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

Welcome to the results of the:
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19 people voted for 762 songs. Thanks to everyone who voted, and special thanks to Ρεμπετολογια for the thread title.

This is what came before:

Nominations thread

Voting and campaigning thread

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200. Machine - There But for the Grace of God Go I
147 points / 2 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGBDAxCDLs4

Oops, sorry for the embed. But it's OK for one of the best disco tracks EVER.

wow. stoked for this

I allllmost voted for that, but ended up leaning off of some of the really aggressively disco ones this time around. I clearly made the wrong choice.

But "There But for the Grace" is easily one of my top 100 songs ever.

the very idea that there are 199 songs better than "there but for the grace of god"!

Loved this back when I thought everything August Darnell touched is genius. Now I'm mostly ok with just hyping up Dr. Buzzard.

Also yeah, top 200 countdown is appropriate for this poll.

Good start to the list.

I like this kind of party! Let the rollout begin. Thanks ArchCarrier.

Fabulous track.

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199. James Brown - Super Bad
147 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/LJ9CLOEOB5U

Are you kidding me? Ridiculously pitiful showing for an alltime classic.

This is going to be a groovy blood bath.

I'll do the Spotify playlist again:
https://open.spotify.com/user/miketd/playlist/2j8xMq0o3mRcFT5ZeWEzut

Thanks, Mike!

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198. Vicki Sue Robinson - Turn the Beat Around
148 points / 2 votes
https://youtu.be/devNnEA0AdU

how did the points allocation work?

How many ballots?

Oh sorry, 19

xp

100 for #1, down to 1 point for #100.

Unranked tracks got the average of the remaining points on a ballot.

As I said in the albums poll, it's basically impossible to rank James Brown alongside anything else. He just works in a different way. Like a subgenre or a subart even. Better yet supraart!

I limited myself to the funk/soul stuff, but There But For The Grace Of God Go I is one of the greatest songs in existence

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197. Baby Huey - Listen to Me
149 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/YJXMBxZgznY

I kind of wish this poll had come before the disco one.

I'm proud to be one of the 3 Baby Huey voters. What a song.

me too but i woulda nominated 2 others if I hadnt been unwell to nominate. Gutted my fave Mandrill song (Ape Is High) wasn#t nominated.

How many songs revealed each day?

Not sure yet, we'll see how far we get today.

(Are there any Curl experts in here? I'd like to automate my posts so that I don't have to get back to my PC every 20 minutes, but I can't get the cookies to work.)

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195 (TIE). Billy Preston - Outa-Space
150 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/UuJVleNkJj0

195 (TIE). Al Green - Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)
150 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/PO6Jt4M8ebs

Now that's what I call clavinet! (re: Outa-Space)

Sha-La-La is amazing cause it does all those terrible old timey things like a la la chorus and a novelty percussion and yet Green and Mitchell make it work

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193 (TIE). Teddy Pendergrass - I Don't Love You Anymore
151 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/pWgxSjf9VgY

193 (TIE). The Dramatics - In the Rain
151 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/iJQNedn8k4Q

Voted for both of these beautiful songs

I Don't Love You Anymore TOO LOW anywhere outside the top 5.

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192. Aaron Neville - Hercules
152 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/bySudtwSwnY

I've always loved this instrumental cover of "In The Rain"

https://youtu.be/UmNveARlZVY

Hercules is haunting.

It's an awesome driving song

All things considered my favorite Toussaint song.

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191. Rose Royce - Wishing on a Star
153 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/nGYpc7AuQjQ

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189 (TIE). The O'Jays - Listen to the Clock on the Wall
154 points / 2 votes
https://youtu.be/PzuAs8grqSg

189 (TIE). Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
154 points / 2 votes
https://youtu.be/oQwNN-0AgWc

That O'Jays song is so great, glad someone else helped me to get it into the top 200.

"Stayin' Alive" is great as well but feels out of place in this poll.

I could do without "Stayin' Alive" in both this and the disco-only poll.

Hi five ArchCarrier!

I wanted to vote for Time To Get Down, which wasn't nominated, so I voted for my second favorite O'Jays song instead

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187 (TIE). Jackson Sisters - I Believe in Miracles
154 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/7MYdr8Fkah0

187 (TIE). Funkadelic - I'll Bet You
154 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/ORm8Fa3q4Ro

Whoa, that Jacksons Sisters track rocks! I hadn't noticed it during the nominations process because I confused it with "You Sexy Thing" :)

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185 (TIE). Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
155 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/Tth-8wA3PdY

185 (TIE). Average White Band - Pick Up the Pieces
155 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/FnH_zwVmiuE

"Stayin' Alive," ugh.

But I don't really care because I'm still so pumped at seeing "There But For The Grace of God Go I" crack the Top 200 despite not even being on the nominations list. So, high five to the other write-in voter!!

High five back! I put it on my ballot after I saw your vote for it. The single best discovery from the disco poll for me.

I Bet You, comically low.

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183 (TIE). Funkadelic - Red Hot Mama
156 points / 2 votes
https://youtu.be/GeNkRuYHy8k

183 (TIE). Chairmen of the Board - Finders Keepers
156 points / 2 votes
https://youtu.be/RLbchIebH9g

'I Believe in Miracles' is a classic but didn't quite make my ballot, glad to see it place.

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182. Al Wilson - Show and Tell
156 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/ItgAlRuafaU

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181. The Fatback Band - (Are You Ready) Do the Bus Stop
157 points / 2 votes
https://youtu.be/ptXveQbZvxs

Bus Stop!

Bus Stop!

Are You Ready?

