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The Way We Were" by Barbra Streisand was the number one song of 1974. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 singles of 1974. The Top 100, as revealed in the Talent In Action section of Billboard dated December 28, 1974, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of November 24, 1973, through October 26, 1974.
List of #1 Pop Singles for 1974. The list on this page is for all #1 hit Pop singles for 1974 using proprietary methods. The results in this chart are not affiliated with any mainstream or commercial chart and may not reflect charts seen elsewhere.
No.Song ArtistTitle1Kung Fu Fighting Carl Douglas2Seasons in the Sun Terry Jacks3Waterloo Abba4Rock Your Baby George McCraePeople also ask
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- David Bowie, "Rebel Rebel" If there is a stronger ode to gender-bending, unbridled glam rock than David Bowie's "Rebel Rebel," we do not know it.
- Elton John, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" "I like to be more interesting than a good old 'I love you, you love me, my heart will break if you leave me," Bernie Taupin told Esquire in 2012.
- Aerosmith, "Same Old Song and Dance" From: Get Your Wings. There's a whole collection of artists whose sophomore album ended up a slump. Aerosmith was not one of them.
- Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Sweet Home Alabama" "Turn it up," Ronnie Van Zant confidently says at the top of "Sweet Home Alabama." One day guitarist Gary Rossington was messing around in the studio.
Other odd facts about these #1 hits From 1974: In the “traditional” era of the charts (1958-1990), “Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe” spent the least amount of time within the Top 10 of any single that reached #1 – 4 total weeks. That chart run was as follows: #9 to #6 to #5 to #1 to #12.
Hot 100 number ones of 1974. These are the Billboard magazine Hot 100 number one hits of 1974. That year, 25 acts earn their first number one song, such as Steve Miller Band, Al Wilson, Barbra Streisand, Love Unlimited Orchestra, Terry Jacks, John Denver, Blue Swede, MFSB, The Three Degrees, Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods, Gordon Lightfoot, The ...
No.Issue DateSongArtist (s)313January 5314January 12315January 19316January 26List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles which peaked in 1974 Top ten entry date Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in top ten Singles from 1973; December 15 "The Joker" Steve Miller Band: 1 January 12 8 December 22 "Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up" Barry White: 7 January 12 4 December 29 "Show and Tell" Al Wilson: 1 January 19 7 "Smokin' in ...
97. I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton-John. 98. Call On Me - Chicago. 99. Wild Thing - Fancy. 100. Mighty Love - The Spinners. Top 100 Songs for the year 1974 from the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 charts.
