Let's Hear It for the POLL: It's the ~~~ 80's R&B TRACKS POLL ~~~ voting & campaigning thread

Hey everybody! Come and vote for your favorite R&B tracks from the 1980s!

You can vote for up to 100 tracks, no minimum. Any portion of your ballot can be unranked. Please note this when you send in your ballot. Please copy/paste directly from the nominations list, as this makes counting votes much easier.

Send your ballot to ilm70soul @ gmail.com

Voting ends Sunday, May 7, 11:59 PM (wherever in the world you are).

There are 1155 tracks to vote for, so please use this thread to share your favorite deep cuts and new discoveries. YouTubes are very welcome. Happy voting!

NOMINATED TRACKS:

Adele Bertei - Build Me a Bridge
Adeva - Warning!
After 7 - Heat of the Moment
After 7 - Ready or Not
Al B. Sure! - Nite and Day
Al B. Sure! - Off on Your Own (Girl)
Al Jarreau - Mornin'
Al Jarreau - Roof Garden
Al Jarreau - We're in This Love Together
Aleem - Get Loose
Alexander O'Neal - (What Can I Say) To Make You Love Me
Alexander O'Neal - A Broken Heart Can Mend
Alexander O'Neal - Criticize
Alexander O'Neal - Fake
Alexander O'Neal - If You Were Here Tonight
Alexander O'Neal - Innocent
Alexander O'Neal - Lovers
Alexander O'Neal - Sunshine
Alias - Shake
Alicia Myers - I Want to Thank You
Alisha - Baby Talk
Alisha - Nightwalkin'
Alisha - Too Turned On
AM-FM - You Are the One
Amii Stewart - Friends
Andre Cymone - M.O.T.F.
Andre Cymone - The Dance Electric
Angela Bofill - Too Tough
Anita Baker - Caught Up in the Rapture
Anita Baker - Giving You the Best That I Got
Anita Baker - Just Because
Anita Baker - Same Ole Love
Anita Baker - Sweet Love
Apollonia 6 - Ooo She She Wa Wa
Apollonia 6 - Sex Shooter
Aretha Franklin - Get It Right
Aretha Franklin - Jimmy Lee
Aretha Franklin - Jump to It
Aretha Franklin - Sweet Bitter Love
Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who?
Arnie's Love - I'm Out of Your Life
Art of Noise - Beat Box
Art of Noise - Moments in Love
Artists United Against Apartheid - Sun City
Ashford & Simpson - Solid
Atlantic Starr - Always
Atlantic Starr - Secret Lovers
Atlantic Starr - Silver Shadow
Aurra - Send Your Love
Aurra - Such a Feeling
Average White Band - Let's Go Round Again
Babyface - It's No Crime
Babyface - Whip Appeal
Baiser - Summer Breeze
Band AKA - Joy
Bandolero - Paris Latino
Bar-Kays - Do It (Let Me See You Shake)
Bar-Kays - Freakshow on the Dance Floor
Bar-Kays - Freaky Behavior
Bar-Kays - She Talks to Me With Her Body
Barbara Mason - Another Man
Barbara Mason - Don't I Ever Cross Your Mind
Beggar & Co - (Somebody) Help Me Out
Ben E. King - Street Tough
Bernard Wright - Who Do You Love
Betty Wright - No Pain (No Gain)
Betty Wright - Pain
Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen
Billy Ocean - Lover Boy
Billy Ocean - Nights (Feels Like Getting Down)
Billy Ocean - Stay the Night
Billy Ocean - Suddenly
Blaze - Can't Win for Losin'
Bobby Brown - Don't Be Cruel
Bobby Brown - Every Little Step
Bobby Brown - My Prerogative
Bobby Brown - On Our Own
Bobby Brown - Roni
Bobby Womack - If You Think You're Lonely Now
Bobby Womack - Love Has Finally Come at Last
Bobby Womack - Tell Me Why
Bomb the Bass - Don't Make Me Wait
Bomb the Bass - Megablast
Bonzo Goes To Washington - Five Minutes
Booker Newberry III - Love Town
Bootsy - Mug Push
Bootsy Collins - Party on Plastic (What's Bootsy Doin'?)
Boris Midney - A Child Is Born
Boule Noire - Super, Super Lady
Boys - Dial My Heart
Brass Construction - International
Break Machine - Street Dance
Brenda K. Starr - I Still Believe
Brenda K. Starr - What You See Is What You Get
Brenda Russell feat. Joe Esposito - Piano in the Dark
Brenda Taylor - You Can't Have Your Cake and Eat It Too
Brooklyn, Bronx & Queens Band - On the Beat
Brooklyn, Bronx & Queens Band - Starlette
Bros. - When Will I Be Famous
Brothers Johnson - Light Up the Night
Brothers Johnson - Stomp
C-Bank - One More Shot
Cameo - Back and Forth
Cameo - Candy
Cameo - Shake Your Pants
Cameo - She's Strange
Cameo - Single Life
Cameo - Word Up
Caprice - 100%
Carl Carlton - She's a Bad Mama Jama She's Built She's Stacked
Carly Simon - Why
Carol Jiani - Hit 'n' Run Lover
Carol Jiani - Touch and Go Lover
Carol Lynn Townes - 99½
Cashmere - Do It Any Way You Wanna
Cat Miller - Ready or Not
CeCe Rogers - Someday
Central Line - Walking Into Sunshine
Cerrone - You Are the One
Chaka Khan - Eye to Eye
Chaka Khan - I Feel for You
Chaka Khan - I Know You, I Live You
Chaka Khan - Love of a Lifetime
Chaka Khan - Pass It On (A Sure Thing)
Chaka Khan - This Is My Night
Chaka Khan - Through the Fire
Chaka Khan - What Cha' Gonna Do for Me
Chandra Simmons - Never Gonna Let You Go
Chanelle - One Man
Change - A Lover's Holiday
Change - Change of heart
Change - Glow of Love
Change - It Burns Me Up
Change - Miracles
Change - Paradise
Change - Searching
Change - You Are My Melody
Charles B - Lack of Love
Chaz Jankel - Glad to Know You
Chemise - She Can't Love You
Cheri - Murphy's Law
Cherrelle & Alexander O'Neal - Saturday Love
Cherrelle - Fragile... Handle With Care
Cherrelle - I Didn't Mean to Turn You On
Cherrelle - You Look Good to Me
Cheryl "Pepsii" Riley - Thanks for My Child
Cheryl Lynn - Encore
Cheryl Lynn - Shake It Up Tonight
Chic - 26
Chic - Chip Off the Old Block
Chic - Flash Back
Chic - Rebels Are We
Chic - You Are Beautiful
Chic - You Can't Do It Alone
Chico DeBarge - Talk to Me
Chocolette - It's That East Street Beat
Chuckii Booker - Turned Away
Circle City Band - Party Lights (Shake Your Body Get Loose)
Clark Sisters - You Brought the Sunshine
Class Action - Weekend
Club Nouveau - Why You Treat Me So Bad?
Coati Mundi - Que Pasa/Me No Pop I
Coffee - Casanova
Collage - Do You Like Our Music?
Colonel Abrams - I'm Not Gonna Let
Colonel Abrams - Trapped
Colourbox - The Moon Is Blue
Commodores - Lady (You Bring Me Up)
Commodores - Nightshift
Commodores - Oh No
Companion - There's a Way
Companion - This Is a Test
Company B - Fascinated
Con Funk Shun - Too Tight
Crown Heights Affair - I Struck Gold
Crown Heights Affair - You Gave Me Love
Crusaders feat. Bill Withers - Soul Shadows
Cuba Gooding - Happiness Is Just Around the Bend
Cultural Vibe - Ma Foom Bey
Culture Club - Church of the Poison Mind
Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
Culture Club - Mistake No. 3
Culture Club - Time
Curtis Mayfield - Baby It's You
Curtis Mayfield - Love Me, Love Me Now
D-Mob - C'mon & Get My Love
D-Train - Keep On
D-Train - Music
D-Train - You're the One for Me
David Bowie - Let's Dance
David Joseph - You Can't Hide (Your Love From Me)
Dayton - The Sound of Music
Dazz Band - Let It All Blow
Dazz Band - Let It Whip
DeBarge - A Dream
DeBarge - All This Love
DeBarge - I Like It
DeBarge - Love Me in a Special Way
DeBarge - Rhythm of the Night
DeBarge - Stay With Me
DeBarge - Time Will Reveal
DeBarge - Who's Holding Donna Now
Debbie Deb - When I Hear Music
Debbie Harry - Backfired
Debbie Jacobs - High on Your Love
Debbie Trusty - Searchin' for Some Lovin'
Deborah Allen - Telepathy
Deele - Two Occasions
Defunkt - Avoid the Funk
Defunkt - Razor's Edge
Defunkt - Thermonuclear Sweat
Delegation - It's Your Turn
Deniece Williams - I Can't Wait
Deniece Williams - It's Gonna Take a Miracle
Deniece Williams - Let's Hear It for the Boy
Deniece Williams - Silly
Denise Lopez - Sayin' Sorry (Don't Make it Right)
Dennis Edwards - Don't Look Any Further
Deodato - Happy Hour
Deodato - S.O.S. Fire in the Sky
Deodato - Skatin'
Deon Estus - Heaven Help Me
Diana Ross & Lionel Richie - Endless Love
Diana Ross - Chain Reaction
Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out
