The 1970s was a golden age of Australian pop music, with a host of classic hits by homegrown artists and international stars that are still heard on the radio today.
The highest selling singles in Australian as ranked on the Australian Singles Chart during the 1970s are listed below.
See also
2000 Singles 1990s Singles 1980s Singles 1970s Singles 1960s Singles 1950s Singles 1940s Singles
1979 | |
Born to Be Alive | Patrick Hernandez |
C’mon Aussie C’mon | The Mojo Singers |
Computer Games | Mi-Sex |
Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? | Rod Stewart |
Heart of Glass | Blondie |
Hot Stuff | Donna Summer |
I Don’t Like Mondays | The Boomtown Rats |
Lay Your Love on Me | Racey |
Le Freak | Chic |
My Sharona | The Knack |
Pop Muzik | M |
Some Girls | Racey |
Up There Cazaly | Two-Man Band |
Video Killed the Radio Star | The Buggles |
Y.M.C.A. | Village People |
1978 | |
Are You Old Enough | Dragon |
Baker Street | Gerry Rafferty |
Black Is Black | La Belle Epoque |
I Can’t Stand The Rain | Eruption |
Isn’t it Time | The Babys |
It’s a Heartache | Bonnie Tyler |
Kiss You All Over | Exile |
Mull of Kintyre | Wings |
Rasputin | Boney M. |
Rivers of Babylon | Boney M. |
Stayin’ Alive | Bee Gees |
Three Times a Lady | Commodores |
Wuthering Heights | Kate Bush |
Y.M.C.A. | Village People |
You’re the One That I Want | John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John |
1977 | |
Don’t Cry for Me Argentina | Julie Covington |
Don’t Give Up on Us | David Soul |
Help Is on Its Way | Little River Band |
I Feel Love | Donna Summer |
If You Leave Me Now | Chicago |
I Go To Rio | Peter Allen |
I Just Want to Be Your Everything | Andy Gibb |
Mull of Kintyre | Wings |
Torn Between Two Lovers | Mary MacGregor |
Walk Right In | Dr. Hook |
Way You Do It, The | Pussyfoot |
You’re in My Heart | Rod Stewart |
You’re Moving Out Today | Carole Bayer Sager |
1976 | |
Bohemian Rhapsody | Queen |
Convoy | CW McCall |
Dancing Queen | ABBA |
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart | Elton John and Kiki Dee |
Fernando | ABBA |
Howzat | Sherbet |
If You Leave Me Now | Chicago |
Jump in My Car | Ted Mulry Gang |
Let’s Stick Together | Bryan Ferry |
Mamma Mia | ABBA |
Money, Money, Money | ABBA |
SOS | ABBA |
S-S-S-Single Bed | Fox |
1975 | |
Before the Next Teardrop Falls | Freddy Fender |
Bye Bye Baby | Bay City Rollers |
Fox on the Run | Sweet |
Horror Movie | Skyhooks |
I Can Help | Billy Swan |
I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do | ABBA |
January | Pilot |
Love Will Keep Us Together | Captain & Tennille |
Mamma Mia | ABBA |
My Little Angel | William Shakespeare |
Newcastle Song, The | Bob Hudson |
Please Mr. Postman | The Carpenters |
Summer Love | Sherbet |
You’re My World | Daryl Braithwaite |
1974 | |
48 Crash | Suzi Quatro |
Billy Don’t Be a Hero | Paper Lace |
Devil Gate Drive | Suzi Quatro |
Evie | Stevie Wright |
Farewell Aunty Jack | Grahame Bond |
I Love You, I Honestly Love You | Olivia Newton-John |
Kung Fu Fighting | Carl Douglas |
Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress) | Helen Reddy |
My Coo Ca Choo | Alvin Stardust |
Night Chicago Died, The | Paper Lace |
Photograph | Ringo Starr |
Seasons in the Sun | Terry Jacks |
Sorrow | David Bowie |
1973 | |
Angie | The Rolling Stones |
Ben | Michael Jackson |
Can the Can | Suzi Quatro |
Daisy a Day | Jud Strunk |
Delta Dawn | Helen Reddy |
Heaven is My Woman’s Love | Col Joye |
He Did with Me | Vicki Lawrence |
I’d Love You to Want Me | Lobo |
Killing Me Softly With His Song | Roberta Flack |
Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress) | Helen Reddy |
Morning After, The | Maureen McGovern |
Never Never Never | Shirley Bassey |
Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree | Tony Orlando and Dawn |
Top of the World | The Carpenters |
You’re So Vain | Carly Simon |
1972 | |
Amazing Grace | Royal Scots Dragoon Guards |
American Pie | Don McLean |
Ben | Michael Jackson |
Boppin’ the Blues | Blackfeather |
Brand New Key | Melanie |
Cherish | David Cassidy |
Daddy, Don’t You Walk So Fast | Wayne Newton |
Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West) | Benny Hill |
First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, The | Roberta Flack |
Imagine | John Lennon |
Popcorn | Hot Butter |
Puppy Love | Donny Osmond |
Rock and Roll, Part 2 | Gary Glitter |
Sylvia’s Mother | Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show |
Without You | Nilsson |
1971 | |
Another Day | Paul McCartney |
Banks of the Ohio | Olivia Newton-John |
Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep | Lally Stott |
Daddy Cool | Drummond |
Eagle Rock | Daddy Cool |
Imagine | John Lennon |
I Think I Love You | The Partridge Family |
Knock Three Times | Dawn |
Maggie May | Rod Stewart |
Me and Bobby McGee | Janis Joplin |
My Sweet Lord | George Harrison |
Pushbike Song, The | The Mixtures |
Rose Garden | Lynn Anderson |
She’s a Lady | Tom Jones |
Too Young to Be Married | The Hollies |
1970 | |
A Song of Joy | Miguel Ríos |
Cotton Fields | The Beach Boys |
El Condor Pasa (If I Could) | Simon & Garfunkel |
Everything is Beautiful | Ray Stevens |
In the Summertime | Mungo Jerry |
Let it Be | The Beatles |
Lookin’ Out My Back Door / Long as I Can See the Light | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head | Johnny Farnham |
Spirit in the Sky | Norman Greenbaum |
Suspicious Minds | Elvis Presley |
(They Long to Be) Close to You | The Carpenters |
Up Around the Bend / Run Through the Jungle | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
Venus | Shocking Blue |
Whole Lotta Love | Led Zeppelin |
This article uses some material from the Wikipedia article 1970s music.