Rock On The Net: The ARC Archive: Top Songs of 1976

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We have ranked the top pop songs that have charted over the past 50+ years on The ARC Weekly Top 40 and Billboard Hot 100, and come up with
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THE ARC WEEKLY TOP 40 ARCHIVES:

TOP POP SONGS OF 1976:

1	"Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)" from the LP A Night On The Town Billboard chart run: 35 - 22 - 8 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 6 - 11 - 22 - 30 - 35 - off	Rod Stewart	Amazon.mp3	1(8)	17
2	A Fifth Of Beethoven from the LP A Fifth Of Beethoven Billboard chart run: 40 - 36 - 34 - 32 - 23 - 20 - 14 - 13 - 8 - 7 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 19 - 21 - 34 - 36 - off	Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band	iTunes Amazon.mp3	1(1)	22
3	Play That Funky Music from the LP Wild Cherry Billboard chart run: 34 - 22 - 15 - 12 - 7 - 6 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 5 - 6 - 8 - 20 - 23 - 27 - 34 - off	Wild Cherry	iTunes Amazon.mp3	1(3)	18
4	Silly Love Songs from the LP Wings At The Speed Of Sound Billboard chart run: 35 - 24 - 12 - 5 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 6 - 9 - 34 - off	Wings	iTunes Amazon.mp3	1(5)	15
5	Disco Duck (Part 1) from the LP The Original Disco Duck Billboard chart run: 34 - 26 - 13 - 9 - 4 - 4 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 5 - 6 - 13 - 23 - 27 - off	Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots		1(1)	16
6	Love Machine Pt. 1 from the LP City Of Angels Billboard chart run: 38 - 34 - 26 - 22 - 20 - 18 - 16 - 15 - 11 - 8 - 5 - 3 - 1 - 3 - 6 - 21 - 22 - 22 - 26 - off	Miracles	iTunes Amazon.mp3	1(1)	19
7	Kiss And Say Goodbye from the LP The Manhattans Billboard chart run: 36 - 27 - 21 - 12 - 10 - 9 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 8 - 9 - 8 - 11 - 24 - 34 - 34 - off	The Manhattans	iTunes Amazon.mp3	1(2)	17
8	Love Is Alive from the LP Dream Weaver Billboard chart run: 40 - 34 - 26 - 18 - 15 - 13 - 11 - 10 - 8 - 6 - 5 - 2 - 2 - 6 - 15 - 15 - 22 - 33 - off	Gary Wright	iTunes Amazon.mp3	2	18
9	I Write The Songs from the LP Tryin' To Get The Feeling Billboard chart run: 38 - 27 - 13 - 11 - 8 - 6 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 4 - 6 - 6 - 20 - 27 - off	Barry Manilow	iTunes Amazon.mp3	1(1)	16
10	December 1963 (Oh What A Night) from the LP Who Loves You Billboard chart run: 40 - 28 - 18 - 12 - 5 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 8 - 14 - 14 - 14 - 16 - 25 - off	The Four Seasons	iTunes Amazon.mp3	1(3)	15
11	I'd Really Love To See You Tonight from the LP Nights Are Forever Billboard chart run: 40 - 36 - 30 - 28 - 19 - 7 - 5 - 5 - 4 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 8 - 10 - 24 - 33 - off	England Dan & John Ford Coley	iTunes Amazon.mp3	2	17
12	(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty from the LP Part 3 Billboard chart run: 37 - 26 - 8 - 6 - 6 - 5 - 1 - 2 - 4 - 9 - 9 - 8 - 7 - 13 - 23 - 34 - off	KC & The Sunshine Band	iTunes Amazon.mp3	1(1)	16
13	The Rubberband Man from the LP Happiness Is Being With The Spinners Billboard chart run: 40 - 35 - 29 - 27 - 21 - 15 - 9 - 6 - 5 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 3 - 8 - 11 - 30 - off	The Spinners	iTunes Amazon.mp3	2	17
14	If You Leave Me Now from the LP Chicago X Billboard chart run: 28 - 24 - 18 - 11 - 9 - 8 - 8 - 5 - 4 - 1 - 1 - 4 - 7 - 16 - 25 - 29 - 37 - off	Chicago	iTunes Amazon.mp3	1(2)	17
15	Sara Smile	Daryl Hall & John Oates		4	17
16	Don't Go Breaking My Heart	Elton John & Kiki Dee		1(4)	15
17	Misty Blue	Dorothy Moore		3	16
18	Love So Right from the LP Children Of The World Billboard chart run: 32 - 23 - 16 - 9 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 21 - 31 - 31 - 31 - 40 - off	Bee Gees	iTunes Amazon.mp3	3	16
19	Get Up And Boogie	Silver Convention		2	15
20	Disco Lady	Johnnie Taylor		1(4)	13
21	Right Back Where We Started From	Maxine Nightingale		2	15
22	Boogie Fever	The Sylvers		1(1)	15
23	Love Rollercoaster	The Ohio Players		1(1)	14
24	You Sexy Thing	Hot Chocolate		3	15
25	Lowdown	Boz Scaggs		3	15
26	Muskrat Love	Captain & Tennille		4	15