Diana Ross - My Old Piano
Diana Ross - Upside Down
Dino - 24/7
Dionne Warwick - Deja Vu
Dionne Warwick - Heartbreaker
Donald Banks - Status Quo
Donna Allen - Serious
Donna Summer - Dim All the Lights
Donna Summer - Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)
Donna Summer - On the Radio
Donna Summer - She Works Hard for the Money
Donna Summer - State of Independence
Donna Summer - This Time I Know It's for Real
Double Disovery - Can He Find Another One?
Dynasty - Check It Out
E.U. - Da Butt
Earlene Bentley - The Boys Come to Town
Earth, Wind & Fire - And Love Goes On
Earth, Wind & Fire - Fall in Love With Me
Earth, Wind & Fire - Lady Sun
Earth, Wind & Fire - Let Me Talk
Earth, Wind & Fire - Let's Groove
Earth, Wind & Fire - System Of Survival
Eddie Murphy - Party All the Time
Eddie Murphy - Put Your Mouth on Me
Eddy Grant - Baby Come Back
Eddy Grant - Do You Feel My Love?
Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
Eddy Grant - Gimme Hope Jo'anna
Eddy Grant - I Don't Wanna Dance
Eddy Grant - My Turn to Love You
Edmond Daniels - You Broke Your Promise
Ednah Holt - Serious, Sirius Space Party
Edwin Birdsong - Cola Bottle Baby
Egyptian Lover - Egypt Egypt
Egyptian Lover - Freak-a-Holic
Egyptian Lover - I Cry (Night After Night)
Egyptian Lover - My House (On the Nile)
El DeBarge - Who's Johnny
Emilia - Satan in Love
Erotic Drum Band - Horny
Escape From New York - Fire in My Heart
ESG - You're No Good
Evelyn "Champagne" King - Betcha She Don't Love You
Evelyn "Champagne" King - Get Loose
Evelyn "Champagne" King - I'm in Love
Evelyn "Champagne" King - Love Come Down
Evelyn Thomas - High Energy
Exodus - Together Forever
Exposé - Point of No Return
Family - Screams of Passion
Fantasy - You're Too Late
Farley "Jackmaster" Funk & Jessie Saunders - Love Can't Turn Around
Fatback Band - Double Love Affair
Fatback Band - I Found Lovin'
Fatback Band - Is This the Future?
Five Star - All Fall Down
Five Star - Can't Wait Another Minute
Five Star - If I Say Yes
Five Star - The Slightest Touch
Fonda Rae - Over Like a Fat Rat
Fonda Rae - Touch Me (All Night Long)
Fonda Rae - Tuch Me
Force M.D.'s - Love Is a House
Force M.D.'s - Tender Love
Forrest - Rock the Boat
France Joli - Gonna Get Over You
Frankie Knuckles - It's a Cold World
Frankie Knuckles - Your Love
Frankie Knuckles feat. Satoshi Tomiie - Tears
Frankie Smith - Double Dutch Bus
Freddie Jackson - Jam Tonight
Freddie Jackson - You Are My Lady
Frederick & Janice Dowlen - Gentle (Calling Your Name)
Freeez - I.O.U.
Freeez - Southern Freeez
Friction - Bar-B-Q
Funkacise Gang - Funkacise
Funkadelic - Electro-Cuties
Funkadelic - Funk Gets Stronger
Funkadelic - Icka Prick
Funkadelic - The Electric Spanking of War Babies
Funky 4 Plus 1 - That's the Joint
Gap Band - Burn Rubber on Me
Gap Band - Early in the Morning
Gap Band - Humpin'
Gap Band - Outstanding
Gap Band - You Dropped a Bomb on Me
Gary Byrd & the G.B. Experience - The Crown
Gary's Gang - Knock Me Out
Gary's Gang - Makin' Music
Gavin Christopher - One Step Closer to You
Gayle Adams - Love Fever
George Benson - 20/20
George Benson - Give Me the Night
George Benson - Inside Love
George Benson - Love X Love
George Benson - Turn Your Love Around
George Clinton - Atomic Dog
George Clinton - Free Alterations
George Clinton - Get Dressed
George Clinton - Last Dance
George Clinton - Man's Best Friend/Loopzilla
George Clinton - Nubian Nut
George Clinton - One Fun at a Time
George Duke - Reach Out
George Duke - Shine On
George Michael - A Different Corner
George Michael - Careless Whisper
George Michael - Father Figure
George Michael - I Want Your Sex
George Michael - One More Try
Geraldine Hunt - Can't Fake the Feeling
Geraldine Hunt - Heart Heart
Gil Scott-Heron - B-Movie
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Save the Overtime (For Me)
Glass - Let Me Feel Your Heartbeat
Glenn Jones - I Am Somebody
Grace Jones - I'm Not Perfect
Grace Jones - My Jamaican Guy
Grace Jones - Nipple to the Bottle
Grace Jones - Pull Up to the Bumper
Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette
Grady Harell - Belinda
Gregory Abbott - Shake You Down
Grover Washington Jr. - Just the Two of Us
Guy - Groove Me
Guy - I Like
Gwen Guthrie - Ain't Nothing Going On But the Rent
Gwen Guthrie - It Should Have Been You
Gwen Guthrie - Padlock
Gwen Guthrie - Peanut Butter
Gwen Guthrie - Seventh Heaven
Gwen McCrae - Keep the Fire Burning
Hall and Oates - I Can't Go for That
Hall and Oates - Out of Touch
Hashim - Al-Naafiysh (The Soul)
Heatwave - Lettin' It Loose
Heaven & Earth - I Really Love You
Hector - Piironkinjalka
Herb Alpert - Making Love in the Rain
Herb Alpert feat. Janet Jackson - Diamonds
Herbie Hancock - Gettin' to the Good Part
Herbie Hancock - Lite Me Up
Herbie Hancock - Magic Number
Herbie Hancock - Rockit
High Fashion - Feelin' Lucky Lately
His Name Is Dime - Movin'
Hot Chocolate - It Started With a Kiss
Hot Chocolate - Tears on the Telephone
Human League - Human
I-Level - Minefield
Imagination - Body Talk
Imagination - Changes
Imagination - In the Heat of the Night
Imagination - Just an Illusion
Imagination - Music and Lights
Imagination - So Good So Right
Indeep - Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life
Inez Brooks - Chillin' Out
Inner City - Big Fun
Inner City - Good Life
Inner Life - (Knock Out) Let's Go Another Round
Inner Life - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Inner Life - Moment of My Life
Irene Cara - Fame
Irene Cara - Flashdance... What a Feeling
Isley Brothers - Between the Sheets
Isley Jasper Isley - Caravan of Love
Ivan Neville - Not Just Another Girl
J. Blackfoot - Taxi
J. Walter Negro and the Loose Joints - Shoot the Pump
Jackie Stoudemire - Invisible Wind
Jacksons - Body
Jacksons - Can You Feel It
Jacksons - Lovely One
Jacksons - This Place Hotel
Jacksons - Torture
Jacksons - Wait
Jacksons - Walk Right Now
Jacksons - Wondering Who
Jacksons - Your Ways
Jacksons feat. Mick Jagger - State of Shock
Jamaica Girls - Need Somebody New
James Brown - Bring It On
James Brown - Don't Stop the Funk
James Brown - Gravity
James Brown - I'm Real
James Brown - Living in America
James Brown - Rapp Payback
James Ingram & Michael McDonald - Yah Mo B There
Jane Child - Don't Want to Fall in Love
Janet Jackson - Alright
Janet Jackson - Black Cat
Janet Jackson - Come Back to Me
Janet Jackson - Control
Janet Jackson - Don't Stand Another Chance
Janet Jackson - Dream Street
Janet Jackson - Escapade
Janet Jackson - Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)
Janet Jackson - Let's Wait a While
Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You)
Janet Jackson - Miss You Much
Janet Jackson - Nasty
Janet Jackson - Pretty Boy
Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation
Janet Jackson - The Pleasure Principle
Janet Jackson - What Have You Done for Me Lately
Janet Jackson - When I Think of You
Janet Jackson - You Can Be Mine
Jeanette "Lady" Day - Come Let Me Love You
Jeffrey Osborne - On the Wings of Love
Jeffrey Osborne - Stay With Me Tonight
Jeffrey Osborne - You Should Be Mine
Jellybean - The Mexican
Jennifer Holliday - And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going
Jenny Burton - Remember What You Like
Jermaine Jackson & Pia Zadora - When the Rain Begins to Fall
Jermaine Jackson - Dynamite
Jermaine Jackson - Let Me Tickle Your Fancy
Jermaine Jackson - Let's Get Serious
Jermaine Stewart - We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off
Jesse Johnson's Revue - Be Your Man
Jets - Cross My Broken Heart
Jets - Crush on You
Jets - Curiosity
