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1977 Singles Poll


The first poll of 2026 is guaranteed to be a fiery one! The year... 1977. It was when punk and new wave exploded in a big way and the music scene changed forever. 

If sufficient people share personal stories, I will put together another post celebrating all things 1977, as I did with the 1981 and 1982 polls. 

A massive thank you for all your song suggestions. An amazing 236 singles released in 1977 will be battling it out. There are some cover versions in there, but I've tried my best not to include re-releases. Any song I couldn't find a first release date of 1977 for or that featured in a previous poll has also been excluded.

For reference, here is a rundown of the songs I was unable to include:

10CC - The Things We Do For Love - 1976
ABBA - Angeleyes - 1979
ABBA - Dancing Queen - 1976
Al Stewart - Year of the Cat - 1976
Barbara Streisand - Evergreen - 1976
Barry Biggs - Sideshow - 1976
Blondie - Denis - 1978
Bob Marley - Three Little Birds - 1980
Boney M - Daddy Cool - 1976
Brass Construction - Ha Cha Cha Cha - 1976
Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band - The Floral Dance - 1976
Bryan Ferry - What Goes On - 1978
Buzzcocks - What Do I Get? - 1978
Deneice Williams - Free - 1976
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing - 1978
Earth Wind & Fire - Fantasy - 1978
ELO - Livin' Thing - 1976
ELO - Mr Blue Sky - 1978
ELO - Sweet Talkin' Woman - 1978
Elvis Costello - Radio Radio - 1978
Elvis Presely - Suspicion - Re-release
Fleetwood Mac - Songbird - B Side
Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street - 1978
Gregory Isaacs - Mister Cop - 1976
Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes - Don't Leave Me This Way - Re-release
Iggy Pop - The Passenger - B Side 
Junior Murvin - Police and Thieves - 1976
Kansas - Carry on Wayward Son - 1976
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights - 1978
Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine - 1976
Nazareth - This Flight Tonight - Re-release
Racing Cars - They Shoot Horses Don't They? - 1976
Ramones - Blitzkreig Bop - 1976
Rod Stewart - Tonight's the Night - 1976
Rose Royce - Car Wash - 1976
Roxy Music - Virginia Plain - Re-release
Scorpions - The Sails of Charon - 1978
Showaddywaddy - Under the Moon of Love - 1976
Status Quo - Wild Side of Life - 1976
Stevie Wonder - I Wish - 1976
Subway Sect - Ambition - 1978   
The Adverts - No Time to Be 21 - 1978
The Clash - I Fought the Law - 1979
The Damned - New Rose - 1976
The Jam - News of the World - 1978 
The Records - Starry Eyes - 1978
The Saints - I'm Stranded - 1978
The Spinners - The Rubberband Man - 1976   
Warsaw (Joy Division) - No Love Lost (An Ideal for Living EP) -  1978                                                                                


Comments

  1. Anonymous21 January 2026 at 13:06

    Would’ve sworn Mr BS was 77. There you go!!!

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  2. Anonymous21 January 2026 at 21:33

    That's quite a list to NOT be included!

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  3. Mark22 January 2026 at 07:30

    As if you haven't got enough to do!

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