bop bop shoo be do-wah; hey yeah yeah!: it's the ilm BANANARAMA SINGLES poll!

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(UK/US ones only for no particular reason other than general lack of au fait-ness with the mid-90s/early 00's Exotica tinkerings. No Cruel Summer '89, because, it's the same)

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Cruel Summer (1983)	14
Robert De Niro's Waiting (1984)	9
Love In The First Degree (1987)	6
Shy Boy (1982)	3
Venus (1986)	2
Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye) (1983)	1
Really Saying Something (w/Fun Boy Three) (1982)	1
I Want You Back (1988)	1
A Trick Of The Night (1987)	1
Preacher Man (1991)	1
Aie a Mwana (1981)	1
Help! (w/Lananeeneenoonoo) (1989)	0
Only Your Love (1990)	0
Long Train Running (1991)	0
Tripping On Your Love (1991)	0
Movin' On (1992)	0
Last Thing On My Mind (1992)	0
More, More, More (1993)	0
Move In My Direction (2005)	0
Nathan Jones (1988)	0
Love, Truth & Honesty (1988)	0
It Ain't What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It) (w/Fun Boy Three) (1982)	0
Cheers Then (1982)	0
Rough Justice (1984)	0
Hot Line To Heaven (1984)	0
The Wild Life (1984)	0
Do Not Disturb (1985)	0
More Than Physical (1986)	0
I Heard A Rumour (1987)	0
I Can't Help It (1987)	0
Look On The Floor (Hypnotic Tango) (2005)	0

― hoot, Thursday, 5 July 2007 13:09 (eighteen years ago)

THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE.

"Robert De Niro's Waiting," Karate Kid classic not ruined by Ace of Base "Cruel Summer," and "I Heard A Rumour" could all qualify, but I'm going for the very underrated "A Trick of the Night," a sweet, sad hologram of a ballad.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 5 July 2007 13:16 (eighteen years ago)

Love in the first degree.

If you crashed on a desert island and everyone got a Bananarama single to get them through the ordeal*. you would be jealous of the LITFD person waaaaaay more than most of the others.

the opening bars of that single pwn this thread.

*some sort of gay airline emergency kit...

― Hamildan, Thursday, 5 July 2007 14:40 (eighteen years ago)

I think I own 19 of these singles on vinyl. do i win a prize? and this poll leaves out "every shade of blue" which i also have on vinyl.

I used to own "help" on cassingle, but i don't have it anymore. don't miss it either.

too hard to choose. though i do have an extraordinary fondness for the "do not disturb" single. that has my fave b-side on it as well.

the album that "more more more" was on is pretty good, by the way. i have that cd. and it came with a bonus remix cd that is pretty cheesy, but kinda fun.

― scott seward, Thursday, 5 July 2007 14:58 (eighteen years ago)

I've heard Cruel Summer twice in the last week so it gets my vote for that.

― jim, Thursday, 5 July 2007 15:02 (eighteen years ago)

Cheers Then (1982)

whats that??

― pisces, Thursday, 5 July 2007 15:03 (eighteen years ago)

give us back our cheap fares!

― Mark G, Thursday, 5 July 2007 15:04 (eighteen years ago)

I wonder how many ILMers (or indeed how many people who bought the recent CD reissue of Deep Sea Skiving) get that reference.

― Jeff W, Thursday, 5 July 2007 15:12 (eighteen years ago)

Anyway I voted for "Love in the First Degree", albeit after much agonising.

― Jeff W, Thursday, 5 July 2007 15:13 (eighteen years ago)

stuck between "Cruel Summer" and "Aie a Mwana"

― Curt1s Stephens, Thursday, 5 July 2007 16:45 (eighteen years ago)

cruel summer, indelibly impressed on my brain by karate kid

― sleep, Thursday, 5 July 2007 20:14 (eighteen years ago)

"Really Saying Something"

― zeus, Thursday, 5 July 2007 20:37 (eighteen years ago)

"Shy Boy" - as with Culture Club, my favourite single is their most Motown-ish

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Friday, 6 July 2007 02:39 (eighteen years ago)

not that i'd vote for it as best but "look on the floor (hypnotic tango)" is GREAT

― impudent harlot, Friday, 6 July 2007 02:49 (eighteen years ago)

Going with "Cruel Summer", but "Love In The First Degree" isn't that far behind.

― LeRooLeRoo, Friday, 6 July 2007 20:47 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― ILX System, Friday, 6 July 2007 23:01 (eighteen years ago)

Going with "Cruel Summer", but "Love In The First Degree" isn't that far behind.

My sentiments exactly...

― mike t-diva, Saturday, 7 July 2007 14:24 (eighteen years ago)

"Robert De Niro's Waiting" for the block, please.

― Kevin John Bozelka, Saturday, 7 July 2007 14:29 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― ILX System, Saturday, 7 July 2007 23:01 (eighteen years ago)

cruel summer is kinda undeniable.

― scott seward, Saturday, 7 July 2007 23:26 (eighteen years ago)

no votes for i heard a rumour?? surprised.

― electricsound, Saturday, 7 July 2007 23:47 (eighteen years ago)

Just now noticing that "Shy Boy" (which got my vote) peaked at #83 in the US while it was HUGE in Canada (which is kinda unusual) and in the UK (which isn't).

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Saturday, 7 July 2007 23:53 (eighteen years ago)

I would have voted for "Cruel Summer".

― HI DERE, Sunday, 8 July 2007 01:05 (eighteen years ago)

ditto.

― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 8 July 2007 01:09 (eighteen years ago)

glad I voted for AAM; I love Cruel Summer but knew it was gonna be the victor here

― Curt1s Stephens, Thursday, 12 July 2007 15:48 (eighteen years ago)

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