Jets - Make It Real
Jets - You Got It All
Jill Jones - Mia Bocca
Jill Jones - Violet Blue
Jimmy Ross - First True Love Affair
Joanna Gardner - I Could Never Love Another Like You
Jocelyn Brown - Love's Gonna Get You
Jocelyn Brown - Picking Up Promises
Jocelyn Brown - Somebody Else's Guy
Jody Watley - Don't You Want Me
Jody Watley - Everything
Jody Watley - Looking for a New Love
Jody Watley - Real Love
Jody Watley - Some Kind of Lover
Jody Watley - Still a Thrill
Joe Smooth - Promised Land
Johnny Gill - Super Love
Johnny Kemp - Birthday Suit
Johnny Kemp - Just Got Paid
Jones Girls - I'm a Woman Here
Jones Girls - Nights Over Egypt
Jonzun Crew - Space Cowboy
Joubert Singers - Stand on the Word
Joyce Sims - (You Are My) All and All
Joyce Sims - Come Into My Life
Joyce Sims - Lifetime Love
Juicy - Sugar Free
Julia and Company - Breakin' Down (Sugar Samba)
Julius Brown - Party
June Montana - I Need Your Love
Junie - Rappin About Rappin (Uh-Uh-Uh)
Junior - Mama Used to Say
Junkyard Band - Sardines
Junkyard Dog - Grab Them Cakes
K.C. & the Sunshine Band - Give It Up
K.I.D. - Don't Stop
Kabbala - Ashewo Ara
Kashif - I Just Gotta Have You (Lover Turn Me On)
Kashif - Rumors
Kashif - Stone Love
Kat Mandu - I Wanna Dance
Keith Sweat - I Want Her
Keni Burke - Risin' to the Top (Give It All You Got)
Kenny G - Hi, How Ya Doin'?
Kiara & Shanice Wilson - This Time
Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy
Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Endicott
Kid Creole & The Coconuts - I'm a Wonderful Thing, Baby
Kid Creole & The Coconuts - I'm Corrupt
Kid Creole & the Coconuts - Maladie d'Amour
Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Stool Pigeon
Kinky Foxx - So Different
Kirka - Hengaillaan
Klymaxx - I Miss You
Klymaxx - Man Size Love
Klymaxx - Meeting in the Ladies Room
Klymaxx - The Men All Pause
Konk - Your Life
Kool & the Gang - Celebration
Kool & the Gang - Emergency
Kool & the Gang - Fresh
Kool & the Gang - Get Down on It
Kool & the Gang - Joanna
Kool & the Gang - Misled
Kool & the Gang - Stand Up and Sing
Kool & the Gang - Too Hot
Kreamcicle feat. Paula Anderson - No News Is News
Kurtis Blow - The Breaks
L.I.F.E. - You're All Played Out
Labi Siffre - (Something Inside) So Strong
Laid Back - White Horse
Lakeside - Fantastic Voyage
Larry Graham - One in a Million You
Larry Graham - Sooner or Later
Laurice Hudson - Feel My Love
Lavine Hudson - Intervention
Leo's Sunshipp - Give Me the Sunshine
Leon Haywood - Don't Push It Don't Force It
Leon Ware - Rockin' You Eternally
Letta Mbulu - Nomalizo
Levert - Casanova
Light of the World - Time
Limit - She's So Divine
Linda Clifford - Red Light
Linda Lewis - Class/Style (I've Got It)
Linda Taylor - You and Me Just Started
Linx - Intuition
Linx - Together We Can Shine
Linx - You're Lying
Lio - Sage Comme Une Image
Lionel Richie - All Night Long
Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down
Lionel Richie - Hello
Lionel Richie - You Are
Lipps, Inc. - Funkytown
Liquid Liquid - Cavern
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - All Cried Out
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - Head to Toe
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - I Wonder if I Take You Home
Lisa Stansfield - All Around the World
Lisa Stansfield - This Is the Right Time
Lisa Stansfield - You Can't Deny It
Logg - I Know You Will
Lola - Wax the Van
Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation
Lonnie Hill - Galveston Bay
Loose Ends - Hangin' on a String
Loose Joints - Is It All Over My Face?
Love Club - Hot Summer Nights
Luther Vandross - A House Is Not a Home
Luther Vandross - Give Me the Reason
Luther Vandross - Here and Now
Luther Vandross - If Only for One Night
Luther Vandross - It's Over Now
Luther Vandross - Never Too Much
Luther Vandross - She's a Super Lady
Luther Vandross - Stop to Love
Luther Vandross - Sugar & Spice
Luther Vandross - Superstar/Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
Lydia Murdock - Superstar
M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up the Volume
Maarit - Hiekka ja meri
Maarit - Jäätelökesä
Maceo and the Macks - Cross the Track (We Better Go Back)
Madame X - Just That Type of Girl
Madonna & Prince - Love Song
Madonna - Angel
Madonna - Borderline
Madonna - Burning Up
Madonna - Causing a Commotion
Madonna - Crazy for You
Madonna - Dress You Up
Madonna - Holiday
Madonna - Like a Prayer
Madonna - Lucky Star
Madonna - Physical Attraction
Malcolm McLaren - Madam Butterfly
Manhattans - Shining Star
Mantus - Boogie to the Top
Manu Dibango - Abele Dance
Marcel King - Reach for Love
Marsha Raven - Catch Me
Martina - Central Park
Marvin Gaye - Heavy Love Affair
Marvin Gaye - Midnight Lady
Marvin Gaye - My Love Is Waiting
Marvin Gaye - Praise
Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
Marvin Gaye - Turn On Some Music
Mary Jane Girls - All Night Long
Mary Jane Girls - Candy Man
Mary Jane Girls - In My House
Marz - I Got a Boyfriend Now
Material - Bustin' Out
Material - I'm the One
Material - Memories
Maurice Massiah - We Can Go to Your House
Maxine Singleton - You Can't Run from Love
Maze - Back in Stride
Maze - Before I Let Go
Maze - Twilight
Maze feat. Frankie Beverly - Can't Get Over You
Maze feat. Frankie Beverly - Joy and Pain
Mel & Kim - Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)
Melba Moore - Falling
Melba Moore - Keepin' My Lover Satisfied
Men - Someone on My Side
Mercy Mercy - What Are We Gonna Do About It
Merry Clayton - Yes
MFSB - Mysteries of the World
Michael Henderson - Wide Receiver
Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney - The Girl Is Mine
Michael Jackson - Another Part of Me
Michael Jackson - Baby Be Mine
Michael Jackson - Bad
Michael Jackson - Beat It
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana
Michael Jackson - Girlfriend
Michael Jackson - Human Nature
Michael Jackson - I Just Can't Stop Loving You
Michael Jackson - Leave Me Alone
Michael Jackson - Liberian Girl
Michael Jackson - Man in the Mirror
Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
Michael Jackson - One Day in Your Life
Michael Jackson - P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
Michael Jackson - She's Out of My Life
Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal
Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
Michael McDonald - I Keep Forgettin'
Michel'le - No More Lies
Michelle Wallace - Jazzy Rhythm
Midnight Star - Electricity
Midnight Star - Freak-a-Zoid
Midnight Star - No Parking on the Dance Floor
Midnight Star - Operator
Midnight Star - Slow Jam
Midnight Star - Victory
Midnight Star - Wet My Whistle
Midnight Star feat. Ecstacy of Whodini - Don't Rock the Boat
Milli Vanilli - All or Nothing
Milli Vanilli - Blame It on the Rain
Milli Vanilli - Girl I'm Gonna Miss You
Milli Vanilli - Girl You Know It's True
Miquel Brown - Close to Perfection
Missing Persons - Surrender Your Heart
Morris Day - Fishnet
Morris Day - The Oak Tree
Mr Fingers - What About This Love
Mtume - Give It on Up (If You Want To)
Mtume - Juicy Fruit
Mtume - You Can't Wait for Love
Mtume - You, Me and He
Narada Michael Walden - I Shoulda Loved Ya
Natalie Cole - I Live for Your Love
Natalie Cole - Jump Start
Natalie Cole - Pink Cadillac
Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance
Neneh Cherry - Kisses on the Wind
Neneh Cherry - Manchild
Neville Brothers - Brother John/Iko Iko
Neville Brothers - Sister Rosa
Neville Brothers - With God on Our Side
New Edition - Can You Stand the Rain
New Edition - Candy Girl
New Edition - Cool It Now
New Edition - If It Isn't Love
