Disco lit the world on fire. Sun Ra and Alice Coltrane took jazz to astral planes. George Clinton and James Brown pushed funk to new extremes. Motown artists turned R&B’s focus from lovestruck pop to the turmoil rippling through America’s cities. German acts established motorik rhythms and laid primitive groundwork for house and techno. In New York, punk and hip-hop were born. David Bowie. Patti Smith. Neil Young. Fela Kuti. Fleetwood Mac. Michael. Blondie. Joni. It goes without saying: The 1970s were stacked.

Today, we’re pleased to announce that on Monday, August 22, Pitchfork will share its list of the decade’s 200 best songs, followed throughout the week by features on the decade in music video, technology, and more. We hope you’ll enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed making it. In the meantime, feel free to check out our previous lists of the best songs from the ’60s, the ’80s, the ’90s, and the ’00s, as well as our 2010-2014 list.