To do the Bus Stop?

lol @ Bee Gees hate in this thread

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180. Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Cherchez La Femme
157 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/9UXA5reH0_o

"Stayin' Alive" is a terrific song, even if no "Turn the Beat Around"

I don't hate "Stayin' Alive" like I once did, but one the 100 best disco songs ever? And one of the 200 best Soul/Funk/Disco songs ever? Hell No.

Not exactly sure "I could do without 'Stayin' Alive' in both this and the disco-only poll" is hate, per se.

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179. The Jacksons - Blame It on the Boogie
158 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/mkBS4zUjJZo

Almost voted for this one. Went with what I think is an even more well-regarded Jacksons track instead.

"Finders Keepers" was my discovery of this poll. Never knew they were this funky (awesome clavinet again!). Great brass stabs too.

Here comes my number 3:

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178. The Stylistics - Peek-a-Boo
159 points / 2 votes
https://youtu.be/qZtgs54z3-U

Think I ended up cutting "Blame it on the Boogie" b/c I had at least 5 or 6 other Jackson family songs on my ballot.

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176 (TIE). The Supremes - Stoned Love
160 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/Rglxw5cbZWY

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176 (TIE). Smokey Robinson - Cruisin'
160 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/WlzY6cWpoMQ

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174 (TIE). Chic - At Last I Am Free
161 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/Qo0LYX6COv0

174 (TIE). Aretha Franklin - Angel
161 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/9FqZ1yyeVAI

"Finders Keepers" was my discovery of this poll. Never knew they were this funky (awesome clavinet again!).

that's what happens when you replace your backing band with Funkadelic

Cruisin' doesn't make the top 150? Come on voters!

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173. The Pointer Sisters - Yes We Can Can
162 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/F2U1OUxXSMM

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172. Bill Withers - Lovely Day
163 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/sYi7uEvEEmk

One of the few nominated Withers tracks that I *didn't* vote for!

"Lovely Day" was one of the two that got my vote.

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171. Idris Muhammad - Could Heaven Ever Be Like This
164 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/SYH0ORfHQMY

Could Heaven Ever Be Placed Higher Than This?

fwiw ... THIS is the version I voted for:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0skigTyA4NE

FOUR-way tie coming up...

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167 (TIE). The O'Jays - I Love Music
165 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/e_1s2UFc_z8

167 (TIE). Maxine Nightingale - Right Back Where We Started From
165 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/WhgY4Te0uFs

167 (TIE). The Manhattans - Kiss and Say Goodbye
165 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/5ie3oDNpRHE

167 (TIE). Ashford & Simpson - Stay Free
165 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/-yKFlgg8WiM

Maxine Nightingale, awesome

i probably haven't heard that in 30 years

I've updated the Spotify playlist, after something of a lag.

Last one for today:

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165 (TIE). The Trammps - Disco Inferno
165 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/V7EfnYwpmOE

165 (TIE). The Honey Cone - Want Ads
165 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/_ndBMp_ZyE0

fun mix today of obv disco stuff/things I voted for/things I've never heard of

All of you are wrong with the reverence for P-Funk. I know that's a bizarre opinion to have so I will contain it to this one post. I know they used to get described as the funk Kiss and that's pretty otm.

I have little reverence for P-Funk and only included one song from each if the two major acts on my ballot. Funkadelic albums, more often than not, I find, are a chore.

challops medals all around

Very glad about Ashford & Simpson and Dr. Buzzard placing. Hope there's more to come. Cruisin and Angel seem sort of crazy low?

re: Cruisin', there's some classic s10cki "sad youtube comments" shit in the link:

my friend had a voice like this only raspier. we called him smokey. he shot himself 2 weeks ago, breaks my heart how much this music hurts and heals at the same time. I love my black people, I'm proud of my black family. I love you all. just know that you do matter. no one should be able to make you feel differently

I really should've gotten my shit together and voted. I feel like a failure, especially since there are a few songs already I could've bumped way up the list.

I just didn't have time to dedicate to compiling a ballot for this poll. If I had, "In the Rain" would have gotten more points - love that song.

I know predictions are gauche but screw it. Super Bad, I Bet You and Cruisin' have all somehow managed to miss the top 150 of this poll. So nobody apart from ArchCarrier has any idea what's going to happen.

I'm predicting something from There's A Riot wins this. Probably Family Affair.

nobody apart from ArchCarrier has any idea what's going to happen

This. There's so much territory and (frankly) so few ballots it could go any direction.

With only 19 voters and 762 songs receiving votes anything could happen.

I was glad to Al Wilson's Show & Tell make the list. Didn't know that one until this poll. Great tune.

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164. The 5th Dimension - One Less Bell to Answer
167 points / 2 votes
https://youtu.be/pjW_z02EjaA

Wish I'd voted in this after kicking in some nominations, but may I just say this is a fucking fantastic list so far? Really looking forward to hearing the songs I don't know already.

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163. The Brothers Johnson - Strawberry Letter 23
168 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/q-ipH9Ws-zs

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162. David Bowie - Golden Years
171 points / 2 votes
https://youtu.be/A8u8mODGOlg

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161. Sylvester - (You Make Me Feel) Mighty Real
172 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/s5iqfk4CPQ8

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160. Sister Sledge - Thinking of You
173 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/de4_vbntd50

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159. Hot Chocolate - Every 1's a Winner
176 points / 4 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SFFRaIUisY

oops!

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158. MSFB - T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia)
176 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/G_h-FthvF-w

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157. The Isley Brothers - Love the One You're With
177 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/brKwex4UXaw

^ I'd like to think this is here because of my (small) campaign for it. Awesome song for the summer!

Love the One You're With always baffled me. Like, no one warned Stills just how toxic the idea is? Thinking of You is out of this world and I can't understand how it wasn't on every ballot.

