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

We need more Eddy Grant:

Eddy Grant - Do You Feel My Love?
Eddy Grant - My Turn to Love You
Eddy Grant - I Don't Wanna Dance
Eddy Grant - Baby Come Back
Eddy Grant - Gimme Hope Jo'anna

Wow, I'm glad I decided to come back to ILX after a break, this is one poll I definitely want to participate in!

And it seems a lot of great boogie tunes in particular are still missing from the list, so here are some nominations:

Al Jarreau - Roof Garden
Alisha - Baby Talk
Alisha - Too Turned On
Atlantic Starr - Silver Shadow
Baiser - Summer Breeze
Band AKA - Joy
Bandolero - Paris Latino
Barbara Mason - Don't I Ever Cross Your Mind
Billy Ocean - Stay the Night
Booker Newberry III - Love Town
Boule Noire - Super, Super Lady
Brenda Taylor ‎– You Can't Have Your Cake and Eat It Too
Carol Jiani - Hit 'n' Run Lover
Carol Jiani - Touch and Go Lover
Carly Simon - Why
Chandra Simmons - Never Gonna Let You Go
Chaz Jankel - Glad to Know You
Coffee - Casanova
Collage - Do You Like Our Music?
Colonel Abrams - I'm Not Gonna Let
Companion - This Is a Test
Companion - There's a Way
Crown Heights Affair - I Struck Gold
Crown Heights Affair - You Gave Me Love
Cuba Gooding - Happiness Is Just Around the Bend
D-Train - Music
Double Disovery - Can He Find Another One?
Dynasty - Check It Out
Earlene Bentley - The Boys Come to Town
Earth, Wind & Fire - Let Me Talk
Earth, Wind & Fire - System Of Survival
Edmond Daniels - You Broke Your Promise
Evelyn King - Get Loose
Fonda Rae - Tuch Me
Forrest - Rock the Boat
Funkacise Gang - Funkacise
Gary Byrd & the G.B. Experience ‎– The Crown
Gary's Gang - Knock Me Out
Gary's Gang - Makin' Music
Geraldine Hunt - Heart Heart
Glass - Let Me Feel Your Heartbeat
Grady Harell - Belinda
Heaven & Earth - I Really Love You
Inez Brooks ‎– Chillin' Out
The Jacksons - Walk Right Now
Jamaica Girls - Need Somebody New
James Brown - Living in America
Jeanette "Lady" Day - Come Let Me Love You
Jimmy "Bo" Horne - Spank
Jimmy Ross - First True Love Affair
Joanna Gardner - I Could Never Love Another Like You
Julius Brown - Party
Kashif - Stone Love
Kat Mandu - I Wanna Dance
Kenny G - Hi, How Ya Doin'?
Kinky Foxx - So Different
Kreamcicle feat. Paula Anderson - No News Is News
Laurice Hudson - Feel My Love
L.I.F.E. - You're All Played Out
Linda Lewis ‎– Class/Style (I've Got It)
Linda Taylor - You and Me Just Started
Love Club - Hot Summer Nights
Lydia Murdock - Superstar
Loose Joints - Is It All Over My Face?
Mantus - Boogie to the Top
Martina - Central Park
Mary Jane Girls - In My House
Marz - I Got a Boyfriend Now
Maurice Massiah - We Can Go to Your House
Maxine Singleton - You Can't Run from Love
The Men - Someone on My Side
Michael Henderson - Wide Receiver
Midnight Star feat. Ecstacy of Whodini - Don't Rock the Boat
Midnight Star - Wet My Whistle
Miquel Brown ‎– Close to Perfection
The Next Movement - Let's Work It Out
Nicole with Timmy Thomas ‎– New York Eyes
Nighthawk ‎– Eye Of The Tiger
Odyssey - (Joy) Know It
Pino d'Angiò - Ma quale idea
Positive Force - We Got the Funk
Quinella - Your Place or Mine
RAH Band - Clouds Across the Moon
Richard Valentine - Come Back Lover
Rod - Shake It Up (Do the Boogaloo)
Roni Griffith - (The Best Part of) Breakin' Up
Roshelle Fleming - Love Itch
Simplicious - Let Her Feel It
Sinnamon - Thanks to You
Sky's the Limit - Your Love Runs Free
Sparque - Let's Go Dancin'
Steel City - Kannattiko muuttaa yhteen
Stephanie Mills - The Medicine Song
Suede - Enough Is Enough
Sunbelt - Spin It
Suzy Q - Get on Up
Suzy Q - Harmony
Sweet Life - I Get Lifted
Sylvester - I Need You
Taana Gardner - No Frllls
A Taste of Honey - I'm Talkin' Bout You
A Taste of Honey - We've Got the Groove
Tina Fabrique - Alive with Love (A Love Letter)
Toney Lee - Love So Deep
Toney Lee - Reach Up
Touche - Just Like a Door Knob
Two Tons o' Fun - I Depend on You
Unique ‎– What I Got Is What You Need
Vera Brown - Little Did I Know
Victor Willis - Physical
Vin Zee - Funky Bee-Bop
Viola Wills - Gonna Get Along Without You Now
Viola Wills - Up on the Roof
Visual - The Music's Got Me
Voyage - Follow the Brightest Star
Watson Beasley - Breakaway
Weeks & Co. - Go with the Fl
Weeks & Co. - Rock Your World
West Phillips - (I'm Just a) Sucker for a Pretty Face
World Premiere - Share the Night

