Songs that will turn 50 in 2026

[True Dough]

Blitzkrieg Bop by The Ramones

Don't Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult

TNT by AC/DC

Hotel California by The Eagles

Magic Man by Heart

The Boys Are Back in Town by Thin Lizzy

Go Your Own Way by Fleetwood Mac

More Than a Feeling by Boston

Carry on Wayward Son by Kansas

[chicoescuela]

1. I don't need any reminders of being old, but some of these songs make me feel younger

[Niagara]

2. Bicentennial Babies and bicentennial songs rule 😎💪🎆

Cherry Bomb by The Runaways

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[True Dough]

7. If you'd said "Cherry Bomb" in my presence,

I would reflexively replied, "John Cougar Mellencamp." Of course, this came out in 1987, so it's not quite 40 years old yet. Just a baby!

[Niagara]

9. Oh yeah, I had a few JCM cassettes, True

I still refer to him as John Cougar Mellencamp too!

[True Dough]

11. He can't shed the Cougar in my memory bank!

[Niagara]

12. Same here. It's just the way it is

[Harker]

18. For eight very long years I had a cougar I couldn't shed.

[Niagara]

19. I hope that those eight very long years were glorious years, Harker

[Harker]

21. Thanks, Aggie...

I barely survived them, but I came out of it a better and stronger man.

Last summer I came upon her obituary, and felt only sadness where there might have been anger.

[Niagara]

22. You remembered! lol

You're welcome.

I've had a few relationships myself that I wondered how I survived them. One of them I actually married. Ugh!

I understand.

[Harker]

23. Of course you do...

and of course I did!

[Niagara]

3. Devil Woman by Cliff Richard

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[Niagara]

4. Welcome Back by John Sebastian

The Sweathogs!!!

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[Harker]

24. I saw John Sebastian play Folsom Field in Boulder in 1976.

He was heartily booed when he said how nice it a was to be in Denver.

[Niagara]

35. Oopsie

I'm sure it is nice to play in Denver as long as that's not said to Boulder!

[Harker]

37. But it's okay to call Henry John Deutschendorf "John Denver."

[Niagara]

38. What a sad time it was when we lost him

[Harker]

40. Very sad.

He came into the news & smoke shop I worked in when I was a teenager, and we said stupid things to each other.

I stupidly asked, "are you John Denver, or do you just look like him?"

He stupidly replied, "thank you!"

[Niagara]

42. lol

That's hilarious.

Thank you for sharing this story, Harker.

[Harker]

44. I have a lot of little vignettes like this from a life lived largely in public...

I'm pretty quick to lay them out there.

[Harker]

5. I saw five of them performed live.

Two of them multiple times.

[True Dough]

8. And at how many of those concerts

were you escorted out for causing a disturbance, Harker?

[Harker]

10. Never, TD!

Tickets were $8. I wasn't about to miss the show.

[True Dough]

13. You're a good egg!

[Harker]

15. I was too into the music, and too stoned to cause any trouble, anyhow.

I was 17 that year, and went to lots of concerts.

[True Dough]

26. Okay,

now the truth is coming out.

[Harker]

16. ...

A poached egg, maybe.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. There Are A Few On There...

...that are still all-time faves.
It just doesn't make any difference if they're 50 years old.

[Bayard]

14. Oh.....crap

NOT Hotel California and Magic Man! That can't be right.

Feeling old as dirt.....

[doc03]

17. I pre-date most of those. nt

[fargone]

20. Some other notables

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen. Freddy Mercury worked on this for years before it was finally recorded

Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John and Kiki Dee. This was Dee's only venture in the top of the popularity charts in both UK and USA.

Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band. Starland Vocal Band became a one hit wonder with this song and garnered a summer replacement series variety show TV slot. Songwriter Bill Danoff had more success. He collaborated with John Denver on several songs including "Country Roads." He wrote the tune for Emmylou Harris' "Boulder to Birmingham."

Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot. The song was written and recorded in late 1975 shortly after the sinking but it was not released until the summer of 1976. It got a lot of play this past autumn for the 50th anniversary of the event.

[True Dough]

25. Great additions!

Thanks for adding those.

[johnp3907]

27. The first Punk single released in the UK!

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[Wiz Imp]

28. Some More:

ABBA - Dancing Queen
Bob Seger - Night Moves
Boz Scaggs - Lowdown
Diana Ross - Love Hangover
Daryl Hall & John Oates - Rich Girl
Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby
Elton John - Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
George Benson - Breezin'
K.C & The Sunshine Band - (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty
KISS - Beth
Paul McCartney & Wings - Silly Love Songs
Queen - Somebody To Love
Rod Stewart - Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)
Rose Royce - Car Wash
Spinners - The Rubberband Man
Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke
Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way
Trammps - Disco Inferno
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music

[True Dough]

30. Some feel 50 years old,

others seem more recent. Time is a strange concept!

[Ocelot II]

29. Older than dirt.

[nilram]

31. All of my era, but none that I seek out.

Spotify says my ears are 27 years old. Stay young, people!

[True Dough]

32. .Who are we talking about here?

Taylor Swift? Harry Styles? Billie Eilish?

[Coventina]

33. ANARCHY IN THE UK!!!!!!

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[Eugene]

34. when disco ruled...

Walter Murphy's "A Fifth of Beethoven" from that year is one of my all time favorites.

[Niagara]

36. Blinded by the Light- Manfred Mann

[True Dough]

41. The song with the most

misheard and misunderstood lyrics of all time, perhaps!

[Niagara]

43. Absolutely, True

Still a great song.

[Niagara]

39. All the songs that I've listed or will list are

Songs that are in my regular playlist.

I'm not copy and pasting songs. Just saying.

[LudwigPastorius]

45. _

[VGNonly]

46. Fooled Around and Fell In Love-Elvin Bishop

Recorded later in 75, peaked at #3 Billboard in May 76. Great guitar solo!