New Edition - Mr. Telephone Man
New Kids on the Block - Please Don't Go Girl
Newcleus - Jam on It
Next Movement - Let's Work It Out
Nia Peeples - Trouble
Nick Straker Band - A Little Bit of Jazz
Nicole with Timmy Thomas - New York Eyes
Nicolette Larson - Let Me Go, Love
Nighthawk - Eye of the Tiger
Nocera - Summertime, Summertime
Nolan Thomas - Yo Little Brother
Nona Hendryx - B-Boys
Nona Hendryx - Keep It Confidential
Nona Hendryx - Living on the Border
Nona Hendryx - Transformation
Nona Hendryx - Why Should I Cry
Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait
Nu Shooz - Point of No Return
Nuance feat. Vikki Love - Loveride
Odyssey - (Joy) Know It
Odyssey - Going Back to My Roots
Odyssey - Inside Out
Odyssey - Use It Up and Wear It Out
Oliver Cheatham - Get Down Saturday Night
Ollie & Jerry - Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us
One Way - Cutie Pie
One Way - Give Me One More Chance
Oran "Juice" Jones - The Rain
Osiris - War on the Bullshit
Otis Clay - The Only Way Is Up
Ottawan - Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)
P-Funk Allstars - Copy Cat
P-Funk Allstars - Hydraulic Pump
Parlet - Wolf Tickets
Parliament - Agony of Defeet
Parliament - Crush It
Parliament - Let's Play House
Parliament - Trombipulation
Pasadenas - Tribute (Right On)
Patrice Rushen - Feels So Real (Won't Let Go)
Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots
Patrice Rushen - Get Off (You Fascinate Me)
Patrice Rushen - Number One
Patrice Rushen - Remind Me
Patti Austin - The Heat of Heat
Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald - On My Own
Patti LaBelle - New Attitude
Patti LaBelle - Release
Paul Simpson feat. Adeva - Musical Freedom
Paula Abdul - Cold Hearted
Paula Abdul - Knocked Out
Paula Abdul - Straight Up
Pave Maijanen - Lähtisitkö
Peabo Bryson - If Ever You're In My Arms Again
Pebbles - Girlfriend
Pebbles - Mercedes Boy
Peech Boys - Don't Make Me Wait
Peech Boys - Life Is Something Special
Peter Wolf - Lights Out
Phase II - Reachin'
Phil Collins & Phillip Bailey - Easy Lover
Phil Collins - Sussudio
Phyllis Nelson - I Like You
Pieces of a Dream - Mt Airy Groove
Pino d'Angiò - Ma quale idea
Planet Patrol - Danger Zone
Planet Patrol - Play at Your Own Risk
Pointer Sisters - Automatic
Pointer Sisters - Dare Me
Pointer Sisters - He's So Shy
Pointer Sisters - If You Wanna Get Back Your Lady
Pointer Sisters - Jump (For My Love)
Pointer Sisters - Neutron Dance
Pointer Sisters - Slow Hand
Positive Force - We Got the Funk
Prince - 17 Days
Prince - 1999
Prince - Adore
Prince - Alphabet St.
Prince - America
Prince - Anotherloverholenyohead
Prince - Automatic
Prince - Baby I'm a Star
Prince - Bambi
Prince - Batdance
Prince - Bob George
Prince - Computer Blue
Prince - Condition of the Heart
Prince - Controversy
Prince - Darling Nikki
Prince - Delirious
Prince - Dirty Mind
Prince - Do It All Night
Prince - Do Me, Baby
Prince - Electric Chair
Prince - Erotic City
Prince - Girls & Boys
Prince - Glam Slam
Prince - Gotta Stop (Messin' About)
Prince - Head
Prince - Hot Thing
Prince - Housequake
Prince - How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore?
Prince - I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
Prince - I Wish U Heaven
Prince - I Would Die 4 U
Prince - If I Was Your Girlfriend
Prince - Irresistible Bitch
Prince - It
Prince - Kiss
Prince - Let's Go Crazy
Prince - Let's Pretend We're Married
Prince - Let's Work
Prince - Little Red Corvette
Prince - Mountains
Prince - New Position
Prince - Paisley Park
Prince - Party Up
Prince - Partyman
Prince - Pop Life
Prince - Private Joy
Prince - Purple Rain
Prince - Raspberry Beret
Prince - Scandalous!
Prince - Sexuality
Prince - Sexy Dancer
Prince - She's Always in My Hair
Prince - Sign O' the Times
Prince - Sometimes It Snows in April
Prince - Starfish and Coffee
Prince - Still Waiting
Prince - Strange Relationship
Prince - Take Me With U
Prince - The Arms of Orion
Prince - The Ballad of Dorothy Parker
Prince - The Beautiful Ones
Prince - U Got the Look
Prince - Uptown
Prince - When Doves Cry
Prince - Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
Prince Charles - Cash (Cash Money)
Princess - Say I'm Your Number One
Professor Longhair - Cry to Me
Q - The Voice of Q
Quincy Jones - Ai No Corrida
Quincy Jones - Becha Wouldn't Hurt Me
Quincy Jones - Just Once
Quincy Jones - The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)
Quincy Jones - Tomorrow (A Better You, A Better Me)
Quinella - Your Place or Mine
RAH Band - Clouds Across the Moon
Rainbow Brown - Till You Surrender
Randy Crawford - Someday I'll Fly Away
Raw Sex Pure Energy - Stop the War
Raw Silk - Do It to the Music
Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters
Ray Parker Jr. - I Still Can't Get Over Loving You
Ray Parker Jr. - The Other Woman
Raydio - A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)
Ready for the World - Love You Down
Ready for the World - Oh Sheila
Rebbie Jackson - Centipede
Reddings - Remote Control
Redds and The Boys - Movin' and Groovin'
Regina - Baby Love
Regina Belle - Baby Come to Me
Regina Belle - Show Me the Way
René & Angela - I Love You More
René & Angela - I'll Be Good
René & Angela - Your Smile
Richard Valentine - Come Back Lover
Richenel - Dance Around the World
Rick James - Cold Blooded
Rick James - Ghetto Life
Rick James - Give It to Me Baby
Rick James - Super Freak
Rockers Revenge feat. Donnie Calvin - Walkin' on Sunshine
Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
Rod - Shake It Up (Do the Boogaloo)
Rodney Franklin - The Groove
Roger - A Chunk of Sugar
Roger - I Want to Be Your Man
Roger - So Ruff So Tuff
Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue
Ron Rogers - Naughty Boy
Roni Griffith - (The Best Part of) Breakin' Up
Ronnie Hudson and the Street People - West Coast Poplock
Rose Royce - R.R. Express
Roshelle Fleming - Love Itch
Rufus & Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody
S.O.S. Band - Just Be Good to Me
S.O.S. Band - Just the Way You Like It
S.O.S. Band - S.O.S. (Dit Dit Dit Dash Dash Dash Dit Dit Dit)
S.O.S. Band - Take Your Time
S.O.S. Band - Tell Me if You Still Care
S.O.S. Band - Weekend Girl
Sade - Is It a Crime?
Sade - Love Is Stronger Than Pride
Sade - Never as Good as the First Time
Sade - Paradise
Sade - Smooth Operator
Sade - The Sweetest Taboo
Sade - Turn My Back on You
Sade - Your Love Is King
Scritti Politti - Absolute
Scritti Politti - Perfect Way
Scritti Politti - The Word Girl
Seduction - (You're My One and Only) True Love
Seduction - Could This Be Love
Seduction - Two to Make It Right
Serge Gainsbourg - Love on the Beat
Serious Intention - You Don't Know
Sexual Harrassment - I Need a Freak
Shalamar - A Night to Remember
Shalamar - Dancing in the Sheets
Shalamar - Go for It
Shalamar - I Can Make You Feel Good
Shalamar - I Owe You One
Shalamar - Make That Move
Shalamar - Sweeter as the Days Go By
Shalamar - The Second Time Around
Shalamar - There It Is
Shana - I Want You
Shannon - Give Me Tonight
Shannon - Let the Music Play
Sharon Brown - I Specialize in Love
Sharon Bryant - Let Go
Sharon Redd - Beat the Street
Sharon Redd - In the Name of Love
Sharon Redd - Love How You Feel
Sharon Redd - Never Give You Up
Sheena Easton - Sugar Walls
Sheila B. Devotion - Your Love Is Good
Sheila E. - A Love Bizarre
Sheila E. - Holly Rock
Sheila E. - The Belle of St. Mark
Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life
Shirley Jones - Do You Get Enough Love
Shirley Lewis - Realistic
Shirley Lites - Heat You Up (Melt You Down)
Shirley Murdock - As We Lay
