...AND THE BEAT GOES ON! The GRAND ILM DISCO POLL results are revealed!

At some point I tried to listen to all the Cerrone albums in order, but I gave up somewhere around Cerrone X. III and IV (and maybe Africanism) are the only essential ones imo.

if i had got it together to vote, "kiss me again" would have been my no. 1

― stirmonster, Monday, December 16, 2013 6:19 PM (19 minutes ago)

i think i have you to thank for first hearing "kiss me again"

i just hung my copy of the red vinyl 12" on my wall last week that he autographed for me :D

he = nicky siano, not stirmonster, ha

Argh... forgot Cerrone covers were NSFW. So much for watching this list at work now

use yr bookmarks

At some point I tried to listen to all the Cerrone albums in order, but I gave up somewhere around Cerrone X. III and IV (and maybe Africanism) are the only essential ones imo.

― freemen (on the) space (seandalai)

I only just got round to going past IV this week with V: Angelina, it was pretty terrible. I'm a big fan of his first album too Love in C Minor, it's only three songs but they're all solid.

99.(tie) KC & The Sunshine Band - Keep It Comin' Love (1976)
99.(tie) Bumblebee Unlimited - Lady Bug (Disco Mix) (1978)
98. Giorgio - From Here to Eternity (1977)
96.(tie) Kid Creole & The Coconuts - I'm a Wonderful Thing (Baby) (1982)
96.(tie) Imagination - Just an Illusion (1982)
95. The Jones Girls - You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else (1979)
94. Chic - At Last I Am Free (1978)
93. KC & The Sunshine Band - That's the Way (I Like It) (1975)
92. Village People - Y.M.C.A. (1978)
91. Dan Hartman - Vertigo/Relight My Fire (1979)
90. Jimmy "Bo" Horne - Spank (1978)
89. Dennis Parker - Like an Eagle (1979)
88. Peech Boys - Don't Make Me Wait (Larry Levan Mix) (1982)
86.(tie) Tavares - More Than a Woman (1977)
86.(tie) Loose Joints - Tell You (Today) (1983)
85. Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots (1982)
84. Phreek - Weekend (1978)
83. Boney M. - Rasputin (1978)
82. Tantra - Hills of Katmandu (Album Version) (1979)
81. Heatwave - The Groove Line (1977)
80. Heatwave - Boogie Nights (1976)
79. Santa Esmeralda - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (1977)
78. Patrick Cowley - Menergy (1981)
77. Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman (1978)
76. Rufus & Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody (1983)
75. The O'Jays - Love Train (Tom Moulton Mix) (1973 - original / 1977 - remix)
74. John Paul King - Love Is in the Air (1977)
72.(tie) Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' (1982)
72.(tie) Evelyn "Champagne" King - Shame (1977)
71. Class Action - Weekend (1983)
70. Patrick Cowley - Sea Hunt (1981)
69. Chic - My Feet Keep Dancing (1979)
68. Luther Vandross - Never Too Much (1981)
67. Sister Sledge - He's the Greatest Dancer (1978)
66. "D" Train - You're the One for Me (1981)
64.(tie) Space - Magic Fly (1977)
64.(tie) Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing (1976)
63. Change - Paradise (1981)
62. Eddie Kendricks - Girl You Need a Change of Mind (1973)
61. Universal Robot Band - Barely Breaking Even (1982)
60. Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive (1977)
59. The Crusaders featuring Randy Crawford - Street Life (1979)
58. Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation (Tom Moulton Mix) (1980)
57. Loose Joints - Is It All Over My Face? (Larry Levan Mix) (1980)
56. Donna Summer - Bad Girls (1979)
55. Gino Soccio - Dancer (1979)
54. Indeep - Last Night a DJ Saved My Life (1982)
53. Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover (1979)
52. Bee Gees - More Than a Woman (1977)
51. George Benson - Give Me the Night (1980)
50. Carly Simon - Why (1982)
49. Odyssey - Native New Yorker (1977)
48. The Rolling Stones - Miss You (1978)
47. Lipps, Inc. - Funkytown (1979)
46. Michael Jackson - Rock with You (1979)
45. Inner Life - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Larry Levan Mix)(1981)
44. Alicia Bridges - I Love the Nightlife (Disco Round) (1978)
43. Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free (1976)
42. Patrice Rushen - Haven't You Heard (1979)
41. ABBA - Dancing Queen (1976)
40. Skatt Bros. - Walk the Night (1979)
39. A Taste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie (1978)
38. Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Cherchez la femme / Se si bon (1976)
37. Anita Ward - Ring My Bell (1979)
36. Sheila & B. Devotion - Spacer (1979)
35. Donna Summer - Last Dance (1978)
34. The Joubert Singers - Stand on the Word (1985)
33. Gloria Gaynor - Never Can Say Goodbye (1974)
32. Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive (1978)
31. Emotions - Best of My Love (1977)
30. Cheryl Lynn - Got to Be Real (1978)
29. Earth, Wind & Fire - Fantasy (1977)
28. Bee Gees - Night Fever (1978)
27. Grace Jones - Pull up to the Bumper (1981)
26. Donna Summer - I Feel Love (Patrick Cowley Megamix) (1980)
25. Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out (1980)
24. Blondie - Heart of Glass (1979)
23. Chic - Everybody Dance (1977)
22. McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now (1979)
21. Vicki Sue Robinson - Turn the Beat Around (1976)
20. Chic - Good Times (1979)
19. Marvin Gaye - Got to Give It Up (1977)
18. George McCrae - Rock Your Baby (1974)
17. Donna Summer - Love to Love You Baby (1975)
16. Dinosaur - Kiss Me Again (1978)
15. Earth, Wind & Fire - September (1978)
14. Cerrone - Supernature (1977)

