I voted for "Let's Go All the Way". I always loved it. Saw the video for the first time today, they look as goofy as I imagined.
― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 8 May 2017 20:31 (seven years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/yWoh8uMylRgnX4_xSbnVyVAtN24=/fit-in/600x606/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-9086644-1474553864-4869.jpeg.jpg237. Aretha Franklin - Get It Right199 points, 3 voteshttps://youtu.be/SsnQXghCpFg
― ArchCarrier, Monday, 8 May 2017 20:32 (seven years ago) link
26, Two of Hearts and Sugar Walls all TOO LOW!!
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 8 May 2017 20:33 (seven years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/bZm6ju5JUUHCYY94oZn8Qot0kzU=/fit-in/483x487/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2175411-1268395027.jpeg.jpg236. Sharon Redd - Beat the Street200 points, 4 voteshttps://youtu.be/3fW0cf_YcBc
― ArchCarrier, Monday, 8 May 2017 20:39 (seven years ago) link
If You Let Me Stay = too low!
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Monday, 8 May 2017 20:39 (seven years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/cuzu7zHe4Yx7v5Whv63es8agkhw=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-739107-1469614827-5803.jpeg.jpg235. Jeffrey Osborne - Stay With Me Tonight201 points, 6 voteshttps://youtu.be/wCWYZHYIPyE
― ArchCarrier, Monday, 8 May 2017 20:44 (seven years ago) link
"get it right" is totally perfect, one of my favorite things luther vandross has ever written
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 8 May 2017 20:44 (seven years ago) link
oh and "stay with me tonight" is wayyyyy too low. ac classic
Wtf, I was expecting "Beat the Street" to be in the top 40!? One of the ten best boogie tunes, IMO. Love the evocative tone of Redd's voice, there's something transcendent about it.
― Tuomas, Monday, 8 May 2017 20:45 (seven years ago) link
i forgot to vote for 'just the two of us' :(
― maura, Monday, 8 May 2017 20:54 (seven years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/0TUd8cLNNOza5yGdc0_myC9676M=/fit-in/600x609/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2275598-1429283920-8842.jpeg.jpg234. Marvin Gaye - Praise202 points, 3 voteshttps://youtu.be/A0AgZ0mPRjI
― ArchCarrier, Monday, 8 May 2017 20:54 (seven years ago) link
"Let's Go All The Way" is one that, as I was nominated it, I paused for a sec to consider whether or not it was properly R&B. I'm glad that four others appeared to agree.
I didn't nom "The Breaks," but it seemed legit enough (even though we discussed early on that we weren't doing rap) that I voted for it.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Monday, 8 May 2017 20:57 (seven years ago) link
was nominated
https://img.discogs.com/Hv1FGiA-mxbPZjeQqlLfCY07eYw=/fit-in/600x582/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1694346-1379745906-9668.jpeg.jpg232 (TIE). Princess - Say I'm Your Number One202 points, 4 voteshttps://youtu.be/aRK49e1Avmc
https://img.discogs.com/k_JtKWcD1fSb05hs2APD8HcqqEw=/fit-in/509x510/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-5775227-1402318679-5464.jpeg.jpg232 (TIE). Tracie Spencer - Symptoms of True Love202 points, 4 voteshttps://youtu.be/iM4JU1CPL7A
― ArchCarrier, Monday, 8 May 2017 21:01 (seven years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/Bp_Ml2xHOLpj9IwPHkK18cJlza4=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1177431-1453029109-8044.jpeg.jpg231. Bobby Brown - Every Little Step202 points, 5 voteshttps://youtu.be/P0FKzPfsxA4
― ArchCarrier, Monday, 8 May 2017 21:07 (seven years ago) link
Voted for both of them. The Tracie Spencer because of the campaigning thread, Princess is the best thing SAW ever did, just ahead of Mandy Smith's I Just Can't Wait and Mel & Kim's Respectable
― i know kore-eda (or something), Monday, 8 May 2017 21:08 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, I also thought "Beat The Street" would be much higher. Such a key track at the time.
― mike t-diva, Monday, 8 May 2017 21:08 (seven years ago) link
(argh! just noticed that, while I nominated "Let's Go All The Way," I actually forgot to vote for it! thanks to the five of you who picked up my slack!)
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Monday, 8 May 2017 21:11 (seven years ago) link
"every little step" was my highest ranking babyface/reid track, everything they do well done so sweetly and lightly
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 8 May 2017 21:12 (seven years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/zcgGt3T4CBa8Mjq5MuVdkZFcRQQ=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-3218584-1451215706-8356.jpeg.jpg230. Bobby Womack - If You Think You're Lonely Now203 points, 5 voteshttps://youtu.be/bRXnRwm-njM
― ArchCarrier, Monday, 8 May 2017 21:14 (seven years ago) link
Wtf at "Every Little Step" placing that low?!