Shot feat. Kim Marsh - Main Thing
Siedah Garrett - K.I.S.S.I.N.G.
Siedah Garrett - Taboo
Simplicious - Let Her Feel It
Simply Red - Holding Back the Years
Sinnamon - Thanks to You
Sister Sledge - Easy Street
Sister Sledge - Got to Love Somebody
Sister Sledge - Pretty Baby
Sister Sledge - Reach Your Peak
Skipworth and Turner - Thinking About Your Love
Sky's the Limit - Your Love Runs Free
Slave - Dreamin'
Slave - Snap Shot
Slave - Stone Jam
Slave - Watching You
Sly Fox - Let's Go All the Way
Smokey Robinson - Being With You
Smokey Robinson - Just to See Her
Smokey Robinson - Let Me Be the Clock
Smokey Robinson - One Heartbeat
Smokey Robinson - Wine, Women & Song
Sonny Charles - Put It in a Magazine
Soul II Soul - Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)
Soul II Soul - Fairplay
Soul II Soul - Get a Life
Soul II Soul - Keep On Movin'
Soulsister - The Way to Your Heart
Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1
Sparque - Let's Go Dancin'
Special AKA - Free Nelson Mandela
SSQ - Shy Girl
Stacey Q - Don't Make a Fool of Yourself
Stacey Q - Two of Hearts
Stacy Lattisaw - Attack of the Name Game
Stacy Lattisaw - Jump to the Beat
Stacy Lattisaw - Let Me Be Your Angel
Staple Singers - Slippery People
Starpoint - Object of My Desire
Starpoint - Satisfy Me Lover
Steel City - Kannattiko muuttaa yhteen
Stephanie Mills & Teddy Pendergrass - Two Hearts
Stephanie Mills - (You're Puttin') A Rush on Me
Stephanie Mills - I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love
Stephanie Mills - Never Knew Love Like This Before
Stephanie Mills - Sweet Sensation
Stephanie Mills - The Medicine Song
Steve Arrington - Feels So Real
Steve Arrington's Hall of Fame - Weak at the Knees
Steve Winwood - Higher Love
Stevie B. - In My Eyes
Stevie B. - Spring Love
Stevie Wonder - All I Do
Stevie Wonder - Do I Do
Stevie Wonder - Front Line
Stevie Wonder - Go Home
Stevie Wonder - I Ain't Gonna Stand for It
Stevie Wonder - I Just Called to Say I Love You
Stevie Wonder - Lately
Stevie Wonder - Love Light in Flight
Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster (Jammin')
Stevie Wonder - Overjoyed
Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover
Stevie Wonder - Ribbon in the Sky
Stevie Wonder - Rocket Love
Stevie Wonder - That Girl
Stevie Wonder - You Will Know
Stone City Band - Freaky
Strafe - Set It Off
Suede - Enough Is Enough
Sunbelt - Spin It
Surface - Falling in Love
Surface - Happy
Surface - Shower Me With Your Love
Suzy Q - Get On Up
Suzy Q - Get On Up and Do It Again
Suzy Q - Harmony
Sweet Life - I Get Lifted
Sweet Pea Atkinson - Dance or Die
Sweet Sensation - Take It While It's Hot
Sybil - Don't Make Me Over
Syl Johnson - Ms. Fine Brown Frame
Sylvester - Do Ya Wanna Funk
Sylvester - Don't Stop
Sylvester - I Need You
Sylvia Striplin - Give Me Your Love
Sylvia Striplin - You Can't Turn Me Away
Syreeta - Can't Shake Your Love
System - Don't Disturb This Groove
System - It's Passion
System - Sweat
System - You Are in My System
T.S. Monk - Bon Bon Vie (Gimme the Good Life)
Ta Mara & The Seen - Everybody Dance
Taana Gardner - Heartbeat
Taana Gardner - No Frills
Taja Sevelle - Love Is Contagious
Tara - Fresh Flesh
Taste of Honey - I'm Talkin' Bout You
Taste of Honey - Rescue Me
Taste of Honey - We've Got the Groove
Taylor Dayne - I'll Always Love You
Teddy Pendergrass - Love T.K.O.
Teena Marie - I Need Your Lovin'
Teena Marie - Lovergirl
Teena Marie - Ooh La La La
Teena Marie - Square Biz
Temptations - Treat Her Like a Lady
Temptations feat. Rick James - Standing on the Top
Ten City - Devotion
Ten City - Right Back to You
Terence Trent d'Arby - Dance Little Sister
Terence Trent d'Arby - If You Let Me Stay
Terence Trent d'Arby - Sign Your Name
Terence Trent d'Arby - Wishing Well
Terri Wells - I'll Be Around
Terri Wells - I'm Givin' All My Love
Thelma Houston - You Used to Hold Me
Tiffany - Could've Been
Tiggi Clay - Flashes
Time - 777-9311
Time - Cool
Time - Jungle Love
Time - Onedayi'mgonnabesomebody
Time - The Bird
Timex Social Club - Rumors
Tina Fabrique - Alive with Love (A Love Letter)
Tina Turner - Private Dancer
Tina Turner - Two People
Tina Turner - What's Love Got to Do With It
Tom Browne - Funkin' for Jamaica
Tom Browne - Thighs High (Grip Your Hips and Move)
Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love
Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood
Toney Lee - Love So Deep
Toney Lee - Reach Up
Tony! Toni! Toné! - Little Walter
Touche - Just Like a Door Knob
Tracie Spencer - Symptoms of True Love
Tramaine Hawkins - Fall Down Spirit of Love
Trouble Funk - Drop the Bomb
Trouble Funk - Still Smokin'
Twennynine - Peanut Butter
Twilight 22 - Electric Kingdom
Two Tons o' Fun - I Depend on You
Tyrone Brunson - The Smurf
TZ - I Got the Hots for You
Unique - What I Got Is What You Need
Universal Robot Band - Barely Breaking Even
Universal Togetherness Band - Ain't Gonna Cry
Unlimited Touch - I Hear Music in the Streets
USA for Africa - We Are the World
Val Young - Seduction
Valentine Brothers - Money's Too Tight (to Mention)
Vanessa Williams - The Right Stuff
Vanity - Romantic Voyage
Vanity 6 - Drive Me Wild
Vanity 6 - He's So Dull
Vanity 6 - If a Girl Answers (Don't Hang Up)
Vanity 6 - Nasty Girl
Vanity 6 - Wet Dream
Vaughan Mason and Crew - Bounce Rock Skate Roll
Vera Brown - Little Did I Know
Vicky D - This Beat Is Mine
Victor Willis - Physical
View From the Hill - No Conversation
Village People - Sex Over the Phone
Vin Zee - Funky Bee-Bop
Viola Wills - If You Could Read My Mind
Viola Wills - Up on the Roof
Visual - The Music's Got Me
Voyage - Follow the Brightest Star
Wa Wa Nee - Stimulation
Wa Wa Nee - Sugar Free
Wally Badarou - Chief Inspector
War - Cinco De Mayo
War - Outlaw
War - You Got the Power
Warp 9 - Light Years Away
Was (Not Was) - Anything Can Happen
Was (Not Was) - Carry Me Back to Old Morocco
Was (Not Was) - Out Come the Freaks
Was (Not Was) - Tell Me That I'm Dreaming
Was (Not Was) - Wheel Me Out
Watson Beasley - Breakaway
Weather Girls - It's Raining Men
Weeks & Co. - Go with the Flow
Weeks & Co. - Rock Your World
Wendy & Lisa - Are You My Baby?
West Phillips - (I'm Just a) Sucker for a Pretty Face
Westwood Cash - Psycho for Your Love
Wham! - Everything She Wants
Wham! - Young Guns (Go for It)
Whispers - And the Beat Goes On
Whispers - It's a Love Thing
Whispers - Keep On Lovin' Me
Whispers - Rock Steady
Whispers - This Kind of Lovin'
Whispers - Tonight
Whistle - Right Next to Me
Whitney Houston & Teddy Pendergrass - Hold Me
Whitney Houston - Greatest Love of All
Whitney Houston - How Will I Know
Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
Whitney Houston - Love Will Save the Day
Whitney Houston - One Moment in Time
Whitney Houston - You Give Good Love
Will Downing - A Love Supreme
Will to Power - Fading Away
Will to Power - Say It's Gonna Rain
Wilton Felder feat. Bobby Womack & Alltrinna Grayson - (No Matter How High I Get) I'll Still Be Looking Up to You
Womack & Womack - A.P.B.
Womack & Womack - Baby I'm Scared of You
Womack & Womack - Love Wars
Womack & Womack - Teardrops
World Premiere - Share the Night
World's Famous Supreme Team - Hey DJ
Xavier - Work That Sucker to Death
Xena - On the Upside
Yarbrough and Peoples - Don't Stop the Music
Yoko Ono - Walking on Thin Ice
Young & Company - I Like (What You're Doing to Me)
Zapp - Be Alright
Zapp - Coming Home
Zapp - Computer Love
Zapp - Dance Floor
Zapp - Doo Wa Ditty (Blow That Thing)
Zapp - Heartbreaker
Zapp - It Doesn't Really Matter
Zapp - More Bounce to the Ounce
Zapp - Playin' Kinda Ruff
ZZ Hill - Cheating in the Next Room

