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