Could it be I'm POLLING in love? ~~~ ILM 70s SOUL/FUNK/DISCO TRACKS POLL ~~~ RESULTS THREAD!

"Stayin' Alive" is great as well but feels out of place in this poll.

I could do without "Stayin' Alive" in both this and the disco-only poll.

Hi five ArchCarrier!

I wanted to vote for Time To Get Down, which wasn't nominated, so I voted for my second favorite O'Jays song instead

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187 (TIE). Jackson Sisters - I Believe in Miracles
154 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/7MYdr8Fkah0

187 (TIE). Funkadelic - I'll Bet You
154 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/ORm8Fa3q4Ro

Whoa, that Jacksons Sisters track rocks! I hadn't noticed it during the nominations process because I confused it with "You Sexy Thing" :)

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185 (TIE). Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
155 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/Tth-8wA3PdY

185 (TIE). Average White Band - Pick Up the Pieces
155 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/FnH_zwVmiuE

"Stayin' Alive," ugh.

But I don't really care because I'm still so pumped at seeing "There But For The Grace of God Go I" crack the Top 200 despite not even being on the nominations list. So, high five to the other write-in voter!!

High five back! I put it on my ballot after I saw your vote for it. The single best discovery from the disco poll for me.

I Bet You, comically low.

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183 (TIE). Funkadelic - Red Hot Mama
156 points / 2 votes
https://youtu.be/GeNkRuYHy8k

183 (TIE). Chairmen of the Board - Finders Keepers
156 points / 2 votes
https://youtu.be/RLbchIebH9g

'I Believe in Miracles' is a classic but didn't quite make my ballot, glad to see it place.

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182. Al Wilson - Show and Tell
156 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/ItgAlRuafaU

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181. The Fatback Band - (Are You Ready) Do the Bus Stop
157 points / 2 votes
https://youtu.be/ptXveQbZvxs

Bus Stop!

Bus Stop!

Are You Ready?

To do the Bus Stop?

lol @ Bee Gees hate in this thread

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180. Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Cherchez La Femme
157 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/9UXA5reH0_o

"Stayin' Alive" is a terrific song, even if no "Turn the Beat Around"

I don't hate "Stayin' Alive" like I once did, but one the 100 best disco songs ever? And one of the 200 best Soul/Funk/Disco songs ever? Hell No.

Not exactly sure "I could do without 'Stayin' Alive' in both this and the disco-only poll" is hate, per se.

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179. The Jacksons - Blame It on the Boogie
158 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/mkBS4zUjJZo

Almost voted for this one. Went with what I think is an even more well-regarded Jacksons track instead.

"Finders Keepers" was my discovery of this poll. Never knew they were this funky (awesome clavinet again!). Great brass stabs too.

Here comes my number 3:

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178. The Stylistics - Peek-a-Boo
159 points / 2 votes
https://youtu.be/qZtgs54z3-U

Think I ended up cutting "Blame it on the Boogie" b/c I had at least 5 or 6 other Jackson family songs on my ballot.

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176 (TIE). The Supremes - Stoned Love
160 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/Rglxw5cbZWY

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176 (TIE). Smokey Robinson - Cruisin'
160 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/WlzY6cWpoMQ

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174 (TIE). Chic - At Last I Am Free
161 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/Qo0LYX6COv0

174 (TIE). Aretha Franklin - Angel
161 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/9FqZ1yyeVAI

"Finders Keepers" was my discovery of this poll. Never knew they were this funky (awesome clavinet again!).

that's what happens when you replace your backing band with Funkadelic

Cruisin' doesn't make the top 150? Come on voters!

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173. The Pointer Sisters - Yes We Can Can
162 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/F2U1OUxXSMM

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172. Bill Withers - Lovely Day
163 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/sYi7uEvEEmk

One of the few nominated Withers tracks that I *didn't* vote for!

"Lovely Day" was one of the two that got my vote.

