Caffé Latté looks back on the music that emerged 40 years ago...
THE GREATEST SONGS OF 1977. 
This instalment: #100-1.

Caffe` Latte` presents …
 THE BEST SONGS OF 

1977

 It was the year during which punk rock exploded; ‘Star Wars’& ‘Saturday Night Fever’ premiered; Elvis Presley, Steve Biko and Bing Crosby died; Fleetwood Mac released ‘Rumours’ and Meat Loaf was on the menu with ‘Bat Out Of Hell’;Jimmy Carter became US President and Indira Gandhi was Prime Minister of India.

1 I FEEL LOVE Donna Summer

2 YOU MAKE LOVING FUN Fleetwood Mac

3 HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE Bee Gees

 

4 COLD AS ICE Foreigner

 

5 STAYIN’ ALIVE Bee Gees

 

6 WE WILL ROCK YOU / WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS Queen

 

7 IF I CAN’T HAVE YOU Yvonne Elliman

 

8 I LOVE YOU Donna Summer

 

9 THE STRANGER Billy Joel

 

10 I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR EVERYTHING  

Andy Gibb

11 EAGLE Abba

12 NOBODY DOES IT BETTER Carly Simon

13 THE NAME OF THE GAME Abba

14 WHAT I DID FOR LOVE Marcia Hines

15 DON’T STOP Fleetwood Mac

16 SPREAD YOUR WINGS Queen

17 ISN’T IT TIME Babys

18 ALISON Elvis Costello

19 MORE THAN A WOMAN Bee Gees

20 THEME FROM THE DEEP (DOWN DEEP INSIDE)

Donna Summer

21 BARRACUDA Heart

22 SONGBIRD Fleetwood Mac

23 EASY Commodores

24 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE Billy Joel

25 MY HEART BELONGS TO ME

Barbra Streisand

26 TAKE A CHANCE ON ME Abba

27 MR BLUE SKY Electric Light Orchestra

28 SHE’S ALWAYS A WOMAN Billy Joel

29 YOU Marcia Hines

30 GO YOUR OWN WAY Fleetwood Mac

31 YOU’RE MOVING OUT TODAY  

Carole Bayer Sager

32 PARADISE BY THE DASHBOARD LIGHT  

Meat Loaf

33 SCENES FROM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT  

Billy Joel

34 PEG Steely Dan

35 SWEET TALKIN’ WOMAN  

Electric Light Orchestra

36 THE CHAIN Fleetwood Mac

37 THUNDER IN MY HEART Leo Sayer

38 NIGHT FEVER Bee Gees

39 BEST OF MY LOVE Emotions

40 GETTING’ READY FOR LOVE Diana Ross

41 HEROES David Bowie

42 SLIP SLIDIN’ AWAY Paul Simon

43 RUN AWAY  

Salsoul Orchestra / Loleatta Holloway

44 TOO SHY TO SAY Diana Ross

45 DANCE, DANCE, DANCE (YOWSAH, YOWSAH, YOWSAH) Chic

46 TWO OUT OF THREE AIN’T BAD Meat Loaf

47 A FIFTH OF BEETHOVEN 

 Walter Murphy & The Big Apple

48 SECOND HAND NEWS Fleetwood Mac

49 SO YOU WIN AGAIN Hot Chocolate

50 SHOW SOME EMOTION Joan Armatrading

51 WHODUNIT Tavares

52 STAR WARS THEME Meco

53 LOVE IS YOU Carol Williams

54 BRICK HOUSE Commodores

55 MOVIN’ OUT (ANTHONY’S SONG) Billy Joel

56 STARES AND WHISPERS Renée Geyer

57 LOVELY DAY Bill Withers

58 I WONDER (DEPARTURE) Abba

59 NEW YORK STATE OF MIND Barbra Streisand

60 EVERYBODY DANCE Chic

61 NOW I NEED YOU Donna Summer

62 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac

63 THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC Abba

64 (THEME FROM) NEW YORK! NEW YORK!  

Liza MInnelli

65 BLACK IS BLACK La Belle Epoque

66 FLOAT ON Floaters

67 I DON’T WANT TO KNOW Fleetwood Mac

68 ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG Billy Joel

69 GOT TO GIVE IT UP Marvin Gaye

70 HOLE IN YOUR SOUL Abba

71 TURN TO STONE Electric Light Orchestra

72 MY MISTAKE Split Enz

73 YES SIR, I CAN BOOGIE Baccara

74 NEVER GOING BACK AGAIN Fleetwood Mac

75 VIENNA Billy Joel

76 I’M IN YOU Peter Frampton

77 SUPERMAN Barbra Streisand

78 YOU TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH Meat Loaf

79 I’M A MARIONETTE Abba

80 I’M GONNA MAKE YOU MY WIFE The Whispers

81 HANDY MAN James Taylor

82 FLOWING RIVERS Andy Gibb

83 SHE’S NOT THERE Santana

84 SOUTHERN NIGHTS Glen Campbell

85 LULLABY FOR MYSELF Barbra Streisand

86 WAY DOWN Elvis Presley

87 IT’S ECSTASY WHEN YOU LAY DOWN NEXT TO ME Barry White

88 POOR, POOR PITIFUL ME Linda Ronstadt

89 CALLING OCCUPANTS OF INTERPLANETARY CRAFT Carpenters

90 THIS IS TOMORROW Bryan Ferry

91 DON’T FALL IN LOVE The Ferrets

92 LOVE’S UNKIND Donna Summer

93 YOU’RE IN MY HEART (THE FINAL ACCLAIM)  
Rod Stewart

94 IT’S SO EASY Linda Ronstadt

95 UNDERCOVER ANGEL Alan O’Day

96 (LOVE IS) THICKER THAN WATER Andy Gibb

97 TOKYO JOE Bryan Ferry

98 MA BAKER Boney M

99 STICK TOGETHER Minnie Riperton

100 FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME Foreigner