We asked the BuzzFeed Community to tell us their favorite song from the ’60s and ’70s. Here are the amazing results.
1.“I Feel the Earth Move” by Carole King
Most memorable lyric: “I feel the earth move under my feet / I feel the sky tumbling down”
—meaghans5
2.“Rebel Rebel” by David Bowie
Most memorable lyric: “Rebel rebel, how could they know? / Hot tramp, I love you so!”
—lucibroussard
3.“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Most memorable lyric: “Just call my name I’ll be there in a hurry / You don’t have to worry”
—jabberjay34
4.“Brown Eyed Girl” by Van Morrison
Most memorable lyric: “Do you remember when we used to sing / Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da”
—ps123hdb
5.“Dreams” by Fleetwood Mac
Most memorable lyric: “Thunder only happens when it’s raining / Players only love you when they’re playing”
—jabberjay34
6.“(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” by The Rolling Stones
Most memorable lyric: “I can’t get no satisfaction / ‘Cause I try and I try and I try and I try”
—jadeb4bba76282
7.“Be My Baby” by The Ronettes
Most memorable lyric: “The night we met I knew I needed you so / And if I had the chance I’d never let you go”
—spenceralthouse
8.“Like A Rolling Stone” by Bob Dylan
Most memorable lyric: “How does it feel / To be without a home / With no direction home? / Like a complete unknown? / Like a rolling stone?”
—t49e12a934
9.“September” by Earth, Wind & Fire
Most memorable lyric: “Do you remember the 21st night of September? / Love was changing the minds of pretenders / While chasing the clouds away”
—bkyle
10.“You’re So Vain” by Carly Simon
Most memorable lyric: “You’re so vain / You probably think this song is about you”
—kaylayandoli
11.“Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours” by Stevie Wonder
Most memorable lyric: “Oh yeah baby, like a fool I went and stayed too long / Now I’m wondering if your love’s still strong”
12.“California Dreamin'” by The Mamas and the Papas
Most memorable lyric: “Stopped into a church I passed along the way / Well, I got down on my knees and I pretend to pray”
—fritzmariak
13.“(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” by Aretha Franklin
Most memorable lyric: “Before the day I met you, life was so unkind / You’re the key to my peace of mind”
—arrowgirl16
14.“I Got You Babe” by Sonny & Cher
Most memorable lyric: “They say we’re young and we don’t know / We won’t find out until we grow”
—annakopsky
15.“Hey Jude” by The Beatles
Most memorable lyric: “Hey Jude, don’t make it bad / Take a sad song and make it better”
—jordans43125d2f3
16.“Fire and Rain” by James Taylor
Most memorable lyric: “I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain / I’ve seen sunny days that I thought would never end”
—bonniereinsch
17.“Me and Bobby McGee” by Janis Joplin
Most memorable lyric: “I’d trade all of my tomorrows for one single yesterday / To be holdin’ Bobby’s body next to mine”
—spacel92
18.“You Can’t Hurry Love” by The Supremes
Most memorable lyric: “You can’t hurry love, you’ll just have to wait / You gotta trust in a good time no matter how long it takes”
—c4ea2be09b
19.“Dancing Queen” by ABBA
Most memorable lyric: “See that girl, watch that scene / Dig in the dancing queen!”
—jordanj19
20.“Ain’t Too Proud To Beg” by The Temptations
Most memorable lyric: “If I have to beg, plead, for your sympathy / I don’t mind ’cause you mean that much to me”
—samanthav11
21.“River Deep – Mountain High” by Tina Turner
Most memorable lyric: “Cause it grows stronger, like a river flows / And it gets bigger baby, and heaven knows / And it gets sweeter baby, as it grows”
22.“God Only Knows” by The Beach Boys
Most memorable lyric: “If you should ever leave me, though life would still go on, believe me / The world could show nothing to me, so what good would living do me”
—alisonm43cd2fbbc
23.“At Last” by Etta James
Most memorable lyric: “At last, my love has come along / My lonely days are over and life is like a song”
—minnie394
24.“Son of a Preacher Man” by Dusty Springfield
Most memorable lyric: “When they gathered around and started talkin’ / That’s when Billy would take me walkin’ / Out through the backyard we’d go walkin'”
—austinallie
25.“You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me” by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
Most memorable lyric: “I love you and all I want you to do is just hold me, / Hold me, hold me, hold me”
—michaelg488f9371e
26.“Piano Man” by Billy Joel
Most memorable lyric: “And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar / And say, ‘Man, what are you doin’ here?'”
—s33rsylph
27.“Because the Night” by Patti Smith Group
Most memorable lyric: “Take my hand come undercover / They can’t hurt you now, can’t hurt you now, can’t hurt you now”
—emlyntravis
28.“Best of My Love” by The Emotions
Most memorable lyric: “Flowing in and out of changes, the kind that come around each day / My life has a better meaning, love has kissed me in a beautiful way”
—sarahwainschel
29.“Dancing in the Street” by Martha and the Vandellas
Most memorable lyric: “Calling out around the world, are you ready for a brand new beat? Summer’s here and the time is right for dancing in the street.”
—kristenmartin
30.“You’re No Good” by Linda Ronstadt
Most memorable lyric: “I broke a heart that’s gentle and true / Well, I broke a heart over someone like you”
31.“Tiny Dancer” by Elton John
Most memorable lyric: “Hold me closer, tiny dancer / Count the headlights on the highway”
—kepredo
32.“Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin
Most memorable lyric: “There’s a feeling I get when I look to the west / And my spirit is crying for leaving”
—missrae821
33.“Midnight Train to Georgia” by Gladys Knight & The Pips
Most memorable lyric: “L.A. proved too much for the man / So he’s leavin’ the life he’s come to know”
34.“Cherry Bomb” by The Runaways
Most memorable lyric: “Hello, daddy, hello, mom / I’m your ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb!”
35.“Stand By Me” by Ben E. King
Most memorable lyric: “No I won’t be afraid, no I won’t be afraid / Just as long as you stand, stand by me”
—jessh45ecc9c7d
36.“Big Yellow Taxi” by Joni Mitchell
Most memorable lyric: “Don’t it always seem to go / That you don’t know what you’ve got ’till it’s gone”
—blackbirdsinging20
37.And “Last Dance” by Donna Summer
Most memorable lyric: “Last dance, last chance for love / Yes it’s my last chance for romance tonight”
—ladyggsmith77
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