Shortlist for Official Charts Pop Gem #70: The '70s

Which of your fave tunes for ripping up the disco made it onto our special ‘70s Pop Gem shortlist?
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This week we reached our 70th Pop Gem search and we couldn’t help but notice we'd never picked a tune from the decade of big hair, big shoes and even bigger songs! Yes, it was time to head back to the '70s.

The 1970s were a diverse decade when it came to the Official Charts, so we couldn’t wait to see what you wanted to see as your Pop Gem.

There was, as predicted, plenty of disco, but a few more surprising tunes too – and it was with the usual great difficulty that we whittled your nominations down to a fab 14.

If you need a quick refresher of all this week’s finalists, we’ve put together a very handy, and pretty amazing, video playlist. You can also catch up with all our other 69 Pop Gems on our Spotify and Deezer playlists too!

ARTIST TRACK PEAK POSITION YEAR
EARTH WIND & FIRE WITH THE EMOTIONS BOOGIE WONDERLAND 4 1979
ANITA WARD RING MY BELL 1 1979
YVONNE ELLIMAN IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU 4 1978
CHIC EVERYBODY DANCE 9 1978
DONNA SUMMER MACARTHUR PARK 5 1978
BACCARA YES SIR I CAN BOOGIE 1 1977
DAVID BOWIE SOUND & VISION 3 1977
FLEETWOOD MAC DREAMS 24 1977
ELTON JOHN SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD 11 1976
CARL DOUGLAS KUNG FU FIGHTING 1 1974
CHER DARK LADY 36 1974
STEVIE WONDER SUPERSTITION 11 1973
T REX SOLID GOLD EASY ACTION 2 1972
CARLY SIMON YOU'RE SO VAIN 3 1972

Video playlist

Want to take a trip down Memory Lane and relive the ‘70s? Get your best flares on and join us for our Pop Gem video playlist.

And the winner is…

All will be revealed on Saturday, when we announce our Pop Gem pick on Facebook and Twitter.

Every Pop Gem ever

Fancy reliving those perfect Pop Gems we already picked all over again? No worries, get your ears wrapped round these playlists on Deezer and Spotify. SLAY.

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