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

My Zapp vote went to something that wasn't nominated.

Mr. Mister probably. "Broken Wings" and "Kyrie."

No thank you.

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100. Change - A Lover's Holiday
375 points, 6 votes, 1 number one
https://youtu.be/sf84HJJ1Dc0

Awesome, that's the best Change tune IMO. A pure, concentrated form of disco goodness, maybe even the last "classic disco" hit? (In that it has diva vocals, funk groove, and an arrangement based on "real" instruments, no synths or drum machines.)

I want to say that I'm ready, but I'm not sure that I'm ready. My mind might get blowed.

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my choice of best Change track too though I'd call it the first post-disco hit; no synths or drum machines but more a complex arrangement & vocals than many classic disco songs, either way it rules

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99. Terence Trent D'Arby - Sign Your Name
376 points, 6 votes
https://youtu.be/dluHzQhLcME

Too low.

SHOO DO WOP BOP
BOP SHOO WOP BOP

I was all set to skip this when it popped up on shuffle in the nominations playlist but I ended up listening to it all the way through, had forgotten how good it is

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98. Carl Carlton - She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built She's Stacked)
377 points, 8 votes
https://youtu.be/9v5vrfPcavc

When "Wonder Woman" went into syndication on my local channel around 1983, "She's a Bad Mama Jama" was the bumper music.

A Lover's Holiday is a good start to today's results. The Glow Of Love is a perfect album. Six songs with nothing below a 10/10.

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97. Grover Washington Jr. & Bill Withers - Just the Two of Us
380 points, 7 votes
https://youtu.be/WOuI4OqJfQc

"she's a bad mama jama" is way too low for something so built, so stacked

holy shit I just learned he's "Everlasting Love" guy

"Make Me a Memory (Sad Samba)" sounds like a song I ought to know way more intimately that I currently do.

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96. Frankie Smith - Double Dutch Bus
380 points, 9 votes
https://youtu.be/fK9hK82r-AM

that font is the most 1981 font ever

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I love "Lover's Holiday" a little less than some of y'all but this is a 5-for-5 top 100 so far.

I'm three for five among the top 100 thus far. This might be the rare poll where my votes align with the consensus.

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95. Junior - Mama Used to Say
385 points, 8 votes
https://youtu.be/lepx24flhaI

xp I just meant they were all great songs ... not sure any of them actually got my vote

I used to confuse Junior for Matthew Wilder.

heads up, I'm pulling together a spotify list for this thread, should be available soon.

Super Single!

You guys have been waiting so long for me to finish; should I do a 2-day rollout to get it over with, or spread it out over 4 or 5 days?

I think 4 days of 25 sounds about right.

xp i was wondering about that; i guess it was just another way of saying 'maxi single'.

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94. Anita Baker - Sweet Love
389 points, 9 votes
https://youtu.be/CusyyV26p1I

oh god

way wayyyyy too low

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92 (TIE). Inner City - Good Life
390 points, 8 votes
https://youtu.be/KJxJxr9RlKM

https://img.discogs.com/TztbYzQl1MEwq4WTpyZruDQdQfc=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-209313-1329118037.jpeg.jpg
92 (TIE). Whitney Houston - How Will I Know
390 points, 8 votes
https://youtu.be/m3-hY-hlhBg

xp I feel the same

Sweet Love is peerless

Huh @ 'How Will I Know'. This poll helped me realize that I'm not crazy about any of the big Whitney singles with the exception of 'Greatest Love of All'. Maybe I voted for that? Can't remember. But I think the Whitney track I definitely voted for is a lost cause at this point, sadly.

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91. Art of Noise - Moments in Love
391 points, 6 votes
https://youtu.be/ux3u31SAeEM

Sure, why not?

Hmm

Hmm

― i know kore-eda (or something), Monday, May 15, 2017

Sure, why not?

― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Monday, May 15, 2017 9:27 AM (twenty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Hmm

― i know kore-eda (or something), Monday, May 15, 2017

― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, May 15, 2017 11:46 AM (one minute ago)

A great single, but it has no place in an R&B poll, I really don't get why people nominated and voted for it?

RIP Slave and Jonzun Crew ;_;

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90. Cherrelle - I Didn't Mean to Turn You On
392 points, 9 votes
https://youtu.be/wmMwpi1iUUw

Here's the Spotify playlist, if you wish to listen along:

https://open.spotify.com/user/olken2000/playlist/7fYWHyWjcMJF7MHAja1EKs

omigod it's Claire Huxtable!

Not "Sure, why not?" or "Hmmm" at all.

This is "100 percent OTM!"