I'm not sure what you mean by "toxic".

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156. Stevie Wonder - As
179 points / 2 votes
https://youtu.be/KWhMyOs0pCQ

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155. Parliament - Bop Gun (Endangered Species)
180 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/SkBHwY5xVCc

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154. Michael Jackson - I Wanna Be Where You Are
181 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/MFL_gYXE6Rk

I think I axed "As" at the last minute. For no reason really. A fantastic song.

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153. War - Low Rider
181 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/F_iJ28iXwo0

xp It's just an off-putting sentiment. Especially in the revolutionary context Stills dabbled in up until that point. It's sort of standard country song stuff I guess but most country songs have the good sense not to marry defetist lyrics to soaring choruses about eagles and doves.

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152. Barry White - I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby
183 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/x6AL1XnHJZs

Was the Shuggie Otis version of Strawberry Letter 23 nominated? Because I will continue believing it to be hugely superior til the day I die.

Stevie Wonder's As tearing up the charts at 156. Another song I was sure would finish in the top 20.

If "I Feel Love" wins this, I will be irritated. That's become the Stairway To Heaven of the rockism era. Sure it's a great song and I voted for it too, but still....

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151. Sly & The Family Stone - Runnin' Away
183 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/ViDAoBhLJHI

RECAP 151-200:

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

There are some heavy hitters in that list!

Heh, think of everything still to come...

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150. The Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze
184 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/T88fbHOmvRk

Hey I like that Summer Breeze! It takes awhile to get going but once it does it's real nice.

So many brilliant songs already accounted for.

I only voted for two Al Green songs. Sha-La-La was one of them.

Love that Jackson Sisters song so much. One of the most uplifting songs I can think of. It was in my top 25.

I voted for a different Smokey song, but I'm happy to see Cruisin' make it. His 70s albums are so underrated.

Want Ads is a nice surprise to see. Amazing song.

I was listening to Songs In The Key Of Life yesterday. I really should have voted for As. I tried to not vote for more than three songs by each artist.

The Dramatics, Dr. Buzzard, Sylvester, Hot Chocolate, Isley Brothers, War and Chic are all classics too. This list is awesome so far.

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149. MSFB - Love Is the Message
185 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/cXRqX50681o

As was in my top ten, this is insanely low.

I sent in my ballot in the last minute and if I didn't it wouldn't have made it! Such a beautiful song and a perfect coda (along with Another Star) to one of the best albums of all time

I was one of the voters on that one too. Just insanely good vibes throughout.

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148. Cymande - Dove
186 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/0kzJ3aXSo48

One of my favorite discoveries from the albums poll. I love those slow epics.

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147. The Chi-Lites - Stoned Out of My Mind
187 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/koiSiWLq3ds

As is brilliant but in a way that doesn't make me want to single it out specifically. Stevie has 20 or so songs I feel that way about.

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145 (TIE). Parliament - Mothership Connection (Star Child)
187 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/4aGnuLXCruc

145 (TIE). Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
187 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/d8UU9Re84hM

huh i meant to vote in this. machine would've been my no. 1. oh well

Great to see 'Dove' place, Cymande did well on my ballot.

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144. Reggie Garner - Hotline
191 points / 2 votes
https://youtu.be/Kr-lOgmEmJU

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143. The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There
191 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/uY3vgBzgYn4

Hotline was my number two. High five to the other voter!

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142. Minnie Riperton - Reasons
192 points / 2 votes
https://youtu.be/en8B2xnxNRA

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141. Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free
194 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/OB5kjLyQpM8

And Reasons was my number three. One of the most euphoric songs ever.

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140. The Emotions - Best of My Love
195 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/pahij2ZMkMw

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140. The Emotions - Best of My Love
195 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/pahij2ZMkMw

Oops, sorry for that. I was experimenting with a script that auto-posts the entries for me. There's some work to do :)

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137 (TIE). James Brown - Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing
196 points / 4 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZkjo3mNmsA

137 (TIE). Cymande - Bra
196 points / 4 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuLnxjVo6bk

137 (TIE). Ann Peebles - I'm Going to Tear Your Playhouse Down
196 points / 4 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwoKq6HPwkE

Argh, sorry!

Anyway, three more excellent tracks.

EW&F are the only artist I gave as much love as Stevie Wonder, thanks to "Best of My Love" and "Free."

I broke the three songs rule for the Spinners.

I don't have a three-song rule, but I broke it for Stevie and the Stylistics.

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136. Patti Jo - Make Me Believe in You
197 points / 4 votes / 1 number one
https://youtu.be/PcUWUevMNIQ

This to me is the most perfect nexis between soul and disco.

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134 (TIE). Stevie Wonder - If You Really Love Me
198 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/UmR4y4slhmo

134 (TIE). Funkadelic - Get Off Your Ass and Jam
198 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/4d1i35T5yAk

Turns out that Minnie Riperton "Reasons" is a massive omission from my ballot - I'd forgotten all about it. What a monster!
Reggie Garner is new to me, and great.

If You Really Love Me is the best structured pop song ever.

And Reasons was my number three. One of the most euphoric songs ever.

― kitchen person, Wednesday, April 12, 2017 10:42 AM (thirty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I was the other voter for Reasons, had it in my top ten--spectacular guitar and fierce vocal creating that euphoria

Patti Jo is the first track not on Spotify. Know it very well, though.

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133. Kool & The Gang - Jungle Boogie
198 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/QHGOO73Gxg4

I realize now that "fierce" is an understatement for Minnie's vocal on "Reasons." Her melismas are often hit-or-miss for me, but her final, impossibly high notes on that song, when they blends with the guitar...man

"Reasons" is pretty gorgeous. "Jungle Boogie" is the most famous iteration of a formula I've liked far better elsewhere in KatG's catalog.