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Monday, 8 May 2017 21:14 (seven years ago) link
wtf at "if you think you're lonely now" placing this low
a lot of my ballot getting cleared out early lol
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 8 May 2017 21:18 (seven years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/NsdJ8TzP7DTGTiwnMmZ8Sq5URl0=/fit-in/600x602/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-7141064-1434740522-9094.jpeg.jpg229. Womack & Womack - Love Wars205 points, 4 voteshttps://youtu.be/hmda4Ccyz3Q
― ArchCarrier, Monday, 8 May 2017 21:23 (seven years ago) link
i love this song so much
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 8 May 2017 21:25 (seven years ago) link
Woah, figured that would be top 50 at least.
― Dan Worsley, Monday, 8 May 2017 21:30 (seven years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/aGTN8e2shp4od_HYwy71uWVmcFY=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2555200-1291160844.jpeg.jpg228. Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)206 points, 5 voteshttps://youtu.be/9f16Fw_K45s
― ArchCarrier, Monday, 8 May 2017 21:30 (seven years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/HclCSa4XOGz_OFKlX-NAlFBMVoE=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-767726-1242817673.jpeg.jpg227. Whispers - Keep On Lovin' Me208 points, 3 voteshttps://youtu.be/d6aRvVTSC0I
― ArchCarrier, Monday, 8 May 2017 21:40 (seven years ago) link
'Symptoms of True Love' was #4 on my ballot. It's a tragedy that it placed so low, but if its appearance here elevates the profile of that gargantuan track, I'll take it.
Also voted for 'The Breaks'. Feel like Sugar Hill joints were often more a melange of subgenres than straight-up rap.
― Download this Man With Hamburder And Mug (Old Lunch), Monday, 8 May 2017 21:42 (seven years ago) link
operation hell on earth, never forget
― maura, Monday, 8 May 2017 21:43 (seven years ago) link
LOVE WARS an amazing album, all of it.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 8 May 2017 21:47 (seven years ago) link
Kashif too low
https://img.discogs.com/sMorPx5DxZI4LaGHqSKS9sICvgo=/fit-in/600x606/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1495331-1249547981.jpeg.jpg226. Irene Cara - Flashdance... What a Feeling208 points, 4 voteshttps://youtu.be/ILWSp0m9G2U
― ArchCarrier, Monday, 8 May 2017 21:53 (seven years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/CA6p4JPbSzinzrwgZFWSxBKjuXE=/fit-in/600x599/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-3430475-1338979687-3199.jpeg.jpg225. Michael Jackson - Baby Be Mine209 points, 3 voteshttps://youtu.be/uaV4SSLaTs8
― ArchCarrier, Monday, 8 May 2017 21:59 (seven years ago) link
Wish more MJ followed this template...
― No one is THAT ackbar (Sanpaku), Monday, 8 May 2017 22:03 (seven years ago) link
'BABY BE MINE' TOO LOW! But I was worried about vote splitting wrt that album so I'm glad it's here at all (we probably should've just collectively agreed to give 'the complete '80s works of Prince' and 'the entire Thriller album except 'The Girl is Mine'' the top two spots and worked from there).
