Class of 1974 Reunion Playlist: The Hits of Senior Year

Senior year for the class of 1974 ran from fall 1973 to spring 1974. These are the 40 biggest songs of those two years, ranked from the 1973 and 1974 year-end charts, led by “Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree” by Tony Orlando and Dawn.

Class of 1974: your 55-year reunion is in 2029.

The class of 1974 top 40

Want more? See the full 1973 and 1974 charts, or freshman year: the No. 1 of 1971 was “Joy To The World”.

How we pick: each song earns points from its year-end position on the 1973 and 1974 charts (No. 1 = 100 points), so the biggest hits of the whole school year rise to the top. Source: Billboard’s year-end singles charts, as compiled on Wikipedia.