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132. Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary
202 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/hzQnPz6TpGc

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131. Al Green - You Ought to Be With Me
203 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/yG5-x1CRGIM

No "TOO LOW!" on Proud Mary?

At this point, everything is too low.

Everything will be too low until we reach #1. Which if it's "I Want You Back" I will say "TOO HIGH!"

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130. Rufus & Chaka Khan - Sweet Thing
203 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/bFKXGVtXq8s

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
128 (TIE). Sylvester - I Need Somebody to Love Tonight
206 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/3twSNZhB330

Figured nobody would vote for Proud Mary. It's as played as Stayin Alive and not as unique.

Yay for Sweet Thing. That was one of my noms, though I obvs didn't bother voting for it because I am a horrible person.

Ike & Tina's "Proud Mary" (which I voted for) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Stayin' Alive"

(and that is the last time I will diss that song itt, I promise)

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128 (TIE). Donny Hathaway - The Ghetto
206 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/qm78FoOyGpA

Also, the relatively low placement of "Jungle Boogie" is the biggest surprise of the rollout for me, so far. Had it in the top quarter of my ballot.

"I Need Somebody To Love Tonight" placing = A+

A haunting, hypnotic track.

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127. Shirley & Company - Shame, Shame, Shame
209 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/VEJnK8nvlk4

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
126. KC & the Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight
210 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/L7RRLC5slLo

I can never get over how goofily earnest KC is in period clips. Surprised at him placing above some of these others, he does have some stuff I like though

He's my boogie man.

a real Kelso/That 70s Show vibe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wed5SCzkTU

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124 (TIE). Tavares - More Than a Woman
212 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/XdchuRONsa0

124 (TIE). Al Green - Belle
212 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/kjEHoz1r3bs

xp - What's wrong with that audience? Only four people are dancing!

I'm too busy at work to do anything other than offer jejune adjectives. Tavares' "More Than a Woman" is so stately.

I somehow missed jungle boogie in the noms as it wouldve been top 5 for me

What's wrong with that audience? Only four people are dancing!

haha yeah it is v weird

xp voted for both "Hollywood Swingin" and "Summer Madness" over "Jungle Boogie"

but i did rush out a ballot inbetween bouts of ill so i have an excuse!

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123. Inner Life - I'm Caught Up (In a One Night Love Affair)
212 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/uq6HQG-cce0

Love that Belle has done so well. That's the album of his I come back to the most.

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122. Commodores - Machine Gun
216 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/ho_Od3o9OLg

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
121. The Stylistics - You Make Me Feel Brand New
219 points / 3 votes / 1 number one
https://youtu.be/dJm51jsRoo0

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
119 (TIE). Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now
221 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/FscIgtDJFXg

119 (TIE). Donna Summer - Love to Love You Baby
221 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/V5AztWseIdU

Great to see the roll-out. Regret missing the polling period - was moving across the country!

136. Patti Jo - Make Me Believe in You

TOO LOW!

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118. The Spinners - It's a Shame
221 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/3ZP3UQ0ESLc

Everything placing after Patti Jo is TOO HIGH

It's a shame that song didn't make the top 100!!

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117. Stevie Wonder - He's Misstra Know-It-All
222 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/94_snrtKGt0

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
116. Earth, Wind & Fire - Shining Star
223 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/Zu9a29UR2dU

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
115. Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa
223 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/w2jYjUiulMQ

"It's a Shame" was just one of a ridiculous number of Spinners tracks I voted for, so I really hope there is more to come.

Yay for Manu Dibango!

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114. Gloria Gaynor - Never Can Say Goodbye
224 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/CCSvNZWpXaM

I was the other voter for Reasons, had it in my top ten--spectacular guitar and fierce vocal creating that euphoria

― human music...I like it! (voodoo chili), Wednesday, April 12, 2017 5:18 PM (two hours ago)

Excellent work. It's one of my favourite album openers ever.

Great to see Machine Gun make it. I had another Commodores song really high on my list but I'm almost certain nobody else will have voted for it.

Love I Need Somebody to Love Tonight by Sylvester. That and Don't Stop are his two best songs for me.

I was just listening to Sweet Thing. They're such an underrated group. I voted for that and Tell Me Something Good.

You Ought to Be With Me is my favourite Al Green song.

Lots of other songs I'm happy to see here too.. and James Brown.

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113. War - The World Is a Ghetto
225 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/ptIcert_Ra8

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
112. James Brown - The Payback
225 points / 4 votes / 1 number one
https://youtu.be/IST6qRfVqwY

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
111. Raydio - You Can't Change That
226 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/4kxpsvW2gAE

I was the #1 voter for "You Make Me Feel Brand New". Airrion Love sets it up, Thompkins, Jr. knocks it out the park.

Jogging back even further, how have I never heard MJ's "I Wanna Be Where You Are" before? Were those late 1971 recordings his secret peak? There's this, "Got To Be There" and his masterly version of "Ain't No Sunshine" just for starters.

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110. Blue Magic - Sideshow
226 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/eamL5JBdcM8

i know a ton of these just for being alive this long

Two very surprising choices in a row.

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109. The Isley Brothers - Fight the Power
228 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/8QZvoOqUkqw

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
108. The Chi-Lites - Oh Girl
228 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/LwjsVD23Z3E

Misstra Know It All has always been my favorite Stevie Wonder song.

Ha, was I really the only #1 vote for "The Payback"? I guess I have no real concept of what is canonical here.

I didn't vote because I hate these kind of open-ended genre polls in general but um yeah, how is that song not in the top 10, it's like the apex of JB singles.

