# No 70s Kid Alive Could Forget These 3 Classic Rock Songs From 1978

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/no-70s-kid-alive-could-forget-these-3-classic-rock-songs-from-1978/
- Published: 2026-09-22T22:45:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-09-22T23:07:44+00:00
- Original publisher: American Songwriter
- Original article: https://americansongwriter.com/no-70s-kid-alive-could-forget-these-3-classic-rock-songs-from-1978/
- Topics: Art, Culture, Entertainment, Film, Music

## Key points

- Article lists three defining rock songs from 1978 that 70s audiences remember.
- Commodores, Wings, and Sweet all achieved major chart success that year.
- The songs spanned soft rock, yacht rock, and glam rock genres.

## Summary

This article highlights three memorable classic rock hits from 1978 that defined the era for listeners of that generation.

- "Three Times A Lady" by the Commodores — Lionel Richie's soft rock departure from the band's typical R&B style, which reached No. 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Soul charts, and was the only Motown song to reach the top 10 in America that year.
- "With A Little Luck" by Wings — Paul McCartney's synth-driven track that topped the US Hot 100 and reached No. 5 in the UK, following their previous hit "Mull Of Kintyre".
- "Love Is Like Oxygen" by Sweet — The glam rock band's guitar-driven hit featuring distinctive vocal harmonies, which peaked at No. 8 in the US and No. 9 in the UK, whilst achieving top 10 status globally.

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