What is the definitive rock song of the 70's?

Please tell me I'm wrong.

Sweet Home Alabama

or

Freebird

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

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There can never be 'one', as 70's Rock was such a varied spectrum. Some contenders may be :~

FreeBird ~ Lynyrd Skynyrd

Stairway to Heaven ~ Led Zeppelin

Rhiannon ~ Fleetwood Mac

Hotel California ~ The Eagles

Money ~ Pink Floyd

Sultans of Swing ~ Dire Straits

The Boys are Back in Town ~ Thin Lizzy

Funeral for A Friend-Love Lies Bleeding ~ Elton John

There was no one definitive rock song of the 70s. I personally loved Foreigners "Hot Blooded", Double Vision

I loved the Steve Miller Bands "Fly like an Eagle"

My all time favorite that I listened to the most was the Doobie Brothers "Rocking down that Highway"

Its not like today when there are so few, there was so much talented artists in the 70's that it would do them justice to name just one.

Iron Man & Paranoid-Black Sabbath, Rock n'Roll-Led Zeppelin

wow its stairway the last girl who answered it is right the beatles werent in the 70's led zeppelin was and led zeppelin had to be the best rock and roll group ever and thier most famous song is stairway

Stairway To Heaven

There's more than just one rock song that defined that decade. BTW, though I love "Stairway To Heaven", I'm not including it because I'm restricting my choices to up tempo rock songs which were released as singles. . I'm also not includng any r&b or soul (which I also love) or soft rock songs. Here's my eclectic list of rock songs from the 70's,.in alpabetical order, that I believe helped define the decade..

After Midnight - Eric Clapton, All Right Now - Free, All The Young Dudes - Mott The Hopple, American Woman - Guess Who, Anarchy In The UK - Sex Pistols, Baby Hold On - Eddie Money, Bad Case Of Loving You(Doctor Doctoir) - Robert Palmer, Ballroom Blitz - The Sweet, Band On The Run - Paul McCartney & Wings, Bang A Gong - T. Rex, Barracuda - Heart, Because The Night - Patti Smith Group, Beast Of Burden - Rolling Stones, Bennie and The Jets - Elton John. Black Dog - :Led Zeppelin, Black Magic Woman - Santana, Blinded By The Light - Manfred Mann, Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen, Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen, Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy, Breakdown - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones, Can't Get Enough - Bad Company, Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce, Cat Scratch Fever - Ted Nugent, Changes - David Bowie, Crocodile Rock - Elton JOhnCum On Feel The Noise - Slade, Detroit Rock City - Kiss, Do It Again -Steely Dan, Domino - Van Morrison, Don't Fear The Reaper- Blue Oyster Cult, Dream On - Aerosmith, Dream Police - Cheap Trick, Eighteen - Alice Cooper, Evil Ways - Santana, Fame - David Bowie, Feels Like The First Time - Foreigner, Fly Like An Eagle - Steve Miller Band, Frakenstein - Edgar Winter Group, Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd, Heart Of Glass - Blondie, Highway To Hell - AC/DC, Hollywood Nights - Bob Seger, , Hot Blooded - Foreigner, Hotel California - Eagles, I Can Help - Billy Swann, I Shot The Sheriff - Eric Clapton, I Wanna Rock & Roll All Night - KISS, I Want You To Want Me- Cheap Trick, I Was Made For Loving You - KISS, I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock and Roll Band) Moody Blues, Instant Karma - John Lennon, Iron Man - Black Sabbath, It's Only Rock & Roll(But I Like It) - Rolling Stones, Jet- Paul McCartney & Wings, The Joker- Steve Miller Band, Just What I Needed - Cars. Keep Playin; That Rock 'N Roll - Edgar Winter Group, Keep On Smiling - Wet Willie, Layla - Derek & The Dominos. he Letter - Joe Cocker, Liar - Three Dog Night, LIfe In The Fast Lane- Eagles, Life's Been Good - Joe Walsh, Logical Song - Supetramp, Lola - Kinks, Long Cool Woman(In A Black Dress)- Hollies, Lookin' For A Love- J. Geils, Lookin" Out My Back Door - Creedence Clearwater Revival, Love Is Alive - Gary Wright, Love Is Like Oxygen - Sweet, Love Is The Drug - Roxy Music, Maggie May - Rod Stewart, Mama Told Me(Not To Come) - Three Dog Night, Money - Pink Floyd, More Than A Feeling - Boston, Must Of Got Lost - J. Geils, My Best Friend's Girl - Cars, No Matter What - Badfinger, No More Mr. Nice Guy - Alice Cooper, Paradise By The Dashboard Lights - Meat Loaf Paranoid - Black Sabbath, Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John, Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry, Prove It All Night - Bruce Springsteen, Ramblin' Man -Allman Brothers, Reelin' In The Years - Steely Dan, Rock & Roll - Led Zeppelin, Rock and Roll Never Forgets - Bob Seger, Rock and Roll PT 2- Gary Glitter, Rockin' All Over The World - John Fogerty, Rockaway Beach - Ramones, Roundabout - Yes, Run Through The Jungle- Creedence Clearwater Revival, Running On Empty - Jackson Browne, School's Out - Alice Cooper, See Me, Feel Me - Who,Show Me The Way - Peter Frampton, Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple, Smokin' In The Boys Room - Brownsville Station, Somebody To Love - Queen, Stay With Me - Rod Stewart, Stayin' Alive - Bee Ges, Street Corner Serenade - Wet Willie, Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits, Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith, Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd, Travelin' Band - Creedence Clearwater Revival, Truckin' - Grateful Dead,. Tumbling Dice - Rolling Stones, Venus - Shocking Blue, Walk Away - James Gamg, Walk This Way - Aerosmith, We Are The Champions - Qeen, We're An American Band - Grand Funk Railroad, Werewolves Of London - Warren Zevon, Who Are You - Who, Who'll Stop The Rain - Creedance Clearwater - Revival, Won't Get Fooled Again - Who, You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet - Bachman Turner Overdrive, You Can't Always Get What You Want - Rolling Stones, You Really Got Me - Van Halen, Young Americans - David Bowie