27	Afternoon Delight	Starland Vocal Band		1(2)	14
28	Dream Weaver	Gary Wright		2	14
29	More, More, More (Part 1)	Andrea True Connection		4	16
30	Love Hangover	Diana Ross		1(2)	13
31	You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine	Lou Rawls		2	13
32	Love To Love You Baby	Donna Summer		2	14
33	Lonely Night (Angel Face)	Captain & Tennille		3	13
34	You Should Be Dancing from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack Billboard chart run: 25 - 15 - 11 - 5 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 6 - 10 - 20 - 22 - off	Bee Gees	iTunes Amazon.mp3	1(1)	12
35	50 Ways To Leave Your Lover	Paul Simon		1(3)	13
36	The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald	Gordon Lightfoot		2	13
37	Get Closer	Seals & Crofts		6	15
38	All By Myself	Eric Carmen		2	14
39	Take It To The Limit	Eagles		4	14
40	More Than A Feeling	Boston		5	14
41	Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)	Diana Ross		1(1)	13
42	Moonlight Feels Right	Starbuck		3	14
43	Let Your Love Flow	Bellamy Brothers		1(1)	12
44	Nadia's Theme (The Young & The Restless)	Barry DeVorzon & Perry Botkin, Jr.		8	16
45	"Bohemian Rhapsody" from the LP A Night At The Opera 1976 Billboard chart run: 38 - 33 - 31 - 29 - 25 - 22 - 19 - 17 - 15 - 12 - 10 - 9 - 9 - 11 - 19 - 27 - 39 - off	Queen	iTunes Amazon.mp3	9	17
46	Theme From S.W.A.T.	Rhythm Heritage		1(1)	12
47	Sweet Love	The Commodores		5	14
48	Love Hurts	Nazareth		8	14
49	You Are The Woman	Firefall		9	15
50	Rock 'N Me	Steve Miller Band		1(1)	14
51	Saturday Night	Bay City Rollers		1(1)	12
52	I Love Music (Part 1)	The O'Jays		5	14
53	Beth / Detroit Rock City	Kiss		7	13
54	Shannon	Henry Gross		6	13
55	She's Gone	Daryl Hall & John Oates		7	16
56	Only Sixteen	Dr. Hook		6	14
57	Fooled Around And Fell In Love	Elvis Bishop		3	12
58	Welcome Back	John Sebastian		1(1)	11
59	Devil Woman	Cliff Richard		6	12
60	Show Me The Way	Peter Frampton		6	14
61	Let 'Em In	Wings		3	11
62	Sweet Thing	Rufus featuring Chaka Khan		5	12
63	Shop Around	Captain & Tennille		4	12
64	I'll Be Good To You	Brothers Johnson		3	12
65	Convoy	C.W. McCall		1(1)	11
66	Golden Years from the EP Station To Station Billboard chart run: 39 - 37 - 33 - 30 - 26 - 24 - 21 - 19 - 17 - 15 - 13 - 11 - 10 - 10 - 17 - 31 - off	David Bowie	iTunes Amazon.mp3	10	16
67	Dream On	Aerosmith		6	11
68	Rock And Roll Music	Beach Boys		5	13
69	Time Of Your Life	Paul Anka		7	12
70	A Little Bit More	Dr. Hook		11	14
71	Magic Man	Heart		9	14
72	Sing A Song	Earth, Wind & Fire		5	12
73	Got To Get You Into My Life from the LP Revolver	The Beatles	iTunes	7	11
74	Still The One	Orleans		5	12
75	Turn The Beat Around	Vicki Sue Robinson		10	13
76	Fox On The Run	Sweet		5	11
77	Say You Love Me	Fleetwood Mac		11	13
78	Happy Days	Pratt & McClain		5	10
79	Deep Purple	Donny & Marie Osmond		14	13
80	Summer	War		7	12
81	(Don't Fear) The Reaper	Blue Oyster Cult		12	14
82	Breaking Up Is Hard To Do	Neil Sedaka		8	11
83	Walk Away From Love	David Ruffin		9	11
84	Evil Woman	ELO		10	12
85	Just To Be Close To You	The Commodores		7	12
86	This Masquerade	George Benson		10	11
87	That'll Be The Day	Linda Ronstadt		11	11
88	Money Honey	Bay City Rollers		9	11
89	Nights Are Forever Without You	England Dan & John Ford Coley		10	12
90	I Only Want To Be With You	Bay City Rollers		12	12
91	Tryin' To Get That Feeling Again	Barry Manilow		10	10
92	Wake Up Everybody (Part 1)	Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes		12	12
93	Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)	Fleetwood Mac		11	11
94	Getaway	Earth, Wind & Fire		12	12
95	Let Her In	John Travolta		10	10
96	Baby Face	Wing & A Prayer Fire & Drum Corps		14	12
97	Fanny (Be Tender With My Love) from the LP Main Course Billboard chart run: 40 - 32 - 27 - 24 - 22 - 20 - 18 - 16 - 14 - 12 - 12 - 23 - off	Bee Gees	iTunes Amazon.mp3	12	12
98	Do You Feel Like We Do	Peter Frampton		10	10
99	Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel	Tavares		15	12
100	Baby, I Love Your Way	Peter Frampton		12	11
Chart to be extended as the Top Pop Songs of All Time rankings are expanded. Based on songs that peaked in 1976 on the Billboard Hot 100. Chart methodology used for the ARC Weekly Top 40 applied to the chart runs to determine final rankings.