POLL: The Best Song on Word Magazine's list of the "20 Best Number Ones Ever"

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Okay, I won't make this one any more confusing than it has to be. Asking for the BEST song on this list.

Poll Results

OptionVotes
"I Feel Love" - Donna Summer (4 weeks) 23
"Relax" - Frankie Goes to Hollywood (5 weeks) 6
"Paint it Black" - The Rolling Stones (1 week) 5
"Ghost Town" - The Specials (3 weeks) 4
"Don't You Want Me?" - The Human League (5 weeks)4
"Israelites" - Desmond Dekker & the Aces (1 week) 4
"The Model" - Kraftwerk (1 week) 4
"Ride on Time" - Black Box (6 weeks) 3
"Billie Jean" - Michael Jackson (1 week) 3
"Help!" - The Beatles (3 weeks) 3
"Blockbuster" - The Sweet (5 weeks) 2
"Crazy in Love" - Beyonce (3 weeks) 2
"Oh Pretty Woman" - Roy Orbison (2 weeks) 2
"Wuthering Heights" - Kate Bush (4 weeks) 2
"Heart of Glass" - Blondie (4 weeks) 1
"His Latest Flame" - Elvis Presley (4 weeks) 1
"Mouldy Old Dough" - Lieutenant Pigeon (4 weeks) 1
"Can't Get You Out of My Head" - Kylie Minogue (4 weeks) 0
"Dancing Queen" - ABBA (6 weeks) 0
"Cumberland Gap" - Lonnie Donegan (5 weeks) 0


Savannah Smiles, Friday, 4 April 2008 16:03 (seventeen years ago)

Much much harder. Impulse vote for Kraftwerk.

Noodle Vague, Friday, 4 April 2008 16:04 (seventeen years ago)

i voted 'Cumberland Gap'

banriquit, Friday, 4 April 2008 16:04 (seventeen years ago)

oh shit no, it's best isn't it!? fuck!

banriquit, Friday, 4 April 2008 16:05 (seventeen years ago)

lol satire

Noodle Vague, Friday, 4 April 2008 16:06 (seventeen years ago)

never knowingly heard 'Cumberland Gap' tbh

banriquit, Friday, 4 April 2008 16:06 (seventeen years ago)

It's no "Rock Island Line"

Noodle Vague, Friday, 4 April 2008 16:07 (seventeen years ago)

Actually an excellent list. I voted for Ghost Town. I Feel Love would be my second choice.

chap, Friday, 4 April 2008 16:08 (seventeen years ago)

Seconded, a good list. I Feel Love might be my choice.

Neil S, Friday, 4 April 2008 16:09 (seventeen years ago)

Hey I never knew there was a Cumberland Gap in the US. That's cleared up some boyhood puzzlement.

Noodle Vague, Friday, 4 April 2008 16:09 (seventeen years ago)

Ashes To Ashes is a bit of an omission. I might've included Crazy as well, though it's a bit soon to tell if it's a bone fide classic.

chap, Friday, 4 April 2008 16:12 (seventeen years ago)

"Help!" is a very long way from being the Beatles' best no. 1

Noodle Vague, Friday, 4 April 2008 16:13 (seventeen years ago)

As an event, it's got to be 'Relax'

Ismael Klata, Friday, 4 April 2008 16:20 (seventeen years ago)

His Latest Flame.

kornrulez6969, Friday, 4 April 2008 16:23 (seventeen years ago)

It's a great list. How did they choose these tracks? You could make four or five equally great lists, with no duplicates. And no Oasis.

Ismael Klata, Friday, 4 April 2008 16:28 (seventeen years ago)

Can't help noticing that ILM's democratically elected favourite (from the 1000 UK Number Ones Poll) didn't make the final cut.

(It was "Good Vibrations")

mike t-diva, Friday, 4 April 2008 16:30 (seventeen years ago)

Voted for the record with the same intro as "Rainy Day Women no 12 and 23"

Mark G, Friday, 4 April 2008 16:31 (seventeen years ago)

That 1000 UK Number Ones Poll in full.

mike t-diva, Friday, 4 April 2008 16:34 (seventeen years ago)

And no Oasis.

I was fearing Oasis too before I opened the thread. No Verve either, please.

chap, Friday, 4 April 2008 16:34 (seventeen years ago)

Let's cross-check The Word's 20 with ILM's 100:

I Feel Love" - Donna Summer (ILM #3)
"Israelites" - Desmond Dekker & the Aces (ILM #86)
"Crazy in Love" - Beyonce (ILM #22)
"The Model" - Kraftwerk (ILM #10)
"His Latest Flame" - Elvis Presley (ILM unplaced)
"Blockbuster" - The Sweet (ILM unplaced)
"Mouldy Old Dough" - Lieutenant Pigeon (ILM unplaced)
"Paint it Black" - The Rolling Stones (ILM #25)
"Dancing Queen" - ABBA (ILM #11)
"Billie Jean" - Michael Jackson (ILM #5)
"Cumberland Gap" - Lonnie Donegan (ILM unplaced)
"Heart of Glass" - Blondie (ILM #4)
"Wuthering Heights" - Kate Bush (ILM #6)
"Help!" - The Beatles (ILM #96)
"Can't Get You Out of My Head" - Kylie Minogue (ILM #21)
"Oh Pretty Woman" - Roy Orbison (ILM unplaced)
"Relax" - Frankie Goes to Hollywood (ILM #27)
"Ride on Time" - Black Box (ILM unplaced)
"Ghost Town" - The Specials (ILM #2)
"Don't You Want Me?" - The Human League (ILM #12)

Which means that ILM's #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #10, #11 and #12 are all listed...

mike t-diva, Friday, 4 April 2008 16:43 (seventeen years ago)

Which means that ILM's #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #10, #11 and #12 are all listed...

well ILM is linked on the magazine site.

mark e, Friday, 4 April 2008 17:20 (seventeen years ago)

"Oh Pretty Woman" - Roy Orbison (ILM unplaced)
"Ride on Time" - Black Box (ILM unplaced)

lol The Word >>> ILM.

DavidM, Friday, 4 April 2008 17:35 (seventeen years ago)

This is a whole boatload better than I expected from the "worst" list. How dare they pick songs I like when I came here to snark?

a passing spacecadet, Friday, 4 April 2008 18:19 (seventeen years ago)

"Billie Jean" in a walk.

Euler, Friday, 4 April 2008 18:36 (seventeen years ago)

Help!

billstevejim, Sunday, 6 April 2008 00:07 (seventeen years ago)

Can't go past the first on the list.

energy flash gordon, Sunday, 6 April 2008 05:33 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

ILX System, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 23:01 (seventeen years ago)

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

ILX System, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 23:01 (seventeen years ago)

should've been more open - obv I Feel Love is great but so are most of these

blueski, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 23:11 (seventeen years ago)

No "Telstar," no cred.

Dingbod Kesterson, Thursday, 10 April 2008 10:07 (seventeen years ago)

Yeah that is an INSANE lead at the top considering this list also contains Ghost Town, Wuthering Heights, The Model, Don't You Want Me and Billie Jean.

Matt DC, Thursday, 10 April 2008 10:19 (seventeen years ago)


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