― Download this Man With Hamburder And Mug (Old Lunch), Monday, 8 May 2017 22:03 (seven years ago) link
Old Lunch otm
― ArchCarrier, Monday, 8 May 2017 22:07 (seven years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/l8NMO3qG6J4bk-4NfLDClmwIBQs=/fit-in/447x444/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-3851307-1346868752-8360.jpeg.jpg224. Michael Jackson - Thriller214 points, 4 voteshttps://youtu.be/sOnqjkJTMaA
https://img.discogs.com/9nqaLbvNVioa-70gUbyspic17t8=/fit-in/600x607/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1214249-1201215699.jpeg.jpg223. George Michael - Careless Whisper215 points, 4 voteshttps://youtu.be/izGwDsrQ1eQ
― ArchCarrier, Monday, 8 May 2017 22:13 (seven years ago) link
Sorry, wrong link:https://youtu.be/ui_CNb4FUtQ
― ArchCarrier, Monday, 8 May 2017 22:21 (seven years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/MGrUrx3DceMIkh99RtxJN_8D2ts=/fit-in/600x598/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2975070-1454211584-4056.jpeg.jpg222. Teddy Pendergrass - Love T.K.O.216 points, 4 voteshttps://youtu.be/rV9VuPkIIv4
Teddy Pendergrass' beard was something else
― i know kore-eda (or something), Monday, 8 May 2017 22:25 (seven years ago) link
Always feel like Thriller the song us way underrated
I don't dislike "Thriller," but I always kind of felt it existed mostly to soundtrack the video.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Monday, 8 May 2017 22:27 (seven years ago) link
i guess it's appropriate that "love tko" placed this close to "love wars" since they're both womack & womack tunes but still TOO LOW
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 8 May 2017 22:35 (seven years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/DkU6RpUMGsEBV2bNK3E-81WF_uI=/fit-in/600x597/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1725802-1356529275-4514.jpeg.jpg221. Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters216 points, 6 voteshttps://youtu.be/Fe93CLbHjxQ
― ArchCarrier, Monday, 8 May 2017 23:14 (seven years ago) link
much as busting makes me feel good, too high
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 8 May 2017 23:19 (seven years ago) link
crazy low
― gospodin simmel, Monday, 8 May 2017 23:21 (seven years ago) link
if this means the six or seven other worthwhile RP Jr. songs outranked it, it's good
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 8 May 2017 23:22 (seven years ago) link
Last one for today:
― ArchCarrier, Monday, 8 May 2017 23:23 (seven years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/66FajELmAJt95A-CfAccvoaaAEU=/fit-in/600x580/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-7975687-1452769408-6443.jpeg.jpg220. Michael Jackson - Another Part of Me217 points, 3 voteshttps://youtu.be/8vwHQNQ88cM
Thanks again, ArchCarrier! This has been amazing. And OMG, I see now what you mean about the point difference between the two clear leaders and the rest of the pack!
― human/hutt hybrid (Old Lunch), Friday, 19 May 2017 02:09 (seven years ago) link
Yes, and the voting stats of the rest of the top 10 are so close that they are practically tied. On any other day the order would have been slightly different.
The funny thing is that "Heartbeat" was sitting at number 1 until a day or two before the deadline. Only after the last five or six ballots came in it dropped to #5.
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 19 May 2017 08:49 (seven years ago) link
Happy with #1, though I can't lie: I prefer the '79 Prince version of the sing. It's his 2nd album's "When U Were Mine"
― the rockists' red glare (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 19 May 2017 10:44 (seven years ago) link
Heartbeat was the highest of anything from my ballot to place
― the rockists' red glare (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 19 May 2017 10:45 (seven years ago) link
So glad 'I Feel For You' won. It was one of the first singles I owned - I would have been five, saw it on Top of The Pops and had my dad get it for me. I haven't listened to it that much in the last 30 years, somehow, but finding it on shuffle when I was listening to the nominations here was such a revelation - it's just so full of perfect moments which just pile up on top of one another. I can think of quite a few perfect pieces of music, but none that are so full of stuff. And I kind of knew that it would be #1 somehow.
(The Prince original I heard for the first time, and afraid I found it a big let-down, just sounds like a very minor work, sorry)
Thanks to ArchCarrier for running this poll, and to the voters for introducing me to so much I hadn't heard before, and so much I found I had known for years without knowing its name.
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Friday, 19 May 2017 20:27 (seven years ago) link
nobody even nominated "Rocket 2 U," which i assume means everyone else, like me, completely forgot it existed when this poll was going on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkTMLMICR3Y
― korla pundit (crüt), Monday, 26 June 2017 17:06 (six years ago) link
i love this song
― maura, Monday, 26 June 2017 17:06 (six years ago) link
This is driving me insane...do any of my 80s R&B headz recognize the interpolation at the chorus where he sings the title??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SnWTW6YXbE
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Saturday, 17 March 2018 06:22 (six years ago) link
Several elements of the song sound like a de- and reconstruction of the Doobie Brothers' version of 'You Belong to Me':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpHnVyAyJFU
If that's not quite it, it feels like the Doobies/Michael McDonald are a good first route of inquiry. That opening synth line is all them.
― Another helping of mouthwatering cobbler? (Old Lunch), Saturday, 17 March 2018 14:03 (six years ago) link
The chorus backing track sounds a bit like Wham "Everything She Wants" tbh.
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 17 March 2018 14:56 (six years ago) link
I was going to say the backing track sounds like “yah mo be there”
One of his recent hits interpolated Eugene Wild
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Saturday, 17 March 2018 16:27 (six years ago) link
I'm a little late to the Alexander O'Neal party, because I only just discovered that 'Criticize' is the best song ever written.
― ArchCarrier, Sunday, 20 March 2022 18:37 (two years ago) link