Jock Jams, Volume 1: The Poll

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Poll Results

Option	Votes
Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock - "It Takes Two"	16
M/A/R/R/S - "Pump Up the Volume"	11
Technotronic - "Pump Up the Jam"	10
69 Boyz - "Tootsee Roll"	6
2 Unlimited - "Get Ready for This"	4
C&C Music Factory - "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"	4
Gary Glitter - "Rock and Roll Part 2 (Hey Song)"	3
Snap! - "The Power"	3
Naughty by Nature - "Hip Hop Hooray"	3
Tag Team - "Whoomp! (There It Is)"	3
EMF - "Unbelievable"	2
K7 - "Come Baby Come"	2
Black Box - "Strike It Up"	1
2 Unlimited - "Twilight Zone"	1
Village People - "YMCA"	1
Ray Castoldi - "The Old Ballgame"	0
"Gridiron Groove"	0
"Uh, Ungawaa!"	0
"Pump It Up, Go 'Head, Go 'Head"	0
Michael Buffer - "Let's Get Ready to Rumble"*	0

― debenture banhart (get bent), Sunday, 11 September 2011 22:08 (fourteen years ago)

more difficult than i thought!

― debenture banhart (get bent), Sunday, 11 September 2011 22:09 (fourteen years ago)

"Twilight Zone" vs "It Takes Two"

― Tal Berkowitz - Vaccine advocate (DJP), Sunday, 11 September 2011 22:11 (fourteen years ago)

plenty of great shit here but It Takes Two rules all

― gospodin simmel, Sunday, 11 September 2011 22:13 (fourteen years ago)

feel like it's kind of sacrilegious to vote against "it takes two" but w/ that said i'm gonna vote for "tootsee roll"

― J0rdan S., Sunday, 11 September 2011 22:13 (fourteen years ago)

"It Takes Two" almost feels like a generation removed from most of the other stuff here

― some dude, Sunday, 11 September 2011 22:13 (fourteen years ago)

Very tough but went for Pump Up The Jam.

― A little bit like Peter Crouch but with more mobility (ShariVari), Sunday, 11 September 2011 22:14 (fourteen years ago)

vol. 2 >>>>>> vol. 1 imo

― D-40, Sunday, 11 September 2011 22:14 (fourteen years ago)

after much inner turmoil i'm going with "the power"

― debenture banhart (get bent), Sunday, 11 September 2011 22:15 (fourteen years ago)

'pump up the jam' has aged best imo

― D-40, Sunday, 11 September 2011 22:15 (fourteen years ago)

you can still drop that & its powerz work w/out sounding overly reliant on its retro-ness

― D-40, Sunday, 11 September 2011 22:15 (fourteen years ago)

God, now that polling's been around for as long as it takes to get through high school, it's good to revisit these questions to see where we really stand. To see if those "classics" still hold up!

JOCK JAMS POLL, volume one

― kkvgz, Sunday, 11 September 2011 22:58 (fourteen years ago)

ha yah i thought we did this before

― D-40, Sunday, 11 September 2011 23:01 (fourteen years ago)

Voted for "Come Baby Come", btw.

― kkvgz, Sunday, 11 September 2011 23:01 (fourteen years ago)

Can't believe there's no love for "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)". It's the highest form of the dancefloor 'order' to dance.

― owenf, Sunday, 11 September 2011 23:04 (fourteen years ago)

Tootsee Roll forever

― skip, Sunday, 11 September 2011 23:06 (fourteen years ago)

i'm into C&C

― some dude, Sunday, 11 September 2011 23:06 (fourteen years ago)

Ugh, so much good stuff.

For reference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P9HCPAEc48

― Pee Wee Hermeneutician (EDB), Sunday, 11 September 2011 23:09 (fourteen years ago)

Voting M/A/R/R/S

― Vision Kreayshawn Newsun (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 11 September 2011 23:15 (fourteen years ago)

top 5:

Pump Up the Jam
Tootsie Roll
It Takes Two
Pump Up the Volume
Gonna Make You Sweat

― The Reverend, Monday, 12 September 2011 00:06 (fourteen years ago)

"twilight zone"

2 unlimited were my first ever favourite band

― i asked for "HALF" a glass of wine, because i am TEMPERENT (lex pretend), Monday, 12 September 2011 00:15 (fourteen years ago)

2 unlimited were my first ever favourite group :D

― lex pretend, Saturday, June 16, 2007 4:11 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark

:-)

― Vision Kreayshawn Newsun (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 12 September 2011 00:18 (fourteen years ago)

so glad i get to post this again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06KMassGHv4

― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i_qxQztHRI (Princess TamTam), Monday, 12 September 2011 00:21 (fourteen years ago)

<3 <3 <3 <3

― debenture banhart (get bent), Monday, 12 September 2011 00:47 (fourteen years ago)

Apparently their complete chart history in the US is:

"Get Ready For This": #38
"Twilight Zone: #49

??!??!!?

They seemed so ubiquitous in the mid-90s.

