Could it be I'm POLLING in love? ~~~ ILM 70s SOUL/FUNK/DISCO TRACKS POLL ~~~ RESULTS THREAD!

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62. Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
305 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/4wZ3ZG_Wams

xps the Diana Ross version is the version I care the most about!

I voted for six Stevies, and of the six Stevies that have placed, I voted for only one of them.

We're up to #62 and still haven't gotten a song chosen by half the voters.

Admittedly, being exposed to the "we be jah-mon" version first probably ruined the song's chances forever with me.

Likewise, insofar as it took me a long time, even after becoming a Withers fan, to hear the song without hearing that stupid 80s cover. Finally made my peace with it, though; I voted for it.

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61. Parliament - Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)
307 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/gBWH3OWfT2Y

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60. The Temptations - Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
309 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/-9poCAuYT-s

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59. Earth, Wind & Fire - That's the Way of the World
309 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/QhW3P7_jvWY

Can't muster any enthusiasm for the last four honestly.

ball of confusion tho

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58. Stevie Wonder - Creepin'
312 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/6gkqGCnK-nw

This whole poll is gonna make for a monster of a spotify playlist

I like the 70's Temptations but they don't have David Ruffin in there and it hurts them imo.

agreed, though the greatest hits still stand out

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57. Earth, Wind & Fire - Fantasy
313 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/r58GQYFZeLE

TOO LOW! This is the only cheesy spiritual pop song I know of that actually gets "there" wherever that is.

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56. Sly & The Family Stone - Thank You for Talkin' to Me Africa
317 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/_ppAPO-DIHo

I prefer the more urgent original version, but obviously I'm here for Thank You For Talkin' to Me Africa

I endorse the cult of "Creepin'"

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55. Deniece Williams - Free
320 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/imTDWIZwEDU

This whole poll is gonna make for a monster of a spotify playlist

― josh az (2011nostalgia)

https://open.spotify.com/user/miketd/playlist/2j8xMq0o3mRcFT5ZeWEzut

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54. The Persuaders - Thin Line Between Love and Hate
320 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/VbZzIG4ncXY

^^^^^^ AMAZING

Could It Be I'm Falling In Love was my #1. The apotheosis of Philly Soul. The handoff from Bobby Smith to Phillipe Wynne at the end slays me every time.

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53. Curtis Mayfield - Freddie's Dead
320 points / 7 votes
https://youtu.be/0B6TKClPFQA

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52. Sly & The Family Stone - If You Want Me to Stay
327 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/TdorgC9qUkI

ok now THAT is really too fucking low!

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51. Stevie Wonder - Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing
327 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/zywDiFdxopU

RECAP 51-200:

51. Stevie Wonder - Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing 327 points / 6 votes
52. Sly & The Family Stone - If You Want Me to Stay 327 points / 5 votes
53. Curtis Mayfield - Freddie's Dead 320 points / 7 votes
54. The Persuaders - Thin Line Between Love and Hate 320 points / 6 votes
55. Deniece Williams - Free 320 points / 5 votes
56. Sly & The Family Stone - Thank You for Talkin' to Me Africa 317 points / 4 votes
57. Earth, Wind & Fire - Fantasy 313 points / 6 votes
58. Stevie Wonder - Creepin' 312 points / 5 votes
59. Earth, Wind & Fire - That's the Way of the World 309 points / 6 votes
60. The Temptations - Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) 309 points / 5 votes
61. Parliament - Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker) 307 points / 6 votes
62. Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground 305 points / 6 votes
63. The Spinners - Could It Be I'm Falling in Love 303 points / 7 votes / 1 number one
64. Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough 303 points / 4 votes
65. Bill Withers - Lean on Me 302 points / 5 votes
66. Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop 302 points / 4 votes
67. Curtis Mayfield - (Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below We're All Going to Go 300 points / 4 votes
68. Hall & Oates - She's Gone 298 points / 4 votes
69. Michael Jackson - Rock With You 297 points / 6 votes
70. Dionne Warwick & the Spinners - Then Came You 297 points / 5 votes
71. Rufus & Chaka Khan - Tell Me Something Good 296 points / 7 votes
72. Al Green - Here I Am (Come and Take Me) 293 points / 5 votes
73. Chairmen of the Board - Give Me Just a Little More Time 292 points / 6 votes
74. Eddie Kendricks - Girl, You Need a Change of Mind 291 points / 5 votes
75. Crusaders - Street Life 289 points / 5 votes
76. Sister Sledge - Lost in Music 285 points / 5 votes
77. Diana Ross - Love Hangover 283 points / 6 votes
78. William DeVaughn - Be Thankful for What You've Got 282 points / 6 votes
79. Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster 281 points / 5 votes
80. Lyn Collins - Think (About It) 278 points / 4 votes
81. The Stylistics - You Are Everything 274 points / 5 votes / 1 number one
82. Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way 271 points / 4 votes
83. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - The Night 271 points / 3 votes / 1 number one
84. Aretha Franklin - Day Dreaming 269 points / 5 votes
85. Kool & The Gang - Summer Madness 269 points / 4 votes
86. Minnie Riperton - Les Fleurs 266 points / 5 votes
87. The Rolling Stones - Miss You 266 points / 4 votes
88. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - The Love I Lost 264 points / 6 votes
89. Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours 262 points / 3 votes
90. Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights 261 points / 4 votes
91. The Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again 259 points / 5 votes
92. The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) 255 points / 6 votes
93. Bill Withers - Use Me 255 points / 5 votes
94. Bill Withers - Grandma's Hands 254 points / 4 votes
95. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly 249 points / 6 votes
96. The Jacksons - Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) 249 points / 5 votes
97. Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together 244 points / 6 votes
98. Sly & The Family Stone - Everybody Is a Star 244 points / 5 votes
99 (TIE). Brook Benton - Rainy Night in Georgia 244 points / 4 votes
99 (TIE). Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On 244 points / 4 votes
101. Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine 240 points / 6 votes
102. Sly & The Family Stone - Luv N' Haight 240 points / 4 votes
103. The Dramatics - Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get 239 points / 4 votes
104. Edwin Starr - War 238 points / 5 votes
105. Syreeta - I'm Goin' Left 235 points / 4 votes
106. Stevie Wonder - Another Star 233 points / 3 votes
107. Four Tops - Still Water (Love) 231 points / 4 votes
108. The Chi-Lites - Oh Girl 228 points / 4 votes
109. The Isley Brothers - Fight the Power 228 points / 3 votes
110. Blue Magic - Sideshow 226 points / 5 votes
111. Raydio - You Can't Change That 226 points / 4 votes
112. James Brown - The Payback 225 points / 4 votes / 1 number one
113. War - The World Is a Ghetto 225 points / 3 votes
114. Gloria Gaynor - Never Can Say Goodbye 224 points / 4 votes
115. Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa 223 points / 4 votes
116. Earth, Wind & Fire - Shining Star 223 points / 3 votes
117. Stevie Wonder - He's Misstra Know-It-All 222 points / 3 votes
118. The Spinners - It's a Shame 221 points / 5 votes
119 (TIE). Donna Summer - Love to Love You Baby 221 points / 4 votes
119 (TIE). Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now 221 points / 4 votes
121. The Stylistics - You Make Me Feel Brand New 219 points / 3 votes / 1 number one
122. Commodores - Machine Gun 216 points / 3 votes
123. Inner Life - I'm Caught Up (In a One Night Love Affair) 212 points / 4 votes
124 (TIE). Al Green - Belle 212 points / 3 votes
124 (TIE). Tavares - More Than a Woman 212 points / 3 votes
126. KC & the Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight 210 points / 4 votes
127. Shirley & Company - Shame, Shame, Shame 209 points / 3 votes
128 (TIE). Donny Hathaway - The Ghetto 206 points / 4 votes
128 (TIE). Sylvester - I Need Somebody to Love Tonight 206 points / 4 votes
130. Rufus & Chaka Khan - Sweet Thing 203 points / 4 votes
131. Al Green - You Ought to Be With Me 203 points / 3 votes
132. Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary 202 points / 3 votes
133. Kool & The Gang - Jungle Boogie 198 points / 5 votes
134 (TIE). Funkadelic - Get Off Your Ass and Jam 198 points / 4 votes
134 (TIE). Stevie Wonder - If You Really Love Me 198 points / 4 votes
136. Patti Jo - Make Me Believe in You 197 points / 4 votes / 1 number one
137 (TIE). Ann Peebles - I'm Going to Tear Your Playhouse Down 196 points / 4 votes
137 (TIE). Cymande - Bra 196 points / 4 votes
137 (TIE). James Brown - Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing 196 points / 4 votes
140. The Emotions - Best of My Love 195 points / 5 votes
141. Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free 194 points / 3 votes
142. Minnie Riperton - Reasons 192 points / 2 votes
143. The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There 191 points / 4 votes
144. Reggie Garner - Hotline 191 points / 2 votes
145 (TIE). Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) 187 points / 4 votes
145 (TIE). Parliament - Mothership Connection (Star Child) 187 points / 4 votes
147. The Chi-Lites - Stoned Out of My Mind 187 points / 3 votes
148. Cymande - Dove 186 points / 3 votes
149. MSFB - Love Is the Message 185 points / 3 votes
150. The Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze 184 points / 4 votes
151. Sly & The Family Stone - Runnin' Away 183 points / 4 votes
152. Barry White - I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby 183 points / 3 votes
153. War - Low Rider 181 points / 4 votes
154. Michael Jackson - I Wanna Be Where You Are 181 points / 3 votes
155. Parliament - Bop Gun (Endangered Species) 180 points / 3 votes
156. Stevie Wonder - As 179 points / 2 votes
157. The Isley Brothers - Love the One You're With 177 points / 3 votes
158. MSFB - T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia) 176 points / 5 votes
159. Hot Chocolate - Every 1's a Winner 176 points / 4 votes
160. Sister Sledge - Thinking of You 173 points / 3 votes
161. Sylvester - (You Make Me Feel) Mighty Real 172 points / 3 votes
162. David Bowie - Golden Years 171 points / 2 votes
163. The Brothers Johnson - Strawberry Letter 23 168 points / 6 votes
164. The 5th Dimension - One Less Bell to Answer 167 points / 2 votes
165 (TIE). The Honey Cone - Want Ads 165 points / 4 votes
165 (TIE). The Trammps - Disco Inferno 165 points / 4 votes
167 (TIE). Ashford & Simpson - Stay Free 165 points / 3 votes
167 (TIE). The Manhattans - Kiss and Say Goodbye 165 points / 3 votes
167 (TIE). Maxine Nightingale - Right Back Where We Started From 165 points / 3 votes
167 (TIE). The O'Jays - I Love Music 165 points / 3 votes
171. Idris Muhammad - Could Heaven Ever Be Like This 164 points / 3 votes
172. Bill Withers - Lovely Day 163 points / 4 votes
173. The Pointer Sisters - Yes We Can Can 162 points / 3 votes
174 (TIE). Aretha Franklin - Angel 161 points / 4 votes
174 (TIE). Chic - At Last I Am Free 161 points / 4 votes
176 (TIE). Smokey Robinson - Cruisin' 160 points / 3 votes
176 (TIE). The Supremes - Stoned Love 160 points / 3 votes
178. The Stylistics - Peek-a-Boo 159 points / 2 votes
179. The Jacksons - Blame It on the Boogie 158 points / 3 votes
180. Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Cherchez La Femme 157 points / 3 votes
181. The Fatback Band - (Are You Ready) Do the Bus Stop 157 points / 2 votes
182. Al Wilson - Show and Tell 156 points / 3 votes
183 (TIE). Chairmen of the Board - Finders Keepers 156 points / 2 votes
183 (TIE). Funkadelic - Red Hot Mama 156 points / 2 votes
185 (TIE). Average White Band - Pick Up the Pieces 155 points / 3 votes
185 (TIE). Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive 155 points / 3 votes
187 (TIE). Funkadelic - I'll Bet You 154 points / 3 votes
187 (TIE). Jackson Sisters - I Believe in Miracles 154 points / 3 votes
189 (TIE). Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive 154 points / 2 votes
189 (TIE). The O'Jays - Listen to the Clock on the Wall 154 points / 2 votes
191. Rose Royce - Wishing on a Star 153 points / 4 votes
192. Aaron Neville - Hercules 152 points / 3 votes
193 (TIE). The Dramatics - In the Rain 151 points / 3 votes
193 (TIE). Teddy Pendergrass - I Don't Love You Anymore 151 points / 3 votes
195 (TIE). Al Green - Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy) 150 points / 3 votes
195 (TIE). Billy Preston - Outa-Space 150 points / 3 votes
197. Baby Huey - Listen to Me 149 points / 3 votes
198. Vicki Sue Robinson - Turn the Beat Around 148 points / 2 votes
199. James Brown - Super Bad 147 points / 3 votes
200. Machine - There But for the Grace of God Go I 147 points / 2 votes

