3 Top 40 Hits From 1978 That Every 70s Kid Still Knows by Heart Today

The article highlights three 1978 Top 40 hits that it says remain familiar to people who grew up in the 1970s: Eric Clapton’s “Promises”, Joe Walsh’s “Life’s Been Good” and Boston’s “A Man I’ll Never Be”. It describes their different takes on relationships, success and personal expectations.

“Promises”, written by Richard Feldman and Roger Linn, was Clapton’s only hit from the album *Backless*. Walsh wrote the autobiographical “Life’s Been Good”, which reached the Top 15 and also appeared in the film *FM*; his solo single “A Life of Illusion” later reached No. 1. Tom Scholz wrote “A Man I’ll Never Be” for Boston’s *Don’t Look Back*; Boston’s only No. 1 single came in 1986 with “Amanda”.