{"id":831071,"date":"2026-08-30T17:48:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T17:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/831071\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T17:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T17:48:13","slug":"3-pop-songs-from-the-1970s-that-will-actually-make-you-smarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/831071\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Pop Songs From the 1970s That Will Actually Make You Smarter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pop music in the 1970s had urgency. It boasted a message. While the artists wanted you to get up, dance, and shake your groove thang, they also wanted you to listen and pay attention to what they were saying. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s just what we wanted to explore below. We wanted to highlight three tracks from the era that sharpen your mind and your dancing skills. Indeed, these are three <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/3-pop-songs-from-the-1970s-that-will-get-all-your-friends-dancing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">pop songs from the 1970s<\/a> that will actually make you smarter.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tVideos by American Songwriter\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuperstition\u201d by Stevie Wonder from \u2018Talking Book\u2019 (1972)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1788112090_147_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If there is one person alive who embodies music, it\u2019s Stevie Wonder. He\u2019s at the top of the list. And the song that\u2019s most associated with the artist has to be his 1972 tune, \u201cSuperstition\u201d. On the track, Wonder sings, \u201cWhen you believe in things you don\u2019t understand<br \/>Then you suffer.\u201d Since when do you hear such profound ideas on a No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100? But that\u2019s the power of Stevie Wonder. He not only gets you to move, but he gives you ideas to take with you for the rest of your life. Indeed, that lyric alone is enough to land \u201cSuperstition\u201d on this list.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI Will Survive\u201d by Gloria Gaynor from \u2018Love Tracks\u2019 (1978)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1788112091_244_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes adding a little courage and fortitude to your bag of tricks is enough to constitute a rise in your intelligence, too. For what good are smarts if you\u2019re too worried to use them? You have to adapt to a difficult world out there. And there might not be any song better to help you along your way than \u201cI Will Survive\u201d by Gloria Gaynor from her 1978 LP, Love Tracks. If your knees ever feel wobbly. If your brain ever feels scared. If your spine ever feels like jelly\u2014just listen to Gaynor. She will steady your mettle (and mental).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAin\u2019t No Mountain High Enough\u201d by Diana Ross from \u2018Diana Ross\u2019 (1970)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1788112093_166_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes when we go through life, we think certain things are impossible. Who knows? If the right counter-argument never came our way, perhaps we\u2019d always think this. But that\u2019s where the 1970 single \u201cAin\u2019t No Mountain High Enough\u201d by Diana Ross from her self-titled LP comes in. Ross reminds us\u2014indeed, she teaches us the lesson again and again\u2014that nothing is impossible. Nothing is out of reach. Perhaps more than any other, that\u2019s what we need to learn to get through life. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Photo by David Redfern\/Redferns)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pop music in the 1970s had urgency. It boasted a message. 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