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

Well said.

Now that was nearly two weeks of solid entertainment - hats off to you, Tuomas

Post your disco poll ballots here

Apologies for posting my list on this thread, was way to eager.

So, my Number One *was* the Number One. I never doubted it.

Here's the link to the full results:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiVOdCUDZoLxdHU1alc3dm9ONFYyZzRDSEs2c0ZjUGc&usp=sharing

Did "Moon-Boots" by O.R.S. seriously not even fucking place???

Wow, no song got more than two 1st-place votes.

Great poll, Tuomas, thanks for running it.

Oh man, voted for a diff Sylvester track, but so happy this placed at #1 - the top three being Mororder/Chic Corporation/Cowley is p.perfect, and I'm glad August Darnell & Arthur Russell got a look-in on the top 20.

MFSB, Jackie Moore, tamiko jones, Harry Thumann, Chaka Khan FUCKING CLOUDS! Unlimited Touch, bourgie bourgie ffs, the list goes on. And on and on.

Passengers/Risco Connection at #109/100 :(

Aw not even a single other vote for Hot Butterfly by Bionic Boogie.

Very enjoyable poll. It somehow managed to highlight how much disco I know, without necessarily knowing I know it, while at the same time reminding me of how much I don't know (plenty of completely unfamiliar-to-me tracks made it).

In some cases it's just good to finally know, or be reminded of, artist and title for certain songs I love.

Yes, best poll ever. Major props to Tuomas, and I liked it that the results were spread out over a couple of weeks.

amazing how many in the range 101-200 i would have been happy to see in the top 20.

Here are some observations of mine on the whole poll:

First of all, I'd like to say this was the best ballot poll I've ever seen on ILM! So thanks to everyone for participating and for voting such great tunes! In my personal opinion each and every tune in the top 30 is at least good if not great, and most of the other 70 is quality stuff too. I've never been so pleased with any poll results!

But if you allow me to be a bit negative, the biggest surprise in the poll was how badly Philly International fared. In the top 100, there was no MFSB, no Three Degrees, Blue Notes, Jean Carn, nor Teddy Pendergrass, and only one tune by the O'Jays and the Jones Girls. I didn't expect that.

On a more personal note, I would've wished for Sharon Redd and at least one of Boris Midney's projects (Beautiful Bend, Companion, USA-European Connection, etc) to have cracked the top 100. Redd is my personal favourite disco singer, but I know she isn't that big on ILM, so I was prepared for her not getting too many votes. But Midney I thought would have a chance, especially since most of his disco projects have been reissued during the last couple of years. Looking at the results, maybe Midney's poor showing is because ILM seems to like gritty funk disco and minimal electronic disco more than campy orchestral disco, the latter being Midney's forte. Other grandiose disco artists such as Alec R. Costandinos or First Choice didn't do so well in the poll either.

But like I said, all in all this has been great fun. Hope you've all found some cool new stuff to listen to, as well as some old favourites. Remember that Love Is the Message, and have a Disco Christmas!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpwfY_8H1T8

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That Machine thing at #6 sounds like Muppets do disco. No way is it better than "Keep It Comin' Love" or a lot of stuff that didn't place in the top 100. Seriously, "The Hustle" and "You Sexy Thing" didn't make the poll, but this did? Oi vey. That keyboard sound is horrible.

Thanks for your efforts, Tuomas.

thanks Tuomas!

thank you tuomas! :)

about the Philly thing, Bad Luck would have made the top 100 had I discovered it in time. that's my one regret

I agree about the lack of Philly, and indeed of Sharon Redd. Jean Carn, MFSB, Harold Melvin and "In The Name Of Love" all got votes from me.

Thread of the decade. Truly the best music ever.

The most surprising no-show in this was "Deputy of Love" by Don Armando's 2nd Avenue Rhumba Band.

As for Boris Midney, I voted for three of his productions.

can someone post the whole list in easy-to-access text form here?

Also, very important in its uplifting communality, which I've noticed when it gets played in feminist parties.
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"feminist parties"! are those parties with a lot of feminists on the invite list, or parties where people discuss feminism, or parties where only appropriately feminist music is played, or…

...die

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

i didn't vote/don't know that much, but this was great, thanks tuomas/everyone

plus the finnish months in tuomas' ilx quotes never ever get old

Sylvester died 25 years ago this past Dec 16. So nice to see Mighty Real at number 1.

