You think you remember 1974’s biggest hits, but chart lore hides a trick question many fans still get wrong. Ask who owned the year and you’ll hear one answer. Ask who stayed longest at the very top ...

In a year of glitter, grit and genre-bending singles, a handful of tracks clung to the peak as the rest shuffled. The charts in 1974 moved at a dizzying pace. Yet a small group of songs managed to ...