Come POLL With Me: The Expose Singles Poll

"Point of No Return" although I prefer the version on the album above. The single is too soulful which is useless in this context.

Great power trio indeed.

I had trouble remembering how the later hits (e.g. "Tell Me Why") went.

Ok so apparently this is the album version which is also the original extended version featuring the first lineup of the band which included Sandeé of "Notice Me" fame who died last December RIP (the truly chilling moment comes at 5:05 with the brief pause and then build up to "oh oh oh"...it's like a transmission from outer space):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nGZnB41v54

And the video for "What You Don't Know" is classic popism:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxX8NWQMdNs

As much new wave, post punk, thrash metal and shit as I love from the 80s, Exposé is one of my most favorite things from that whole decade. I could vote for at least 9 of these.

"Point of No Return". I love a bunch of these songs. I wonder if because of freestyle they were more popular in Florida than elsewhere? I left Florida in 1987 and my pop landscape changed dramatically moving to Georgia (in a nutshell, less pop, more rock and country), but that may have reflected a nationwide shift as well (the Rhino 80s box set drops off in the late 80s). But in Florida these ladies were on the radio constantly, along with "Boom Boom" and "Barbara's Bedroom" and other wonderful trinkets of the time.

I dunno, I was in Alabama during the entire run of their popularity and I heard them on the radio almost non-stop from 1986-88.

They took off in Florida, and were probably, along with Stevie B, the rulers of the freestyle landscape from 1985 through 1990. But as pointed out, they scored seven consecutive pop top tens, including one #1 ("Seasons Change"), and then a final one when the group and freestyle were way past their sell-by date ("I'll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me" from 1992!), so it definitely wasn't a local phenomenon.

They were based in Miami. I have their first 45 - "Point of No Return" - which is credited to "X-Posed." It's the Sandee line-up mentioned above.

Yeah, I have that X-Posed 12-inch. Anyway, best Expose' single is the 10-minute-flat "Point Of No Return/Come Go With Me/Exposed To Love" Megamix on the B-side of the "Seasons Change" 12-inch (which made my P&J Top 10 singles list in '87), but if I have to pick only one song per se', "Point Of No Return" it is.

Also, fwiw, Sandee's solo 1991 Only Time Will Tell is a great album. Had no idea that she'd died.

Wanted to make sure "Let Me Be the One" got a vote, but I could have gone for 4 or 5 others.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nsy03F7YNHY

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I saw Exposé live twice in the '80s. They sang with a full band.

Can someone point me in the direction of more Expose-like stuff, i.e. quintessentially '80s manufactured girl groups with a bit of a tropical vibe. The closest example I can think of is Bananarama, who I like. Maybe the Go-go's except they were more like a band and not very manufactured...

Not exactly the same, but get thee to some Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam.

Thanks for that tip. I'd dismissed Lisa Lisa based on one song I didn't like fronm the late 80s (can't remember which one) but so far I'm liking other stuff I've found on youtube.

Can't go wrong with the other manufactured Freestyle girl groups: Cover Girls, Sweet Sensation. And definitely classic freestyle singles like "Fascinated" by Company B if you haven't heard 'em.

Try Timber/Tommy Boy's Freestyle - Greatest Beats: The Complete Collection series, first two volumes most consistent. And not quite a girl group but get thee to Kid Creole & The Coconuts for a tropical vibe (although The Coconuts had an iffy album under their own name).

Also look for the Flirts, who were active in the 82 to 85 period.. their later stuff is like freestyle while the earlier stuff is more like Italo Disco & they did some oddball songs like "Don't Put Another Dime in the Jukebox" which I guess was a dis on Joan Jett.

And Exposé´s producer's follow-up girl group project was called Sequal (note the misspelling) & they were great on such songs as "It's Not Too Late."

Thank you for this invigorating and unexpected poll! No disrespect but I was exhausted from participating in polls where I had to decide which John Cale song exerted least pressure on my thorax. "What You Don't Know" is my favorite because it's so frantic and naughty.

Anyway, best Expose' single is the 10-minute-flat "Point Of No Return/Come Go With Me/Exposed To Love" Megamix on the B-side of the "Seasons Change" 12-inch.

uh ysi pls?

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"Exposed To Love" and "Come Go With Me" waaay hotter than the perfectly fine "Let Me Be The One."

^I agree. It's like "Point of No Return" took all the uptempo votes & "Let Me Be the One" pulled a few votes from the mid-tempo fans.

I love "Seasons Change" too, though I'm not surprised it didn't get any votes. It's funny that it was the only pop chart #1, although it's bookended by there by Tiffany's "Could've Been" and "Father Figure" so I guess ballads were the thing right then.

A vote for "When I Looked at Him"!

can't believe i missed this poll. cant believe nobody voted for "come go with me"! it cheers me up after a long day at work, also know as monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday x52.

i dj'ed at home tonight for three hours just playin' some classics. started with "come go", then madonna's "into the groove"...

i fucking love freestyle.

ur takin meeeeeeee

to the point of no return.

oh oh oh oh ohhhhhhhhh

wtf, did I not see this or something?

"Let Me Be The One" every single time (because it was sung by the hot one)

(okay, the hottest one)
(yes, in my mind I am still 13)

Come go with me
ah oooh ah
make me feel like

been on a big exposé kick this weekend, since "seasons change" was the latest song featured in stereogum's "the number ones" column: https://www.stereogum.com/2144142/the-number-ones-exposes-seasons-change/columns/the-number-ones/

(i like "seasons change" much much more than tom did)

Come go with me
ah oooh ah
make me feel like

― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn),

read all about my love

for example, the bridge of "Love is Our Destiny," into the final chorus -- amazing