The randomness is such that even when there's only 5 slots left, I have no idea how to predict them.

, it's like the apex of JB singles

I felt that way about Super Bad, yet it finished at 199.

The World Is A Ghetto is amazing. I voted for two other War songs that were also title tracks to their albums.

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107. Four Tops - Still Water (Love)
231 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/6NASl6heM

Too low! One of my favourite songs of all time.

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106. Stevie Wonder - Another Star
233 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/K9KKBvWTdMQ

Super Bad is great but it's "washing machine" rhythm is so unusual and distinct from the general blueprint of so much 70s soul/funk/disco, to me it's off in its own JB-centric galaxy. Whereas The Payback is a straight-up 4/4 funk monster that epitomizes a lot about the era.

xp

Another Star was my number 3.

Talk about euphoria.

Gah! Now that one really IS too low!

you guys favor a different aspect of Stevie than I do, that's for sure

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105. Syreeta - I'm Goin' Left
235 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/HgRljMF6eCE

The As/Another Star diptych at the end of Songs is the thrilling climax to Stevie's unimpeachable 70s run. It's where his singing, composing, and arranging skills combine with his deep love of God, music, and human beings to create 16 of the greatest minutes in music history.

It's impossible for me to separate them or vote for them anywhere outside the top five of a poll like this

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104. Edwin Starr - War
238 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/dQHUAJTZqF0

too high

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103. The Dramatics - Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get
239 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/36yBERG6V4U

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
102. Sly & The Family Stone - Luv N' Haight
240 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/uJZHm5_i1vI

Voted for that one.

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101. Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
240 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/tIdIqbv7SPo

RECAP 101-200:

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. The 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!

101. Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine

shocked by the lowness

I probably shoulda voted for it if I wanted it higher, but I thought that was a Top 20 lock with or without me,

If Luv n Haight can't crack the top 100, I take back my predictio of Family Affair winning this.

Based on today's results, the top 10 is even harder to figure out than yesterday.

I'm Goin' Left by Syreeta was my number six. The first song on my favourite soul album ever.

108. The Chi-Lites - Oh Girl

The ultimate TOO LOW for me, so far. Had this in my top 10.

Also surprised at the "Ain't No Sunshine" not even cracking the top 100.

can no longer hear Oh Girl w/out thinking of the Sopranos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMw7b4ltJtk

Also recently put to memorable use in Spike Lee's Chi Raq.

102. Sly & The Family Stone - Luv N' Haight 240 points / 4 votes
103. The Dramatics - Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get 239 points / 4 votes
108. The Chi-Lites - Oh Girl 228 points / 4 votes
110. Blue Magic - Sideshow 226 points / 5 votes
111. Raydio - You Can't Change That 226 points / 4 votes
114. Gloria Gaynor - Never Can Say Goodbye 224 points / 4 votes
118. The Spinners - It's a Shame 221 points / 5 votes
123. Inner Life - I'm Caught Up (In a One Night Love Affair) 212 points / 4 votes
124 (TIE). Tavares - More Than a Woman 212 points / 3 votes
126. KC & the Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight 210 points / 4 votes

These were mine and obviously too low all of them. More Than a Woman has maybe the best ad libs ever. Each variation sticks in your head as much the chorus. I'm Caught Up is about as pure an example of that unique disco euphoria I can think of. Sideshow is second rate Stylistics but that's still better than most things. Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get sounds like generic soul of the times when you don't pay attention and like the best groove ever when you do. Oh Girl is legitimately unique, like all the top Eugene Record stuff.

Think I nominated "Luv N' Haight" - what a jarring, brilliant album opener. I think there will be a lot of vote-splitting with the Riot tracks. I personally would be happy if half the top ten were from Riot, but it's very much and album-album, not just a collection of discrete tracks - and also I didn't vote.

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99 (TIE). Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
244 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/3j3okb3kuts

99 (TIE). Brook Benton - Rainy Night in Georgia
244 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/bDRbF80NKDU

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98. Sly & The Family Stone - Everybody Is a Star
244 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/m29F4FtVo-U

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97. Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together
244 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/KYx2uZRlJCk

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96. The Jacksons - Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)
249 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/T2wYZFji0Cs

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
95. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
249 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/-cmo6MRYf5g

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
94. Bill Withers - Grandma's Hands
254 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/TdrChyGb574

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93. Bill Withers - Use Me
255 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/NuYDKzky4z0

I don't really get the appeal of Grandma's Hands, but Use Me is obviously great.

to me the appeal is a beautiful song about his grandma set to an irresistible groove. it's like a gospel song about his love for his grandmother. idk it's a nice sentiment i think. i'm also quite dear to his performance on his live at carnegie hall record.

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92. The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
255 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/jFYFC6bi_6A

I love Hotline Bling probably more than most but Timmy Thomas is just regular lounge shit. Not a fan of the top 100 so far actually. Rainy Night in Georgia feels more like auldt contemporary than soul and that's an important distinction imo. Oh Girl is unique because it sort of effortlessly blurs that line. Benton's ad libs are in that jazz tradition of not fitting the vibe of the song at all and just being there for their own sake. Use Me is amazing forever.

Very irregular for lounge, I'd say, which is why I like it.

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91. The Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again
259 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/kH5jcNS8IXI

xp Yeah, probably for the time. But I can't hear it now.

xp Nice to see the Prince of Wales voting in an ILM poll :)

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90. Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights
261 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/mCscZ2tPFmI

Not a fan. The rest of the top 100 tho is fantastic so far.

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89. Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
262 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/WvRwR-hZDVY

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88. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - The Love I Lost
264 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/STs1QlyawpY

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
87. The Rolling Stones - Miss You
266 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/hPrklRwn1HE

Thanks for that, ILM.

