Collider writer Jeremy Urquhart has published a ranked list of what he considers the 10 best songs of the 1970s, framing the decade as a possible high point for music across rock, pop, soul and disco. The piece matters chiefly as an opinion-led entertainment feature, with the author openly acknowledging the difficulty and subjectivity of the exercise and admitting he is doing it partly because writing is his job.

The author sets ground rules of a single song per artist and a mix of widely admired and personally favoured picks. The portion available covers entries 10 to 7: "Bridge over Troubled Water" (1970) by Simon & Garfunkel, praised for its building crescendo and Art Garfunkel's vocals; "Ambulance Blues" (1974) by Neil Young, described as a melancholy nine-minute epic; "Stairway to Heaven" (1971) by Led Zeppelin, noted for blending folk and hard rock; and "Dreams" (1977) by Fleetwood Mac, singled out from the album Rumours for its mellow sound and poignant lyrics.