Thanks for that, gr80.

Youtube playlist so far: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfjjJkTR2EM1TJTMHGJJdu4KdFxZlOJDM&feature=mh_lolz

Cerrone another of my high picks, good to see it place well. A fair amount of this stuff now is a bit too much of the big pop disco for my tastes, but can't really fault any of it - they're pretty much all great songs, just slightly less in my niche.

seeing Fantasy here made me dig out The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1. it's quite obviously immaculate

is "September" the best song recorded exclusively for a comp?

great question! was this ever discussed? it's pretty much unsearchable.

Best Song Recorded Specifically For a Compilation

As much as one wants to laugh at "Supernature," it's just so good and never ceases to amaze. If anything I thought it would place higher here.

But what's going on with Cerrone V through Cerrone X? The only track that I can recall is "Hooked on You."

13. Taana Gardner - Heartbeat (1981)
497 points, 12 votes.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v655/lixnixn/R-77606-1315152293_zps3495baca.jpeg

http://youtu.be/LLUzATAWfJE

8 bars of heartbeats, 8 more of handclaps, then the BADDEST- ASSED DRUM INTRO EVER comes in, followed by the second-best bassline ever (after Chic's "Good Times"). Wow.

― M. Matos, 26. heinäkuuta 2001 3:00

Taana Gardner is really my favorite... with all of this retroism going 'round, why can't we have more basement-disco-funk with basslines from heaven?

― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), 7. lokakuuta 2002 17:49

another thing which tends to get lost in time, but should be of interest, is which records where made hits by being spun in clubs, and which made it big through radio play. i would guess that Taana Gardner's "Heartbeat" is an example of the former, for example, while David Bowie's "Let's Dance" probably is not, but it's hard to tell for sure.

― Jeb, 2. kesäkuuta 2007 10:50

Yeah, Taana Gardner's "Heartbeat" is one of the greatest singles of all-time.

― Kevin John Bozelka, 27. marraskuuta 2007 18:42

At first, anchoring a disco tune to a human heartbeat may sound like a questionable idea because the BPM is so slow, but you can't deny it works here.