See you tomorrow!

Looks like these three are tied for the most votes, with 7:

53. Curtis Mayfield - Freddie's Dead 320 points / 7 votes
63. The Spinners - Could It Be I'm Falling in Love 303 points / 7 votes / 1 number one
71. Rufus & Chaka Khan - Tell Me Something Good 296 points / 7 votes

The Night was my number one. I'd have no problem putting that in my top 10 songs of all time list.

Creepin' and Free are the other two songs I'm most excited about placing too. They both have that gorgeous lush 70s soul sound down.

The way this is playing out, Stevie should land the #1.

I'll guess "Let's Stay Together"

(wish I'd voted)

(loving the results via Spotify)

Family Affair will be number one if past polls are anything to go by

I doubt Family Affair or I Feel Love will take it. Rooting for O-o-h Child!

Curtis won the album poll. Maybe he can sneak away with a win in this one too.

If its gonna come down to Al vs. Curtis vs. Stevie, hoping for Curtis.

I like him but I don't get putting Curtis in the league with Al or Stevie honestly.

Move On Up, Family Affair, Superstition in a 3 way battle for ILM's Soul!!!

Let's Stay Together takes it.

This all went too fast

My favourite Love Hangover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSaHU278Nxk

Y'all ready for the

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50. Billy Paul - Me and Mrs. Jones
330 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/81bgy94vdRI

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49. Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
330 points / 5 votes / 1 number one
https://youtu.be/57Ykv1D0qEE

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48. Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
332 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/QnJFhuOWgXg

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47. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Wake Up Everybody
333 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/2HhV3Slqtvw

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46. McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
337 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/CJTxnxXUMA0

xp OK, I woke up