The Top 10 Singles of 1970

1.

"Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Simon And Garfunkel

2.

"American Woman" - The Guess Who

3.

"Get Ready" - Rare Earth

4.

"Band Of Gold" - Freda Payne

5.

"Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" - B.J. Thomas

6.

"ABC" - The Jackson 5

7.

"Let It Be" - The Beatles

8.

"(They Long To Be) Close To You" - Carpenters

9.

"Mama Told Me Not To Come" - Three Dog Night

10.

"War" - Edwin Starr

The Top 10 Singles of 1971

1.

"Joy To The World" - Three Dog Night

2.

"It's Too Late" - Carole King

3.

"How Do You Mend A Broken Heart" - Bee Gees

4.

"Indian Reservation" - The Raiders

5.

"One Bad Apple" - The Osmonds

6.

"Go Away Little Girl" - Donny Osmond

7.

"Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)" - The Temptations

8.

"Take Me Home, Country Roads" - John Denver

9.

"Maggie May" - Rod Stewart

10.

"Knock Three Times" - Dawn

The Top 10 Singles of 1972

1.

"American Pie" - Don McLean

2.

"Alone Again (Naturally)" - Gilbert O'Sullivan

3.

"Without You" - Nilsson

4.

"Brand New Key" - Melanie

5.

"I Gotcha" - Joe Tex

6.

"Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" - Wayne Newton

7.

"Let's Stay Together" - Al Green

8.

"The First Time Ever I Saw You Face" - Roberta Flack

9.

"Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)" - Looking Glass

10.

"Lean On Me" - Bill Withers

The Top 10 Singles of 1973

1.

"Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree" - Dawn featuring Tony Orlando

2.

"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" - Jim Croce

3.

"Crocodile Rock" - Elton John

4.

"My Love" - Paul McCartney & Wings

5.

"Let's Get It On" - Marvin Gaye

6.

"Touch Me In The Morning" - Diana Ross

7.