― The Reverend, Monday, 12 September 2011 00:51 (fourteen years ago)

Pump Up the Jam.

― your mom the burrito (ENBB), Monday, 12 September 2011 00:52 (fourteen years ago)

black box got robbed on that other jock jams thread

― debenture banhart (get bent), Monday, 12 September 2011 00:52 (fourteen years ago)

"Everybody Everybody" >>>>>>>>>>> "Strike It Up"

― The Reverend, Monday, 12 September 2011 00:54 (fourteen years ago)

Holy cow I forgot about both of those. Excellent.

― your mom the burrito (ENBB), Monday, 12 September 2011 00:55 (fourteen years ago)

were la bouche on any of the later jock jams comps? they shoulda been.

― debenture banhart (get bent), Monday, 12 September 2011 00:55 (fourteen years ago)

I don't think they were! Inexplicable, really.

― The Reverend, Monday, 12 September 2011 00:55 (fourteen years ago)

"Everybody Everybody" >>>>>>>>>>> "Strike It Up"

― The Reverend, Sunday, September 11, 2011 7:54 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

tbomb

― D-40, Monday, 12 September 2011 00:56 (fourteen years ago)

also

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWgMnubJ4dQ

― debenture banhart (get bent), Monday, 12 September 2011 00:56 (fourteen years ago)

hip hop hooray vs pump up the jam

― billstevejim, Monday, 12 September 2011 02:09 (fourteen years ago)

"Everybody Everybody" >>>>>>>>>>> "Strike It Up"
― The Reverend, Sunday, September 11, 2011 7:54 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

tbomb
― D-40, Sunday, September 11, 2011 8:56 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

it's on vol 2. relax.

― billstevejim, Monday, 12 September 2011 02:09 (fourteen years ago)

"it takes two" will win this but i don't get why it's the best.

― billstevejim, Monday, 12 September 2011 02:31 (fourteen years ago)

Get your booty on the poll tonight.

― _Rudipherous_, Monday, 12 September 2011 03:03 (fourteen years ago)

does vol 2 have "c'mon ride the train on it"? cuz that's the undisputed #1 jock jam of all time

― J0rdan S., Monday, 12 September 2011 03:16 (fourteen years ago)

Gonna vote C&C cos they are hilarious and I remember getting a cassette of their first record in the mail, I don't remember how. I think it had the Coca Cola logo on it, so maybe it was from when I went to the Coca Cola museum as a kid and I entered some random sweepstakes or something. I don't know. Also, these are actual lyrics

It's your world and I'm just a squirrel
Trying to get a nut to move your butt

― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 12 September 2011 03:56 (fourteen years ago)

C+C can and should rank highly because of merit, not nostalgia.

― Pee Wee Hermeneutician (EDB), Monday, 12 September 2011 04:32 (fourteen years ago)

where is the love for . . . 'uh, ungawaa'

― mookieproof, Monday, 12 September 2011 06:23 (fourteen years ago)

PUMP up the JAM, pump it up

― teledyldonix, Monday, 12 September 2011 07:02 (fourteen years ago)

I heard Pump Up The Jam for the first time in years about 2 months ago and I was kinda shocked at how much I loved the production.. it sounds so warm and analog for a techno/disco track with so much obvious digital instrumentation.

― billstevejim, Monday, 12 September 2011 07:06 (fourteen years ago)

does vol 2 have "c'mon ride the train on it"? cuz that's the undisputed #1 jock jam of all time

― J0rdan S., Monday, 12 September 2011 03:16 (4 hours ago)

It's on Vol 3, and agree ... though for V1 (which was one of the four CDs at my old workplace) Tag Team's "Whoomp! (There It Is)" is pretty close behind and was robbed on the previous poll.

― etc, Monday, 12 September 2011 07:28 (fourteen years ago)

tootsee roll

― Battlestar Gracián (crüt), Monday, 12 September 2011 07:31 (fourteen years ago)

YMCA is really the weakest Village People hit, isn't it?

― Battlestar Gracián (crüt), Monday, 12 September 2011 07:32 (fourteen years ago)

went C&C but this is harrrd

― all the small zings (history mayne), Monday, 12 September 2011 07:47 (fourteen years ago)

from what i can see, 'ride on time' did less business in the US than 'strike it up' or 'everybody everybody' which is the reverse of the case here

themoreyouknow.jpg

― all the small zings (history mayne), Monday, 12 September 2011 07:51 (fourteen years ago)

I think I voted "Get Ready For This" last time. Still feel the same way. Sorry, but no other song ever can make you go from zero to pumped like that.

― naus, Monday, 12 September 2011 11:38 (fourteen years ago)

K7 - "Come Baby Come"

― Yo wait a minute man, you better think about the world (dog latin), Monday, 12 September 2011 11:40 (fourteen years ago)

I think I voted "Get Ready For This" last time. Still feel the same way. Sorry, but no other song ever can make you go from zero to pumped like that.

except of course for every single song on this poll

― Tal Berkowitz - Vaccine advocate (DJP), Monday, 12 September 2011 12:34 (fourteen years ago)

The absence of "Techno Syndrome (Mortal Kombat)" from these comps is egregious.

