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

Much much harder. Impulse vote for Kraftwerk.

i voted 'Cumberland Gap'

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

lol satire

never knowingly heard 'Cumberland Gap' tbh

It's no "Rock Island Line"

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

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

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

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.

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

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

His Latest Flame.

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.

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")

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

That 1000 UK Number Ones Poll in full.

And no Oasis.

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

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...

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.

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

lol The Word >>> ILM.

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?

"Billie Jean" in a walk.

Help!

Can't go past the first on the list.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

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

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

No "Telstar," no cred.

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.