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171. Idris Muhammad - Could Heaven Ever Be Like This
164 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/SYH0ORfHQMY

Could Heaven Ever Be Placed Higher Than This?

fwiw ... THIS is the version I voted for:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0skigTyA4NE

FOUR-way tie coming up...

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167 (TIE). The O'Jays - I Love Music
165 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/e_1s2UFc_z8

167 (TIE). Maxine Nightingale - Right Back Where We Started From
165 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/WhgY4Te0uFs

167 (TIE). The Manhattans - Kiss and Say Goodbye
165 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/5ie3oDNpRHE

167 (TIE). Ashford & Simpson - Stay Free
165 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/-yKFlgg8WiM

Maxine Nightingale, awesome

i probably haven't heard that in 30 years

I've updated the Spotify playlist, after something of a lag.

Last one for today:

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165 (TIE). The Trammps - Disco Inferno
165 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/V7EfnYwpmOE

165 (TIE). The Honey Cone - Want Ads
165 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/_ndBMp_ZyE0

fun mix today of obv disco stuff/things I voted for/things I've never heard of

All of you are wrong with the reverence for P-Funk. I know that's a bizarre opinion to have so I will contain it to this one post. I know they used to get described as the funk Kiss and that's pretty otm.

I have little reverence for P-Funk and only included one song from each if the two major acts on my ballot. Funkadelic albums, more often than not, I find, are a chore.

challops medals all around

Think an 80s poll would be great, guess I sort of grew up with lots of 80s R&B, but rarely hear about any of it beside Prince, Michael Jackson and a few hits like I Feel For You. Would be really good to have something to dig into from the mid 80s which often seems like a bit of a desert.

mike t-diva, do you have a list of each track with its year? I want to start filing these track poll winners for a thing.

I only did the top 100 - here it is - but you can easily get the other dates by pasting the tracks into the Discogs search box, and digging into what comes up; it seldom takes long.

