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?

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.

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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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