BEST bassline

Ok 2nd best, m. matos is correct.

the churning guitar, the 4 note synth lead, the vocals, the handclaps... really a perfect record all around.
makes me wonder whether "when you touch me" will place

I went for 'when you touch me'

12. Yvonne Elliman - If I Can't Have You (1977)
502 points, 14 votes.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v655/lixnixn/R-2686776-1296567367_zps93e69c37.jpeg

http://youtu.be/y_Hp6kTOQfQ

Best song on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), 30. joulukuuta 2004 8:16

There's a couple of moments in "If I Can't Have You" where the strings and "ahh-ahh-ahhs" pre-figure the verses when a huge mock-heroic french fuckin' horn sweeps (like an vexed valkyrie exhorting apocalypse) that still gives me the fuck-yeahs!

Classic, obviously.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), 30. joulukuuta 2004 18:55

love love love yvonne's fakeout on the chorus just before the orchestra jumps in on the one of the next bar.

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), 31. joulukuuta 2004 7:25

i like how breezy this song is. for a heatbreak song it's pretty painless.

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), 29. kesäkuuta 2005 1:21

Yeah, it's like she's getting ready to go out, putting on her best stuff, singing about how she won't ever be with anyone but him. Maybe she's manic?

― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), 29. kesäkuuta 2005 1:22

This one and the other ones on Side A of SNL seem a bit magical to me in that the structures of the songs seem seemless -- there is a chorus, and a verse, and a little instrumental part, but I never know which is which, and I don't care, since the production is like a silk pillow.

― 57 7th (calstars), 27. heinäkuuta 2005 21:02

This song is better than all your grandmother's 78 records. Nominate this one for "best song ever".

― Where's All The Hippies? Fuck off! (Bimble), 3. heinäkuuta 2009 14:10

I don't know if I could have fulfilled Bimble's request for a 3000 pg. essay on the subject matter but damn this really is one of my favorite songs of all time. <3

― ENBB, 12. elokuuta 2009 21:29

So perfect, oh man is this a gorgeous record.

I forgot that one. Hurts so good.

I wrote this one off, figured nobody shared my enthusiasm. So glad I was wrong.

And yes, Heartbeat A++++ classic

My favorite of the period Gibb Bros work-for-hire songs.

"Emotion" by Samantha Sang also a good one that wasn't nominated

Yvonne Elliman previously was Eric Clapton's backup singer and occasional duet partner. Didn't think anyone even remotely related to EC would get any love from ILMers.

this is the disco poll, it's ILM Switzerland

hoping Boogie Switzerland places today

Everything about this track is perfect. Such a great instrumental arrangement and her singing is of course stellar.

11. Diana Ross - Upside Down (1980)
504 points, 13 votes.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v655/lixnixn/R-202123-1273968833_zps44006a6c.jpeg

http://youtu.be/DvR9rOCiMrE

I'm not of the opinion that bad catalog items negate or diminish good ones - Diana Ross could release a triple-CD of bathtub farts & she'd still have "Love Child" & "Someday We'll Be Together" & "I Hear a Symphony" and "Upside Down" & "I'm Coming Out" & "It's My Turn" & "Come See About Me" & "You Can't Hurry Love" & "My World Is Empty Without You" & "Back In My Arms Again" & the theme from Mahogany which pretty much defines the 70s all by its lonesome & the definitive version of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" & a debut album consisting mainly of Ashford & Simpson tunes penned in their prime

― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), 23. kesäkuuta 2006 15:27

"i feel love" may be the blueprint for techno, but "upside down" might be the blueprint for the subversive pop song. (purely in terms of the way the song is constructed)

― breakfast pants (disco stu), 24. kesäkuuta 2006 23:11

it's the blueprint for the neptunes sound. i swear.

― the fuckablity of late picasso (vahid), 24. kesäkuuta 2006 23:12

"I'm Coming Up" and "Upside Down" from the Diana album from 1980 are classic.. that was a good band lineup. Aside from Supremes, never really gotten won over by too much else by her immense discography.

― donut christ (donut), 29. joulukuuta 2004 21:28

I'm busy tonight, so that's it for today. I'll try to post the full top 10 tomorrow.

I'm not going to speculate on the top 10 other than to say I deeply hope "Love Hangover" is part of it.

a good way to say fuck you to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

"I've got the sweetest fuck you, I don't want to get over."

there are literally over 100 songs that could be in the top 10

What I can say about the top 10 is that each tune there is an undeniable disco classic; I doubt people will be disappointed, except for the tunes that didn't make it to the top 100 at all.

