Heart of Rock and Soul Poll: the 1001 Greatest Singles Part 26: 351-375

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Poll Results

Option	Votes
358 1972 O'Jays Back stabbers	9
375 1968 Supremes Lovechild	7
353 1967 Human Beinz Nobody but me	5
366 1962 Sam Cooke Bring it on home to me	5
364 1983 Prince Delirious	4
372 1988 Guns 'n ' Roses Sweet child o' mine	3
357 1967 Byrds Goin' back	3
368 1964 Little Anthony and the Imperials Goin' out of my head	2
363 1970 Chairmen of the Board Give me just a little more time	2
374 1958 Danleers One summer night	1
352 1955 Johnny Ace Pledging my love	1
356 1963 Miracles I gotta dance to keep from crying	1
365 1960 Jerry Butler He will break your heart	1
355 1965 Sam Cooke Shake	1
370 1972 War The World is a ghetto	1
360 1964 Gene Pitney It hurts to be in love	0
373 1958 Little Willie John There is someone in this world for me	0
371 1964 Del Shannon Keep searchin'	0
369 1955 Robins Smokey Joe's cafe	0
354 1963 Major Lance The Monkey time	0
367 1968 Johnnie Taylor Who's making love	0
359 1968 Aretha Franklin Sweet sweet baby since you've been gone	0
362 1968 Percy Sledge Take time to know her	0
361 1969 Sonny Charles Black pearl	0
351 1973 Clarence Carter Sixty minute man	0

― President Keyes, Thursday, 19 November 2009 09:53 (sixteen years ago)

"Bring It On Home To Me" by a surprisingly large margin.

― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 19 November 2009 13:29 (sixteen years ago)

No no no no no n-no-no-no no no-no no no-no n-no-no-no-no-no

Second place: "Backstabbers"
Then: War, Surpremes, Major Lance, Cooke twice, GnR, Little Anthony, etc.

But Human Beinz win.

― xhuxk, Thursday, 19 November 2009 14:41 (sixteen years ago)

This is tough one, but probably going with Major Lance, "Monkey Time."

― Meade Lex Louis (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 19 November 2009 15:56 (sixteen years ago)

"Love Child" for sure.

― if I don't see more dissent, I'm going to have to check myself in (Matos W.K.), Thursday, 19 November 2009 17:53 (sixteen years ago)

Nobody But Me

― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 19 November 2009 18:09 (sixteen years ago)

Byrds over Sister Re and GnfR. I love a lot of these; I hope "Smokey Joe's Cafe" gets some love here too.

― Yah Kid A (Euler), Thursday, 19 November 2009 20:07 (sixteen years ago)

A number of good ones here, but I'll go with the Byrds (I also love Dusty Springfield's version).

― sw00ds, Friday, 20 November 2009 00:49 (sixteen years ago)

O'Jays over Byrds, Supremes and G'N'R. One of the all-time great slow-burn intros.

I though xhuxk was doing 2 Unlimited's No Limit for a minute there.

― Dorian (Dorianlynskey), Friday, 20 November 2009 09:44 (sixteen years ago)

young and impatient we may be/but now's the time to act foolishly

― Ward Fowler, Friday, 20 November 2009 10:27 (sixteen years ago)

For me, probably the strongest group yet. Four masterpieces I'm not tired of: "Goin' Back" (I remember Rob Sheffield once writing something negative about it--you broke my heart, Rob, you broke my heart), "It Hurts to Be in Love," "Give Me Just a Little More Time," "The World Is a Ghetto." A few more I sometimes am: Johnny Ace, Human Beinz, Miracles, Little Anthony, Guns N' Roses, Supremes. And some pretty good songs above and beyond all that. I'll vote for War. Or I'll be like John Kerry and vote against War before I vote for War.

― clemenza, Saturday, 21 November 2009 00:36 (sixteen years ago)

Johnny Ace, Byrds, Pitney, Chairmen, Butler, "Nobody But Me", "Bring It On Home To Me", J. Taylor, L. Anthony, Robins, War, Del Shannon, Supremes are all top notch. But I'm voting O'Jays. "Back Stabbers" has one of those unmistakable opening riffs (e.g. "I Want You Back").

― jetfan, Saturday, 21 November 2009 01:05 (sixteen years ago)

bump

― President Keyes, Monday, 23 November 2009 11:27 (sixteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Tuesday, 24 November 2009 00:01 (sixteen years ago)

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

― System, Wednesday, 25 November 2009 00:01 (sixteen years ago)

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