Heart of Rock and Soul Poll: the 1001 Greatest Singles Part 12: 701-725

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Poll Results

Option	Votes
706 1987 Crowded House Don't dream it's over	9
702 1964 Shangri-Las Leader of the pack	6
725 1974 Chaka Khan Tell me something good	5
724 1969 Isley Brothers It's your thing	4
713 1965 Four Tops I can't help myself	4
703 1963 Surfaris Wipe out	3
722 1977 Stevie Wonder Sir Duke	3
710 1963 Barbara Lewis Hello stranger	3
705 1984 Frankie Goes To Hollywood Two tribes	2
719 1960 Buck Owens Act naturally	2
718 1974 Patti Smith Piss factory	2
716 1977 Beegees Stayin' alive	2
707 1961 Bobby Bland I pity the fool	2
704 1968 Aretha Franklin The house that Jack built	1
721 1968 Manfred Mann Mighty Quinn (Quinn the eskimo)	1
701 1965 Roger Miller One dyin' and a-buryin'	1
717 1985 USA for Africa We are the world	1
712 1972 Big Youth Streets in Africa	1
714 1971 Aretha Franklin Oh me oh my	1
711 1965 Barbara Lewis Make me your baby	0
720 1959 Buck Owens Under your spell again	0
715 1965 Marvin Gaye I'll be dogone	0
708 1984 Tina Turner What's love got to do with it	0
723 1967 Joe Tex Skinny legs and all	0
709 1963 Otis Redding Mary's little lamb	0

― President Keyes, Sunday, 6 September 2009 16:37 (fifteen years ago)

fuck y'all, i'm going for crowded house

― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Sunday, 6 September 2009 16:40 (fifteen years ago)

All good:

705 1984 Frankie Goes To Hollywood Two tribes
706 1987 Crowded House Don't dream it's over
714 1971 Aretha Franklin Oh me oh my
715 1965 Marvin Gaye I'll be dogone
716 1977 Beegees Stayin' alive
717 1985 USA for Africa We are the world
718 1974 Patti Smith Piss factory
724 1969 Isley Brothers It's your thing
725 1974 Chaka Khan Tell me something good

― My life is butthurt so badly (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 6 September 2009 16:44 (fifteen years ago)

"Hello Stranger" over Patti's best song ever, Isleys, Surfaris, Stevie, Chaka Khan, Shangri-Las, Frankie, "Act Naturally" (more or less in that order.)

― xhuxk, Sunday, 6 September 2009 16:46 (fifteen years ago)

gotta go with Big Youth here. lot's of other stuff to love, tho, as per usual.

― all you need is love vs. money (that's what i want) (Ioannis), Sunday, 6 September 2009 16:47 (fifteen years ago)

Four Tops

― President Keyes, Sunday, 6 September 2009 16:48 (fifteen years ago)

Act Naturally

― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 6 September 2009 16:57 (fifteen years ago)

A few good songs, but "Hello Stranger" in a walk.

― clemenza, Sunday, 6 September 2009 17:08 (fifteen years ago)

Four Tops

― Houston (Euler), Sunday, 6 September 2009 18:41 (fifteen years ago)

Bobby Bland is the one I most want to hear right now.

― ρεμπετις, Sunday, 6 September 2009 19:08 (fifteen years ago)

the house that jack built

― Girls, meet team; team, meet girls (hmmmm), Sunday, 6 September 2009 19:10 (fifteen years ago)

"Tell Me Something Good" just barely ahead of "Wipeout" and "Hello Stranger"

― Hugh Manatee (WmC), Sunday, 6 September 2009 19:11 (fifteen years ago)

"We Are The World" but these are getting rather dull. Off to read a bunch of Ringo Starr threads.

― Kevin John Bozelka, Sunday, 6 September 2009 19:38 (fifteen years ago)

Lots of good ones. In order: Tina, Surfaris, 2 Bucks, 4 Tops, Isleys, Stevie, USA for Africa,
Marvin, B. Lewis, Crowded House. But my vote is "Stayin' Alive", which sounded immortal back in 1978.

― jetfan, Sunday, 6 September 2009 19:52 (fifteen years ago)

This is the first place I've encountered anyone who thought "We Are the World" was, yknow, a good song. I admired the altruism of the event at the time, but I never thought the song was particularly good.

― Hugh Manatee (WmC), Sunday, 6 September 2009 20:05 (fifteen years ago)

We Are The World" but these are getting rather dull. Off to read a bunch of Ringo Starr threads.
You won't be happy to find out there are no Ringo singles in Marsh's book. Marsh had no love for "It Don't Come Easy"?

― jetfan, Sunday, 6 September 2009 20:38 (fifteen years ago)

my vote is "Stayin' Alive", which sounded immortal back in 1978.

Aaargh, I didn't even see that! Not sure if I would have voted for it if I had, but it'd be high runnerup, at least.

I like "We Are The World" okay, fwiw (though not enough to have put it in a book like this.)

― xhuxk, Sunday, 6 September 2009 21:10 (fifteen years ago)

It's Chaka but stiff competition, half of these are immortal.

― dad a, Monday, 7 September 2009 02:12 (fifteen years ago)

Stayin' Alive v. Sir Duke. Prolly the former, but it's a coin flip.

― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 7 September 2009 02:14 (fifteen years ago)

fuck y'all, i'm going for crowded house

^^^

― if I don't see more dissent, I'm going to have to check myself in (Matos W.K.), Monday, 7 September 2009 02:17 (fifteen years ago)

Isleys

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Monday, 7 September 2009 04:15 (fifteen years ago)

haha I have now played "Don't Dream It's Over" like six times thanks to this thread.

― if I don't see more dissent, I'm going to have to check myself in (Matos W.K.), Monday, 7 September 2009 07:00 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Monday, 7 September 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

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

― System, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

damn Crowded House freaks.

― all you need is love vs. money (that's what i want) (Ioannis), Wednesday, 9 September 2009 06:36 (fifteen years ago)

yeah, i never got crowded house. and the songs have been shoved down my throat since i was a child.

― Charlie Howard, Wednesday, 9 September 2009 06:41 (fifteen years ago)

i missed this one, but my top five in order are:

1. Roger Miller One dyin' and a-buryin'
2. Bee Gees Stayin' alive
3. Aretha Franklin Oh me oh my
4. Barbara Lewis Hello stranger
5. Shangri-Las Leader of the pack

I used to like that Crowded House song, for some reason, but lately I find it k-boring.

― amateurist, Friday, 11 September 2009 03:57 (fifteen years ago)

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