"heartbeat" is like the platonic ideal of "fun" and "sexy"

my money is on "go bang" for the top ten but absolutely no idea what else will show up

bummed to have missed out on the whole nomming/voting part of this poll, but excellent results regardless. "heartbeat" is just amazing, i've always loved it but i didn't know it had the recognition to make it all the way to #13. also very stoked to see dinosaur and cerrone in the top 20

top 10 predictions

I Feel Love, Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough, You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real), Don't Leave Me This Way, Knock on Wood, Midnight Love Affair, Disco Inferno, The Glow of Love, Hills of Katmandu, More Bounce to the Ounce

i voted for most of these anyway so we'll see

forgot disco duck

No way does "Love Hangover" fail to make the top 100. I'd only have picked 4-5 of that list as bankers but I haven't really been keeping track of what's yet to place.

love hangover should be top-5, easy!

let the music play, just be good to me (these two not disco enough perhaps?), lowdown (sort of given up on this one long ago but still), at least two more sister sledge singles (NOT we are family), two more pioneering Chic tracks, fucking more more more, a shalamar dark horse, the k.c. and boney m masterpieces, the inevitable one of these nights, the brilliant early madonna...

this thing leaves me clueless but i'm sure Tuomas is right and everything that placed is banging. kudos to the man by the way, great job all the way through.

Guessing "Born To Be Alive"'s out of the running; fingers crossed for "There But For The Grace Of God Go I" but my sense of what will place where is a bit confused after "Good Times" turned up at #20.

I'm hoping there's some First Choice in the top 10. Rather surprised they haven't shown up yet, but hopefully that means they've got at least one track way up there. I can't imagine them not placing at all out of 100 tracks, that would be tragic.

ha i just found out hills of katmandu already placed at #82. le freak will be a top fiver, i totally forgot about it. and no kool & the gang on the top 100 is pretty weird, i wonder if ladies' night or celebration still have some chance of placing.

really would be a shame if we had a top 100 w/ no bohannon

we could do a bonus sound of songs excluded from the top 100...

bonus "R"ound

If 'this time baby' doesn't place then I give up.

10. Chic - Le Freak (1978)
531 points, 13 votes.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v655/lixnixn/R-1915761-1286789578_zps7ca6330e.jpeg

http://youtu.be/h1qQ1SKNlgY (music video)
http://youtu.be/DbzooE7jtiE (12" version)

One, two, awwwww FREAK OUT

― if I don't see more dissent, I'm going to have to check myself in (Matos W.K.), 10. syyskuuta 2009 19:13

even the snares on 'le freak' are a bunch of overdubbed handclaps, its a party in yr stereo

― deej, 1. heinäkuuta 2007 22:32

Le Freak rocked my world.

― Orbit (Orbit), 21. huhtikuuta 2004 4:41

just a memory of being 14 at a 'disco' getting down to le freak and loving it,
before the rot set in and boys had to like only punk/new wave or endure homophobic abuse

― Dr X O'Skeleton, 4. lokakuuta 2008 14:27

It took me a very long time before I could accept Le Freak for what it was, rather than a whole enterprise of very negative childhood associations (something I still struggle with today). Its interesting to consider this in light of how my love of Chic has been made possible by a process of outgrowing the white heterosexual-white-male perspective that I was subject to until somewhat kind of recently (which has an incredibly pervasive influence on taste, but also in what is expected of you, and what is acceptable).

― EDB, 25. marraskuuta 2010 0:07

Allegedly written when they couldn't get into Studio 54. The original lyrics were "aaahhh... FUYCK OFF!!!". I wonder how the smiley smiley ladies who fronted the band would have sang that? Probably with smiles. And aplomb. Lots of aplomb. Buckets of aplomb

― Amiii Stewart (Amiii Stewart), 25. toukokuuta 2005 13:20

That video is fantastic, particularly the bits where he's playing Le Freak in slow motion and revealing all these ridiculously subtle hidden notes

This guy is basically the greatest musician ever

― Bad Fucking Dowie (Sgt. Biscuits), 31. tammikuuta 2011 1:15