Two of the greatest r'n'b vocalists ever right there.

kind of feel we took a swerve to the yawnsome after we hit 100

Just in the 80s, thus far. "The Love I Lost" is great, but I hope "Bad Luck" is still in queue.

Superfly is obviously a classic. Hopefully there will be more Curtis to come in the higher reaches of the poll.

xp I think I had Bad Luck place second on my ballot and considering the six votes for The Love I Lost it's a safe bet.

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86. Minnie Riperton - Les Fleurs
266 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/g1kDd6yBQZ4

Les Fleurs is way too low. I hope that's not it for Minnie in the list

Kind of hate Riperton but I can't deny this one.

At least it wasn't my fault: I had Les Fleurs at number 4...

I voted for Southern Nights. Though the vox on the studio version is a little grating, the live versions are all incredible

https://youtu.be/oGAFOz5GA8I

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85. Kool & The Gang - Summer Madness
269 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/2SFt7JHwJeg

tooooo low

another one where the live performances far outstrip the studio

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89. Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
262 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/WvRwR-hZDVY

Twice?

The auto-posts still don't work.

Summer Madness is similar to the Timmy Thomas for me in that I love the later pop take on it too much to hear it on it's own.

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88. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - The Love I Lost
264 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/STs1QlyawpY

The machine has gone rogue!

Fingers crossed 87 gets fixed this time around.

Miss You is awesome in so many ways don't even start that!

Sorry! I was working in the garden.

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84. Aretha Franklin - Day Dreaming
269 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/Zw2v3g4AX84

I never got "Grandma's Hands," or how it could possibly beat out my #1 "Ain't No Sunshine."

Kind of hate Riperton but I can't deny this one.

― gospodin simmel, donderdag 13 april 2017 14:05 (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

How on earth can anyone *hate* Minnie?!

Day Dreaming is lovely--I could've voted for any track off that album

xp Plenty of people hate overtly whimsical stuff.

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83. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - The Night
271 points / 3 votes / 1 number one
https://youtu.be/XsSoDsxB7Yo

Loved The Night when I first discovered it but it sort of wore off for me. Most Northern Soul does actually.

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82. Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way
271 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/yioNn7XS-bw

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81. The Stylistics - You Are Everything
274 points / 5 votes / 1 number one
https://youtu.be/ckWTYFK-66Y

Lush!

My number one.

Even just the intro ... the way the progression unexpectedly resolves against the strings. It's

... got me speechless apparently.

:)

The Diana Ross/Marvin Gaye version is nice too.

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80. Lyn Collins - Think (About It)
278 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/HKix_06L5AY

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79. Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster
281 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/sR9CRxY9Ne0

Nice work ArchCarrier and thanks for using my poll name suggestion. You Are Everything was in my top 10. I feel like the overriding story of 70s soul was the work of producers and arrangers like Charles Stepney, Arif Mardin, Maurice White, Gamble/Huff and my favourite, Thom Bell, who of course is responsible for YAE.

I'm pretty sure I left "Rainy Night in Georgia" and "Everybody is a Star" off my ballot after checking some dates and determining that they both existed a little too comfortably within 1969 for me to include, but I'm happy to see them place nonetheless.

Big YAYs for a bunch of things here: "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)," "Don't Leave Me This Way," "You Are Everything," "Just My Imagination," "Summer Madness," "Miss You" (sorry Eric), "Use Me" and esp "Grandma's Hands," which was one of two Withers tracks in my Top 10.

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78. William DeVaughn - Be Thankful for What You've Got
282 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/KDTXljIqxRE

TOO ... LOW!!!

I submitted unranked, but that would've been a definite contender for my #1 slot.

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77. Diana Ross - Love Hangover
283 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/niEYaeYa72U

I submitted unranked, but that would've been a definite contender for my #1 slot.

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76. Sister Sledge - Lost in Music
285 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/43qB9FpfCR8

Let me guess: this would've been a definite contender for your #1 slot?

No, but in the mix for #17.

Still, TOO ... LOW!!!

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75. The Crusaders - Street Life
289 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/-iVR7WLsvAg

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
74. Eddie Kendricks - Girl, You Need a Change of Mind
291 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/WcdAuxmohv8

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
73. Chairmen of the Board - Give Me Just a Little More Time
292 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/gzIAiyxS-nk

girl you need a change of mind is wayyyy tooooo looooooowwwww

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72. Al Green - Here I Am (Come and Take Me)
293 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/aTpDFXhgGjM

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
71. Rufus & Chaka Khan - Tell Me Something Good
296 points / 7 votes
https://youtu.be/OB4JDJiet5M

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
70. Dionne Warwick & the Spinners - Then Came You
297 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/uOViqvRsIgo

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
69. Michael Jackson - Rock With You
297 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/5X-Mrc2l1d0

Tell Me Something Good has been in so many ads that it barely even feels like a real song anymore, but it's got an awesome wah-wah guitar sound and a fairly classic progression into that famous chorus.

"Rock With You" is one of those songs that is so familiar by now that it becomes easy to underestimate it. Just looking at my ballot again (#62), I'm stunned at how I could have placed such a lovely, classic song so low.

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68. Hall & Oates - She's Gone
298 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/jpR8r0D2EyY

No comment.

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67. Curtis Mayfield - (Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below We're All Going to Go
300 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/x1xmXOP3lhM

That's more like it.

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66. Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop
302 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/H6SS7JDVRo0

I don't get She's Gone and (Don't Worry). Especially ahead of legit number one contenders like Girl You Need a Change of Mind, Give Me Just a Little More Time and Rock With You. Voted for the Stylistics and Spinners as well of course.

