The UK Top 50 of 1978 Poll

"Mr. Blue Sky", rather obviously. Easier than usual to make up my mind here.

JILTED JOHN FTW!

Clout were dead unlucky. One hit, then the South African cultural boycott meant they couldn't tour/ break out, etc.

That was before Sean Rowley's Swinging Guilty Pleasures Acquittal Roadshow sorted them out, albeit too late to do them any good.

Has to be "Wuthering Heights" really.

This is a TERRIBLE list. Wuthering Heights by a mile.

Oh man, this is way more fun than the last couple of lists. "Baker Street," for the sax, and just for the hell of it.

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Oh shit I missed Uptown Top Ranking in there. Damn.

Shit, had I noticed it I would have gone for that one too. Oh well...

we're gonna bring a case of wine
and mess and fool around like we used to.

Jilted John.

So much worse than 1979. What the fuck is Scott Fitzgerald & Yvonne Keely "If I Had Words"??!?!??!

It's a pile of crap based on a classical piece. It is truly horrific.

What, no love for Dean Friedman??

"Airport! Ooh ooh ooh ooh-ooh..."

Not a paticular good list - and I remember 78 being nearly as good as 77.

I'm gonna plump for Airport by The Motors cause I don't think anyone else will and it's a damned good song.

x-post.. er seems I'm not alone!

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The classical thing that If I had Words is based on is Saint-Saen's Symphony #3, Opus 78.

Someone has just reminded me that the mice sang a version of it in Babe.

What a rubbish year. YMCA should walk this.

A rubbish year unless you are heavily into "Grease", Bee Gees and Boney M, I guess.

.. and that's exactly what it was like.

(Unless you were into...)

This is a TERRIBLE list.

Nooooooo! I love this list. This makes me so nostalgic. I did love Grease, the Bee Gees, Boney M, etc., in fact I even loved Showaddywaddy (but I was 5). I'm going for Baker Street, but I could just as easily pick any one of at least ten tunes here.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

If I Can't Have You

Jilted John, which my brother and I sang at a hip karaoke night in Pittsburgh this summer.

"Uptown Top Ranking"

My undying love for Uptown has been chronicled here before, so with a clear conscience I can vote for the immense 'Dancing In The City' just to make sure that it doesn't score zero.

Significantly better than 1977, but vastly worse than 1979. Has to be "Uptown Town Ranking" - although I link it more closely to 1977, when Peel was playing it on import every other night....

Terrible list? I am having trouble deciding between these options:

Night Fever
Baker Street
Too Much Too Little Too Late
Love Don't Live Here Anymore
Miss You
Stayin' Alive
If I Can't Have You

And I like some of those songs from Grease more than I care to admit.

"Grease is the word... is the word... is the word..."

Did I miss the 77 poll? Apparently. Or I forgot about it.

Geir's working backwards on this one

This is a far better poll than the 77 one

Some of these others I don't know seem okay too (upon investigation).

"Dreadlock Holiday" is very strange. I've heard it before, but never paid any attention to the words, and the video is pretty bizarre.

Oh this is pretty good: Eruption - I Can't Stand the Rain. I vaguely know this song.

Ann Peebles, innit?

Sadly now known as a Tina Turner song. The Graham Central Station version is ace.

I didn't know the song, except vaguely, so I hadn't realized it had been covered so many times.

Can't beat the orig.

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There's a lot of great stuff here, but it has to be "Wuthering Heights".

Where the fuck is "Who Are You"?! Aw hell, I'll just vote for "Baker Street."

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

I don't think I've even heard Jilted John.

The "Gordon is a moron" bit would probably ring a bell if you heard it.

I think I voted for Denis.

Jilted John, which my brother and I sang at a hip karaoke night in Pittsburgh this summer.

I'm going to be in Pittsburgh this weekend! Where's the karaoke?

Father Abraham & The Smurfs The Smurf Song 4

This is a joke, right?

Demand an I Love Polling board like I did!

Some amazing shit.

What kind of psychopath rates "YMCA" over "Ring My Bell"?

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This is a joke, right?

what a fp-worthy thing to say

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Rose Royce Love Don't Live Here Anymore 0

what a fp-worthy thing to say

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― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl)

Sorry, got carried away. I just love Ring My Bell.