― kkvgz, Monday, 12 September 2011 12:47 (fourteen years ago)

But surely "Twilight Zone" covers that.

― Pee Wee Hermeneutician (EDB), Monday, 12 September 2011 12:58 (fourteen years ago)

I'm just thinking in terms of prevalence at high school pep rallies 1994-1996, but yeah, they pretty much cover the same ground.

― kkvgz, Monday, 12 September 2011 13:01 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5itSKmxmq-g

― some lady (La Lechera), Monday, 12 September 2011 13:05 (fourteen years ago)

this one is way better, so much bouncing

1) Snap - The Power
2) Technotronic - this beat is technotronic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUdbX4B-74s

― some lady (La Lechera), Monday, 12 September 2011 13:13 (fourteen years ago)

Glad someone else gave a shoutout to "C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)", which has to be one of the more awkwardly titled tracks in a genre with lots of awkwardly titled tracks

― skip, Monday, 12 September 2011 13:48 (fourteen years ago)

My friend and I used to call it "Homoerotic Train"

― some lady (La Lechera), Monday, 12 September 2011 13:52 (fourteen years ago)

voted for c&c, m/a/r/r/s a close second

― it's time for the purpculator (psychgawsple), Monday, 12 September 2011 14:53 (fourteen years ago)

Mortal Kombat definitely should have been on here. I was in high school at the time and yes it was used at pep rallys.

― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 12 September 2011 16:36 (fourteen years ago)

it takes two aged better than pump up the jam imo

― fennel cartwright, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 01:34 (fourteen years ago)

h8 u

― D-40, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 01:40 (fourteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Wednesday, 14 September 2011 23:01 (fourteen years ago)

xxxpost: as I said, that's pretty well covered by 2 Unlimited - "Twilight Zone"

― Pee Wee Hermeneutician (EDB), Thursday, 15 September 2011 20:41 (fourteen years ago)

it takes 2 vs pump up the volume vs hip hop hooray

arrrgggh

― Scream, Fistula, Scream! (jjjusten), Thursday, 15 September 2011 21:12 (fourteen years ago)

actually and the power as well, shit

― Scream, Fistula, Scream! (jjjusten), Thursday, 15 September 2011 21:12 (fourteen years ago)

yeah this poll is evil

― sick yr finger up his butt (DJP), Thursday, 15 September 2011 21:13 (fourteen years ago)

can i just vote for "not tag team" instead

― Scream, Fistula, Scream! (jjjusten), Thursday, 15 September 2011 21:13 (fourteen years ago)

you know I loved that song until that horrific recent diaper commercial

― sick yr finger up his butt (DJP), Thursday, 15 September 2011 21:14 (fourteen years ago)

oh hey i am blissfully unaware of that

― Scream, Fistula, Scream! (jjjusten), Thursday, 15 September 2011 21:15 (fourteen years ago)

this whole list is basically "things i would be really excited to hear again until about a minute in when i would start regretting that decision" for me tbh

― Scream, Fistula, Scream! (jjjusten), Thursday, 15 September 2011 21:16 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlwOVHP7ngM

will make you hate Tag Team, babies, orchestral percussion and ad firms in general

― sick yr finger up his butt (DJP), Thursday, 15 September 2011 21:16 (fourteen years ago)

heavy doody blowout protection

― serve soup without tasting it (snoball), Thursday, 15 September 2011 21:18 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFjctVBg6K8

― skip, Thursday, 15 September 2011 21:19 (fourteen years ago)

omg

― sick yr finger up his butt (DJP), Thursday, 15 September 2011 21:20 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj1aN1QkYMs

― serve soup without tasting it (snoball), Thursday, 15 September 2011 21:20 (fourteen years ago)

please tell me they're not saying "poop! there it is" in that commercial

― Without further ado, the runners-up is Prism Skylabs. (crüt), Thursday, 15 September 2011 21:53 (fourteen years ago)

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

― System, Thursday, 15 September 2011 23:01 (fourteen years ago)

Everyone wins.

― raunch you raw (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Thursday, 15 September 2011 23:10 (fourteen years ago)

Black Box - "Strike It Up" 1

C'mon, people!

― michael assbender (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 September 2011 23:15 (fourteen years ago)

uh, ungawaa! was ROBBED

― Scream, Fistula, Scream! (jjjusten), Thursday, 15 September 2011 23:51 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QoiJnmOqzc

― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 16 September 2011 02:19 (fourteen years ago)

top 3 is perfect

― gospodin simmel, Friday, 16 September 2011 02:33 (fourteen years ago)

Um, I have to go with M/A/R/R/S/, if for no other reason than the completely ridiculous punctuation (and a bassline I played incessantly on cheap-o Casio synths in my youf).

― peruvian guerilla general (zero of the signified), Friday, 16 September 2011 04:06 (fourteen years ago)

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