The Heart of Rock and Soul Poll: the 1001 Greatest Singles Part 30: 251-276

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Poll Results

Option	Votes
256 1971 Rod Stewart Maggie May	8
263 1956 Bo Diddley Who do you love	5
261 1983 Run DMC It's like that	5
257 1967 Miracles I second that emotion	5
259 1965 Beatles Help	5
252 1967 Jimi Hendrix Purple haze	3
260 1971 War Slippin' into darkness	3
274 1962 Sam Cooke Having a party	2
251 1964 Kinks All day and all of the night	2
258 1986 Madonna True blue	1
253 1978 Van Morrison Wavelength	1
262 1964 Joe Tex Hold what you've got	1
273 1957 Jackie Wilson Reet Petite	1
272 1956 James Brown Please please please	0
271 1976 Trammps Hold back the night	0
270 1965 Knickerbockers Lies	0
269 1970 Freda Payne Bring the boys back home	0
268 1972 Mel and Tim Starting all over	0
267 1985 John Cougar Mellencamp Small town	0
266 1983 Michael Stanley Band My town	0
265 1962 Nathaniel Mayer Village of love	0
264 1962 Four Seasons Sherry	0
254 1958 Students I'm so young	0
255 1966 Billy Stewart Summertime	0
275 1972 Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes If you don't know me by now	0

― President Keyes, Thursday, 31 December 2009 19:48 (fifteen years ago)

Michael Stanley Band My town

Never heard this.

I reread his "True Blue" blurb not long ago, and am still no fan (of the song).

― Hell is other people. In an ILE film forum. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 31 December 2009 19:52 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl-zQhr0V6g

― President Keyes, Thursday, 31 December 2009 19:58 (fifteen years ago)

these are starting to get tough

― America's Next Most Disabled Ballerina (WmC), Thursday, 31 December 2009 20:03 (fifteen years ago)

Of all the great Van Morrison songs, he chooses Wavelength? Barf out.

It's between Maggie Mae, Help or Please Please Please. Hmmmmmmm

― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 31 December 2009 21:25 (fifteen years ago)

Actually I've always liked "Wavelength", a good forgotten Van song. Otherwise, this is indeed getting tough. Race between Rod, Harold Melvin, Miracles and for later stuff Mellencamp. But "Maggie May" gets my vote for the mandolin solo alone.

― jetfan, Thursday, 31 December 2009 23:53 (fifteen years ago)

IT'S LIKE THAT AND THAT'S THE WAY IT IS

― things that make you go (hmmmm), Friday, 1 January 2010 00:57 (fifteen years ago)

over Jimi, and the great bring the boys back home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU0qdbcHmpw

― things that make you go (hmmmm), Friday, 1 January 2010 00:59 (fifteen years ago)

1. "Who Do You Love," 2. "Maggie May," 3. "Help," 4. "Having a Party." I'll have to track down Nathaniel Mayer--haven't hear of either the song or him.

― clemenza, Saturday, 2 January 2010 20:43 (fifteen years ago)

Of all the great Van Morrison songs, he chooses Wavelength? Barf out.

there's still another VMo song coming up at #197

― Dinosauciers (los blue jeans), Saturday, 2 January 2010 20:47 (fifteen years ago)

prob. "Maggie May" for me but "Having A Party" is close, as is "If you don't know me by now".

― Euler, Saturday, 2 January 2010 21:32 (fifteen years ago)

I voted for "Sherry," the finest moment in an overrated oeuvre.

― Kevin John Bozelka, Saturday, 2 January 2010 21:41 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Sunday, 3 January 2010 00:01 (fifteen years ago)

i was...slipping into darkness...

― the not-fun one (Ioannis), Sunday, 3 January 2010 00:07 (fifteen years ago)

http://i47.tinypic.com/rrthzn.jpg

― Dinosauciers (los blue jeans), Sunday, 3 January 2010 00:24 (fifteen years ago)

257 1967 Miracles I second that emotion

― blame it on the acoleuthic (Curt1s Stephens), Sunday, 3 January 2010 00:32 (fifteen years ago)

More than Van Morrison, I'm wondering if this is the highest (and probably only) Rod Stewart song. I can't see Marsh picking anything higher, even though I can think of at least four I'd place above "Maggie May" (all 72 and earlier). If I'm right, #256 seems very wrong.

― clemenza, Sunday, 3 January 2010 01:05 (fifteen years ago)

yep, that's the only Rod

― Dinosauciers (los blue jeans), Sunday, 3 January 2010 01:07 (fifteen years ago)

Wavelength is great.

― Mark, Sunday, 3 January 2010 01:09 (fifteen years ago)

Ouch--no "Gasoline Alley," no "Mandolin Wind," no "Every Picture Tells a Story," no "Handbags and Gladrags," no "You Wear It Well." Except for the last, I'm not sure if any of them were singles. But ouch anyway.

― clemenza, Sunday, 3 January 2010 01:35 (fifteen years ago)

Bo, not even close.

― if I don't see more dissent, I'm going to have to check myself in (Matos W.K.), Sunday, 3 January 2010 06:31 (fifteen years ago)

yeah, there's a bunch of good songs on this list but only one of them oozed out of a dimensional portal from a world where papa legba replaced jhvh in the supernatural sweeps

― Dinosauciers (los blue jeans), Sunday, 3 January 2010 06:36 (fifteen years ago)

"Maggie May," handily.

― sw00ds, Sunday, 3 January 2010 16:44 (fifteen years ago)

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

― System, Monday, 4 January 2010 00:01 (fifteen years ago)

Sorry, Sherry. Guess I forgot to vote.

― Kevin John Bozelka, Monday, 4 January 2010 00:16 (fifteen years ago)

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