This thread was such a pleasure to read. Thank you!

so.. as a gen xy person, i really don't know .. Is "i want your love" universally regarded this highly? I mean, I love it, it was my #6 or something.

"More more more" didn't make the cut on my ballot but for some reason i love that it ranked so high here.

MFSB, Jackie Moore, tamiko jones, Harry Thumann, Chaka Khan FUCKING CLOUDS! Unlimited Touch, bourgie bourgie ffs, the list goes on. And on and on.

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(plus Bohannon)

That Machine thing at #6 sounds like Muppets do disco. No way is it better than "Keep It Comin' Love" or a lot of stuff that didn't place in the top 100. Seriously, "The Hustle" and "You Sexy Thing" didn't make the poll, but this did? Oi vey. That keyboard sound is horrible.

http://i.imgur.com/VoAZlJ5.png

Yep. Worst post of the entire thread.

As for the full results ... a lot of good, quite a bit of bad, all in all a very accurate representation of disco. I say that as an undying fan.

Tho I reiterate I have no idea where this groundswell of "I Want Your Love" support came from.

Someone upthread said only on ILM would "I Feel Love" place first in a disco poll, but I think it's safe to say that only on ILM would "I Feel Love" NOT place first in a disco poll.

pretty fuckin' solid 101-110 imo:

101 KC & the Sunshine Band That's the Way (I Like It)
102 Love Unlimited Orchestra Love's Theme
103 Change The Glow of Love
104 Sister Sledge Thinking of You
105 Charlie Space Woman
106 Cloud One Disco Juice
107 Hot Chocolate Every 1's a Winner
108 Passengers He's Speedy Like Gonzalez
109 Risco Connections Ain't No Stopping Us Now (Version)
110 Sylvester I Need Somebody to Love Tonight

I want your love got a boost in the late 90s when moodyman sampled it for I can't kick this feeling when it hits and then another huge boost when todd terje's edit borrowed some of moodyman's repetitions. the track has been huge since the terje edit and terje is huge on ILM ergo this placement, i think.

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only on lim would two different versions of I feel love place on a disco poll separately

Yeah, I was surprised too that "I Want Your Love" was the most popular Chic tune, I would've expected that position to go to "Le Freak" or "Good Times". I've never really followed the disco edit scene, but I guess that makes sense. Seems like there were other tunes in the top 100 too that were boosted by the mid-00s disco revival (Dennis Parker's "Like an Eagle", for example). Not that this is a negative thing, though: it's great that some awesome-but-less-known disco tunes reach new listeners! But it's always interesting to ponder why some things are revived and other not... Still waiting for some taste-makers to lift Boris Midney back into the disco canon.

If I'd voted my top 5 would have probably been:

1) Dennis Parker - Like an Eagle
2) Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme
3) Donald Byrd - Love has Come Around
4) Voyage - Souvenirs
5) Sister Sledge - Thinking of You

Seems like there were other tunes in the top 100 too that were boosted by the mid-00s disco revival

I was surprised to see that "Let No Man Put Asunder" by First Choice didn't appear in this top 100. I forgot to submit a ballot but it would have been my number one. Maybe it was done to death in the late '80s to '90s and so didn't figure prominently in the recent revival (that's a guess because I have paid only limited attention to the revival)

It's funny because I started listening seriously to disco in 1978, but many earlier (even recent) records somewhat passed me by at that time, so I didn't really hear LNMPU (which was released in 1977) until the late '80s when I bought a Salsoul compilation that included it. I then became aware that it was regarded as an important record in terms of laying down the template for some house music. Even then, I was so into house music (perhaps in a rather superficial way) that it didn't really make a big impression on me. It's only really in the last ten or fifteen years that it's become a particular favourite of mine.

Is there a particular reason for Supernature's high placing? aiui Love In C Minor is his most celebrated track, and Give Me Love seems to me his best, but neither of those even made the hundred.

I think 'Supernature' might be better known in the UK? Though I'm not sure, certainly is amongst the friends of mine who dig disco. Not going to make any strong claims for the Lovich connection, tempted as I am.

"Supernature" was effectively Hot Gossip's signature tune, so it enjoyed prolonged TV exposure.

Oh yeah, final playlist! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFnRqkax44Q&list=PLfjjJkTR2EM1TJTMHGJJdu4KdFxZlOJDM

(oops sorry, didn't realise that would embed)