10 Forgotten 1970s Songs You’ll Know in 5 Seconds

10 Forgotten Songs from the 1970s you may recognize in just five seconds. These once-familiar 70s hits filled radios, cars, jukeboxes, and record players — but how quickly will your memory bring them back? Five seconds. That’s all you get. You may have forgotten the title. You may have forgotten the artist. But when those first familiar notes begin, decades can disappear almost instantly. In this countdown, we’re bringing back 10 songs from the 1970s that many listeners haven’t heard in years — yet may still recognize almost immediately. Some were major radio hits. Others slowly became Forgotten Songs as the years passed. But their melodies, voices, and opening notes may still be hiding somewhere in your memory. Here’s the challenge: give yourself five seconds for each song and see how many you can identify before the answer is revealed. Keep score all the way to #1. Because the most surprising Forgotten Songs aren’t always the ones you completely forgot — they’re the ones your brain somehow remembers after decades of silence. How many did you recognize within five seconds? Post your score out of 10 in the comments, and tell us which song brought back the strongest memory. Subscribe for more forgotten hits, classic songs, and musical memories from the 1960s and 1970s. #10 — My Maria — B. W. Stevenson #9 — Jeans On — David Dundas #8 — Undercover Angel — Alan O'Day #7 — Don't Give Up on Us — David Soul #6 — Couldn't Get It Right — Climax Blues Band #5 — Heaven on the 7th Floor — Paul Nicholas #4 — Sentimental Lady — Bob Welch #3 — Fooled Around and Fell in Love — Elvin Bishop #2 — Magnet and Steel — Walter Egan #1 — Smoke from a Distant Fire — Sanford-Townsend Band #forgottensongs #1970smusic #70sHits #oldiesmusic #classichits