The Bridesmaids poll: Acclaimed Music number 2 & 3 vote getter runoff from the 1980's Songs polls

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These are the songs that either placed second or third by the amount of votes in each years poll.

The album version: The bridesmaids poll: Acclaimed Music number 2 & 3 runoff from the 1980's polls

Acclaimed Music Top 40 Songs from 1980 poll
Acclaimed Music Top 40 Songs from 1981 poll
Acclaimed Music Top 40 Songs from 1982 poll
Acclaimed Music Top 40 Songs from 1983 poll
Acclaimed Music Top 40 Songs from 1984 poll
Acclaimed Music Top 40 Songs from 1985 poll
Acclaimed Music Top 40 Songs from 1986 poll
Acclaimed Music Top 40 Songs from 1987 poll
Acclaimed Music Top 40 Songs from 1988 poll
Acclaimed Music Top 40 Songs from 1989 poll

Poll Results

OptionVotes
(2nd tie from '81) Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love 6 5
(2nd tie from '81) Laurie Anderson - O Superman 6 5
(3rd from '81) Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure 5 3
(3rd tie from '86) Slayer - Angel of Death 4 3
(2nd tie from '82) The Associates - Party Fears Two 5 3
(2nd tie from '82) Michael Jackson - Billie Jean 5 2
(2nd tie from '85) Madonna - Into the Groove 5 2
(2nd tie from '88) Sonic Youth - Teen Age Riot 6 2
(2nd tie from '89) Chris Isaak - Wicked Game 5 1
(3rd from '84) Chaka Khan - I Feel for You 5 1
(2nd tie from '83) The Smiths - This Charming Man 4 1
(2nd tie from '83) The Go-Betweens - Cattle and Cane 4 1
(3rd tie from '87) The Cure - Just Like Heaven 4 1
(3rd tie from '82) Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five - The Message 4 1
(2nd most votes from '80) Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart 8 1
(3rd most votes from '80) David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes 6 1
(2nd tie from '85) Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World 5 1
(3rd tie from '87) U2 - With or Without You 4 0
(3rd tie from '87) The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York 4 0
(2nd tie from '87) Rhythim Is Rhythim - Strings of Life 5 0
(2nd tie from '88) Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock - It Takes Two 6 0
(2nd tie from '88) They Might Be Giants - Ana Ng 6 0
(3rd from '88) Tracy Chapman - Fast Car 5 0
(2nd tie from '88) A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray 6 0
(2nd tie from '89) Pixies - Debaser 5 0
(3rd tie from '89) Faith No More - Epic 3 0
(3rd tie from '89) Orbital - Chime 3 0
(3rd tie from '89) Soul II Soul - Back to Life 3 0
(3rd tie from '89) Lil' Louis - French Kiss 3 0
(2nd tie from '87) Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full 5 0
(2nd tie from '87) M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up the Volume 5 0
(2nd tie from '83) New Order - Blue Monday 4 0
(2nd tie from '83) Talking Heads - This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) 4 0
(3rd tie from '83) The Cure - The Love Cats 3 0
(3rd tie from '83) Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night) 3 0
(3rd tie from '83) Big Country - In a Big Country 3 0
(3rd tie from '83) Def Leppard - Photograph 3 0
(2nd from '84) Hüsker Dü - Pink Turns to Blue 8 0
(2nd tie from '85) Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls 5 0
(3rd from '85) Prince and The Revolution - Raspberry Beret 4 0
(2nd tie from '86) Cameo - Word Up! 5 0
(2nd tie from '86) Marshall Jefferson - Move Your Body (House Music Anthem) 5 0
(2nd tie from '86) Big Black - Kerosene 5 0
(3rd tie from '86) The Smiths - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out 4 0
(3rd tie frim '86) R.E.M. - Fall on Me 4 0
(3rd tie from '82) Prince and The Revolution - 1999 4 0


Bee OK, Thursday, 31 January 2013 03:59 (twelve years ago)

still a bunch of songs, was hoping to cut it down but it ended up still being 46 songs. i think this is going to be pretty easy for me, voting Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love."

Bee OK, Thursday, 31 January 2013 04:03 (twelve years ago)

It's always going to be "I Feel For You." It's just always going to be that. "I Feel For You."

Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Thursday, 31 January 2013 04:04 (twelve years ago)

Best wishes to the rest of my top 10 tho:

Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love
Laurie Anderson - O Superman
Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five - The Message
Prince and The Revolution - 1999
Madonna - Into the Groove
Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Rhythim Is Rhythim - Strings of Life
Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock - It Takes Two
Soul II Soul - Back to Life

Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Thursday, 31 January 2013 04:06 (twelve years ago)

Strings of Life is pretty fun. Never heard that before.

Still, leaning toward Genius of Love or This Must Be the Place, both holding sentimental value.

big firework, Thursday, 31 January 2013 05:53 (twelve years ago)

Fantastic list.

Voted for Slayer because someone had to.

Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 31 January 2013 12:53 (twelve years ago)

i didn't want this to close on super bowl Sunday. oh well.

Bee OK, Friday, 1 February 2013 02:39 (twelve years ago)

Debaser v. Ana Ng. v. 1999, impossible. Songs BEAT these?

Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 1 February 2013 02:41 (twelve years ago)

Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
Big Black - Kerosene
Slayer - Angel of Death
Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full

jim, Friday, 1 February 2013 02:55 (twelve years ago)

O Superman cause I'm kinda gettin sick of voting for Prince and "Love Will Tear Us Apart" all the time.

Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Friday, 1 February 2013 04:42 (twelve years ago)

so my Top 10 would be:

1 Genius of Love
2 Just Like Heaven
3 Blue Monday
4 Under Pressure
5 Love Will Tear Us Apart
6 1999
7 West End Girls
8 Everybody Wants to Rule the World
9 There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
10 The Love Cats

Bee OK, Saturday, 2 February 2013 04:04 (twelve years ago)

many incredible songs but i have to go for tears for fears.

brimstead, Saturday, 2 February 2013 04:16 (twelve years ago)

So many great songs here but Party Fears Two is still the greatest song ever recorded, so that gets my vote everytime.

Kitchen Person, Saturday, 2 February 2013 06:30 (twelve years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Sunday, 3 February 2013 00:01 (twelve years ago)

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

System, Monday, 4 February 2013 00:01 (twelve years ago)

1981!

Scoobie Dufay (Paul in Santa Cruz), Monday, 4 February 2013 01:02 (twelve years ago)


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