The Heart of Rock and Soul Poll: the 1001 Greatest Singles Part 37: 76-100

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abstaining for now b/c I want to vote for "Wooly Bully" but over "Billie Jean" and "When Doves Cry" and "96 Tears"? And "Yakety Yak"? Too much.

Is anyone going to vote la bamba besides me?

54-46 narrowly over Billie Jean

My inordinate love for "Wooly Bully" triumphs over my better judgment.

Tough decision between J5, "96 Tears" and the Pistols.

'I Want You Back' edges it thanks to the-one-who-isn't-Michael's vocal.

I can't think of very many songs in the world that I would vote for above billie jean

didn't even look at the other choices

oh shit there's when doves cry

what the fuck this is impossible

yeah finally!

wow this has got to be the strongest bunch

77 1983 Grandmaster and Melle Mel White Lines (Don't don't do it)
79 1967 Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell Ain't no mountain high enough
80 1984 Prince When doves cry
83 1977 Trammps Disco inferno
84 1969 Jackson Five I want you back
85 1983 Michael Jackson Billy Jean
86 1967 James Brown Cold sweat (Parts I & II)
87 1982 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five The message
88 1958 Coasters Yakety Yak
91 1964 Animals The house of the rising sun
92 1958 Ritchie Valens La Bamba
93 1956 Carl Perkins Blue suede shoes
98 1983 Cyndi Lauper Girls just want to have fun

depending on my mood, I could vote for any of these

all of those except for 'yakety yak' could have won one a previous poll

minus 'one'

"Anarchy in the U.K." sliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiightly over "54-46 (That's My Number)." Then "Yakety Yak" (although there's much better in The Coasters' oover, e.g., "What About Us").

Did y'all notice that "96 Tears" is #96, yukety yuk? So then"54-46 (That's My Number)" should be upped to 46 or at least 54.

Whoops, I was thinking of the 1968 Maytals original "54-46 (That's My Number)"; remake pretty great but not better than "I Want You Back," much less "Billie Jean."

1. "Anarchy," 2. "I Want You Back," 3. "Love Is Strange" (thanks in part to Casino). I hope Cyndi Lauper gets a vote or two; "Billie Jean," bleah.

I was almost gonna be a weirdo and vote "The Message" over "Anarchy" and "96 Tears" and "House Of The Rising Sun" and "Wooly Bully" and "Billie Jean", but then I decided to go with the Coasters. Whew!

Oh wait, I mean the Jackson Five. I think.

Nope, Chantays....nope, Mickey And Sylvia. Okay, "Love Is Strange" it is.

"Yakety Yak" has some of my favorite one-liners of all time.

"Cold Sweat."

voted when doves cry, but all these songs are the best

Whoops, I was thinking of the 1968 Maytals original "54-46 (That's My Number)"; remake pretty great but not better than "I Want You Back," much less "Billie Jean."

Whoa ok I thought that was a typo above. Didn't know Toots remade it.

And Wiki says this: "A follow-up version released a year later (as "54-46 Was My Number")[2] was one of the first ska songs to receive widespread popularity outside Jamaica and is seen as being one of the defining songs of the reggae genre. It has been anthologized repeatedly and the titles of several reggae anthologies include "54-46" in their title." So the remake was more popular??? That can't be true, right? I've heard the original countless times and on several different anthologies.

The remake is fine, I suppose (scratches head). But then now this is another very easy poll.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

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

otm

i want you back wins all polls

Forgot to vote; probably wrould've elevated JB/Cyndi/J5/Animals/M&S/Chantays to top tier, then rolled a die to choose among 'em. And then cursed myself for forgetting that "I Want You"'s b-side was the live "Tom Thumb's Blues".