Thanks to everyone who sent in tracks, and to Thewufs for this Spotify playlist:

https://open.spotify.com/user/thewufs/playlist/4jSmIgdwqmrxpDVi6wCPGi

Here's my first spotlight title. The 12" of this is a monster:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxOVwusCTA4

Yay! Here's the first track I want to campaign for:

Baiser - Summer Breeze

I know nothing about Baiser, except that they were apparently a Canadian disco project with a rather provocative name (in French), and that they only released two singles. The first one of those, "Summer Breeze" (from 1984) is exactly what it says on the tin: an ode to sweet, light romance of summer accompanied by warm winds.

The tune has impeccable early 80s boogie sound, with an elastic synth bass accompanied by an appropriately breezy saxophone. A lovely melody, and this is one of those tunes where the C part is actually better than A or B. You'll have to wait until the two minute mark for it to hit, and then you're in sweet disco heaven! This is pretty much perfect music for a late July evening of sipping drinks on a terrace and lusting after sweaty bodies.

For my first campaign, I want to urge people not to sleep on these two Sheila E. tracks just because two more famous ones will undoubtedly get a lot of votes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThJYpaCcOqE

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgcNLLikZj4

Y'all will want to keep some slots empty on your ballot. I'm gonna gather up some obscure one-hit wonders that will knock your socks off.

I'll go ahead and drop one that will be VERY high on my ballot: Tracie Spencer - 'Symptoms of True Love'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM4JU1CPL7A

The most obscure thing I nominated is "Taboo", the B-side to Siedah Garrett's "K.I.S.S.I.N.G." (which is mediocre by comparison).