Shit, and Lost In Music. Is that it for Sister Sledge? They got robbed.

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65. Bill Withers - Lean on Me
302 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/KEXQkrllGbA

Zzzzz.

(to both the last two)

True.

Cosmic Slop is insanely great I have no idea what you guys are talking about

so is Lean on Me tbh

"Lean on Me" is kinda like Lennon's "Imagine", a deceptively simple pop piano paean that many seem to regard as hokey and overexposed

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

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64. Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
303 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/4szjSq3uxQI

Wasn't aware people cared for this version. Hope Inner Life is still to come.

Or not, that's from 1981.

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63. The Spinners - Could It Be I'm Falling in Love
303 points / 7 votes / 1 number one
https://youtu.be/EU4UTDrSwQc

Mind melting song.

If you're inclined, check out the Hardcore Jollies version of Cosmic Slop. It's better.

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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

http://www.nephrologynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/IS_top-50_85614091_500.jpg

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

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
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

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
47. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Wake Up Everybody
333 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/2HhV3Slqtvw

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
46. McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
337 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/CJTxnxXUMA0

xp OK, I woke up

Unarguable Top 50 so far

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45. The O'Jays - Love Train
340 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/2vTKmVvyNRc

I don't think they heard you, Harold...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HhV3Slqtvw

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44. Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
340 points / 7 votes
https://youtu.be/IaTo5iqTH5s

xp Teddy. Harold never sings as far as I know. Dope top 50 so far. Voted for Marvin, Aretha and the mighty Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now

Sort of worried for Ashford and Simpson at this point tho.

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43. Stevie Wonder - Living for the City
344 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/rc0XEw4m-3w

My 1 per artist rule (with a few exceptions) was tough on Stevie. This turned out to be the track I couldn't leave out.

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42. Al Green - Love and Happiness
344 points / 7 votes
https://youtu.be/rqqAnjY2Rmo

"Living For The City" was my #2. I also voted for "Higher Ground" and another one which hasn't yet placed (but I bet it will).

I voted for 4 Al Green tracks - the most of any act, which was a bit of a surprise, but there you go. "Love And Happiness" just sneaked in at #100.

Me and Mrs Jones is such a great song.

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41. The Stylistics - Betcha by Golly, Wow
345 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/alvEUFJtMw8

xxp Higher Ground placed at #63 or so

If Living For The CIty can't make the top 40, it would appear that there aren't that many Stevie songs left.

I'm hoping BB King's Ain't Nobody Home shows up. I had never heard that song until ArchCarrier nominated it. Many many thanks for that.

Do I have to explore more BB King now? The U2 song When Love Comes To Town kinda soured me, I guess. But Ain't Nobody Home is just about perfect.

Aw, "Love and Happiness" was the Al Green I was hoping would finish top 10.

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40. The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
348 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/s3Q80mk7bxE

Geez, what a way to open the top 40.

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39. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - The Tears of a Clown
360 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/4heHLbchPKk

I can live with #40.

We're in my favorite stretch of the rollout now, starting at 41. "Tears" was my number 5.

Aww, Smokey seems finished. Unless Quiet Storm shows up. Hard to see how it could top Tears of a Clown, though. That is one of the alltime great songs.

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38. The Stylistics - People Make the World Go Round
360 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/2owZXPyeilc

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37. Shuggie Otis - Strawberry Letter 23
364 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/gHe_15fJeCA

xp - I voted for "Children of the Night" as my Stylistics epic; very glad "People" made it even without my help.

I had "Wake Up Everybody" really high up on my ballot, but didn't know how popular it was and was not expecting it to place at this point.

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36. Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough
365 points / 7 votes
https://youtu.be/yURRmWtbTbo

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35. The O'Jays - Back Stabbers
368 points / 7 votes
https://youtu.be/hzTeLePbB08

WHAT THEY DO!

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34. Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain
368 points / 8 votes
https://youtu.be/g5Rjo_imHDE

One of my discoveries from the nomination process; the intro sounds far ahead of its time.

I don't quite get Shuggie Otis. Nice song and all, but for it to finish ahead of the likes of Tears of a Clown and dozens of others just feels wrong.

Yeah, especially when compared to the Brothers Johnson version. I prefer that one.

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33. The Isley Brothers - That Lady
374 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/S1Mvy3E8P2U

I too prefer the Brothers Johnson version. Greatly.

I strongly prefer Shuggie's original over the Brothers Johnson cover - it's a long-time favourite, and was my #10.

Ain't Nobody Home is a Howard Tate song right? Never understood I Want You Back tbh.

lol @ both versions of Strawberry Letter 23 placing wtf

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32. Isaac Hayes - Theme from Shaft
377 points / 7 votes
https://youtu.be/nFvRvSxsW-I

yessssss

so badass

shut yo mouth

I didn't vote for it; I was wrong not to vote for it; its greatness is taken for granted.

prefer the Bar-Kays Son of Shaft tbh

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31. Marvin Gaye - Got to Give It Up
386 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/Ayyy-03ITDg

Are we finishing today?

yes

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30. Parliament - Flashlight
393 points / 7 votes
https://youtu.be/T0ZGNGBNIL8

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29. Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
399 points / 8 votes / 1 number one
https://youtu.be/l153atE72OA

My #1. How did EVERYONE not vote for this?!

Did anything run the table on ballots?

