carlton	35.0	35.0	1974	30.0	3	3	0	1	0	-13.0	-12.8
88	Everybody Has A Dream0001Everybody Has A Dream Billy Joel	79.0	79.0	1977	35.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	15.2
89	Fat Bottomed Girls0001Fat Bottomed Girls Queen	47.0	47.0	1978	34.3	2	2	0	1	1	4.0	-2.5
90	First Time Ever I Saw Your Face0001The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Roberta Flack	57.5	57.5	1972	34.0	1	1	0	0	1	n/a	4.4
91	For The Love Of Money0001For The Love Of Money The O'Jays	80.0	80.0	1973	32.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	9.6
92	Forever In Blue Jeans0001Forever In Blue Jeans Neil Diamond	28.0	28.0	1979	29.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	-17.5
93	Forever Young0001Forever Young Bob Dylan	n/a	n/a	1974	47.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a
94	Free Bird0001Free Bird Lynyrd Skynyrd	57.0	57.0	1975	30.0	1	1	0	1	0	n/a	-14.7
95	Free Ride0001Free Ride Edgar Winter Group	23.0	23.0	1973	34.0	0	0	0	0	1	n/a	n/a
96	Go Your Own Way0001Go Your Own Way Fleetwood Mac	29.5	29.5	1977	34.5	2	2	0	1	0	n/a	-27.9
97	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road0001Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John	8.0	8.0	1973	31.0	0	0	0	1	1	n/a	-20.3
98	Grandmas Hands0001Grandma's Hands Bill Withers	72.0	72.0	1971	49.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	18.4
99	Grease0001Grease Frankie Valli	42.0	42.0	1978	25.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	-27.6
100	Hard Luck Woman0001Hard Luck Woman Kiss	28.0	28.0	1976	43.0	0	0	0	0	1	n/a	-6.6

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