It's not even on YouTube - O_O - but I have an mp3 for anyone's who's interested. Just mail me at the poll address.

If the deadline on the '70s poll hadn't completely slipped under my radar, I would've likely put an Amii Stewart b-side ('When You Are Beautiful', from the 'Knock on Wood' single) somewhere in my top 5. It's so obscure that I couldn't find anything but a scratchy rip of the 7" for ages. But I applaud your nomination as legit. There are hidden gems everywhere.

Most of the stuff I nominated isn't too obscure but three tracks which I'd like to highlight:

Firstly, a non New Order Bernard Sumner production from 1985 from Manchester's answer to Michael Jackson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iRypDlgnSs

Next, a deep soul cut from 1984 later covered by Bryan Ferry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4_JR958_qA

Finally, Stewart Levine produced Britsoul/Sophistipop nearly rans View From the Hill.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfCIFKekYq0

I'd guess that about 80% of the adult population of Holland will recognize this track, since the intro was used as a tune for the Dutch Top 40 radio show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZe-yNzaWJQ

Ohhhhhh my god. So...are write-ins okay, however pointless they may be? I just realized that no one nominated Sugar Hill Gang's 'Hot Hot Summer Day', which is just completely ridiculous.

so excited! :) i will actually vote in this one lol

xp - Sure, go ahead! A few write-ins got into the final 70's list, although it looks like we're going to get more voters than last time.

I'd like to highlight Bootsy Collins' Party On Plastic (What's Boostsy Doin'?) - I got this in a brown paper bag of unsold 7" singles when it came out - I would have been 7 or 8 years old - and played it on pretty heavy rotation for a couple of years. It's such a bizarre mess of a thing, but at the time I didn't realise that music wasn't usually supposed to sound like that and just sort of accepted it. It might actually be terrible, still can't tell, but it's certainly never boring.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0end00Llzlg

as i suspected listening to the spotify playlist on shuffle it's all the greatest music ever made

Yeah, coming to the same conclusion. No need to rep for it really but just started listening to I Feel For You and wow somehow I forgot how utterly flawless it is.

the jets singles nominated for this poll alone tbh

at least 15 songs in contention for my no. 1, this is gonna be excruciating

my shortlist is 'only' about 250 tracks long rn so um hopefully this won't be too hard

;_;

Gah, missed nominations cut off again! Wish I'd have nominated Imagination's "Burnin' Up," which truly feels like the first deep house track.

forgot to vote, again.

write-in campaign for this bad boy starts now, c'mon guys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnHu-WLvY5U

Just a reminder of how great Zapp was:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq62sqYZEK8

A side observation: So with some of the nominees that I was a little on the fence about wrt their 'R&B'-ness, I tried hearing them in my head as if they were being performed by indisputable R&B acts, which is when it hit me like a bolt from the blue that 'Church of the Poison Mind' is basically a freakin' Miracles song.

(This was a musical revelation akin to the moment when I realized that 'Ghostbusters' would've been performed by the B-52s in a perfect world.)

Two more sweet, sweet recommendations for you: Cheryl Lynn - 'Shake it Up Tonight' and Yarbrough & Peoples - 'Don't Stop the Music'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcE0ppRJwd8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDx-S-hK4N0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDx-S-hK4N0

that cheryl lynn song inevitably rules

i have no idea what to campaign for that wouldn't be obvious

will say that i continue to find it 100 percent offensive that womack & womack's "teardrops" isn't on spotify. the extended remix is a masterpiece. so, if anybody potentially voting hasn't heard "teardrops" for some reason before here u go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C0MSa7SXE8

I believe there may have been some kind of mathematical formula involved in the perfection that is Coati Mundi's 'Me No Pop I'. I could play it all day and never get sick of that groove.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIITCZ8Cp1U

I had an unspecified Eddy Grant song in my head that I was wracking my brain trying to remember the name of so I could nominate it and I just now I realized that it's actually a War song and that I totally did nominate it so it all worked out in the end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPP7sG5F0uE

Man, I'm shuffling through '80s playlists as I cobble together my ballot and I keep coming across stuff that, on paper, never would've made sense to nominate but that totally fits. This one (the Raincoats' 'Animal Rhapsody') might wind up being a write-in for me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3lJNkU17Xo

Hey, that Raincoats song is cool. I'm going to save it for when I have some empty space on my ballot.

Also, thanks for changing your display name :)

You're welcome, although I simply cannot imagine what your objection was to my previous DN.

i guess i'm just gonna put all the nominated whispers songs on my ballot

Is Good Life by Inner City really R&B? It's pretty clearly House / Acid House.

Here's three more one-hit wonders with an emphasis on the WONDER.

Jenny Burton - Remember What You Like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RmS_gzsV1E

Mel & Kim - Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGeB8FcCQ0o

Jesse Johnson's Revue - Be Your Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9gddM7CQog

What the eff. I thought I noticed that earlier...so anything after a YouTube embed is truncated from yr post now? That's annoying.

Here's #2: Mel & Kim - Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGeB8FcCQ0o

And #3: Jesse Johnson's Revue - Be Your Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9gddM7CQog

i was just playing the spotify playlist on shuffle. whatever this is, it's miraculous

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLUv4ydmySQ

Another out-of-left-field possible write-in candidate: Magazine 60 - Don Quichotte

i guess i've loved gregory abbott's "shake you down" for most of my life without ever knowing who it was or what it was called

I'm seeing all three videos just fine in that first post, Old Lunch. Must be your browser or something.

What the eff. I thought I noticed that earlier...so anything after a YouTube embed is truncated from yr post now?

ime this only happens on mobile

xp - Yeah, me too! I never even heard of the guy, but I've loved that song for ages. It always morphs into "Cherish" by Kool and the Gang in my head, do you have that too?

on which there are no embeds so idk what i'm talking about

anyway all of your vids have been showing up old lunch xp

We didn't nominate fucking "Cherish"?!?!

I'll go ahead and drop one that will be VERY high on my ballot: Tracie Spencer - 'Symptoms of True Love'

this is an ENORMOUS jam

MASSIVE synths

i don't think i've ever heard this song before and it's perfect

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WQCc8OfvY4

Yeah. I nominated it, but I hadn't played it for a couple of years, so even I'd forgotten just how gorgeously sublime it is!

Odyssey was such a great band... Native New Yorker, Weekend Lover, Inside Out, Use It Up and Wear It Out, Going Back to My Roots, (Joy) I Know It, all such perfect singles, and so different from each other! Also, they put more effort in their lyrics than many other disco acts, they often have the tangible feel of lived experiences that's not easy to capture, and this tune is not an exception.

SENT! Didn't technically, literally wait until the last minute. That's something, I guess. Gah-damn, this was difficult. But I think I managed to squeeze in all of the ones that were absolute life or death all-time classics and still make room for favorites that were likely to be represented. I'm sure I'll curse my decision making at some point ('Sussudio' at #1? what was I thinking?!?) but I'm cool with it now.

Can't wait to see the results! And to discover whichever of y'all's excellent choices which are currently unknown to me!

'likely to be under-represented'. I'm tired, gimme a break.

(Just realized that no one nominated Nell Carter - 'Gimme a Break'. Criminal.)

Alright people, not much time left. Who's going to get us to 30 ballots?

By the way, even this late in the game the top 10 keeps changing enormously. A song that was in the top spot last night dropped to 7 this morning, and at the moment the numbers 1 and 2 are 200 points higher than number 3, but only one point apart from each other.

OK, I've got 70 locked down, but the remaining 30 are a bloodbath. I need to sleep on it please.

submit what you have!!

Voted.
I think my only write-in was "Rapper Dapper Snapper".

Gonna submit in a couple hours.