1 977 13 1 Curtis Mayfield - Move on Up 1970
2 967 12 0 Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair 1971
3 796 12 1 Stevie Wonder - Superstition 1972
4 699 12 1 Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street 1972
5 693 11 0 Temptations - Papa Was a Rollin' Stone 1972
6 633 11 0 Freda Payne - Band of Gold 1970
7 606 10 0 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia 1973
8 589 9 1 Five Stairsteps - O-o-h Child 1970
9 569 11 0 Spinners - I'll Be Around 1972
10 536 8 0 Earth, Wind & Fire - September 1978
11 522 9 0 Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover 1979
12 522 8 1 James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine 1970
13 476 8 0 Al Green - Let's Stay Together 1971
14 451 8 0 Chic - Good Times 1979
15 439 7 0 Al Green - Tired of Being Alone 1971
16 438 7 0 Donna Summer - I Feel Love 1977
17 433 7 0 George McCrae - Rock Your Baby 1974
18 428 7 1 Undisputed Truth - Smiling Faces Sometimes 1971
19 426 7 0 Patrice Rushen - Haven't You Heard 1979
20 425 7 0 Commodores - Easy 1977
21 422 6 0 Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady 1971
22 417 5 0 Funkadelic - Maggot Brain 1971
23 412 6 0 Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight 1979
24 410 8 0 Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her 1971
25 409 8 0 Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove 1978
26 408 8 2 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On 1971
27 405 6 0 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Bad Luck 1975
28 401 6 0 Chic - I Want Your Love 1978
29 399 8 1 Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) 1970
30 393 7 0 Parliament - Flashlight 1977
31 386 5 0 Marvin Gaye - Got to Give It Up 1977
32 377 7 0 Isaac Hayes - Theme from Shaft 1971
33 374 6 0 Isley Brothers - That Lady 1973
34 368 8 0 Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain 1974
35 368 7 0 O'Jays - Back Stabbers 1972
36 365 7 0 Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough 1979
37 364 6 0 Shuggie Otis - Strawberry Letter 23 1971
38 360 6 0 Stylistics - People Make the World Go Round 1972
39 360 5 0 Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - The Tears of a Clown 1970
40 348 6 0 Jackson 5 - I Want You Back 1970
41 345 6 0 Stylistics - Betcha by Golly, Wow 1972
42 344 7 0 Al Green - Love and Happiness 1973
43 344 5 0 Stevie Wonder - Living for the City 1973
44 340 7 0 Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) 1973
45 340 5 0 O'Jays - Love Train 1972
46 337 6 0 McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now 1979
47 333 5 0 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Wake Up Everybody 1975
48 332 6 0 Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised 1974
49 330 5 1 Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues 1971
50 330 5 0 Billy Paul - Me and Mrs. Jones 1972
51 327 6 0 Stevie Wonder - Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing 1973
52 327 5 0 Sly & The Family Stone - If You Want Me to Stay 1973
53 320 7 0 Curtis Mayfield - Freddie's Dead 1972
54 320 6 0 Persuaders - Thin Line Between Love and Hate 1972
55 320 5 0 Deniece Williams - Free 1976
56 317 4 0 Sly & The Family Stone - Thank You for Talkin' to Me Africa 1971
57 313 6 0 Earth, Wind & Fire - Fantasy 1977
58 312 5 0 Stevie Wonder - Creepin' 1974
59 309 6 0 Earth, Wind & Fire - That's the Way of the World 1975
60 309 5 0 Temptations - Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) 1970
61 307 6 0 Parliament - Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker) 1975
62 305 6 0 Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground 1973
63 303 7 1 Spinners - Could It Be I'm Falling in Love 1972
64 303 4 0 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough 1970
65 302 5 0 Bill Withers - Lean on Me 1972
66 302 4 0 Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop 1973
67 300 4 0 Curtis Mayfield - (Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below We're All Going to Go 1970
68 298 4 0 Hall & Oates - She's Gone 1973
69 297 6 0 Michael Jackson - Rock With You 1979
70 297 5 0 Dionne Warwick & the Spinners - Then Came You 1974
71 296 7 0 Rufus & Chaka Khan - Tell Me Something Good 1974
72 293 5 0 Al Green - Here I Am (Come and Take Me) 1973
73 292 6 0 Chairmen of the Board - Give Me Just a Little More Time 1970
74 291 5 0 Eddie Kendricks - Girl, You Need a Change of Mind 1973
75 289 5 0 Crusaders - Street Life 1979
76 285 5 0 Sister Sledge - Lost in Music 1979
77 283 6 0 Diana Ross - Love Hangover 1976
78 282 6 0 William DeVaughn - Be Thankful for What You've Got 1974
79 281 5 0 Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster 1975
80 278 4 0 Lyn Collins - Think (About It) 1972
81 274 5 1 Stylistics - You Are Everything 1971
82 271 4 0 Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way 1976
83 271 3 1 Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - The Night 1972
84 269 5 0 Aretha Franklin - Day Dreaming 1972
85 269 4 0 Kool & The Gang - Summer Madness 1976
86 266 5 0 Minnie Riperton - Les Fleurs 1971
87 266 4 0 Rolling Stones - Miss You 1978
88 264 6 0 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - The Love I Lost 1973
89 262 3 0 Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours 1970
90 261 4 0 Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights 1975
91 259 5 0 Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again 1974
92 255 6 0 Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) 1970
93 255 5 0 Bill Withers - Use Me 1972
94 254 4 0 Bill Withers - Grandma's Hands 1971
95 249 6 0 Curtis Mayfield - Superfly 1972
96 249 5 0 Jacksons - Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) 1978
97 244 6 0 Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together 1972
98 244 5 0 Sly & The Family Stone - Everybody Is a Star 1970
99 244 4 0 Brook Benton - Rainy Night in Georgia 1970
100 244 4 0 Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On 1973

Since you asked for it...

Wanna Be POLLIN' Somethin' ~~~ It's the ILM 80's R&B TRACKS POLL! ~~~

i didn't manage to vote -- 'september' and 'i'll be around' might have been slightly higher -- but listening to the list makes me wonder if this was . . . the best music

Not sure where to put this so one place will be this thread:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvYXeBQzecU