The Heart of Rock and Soul Poll: the 1001 Greatest Singles Part 35: 126-150

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Poll Results

Option	Votes
133 1966 Who My generation	11
139 1968 Rolling Stones Street fightin' man	8
135 1977 Sex Pistols God save the queen	7
132 1984 Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA	7
126 1966 Four Tops Standing in the shadows of love	4
140 1973 Marvin Gaye Let's get it on	3
141 1958 Chantels Maybe	2
150 1965 Canibal and the Headhunters Land of 1000 dances	2
130 1956 Elvis Presley Don't be cruel	2
142 1961 Gary "U.S." Bonds Quarter to three	1
149 1962 Shirelles Soldier boy	1
147 1966 Otis Redding Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa (sad song)	1
129 1967 Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell Your precious love	1
145 1973 Dobie Gray Drift away	1
148 1985 Madonna Crazy for you	0
146 1967 Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston It takes two	0
144 1961 Showmen It will stand	0
143 1958 Elegants Little star	0
134 1964 Chuck Berry Promised land	0
127 1968 Aretha Franklin Ain't no way	0
128 1973 Aretha Franklin Angel	0
137 1963 James Brown Prisoner of love	0
136 1968 Maurice and Mac You left the water running	0
131 1959 Chan Romero Hippy hippy shake	0
138 1961 James Brown Bewildered	0

― President Keyes, Sunday, 21 February 2010 13:54 (fifteen years ago)

OUCH THIS ONE IS GONNA HURT

― T Bone Streep (Cave17Matt), Sunday, 21 February 2010 14:14 (fifteen years ago)

Street Fightin' Man is one of my three or four favorite songs ever, so that.

― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 21 February 2010 15:10 (fifteen years ago)

Pistols easy, followed by "Soldier Boy", i guess.

― the not-loved one (Ioannis), Sunday, 21 February 2010 15:24 (fifteen years ago)

Bruce, Pistols, Marvin, Chantels, Elegants, the Who and Dobie Gray all stand out. But voting for Elvis.

― jetfan, Sunday, 21 February 2010 15:33 (fifteen years ago)

I voted Standing in the Shadows of Love. Four Tops couldn't be beat at that point.

― Ballistic, Sunday, 21 February 2010 16:20 (fifteen years ago)

tough/impossible choice between Who, Pistols and Stones

― blow it out your bad-taste hole (WmC), Sunday, 21 February 2010 16:24 (fifteen years ago)

Bruce over Madonna; kinda not feeling the earlier songs on this poll, for a change

― begs the question, when is enough enough (Euler), Sunday, 21 February 2010 16:32 (fifteen years ago)

"maybe" - no doubt one of my 3 or 4 favorite doo-wop songs

― If you can believe your eyes and ears (outdoor_miner), Sunday, 21 February 2010 16:55 (fifteen years ago)

I want to vote for "Maybe," but there are a couple of other Chantels songs I consider greater. So it's "Ain't Now Way," "Street Fighting Man," or "God Save the Queen." I'm surprised to say this, but right now, today, "Street Fighting Man."

― clemenza, Sunday, 21 February 2010 17:05 (fifteen years ago)

Maybe the highest "I am sick of these songs and never need to hear them again" ratio yet (though I bet I bet it gets even higher from here.)

Voting Sex Pistols. Runnersup: "Little Star," "Promised Land."

― xhuxk, Sunday, 21 February 2010 17:33 (fifteen years ago)

Yeah I agree. The crust is pretty thick here. I went with "Soldier Boy" which radiates the foundational purity of an Aeschylus play. Also, that entry is the one piece of great writing in the book (thanx Matos for pointing me to it).

Worst (ideologically speaking): Gaye/Weston's "It Takes Two" at an insane #146

― Kevin John Bozelka, Sunday, 21 February 2010 17:54 (fifteen years ago)

Maybe if it were Joe Smooth's "Promised Land" instead of Berry's. Maybe if it were any track from I Want You instead of the Gaye song I least want to hear while having sex.

I guess I vote "Maybe."

― queen frostine (Eric H.), Sunday, 21 February 2010 18:27 (fifteen years ago)

bruce

― iatee, Sunday, 21 February 2010 18:36 (fifteen years ago)

Don't Be Cruel, people! Not sure I completely agree with David Cantwell here but it's a fine essay on the song.

― ρεμπετις, Monday, 22 February 2010 01:27 (fifteen years ago)

voted 4 gaye

― /b/ OK (J0rdan S.), Monday, 22 February 2010 01:46 (fifteen years ago)

I love a lot of these, but something about Madonna's "Crazy About You" has always stopped me in my tracks.

― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 February 2010 02:19 (fifteen years ago)

bump

― President Keyes, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 01:03 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Friday, 26 February 2010 00:01 (fifteen years ago)

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

― System, Saturday, 27 February 2010 00:01 (fifteen years ago)

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