OK, I can extend the deadline with exactly SIX HOURS FROM NOW. That's 18:30 in Western Europe, 12:30 in New York and 9:30 in L.A.

Life does not stop and start at your convenience, folks.

Ok I slapped together the rest of my ballot and submitted

I think my only write-in was "Rapper Dapper Snapper".

Damn.. good call.

Oh, and just so you know: I'm replacing the number 3 of every late ballot with The Breakfast Club's "Right on Track", because that song deserves many more votes than it's gotten so far. The 12" especially reaches perfection:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqzGqah-JGE

Good thing my ballot was on time.

If the top two are the top two that I suspect (i.e. the top two on my ballot), I wouldn't expect anything less than a lead of hundreds of points. I resisted being so predictable but they're pretty goddamn undeniable. So congrats to Chunky A's 'Owww!' and 'The Superbowl Shuffle'!

How many results will be see in the rollout?

Proper excited for the roll out. Just realised that I didn't nominate Cherish by Kool and the Gang (or anything else, for that matter), which is unforgiveable.

xp - I'm thinking about a Top 300 Extravanganza, spread out over two weeks. There are just Too. Many. Great. Songs.

Good choice! Even 300 seems too small a number to contain all of the stone-cold classics.

It'll be interesting to see how a given song's level of R&B-ness affects its placement. There were several songs that would have been top of my list except that their vibe didn't quite scream 'R&B!!!' to me.

I restart the Breakfast Club thread every few months.

what about this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNQYuMun32U

Luther Vandross - Give Me the Reason

nobody better sleep on this

There's a Breakfast Club thread?!?

Breakfast Club - "Right On Track"

People of the ILM 80s RB poll, before it is too late, I urge you to vote for George Clinton's masterpiece, Free Alterations.

Okay, just realized my first stupid omission: Kiara & Shanice Wilson's 'This Time'. I can only hope you guys helped to correct this egregious oversight.

To cut down my list to size I had to boot a bunch of songs for insufficient R&B-ness.

I am sending a ballot!!! Don't close without me! I'm actually ranking this time!

21 minutes left!

Fuck. Guess I'm only ranking the top half then.

Hurry up, man! Half of ILM is waiting for you to make up your mind :)

Sent! (Not happy about the songs I had to cut.)

Srsly, apologies to these songs, which I love with all my heart:

After 7 - Ready or Not
Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who?
Aurra - Such a Feeling
Billy Ocean - Nights (Feels Like Getting Down)
Brothers Johnson - Stomp
C-Bank - One More Shot
Carl Carlton - She's a Bad Mama Jama She's Built She's Stacked
Chaka Khan - This is My Night
Company B - Fascinated
Debbie Deb - When I Hear Music
Dennis Edwards - Don't Look Any Further
Diana Ross - Upside Down
Donna Summer - This Time I Know It's for Real
E.U. - Da Butt
El DeBarge - Who's Johnny
Evelyn Thomas - High Energy
Exodus - Together Forever
Fantasy - You're Too Late
Farley "Jackmaster" Funk & Jessie Saunders - Love Can't Turn Around
Fonda Rae - Touch Me (All Night Long)
Funkadelic - The Electric Spanking of War Babies
Funky 4 Plus 1 - That's the Joint
Gap Band - Early in the Morning
Gap Band - Outstanding
George Clinton - Man's Best Friend/Loopzilla
George Duke - Shine On
Hall and Oates - I Can't Go for That
Heaven & Earth - I Really Love You
Indeep - Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life
James Ingram & Michael McDonald - Yah Mo B There
Janet Jackson - Come Back to Me
Jermaine Jackson - Dynamite
Jets - You Got It All
Jocelyn Brown - Somebody Else's Guy
Jody Watley - Looking for a New Love
Johnny Kemp - Just Got Paid
Junior - Mama Used to Say
Konk - Your Life
Laid Back - White Horse
Lakeside - Fantastic Voyage
Loose Joints - Is It All Over My Face?
Luther Vandross - Never Too Much
Marvin Gaye - Praise
Mary Jane Girls - In My House
Maze - Twilight
Michael Jackson - Baby Be Mine
Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait
Patrice Rushen - Remind Me
Peech Boys - Don't Make Me Wait
Pino d'Angiò - Ma quale idea
Pointer Sisters - Automatic
Pointer Sisters - Jump (For My Love)
Prince - 17 Days
Prince - Dirty Mind
Quincy Jones - Tomorrow (A Better You, A Better Me)
RAH Band - Clouds Across the Moon
Rebbie Jackson - Centipede
René & Angela - I Love You More
S.O.S. Band - Just Be Good to Me
Shannon - Let the Music Play
Sharon Redd - Beat the Street
Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life
Skipworth and Turner - Thinking About Your Love
Stevie Wonder - All I Do
Suzy Q - Get On Up and Do It Again
Syreeta - Can't Shake Your Love
System - You Are in My System
Taana Gardner - Heartbeat
Teena Marie - I Need Your Lovin'
Ten City - Devotion
Time - The Bird
Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love
Twennynine - Peanut Butter
Vaughan Mason and Crew - Bounce Rock Skate Roll
World's Famous Supreme Team - Hey DJ
Zapp - Heartbreaker

As with the 70s poll, I was quite strict on my notions of genre compatibility - and also as with the 70s poll, this skewed my votes towards the first half of the decade. That said, I've been kinder to house than I was to disco.

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I think I voted for 16 of the tracks that Eric squeezed out.

I definitely have your back on some of your discards, Eric.

'This Time I Know It's For Real' was a tough cut for me, because I love the song so much but it just doesn't feel very R&B to me. This poll made me realize how many Donna Summer and Pointer Sisters tracks from the '80s shed the R&B-ness in pursuit of crossover appeal.

Yeah, that def factored in with some of the discards, though I still found room for some landmark house tracks that I never thought I'd throw support behind.

I have seven of Eric's discards covered.

I was pretty lax as far as genre purity goes. If it was nominated, and I love it, I considered it for my ballot. The only two noms I couldn't justify as R&B were Madonna's "Crazy For You" and Malcolm McLaren's "Madam Butterfly."

Shut out for not being "R&B" enough by my own arbitrary standards: "The Belle of St. Mark," "She Works Hard for the Money," plus half a dozen Prince songs. I probably should have voted for Madonna's "Holiday," which actually is R&B enough by those standards and is one of my favorite songs of the 80s or any other decade. I voted for 10 of Eric's cast offs.

lol i pushed lots of songs down or entirely off my ballot for not being r&b enough but "madam butterfly" was not one of them and it ended up v high on my list :X

I decided to go for a pretty strict definition of a R&B too, because otherwise I could never have weeded out my original shortlist of roughly 400 tunes. Sadly, this meant cutting all house music off the ballot. (So hopefully some day someone will ran an '80s electronic music poll?) The only two tunes I still included even though they're probably not R&B enough were "The Crown" and "Lähtisitkö". They were just too good to be omitted!

Didn't include any house otherwise half of my ballot would have been house and it's not really r&b is it

Some of it is.

I know what you're saying but I had to draw a line somewhere

I even nominated Mr Fingers - What About This Love and ended up not voting for it. Would be one of my top 5 of the decade in any genre

My 80s R&B experience was mostly boogie and synth-funk, and that's what I voted for, with a scattering of undeniable electro classics. Even freestyle was suspect. If I could imagine it being played on Houston's Majic 102 FM (KMJQ), it was in, but if it would segue seamlessly at Paradise Garage, it wasn't.

pretty sure I went with the opposite of that when it came to the Paradise Garage

I also cut Madam Butterfly for not being R&B enough. (x-post)

Not sure why we're getting hung up on how r&b the tracks are. They're either on the nominations list or they're not.

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