3 Top 40 Hits From 1974 That Every 70s Kid Still Knows by Heart Today
The article highlights three hit singles released in 1974 that it says remain familiar to many people who grew up in the 1970s: The Stylistics’ “You Make Me Feel Brand New”, ABBA’s “Honey, Honey” and Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s “Takin’ Care Of Business”. It presents them as examples of the decade’s enduring popular music.
The Stylistics’ song was written by Thom Bell and Linda Creed and later covered by artists including Peggy Lee, Babyface, Boyz II Men and Roberta Flack; Simply Red had a UK Top 10 hit with their version in 2003. ABBA’s “Honey, Honey”, written by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson, was the group’s last song recorded in Swedish. Randy Bachman wrote “Takin’ Care Of Business” while still in The Guess Who; it became Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s first major US hit, followed by their first No. 1 single, “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet”.
- Three familiar songs from 1974 are revisited.
- “Honey, Honey” was ABBA’s last Swedish-language recording.
- Randy Bachman wrote BTO’s first major US hit while in The Guess Who.