Yes. There are many examples of what we in the rock criticism community like to call super-duper doozies.
Jump
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 13 December 2013 04:29 (ten years ago) link
Pet Shop Boys are still rocking it out today
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 13 December 2013 04:32 (ten years ago) link
Voted for "Jump". Would have voted for "Jack and Diane", but I guess that doesn't count because John Mellencamp is a person and not a band.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Friday, 13 December 2013 04:36 (ten years ago) link
Voted "Centerfold" because it owned a year of my childhood.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 13 December 2013 04:39 (ten years ago) link
On a more serious note, I was surprised that out of all the great songs that Def Leppard wrote, they only hit #1 with the steaming turd that is "Love Bites".
According to wiki "Love Bites" dethroned Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry, Be Happy" for one week before giving up the position to UB40's "Red Red Wine".
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 13 December 2013 05:22 (ten years ago) link
for me, if I'm being completely honest with my rockist self, this is Africa vs. Owner of a Lonely Heart vs. Don't You (Forget About Me) vs. Money for Nothing
― Tip from Tae Kwon Do: (crüt), Friday, 13 December 2013 05:34 (ten years ago) link
voted Whitesnake, this list blows
― shillelagh law (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 December 2013 07:13 (ten years ago) link
Floyd of course.
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Friday, 13 December 2013 08:23 (ten years ago) link
yes i guess
― grumbling führer (NickB), Friday, 13 December 2013 09:19 (ten years ago) link
yeah, some of these aren't really "rock", my mistake. I wrote it v. late at night and as I went through the list, it slowly morphed into "sole US number ones by bands in general."
― president of the people's republic of antarctica (Arctic Mindbath), Friday, 13 December 2013 11:19 (ten years ago) link
No apologies! This is a dynamite list. I can still hum everything on it except maybe 3 or 4 of them.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 13 December 2013 15:28 (ten years ago) link
come on eileen vs jump vs take on me
this is hard
voted jump
― ciderpress, Friday, 13 December 2013 15:59 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 26 December 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link
Nobody's voting for O Sheila bcz RFTW isnt a rock bands righ cuz I dont gaf it deserves to win
― pfunky boyster (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 26 December 2013 01:00 (ten years ago) link
I Love Rock n' Roll Vs Come on Eileen.
What's worse than Grease on Olivia Newton John?
― I'll take the jangle-jangle over the throb-throb (brg30), Thursday, 26 December 2013 02:21 (ten years ago) link
West End Girls is always a good answer
― that's not my post, Thursday, 26 December 2013 03:23 (ten years ago) link
Ready For the World vs. anybody is an automatic RFTW vote
― combination hair (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 26 December 2013 03:29 (ten years ago) link
yeah wtf, that's kinda unfair
Atlantic Starr and Will to Power are "80s rock" bands. who knew.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 26 December 2013 03:46 (ten years ago) link
Oh wait a sec... I guess I shoulda went with "West End Girls" instead.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 26 December 2013 03:49 (ten years ago) link
1-week #1s were more commonplace at the time.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 26 December 2013 03:50 (ten years ago) link
Always
― mr.raffles, Thursday, 26 December 2013 04:01 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 27 December 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link
interesting selection of choices! thanks for voting. kicking myself about "rock", still, meant to take that out as my list compiling went on, but ehhh.
― president of the people's republic of antarctica (Arctic Mindbath), Friday, 27 December 2013 00:08 (ten years ago) link