A POLL Bizarre ~~~ It's the ILM 80's R&B TRACKS POLL ~~~ RESULTS THREAD!!!

Wow, Fonda Rae too! Looks like half of my ballot is placing in this stretch of the list. I guess it's better than not placing at all, but I still hope the top 100 won't be all dominated by big name artists.

i ranked big name artists highly because their music is better

https://img.discogs.com/lPrYDhxJWf5yyMLvQOyAE7GJ8gg=/fit-in/583x587/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-879650-1295187245.jpeg.jpg
168. Mel & Kim - Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)
275 points, 5 votes
https://youtu.be/14b-BASNVdI

Really? What a weird argument. Of course I think, say, Prince is better in general than the Joubert Singers, or Jones Girls, or the RAH Band, or Fonda Rae, because he's released more great songs than any of them. But the individual tunes in this poll by those artists are still just as good as anything Prince did.

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all I'm saying is the Gap Band is awesome and I've never heard of the Joubert Singers

gettt freshhhhh at the weeeekend

Brad, are you on plane wi-fi??

Racing through a lot of titles I half-expected to place in the top 40 (Pointers, Tina, MJ, Whitney).

Find it rather odd that in some parts of the world hi-NRG is considered R&B.

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167. Indeep - Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life
276 points, 7 votes
https://youtu.be/GtfZbj4J71A

Fun tune and it's funny to play when you're DJing, but kinda too noveltyish in the long run. It certainly shouldn't have ranked higher than some of the stuff right below it.

MEL. AND. KIM. That song is massive and just amazing.

i'm on a plane, someone link to the dance scene from nightmare 2

― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, May 9, 2017 4:58 PM (twenty-one minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Fuuuuuuuuuck, how did I fail to realize that's what that song was?

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166. Prince - Baby I'm a Star
280 points, 4 votes

i'm on a plane, someone link to the dance scene from nightmare 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkSO7FOtYaY

Fucking hell, I love this decade.

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165. Company B - Fascinated
280 points, 5 votes
https://youtu.be/-b-6ksMdkrU

hard for me to hear "Fascinated," as great as this is, as R&B.

It would make the top ten if not five of my freestyle list though

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164. Fatback Band - I Found Lovin'
281 points, 5 votes
https://youtu.be/Xu-gYmOyRi4

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163. Prince - I Would Die 4 U
281 points, 6 votes, 1 number one

My #1. WTF people?

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162. Gwen Guthrie - Seventh Heaven
282 points, 5 votes
https://youtu.be/UMpACxYoPEM

I ended up cutting "I Would Die 4 U" from my ballot, but I still voted for 6 Prince songs.

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161. Loose Joints - Is It All Over My Face?
283 points, 5 votes
https://youtu.be/a2vdI5I7VvY

I didn't vote for this because of some arbitrary inclusion criteria I made up but obv it's classic

The Levan mix of Seventh Heaven (dunno if I've heard the original) is amazing

It passed my criteria and I voted for it.

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160. Janet Jackson - The Pleasure Principle
283 points, 6 votes
https://youtu.be/Q-gu1KETjVY

The only Janet song I voted for, although I suppressed my enthusiasm.

"Seventh Heaven" is transcendent, like when you're on your bike and it feels like flight

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159. Pebbles - Mercedes Boy
285 points, 5 votes
https://youtu.be/lQS0t5Hdc6M

^ thumbs up

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158. Prince - 17 Days (The Rain Will Come Down, Then U Will Have 2 Choose. If U Believe, Look 2 The Dawn and U Shall Never Lose.)
286 points, 4 votes

"Mercedes Boy" has an electrogroove that many acts should've copied.

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157. Funky 4 Plus 1 - That's the Joint
291 points, 5 votes
https://youtu.be/SVxk9PW62Vk

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156. Rebbie Jackson - Centipede
292 points, 5 votes
https://youtu.be/a8SdzwoIcwo

Funky 4 + 1 introduced by Debby Harry at 11:00 in this video

"to my mannequin friends"

I always thought "Mercedes Boy" was much better than "Girlfriend".

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155. Isley Brothers - Between the Sheets
292 points, 6 votes
https://youtu.be/glhdcJ7K3XM

I always thought "Mercedes Boy" was much better than "Girlfriend".

― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, May 9, 2017

you are correct. "Girlfriend" is generic.

Were it not for Prince and Michael Jackson, "Mercedes Boy" would've been my #1 vote.

Tell me what you wanna do wit me

A ton from the stretch since I last checked in were on my ballot. Torn between saying "Good job, ILM!" and "Oh god, what the hell is going to end up in the top 50?"

xp Cruising's all you have to do.

Do you wanna ride?

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153 (TIE). George Michael - Father Figure
294 points, 5 votes
https://youtu.be/m_9hfHvQSNo

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153 (TIE). Pointer Sisters - Dare Me
294 points, 5 votes
https://youtu.be/3IprBx1OlBk

"Dare Me" is the Pointer's best '80s single after "Automatic." Fact.

I regret not voting for "Between The Sheets". As deserving a sex-anthem as "Sexual Healing".

I agree and I voted for both (x-post)

Also <3 "Father Figure".

I'm shocked that 'Centipede' actually made it! And so high! There may be a video of seven-year-old me doing an amazing improvised dance routine to the song, because I had amazing taste even then.

Fighting words:

Rescue Me, by A Taste of Honey is a better tune than That's the Joint, by Funky 4 + 1, from which it samples.