The Top Hits Of 1974 - Volume II

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1. The song that ranked second in 1974 charted for 21 weeks, three of them at Number One. However, worldwide it sold 11.5 million copies and easily was the biggest hit globally for the year. The first two lines of the song should be ample for a lyrical clue but we'll give you the entire first stanza. What was this hit? "Goodbye to you my trusted friend We've known each other since we were nine or ten Together we climbed hills and trees Learned of love and A B C's Skinned our hearts and skinned our knees" Seasons In The Sun I'm Sorry Goodbye My Friend So Long It's Been Good To Know You

2. Number One for a week in 1974 and rated the 7th biggest hit for the year was the song containing these words: "Some people call me the space cowboy, yeah Some call me the gangster of love Some people call me Maurice" What was the title of this hit? Gangster Of Love Enter Maurice The Space Cowboy The Joker

3. "Don't look Ethel!" These three words, shouted three times during the course of the "song", constitute your lyrical clue for the 11th ranked hit of 1974. It spent three weeks at Number One during a 17 week stay on the charts. It also topped the Canadian charts for three weeks and the U.K. charts for one. What's your guess? Beach Baby The Streak Sally G Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose

4. "And the jailer man and Sailor Sam were searching every one" Somehow, I think this brief snippet from the song ranked 26th in 1974 will be sufficient for you to identify this hit that spent a week at Number One. Am I right? What song was it? Sloop John B Listen To What The Man Said I Shot The Sheriff Band On The Run

5. Another one week chart topper accumulated sufficient points to rank 30th for 1974. Performed by a Canadian singer/songwriter, let's see if you can identify it with assistance from this slice of lyric. "Ain't it good, ain't it right That you are with me here tonight The music playin', our bodies swayin' in time" Be My Baby Rock Me Gently Baby, I Love You How'd We Ever Get This Way

6. With a total of 35 hits achieving Number One status on the Billboard Hot 100 chart throughout the year of 1974, it's not surprising that there were a raft of them that only stayed on top for but a week. This one was yet another. It concluded the year ranked 33rd. Here's a bit of the lyric. "I can see her lyin' back in her satin dress In a room where you do what you don't confess _______ ya better take care If I find you been creepin' 'round my back stairs" Fill in the blank with the title of the song. Dark Lady Sundown Delta Dawn Oh Girl

7. Another one week Number One hit worked its way to 40th place in the year-end rankings for 1974. It was one of two Number One hits that year where a "stuttering" vocal is featured. Here's a sample of the lyric, you identify the song. "I met a clever woman She took my heart away She said I had it coming to me But I wanted it that way I think that any love is good loving So I took what I could get" You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet Good Lovin' You Haven't Done Nothin' Jive Talkin'

8. A British group garnered the 53rd spot in year-end rankings for 1974. Their hit topped the Billboard charts for one week, what else, but was Number One in Canada for three and Australia for eight! Ironically, it wasn't a chart topper in the U.K., stalling at Number Three. What song do we have here? "And the sound of the battle rang through the streets of the old east side 'Til the last of the hoodlum gang had surrendered up or died There was shouting in the street and the sound of running feet And I asked someone who said 'bout a hundred cops are dead" The Night Chicago Died Billy, Don't Be A Hero The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde Stick-Up

9. In 1974, the seeds for disco music were being germinated. The official Billboard chart to track this genre first appeared in the October 26, 1974 edition of the magazine. However, four Number One songs from 1974 could plausibly lay claim to being the first disco song to be Number One on the Hot 100. We will focus on one of them, a hit ranked 60th for the year. With two weeks at Number One, it joined only eleven others to stay at the top for more than a week. Ultimately, the song would sell over 11,000,000 copies and top the music charts in over 80 countries! Name it with this lyrical hint. "There's nothin' to it just say you wanna do it Open up your heart and let the lovin' start" Rock The Boat Rock Your Baby Never Can Say Goodbye You're The First, The Last, My Everything

10. "I was defeated, you won the war Promise to love you forevermore Couldn't escape if I wanted to Knowing my fate is to be with you" This lyric sample is a little tougher than most of the others in this quiz but it was the best that I could do with what I had. If you read carefully and deliberate over the choices, it should come to you. This hit peaked at Number Six on the Billboard Hot 100 and with 17 charting weeks, secured 70th spot in the rankings. A further clue - it was Number One in the U.K. and a much bigger hit around the world than it was in North America. What song was it? Waterloo Over My Head Eres Tu SOS