Sorry, a couple of typos there, here's the correct titles:

Taana Gardner - No Frills
Weeks & Co. - Go with the Flow

Jimmy "Bo" Horne - Spank

And this one shouldn't be on my list, as it's from 1978.

Mmmmmm, I might have to take mild umbrage with the Patrice Rushen, ArchCarrier. The single was released in '79 (and its attendant album was released in late '79, so I'd suspect the same of the single, although I can't find its actual release date), and the info I have is that it didn't chart until 1980. It's iffy, I admit, and yours is the final ruling, but just wanted to put it out there because it's a fantastic song.

Well it ranked top 20 in the previous poll so it's a bit redundant to include it here.

"careless whisper" was already nominated as credited to george michael (as it was for the uk release)

(i mention this just b/c this case might be harder to detect automatically than other duplicate-nominations)

Here's a couple of Finnish R&B/soul nominations from the '80s:

Emilia - Satan in Love
Kirka - Hengaillaan
Maarit - Hiekka ja meri
Maarit - Jäätelökesä
Pave Maijanen - Lähtisitkö
Steel City - Kannattiko muuttaa yhteen

Ok, another one from Triumph, which is at least the third-best Michael Jackson album:

The Jacksons - Your Ways

One more:

Hector - Piironkinjalka

"Roof Garden" otm

Madame X-Just That Type Of Girl
Jeffrey Osbourne-Baby Stay With Me Tonight

Good to have you back, Tuomas! You would have loved the 70's tracks poll as well.

I love 'Haven't You Heard' as much as anyone, and I would gladly allow it if no one had voted for it in the previous poll, but because it did so well I'm going to disallow it. Put all your votes on 'Forget Me Nots' instead and see if we can get Patrice into the top 10!

Andre Cymone - M.O.T.F.
Angela Bofill - Too Tough
Chaka Khan - Pass It On (A Sure Thing)
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Save the Overtime (For Me)
Jocelyn Brown - Love's Gonna Get You
Larry Graham - Sooner or Later
Luther Vandross - Stop to Love
Nia Peeples - Trouble
Peabo Bryson - If Ever You're In My Arms Again
Pieces of a Dream - Mt Airy Groove
Shalamar - Right in the Socket
Tyrone Brunson - The Smurf
Vaughan Mason and Crew - Bounce Rock Skate Roll
World's Famous Supreme Team - Hey DJ

Whoops! 'Right in the Socket' is 1979.

'Gonna Get Along Without You Now' is also '79, unfortunately.

So it is, sorry about that.

