Hope I am doing this right!
1 1970 “Bridge over Troubled Water” Simon & Garfunkel
2 1970 “American Woman” The Guess Who
2 1970 “(They Long to Be) Close to You” The Carpenters
1 1971 “Maggie May” Rod Stewart
1 1971 “Joy to the World” Three Dog Night
2 1971 “It’s Too Late” Carole King
1 1972 “Lean on Me” Bill Withers
2 1972 “Without You” Harry Nilsson
2 1972 “Alone Again (Naturally)” Gilbert O’Sullivan
1 1972 “American Pie” Don McLean
1 1973 “Crocodile Rock” Elton John
2 1973 “Killing Me Softly with His Song” Roberta Flack
1 1973 “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” Jim Croce
2 1974 “Seasons in the Sun” Terry Jacks
1 1974 “The Loco-Motion” Grand Funk Railroad
2 1974 “Love’s Theme” Love Unlimited Orchestra
1 1975 “Love Will Keep Us Together” Captain & Tennille
2 1975 “My Eyes Adored You” Frankie Valli
2 1975 “Rhinestone Cowboy” Glen Campbell
1 1976 “December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)” The Four Seasons2
1 1976 “Silly Love Songs” Wings
2 1977 “Best of My Love” The Emotions
1 1976 “Play That Funky Music” Wild Cherry
2 1977 “I Just Want to Be Your Everything” Andy Gibb
2 1977 “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)” Rod Stewart
1 1978 “Stayin’ Alive” Bee Gees
1 1978 “Baby Come Back” Player
2 1978 “Kiss You All Over” Exile
1 1978 “How Deep Is Your Love” Bee Gees
2 1979 “Bad Girls” Donna Summer
2 1979 “My Sharona” The Knack
1 1979 “Le Freak” Chic
Well, you copied all the contenders.
Now, you need to pick which of each pair is best!
Oh wait - Were your “ranking” in each pair? So the “1” means you choose that song for the pair?