US #3 Hits (1974 and 1975)

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Which of these #3 hits from '74 and '75 is your favorite? Take your pick:

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Rufus – "Tell Me Something Good"	8
Stevie Wonder – "Boogie On Reggae Woman"	7
Janis Ian – "At Seventeen"	6
Jefferson Starship – "Miracles"	6
Ace – "How Long"	5
Aretha Franklin – "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)"	4
Paul McCartney and Wings – "Junior's Farm"	3
Ozark Mountain Daredevils – "Jackie Blue"	3
Grand Funk – "Some Kind of Wonderful"	3
Marvin Hamlisch – "The Entertainer"	3
Ringo Starr – "No No Song" / "Snookeroo"	2
Brownsville Station – "Smokin' in the Boys Room"	2
The Four Seasons – "Who Loves You"	2
Bobby Vinton – "My Melody of Love"	0
The Righteous Brothers – "Rock and Roll Heaven"	0
Michael Murphey – "Wildfire"	0
Gladys Knight and the Pips – "Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me"	0
Jigsaw – "Sky High"	0
Jim Stafford – "Spiders and Snakes"	0
Olivia Newton-John – "Please Mr. Please"	0

― Frontier Psychiatrist, Saturday, 22 February 2014 02:47 (eleven years ago)

1. "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)," 2. "Junior's Farm,"
3. "Miracles"

― clemenza, Saturday, 22 February 2014 02:53 (eleven years ago)

Went with "How Long".

Always found it hilarious that the song isn't actually about Paul Carrack's cheating lover, but rather about the bassist from Ace secretly playing for other bands.

― Frontier Psychiatrist, Saturday, 22 February 2014 03:00 (eleven years ago)

Runners-up: "Miracles", "Tell Me Something Good"

― Frontier Psychiatrist, Saturday, 22 February 2014 03:03 (eleven years ago)

The Smoove B lyrics of "Miracles" still crack me up. "I had a taste of the real world when I went down on you, girl."

But this is "Tell Me Something Good" vs. "Junior's Farm" for me, leaning toward the latter.

― Taking Devil's Tower (by mashed potatoes) (WilliamC), Saturday, 22 February 2014 03:20 (eleven years ago)

JACKIE BLUE

― balls, Saturday, 22 February 2014 05:28 (eleven years ago)

'tell me something good' over 'miracles' for runner up. 'jackie blue' has a hold on my soul. that solo in particular.

'i got a taste of the world/when i went down on you girl' on am radio - kudos marty balin

― balls, Saturday, 22 February 2014 05:31 (eleven years ago)

"Boogie On Reggae Woman"

one of the best songs ever

― Spottie, Saturday, 22 February 2014 05:43 (eleven years ago)

"Tell Me Something Good" vs. "Miracles"

It's like daytime vs. night time, a sassy street jam vs. a sultry after hours come on.

But I really love the way Slick and Balin's voices mix on that... so "Miracles" it is

― Josefa, Saturday, 22 February 2014 08:53 (eleven years ago)

"Tell Me Something Good" - so devastatingly slow, so devistatingly funky.

'i got a taste of the world/when i went down on you girl' on am radio - kudos marty balin

― balls, Saturday, February 22, 2014 12:31 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Also "just a drop of it" and "don't stop it" vocals in the mix at the same time adding to the rich sensuality. As with the Rasperries' "Go All The Way", it became apparant you could be quite explicit in your lyrics as long as they were wrapped in sweet, pretty Beach Boys-like harmonies and still have an AM radio hit. Grace and Marty's vocals make my hair stand on end.

― Lee626, Saturday, 22 February 2014 10:49 (eleven years ago)

I actually prefer "Snookeroo" to "No No Song," most welcome after two months of shitty eighties Elton-Taupin treacle.

― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 22 February 2014 12:37 (eleven years ago)

true warrior

― start making ₵€nt$ (rattled), Saturday, 22 February 2014 19:43 (eleven years ago)

At 17, for Simpsons reference.

― LimbsKing, Sunday, 23 February 2014 10:45 (eleven years ago)

of these I've only heard Brownsville Station & Grand Funk

― death and darkness and other night kinda shit (crüt), Sunday, 23 February 2014 15:43 (eleven years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Friday, 28 February 2014 00:01 (eleven years ago)

How Long

― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 28 February 2014 02:36 (eleven years ago)

Shit, how can you go wrong with "The Entertainer"?

― That's So (Eazy), Friday, 28 February 2014 03:25 (eleven years ago)

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

― System, Saturday, 1 March 2014 00:01 (eleven years ago)

lol glad i'm not the only grand funk vote

― a commentary on self-absorbed youth culture in the social media age (zachlyon), Saturday, 1 March 2014 06:38 (eleven years ago)

seven years pass...

Hi!

― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 00:24 (four years ago)

Hi!🕸

C’mon “At Seventeen” over “If You Don’t Know Me By Now?”. Fuck Simply Red, it’s “good to great”!

― In on the killfile (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 01:19 (four years ago)

"You Ought to Be With Me", "Until You Come Back to Me", "Saturday in the Park" and "Miracles" are probably the best songs those artists ever recorded.

Does Scott Joplin get out of "the Hague" when he isn't arranged by Marvin Hamlisch?

― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 01:49 (four years ago)

it's possible to overdo it with the Philly International sound but I'd definitely put "If You Don't Know Me By Now" and the adjacent "Everybody Plays the Fool" in the top tier.

― that's not my post, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 02:18 (four years ago)

I mean, how can these guys be denied?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2ThpkH92Z4

― that's not my post, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 02:19 (four years ago)

I was just saying the other day... Teddy!

― brimstead, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 20:46 (four years ago)

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