Here's a few more nominations:

Adeva - Warning!
Charles B - Lack of Love
Chocolette - It's That East Street Beat
Curtis Mayfield - Love Me, Love Me Now
Frankie Knuckles - It's a Cold World
His Name Is Dime - Movin'
Jill Jones - Mia Bocca
Jonzun Crew - Space Cowboy
Ottawan - Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)
Patrice Rushen - Get Off (You Fascinate Me)
Planet Patrol - Danger Zone
Sharon Redd - Love How You Feel
Warp 9 - Light Years Away

Joubert Singers - Stand On The Word (Larry Levan remix)

Even though this is commonly credited as such, the track was not remixed by Larry Levan, and he wasn't even the one who discovered it. We've discussed it in this thread, and Red Bull Music Academy recently did a thorough article on the whole tangled history of the track, and why it's erroneously been thought to be a Levan mix. But the best-known version is not a remix of any kind; Tony Humphries did later re-record it with Phyllis Joubert's choir and mix it, but that version is not as well-known these days as the original.

I'm stripping remix credits and other version information from the tracks anyway. I'll try to note it if many people voted for a specific version.

Peter Wolf - Lights Out

Alisha - Nightwalkin'
Apollonia 6 - Sex Shooter
Atlantic Starr - Secret Lovers
The Bar-Kays - Freakshow on the Dance Floor
Billy Ocean - Suddenly
Billy Ocean - Lover Boy
The Boys - Dial My Heart
Brenda K. Starr - What You See Is What You Get
Brenda K. Starr - I Still Believe
Bros - When Will I Be Famous
Cameo - Back and Forth
Carol Lynn Townes - 99 1/2
Cheryl 'Pepsii' Riley - Thanks for My Child
Commodores - Lady (You Bring Me Up)
Con Funk Shun - Too Tight
Culture Club - Church of the Poison Mind
Diana Ross & Lionel Richie - Endless Love
Dionne Warwick - Deja Vu
Dionne Warwick - Heartbreaker
Donna Summer - On the Radio
Eddie Murphy - Party All the Time
Eddie Murhpy - Put Your Mouth On Me
George Benson - 20/20
George Duke - Shine On
Herb Alpert - Making Love in the Rain
Jeffrey Osborne - On the Wings of Love
Jermaine Jackson - Dynamite
Jody Watley - Everything
Jody Watley - Some Kind of Lover
Jody Watley - Don't You Want Me
Junkyard Dog - Grab Them Cakes
Kool & the Gang - Emergency
Linda Clifford - Red Light
Lisa Stansfield - This is the Right Time
Milli Vanilli - Blame it on the Rain
Milli Vanilli - Girl I'm Gonna Miss You
Milli Vanilli - All or Nothing
Morris Day - Fishnet
Natalie Cole - I Live For Your Love
Neneh Cherry - Kisses on the Wind
Nicolette Larson - Let Me Go, Love
Nona Hendryx - Why Should I Cry
Patti Austin - The Heat of Heat
Patti LaBelle - New Attitude
Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald - On My Own
Ray Parker, Jr. - I Still Can't Get Over Loving You
Reddings - Remote Control
Regina Belle - Baby Come to Me
Regina Belle - Show Me the Way
Seduction - (You're My One and Only) True Love
Seduction - Two to Make it Right
Seduction - Could This Be Love
Shana - I Want You
Shirley Lewis - Realistic
Shirley Murdock - As We Lay
Siedah Garrett - K.I.S.S.I.N.G.
Sonny Charles - Put it in a Magazine
Soulsister - The Way to your Heart
SSQ - Shy Girl
Stacey Q - Two of Hearts
Stacey Q - Don't Make a Fool of Yourself
Stacy Lattisaw - Attack of the Name Game
Stephanie Mills - Sweet Sensation
Stephanie Mills & Teddy Pendergrass - Two Hearts
Stevie Wonder - Love Light in Flight
Surface - Shower Me With Your Love
Sweet Pea Atkinson - Dance or Die
Sweet Sensation - Take it While it's Hot
Terence Trent d'Arby - If You Let Me Stay
Terence Trent d'Arby - Dance Little Sister
The Time - Cool
Tina Turner - Two People
Tony! Toni! Toné! - Little Walter
Twilight 22 - Electric Kingdom
Wa Wa Nee - Sugar Free
Was (Not Was) - Tell Me That I'm Dreaming
Was (Not Was) - Wheel Me Out
Was (Not Was) - Anything Can Happen
Will to Power - Fading Away
Will to Power - Say It's Gonna Rain

Nice list!