Can't stand the rain and Didn't I Blow Your Mind have the lead in number of ballots placed with 8. Which is nuts

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28. Chic - I Want Your Love
401 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/hjqPmqXy7nc

(xposts) My guess is that that just wouldn't happen, even though 19 voters is a relatively small number, and even if all 19 submitted 100 songs (doubtful). I bet the odds are extremely long. (Best bets: "Family Affair," "Let's Stay Together.")

didn't vote for either of those so i guess not

i was limited by my own artist restrictions

Which would be another thing preventing that, anyone who followed a one-artist/one-song rule (which I usually do but didn't here).

What does "run the table" mean? Is it some statistical thing?

(on "Didn't I...")

I mean, everyone else's entry point into the genre was seeing Jackie Brown as a teenager, right?

One song on 19/19 ballots.

What does "run the table" mean? Is it some statistical thing?

gambling metaphor

(xpost) Emphatic no!

OK, I see.

xp - I don't remember the Delphonics in Jackie Brown, but I instantly fell in love with "Across 110th Street" the moment I saw the first trailer.

what a great run of selections in the top 50.

yes, every song in the top 50 has been a 10/10 classic

"Across 100th Street" in that same film was another discovery/motivation for checking out more of this stuff (other than the Motown stuff I already knew, that is--and even then, I always associated Motown with the 60s).

"Didn't I" was Pam Grier/Robert Forster's un/official love theme! It is played like three times in the movie!

I haven't seen Jackie Brown since it came out...

Never understood I Want You Back tbh.

― gospodin simmel, Friday, April 14, 2017 10:31 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Crazy talk!

What's not to understand about a 10-year-old MJ delivering a vocal with twice the power of most grown ass men, or the greatest bassline in the history of pop music?

Anyway, I didn't vote for it because it came out in 1969.

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
27. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Bad Luck
405 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/PDhYUsW2YtI

xps yeah, the Delfonics had a big role in that movie. "La La Means I Love You" made an appearance as well.

I mean, everyone else's entry point into the genre was seeing Jackie Brown as a teenager, right?

are you serious

Not at all. Just working out my (obviously ridiculous) agitation at "Didn't I" placing so (relatively) low.

Second best Nixon song in this countdown. (The best, which I assume is still on its way, was my #1.)

not into that Harold Melvin song at all myself

surprising amount of Harold Melvin in this roll out ... is he most represented artist? would think it would be stevie or al green by the time we are done

"Bad Luck" is straight fire hot smashing tune.

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
26. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
408 points / 8 votes / 2 number ones
https://youtu.be/H-kA3UtBj4M

2 number ones

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25. Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove
409 points / 8 votes
https://youtu.be/3WOZwwRH6XU

I can respect Michael and Jamerson on it but that's still not actually enjoying I Want You Back. Bad Luck too low. It's the best gospel song I know. The way Teddy insists each and every bad thing that happens isn't your fault but due to bad luck is crazy moving. Can't think of the other Nixon tune but I'm sure it's obvious.

I had "What's Going On" as my #1. I played all of my contenders in full - not far off 200 of them! - and it simply hit the hardest, even after decades of regular listens.

^ that's dedication.

What's Going On still packs a punch, it's true. It's easy to take the song for granted, but that bridge where it changes key is so indescribably beautiful, with the soaring choir and strings.

Most represented artist will be Stevie Wonder by a wide margin, if you include "Tears of A Clown", "It's A Shame", "Tell Me Something Good", "I'm Going Left" and whatever's to come.

I had "What's Going On" somewhere around the middle of my ballot. One of those songs that I keep thinking is totally played out at this point, but then I'm struck by every time I hear it.

What's Going On will always be overshadowed by Inner City Blues for me.

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
24. The Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her
410 points / 8 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVYxKRXDT2I

Please let "One Nation" be Funkadelic's highest ranking tune (unless "Knee Deep" is still in line).

Can't think of the other Nixon tune but I'm sure it's obvious.

Actually, it's not, in that he's not mentioned by name. But I find it impossible not to think of it as a Nixon song, and in fact, for the first few years of the decade, I think Nixon's an unspoken presence in a lot of the more despairing songs: "The World Is a Ghetto," "Winter in America," a few by Stevie Wonder, etc.

Too low of course. Can't think of anything quite like the Chi-Lites. Off kilter but on point.

Is Nixon Misstra Know It All?

That song placed, but still.

xp to Eric if I know ILM, Maggot Brain is coming

I know, I know. I expect it to be #2 actually.

Can't really see "You Haven't Done Nothin" placing at this point.

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
23. Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
412 points / 6 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKTUAESacQM

lol

One of those songs that I keep thinking is totally played out at this point, but then I'm struck by every time I hear it.

I had this feeling surprisingly often, when playing through my long list. But it was sometimes equally surprising in reverse: "oh, I love this track - oh wait, it's kinda played out now".

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
22. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
417 points / 5 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOKn33-q4Ao

Well, at least we got it over with.

*ducks*

I know, I know. I expect it to be #2 actually.

Close enough.

If Maggot Brain counts as soulfunkdisco then Station to Station is surely in the top 10?

"Stairway to Heaven" at #1

Maggot Brain is way out of place

brilliant, moving guitar solo that belongs nowhere near this poll. Get thee back to the Epics poll!

For voting in this poll, I maintained a rule of if its been nominated (and it reasonably counts as the 70s), I'll vote for it. The only song on the noms list that I couldn't justify, or even comprehend, as Soul/Funk/Disco was "Station to Station."

too low

too slow

One thing I'm taking away from this poll is that I'll never get into Parliament/Funkadelic.

your loss

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
21. Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady
422 points / 6 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXJx2NnnxA0

(Apart from "One Nation Under A Groove". But that cleared the floor when I played it out a couple of weeks ago, so pfft to it.)

esp considering the stuff placing here is only the most obvious/famous tracks

xp

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
20. The Commodores - Easy
425 points / 7 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XcTyEKSnYg