Timeline
Year | Month | Song Title | Artist | More |
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September | Burning Love | Elvis Presley | |
October | Freddie`s Dead | Curtis Mayfield |
![]() Freddie`s Dead CD Source: Superfly (Soundtrack)(Deluxe Ed.)(2)Time: 3:16 Sequenced by: single Honored by: DM DG The CD source is for the single version; both single and album versions are on the CD. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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I Can See Clearly Now | Johnny Nash |
![]() I Can See Clearly Now CD Source: Sounds of the Seventies 1972Time: 2:48 Sequenced by: single Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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I`ll Be Around | The Spinners | |||
Love Has No Pride | Bonnie Raitt | |||
Ziggy Stardust | David Bowie |
![]() Ziggy Stardust CD Source: Best of (1969-2002) (2)Time: 3:16 Sequenced by: Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust album Honored by: The "Ziggy Stardust" album has ranked among the top 20 (U.K.) or top 40 (U.S.) of all-time in critics` polls, but it was only a minor hit in the U.S. when released in June 1972, peaking at #75 in April 1973. I slotted the song arbitrarily in late October 1972, when the album first broke into the top 100 of Billboard`s chart. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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November | Love and Happiness | Al Green |
![]() Love and Happiness CD Source: The Absolute Best (1970-77) (2)Time: 5:06 Sequenced by: I`m Still In Love With You album Honored by: RS DM ![]() ![]() |
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Papa Was A Rolling Stone | The Temptations |
![]() Papa Was A Rolling Stone CD Source: Emperors of Soul (1961-94) (5)Time: 6:57 Sequenced by: single Honored by: RS DM DG ![]() ![]() |
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If You Don`t Know Me By Now | Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes |
![]() If You Don`t Know Me By Now CD Source: Love Train (1967-1983) (4)Time: 3:27 Sequenced by: single Honored by: DM DG ![]() ![]() |
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You Ought to Be With Me | Al Green | |||
Me And Mrs. Jones | Billy Paul | |||
December | Superfly | Curtis Mayfield |
![]() Superfly CD Source: Superfly (Soundtrack)(Deluxe Ed.)(2)Time: 3:09 Sequenced by: single Honored by: The CD source is for the single version; both single and album versions are on the CD. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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You`re So Vain | Carly Simon | |||
Superstition | Stevie Wonder |
![]() Superstition CD Source: At the Close of a Century (1963-96) (4)Time: 4:26 Sequenced by: single Honored by: RS DM DG ![]() ![]() |
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Crocodile Rock | Elton John | |||
1973 | January | The World is A Ghetto | War | |
Do It Again | Steely Dan | |||
Could It Be I`m Falling In Love | The Spinners |
![]() Could It Be I`m Falling In Love CD Source: Sounds of the Seventies 1973Time: 4:12 Sequenced by: single Honored by: DM ![]() ![]() |
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February | Love Train | The O`Jays | ||
Space Oddity | David Bowie |
![]() Space Oddity CD Source: Best of (1969-2002) (2)Time: 5:14 Sequenced by: single Honored by: DG In 1969 this innovative song was a #5 pop hit for Bowie in England, but it failed at the time even to reach the Hot 100 in America. Hearing it for the first time about 6 months after Elton John`s "Rocket Man" had peaked, American radio listeners may be forgiven for originally mistaking the song for a response to or echo of John`s hit. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Dixie Chicken | Little Feat | |||
Neither One of Us | Gladys Knight & The Pips |
![]() Neither One of Us CD Source: The Ultimate Collection (1966-73)Time: 4:22 Sequenced by: single Honored by: DM ![]() ![]() |
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March | The Cisco Kid | War | ||
Call Me (Come Back Home) | Al Green |
![]() Call Me (Come Back Home) CD Source: The Absolute Best (1970-77) (2)Time: 3:04 Sequenced by: single Honored by: DM ![]() ![]() |
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Money | Pink Floyd |
![]() Money CD Source: Dark Side of the MoonTime: 6:25 Sequenced by: The Dark Side Of The Moon album Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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April | Walk on the Wild Side | Lou Reed |
![]() Walk on the Wild Side CD Source: NYC Man: The Collection (1967-2002) (2)Time: 4:11 Sequenced by: single Honored by: RS DG ![]() ![]() |
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D`yer Maker | Led Zeppelin |
![]() D`yer Maker CD Source: Mothership (1969-79) (2)Time: 4:24 Sequenced by: Houses of the Holy album Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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Search And Destroy | Iggy & The Stooges |
![]() Search And Destroy CD Source: Raw Power (Legacy Edition) (2)Time: 3:29 Sequenced by: Raw Power album Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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Stuck in the Middle With You | Stealers Wheel |