"Delta Dawn" - Helen Reddy

8.

"Playground In My Mind" - Clint Holmes

9.

"Killing Me Softly With His Song" - Roberta Flack

10.

"Me And Mrs. Jones" - Billy Paul

The Top 10 Singles of 1974

1.

"The Way We Were" - Barbra Streisand

2.

"Come And Get Your Love" - Redbone

3.

"Seasons In The Sun" - Terry Jacks

4.

"Show And Tell" - Al Wilson

5.

"Love's Theme" - The Love Unlimited Orchestra

6.

"The Loco-motion" - Grand Funk

7.

"Bennie And The Jets" - Elton John

8.

"You Make Me Feel Brand New" - The Stylistics

9.

"Sunshine On My Shoulders" - John Denver

10.

"T.S.O.P. (The Sound Of Philadelphia)"" - MFSB featuring The Three Degrees

The Top 10 Singles of 1975

1.

"Love Will Keep Us Together" - Captain & Tennille

2.

"Rhinestone Cowboy" - Glen Campbell

3.

"Fame" - David Bowie

4.

"Shining Star" - Earth, Wind and Fire

5.

"My Eyes Adored You" - Frankie Valli

6.

"Thank God I'm A Country Boy" - John Denver

7.

"Philadelphia Freedom" - Elton John

8.

"One Of These Nights" - Eagles

9.

"Pick Up The Pieces" - Average White Band

10.

"At Seventeen" - Janis Ian

The Top 10 Singles of 1976

1.

"Disco Lady" - Johnnie Taylor

2.

"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" - Elton John and Kiki Dee

3.

"Play That Funky Music" - Wild Cherry

4.

"Tonight's The Night" - Rod Stewart

5.

"Kiss and Say Goodbye" - The Manhattans

6.

"Silly Love Songs" - Paul McCartney and Wings

7.

"A Fifth Of Beethoven" - Walter Murphy

8.

"Love Machine (Part 1)" - The Miracles

9.

"50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" - Paul Simon

10.

"December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)" - The Four Seasons

The Top 10 Singles of 1977

1.

"You Light Up My Life" - Debby Boone

2.

"I Just Want To Be Your Everything" - Andy Gibb

3.

"Evergreen" - Barbra Streisand

4.

"Undercover Angel" - Alan O'Day

5.

"I Like Dreamin'" - Kenny Nolan

6.

"Dancing Queen" - Abba

7.

"Torn Between Two Lovers" - Mary MacGregor

8.

"Higher And Higher" - Rita Coolidge

9.

"Best Of My Love" - The Emotions

10.

"Southern Nights" - Glen Campbell

The Top 10 Singles of 1978

1.

"Night Fever" - Bee Gees

2.

"Shadow Dancing" - Andy Gibb

3.

"Stayin' Alive" - Bee Gees

4.

"Kiss You All Over" - Exile

5.

"Three Times A Lady" - Commodores

6.

"Boogie Oogie Oogie" - A Taste of Honey

7.

"Baby Come Back" - Player

8.

"Emotion" - Samantha Sang

9.

"You're The One That I Want" - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John

10.

"Grease" - Frankie Valli

The Top 10 Singles of 1979

1.

"My Sharona" - The Knack

2.

"Le Freak" - Chic

3.

"Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" - Rod Stewart

4.

"Bad Girls" - Donna Summer

5.

"YMCA" - Village People

6.

"Reunited" - Peaches and Herb

7.

"Ring My Bell" - Anita Ward

8.

"I Will Survive" - Gloria Gaynor

9.

"Too Much Heaven" - Bee Gees

10.

"Hot Stuff" - Donna Summer

Play That Funky Music-Wild Cherry

there really isn't ONE song but a ton of of them,

brain damage/eclipse - pink floyd

stairway to heaven - led zep

bohiemian rhapsody - queen

highway to hell - AC/DC

and a lot of others that i don't feel like taking the time to list

Imagine

Dream On

Anything off Boston's first album

Frampton Comes Alive....."Do you Feel Like We Do"

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Free Bird

Stairway to Heaven