Suzy Q - Get On Up And Do It Again [not the same as "Get On Up" which Tuomas nominated]
Debbie Trusty - Searchin' For Some Lovin'
Terri Wells - I'm Givin' All My Love
Jackie Stoudemire - Invisible Wind

The Junkyard Band - Sardines

Larry Graham -One in A Million You
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette
Grace Jones - I'm Not Perfect
Staple Singers - Slippery People

3 more tracks and we've got exactly 1100 nominations!

Someone wants to create a Spotify playlist before I start the voting thread tomorrow morning? You can make it collaborative so that you don't have to do all the work yourself.

The Brooklyn, Bronx & Queens Band – On The Beat
Heatwave – Lettin' It Loose
Letta Mbulu – Nomalizo

I knew I could count on someone to think of 3 more songs.

A few more noms while there's still time:

Adele Bertei - Build Me a Bridge
Cameo - Shake Your Pants
Cerrone - You Are the One
France Joli - Gonna Get Over You
The Gap Band - Humpin'
Jocelyn Brown - Picking Up Promises
Midnight Star - Victory
Village People - Sex Over the Phone

Midnight Star - Electricity

I'm compiling a Spotify playlist now. Here's the link:

https://open.spotify.com/user/thewufs/playlist/4jSmIgdwqmrxpDVi6wCPGi

Feel free to add as I've only gotten to the letter "D" on ArchCarrier's list from a few days ago.

Ok I'm throwing in a few more by Uncle Jam:

George Clinton - Get Dressed
George Clinton - One Fun at a Time
George Clinton - Nubian Nut

Alexander O'Neal - (What Can I Say) To Make You Love Me

Stanning for the funk:

Tom Browne - Thighs High (Grip Your Hips and Move)
Stone City Band - Freaky
The Bar-Kays - Freaky Behavior
Kabbala - Ashewo Ara
Zapp - Playin' Kinda Ruff
Ronnie Hudson and the Street People - West Coast Poplock
Bar-Kays - Do It (Let Me See You Shake)
Jermaine Jackson - Let Me Tickle Your Fancy
Tara - Fresh Flesh
D Train - You're the One for Me (Labor of Love Mix)
TZ - I Got the Hots For You
Westwood Cash - Psycho for your Love
D Train - Music
Prince Charles - Cash (Cash Money)
Bar-Kays - She Talks to Me with her Body
Caprice - 100%
Friction - Bar-B-Q
Circle City Band - Party Lights (Shake Your Body Get Loose)
Cat Miller - Ready or Not (UK Remix)
Val Young - Seduction
Andre Cymone - The Dance Electric
Maceo and the Macks - Cross the Track (We Better Go Back)
Deborah Allen - Telepathy (Club Mix)

BTW, I refuse to vote for ballads. Radio Behavioral Sink is 100% boogie.

Fuck it, 2 more from Victory:

Jacksons - Wait
Jacksons - Body

Herbie Hancock – Magic Number
Herbie Hancock – Gettin' To The Good Part
Brothers Johnson – Light Up The Night
Fatback Band – Double Love Affair
Fantasy – You're Too Late
Aurra – Send Your Love
Deodato – Skatin'
Johnny Gill – Super Love
Egyptian Lover – Freak-A-Holic

Alias - Shake
Ben E King - Street Tough
Debbie Deb - When I Hear Music
The Jets - Make it Real
Sexual Harrassment - I Need a Freak

Tom Browne - Thighs High (Grip Your Hips and Move)

OMG, thank you for nominating this!

Fatback Band - Is This the Future?
Herbie Hancock - Lite Me Up
Klymaxx - Man Size Love

Boris Midney - A Child Is Born
Erotic Drum Band - Horny

Slave - Stone Jam
Funkadelic - Funk Gets Stronger Part I

Stacy Lattisaw - Let Me Be Your Angel

Earth Wind & Fire - And Love Goes On

--- NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED ---

And here it is:

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