![]() Stuck in the Middle With You CD Source: Have A Nice Decade (1970-79) (7)Time: 3:25 Sequenced by: single Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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Reeling in the Years | Steely Dan | |||
You Are The Sunshine of My Life | Stevie Wonder |
![]() You Are The Sunshine of My Life CD Source: At the Close of a Century (1963-96) (4)Time: 3:00 Sequenced by: single Honored by: RS ![]() ![]() |
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Drift Away | Dobie Gray | |||
May | One of A Kind (Love Affair) | The Spinners | ||
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised | Gil Scott-Heron |
![]() The Revolution Will Not Be Televised CD Source: The Best of (1971-82)Time: 2:59 Sequenced by: Pieces Of A Man album Honored by: How to date this song? First recorded in 1970, the full-band version and the "Pieces" album on which it appeared were recorded in April 1971, released soon thereafter, but not reviewed in Rolling Stone until July 1972. The song was the B-side of a single that never charted. I`ve slotted the song here based on the album`s sole appearance, for six weeks, on the Jazz Albums chart nearly a year later. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Long Train Runnin` | The Doobie Brothers |
![]() Long Train Runnin` CD Source: Have A Nice Decade (1970-79) (7)Time: 3:27 Sequenced by: single Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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June | Kodachrome | Paul Simon | ||
Doing It To Death | James Brown (Fred Wesley & The J.B.`s) |
![]() Doing It To Death CD Source: 50th Anniversary Collection (1956-76+) (2)Time: 3:03 Sequenced by: single Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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Right Place, Wrong Time | Dr. John | |||
Soul Makossa | Manu Dibango |
![]() Soul Makossa CD Source: Instrumentals,Vol.4: Soul (1961-73)Time: 4:28 Sequenced by: single Honored by: DM ![]() ![]() |
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Stir It Up | Bob Marley & The Wailers |
![]() Stir It Up CD Source: Catch A Fire (deluxe edition) (2)Time: 5:35 Sequenced by: album release date Honored by: "Stir It Up" was composed and first recorded by Bob Marley in 1967. The popular Johnny Nash version debuted on the Hot 100 Feb 10, 1973 and was first heard widely in mid-March. The "Catch A Fire" album was released April 13, 1973, credited to The Wailers, and slotted here with a best-guess lag time. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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July | The Harder They Come | Jimmy Cliff |
![]() The Harder They Come CD Source: The Harder They Come (Soundtrack)Time: 3:12 Sequenced by: The Harder They Come Sountrack album Honored by: RS The soundtrack to "The Harder They Come" movie didn`t receive wide enough attention to chart nationally until March 1975. However, the album was first released in the U.S. in early 1973 and the movie was shown in the San Francisco Bay Area in summer 1973. Two outstanding songs from that album are slotted here in the Timeline on that basis. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Many Rivers to Cross | Jimmy Cliff |
![]() Many Rivers to Cross CD Source: The Harder They Come (Soundtrack)Time: 3:02 Sequenced by: The Harder They Come Sountrack album Honored by: RS DM DG The soundtrack to "The Harder They Come" movie didn`t receive wide enough attention to chart nationally until March 1975. However, the album was first released in the U.S. in early 1973 and the movie was shown in the San Francisco Bay Area in summer 1973. Two outstanding songs from that album are slotted here in the Timeline on that basis. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Live and Let Die | Paul McCartney & Wings |
![]() Live and Let Die CD Source: Wingspan - Hits & History (1970-84) (2)Time: 3:12 Sequenced by: single Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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Brother Louie | The Stories |
![]() Brother Louie CD Source: Have A Nice Decade (1970-79) (7)Time: 3:56 Sequenced by: single Honored by: DM ![]() ![]() |
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If You Want Me To Stay | Sly & The Family Stone |
![]() If You Want Me To Stay CD Source: The Essential (1967-75) (2)Time: 3:01 Sequenced by: single Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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Let`s Get It On | Marvin Gaye |
![]() Let`s Get It On CD Source: Let`s Get It OnTime: 4:01 Sequenced by: single Honored by: RS DM DG The CD source is the single edit, which is a bonus track on this CD. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Bodhisattva | Steely Dan |
![]() Bodhisattva CD Source: A Decade of (1972-80)Time: 5:19 Sequenced by: Countdown to Ecstasy album Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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August | Here I Am (Come And Take Me) | Al Green | ||
That Lady | The Isley Brothers | |||
Ramblin` Man | The Allman Brothers Band |
![]() Ramblin` Man CD Source: The Road Goes On Forever (1969-79) (2)Time: 4:49 Sequenced by: Brothers & Sisters album Honored by: DM DG ![]() ![]() |
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Too High | Stevie Wonder | |||
Higher Ground | Stevie Wonder | |||
Living for the City | Stevie Wonder |
![]() Living for the City CD Source: InnervisionsTime: 7:23 Sequenced by: Innervisions album Honored by: RS DM DG ![]() ![]() |
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September | Personality Crisis | The New York Dolls |
![]() Personality Crisis CD Source: Rock `n Roll (1973-74)Time: 3:41 Sequenced by: New York Dolls album Honored by: RS ![]() ![]() |
Knockin` On Heaven`s Door | Bob Dylan |
![]() Knockin` On Heaven`s Door CD Source: Biograph (1962-81) (3)Time: 2:29 Sequenced by: single Honored by: RS Written and performed by Dylan for the Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid soundtrack. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Midnight Train to Georgia | Gladys Knight & The Pips | |||
October | Candle in the Wind | Elton John |
![]() Candle in the Wind CD Source: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Deluxe Edition) (2)Time: 3:50 Sequenced by: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album Honored by: RS ![]() ![]() |
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November | 5:15 | The Who |
![]() 5:15 CD Source: Thirty Years of Maximum R&B (64-82+)(4)Time: 4:20 Sequenced by: Quadrophenia album Honored by: The "5:15" single was released a few weeks before the Quadrophenia album. At 4:20, the single mix, from The Who box set, is about 40 seconds shorter than the album version. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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The Love I Lost (Part 1) | Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes |
![]() The Love I Lost (Part 1) CD Source: Love Train (1967-1983) (4)Time: 3:35 Sequenced by: single Honored by: DM Part 2 was on the B-side of the single. Most CD versions are both sides running continuously. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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These Days | Jackson Browne |
![]() These Days CD Source: The Very Best of (1972-2002)Time: 4:39 Sequenced by: For Everyman album Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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I Can`t Stand the Rain | Ann Peebles | |||
December | I`ve Got to Use My Imagination | Gladys Knight & The Pips |
![]() I`ve Got to Use My Imagination CD Source: A Century of Women in Music (1909-98)(5)Time: 3:30 Sequenced by: single Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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1974 | January | Get Up, Stand Up | Bob Marley & The Wailers |
![]() Get Up, Stand Up CD Source: One Love: The Very Best of (1973-80)Time: 3:19 Sequenced by: Burnin` album Honored by: RS DG ![]() ![]() |
I Shot the Sheriff | Bob Marley & The Wailers | |||
For the Love of Money | The O`Jays |
![]() For the Love of Money CD Source: Love Train (1967-1983) (4)Time: 3:48 Sequenced by: Ship Ahoy! album Honored by: DM This song became very famous as the theme music of the Donald Trump vanity TV show, "The Apprentice." The Ultimate O`Jays CD includes the 7:18 album length version. The single edit runs 3:48 or a few seconds shorter. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Until You Come Back to Me | Aretha Franklin |
![]() Until You Come Back to Me CD Source: Queen of Soul/Atlantic (1967-77) (4)Time: 3:26 Sequenced by: single Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) | Bruce Springsteen |
![]() Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) CD Source: The Essential (1972-2002) (bonus CD) (3)Time: 7:04 Sequenced by: The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle album Honored by: DG ![]() ![]() |
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February | Love Hurts | Gram Parsons (with Emmylou Harris) | ||
Jolene | Dolly Parton | |||
Help Me | Joni Mitchell |
![]() Help Me CD Source: Hits (67-91) and Misses (70-94) (2)Time: 3:22 Sequenced by: Court and Spark album Honored by: RS DG ![]() ![]() |
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Free Man in Paris | Joni Mitchell |
![]() Free Man in Paris CD Source: Hits (67-91) and Misses (70-94) (2)Time: 3:02 Sequenced by: Court and Spark album Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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Mighty Love | The Spinners | |||
March | Jet | Paul McCartney | ||
Bennie And The Jets | Elton John |
![]() Bennie And The Jets CD Source: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Deluxe Edition) (2)Time: 5:21 Sequenced by: single Honored by: DG ![]() ![]() |
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Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me | Gladys Knight & The Pips |
![]() Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me CD Source: Essential Collection (1961-87)Time: 3:44 Sequenced by: single Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) | MFSB (with The Three Degrees) |
![]() TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) CD Source: Love Train (1967-1983) (4)Time: 3:32 Sequenced by: single Honored by: DM "TSOP" was the theme song for the long-running "Soul Train" TV show. Most versions on CD are full-album length. The #1 hit single clocked in at 3:32. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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April | Lookin` for A Love | Bobby Womack |
![]() Lookin` for A Love CD Source: Best of: The Soul Years (1968-75)Time: 2:40 Sequenced by: single Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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May | Band on the Run | Paul McCartney | ||
You Make Me Feel Brand New | The Stylistics | |||
June | Rock the Boat | The Hues Corporation | ||
Rock Your Baby | George McCrae |
![]() Rock Your Baby CD Source: Let There Be Drums! Vol. 3: `70sTime: 3:18 Sequenced by: single Honored by: DM ![]() ![]() |
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Radar Love | Golden Earring | |||
July | Rikki, Don`t Lose That Number | Steely Dan |
![]() Rikki, Don`t Lose That Number CD Source: A Decade of (1972-80)Time: 4:07 Sequenced by: single Honored by: DM DG ![]() ![]() |
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Feel Like Makin` Love | Roberta Flack |
![]() Feel Like Makin` Love CD Source: Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974 (8)Time: 2:54 Sequenced by: single Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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Tell Me Something Good | Rufus (with Chaka Khan) |
![]() Tell Me Something Good CD Source: Have A Nice Decade (1970-79) (7)Time: 3:30 Sequenced by: single Honored by: DM ![]() ![]() |
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Up For The Down Stroke | Parliament |
![]() Up For The Down Stroke CD Source: Tear the Roof Off (1974-1980) (2)Time: 5:08 Sequenced by: single (R&B chart) Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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August | I Shot the Sheriff | Eric Clapton | ||
It`s Only Rock `N Roll (But I Like It) | The Rolling Stones |
![]() It`s Only Rock `N Roll (But I Like It) CD Source: Forty Licks (1964-2002) (2)Time: 4:09 Sequenced by: single Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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Then Came You | Dionne Warwicke & The Spinners | |||
September | You Haven`t Done Nothin` | Stevie Wonder |
![]() You Haven`t Done Nothin` CD Source: At the Close of a Century (1963-96) (4)Time: 3:24 Sequenced by: single Honored by: DM DG ![]() ![]() |
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Sweet Home Alabama | Lynyrd Skynyrd |
![]() Sweet Home Alabama CD Source: Lynyrd Skynyrd (1970-77) (3)Time: 4:46 Sequenced by: single Honored by: RS DM DG ![]() ![]() |
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Can`t Get Enough | Bad Company | ||
October | You Ain`t Seen Nothin` Yet | Bachman-Turner Overdrive |
![]() You Ain`t Seen Nothin` Yet CD Source: Have A Nice Decade (1970-79) (7)Time: 3:26 Sequenced by: single Honored by: DM ![]() ![]() |
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Whatever Gets You Thru The Night | John Lennon |
![]() Whatever Gets You Thru The Night CD Source: Working Class Hero - Definitive (1969-80) (2)Time: 3:27 Sequenced by: single Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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Fountain of Sorrow | Jackson Browne |
![]() Fountain of Sorrow CD Source: The Very Best of (1972-2002)Time: 6:51 Sequenced by: Late For The Sky album Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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November | I Can Help | Billy Swan | ||
Louisiana 1927 | Randy Newman | |||
When Will I See You Again | The Three Degrees |
![]() When Will I See You Again CD Source: Love Train (1967-1983) (4)Time: 2:59 Sequenced by: single Honored by: DM ![]() ![]() |
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December | Take Me to the River | Al Green |
![]() Take Me to the River CD Source: Take Me To The River - Southern Soul (1961-77) (3)Time: 3:41 Sequenced by: Explores Your Mind album Honored by: RS This song is now well known in both Al Green`s original classic soul version and Talking Heads` savvy, soul-pop fusion cover. Despite obvious differences in rhythm, orchestration, and vocal style, the groove just won`t quit. The Heads` version became a top 40 single in winter 1979, thankfully bringing both the original song and the covering group to the attention of much wider audiences than before. Sample 2: Take Me To The River - Talking Heads ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Boogie On Reggae Woman | Stevie Wonder |
![]() Boogie On Reggae Woman CD Source: At the Close of a Century (1963-96) (4)Time: 4:13 Sequenced by: single Honored by: The "Close of the Century" box set and many other CDs use the album version of "Boogie On Reggae Woman," which is as long as 5:13. The 4:13 time listed here is for the single version, which is available on the "Definitive Collection" CD. ![]() ![]() ![]() |