Guess the '70s Hit Song From its Opening Line Quiz

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Guess the '70s Hit Song From its Opening Line Quiz
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About This Quiz

Ah, the '70s. After the tumultuous counterculture of the 1960s, music in the 1970s was more relaxing and danceable. Popular music genres included progressive rock, punk/new wave and, of course, disco. Who can forget those glittering disco balls hanging above the strobe-lighted dance floors? The crush of people clad in platform shoes and silky shirts? Simplistic songs such as "The Hustle," and easy-to-master dance moves like the bump?

The falsetto-y Bee Gees, plus stars like Donna Summer, Diana Ross and Gloria Gaynor, all created some of the era's most iconic disco beats. When it came to progressive rock, with its classical influences, lengthy compositions and keyboard dominance, groups like Electric Light Orchestra, Supertramp and Queen were on top. Then there were groups like Blondie and the Sex Pistols bringing us punk rock/new wave, and Sly and the Family Stone and Kool & the Gang wooing us with funk and soul. It didn't get much better than this.

In retrospect, '70s music formed a bridge between the hippie '60s and yuppie '80s, even if you didn't realize it at the time (or weren't around yet!). Think you know enough about the era's iconic tunes to figure out hit songs from their opening lines? Then take the quiz!

                                                                                                                     

"Once I had a love and it was a gas..."
Go Away Little Girl
Heart of Glass
I Think I Love You
"I've been walkin' these streets so long..."
Rhinestone Cowboy
Convoy
The Hustle
"Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' for a train..."
I Am Woman
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Me and Bobby McGee

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"Stuck inside these four walls, sent inside forever..."
Love You Inside Out
Still
Band on the Run
"I know your eyes in the morning sun..."
Making Plans For Nigel
One Way Or Another
How Deep Is Your Love
"If you need me, call me, no matter where you are..."
Ain't No Mountain High Enough
I'll Take You There
Superstition

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"Ooh, my little pretty one, my pretty one ..."
My Sharona
Mandy
Best of My Love
"You know, I was wondering, you know..."
My Sharona
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
Stayin' Alive
"For so long, you and me been finding each other for so long..."
Le Freak
Shadow Dancing
I Just Want to Be Your Everything

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"My child arrived just the other day..."
You're No Good
Angie Baby
Cat's in the Cradle
"Ooh, it's so good, it's so good..."
I Feel Love
The Night Chicago Died
Whatever Gets You Thru The Night
"Mother, mother, there's too many of you crying..."
What's Goin' On
Get Down Tonight
Saturday Night

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"Holly came from Miami, F.L.A...."
Southern Nights
Walk On The Wild Side
Boogie Fever
"We could hide away in daylight..."
Black Water
Heroes
Fire
"We all came out to Montreux, on the Lake Geneva shoreline..."
Smoke On The Water
Angie
Delta Dawn

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"I ain't got no money..."
I Wanna Be Your Lover
My Sweet Lord
September Girls
"Living easy, living free..."
Highway to Hell
Hot Child in the City
Night Fever
"I've been really tryin', baby..."
Miss You
Rapper's Delight
Let's Get It On

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"In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway American dream..."
Rock Your Baby
Born to Run
My Hometown
"Sittin' here, eatin' my heart out waitin'..."
Hot Stuff
Burning
You're So Vain
"Finished with my woman 'cause she couldn't help me with my mind..."
Hot Stuff
Play That Funky Music
Paranoid

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"Listen to the ground, there is movement all around..."
Best of My Love
Night Fever
The Way We Were
"So many nights I'd sit by my window..."
Torn Between Two Lovers
I'm Your Boogie Man
You Light Up My Life
"Loving you, isn't the right thing to do..."
Sister Golden Hair
Lovin' You
Go Your Own Way

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"I want to live, I want to give..."
Heart of Gold
Mandy
Best Of My Love
"Right now, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha..."
Rock Your Baby
The Loco-Motion
Anarchy in the U.K.
"A long, long time ago, I can still remember..."
Photograph
Me and Mrs. Jones
American Pie

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"Now here you go again, you say..."
Touch Me In The Morning
Dreams
You're So Vain
"Early one mornin' the sun was shining'..."
Tangled Up In Blue
One Bad Apple
The Love You Save
"Hey, ho, let's go! Hey, ho, let's go!"
Then Came You
The Streak
Blitzkrieg Bop

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